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Lot 443
P.F. Evers-Swindell (contemporary British), Three oils on silk, Two golden labrador portraits and a golden retreiver, Each signed lower right, 23.5cm x 29cm, 32.5cm x 27.5cm and 29.5cm x 23.5cm, Each framed and glazed, With a pastel sketch of a golden labrador and dog prints by M. Cawston and Cecil Aldin (6)
Lot 20
Shara Hughes (B. 1981)Rock Garden 2009 signed and dated 2009; signed, titled and dated 2009 on the reverseoil, acrylic, oil stick, pastel, watercolour, felt-tip pen, graphite and collage on paper49.5 by 63.5 cm. 19 1/2 by 25 in. Footnotes:ProvenanceMuseum 52, LondonAcquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2009For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 6
Christo (American, born 1935)The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project For Paris), in two parts 1979 signed, titled and dated 1979 on the upper panel; variously inscribed on the reverse of each panelpastel, wax crayon, charcoal, graphite and printed paper on card laid on board, in a Perspex frameUpper Panel: 38 by 244 cm.14 15/16 by 96 1/16 in.Lower Panel: 107 by 244 cm.42 1/8 by 96 1/16 in.Footnotes:ProvenanceCarl Flach, SwedenSale: Sotheby's, London, Post-War and Contemporary Art, 3 December 1992, Lot 68Galerie Bernard Cats, BrusselsAcquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1994Over the course of one of the most enchanting and beloved artistic careers – famed for producing some of the greatest monumental and dramatic works of public sculpture to ever be realised – American artist Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude have redefined the notion of public sculpture, bringing their 'wrapped' projects to cities including Berlin, Chicago, Milan, and Paris. Presented here are two sterling examples of Christo's preparatory artworks for The Pont Neuf Wrapped and The Umbrellas, each project realised in 1985 and 1991 respectively. Internationally lauded and collected by museums that include the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art, USA, and the Tate collection, London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris will play host to a major retrospective of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, opening in March 2020, before presenting one of their most significant and highly anticipated wrapped monuments in September; covering the Arc de Triomphe in Paris with 25,000 square meters of fabric for a period of 16 days. Contemplative and beautiful, Christo's practice emerged from the Nouveau Réalisme movement in Paris in the early 1960s alongside artists including Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely. Having fled the Eastern Bloc, escaping from Czechoslovakia to Vienna in 1957 before making his way to the French capital, the artist found his quintessential style early on, wrapping cans, bottles, shoes, and chairs in his Paris attic studio, before meeting his lifelong collaborator and wife Jeanne-Claude in 1958. Offered for sale are two preparatory renderings of a pair of enormously complex projects Christo and Jeanne-Claude would undertake years after their conception. The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project For Paris) (1979) – one if the largest Christo works to ever come to market – and The Umbrellas (Joint project for Japan and USA) (1990) illustrate the extravagant conceptual mind that made Christo and Jeanne-Claude two of the most celebrated and admired creative visionaries of the last half century. The Pont-Neuf bridge was first completed in July 1606 and is the oldest bridge crossing the river Seine in the French capital. An icon of Paris, joining the left and right banks and the Île de la Cité for over 400 years, it has been immortalised in paint by J.M.W. Turner, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro alike. Joining such a canon of artists to tackle this historical site, the present work by the artist is a rare, large-scale, two-part study for the proposed project that took ten years of negotiations and two rejections before it was finally executed in 1985. Turning one of the most important pieces of architecture in Paris into a uniform façade of folds and bindings, Christo and Jeanne-Claude drew attention to the history, the design, and the mythology of the 'City of Light', highlighting the building blocks of a culture and a nation; appreciating them by veiling them. Documenting the ephemeral, 14-day event, the energetic diptych, The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project For Paris), depicts a charming blend of studied, expressive and technical marks, combined with notes and comments by the artist's hand, capturing the committed and all-encompassing approach to what would become one of the duo's most iconic wrapped monuments. A thought-provoking and more politically weighted piece, The Umbrellas (Joint project for Japan and USA) depicts one of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's most elaborate and poignant works of public sculpture, ambitiously constructed between two continents either side of the Pacific Ocean in 1991. From 9th October that year for 18 days, 3100 oversized umbrellas standing at little over 6 meters high, divided between two valleys in Japan and California, USA, were opened and stood silently and proudly as objects that sheltered and mirrored one another across nations that had previously known intolerable war against one another. Often rebutting the political or historical reading of their work, the couple's temporary monuments nonetheless consistently nudge a reading of them as being bound to their sites and their shapes, drawing attention to their location and social currency. In the present work, Christo's Japanese umbrellas dance through the valley of the Sato River, wonderfully depicted in vivid hues of green and blue, inscribed exuberantly in pencil on paper, alongside a technical map of the lowland in the Prefecture of Ibaraki. As much technical drawings as they are visions of a project to-be, the two diptychs by Christo offered here are superlative examples of the artists' fleeting monumental projects and their lasting preparatory studies. Works of art in their own right, they stand as exquisite landscapes that chart the magnificent and provocative impact Christo and Jeanne-Claude have had, not just as great sculptors, but as an artist-duo who have made history and culture their very medium.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 7
Christo (American, born 1935)The Umbrellas (Joint project for Japan and USA), in two parts1990 signed, titled and dated 1990 on the left panel; signed, dated 1990 and variously inscribed on the reverse of each panelpastel, wax crayon, charcoal, enamel, printed paper and fabric collage on card laid on board, in a Perspex frameLeft Panel: 77.5 by 30.5 cm.30 1/2 by 12 in.Right Panel: 77.5 by 66.7 cm.30 1/2 by 26 1/4 in.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Collection, USA (acquired directly from the artist)Acquired from the above by the present ownerThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 257
Continental School, 19th century, Portrait of an officer, unsigned, oval, pastel, 23 x 18cm, 9 x 7in set in ornate gilt frame.Condition report: The drawing is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The drawing is ornately framed and glazed. The frame has the odd minor knock and loss commensurate with age.
Lot 151
Portrait of a gentleman in profile pastel with pencil 42.5 x 36cmFootnote: Provenance: Charles Plante Fine Art, Georgetown, Washington D.C., USA Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852) aspired to pursue a military career and was educated at The Ecole Militaire in Paris. Following his graduation in 1785, he joined the French Guard. However, after the start of the French Revolution in 1789, he fled to Switzerland and later settled with his family in New York in 1793. After an unsuccessful experiment trying to make a living as a farmer, he took up portraiture. He is now primarily known for his profile portraits of distinguished sitters which included American statesmen and presidents, such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. His works are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Lot 46
Frank Sully (1898-1992), sailing ships, pastel, 45cm x 35cm, signed and dated (19)23 lower right, inscribed verso 'Passing Storm Chelsea Reach Exhibited London 1925', glazed and framed, 65cm x 55cm.Condition: no signs of any damage, one minor spot in the sky, minor brown area to right side next to mount, other wise good.
Lot 417
T LEWIS "Cattle in Field", watercolour, signed lower left, together with 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Family Group with Three Daughters and Chaise Longue, One with Doll", watercolour, unsigned, oval, 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Young Boy in Blue Bow Tie", pastel, oval, a framed and glazed engraving of Westminster Abbey and an etching of Budapest
Lot 340
20TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Portrait of a Lady with Flowers", pastel, unsigned, approx 64 cm x 46 cm CONDITION REPORTS Frame appears possibly to be a converted mirror or is missing something at the top. Various other pieces missing and damaged. The image itself - there are two larger scratches within the picture - one in the hair amongst the flowers and one just above the head on the right hand side. Otherwise general wear and tear. Some dirt etc. See images for more details.
Lot 435
KEITH HENDERSON "Orange Bough by a White Wall Sicily" pastel, signed lower right, bears title, signature and dated January 1975 on label verso together with four other flower studies by the same hand titled "The Sheherazade Orchid", "Weeds South Africa", "Four Wild Bauhinia" and "Red Passion Flower" all signed, three of the studies bear the Pastel Society Exhibition 1979 at the Mall Galleries label verso CONDITION REPORTS All appear to be in fairly sound condition. Some discolouration to the background - ie. slight yellowing - particularly the red passion flower. See images for further detail.
Lot 452
A MACKAY "Still Life with Jug and Fruit" oil on board, signed lower right, approximately 40 cm x 49.5 cm, together with 20TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Town Square with Church and Figures" oil on board, indistinctly signed lower left, 20TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SCHOOL "Alpine Scene" oil on canvas, unsigned and a pastel portrait study of a gentleman with beard, unsigned
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