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Lot 626
* IAN FLEMING RSA RSW RGI (SCOTTISH 1906 - 1994), UNTITLED etching on paper, studio stamp verso, no. 161mounted, framed and under glass image size 37cm x 50cm, overall size 52cm x 62cm Provenance: the artist's studio sale.Note: Ian Fleming was born in Glasgow and studied drawing, painting and printmaking at Glasgow School of Art. After graduating, he worked with etcher Charles Murray, and then travelled on an art school scholarship to London, Paris and Spain. In 1931 Fleming started teaching at Glasgow School of Art. During this time he met William Wilson, with whom he exchanged print-making ideas. He served in the police and army during the second world war and continued sketching and printmaking throughout. Notable are the prints he made of the Glasgow blitz. After the war Fleming taught again at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield, Arbroath. At this time he moved towards painting, rather than print-making, producing landscapes, harbours and portraits both in oil and watercolour. Fleming was principal of Gray's School of Art between 1954 and 1971. He continued in printmaking after his retirement. He died at Aberdeen.
Lot 632
* IAN FLEMING RSA RSW RGI (SCOTTISH 1906 - 1994), UNTITLED etching on paper, studio stamp verso, no. 171mounted, framed and under glass image size 37cm x 50cm, overall size 61cm x 77cm Provenance: the artist's studio sale.Note: Ian Fleming was born in Glasgow and studied drawing, painting and printmaking at Glasgow School of Art. After graduating, he worked with etcher Charles Murray, and then travelled on an art school scholarship to London, Paris and Spain. In 1931 Fleming started teaching at Glasgow School of Art. During this time he met William Wilson, with whom he exchanged print-making ideas. He served in the police and army during the second world war and continued sketching and printmaking throughout. Notable are the prints he made of the Glasgow blitz. After the war Fleming taught again at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield, Arbroath. At this time he moved towards painting, rather than print-making, producing landscapes, harbours and portraits both in oil and watercolour. Fleming was principal of Gray's School of Art between 1954 and 1971. He continued in printmaking after his retirement. He died at Aberdeen.
![Science.- Galton (Francis) Finger Prints, with supplement 'Decipherment of Blurred Finger Prints', together 2 vol., [PMM 376]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/03c61e10-fdc6-4836-b646-b23b0115e276/141a9b31-2e71-4024-b1c4-b23b0117f20e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 13
Science.- Galton (Francis) Finger Prints, with supplement 'Decipherment of Blurred Finger Prints', together 2 vol., [PMM 376], 1892-93; Finger Print Directories, 1895 § Pearson (Karl) The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton, 3 vol. in 4, Cambridge, 1914-30, first editions, plates and illustrations, original cloth, the last pictorial gilt, the first three with faded spines; and 4 others by or about Galton, 8vo & 4to (11)*** Galton is perhaps best known for his development of the fingerprint system as a means of personal identification.
![Cleyn (Francis).- Ovidius Naso (Publius) [Metamorphosis], text in Latin, engraved pictorial title and 16 plates by Salamon Sa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/03c61e10-fdc6-4836-b646-b23b0115e276/867534f4-b899-4f57-aa0d-b23b01181d13/468x382.jpg)
Lot 218
Cleyn (Francis).- Ovidius Naso (Publius) [Metamorphosis], text in Latin, engraved pictorial title and 16 plates by Salamon Savery after Francis Cleyn, damp-staining, the areas of staining larger to text ff. than plates, modern bookplate, contemporary limp vellum, 4to, [?c.1640].*** The engraved plates after Francis Cleyn here present originally appeared in the second edition of George Sandy's translation of the Metamorphosis, published by John Lichfield in Oxford, 1632. They have been here bound to accompany a, presumably near contemporary (possibly continental), Latin edition of the same work. German-born artist Francis Cleyn (c.1582-1658) lived and worked in England, a noted early English print maker.
Lot 52
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (FRENCH-AMERICAN 1930-2002) ⊕ UNTITLED signed Niki de Saint Phalle and numbered 26/50 lower right screenprint in colours on wove paper 89 x 61cm; 35 x 24in unframed Property from the Estate of Alexander Iolas see note to lot 47 Works from the Estate of Alexander Iolas by Jean Hugo and Nikki de Saint Phalle (lots 44-52)Introduction Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Iolas (1908-1987) was a renowned art dealer, gallerist and collector of both classical and modern art whose extraordinary influence made a seismic impact on the New York art scene and internationally between the 1950s and 1980s.As a young man Iolas defied family expectations of following in the path of his father to become a cotton dealer, instead he travelled widely throughout Europe pursuing a career in ballet before turning his attention to the arts. In 1935 he arrived in New York and launched himself into the city’s growing art scene as the manager of Hugo Gallery on East 55th Street. Founded by Elizabeth Arden alongside Robert Rothschild, the gallery gained a reputation for Surrealist art after Iolas staged a pivotal exhibition of new work by Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and René Magritte in 1947.Five years later Iolas mounted the landmark show of the yet undiscovered artist Andy Warhol, staging his artistic debut Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote in 1952 and propelling the young American artist to stardom. Iolas and Warhol subsequently worked extensively together, with Iolas credited for commissioning one of Warhol’s final print epics Last Supper of 1986. Iolas also introduced the work of Ed Ruscha to the gallery, shepherding both his reputation and his market. In 1955, in partnership with Brooks Jackson, Iolas established his own independent gallery franchise across Paris, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Madrid and Athens.Famous for his bombastic claims and often amusing opinions (once dismissing Balthus and Cy Twombly as terrible painters in the same breath), Iolas’ professional achievements are often interchangeable with extraordinary stories of a legend formed in part of his own making. His eye was informed by intuition rather than institution, his theatrical nature inextricably linked to his professional undertakings. Speaking to art historian Maurice Rheims in 1965, Iolas stated: 'I don’t consider a gallery as a commercial occupation. It’s purely artistic… it’s a show in which the audience members are the dancers, and the scenery is made by the painter.
Lot 45
JEAN HUGO (FRENCH 1894-1984) ⊕ (i) SAILING BY THE LIGHTHOUSE (ii) BUOY AT DUSK (iii) ON FOOT ACROSS THE PLAIN each signed Jean Hugo lower right gouache on paper each: 7.8 x 4.6cm; 3 1/4 x 1 3/4in 55.5 x 23.5cm; 21 3/4 x 9 1/4in (three framed as one) Property from the Estate of Alexander Iolas see note to previous lot Works from the Estate of Alexander Iolas by Jean Hugo and Nikki de Saint Phalle (lots 44-52)Introduction Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Iolas (1908-1987) was a renowned art dealer, gallerist and collector of both classical and modern art whose extraordinary influence made a seismic impact on the New York art scene and internationally between the 1950s and 1980s.As a young man Iolas defied family expectations of following in the path of his father to become a cotton dealer, instead he travelled widely throughout Europe pursuing a career in ballet before turning his attention to the arts. In 1935 he arrived in New York and launched himself into the city’s growing art scene as the manager of Hugo Gallery on East 55th Street. Founded by Elizabeth Arden alongside Robert Rothschild, the gallery gained a reputation for Surrealist art after Iolas staged a pivotal exhibition of new work by Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and René Magritte in 1947.Five years later Iolas mounted the landmark show of the yet undiscovered artist Andy Warhol, staging his artistic debut Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote in 1952 and propelling the young American artist to stardom. Iolas and Warhol subsequently worked extensively together, with Iolas credited for commissioning one of Warhol’s final print epics Last Supper of 1986. Iolas also introduced the work of Ed Ruscha to the gallery, shepherding both his reputation and his market. In 1955, in partnership with Brooks Jackson, Iolas established his own independent gallery franchise across Paris, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Madrid and Athens. Famous for his bombastic claims and often amusing opinions (once dismissing Balthus and Cy Twombly as terrible painters in the same breath), Iolas’ professional achievements are often interchangeable with extraordinary stories of a legend formed in part of his own making. His eye was informed by intuition rather than institution, his theatrical nature inextricably linked to his professional undertakings. Speaking to art historian Maurice Rheims in 1965, Iolas stated: 'I don’t consider a gallery as a commercial occupation. It’s purely artistic… it’s a show in which the audience members are the dancers, and the scenery is made by the painter.
Lot 44
JEAN HUGO (FRENCH 1894-1984) ⊕ (i) ON THE QUAY (ii) BY THE CLIFFS (iii) ACROSS THE SOUND each signed Jean Hugo - (i) lower left, (ii) & (iii) lower right; (i) inscribed no. 103 on the reverse, (ii) inscribed no. 41 on the reverse, (iii) inscribed no. 113 on the reverse gouache on paper 4.8 x 8cm; 2 x 3 1/4in (i) & (iii) 8 x 4.8cm; 3 1/4 x 2in (ii) 55.5 x 23.5cm; 21 3/4 x 9 1/4in (three framed as one) Property from the Estate of Alexander Iolas Jean Hugo was the great-grandson of the Romantic novelist and politician Victor Hugo (1802-1885). Brought up in a lively artistic environment, he began teaching himself drawing and poetry from an early age. His artistic career spans the twentieth century, from his early sketches of the First World War through the creative fervour of his years in Paris thereafter. Part of an extensive artistic circle, he counted Picasso, Cecil Beaton and Jean Cocteau (see lot 68) among his friends. Works from the Estate of Alexander Iolas by Jean Hugo and Nikki de Saint Phalle (lots 44-52)Introduction Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Iolas (1908-1987) was a renowned art dealer, gallerist and collector of both classical and modern art whose extraordinary influence made a seismic impact on the New York art scene and internationally between the 1950s and 1980s.As a young man Iolas defied family expectations of following in the path of his father to become a cotton dealer, instead he travelled widely throughout Europe pursuing a career in ballet before turning his attention to the arts. In 1935 he arrived in New York and launched himself into the city’s growing art scene as the manager of Hugo Gallery on East 55th Street. Founded by Elizabeth Arden alongside Robert Rothschild, the gallery gained a reputation for Surrealist art after Iolas staged a pivotal exhibition of new work by Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and René Magritte in 1947.Five years later Iolas mounted the landmark show of the yet undiscovered artist Andy Warhol, staging his artistic debut Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote in 1952 and propelling the young American artist to stardom. Iolas and Warhol subsequently worked extensively together, with Iolas credited for commissioning one of Warhol’s final print epics Last Supper of 1986. Iolas also introduced the work of Ed Ruscha to the gallery, shepherding both his reputation and his market. In 1955, in partnership with Brooks Jackson, Iolas established his own independent gallery franchise across Paris, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Madrid and Athens.Famous for his bombastic claims and often amusing opinions (once dismissing Balthus and Cy Twombly as terrible painters in the same breath), Iolas’ professional achievements are often interchangeable with extraordinary stories of a legend formed in part of his own making. His eye was informed by intuition rather than institution, his theatrical nature inextricably linked to his professional undertakings. Speaking to art historian Maurice Rheims in 1965, Iolas stated: 'I don’t consider a gallery as a commercial occupation. It’s purely artistic… it’s a show in which the audience members are the dancers, and the scenery is made by the painter.
Lot 50
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (FRENCH-AMERICAN 1930-2002) ⊕ WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME? signed Niki de Saint Phalle and numbered 24/100 lower right screenprint in colours on wove paper 40 x 60cm; 15 3/4 x 23 1/2in unframed Property from the Estate of Alexander Iolas Executed in 1968. see note to lot 47 Works from the Estate of Alexander Iolas by Jean Hugo and Nikki de Saint Phalle (lots 44-52)Introduction Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Iolas (1908-1987) was a renowned art dealer, gallerist and collector of both classical and modern art whose extraordinary influence made a seismic impact on the New York art scene and internationally between the 1950s and 1980s.As a young man Iolas defied family expectations of following in the path of his father to become a cotton dealer, instead he travelled widely throughout Europe pursuing a career in ballet before turning his attention to the arts. In 1935 he arrived in New York and launched himself into the city’s growing art scene as the manager of Hugo Gallery on East 55th Street. Founded by Elizabeth Arden alongside Robert Rothschild, the gallery gained a reputation for Surrealist art after Iolas staged a pivotal exhibition of new work by Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and René Magritte in 1947.Five years later Iolas mounted the landmark show of the yet undiscovered artist Andy Warhol, staging his artistic debut Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote in 1952 and propelling the young American artist to stardom. Iolas and Warhol subsequently worked extensively together, with Iolas credited for commissioning one of Warhol’s final print epics Last Supper of 1986. Iolas also introduced the work of Ed Ruscha to the gallery, shepherding both his reputation and his market. In 1955, in partnership with Brooks Jackson, Iolas established his own independent gallery franchise across Paris, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Madrid and Athens.Famous for his bombastic claims and often amusing opinions (once dismissing Balthus and Cy Twombly as terrible painters in the same breath), Iolas’ professional achievements are often interchangeable with extraordinary stories of a legend formed in part of his own making. His eye was informed by intuition rather than institution, his theatrical nature inextricably linked to his professional undertakings. Speaking to art historian Maurice Rheims in 1965, Iolas stated: 'I don’t consider a gallery as a commercial occupation. It’s purely artistic… it’s a show in which the audience members are the dancers, and the scenery is made by the painter.
Lot 47
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (FRENCH-AMERICAN 1930-2002) ⊕ REMEMBER signed Niki de Saint Phalle and numbered 54/100 lower right screenprint in colours on wove paper 50 x 61.3cm; 19 3/4 x 24 1/4in unframed Property from the Estate of Alexander Iolas Executed in 1969. Works from the Estate of Alexander Iolas by Jean Hugo and Nikki de Saint Phalle (lots 44-52)Introduction Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Iolas (1908-1987) was a renowned art dealer, gallerist and collector of both classical and modern art whose extraordinary influence made a seismic impact on the New York art scene and internationally between the 1950s and 1980s.As a young man Iolas defied family expectations of following in the path of his father to become a cotton dealer, instead he travelled widely throughout Europe pursuing a career in ballet before turning his attention to the arts. In 1935 he arrived in New York and launched himself into the city’s growing art scene as the manager of Hugo Gallery on East 55th Street. Founded by Elizabeth Arden alongside Robert Rothschild, the gallery gained a reputation for Surrealist art after Iolas staged a pivotal exhibition of new work by Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and René Magritte in 1947.Five years later Iolas mounted the landmark show of the yet undiscovered artist Andy Warhol, staging his artistic debut Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote in 1952 and propelling the young American artist to stardom. Iolas and Warhol subsequently worked extensively together, with Iolas credited for commissioning one of Warhol’s final print epics Last Supper of 1986. Iolas also introduced the work of Ed Ruscha to the gallery, shepherding both his reputation and his market. In 1955, in partnership with Brooks Jackson, Iolas established his own independent gallery franchise across Paris, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Madrid and Athens.Famous for his bombastic claims and often amusing opinions (once dismissing Balthus and Cy Twombly as terrible painters in the same breath), Iolas’ professional achievements are often interchangeable with extraordinary stories of a legend formed in part of his own making. His eye was informed by intuition rather than institution, his theatrical nature inextricably linked to his professional undertakings. Speaking to art historian Maurice Rheims in 1965, Iolas stated: 'I don’t consider a gallery as a commercial occupation. It’s purely artistic… it’s a show in which the audience members are the dancers, and the scenery is made by the painter. The present lot together with lots 48-52 executed between 1968-1970 depict Saint Phalle's idiosyncratic style characterised by vibrant colours and a youthful spirit, works that have been included in what has been called 'outsider art' as she did not receive an academic training. The works portray numerous characters with quotations and annotations that shed insight into the artist's deeply personal state of mind as she navigates heartbreak and reproductive health. The works later informed Saint Phalle's illustrated book AIDS: You Can’t Catch It Holding Hands of 1986, an important work that delivers life-saving healthcare information about the transmission of HIV through colourful cartoons in an attempt to destigmatise the disease. Saint Phalle was a self-taught avant-gardist, one of the late twentieth century’s great creative personalities, with traits that once clouded and now halo her importance. First dominated by feminist rage, the artist’s creative direction eventually moved away from an epoch of destruction to a period typified by the celebration of womanhood through sculptures of female bodies, often immense, in fibreglass and polyester resin. Her work reached its zenith in such monumental outdoor projects such as Dragon for the son of Roger Nellens, at Knokke-le-Zoute created in the early 1970s in collaboration with her long term creative and romantic partner Jean Tinguely (1925-1991), and The Tarot Garden, a sculpture garden in Pescia Fiorentina, Tuscany featuring twenty-two monumental figures inspired by Guadi's Parc Güell in Barcelona, that opened in 1998.
Lot 48
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (FRENCH-AMERICAN 1930-2002) ⊕ MACHINE A REVER signed N. Saint Phalle and numbered 29/50 lower right screenprint in colours on wove paper 88.5 x 61cm; 34 3/4 x 24in unframed Property from the Estate of Alexander Iolas Executed in 1970. see note to previous lot Works from the Estate of Alexander Iolas by Jean Hugo and Nikki de Saint Phalle (lots 44-52)Introduction Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Iolas (1908-1987) was a renowned art dealer, gallerist and collector of both classical and modern art whose extraordinary influence made a seismic impact on the New York art scene and internationally between the 1950s and 1980s.As a young man Iolas defied family expectations of following in the path of his father to become a cotton dealer, instead he travelled widely throughout Europe pursuing a career in ballet before turning his attention to the arts. In 1935 he arrived in New York and launched himself into the city’s growing art scene as the manager of Hugo Gallery on East 55th Street. Founded by Elizabeth Arden alongside Robert Rothschild, the gallery gained a reputation for Surrealist art after Iolas staged a pivotal exhibition of new work by Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and René Magritte in 1947.Five years later Iolas mounted the landmark show of the yet undiscovered artist Andy Warhol, staging his artistic debut Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote in 1952 and propelling the young American artist to stardom. Iolas and Warhol subsequently worked extensively together, with Iolas credited for commissioning one of Warhol’s final print epics Last Supper of 1986. Iolas also introduced the work of Ed Ruscha to the gallery, shepherding both his reputation and his market. In 1955, in partnership with Brooks Jackson, Iolas established his own independent gallery franchise across Paris, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Madrid and Athens.Famous for his bombastic claims and often amusing opinions (once dismissing Balthus and Cy Twombly as terrible painters in the same breath), Iolas’ professional achievements are often interchangeable with extraordinary stories of a legend formed in part of his own making. His eye was informed by intuition rather than institution, his theatrical nature inextricably linked to his professional undertakings. Speaking to art historian Maurice Rheims in 1965, Iolas stated: 'I don’t consider a gallery as a commercial occupation. It’s purely artistic… it’s a show in which the audience members are the dancers, and the scenery is made by the painter.
Lot 46
JEAN HUGO (FRENCH 1894-1984) ⊕ (i) THE TOWN FOOTBALL PITCH (ii) LANDSCAPE AT DUSK (iii) A DOG AND HIS MASTER each signed Jean Hugo lower right; (i) inscribed no. 87 on the reverse, (ii) inscribed no. 152 on the reverse, (iii) inscribed no. 45 on the reverse gouache on paper 7.8 x 4.6cm; 3 1/4 x 1 3/4in (i) & (iii) 7 x 3.4cm; 2 3/4 x 1 1/4in (ii) 58 x 23.5cm; 22 3/4 x 9 1/4in (three framed as one) Property from the Estate of Alexander Iolas see note to lot 44 Works from the Estate of Alexander Iolas by Jean Hugo and Nikki de Saint Phalle (lots 44-52)Introduction Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Iolas (1908-1987) was a renowned art dealer, gallerist and collector of both classical and modern art whose extraordinary influence made a seismic impact on the New York art scene and internationally between the 1950s and 1980s.As a young man Iolas defied family expectations of following in the path of his father to become a cotton dealer, instead he travelled widely throughout Europe pursuing a career in ballet before turning his attention to the arts. In 1935 he arrived in New York and launched himself into the city’s growing art scene as the manager of Hugo Gallery on East 55th Street. Founded by Elizabeth Arden alongside Robert Rothschild, the gallery gained a reputation for Surrealist art after Iolas staged a pivotal exhibition of new work by Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and René Magritte in 1947.Five years later Iolas mounted the landmark show of the yet undiscovered artist Andy Warhol, staging his artistic debut Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote in 1952 and propelling the young American artist to stardom. Iolas and Warhol subsequently worked extensively together, with Iolas credited for commissioning one of Warhol’s final print epics Last Supper of 1986. Iolas also introduced the work of Ed Ruscha to the gallery, shepherding both his reputation and his market. In 1955, in partnership with Brooks Jackson, Iolas established his own independent gallery franchise across Paris, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Madrid and Athens.Famous for his bombastic claims and often amusing opinions (once dismissing Balthus and Cy Twombly as terrible painters in the same breath), Iolas’ professional achievements are often interchangeable with extraordinary stories of a legend formed in part of his own making. His eye was informed by intuition rather than institution, his theatrical nature inextricably linked to his professional undertakings. Speaking to art historian Maurice Rheims in 1965, Iolas stated: 'I don’t consider a gallery as a commercial occupation. It’s purely artistic… it’s a show in which the audience members are the dancers, and the scenery is made by the painter.
Lot 63
HOWARD HODGKIN RA (BRITISH 1932-2017) ⊕ HERE WE ARE IN CROYDONsigned and dated Hodgkin 79 and numbered 94/100 lower centrewatercolour, gouache and lithograph in colours on Moulin d'Auvergne hand-made paper 55.5 x 75cm; 22 x 29 3/4in81 x 101cm; 32 x 40in (framed)Property from a Private Collector, KensingtonLiteraturePat Gilmour, ‘Howard Hodgkin' in Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 12, March-April 1981, p. 3Liesbeth Heenk, Howard Hodgkin Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2003, no. 49The present lot depicts a room in an apartment that Hodgkin had visited in Tulsa, Oklahoma whilst on a trip to see David Hockney in Los Angeles. The room had been decorated by a husband of the film star Jean Harlow. According to Hodgkin, the title recalls a friend's witticism on visiting the apartment for the first time; a sarcastic remark poking fun at the ostentatious design and how it was very much not like Croydon. Hodgkin was deeply attuned to the interplay of gesture and colour. Embracing time as a compositional element, his work is testament to his immersion in the intangibility of thoughts, feelings, and fleeting private moments. While many of his contemporaries were drawn to Pop or the School of London, he remained independent, initially marking his outsider status with a series of portraits of contemporary artists and their families. His first solo exhibition was at Arthur Tooth & Sons in London in 1962. In 1984 Hodgkin represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, and his exhibition Forty Paintings opened at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1985, the year he was awarded the Turner Prize.
Lot 49
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (FRENCH-AMERICAN 1930-2002) ⊕ WHAT SHALL I DO? signed Niki de Saint Phalle and numbered 28/50 lower right screenprint in colours on wove paper 89 x 61cm; 35 x 24in unframed Property from the Estate of Alexander Iolas Executed in 1969. see note to lot 47 Works from the Estate of Alexander Iolas by Jean Hugo and Nikki de Saint Phalle (lots 44-52)Introduction Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Iolas (1908-1987) was a renowned art dealer, gallerist and collector of both classical and modern art whose extraordinary influence made a seismic impact on the New York art scene and internationally between the 1950s and 1980s.As a young man Iolas defied family expectations of following in the path of his father to become a cotton dealer, instead he travelled widely throughout Europe pursuing a career in ballet before turning his attention to the arts. In 1935 he arrived in New York and launched himself into the city’s growing art scene as the manager of Hugo Gallery on East 55th Street. Founded by Elizabeth Arden alongside Robert Rothschild, the gallery gained a reputation for Surrealist art after Iolas staged a pivotal exhibition of new work by Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and René Magritte in 1947.Five years later Iolas mounted the landmark show of the yet undiscovered artist Andy Warhol, staging his artistic debut Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote in 1952 and propelling the young American artist to stardom. Iolas and Warhol subsequently worked extensively together, with Iolas credited for commissioning one of Warhol’s final print epics Last Supper of 1986. Iolas also introduced the work of Ed Ruscha to the gallery, shepherding both his reputation and his market. In 1955, in partnership with Brooks Jackson, Iolas established his own independent gallery franchise across Paris, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Madrid and Athens.Famous for his bombastic claims and often amusing opinions (once dismissing Balthus and Cy Twombly as terrible painters in the same breath), Iolas’ professional achievements are often interchangeable with extraordinary stories of a legend formed in part of his own making. His eye was informed by intuition rather than institution, his theatrical nature inextricably linked to his professional undertakings. Speaking to art historian Maurice Rheims in 1965, Iolas stated: 'I don’t consider a gallery as a commercial occupation. It’s purely artistic… it’s a show in which the audience members are the dancers, and the scenery is made by the painter.
Lot 51
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (FRENCH-AMERICAN 1930-2002) ⊕ OUR LOVE WAS A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER signed Niki de Saint Phalle and numbered 3/75 lower right screenprint in colours on wove paper 50.2 x 57.5cm; 19 3/4 x 22 1/2in unframed Property from the Estate of Alexander Iolas Executed in 1969. see note to lot 47 Works from the Estate of Alexander Iolas by Jean Hugo and Nikki de Saint Phalle (lots 44-52)Introduction Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Alexander Iolas (1908-1987) was a renowned art dealer, gallerist and collector of both classical and modern art whose extraordinary influence made a seismic impact on the New York art scene and internationally between the 1950s and 1980s.As a young man Iolas defied family expectations of following in the path of his father to become a cotton dealer, instead he travelled widely throughout Europe pursuing a career in ballet before turning his attention to the arts. In 1935 he arrived in New York and launched himself into the city’s growing art scene as the manager of Hugo Gallery on East 55th Street. Founded by Elizabeth Arden alongside Robert Rothschild, the gallery gained a reputation for Surrealist art after Iolas staged a pivotal exhibition of new work by Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and René Magritte in 1947.Five years later Iolas mounted the landmark show of the yet undiscovered artist Andy Warhol, staging his artistic debut Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote in 1952 and propelling the young American artist to stardom. Iolas and Warhol subsequently worked extensively together, with Iolas credited for commissioning one of Warhol’s final print epics Last Supper of 1986. Iolas also introduced the work of Ed Ruscha to the gallery, shepherding both his reputation and his market. In 1955, in partnership with Brooks Jackson, Iolas established his own independent gallery franchise across Paris, Milan, Rome, Geneva, Madrid and Athens.Famous for his bombastic claims and often amusing opinions (once dismissing Balthus and Cy Twombly as terrible painters in the same breath), Iolas’ professional achievements are often interchangeable with extraordinary stories of a legend formed in part of his own making. His eye was informed by intuition rather than institution, his theatrical nature inextricably linked to his professional undertakings. Speaking to art historian Maurice Rheims in 1965, Iolas stated: 'I don’t consider a gallery as a commercial occupation. It’s purely artistic… it’s a show in which the audience members are the dancers, and the scenery is made by the painter.
Lot 541
Aviation prints, all 13 examples photographed by John M Dibbs to include Supermarine Spitfire PR x 1, Singular Vigil, Flying Legends, Vickers Armstrong Spitfire Mk. XIV NV799 and others, together with USS America (CV-66) Naval print Location:LAMIf there is no condition report shown, please request
Lot 84
A group of framed and glazed watercolours and a gouache, prints and a photograph, to include a hilly landscape scene, signed Edward Godolphin 'The Clock Mender, a signed limited edition print numbered 834/850, botanical prints and a signed Christmas card and photograph and others (11)Location It there is no condition report shown, please request
Lot 342
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (British 1901 -1979) Greylag Goose, a colour print signed in pencil in the bottom right hand corner also bears a blindstamp Fire Art Trade Guild framed and glazed 67.5cm x 89.5cm also a reproduction print of composition for piano and cello by Rosin Wachtmeister 63cmw x94cmh Location LAFIf there is no condition report shown, please request
Lot 189
Boer War Interest - a chromolithographic print "All That Was Left of Them" after Richard Caton Woodville; a porcelain plate printed with the Battle of Glencoe - the King's Royal Rifles Storming the Heights; a gilt tooled photograph frame; a pair of treacle glaze tiles decorated with portraits of Major General Redvers Buller and Lieutenant General Baden Powell; a spelter bust, brass plaque and enamelled tin plaque all depicting Lord Roberts; a bronze flatback figure of a mounted soldier; a small Ladysmith flag (10)
![Early Photograph of General Michael Collins Political Photograph: [Collins (Michael)] A rare early sepia Photograph Print of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/549da13f-ed0e-4f30-b9f1-b22d00cc78d4/d3abdec8-db67-4055-8d56-b2310062a500/468x382.jpg)
![Political Print: [Home Rule] An original Lithographic Print Home Rule, illustrated with pen pictures of all Irish Politi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/549da13f-ed0e-4f30-b9f1-b22d00cc78d4/2618d7fa-ac24-4855-964c-b2300100a958/468x382.jpg)
Lot 500
Political Print: [Home Rule] An original Lithographic Print Home Rule, illustrated with pen pictures of all Irish Political Leaders, Grattan, O'Connell, Davitt, Devlin, Parnell & Redmond, decorated with typical Celtic motifs, published by Valentine & Sons, Dublin, approx. 40cms x 30cms, in moulded frame. (1)
Lot 1088
Football memorabilia, a selection of items including 60+ 1960/70's programmes inc. several Blackpool, Liverpool & Sunderland issues, also a quantity of cigarette and trade cards, an Adventure Album of World Footballers of Tomorrow (complete), a 1966 World Cup Fixture List and various autographs inc. Bobby Moore colour photo (facsimile signature), Alf Ramsey print (facsimile signature) and a selection of signatures on loose album pages (mixed condition, fair/vg)
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