Title: Gorge d’Incre, from: Some More New Prints, 1993
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph and Screenprint in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 54.6 x 68.6 cm. / 21.5 x 27 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph and screenprint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Hockney” in the lower right image. It is also dated ‘93’ [1993] next to the signature. It is hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 68 in the lower left image. This work was printed by James Reid in 1993 and it was published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles in a limited edition of 68 signed and numbered impressions in 1994. There were a further 14 artist’s proofs.
It is stamped with the Gemini G.E.L. blindstamps.
Literature: (1996). David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 – 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art.
Reference: M.C.A.T. 338
Condition: Excellent condition. Remnants of hinging, verso.
TOM WESSELMANN 1931-2004
Cincinnati 1931-2004 New York (American)
Title: Smoking Cigar, 1999
Technique: Signed and Dated Liquitex Collage on Bristol Board
Size: 19 x 18 cm. / 7.5 x 7 in.
Image: 8 x 9 cm. / 3.2 x 3.5 in.
Additional Information: This unique work in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Wesselmann”, at the centre of the lower image. It is also dated in pencil “99” [1999] next to the signature. The work is titled in pencil, verso.
Provenance: Eric G. Carlson Fine Prints and Drawings, New York.
This work is recorded in the archives of the Wesselmann Estate. It is inscribed with the archive number D9998 verso.
Condition: Excellent condition.
ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997
New York 1923-1997 (American)
Title: Modern Head #5, from: Modern Heads, 1969/70
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Embossed Graphite Composition with die-cut Paper Overlay
Paper size: 71 x 49.5 cm. / 28 x 19.5 in.
Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil “R. Lichtenstein” at the lower right margin on the overlay board. It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left margin on the overlay board. There were also seven artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition. The subject was printed by George Page and Kenneth Tyler in 1969 and published by Edition Tanglewood Press, New York in 1970 This is the fifth composition of five comprising the ‘Modern Head’ series.
Literature: Corlett, M. L. (2002). The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein. A Catalogue Raisonné 1948-1997. New York: Hudson Hills Press
Reference: Corlett 95
Condition: Very good condition. Minor, unobtrusive scattered foxing.
Title: The Automobilist, from: My Life | Der Automobilist: Mein Leben, 1922
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching with Drypoint on Laid Paper
Paper size: 35.2 x 27.1 cm. / 13.9 x 10.7 in.
Image size: 20.5 x 17.8 cm. / 8 x 7 in.
Additional Information: This original etching with drypoint 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 110, at the lower left margin. There were 84 impressions on laid paper and a further 26 impressions on Japan paper. It was published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin in 1923.
Note: The work was part of Chagall’s important and renowned series “Mein Leben” (My Life), which included different etchings, all relating to significant events in his life. It was intended to illustrate his first autobiography.
Literature: Kornfeld, E.W. (1971). Marc Chagall – Catalogue Raisonné de l’ouevre gravé. Vol I 1922-1966. Bern: Kornfeld & Klipstein.
Reference: Kornfeld 26
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet is lightly toned. Minor, pinpoint foxing scattered across the sheet.
Technique: Signed and Dated Brush, Ink, Gouache, and Watercolour on Wove Paper Size: 50.1 x 70.3 cm. / 19.7 x 27.7 in.
Additional Information: This painting signed in black ink by the artist “S. Rottluff” at the lower left image. It is also dated in pencil “67” [1967] in the lower right image. The work is titled “Bewegte Herbstlandschaft” [Animated Autumn Landscape], verso.
Provenance: Private Collection, Germany. Sotheby’s, London, 6th February 2014, lot 279. (sold for £40,000 / $ 65,251
Private Collection, Germany. The work is registered in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff foundation.
Condition: Excellent condition.
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956
New York 1871-1956 New York (American/German)
Title: New York, Architectural Composition I, 1940
Technique: Signed, Dated and Inscribed Oil Painting on Canvas
Size: 61.2 x 92 cm. / 24.1 x 36.2 in.
Additional Information: This oil painting is signed by the artist “Feininger” in the lower right corner. It was executed in 1940. It is also inscribed ‘Lyonel Feininger 1940 Architectural Composition I New York’ on the stretcher.
Provenance: The estate of the artist, New York. Julia Feininger, New York Marlborough Fine Art, London & New York. Connaught Brown, London Private collection, London, by whom acquired from the above in 2005.
The work is included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings Online with the number 417.
Condition: Very good condition. Skilfully repaired holes in the upper left composition and the centre right composition, only visible under UV light.
LEOPOLD SURVAGE 1879-1968
Moscow, 31 July 1879 – Paris, 30 Oct 1968 (Russian/French)
Title: The Sleeping Woman | La femme endormie, 1933
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dated Etching on BFK Rives Wove Paper
Paper size: 33 x 25 cm. / 13 x 9.8 in.
Image size: 11 x 16 cm. / 4.3 x 6.3 in.
Additional Information: This original etching is hand signed with the artist’s monogram “LS” at the lower right margin. It is also dated “33” [1933] next to the monogram. The work is additionally signed and dated in the plate. The paper bears the BFK Rives watermark in the lower margin.
Condition: Excellent condition.
ED (Edward) RUSCHA (born 1937)
1937 Omaha, Nebraska (American)
Title: Vanish, 1973
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Inscribed Screenprint in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 50.7 x 71 cm. / 20 x 28 in.
Additional Information: This original screenprint in colours is hand signed in pencil “E. Ruscha” at the lower left sheet edge. It is dated “1973” next to the signature.
It is also hand inscribed in pencil ‘Artist’s proof’, at the lower left sheet edge. This is one of 13 artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition of 50.
It was printed by Ed Hamilton and co-published by Cirrus Editions and Brooke Alexander Editions, Los Angeles and New York.
Literature: Engberg, S. (1999). Edward Ruscha Editions 1959-1999: Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis: Walker Art Centre.
Reference: Engberg 68
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet slightly toned, verso.
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching with Drypoint on Japan Laid Paper
Paper size: 28.2 x 35.1 cm. / 11.1 x 13.8 in.
Image size: 21.2 x 27.7 cm. / 8.4 x 10.9 in.
Additional Information: This original etching with drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right corner.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left margin.
There were 25 impressions on Japan laid paper a further 25 on Chine paper and 75 on Arches paper. The total edition is of 125, with the edition of 100 comprised of Japan and Arches papers.
It was printed by Louis Fort in 1924 and published the following year by Editions Albert Morancé, Paris. It was included in the portfolio “Le Portfeuille des Peintres-Graveurs Indépendants pour 1925” [The portfolio of painter-printmakers 1925].
There was also a later edition of 250 unsigned and unnumbered impressions.
Literature: Kornfeld, E.W. (1971). Marc Chagall – Catalogue Raisonné de l’ouevre gravé. Vol I 1922-1966. Bern: Kornfeld & Klipstein.
Reference: Kornfeld 39
Condition: Excellent condition. Remnants of hinging tape in the upper corners, verso.
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