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HUNTED BY H.R.H. EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES A FINE ROWLAND WARD-MOUNTED BOAR TUSK TROPHY IN A GLAZED DISPLAY WITH CONTEMPORARY LANCE HEADS, Together with a First Edition (1925) copy of 'H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S SPORT IN INDIA' by Bernard C. Ellison F.R.G.S. C.M.Z.S. and a rare copy of Sotheby's New York 1997 slip-cased three-part auction catalogue 'The Duke & Duchess of Windsor' The boar tusks mounted by Rowland Ward on an oak shield and inscribed in gold paint 'PATIALA 23.2.22 One Spear', surrounded by six varied examples of boar lance heads, the later scarlet baize-lined, glazed casing with cut-out at the rear to display the original Rowland Ward Ltd. Label with 'The Jungle', 167 Piccadilly, London W1 address, and also Sotheby's lot number stickers for Lot 3280 (2), September 19th 1997 'The Duke & Duchess of Windsor'. The book details the Prince of Wales's tour in India and Burma from Bombay, November the 17th, 1921 to Karachi, March 7th, 1922. He was first introduced to the sport of boar hunting with lances in Jodhpur in the December of 1921 and quickly became an accomplished practitioner of the sport. On the 24th February 1923, in Patiala and in the company of H.H. the Maharajah of Patiala, he achieved the ultimate 'one spear' kill which this trophy celebrates. The book has a colourfully detailed account of the day's sport, written by Sir Godfrey Thomas who was himself a participant. This trophy features in 'The Private Collections' as part of Lot 3280. This bladed product is not for sale to people under the age of 18. By bidding on this item you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.Please be aware that we are unable to send edged weapons or bladed products by postal courier to a UK residential address (Offensive Weapons Act 2019)

JEAN-LOUIS FORAIN (FRANCE 1852-1931) 'LA GUERRE SOUS-MARINE No 1128' a signed limited edition print 167/300, two small children standing in the sea, text below translates as 'We Are Going to Tell Mother That The Sea Is Full of Wheat' from the series produced during the First World War, visible image size approximately 26cm x 54cm

Artist: Eadweard Muybridge (English/American, 1830-1904). Title: "Athlete: Catching and Throwing at Base-Ball [from The Human Figure in Motion - Plate 21]". Medium: Original photomezzotint & letterpress. Date: Composed 1872-1885. Printed 1901. Dimensions: Overall size: 9 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (241 x 286 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, lower right. Edition unknown. High-grade smooth archival paper. Full margins, as issued. Fine impression with heavy ink application and distinctive letterpress. Very good condition. Comment(s): Eadweard Muybridge, born Edward James Muggeridge, was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name Eadweard as the original Anglo-Saxon form of Edward, and the surname Muybridge believing it to be similarly archaic. [29377-2-225]

Artist: Eadweard Muybridge (English/American, 1830-1904). Title: "Athlete: Running [from The Human Figure in Motion: Plate 11]". Medium: Original photomezzotint & letterpress. Date: Composed 1872-1885. Printed 1901. Dimensions: Overall size: 9 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (241 x 286 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, lower right. Edition unknown. High-grade smooth archival paper. Full margins, as issued. Fine impression with heavy ink application and distinctive letterpress. Very good condition. Comment(s): Eadweard Muybridge, born Edward James Muggeridge, was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name Eadweard as the original Anglo-Saxon form of Edward, and the surname Muybridge believing it to be similarly archaic. [29376-2-225]

Artist: Chin-San Long [lang jingshan/lang ching-shan] (Chinese, 1892-1995). Title: "Chinese Painting II". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1962. Printed 1969. Dimensions: Image size: 13 x 10 1/16 in. (330 x 256 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed very small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Multiple negative process used. Very good condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Lang Jingshan, also Romanized as Long Chin-san and Lang Ching-shan, was a pioneering photographer and one of the first Chinese photojournalists. He has been called "indisputably the most prominent figure in the history of Chinese art photography", and the "Father of Asian Photography". He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1937, gaining his Associateship in 1940 and his Fellowship in 1942. In 1980, the Photographic Society of America named him one of the world's top ten master photographers. He was the first Chinese photographer to take artistic nude shots, and was also known for the unique "composite photography" technique he created. Image copyright © The Estate of Chin-san Long. [25440-3-225]

Artist: Fanny Rabel (Polish/Mexican, 1922-2008). Title: "El Amigo Arbol". Medium: Original color lithograph. Date: Composed 1954. Dimensions: Overall size: 16 1/16 x 10 13/16 in. (408 x 275 mm). Image size: 8 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (216 x 130 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil with the initials, lower right. Proof aside from an unknown edition. Cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Through Feliciano Peña; Private collection, Patzcuaro, Mexico. Comment(s): Rabel's prints are scarce. Born Fanny Rabinovich, she was a Mexican painter and printmaker, also known as "La Fanny de los Fridos". Her family moved to Mexico City in 1938 to escape the Second World War. Rabel's first exhibition was held at the Liga Popular Israelita in 1941 where Frida Kahlo, her teacher at the time, wrote of her: "Fanny Rabinovich paints as she lives, with great courage, intelligence and sensibility... But what I find most interesting in her painting is the profound roots that link the tradition and strength of her people (Jews). It's not a personal style, but rather socialist. She's worried about class problems and has observed with incredible maturity the character and style of her models, giving them always particularly lively emotions. All of this without pretentiousness and full of femininity and class that make her work so complete." Rabel worked as a muralist with Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros; other famous teachers were Santos Balmori and Francisco Zúñiga. She was a founding member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) and is considered one of the four "Fridos," along with Arturo Estrada, Arturo Garcia Bustos, and Guillermo Monroy. Image copyright © The Estate of Fanny Rabel. [27840-3-100]

Artist: Eadweard Muybridge [d'apres] (English/American, 1830-1904). Title: "Girl Watering [from Animal Locomotion: Plate 478]". Medium: Original photogravure. Date: Composed 1872-1885. Printed later from the original negative. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 11/16 x 15 3/4 in. (297 x 400 mm). Image size: 8 x 9 7/16 in. (203 x 240 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, recto. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Full margins, as issued. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition. Comment(s): Eadweard Muybridge, born Edward James Muggeridge, was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name Eadweard as the original Anglo-Saxon form of Edward, and the surname Muybridge believing it to be similarly archaic. [25348-3-150]

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Mick Jagger #03 (first edition) [announcement]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1975. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 1/8 x 4 in. (156 x 102 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed by Warhol in black marker, center right. Edition limited, quantity unknown, probably very small. Cream smooth wove paper. The full sheet. Strong, bright colors. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 8c, no.33A(g); cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.145. Comment(s): This from the first edition of the Mick Jagger announcement set, unlike the second not signed in the plate both by Warhol and Jagger, nor numbered in the plate 2/250. Co-published by Multiples Inc., New York, and Castelli Graphics, New York. Based on the image from Warhol's portfolio of 10 color screenprints of Mick Jagger from 1975. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28979-1-400]

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Mick Jagger #08 (first edition) [announcement]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1975. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 1/16 x 4 in. (154 x 102 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed by Warhol in black marker, center left. Edition limited, quantity unknown, probably very small. Cream smooth wove paper. The full sheet. Strong, bright colors. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 8c, no.33A(f); cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.143. Comment(s): This from the first edition of the Mick Jagger announcement set, scarcer than the second edition and unlike the second not signed in the plate both by Warhol and Jagger, numbered in the plate 2/250. Co-published by Multiples Inc., New York, and Castelli Graphics, New York. Based on the image from Warhol's portfolio of 10 color screenprints of Mick Jagger from 1975. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28547-1-400]

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Mick Jagger #09 (first edition) [announcement]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1975. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 1/8 x 4 in. (156 x 102 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed by Warhol in black marker. Edition limited, quantity unknown, probably very small. Cream smooth wove paper. The full sheet. Strong, bright colors. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 8c, no.33A(e); cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.141. Comment(s): This from the first edition of the Mick Jagger announcement set, unlike the second not signed in the plate both by Warhol and Jagger, nor numbered in the plate 2/250. Co-published by Multiples Inc., New York, and Castelli Graphics, New York. Based on the image from Warhol's portfolio of 10 color screenprints of Mick Jagger from 1975. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28655-1-400]

Artist: Andre de Dienes (Hungarian/American, 1913 - 1985). Title: "Support". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1950. Printed c1950. Dimensions: Image size: 11 9/16 x 8 9/16 in. (294 x 217 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Andre de Dienes (born Andor György Ikafalvi-Dienes) is most noted for his work with Marilyn Monroe and his nude photography. In recent years his work has received long overdue and favorable attention, most notably an exhibition entitled "André de Dienes: Marilyn and California Girls," which opened June 9, 2016 at the Steven Kasher Gallery in New York City. It represented the first solo show of his work in New York in over ten years. Image copyright © The Estate of Andre de Dienes. [24833-2-150]

Artist: Hy Hirsh (American, 1911-1961). Title: "Young Girl Nude in the Sun". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1938. Printed 1939. Dimensions: Image size: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (286 x 210 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Hirsh was an extremely influential, and early, experimental filmmaker as well as a photographer. He is regarded as a visual music filmmaker, as well as one of the first filmmakers to use electronic imagery in a film. He is greatly underappreciated as a photographer. He exhibited in Los Angeles and San Francisco in seven shows between 1935 and 1955. In the second of these, a 1936 group exhibition entitled ‘Seven Photographers’ held at the Stanley Rose Gallery in Los Angeles, he exhibited with some of the leading figures of West Coast photography: Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Brett Weston. Image copyright © The Estate of Hyman "Hy" Hirsh. [26125-2-150]

* JOHN STEVEN DEWS (BRITISH b. 1949), THE BIG CLASS - 1930 limited edition lithographic print on paper, signed and numbered 445/600 in pencil image size 51cm x 71cm, overall size 74cm x 98cm Framed and under glass. Note: J. Steven Dews is a maritime artist. He was born in Yorkshire in 1949. The continued desirability and international critical acclaim that his work achieves places him as one of the most successful living maritime artists in the world. Following his graduation, Dews built up an astonishing portfolio for his first exhibition in 1976 and, on the exhibition’s first night, virtually his entire collection was sold. The following year he held an exhibition in San Francisco which also sold out. Since then, he has continued to exhibit at leading art galleries in London and around the world. He now lives in New Zealand and when not painting, he sails. Christie's have achieved almost £60,000 for one of his original paintings and in the last few years, some of his signed limited edition prints have sold for more than £300 at auction.

Living with Kilims, hard back, first edition 1988. The first edition was printed on lovely textured paper. Notes: I wrote this book, my first book, with Nick Barnard who ran very successful kilim exhibitions for me in London and the home counties. We were very surprised that Thames & Huson took on printing our book. It ran 3 editions and was translated into 4 languages.

Herbert Coxon, Oriental Carpets, How they are Made and Conveyed to Europe, with a Narative of a Journey to the East in Search of Them. 10 plates by artist Mr. W.F. Smiles and a fold out map. First Edition 1883. A beautiful book. Perhaps the first book on Carpets and Rugs. Notes: In the early 1980's I made plans with a colleague, who was a film producer and camera man, to follow Coxon's route to Baku, observing the differences between his text and descriptions in 1800's and the current date. We presented the idea to Channel 4 who thought it was a great idea. (nb. This was before Michael Palin). They said they would look at the finished work to let us know how much to pay us. It was impossibly expensive for us to do without any advance.

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Mick Jagger #04 (first edition) [announcement]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1975. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 1/8 x 4 in. (156 x 102 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed by Warhol in black marker, center right. Edition limited, quantity unknown, probably very small. Cream smooth wove paper. The full sheet. Strong, bright colors. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 8c, no.33A(j); cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.147. Comment(s): This from the first edition of the Mick Jagger announcement set, unlike the second not signed in the plate both by Warhol and Jagger, nor numbered in the plate 2/250. Co-published by Multiples Inc., New York, and Castelli Graphics, New York. Based on the image from Warhol's portfolio of 10 color screenprints of Mick Jagger from 1975. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28980-1-400]

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Mick Jagger #05 (first edition) [announcement]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1975. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 1/8 x 4 in. (156 x 102 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed by Warhol in black marker. Edition limited, quantity unknown, probably very small. Cream smooth wove paper. The full sheet. Strong, bright colors. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 8c, no.33A(b); cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.140. Comment(s): This from the first edition of the Mick Jagger announcement set, unlike the second not signed in the plate both by Warhol and Jagger, nor numbered in the plate 2/250. Co-published by Multiples Inc., New York, and Castelli Graphics, New York. Based on the image from Warhol's portfolio of 10 color screenprints of Mick Jagger from 1975. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28654-1-400]

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Mick Jagger #07 (first edition) [announcement]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1975. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 1/8 x 4 in. (156 x 102 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed by Warhol in black marker, lower left. Edition limited, quantity unknown, probably very small. Cream smooth wove paper. The full sheet. Strong, bright colors. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 8c, no.33A(c); cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.139. Comment(s): This from the first edition of the Mick Jagger announcement set, scarcer than the second edition and unlike the second not signed in the plate both by Warhol and Jagger, numbered in the plate 2/250. Co-published by Multiples Inc., New York, and Castelli Graphics, New York. Based on the image from Warhol's portfolio of 10 color screenprints of Mick Jagger from 1975. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29013-1-400]

Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat & Andy Warhol (Americans, 20th Century). Title: "Palladium Presents: Warhol * Basquiat Paintings [Variation #2]". Medium: Original color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1985. Dimensions: Overall size: 17 5/16 x 11 1/16 in. (440 x 281 mm). Image size: 17 5/16 x 11 1/16 in. (440 x 281 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed by both artists in black marker, lower left and lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition; colors strong; some dimples in the image; pinholes in corners; original folds as issued for mailing. Comment(s): Rare. The companion piece to the legendary, iconic, and famous exhibition poster (offered elsewhere in this auction) of two of the greatest artists of the latter part of the 20th Century, standing side by side, perhaps the most poignant and enduring image of the 1980's NYC art scene. Our example is the second variant of the "invitation poster" showing Warhol landing a punch on Basquiat's chin. The second variant is identical to the first variant except for the admission price, which is "Admission Twenty Dollars" in the second variant and "Complimentary Admission for Two" in the first variant. While the poster with Warhol and Basquiat standing side by side (titled "Tony Shafrazi * Bruno Bischofberger Present: Warhol * Basquiat Paintings, September 14 through October 19, 1985, 163 Mercer Street, New York) is occasionally obtainable, the alternative version (our "invitation poster") was issued for a one-night only event at the Palladium (not at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery) and very few were printed. We could locate only 2 auction records of this poster in the past 28 years, with only one of these being signed, which sold for $4,153 (€3,222) at PIASA, Paris, November 23, 2008, lot #413. The photograph is by Michael Halsband who also took the picture for the exhibition poster. Undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Warhol's non-commissioned posters by Paul Marechal. The full title of the poster is: "Palladium Presents Warhol * Basquiat Paintings, Saturday * September 14 * 1985 * 10 PM, Palladium, 126 East 14 Street, Exhibition at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Admission Twenty Dollars.". [28545-3-4000]

Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat & Andy Warhol (Americans, 20th Century). Title: "Warhol * Basquiat Paintings [original first printing]". Medium: Original color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1985. Dimensions: Overall size: 19 x 12 in. (483 x 305 mm). Image size: 19 x 12 in. (483 x 305 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed by both artists in black marker. Edition unknown, presumed small. Smooth cream medium weight wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition; colors very good; a few minor handling marks, else fine. Comment(s): The legendary, iconic, and famous poster of two of the greatest artists of the latter part of the 20th Century, perhaps the most poignant and enduring image of the 1980's NYC art scene. We could locate only 11 sales of this poster in the past 28 years, with only five of these being signed. The auction record for a signed example is $6,600 at Christie's New York, May 1, 2007, lot #839. The image is by Michael Halsband. The show displayed the collaborative paintings that Warhol and Basquiat worked on from 1984-1985. These works were the culmination of their friendship, one which began in the late 70's. Eventually, the two began work on the paintings that would constitute the bulk of this exhibition. But the process was not without conflict. Warhol, whose work ethic was legendary, grew frustrated with Basquiat's erratic appearances and the two worked very little on the paintings at the same time. The show was a financial and critical failure and marked the end of their friendship. The full title of the poster is: "Tony Shafrazi * Bruno Bischofberger Present: Warhol * Basquiat Paintings, September 14 through October 19, 1985, 163 Mercer Street, New York.". [27961-3-3000]

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Andy Warhol and His Plastic Inevitable [poster - 2nd printing]". Medium: Color lithograph. Date: Composed 1967. Dimensions: Overall size: 19 15/16 x 13 3/4 in. (506 x 349 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed by Warhol in black marker, lower center. Edition unknown, presumed small. Light cream wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Fine condition. Comment(s): Scarce, and rare signed by Warhol. Designed by Wes Wilson. There were three printings of this poster. The first, pre-concert, is rare. It can be differentiated from the second printing by the appearance of the union logo (#72) lower left and the size (approximately 20 x 14 inches). The second printing, authorized by Bill Graham and printed early in 1967 (along with the first printing of the postcard), lacks the union logo and was printed by the West Coast Lithograph Co., San Francisco. Their imprint appears in small print just under the image, lower left. The size is slightly smaller. The third printing was printed in 1993 by Wes Wilson with "Andy Warhol and His Plastic Inevitable" in pink rather than white and "(c) Wes Wilson BG-8-3/PS 33" was added below "Fillmore" at the lower left corner of the image above "Ticket." The poster measures 20" x 14". Image copyright © Wes Wilson. [28363-4-2400]

Artist: Chin-San Long [lang jingshan/lang ching-shan] (Chinese, 1892-1995). Title: "Chinese Painting I". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1963. Printed 1969. Dimensions: Image size: 7 1/8 x 5 9/16 in. (181 x 141 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed very small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Multiple negative process used. Very good condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Lang Jingshan, also Romanized as Long Chin-san and Lang Ching-shan, was a pioneering photographer and one of the first Chinese photojournalists. He has been called "indisputably the most prominent figure in the history of Chinese art photography", and the "Father of Asian Photography". He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1937, gaining his Associateship in 1940 and his Fellowship in 1942. In 1980, the Photographic Society of America named him one of the world's top ten master photographers. He was the first Chinese photographer to take artistic nude shots, and was also known for the unique "composite photography" technique he created. Image copyright © The Estate of Chin-san Long. [25439-2-300]

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Christmas Card: Ornamented Christmas Tree". Medium: Original vintage color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1960. Printed 1960. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 7/16 x 5 1/16 in. (164 x 129 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower center. Edition unknown, presumed small. Light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Fine condition; fold as issued; unused; blank interior; lot includes original unused Tiffany envelope (embossed "Tiffany & Co. Makers New York"), also in fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 3, no. 12e; John Loring, “Greetings from Andy (Warhol): Christmas at Tiffany’s.” New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004. Comment(s): Warhol's lifetime Tiffany Christmas cards are rare, and extremely rare signed. The most recent sale price we found of a card, unsigned and without the envelope, was $3,000 at Christie's New York, December 1st, 2014, lot #62. In 1956, in addition to all the work Warhol was getting drawing shoes and bags, he was commissioned to design Christmas cards for Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Warhol's cards were then published by Tiffany's every Christmas up to 1962, the year he started to exhibit his paintings of soup cans. Our example offered here is from the original first printing in 1960. The cards were subsequently reprinted in a slightly larger size in 1980. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28733-1-600]

Naturalist's Voyage Round The World, a Journal of Researches by Charles Darwin, published 1889, The Newcomes, 1855, First Edition, The Technical Educator and Punch, 1908 (lacking front board)

Artist: Chin-San Long [lang jingshan/lang ching-shan] (Chinese, 1892-1995). Title: "Chine". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1934. Printed 1934. Dimensions: Image size: 7 3/16 x 9 1/8 in. (183 x 232 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Lang Jingshan, also Romanized as Long Chin-san and Lang Ching-shan, was a pioneering photographer and one of the first Chinese photojournalists. He has been called "indisputably the most prominent figure in the history of Chinese art photography", and the "Father of Asian Photography". He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1937, gaining his Associateship in 1940 and his Fellowship in 1942. In 1980, the Photographic Society of America named him one of the world's top ten master photographers. He was the first Chinese photographer to take artistic nude shots, and was also known for the unique "composite photography" technique he created. Image copyright © The Estate of Chin-san Long. [24146-2-225]

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Christmas card: Tree of Treats". Medium: Original vintage color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1960. Printed 1960. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 7/16 x 5 1/16 in. (164 x 129 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower center. Edition unknown, presumed small. Light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Fine condition; fold as issued; unused; blank interior; lot includes original unused Tiffany envelope (embossed "Tiffany & Co. Makers New York"), also in fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 3, no. 12a; John Loring, “Greetings from Andy (Warhol): Christmas at Tiffany’s.” New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004. Comment(s): Warhol's lifetime Tiffany Christmas cards are rare, and extremely rare signed. The most recent sale price we found of a card, unsigned and without the envelope, was $3,000 at Christie's New York, December 1st, 2014, lot #62. In 1956, in addition to all the work Warhol was getting drawing shoes and bags, he was commissioned to design Christmas cards for Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Warhol's cards were then published by Tiffany's every Christmas up to 1962, the year he started to exhibit his paintings of soup cans. Our example offered here is from the original first printing in 1960. The cards were subsequently reprinted in a slightly larger size in 1980. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28734-1-600]

Artist: Chin-San Long [lang jingshan/lang ching-shan] (Chinese, 1892-1995). Title: "Feuilles de bambou". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1935. Printed 1935. Dimensions: Image size: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (298 x 232 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Lang Jingshan, also Romanized as Long Chin-san and Lang Ching-shan, was a pioneering photographer and one of the first Chinese photojournalists. He has been called "indisputably the most prominent figure in the history of Chinese art photography", and the "Father of Asian Photography". He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1937, gaining his Associateship in 1940 and his Fellowship in 1942. In 1980, the Photographic Society of America named him one of the world's top ten master photographers. He was the first Chinese photographer to take artistic nude shots, and was also known for the unique "composite photography" technique he created. Image copyright © The Estate of Chin-san Long. [23916-2-300]

Artist: Chin-San Long [lang jingshan/lang ching-shan] (Chinese, 1892-1995). Title: "Foret au printemps". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1936. Printed 1936. Dimensions: Image size: 11 1/2 x 9 1/16 in. (292 x 230 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good condition;affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Lang Jingshan, also Romanized as Long Chin-san and Lang Ching-shan, was a pioneering photographer and one of the first Chinese photojournalists. He has been called "indisputably the most prominent figure in the history of Chinese art photography", and the "Father of Asian Photography". He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1937, gaining his Associateship in 1940 and his Fellowship in 1942. In 1980, the Photographic Society of America named him one of the world's top ten master photographers. He was the first Chinese photographer to take artistic nude shots, and was also known for the unique "composite photography" technique he created. Image copyright © The Estate of Chin-san Long. [25082-2-600]

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973). Title: "Grand Bal Travesti/Transmental (Programme) [Picasso *two original lithographs*, Larionov, Gontchrova, et al] [Portfolio/Book] [program for the 1923 Ball organized by the Union des Artistes Russes in Paris]". Medium: Original color lithograph and lithographs. Date: Composed 1923. Dimensions: Image size: 13 x 10 in. (330 x 254 mm).Lot Note(s): Several lithographs signed in the plate. All lithographs with artist credit. Small edition?. Heavy wove paper. Fine impressions. Fine condition. Comment(s): Contains two original lithographs by Pablo Picasso, one hand-colored with blue and yellow pastel, "Saltimbanque Assis," apparently found only in this program (see: Online Picasso Project, 23:197); the other, "Cheval," also apparently found only in this program. Published for the first experimental ball of the Union of Russian Artists in Paris, the printed program is a typographical and artistic masterpiece. 16 pages. In addition to the Picassos, it features original lithographs and illustrations by and after Gris, Ferat, Derain, Gontcharova, and others, and poetry by Tzara, Soupault, Reverdy, and Cowely. Printed by Francois Bernouard, Paris. Highly important and rare. Picasso images copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [19199-2-2400]

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Mick Jagger #01 (first edition) [announcement]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1975. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 1/8 x 4 in. (156 x 102 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed by Warhol in black marker. Edition limited, quantity unknown, probably very small. Cream smooth wove paper. The full sheet. Strong, bright colors. Very good to fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 8c, no.33A(i); cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.138. Comment(s): This from the first edition of the Mick Jagger announcement set, unlike the second not signed in the plate both by Warhol and Jagger nor numbered in the plate. Co-published by Multiples Inc., New York, and Castelli Graphics, New York. Based on the image from Warhol's portfolio of 10 color screenprints of Mick Jagger from 1975. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29433-1-400]

Artist: Karima Muyaes (Mexican, b.1960). Title: "Naufragio". Medium: Color etching with drypoint and aquatint a la poupee. Date: Composed 1983. Dimensions: Overall size: 19 13/16 x 14 7/8 in. (503 x 378 mm). Image size: 11 3/4 x 9 15/16 in. (298 x 252 mm).Lot Note(s): Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil. Print #5 of Edition of 5. Soft handling creases; otherwise fine condition. Upon request, a Letter of Authenticity (LOA) from the Artist accompanies this lot. Comment(s): The winner of the first prize in the print category at the Toronto School of Art in 1983, when the artist was 23. A listed artist, Karima Muyaes is currently one of the most innovative and talented international painters/printmakers. A major monograph on her work authored by Avelina Lesper, the foremost contemporary Mexican art critic, will be published early in 2021. Muyaes’s work has sold at Sotheby's (New York City), Swann Auction Galleries (New York City), Martin Gordon Auctions (Phoenix), Louis C. Morton (Mexico City), and Casa de Subastas Odalys (Madrid/Caracas), among others. In April of 2013 and again in 2018 she was chosen by the prestigious Mexican newspaper "Milenio" as one of the top 34 currently active Mexican artists and featured in a series of newspaper articles and TV appearances. Muyaes has an extensive worldwide exhibition history which includes a show that travelled throughout Sweden for two years, 2010-2012. Image copyright © Karima Muyaes. [18624-0-300]

Artist: Robert Capa (Hungarian, 1913-1954). Title: "Omaha Beach, Normandy, France: D-Day, June 6, 1944 ["The Face in the Surf"] [medium format]". Medium: Original photogravure. Date: Composed 1944. Printed 1968. Dimensions: Overall size: 4 11/16 x 7 1/8 in. (119 x 181 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): This image is the most famous of the 11 surviving photographs taken by Capa on D-Day. In recent times these works have become known as “The Magnificent Eleven.” The soldier in the picture is generally considered to be Private First Class Huston (Hu) S. Riley, Section 2, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment. Image copyright © The International Center of Photography. [29285-1-600]

Artist: Joel-Peter Witkin (America, b.1939). Title: "Portrait of Nan". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed 1984. Printed 1985. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 x 10 15/16 in. (279 x 278 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” the auction record for a silver print of this image is $14,375 realized at Bonhams, New York, 5/7/2013, lot #119. Witkin’s controversial and carefully constructed photographs frequently depict macabre, often grotesque scenes, with images including torture, cadavers, hermaphrodites, dwarfs, etc. His works can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. N.B. This image has been incorrectly titled “Larry’s First Wife.” Image copyright © Joel-Peter Witkin. [29675-2-600]

Artist: Chin-San Long [lang jingshan/lang ching-shan] (Chinese, 1892-1995). Title: "Boat Towers of the Kia Ling Kiang". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1939. Printed 1939. Dimensions: Image size: 7 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (184 x 232 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Lang Jingshan, also Romanized as Long Chin-san and Lang Ching-shan, was a pioneering photographer and one of the first Chinese photojournalists. He has been called "indisputably the most prominent figure in the history of Chinese art photography", and the "Father of Asian Photography". He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1937, gaining his Associateship in 1940 and his Fellowship in 1942. In 1980, the Photographic Society of America named him one of the world's top ten master photographers. He was the first Chinese photographer to take artistic nude shots, and was also known for the unique "composite photography" technique he created. Image copyright © The Estate of Chin-san Long. [25473-2-300]

Artist: Eadweard Muybridge (English/American, 1830-1904). Title: "Woman Throwing a Shawl on Her Shoulders [from Animal Locomotion: Plate 410]". Medium: Original photogravure. Date: Composed 1872-1885. Printed later from the original negative. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 11/16 x 15 3/4 in. (297 x 400 mm). Image size: 5 9/16 x 13 5/16 in. (141 x 338 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, recto. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Full margins, as issued. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition. Comment(s): Eadweard Muybridge, born Edward James Muggeridge, was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name Eadweard as the original Anglo-Saxon form of Edward, and the surname Muybridge believing it to be similarly archaic. [25350-3-400]

Artist: Chin-San Long [lang jingshan/lang ching-shan] (Chinese, 1892-1995). Title: "Brouillard du matin". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed c1936. Printed 1936. Dimensions: Image size: 12 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (308 x 194 mm).Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Lang Jingshan, also Romanized as Long Chin-san and Lang Ching-shan, was a pioneering photographer and one of the first Chinese photojournalists. He has been called "indisputably the most prominent figure in the history of Chinese art photography", and the "Father of Asian Photography". He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1937, gaining his Associateship in 1940 and his Fellowship in 1942. In 1980, the Photographic Society of America named him one of the world's top ten master photographers. He was the first Chinese photographer to take artistic nude shots, and was also known for the unique "composite photography" technique he created. Image copyright © The Estate of Chin-san Long. [25083-2-400]

GLENLIVET 1940 GENERATIONS AGED 70 YEARS - FIRST EDITION Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distilled 3 February 1940, matured in cask no. 339, bottled 7 September 2010, bottle no. 19 of 100. 70cl, 45.9% volume, in wooden box with certificate of authenticity, outer protective box, and care pack with gloves, dust cloth and replacement stopper.

Taxidermy: North American Wapiti or Elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), circa 1886, Wyoming, USA, a monumental adult bull shoulder mount looking straight ahead, 13 points (6+7), Boone & Crockett Score 418-7/8'', Length 59-1/8'', Circum 8-1/4'', Spread 53'', Weight 50lbs - 6ozs, from the wall 51- 1/2'', height 82-3/4'', mounted upon a large high quality shaped shield. Taken by J.G. Millais, Wyoming, USA, 1886, entered in the 1st Boone & Crockett Book, ''North American Records of Big Game'', 1932. Then re-entered in the 9th edition of the Boone & Crockett records in 1988, ranked five. Gets a special mention in the book ''America Elk'', retrospective 2010, ranked 4th in the top ten oldest Elk on record, current rank 9th, circa 2013. Provenance: Ex-Lot 854, ''The Kenneth Whitehead Deer Collection'', Tennants auction 21st July 2005. Previously purchased as antlers on shield, converted to a shoulder mount by Stuart Jefferies taxidermy Scotland, shield and fittings by Raymond Hutchison. Annie recalls - ''Ray wanted this head ever since he was a little boy when he first read about it, he was thrilled that it was for sale and was determined to acquire it by almost any means !, it was an extremely exciting and tense sale with just two bidders , Ray being one of them, bidding furiously, the silence was deafening, everyone in the room held their breath, Ray got it and achieved a lifelong dream that day''.

Deer Interest: Boone & Crockett Club, ''Records of North American Elk and Mule Deer'' 1st edition 1991, paperback copy, ''Records of North American Elk and Mule Deer'' 2nd edition 1996, hardback copy, ''Records of North American Caribou & Moose'' first edition 1997, hardback copy, ''Records of North American Mule Deer'' first edition 2009, paperback copy, ''Records of North American Elk'' first edition 2009, paperback copy, ''Records of North American Whitetail Deer '' fourth edition, 2003, paperback copy, (6).

A Robert Taylor First Edition print "Lancaster" signed by Leonard Cheshire, framed and glazed

Five First Edition, second issue Dr. Suess "The Cat In The Hat" volumes

Two First Edition Dr. Suess "Cat In The Hat" volumes with single sleeves

The Last Man On The Moon hardback book by Eugene Cernan with Don Davis. Published 1999 St Martin's Press First Edition. Book in good condition with dust jacket, protected with clear plastic wrap. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99

That Great Lucifer A Portrait Of Sir Walter Raleigh hardback book by Margaret Irwin1960 Chatto & Windus First Edition. Dust jacket has a few rips around the edges but book in good sound condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99

Churchill Taken From The Diaries Of Lord Moran hardback book. Published 1966 Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, First Edition. 877 pages. Dust jacket shows signs of age around the edges. Book in very nice condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99

Meccano 1932 first issue motor car construction outfit, instructions no. 32 MC, original 2 fold leaflet reference no 16/732/25, some small tears around edges, but very good condition for age, English edition

An Early XX Century Edition of Elliman & Sons "Animal Treatment First Aid for Horses, Dogs, Birds and Cattle", four vintage books including two Scott's Last Expedition, Everest Expeditions, etc:- One Tray

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751, first edition second issue, London: Cassell and Co, 1886, 8vo, brown/red cloth (spine slightly rubbed and darkened, water spots to edge of pages) Advertisements coded 5 G-7.86 and the reading 'pleasure' on page 40 line 11.

A collection of various vintage and antique books including early Rev. W. Awdry books with first edition "Branch Line Engine", "The Twin Engines", "The Eight Famous Engines" and "The Four little Engines". Also three volumes of Yarrell's Birds and three Winnie the Pooh 1950's editions.

WWII Second World War Interest - an original British 1st / First Edition ' Mein Kampf ' by Adolf Hitler. 'Two Volumes In One'. 40th Thousand, 1939. Published by Hurst and Blackett Ltd, London. Blue boards, with gilt titles to spine and eagle swastika to front. 

Two original WWI First World War period maps, comprising:- Trench Map: Bailleul-Kemmel area. Sheet 28 SW, edition 6. Belgium & France. Coded in bottom l/h corner GS GS (General Staff Geographical Section) 2742 and published by the Ordnance Survey December 1916. On folding linen. Scale 1:20,000. Size 89 by 65 cm. Detailed key. Original owner’s name to reverse. The owner served in the Durham Light Infantry and the Northumberland Fusiliers, and was wounded in France- British Army map of Amiens, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton for the Geographical Section General Staff 1916. Code 2364 to bottom left corner. On folding linen size 88 by 66 cm. Scale 1:100,000. Key gives information on many geographical features and has an explanation of French names for them. Soldier’s name in pencil above front cover.

DARWIN Charles. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Sixth Edition, with additions and corrections. (Twenty-Second Thousand). The source of much controversy in its day, this seminal text remains one of the most important works of the 19th century. First published in 1859, it had gone through six editions by 1872. The sixth, final 'life-time' edition is of importance, since it is the first to use the term 'evolution' in its text. [Freeman 438].

Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt, by Surtees, Published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1854 First Edition. Hand coloured frontispiece, 16 hand coloured steel engravings, and numerous woodcut text illustrations by John Leech. red morocco and gilt bindings.

Robert Louis Stephenson, Treasure Island, illustrated with 12 illustrations by John Cameron, first edition of this illustrated book published by Cassell and Co.,no 131 of a limited edition of 250. white bindings with gilt line decoration

J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the half blood prince, First edition with misprint p 99 eleven owls

Crompton, Richmal, Just-William, first edition first printing, frontispiece and illustrations by Thomas Henry, original red cloth, original owner's inscription inner cover dated Christmas 1922, George Newnes. Also William - The Showman, second edition November 1937, William - The Good, third edition June 1929, William - The Detective, First Cheap Edition October 1935, William - The Gangster, third printing February 1935, and William's Crowded Hours, fourth edition November 1934 (6)

The Napoleon Museum, the History of France, With Crested Library Bookmark of Edward King Tenison, Lord Lieutenant of Roscommon, Kilronan Castle, Ireland, 18881896 First edition

Margarethe Moll - - 1884 Mühlhausen/Elsass - 1977 München Stehendes Mädchen. 1951. Bronze mit goldbrauner Patina. Verso mit dem Namenszug. Eines von nur 2 Exemplaren. Höhe mit Sockel: 59,5 cm (23,4 in). • Selten. • Zum ersten Mal auf dem internationalen Auktionsmarkt angeboten (Quelle: artprice.com). • Marg Moll war die einzige deutsche Bildhauerschülerin bei Matisse. • Schon vor Sintenis, Roeder und Kollwitz arbeitet sie bildhauerisch. • Zadkine, Léger, Archipenko und Brancusi gehören zu ihren künstlerischen Wegbegleitern. LITERATUR: Werner Filmer, Marg Moll. Eine deutsche Bildhauerin 1884-1977, Bergisch Gladbach 2013, Abb. S. 144. Aufrufzeit: 18.06.2021 - ca. 14.22 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.ENGLISH VERSIONMargarethe Moll -1884 Mühlhausen/Elsass - 1977 München Stehendes Mädchen. 1951. Bronze with golden brown patina. With the name on the reverse. From an edition of just 2 copies. Height incl. base: 59.5 cm (23.4 in). • Rare. • For the first time on the international auction market (source: artprice.com). • Marg Moll was the only German student of Matisse. • She was active as sculptor before Sintenis, Röder and Kollwitz. • Zadkine, Léger and Archipenko were among her artistic companions. LITERATURE: Werner Filmer, Marg Moll. Eine deutsche Bildhauerin 1884-1977, Bergisch Gladbach 2013, illu. on p. 144. Called up: June 18, 2021 - ca. 14.22 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.

Fritz Koenig - - 1924 Würzburg - 2017 Altdorf bei Landshut Schaukel. 1961. Bronze, poliert. Clarenbach 260. Am Sockel mit dem Namenszug. Eines von 3 Exemplaren. Ca. 64,5 x 60 x 12 cm (25,3 x 23,6 x 4,7 in). • Seltene frühe Arbeit. • Erstes auf dem internationalen Auktionsmarkt angebotenes Exemplar aus einer Auflage von 3. • Über die New Yorker Staempfli Gallery erworben, die 1961 die erste Einzelausstellung des Künstlers in den USA zeigt. • 1970 entwirft Koenig die Bronze 'The Sphere', die zwischen den beiden Türmen des World Trade Center aufgestellt war und heute als weltbekanntes Mahnmal für die Anschläge des 11. September gilt. • Bronzen des Künstlers befinden sich in zahlreichen bedeutenden Sammlungen, darunter das Museum of Modern Art, New York, die Guggenheim Collection, Venedig, und die Pinakothek der Moderne, München. Wir danken Herrn Dr. Dietrich Clarenbach, Gauting, für die wissenschaftliche Beratung. PROVENIENZ: Staempfli Gallery, New York (direkt vom Künstler). Unternehmenssammlung Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1976 vom Vorgenannten erworben). 'In den Skulpturen werden Erfahrungen sowohl aufgrund äußerer Sinne als auch innerer Wahrnehmungen, Imagination und eigener physisch-psychischer Verfassung [..] mit ästhetischer Wertung [verbunden]. ' Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig Skulpturen 1966-79, Regensburg 1979, o.S. Im wahrsten Sinne spektakulär war die große Koenig-Retrospektive, welche die Uffizien im Sommer 2018 veranstaltet haben: An zwei Orten zugleich, der Galleria degli Uffizi und im benachbarten Boboli Garten, begegneten die Besucher den unverwechselbaren Schöpfungen des weltbekannten deutschen Bildhauers. Es war eine 'Präsentation der Superlative' (Tagesspiegel, 30.8.2018), die dort nicht nur in elf Sälen der Uffizien, sondern auch mit 25 in der beeindruckenden Renaissance-Kulisse des Boboli Gartens präsentierten Großplastiken dem deutschen Ausnahmebildhauer gewidmet war. Der in Würzburg geborene Bildhauer Fritz Koenig wird durch die frühe Zusammenarbeit mit der New Yorker Staempfli Gallery schnell international bekannt. Nach Koenigs erster Einzelausstellung in den USA, die die Galerie des gebürtigen Schweizers George William Staempfli 1961 zeigt, widmet die New Yorker Galerie aufgrund des großen Erfolges Koenigs beeindruckendem Schaffen schließlich bis 1973 regelmäßig Einzelausstellungen. Ab 1956 beginnt Koenigs intensive Auseinandersetzung mit verschiedenen Bewegungsmotiven, die er in Ansammlungen von Mensch und Tier künstlerisch durchzuspielen beginnt. Es entstehen gleich mehrere Versionen der Arbeiten 'Menge' (1956) und 'Camargue' (1956–1960), in der eine Herde aus parallel ausgerichteten Rinderkörpern und treibenden Reitern zu einer eindrucksvollen formalen Einheit verschmelzen. 'Camargue X' (1958) befindet sich heute in der Sammlung des Museum of Modern Art, New York. Und im Anschluss an die Biennale von Venedig, deren Teilnehmer Koenig 1958 ist, erwirbt Peggy Guggenheim ein Exemplar der Bronze 'Biga' (1957), die zwei abstrahierte Pferde vor einem Streitwagen zeigt, für ihren Skulpturengarten in Venedig. Bewegungskonzentrierte Reiter- und Quadrigamotive folgen um 1960 und Koenig hat in unserer großen Bronze 'Schaukel' (1961) das dort noch aus der Fläche nach vorne gerichtete Bewegungsmotiv nun in ein zu den Seiten schwingendes weiterentwickelt. Auf diese Weise ist Koenig in 'Schaukel' ein luftiges, sanft schwingendes Formgebilde gelungen, das so in seinem bildhauerischen Schaffen einzigartig ist und dessen Erscheinung souverän zwischen abstrakten Elementen und figürlichen Assoziationen oszilliert. [JS] Aufrufzeit: 18.06.2021 - ca. 17.32 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.ENGLISH VERSIONFritz Koenig -1924 Würzburg - 2017 Altdorf bei Landshut Schaukel. 1961. Bronze, polished. Clarenbach 260. With the number on the base. From an edition of 3 copies. Ca. 64.5 x 60 x 12 cm (25.3 x 23.6 x 4.7 in). • Rare early work. • First copy from the edition of 3 offered on the international auction market. • Acquired from the New York Staempfli Gallery, which showed the artist's first American solo show in 1961. • Around 1970 Koenig received the spectacular commission for 'The Sphere', a monumental globe-shaped bronze erected between the two towers of the New York World Trade Center, today it is a world-famous memorial for the 9/11 attacks. • Works by the artist are in many renowned collections, among them the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. We are grateful to Dr. Dietrich Clarenbach, Gauting, for his kind expert advice. PROVENANCE: Staempfli Gallery, New York (directly from the artist). Corporate collection Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (acquired from aforementioned in 1976). 'In the sculptures the artist concretizes experiences of both inner and outer sensations, imagination and the own physical and mental state in combination with aesthetic values.' Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig Skulpturen 1966-79, Regensburg 1979, no p. The grand Koenig retrospective organized by the Uffizi in summer 2018 was spectacular in the truest sense of the word: In two locations, one at at the Galleria degli Uffizi and one at the neighboring Boboli Garden, visitors encountered the unmistakable creations of the world-famous German sculptor. It was a 'Presentation of Superlatives' (Tagesspiegel, August 30, 2018), which was dedicated to the exceptional German sculptor not only in eleven halls of the Uffizi, but also with 25 large sculptures presented in the impressive Renaissance backdrop of the Boboli Garden. The Würzburg-born sculptor Fritz Koenig quickly became internationally known through his early collaboration with the Staempfli Gallery in New York. After Koenig's first solo exhibition in the USA, which the gallery of the Swiss George William Staempfli showed in 1961. Due to Koenig's great success the New York gallery regularly organized solo exhibitions until 1973. From 1956 on Koenig became intensively occupied with motifs of motion, which he began to artistically examine in groups of people and animals. Several versions of the works 'Menge' (Quatity, 1956) and 'Camargue' (1956–1960) were created, in which a herd of parallel cattle bodies and driving riders merge into an impressive formal unit. 'Camargue X' (1958) is now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Following the Venice Biennial in which Koenig participated in 1958, Peggy Guggenheim acquired a copy of the bronze 'Biga' (1957), which shows two abstract horses in front of a chariot, for her sculpture garden in Venice. Movement-focused rider and quadriga motifs followed around 1960 and in our large bronze 'Schaukel' (Swing, 1961) Koenig has developed the forward-oriented motion motif to one that swings to the sides. This way Koenig has succeeded in creating an airy, gently swinging form. With an appearance oscillating between abstract elements and figurative associations, 'Schaukel' is unique in his sculptural work. [JS] Called up: June 18, 2021 - ca. 17.32 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.

Günther Uecker - - 1930 Wendorf - lebt und arbeitet in Düsseldorf Kunstpranger. 1983. Nägel und Asche-Leim-Gemisch auf Holzstamm. Rückseitig unten signiert und datiert. Höhe: 293 cm (115,3 x 37,4 x 29,5 in). Durchmesser: ca. 95 cm (37,4 in). • Die während der Aktion 'Kunstpranger' entstandene Skulptur ist der Erste: Der Ur-Nagelbaum. • Der monumentalste jemals angebotene Nagelbaum. • Seit der Entstehung stets in der Sammlung Deutsche Bank. Dieses Werk ist im Uecker Archiv unter der Nummer GU.83.046 registriert und wird vorgemerkt für die Aufnahme in das entstehende Uecker-Werkverzeichnis. PROVENIENZ: Aktion 'Kunstpranger' bei der Galerie Annelie Brusten, Wuppertal. Sammlung Deutsche Bank (vom Vorgenannten erworben). Der 'Kunstpranger' gehört zu den bekanntesten Skulpturen Günther Ueckers. In einer Aktion mit der Wuppertaler Galeristin Annelie Brusten, die er 1979 während eines Akademie-Rundgangs in Düsseldorf kennenlernt, schafft er ein Mahnmal für die sterbende Natur. Eine von Borkenkäfern befallene Ulme wird im Klophaus-Park gefällt, durch Uecker aber als Kunstwerk konserviert. Die Idee entsteht im Herbst des Jahres 1983, als Annelie Brusten zufällig die Forstarbeiter im Park beim Markieren der 80 Jahre alten Ulme bemerkt. Sie erfährt, dass der kranke Baum gefällt und verbrannt werden soll. Annelie Brusten holt den bereits sehr bekannten 'ZERO'-Künstler und Professor an der Kunstakademie nach Wuppertal: Uecker kommt, markiert einen etwa 3 Meter langen Abschnitt am Stamm und Ueckers Schüler Herbert Koller dokumentiert fotografisch was dann geschieht. Im Park-Pavillon bearbeitet Uecker, auf einer Leiter stehend, über zehn Tage den mächtigen Stamm und bestückt ihn mit einer wehrhaften Krone aus Zimmermannsnägeln. Insgesamt etwa eintausend Nägel mit einem Gewicht von 130 Kilogramm verwendet er für dieses Kunstwerk. Die Asche der verbrannten Baumkrone vermischt er mit Leim, einer Art Heilsalbe, mit der er die Wunden des Baumes verschließt. Es ist sein erster Baum, den er mit Nägeln bearbeitet. Im Park-Pavillon verbleibt die Skulptur 'Kunstpranger' als gleichnamige Ausstellung der dort ansässigen Galerie Annelie Brusten, dem Waldsterben gewidmet - ein Thema, das heute brisanter ist als jemals zuvor. Bei seiner Rede zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung prangert Uecker die Umweltzerstörung durch den Menschen an und erklärt die Nägel zur 'Rüstung', mit der er den Baum 'eingerüstet, ihn stark gemacht' habe. Herbert Kollers Aufnahmen sind nebst handschriftlichen Gedanken Ueckers in dem kleinen Ausstellungskatalog 'Kunstpranger' enthalten, den Annelie Brusten später als Auflage herausgibt. Auch ein Multiple in 35 Schubern mit jeweils einer benagelten Baumscheibe und Kohlezeichnung der Ulme macht die Entstehung des Kunstwerks nachträglich zu einer Art Performance. Mithilfe des damaligen Direktors des Von der Heydt-Museums, Günter Aust, verkauft Annelie Brusten den 'Kunstpranger' nach vier Monaten an die Deutsche Bank. Die Neuerwerbung wird dort über 20 Jahre in der Eingangshalle der Wuppertaler Filiale präsentiert. Der Nagelbaum wird zu einem Thema in Ueckers Œuvre, das ihn nicht gleich wieder loslässt. Noch 1984 folgt ein achtteiliger Wald, ein zweiter und dritter entsteht 1988 und 1991. Günther Uecker ist ein steter Kommentator der Geschehnisse in der Welt, er lebt in der Gegenwart und nimmt aktiv an seiner Zeit teil. 'Die Kunst kann den Menschen nicht retten, aber mit den Mitteln der Kunst wird ein Dialog möglich, welcher zu einem den Menschen bewahrenden Handeln aufruft.' (Günther Uecker, 1983, zit. nach: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, S. 2). Seine Werke sind Zeugen ihrer Zeit und künstlerischer Protest gegen Zerstörung und Vernichtung. [SM] Aufrufzeit: 18.06.2021 - ca. 17.38 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regelbesteuert angeboten (R).ENGLISH VERSIONGünther Uecker -1930 Wendorf - lebt und arbeitet in Düsseldorf Kunstpranger. 1983. Nails and ashes-glue compound on tree trunk. Signed and dated on the reverse. Height: 293 cm (115.3 x 37,4 x 29,5 in). Diameter: ca. 95 cm (37,4 in). • The sculpture was made in context of the campaign 'Kunstpranger' (Art Pillory) and is the first nail tree ever made. • The most monumental nail tree ever on the market. • Part of Deutsche Bank Collection since it was made. The work is registered in the Uecker Archive with the number GU.83.046 and is earmarked for inclusion into the forthcoming Uecker catalog raisonné. PROVENANCE: Art campaign 'Kunstpranger' at Galerie Annelie Brusten, Wuppertal. Deutsche Bank Collection (acquired from aforementioned). The 'Kunstpranger' (Art Pillory) is one of Günther Uecker's most famous sculptures. In an action with the Wuppertal gallery owner Annelie Brusten, whom he met in 1979 during the academy tour in Düsseldorf, he created a memorial for the destruction of the environment. An elm tree infested with bark beetles was chopped down in Klophaus Park, but Uecker conserved it as a work of art. The idea came up in the autumn of 1983 when Annelie Brusten happened to notice the forest workers in the park marking the 80-year-old elm. She learned that the sick tree had to be taken down. Annelie Brusten called the well-known 'ZERO' artist and academy professor to Wuppertal: Uecker came, marked an approximately 3 meter long section on the trunk and Uecker's student Herbert Koller photo-documented what happened next. In a pavilion in the park Uecker stood on a ladder and worked on the mighty trunk for ten days, equipping it with a defensive crown of carpenter nails. He used a total of around one thousand nails weighing 130 kilograms for this work of art. He mixed the ashes of the burned treetop with glue, as a kind of healing ointment, with which he closed the tree’s wounds. This was the first tree ever that Uecker performed his nailwork on. The sculpture 'Kunstpranger' (Art Pillory) remained in the park pavilion as an exhibition of the same name by the Annelie Brusten gallery and was dedicated to forest dieback - a problem that was more topical than ever at that point. In his speech on occasion of the opening of the exhibition, Uecker decried the destruction of the environment by man and declared the nails to be 'armor' with which he 'equips the tree, in order to make it strong'. Herbert Koller's photographs, along with Uecker's handwritten thoughts, were included in the small exhibition catalog 'Kunstpranger', which Annelie Brusten would later publish in an edition of 35 multiples in slipcases, each with a nailed tree disc and a charcoal drawing of the elmtree, turns the creation of the work of art into a kind of performance. With the help of the then director of the Von der Heydt Museum, Günter Aust, Annelie Brusten sold the 'Kunspranger' to the Deutsche Bank Collection after four months. The new acquisition was presented in the lobby of its Wuppertal branch for over 20 years. The nail tree became a theme in Uecker's oeuvre that the artist would not let go. In 1984 he made an eight-part fores, a second and third one followed 1988 and 1991. Günther Uecker remained an artistic commentator on current events in the world, he lives in the present and makes contributions to the issues of our time. 'Art cannot save people, but with the means of art a dialogue becomes possible which calls for actions that will then protect people.' (Günther Uecker, 1983, quote from: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, p. 2) His works are witnesses to the urging questions of their days and an artistic protest against destruction and annihilation. [SM] Called up: June 18, 2021 - ca. 17.38 h +/- 20 min. This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation (R).