Title: The Idea of the Rider | Die Idee des Reiters, 1971
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 69.5 x 50 cm. / 27.4 x 19.7 in.
Image size: 54 x 40.7 cm. / 21.3 x 16 in.
Additional information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “MARINO” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin. There were also 10 artist’s proofs.
It was printed by Mourlot, Paris and published by Société Internationale d’Art XXe Siècle, Paris in 1971.
The sheet bears the Arches watermarks in the margin.
Literature: Guastalla, G. (1991). Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Works (Engravings and Lithographs), 1919-1980. Livorno: Leslie J. Sacks Editions
Title: Sketch for the Bastille | Esquisse pour La Bastille, 1954
Technique: Signed and Dated Oil Painting on Linen Mounted to Panel
Size: 27 x 34.9 cm. / 10.6 x 13.7 in.
Additional Information: This oil painting is signed by the artist “Chagall” in the lower right corner. It is also dated “1954” next to the signature.
Provenance: Private collection, Jerusalem since 1999. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Chagall Committee from 8th October 1999.
Condition: Excellent condition. The linen is mounted to panel as described.
ZAO WOU-KI 1921- 2013
Beijing 1921 -2013 Switzerland (Chinese)
Title: The Stairs | L’escalier, 1951
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching in Colours on Rives Wove Paper
Paper size: 56 x 38 cm. / 22 x 15 in. Image size: 31.7 x 24.6 cm. / 12.5 x 9.7 in.
Additional Information: This original etching in colours is hand signed in pencil in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin. It is also dated in pencil next to the signature ‘51’ [1955]. It is hand numbered and inscribed in pencil ‘H.C.’ one of eight hors commerce [out of trade] impressions aside from the standard edition of 50. There were also eight artist’s proofs. It was printed by G. Le Blanc Paris in 1951. Literature: 1. Ågerup, J. (1994). Zao Wou-Ki – The Graphic Work – A Catalogue Raisonne 1937-1995. Copenhagen: Heede & Moestrup. Reference: Ågerup 66 2. Rivière, Y. ed., Arts et Metiers Graphiques, Zao Wou-ki: Les estampes 1937-1974, Paris, France
Reference: Rivière 68
Condition: Good condition. The sheet reduced on all sides. The sheet slightly toned at the edges.
ZAO WOU-KI 1921- 2013
Beijing 1921 -2013 Switzerland (Chinese)
Title: The Lost Forest | La Fôret Perdue, 1955
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Rives Wove Paper
Paper size: 65 x 50 cm. / 25.6 x 19.7 in. Image size: 61.5 x 48 cm. / 24.2 x 18.9 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin. It is also dated in pencil next to the signature ’55 [1955]. It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 125, at the lower left margin. There were also 20 artist’s proofs. It was printed by E. and J. Desjobert, Paris in 1955 and published by l’Oeuvre Graveé, Zurich in a limited edition of 125 hand signed and numbered impressions.
Literature: 1. Ågerup, J. (1994). Zao Wou-Ki – The Graphic Work – A Catalogue Raisonne 1937-1995. Copenhagen: Heede & Moestrup. Reference: Ågerup 95 2. Rivière, Y. ed., Arts et Metiers Graphiques, Zao Wou-ki: Les estampes 1937-1974, Paris, France
Reference: Rivière 89
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet slightly toned at the edges.
ZAO WOU-KI 1921- 2013
Beijing 1921 -2013 Switzerland (Chinese)
Title: Composition XI, from: In Honour of the Picture and of Poetry | Á la gloire de l’image et Art poetique, 1976
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Numbered and Dated Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 50 x 76 cm. / 19.7 x 30 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Zao Wou-Ki” in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin. It is dated “76” [1976] next to the signature. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 99, at the lower left margin. There were also 15 artist’s proofs and 15 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions. It was printed by Bellini, Paris and published by Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona in 1976. This is the eleventh of twelve compositions for the suite “In Honour of the Picture and of Poetry”. The paper bears a partial Arches watermark in the lower left corner.
Literature: Ågerup, J. (1994). Zao Wou-Ki – The Graphic Work – A Catalogue Raisonné 1937-1995. Copenhagen: Heede & Moestrup. Reference: Ågerup 281
Condition: Excellent condition. Remnants of hinging tape at three points along the upper sheet edge, verso.
ZAO WOU-KI 1921- 2013
Beijing 1921 -2013 Switzerland (Chinese)
Title: Composition XI, from: In Honour of the Picture and of Poetry | Á la gloire de l’image et Art poetique, 1976
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Numbered and Dated Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 50 x 76 cm. / 19.7 x 30 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Zao Wou-Ki” in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin. It is dated “76” [1976] next to the signature. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 99, at the lower left margin. There were also 15 artist’s proofs and 15 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions. It was printed by Bellini, Paris and published by Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona in 1976. This is the eleventh of twelve compositions for the suite “In Honour of the Picture and of Poetry”. The paper bears a partial Arches watermark in the lower left corner.
Literature: Ågerup, J. (1994). Zao Wou-Ki – The Graphic Work – A Catalogue Raisonné 1937-1995. Copenhagen: Heede & Moestrup. Reference: Ågerup 281
Condition: Excellent condition. Remnants of hinging tape at three points along the upper sheet edge, verso.
DAVID HOCKNEY b.1937
born in Bradford, United Kingdom 1937 (British)
Title: The Student, Homage to Picasso, 1973
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint on Wove Paper
Paper size: 75.6 x 56.5 cm. / 30 x 22.2 in. Image size: 57.7 x 44.4 cm. / 22.7 x 17.5 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist “David Hockney” at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 90, at the lower left margin. This subject was printed in a total edition of 120 (90 Arabic numerals and 30 Roman numerals) along with 15 artist’s proofs. It was printed Atelier Crommelynck, Paris and co-published by Propyläen Verlag, Berlin and Pantheon Press, Rome as part of the multi-artist portfolio “Hommage à Picasso”
Provenance: Private German Collection, Hessen
Literature: 1. (1996). David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 – 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art. Reference: M.C.A.T. 143 2. David Hockney Prints 1954-77, Petersburg Press for the Midland Art Group and the Scottish Arts Council, 1979
Reference: Scottish Arts Council 153
Condition: Excellent condition.
VLADIMIR YANKILEVSKY 1938-2018 Moscow 1938 – 2018 Paris (Russian)
Владимир Борисович Янкилевски
Title: Abstract Composition, 1986
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dated Oil Paste on coloured paper
Size: visible 50 x 69.3 cm / 19.6 x 27.2 in
Additional Information: This work is signed and dated in oil pastel by the artist “Yankilevsky 86” at the lower right corner. The work was realised in 1986. The authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the artist. Provenance: Macdougall Arts Ltd., London, Russian Classic and Contemporary Art, 9th June 2011, lot 373
Condition: Very good condition. Unexamined out of the frame.
BERNARD TREBACZ 1861-1941 1861 – 1941 (Polish)
Title: Argument of the Scholars Technique: Original Signed and Dated Oil Painting on Canvas Laid on
Panel Size: 40.6 x 51 cm. / 16 x 20.1 in.
Additional Information: The work is hand signed and dated by the artist “B. Trebacz” in the lower right corner.
Condition: Excellent condition.
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