Title: Woman and Bird in Front of the Moon, from: Laurel’s No. 1 | Femme et Oiseau Devant la Lune, 1947
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint on Wove Paper
Paper size: 16.8 x 21.6 cm. / 6.6 x 8.5 in.
Image size: 11 x 14.8 cm. / 4.3 x 5.8 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist “Miró 1947” at the lower right. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 300, at the lower left corner. The etching and aquatint was printed by Atelier 17, New York, in 1947 in a limited edition of 300 impressions. There were also five artist’s proofs. It was published by Laurel Gallery, New York. Note: This work was commissioned by Chris Ritter, the director of the Laurel Gallery, New York, in 1947. He had planned to publish periodicals, which would contain literature, original prints, calligraphy and utilise handmade papers – much in the style of those published in Europe. This piece, Woman and Bird in Front of the Moon, was included in the very first periodical, published in 1947. The folio also contained works by Anne Ryan, Stanley William Hayter, Reginald Marsh, George Constant, and Will Barnet. The periodical was a relatively short-lived project with only four issues being realised before the Laurel Gallery stopped the project. Other impressions of the subject can be found in the collections of Cleveland Art Gallery, Ohio, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Dallas Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Literature: 1. Dupin, J. (1984). Miró Engraver, Vol. I 1928-1960. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 51. 2. Cramer, P. (1989). Miró: Catalogue des Livres Ilustrées. Paris: Edition Cramer, Reference: Cramer 10.
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet reduced on all sides.
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985 [Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses]
Title: Tribe of Simeon, from: Twelve Maquettes for Jerusalem Stained Glass Windows | Douze Maquettes de Vitraux Pour Jerusalem, 1964
Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 74.9 x 53.3 cm. \ 29.5 x 21 in. Image size: 61 x 42.2 cm. \ 24.3 x 18 in.
Additional Information: This lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 150, at the lower left margin. This work was printed in 1964 by Charles Sorlier after a Chagall gouache in a limited edition of 150 hand signed and numbered impressions. It was published by Mourlot, Paris as part of Chagall’s ‘Douze Maquettes de Vitraux Pour Jerusalem’ [Twelve Maquettes for Jerusalem Stained Glass Windows], that included 12 beautiful lithographs by Sorlier after Chagall’s designs. The stained glass windows were for the synagogue of Hebrew University’s Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. The details of the printer are inscribed in the plate at the lower part of the image and the edition details appear as an ink stamp, verso. The paper bears the Arches watermark in the right margin.
Literature: Mourlot, F. & Sorlier, C. (1974). Chagall: The Lithographs, Vol. IV (Catalogue Raisonne). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Sorlier 18
Condition: Very good condition. A pale, unobtrusive band of staining at the extreme sheet edges.
YOSL BERGNER 1920-2017
Vienna 1920-2017 Tel Aviv (Austrian/ Israeli)
Title: White Angel, 1967
Technique: Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
Size: 81 x 81 cm. / 31.8 x 31.8 in.
Additional Information: This painting by the artist Yosl Bergner is signed “Bergner” in Hebrew, in the lower right image. It is also dated 1967 next to the signature. Provenance: Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, 16th January 2000, lot 88 Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv, International and Israeli Art, 27th April 2003, lot 53 The estate of Stéphane Petit, France Stéphane Petit was a French collector of Surrealism and the son of André-François Petit, the famous French dealer and galleriest.
Condition: Very good condition.
JEAN DUBUFFET 1901-1985 (Philippe-Arthur)
1901 Le Havre – Paris 1985 (French)
Title: Territory and Peasant | Territoire et paysan, 1975
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Numbered Screenprint in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 39.5 x 54 cm. / 15.5 x 21.3 in.
Additional Information: This original screenprint is hand signed in pencil by the artist with his initials “JD” in the lower right corner (Jean Dubuffet). It is dated “75” (1975) next to the signature. The work is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin. It was printed in a limited edition of hand signed and numbered impressions, there were also 11 proofs aside from the standard edition. It was published by Éditions Beyeler, Basel.
Literature: Webel, S. (1991). Jean Dubuffet: L’Oeuvre Gravé et les Livres Illustres. Catalogue Raisonne. Paris: Éditeur Baudoin Lebon.
Reference: Webel 1170
Condition: Very good condition. Some minor abrasions to the surface, visible only in raking light.
ZAO WOU-KI 1921- 2013
Beijing 1921 -2013 Switzerland (Chinese)
Title: Composition IV, 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 fourth 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 274
Condition: Excellent condition. Remnants of hinging tape at three points along the upper sheet edge, verso.
Condition: Excellent condition.
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 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: 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.
MARCEL JANCO
1895-1984
Bucarest 1895-1984 Ein Hod (Rumanian/Israeli)
Title: Harbour View, circa 1935-1940’s
Technique: Signed Oil on Canvas
Size: 58.4 x 80 cm. / 23 x 31.5 in.
Additional Information: This work is signed by the artist “Janco”, in the lower right corner.
Condition: Good condition. Minor areas of craquelure, particularly along the edges of the canvas. Mild surface dirt across the canvas.
LESSER URY
1861-1931 Międzychód, Poland 1861 – 1931 Berlin (German)
Title: In the Café. [Man in a Top hat in front of a Coffee House Window – View from Behind] | Im Café. [Herr mit Zylinder vor einem Kaffeehaus Fenster – in Rückenansicht], 1923
Technique: Original Hand Signed Etching and Drypoint on Wove Paper
Paper size: 32.7 x 27.9 cm. / 12.8 x 11 in.
Image size: 23.5 x 17.5 cm. / 9.3 x 6.9 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist “L. Ury” at the lower left margin. It was published in an edition of 110 hand signed impressions by Propyläen Verlag, Berlin. This is the fourth composition of eight included in the Propyläen Mappe: Acht Original Radierungen [Propyläen Portfolio: Eight Original Etchings] published in 1924.
Provenance: Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv Literature: Rosenbach D. (2002). Lesser Ury. Das Druckgraphische Werk. Hannover/Berlin: Edition Rosenbach Reference: Rosenbach 91
Condition: Very good condition. Minor mount staining at the sheet edges. Remnants of hinging tape in the upper corners.
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