Technique: Hand Signed, Dedicated and Dated Offset Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 69.5 x 73.5 cm. / 27.3 x 28.9 in.
Image size: 58.4 x 61.5 cm. / 23 x 24.2 in.
Additional Information: This offset lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Botero” at the lower right margin.
It is dated “76” [1976] next to the signature.
It is also hand dedicated “To Ursula and Gerd”. It is an artist’s proof aside from the standard edition of 100.
This work was printed and published in 1976.
Condition: Good condition. Handling creases in the margins. Soft crease across the lower image, visible in raking light.
FERNAND LÉGER 1881-1955
Argentan 1881-1955 Paris, Gif-sur-Yvette (French)
Title: The Grey Root | Le racine gris, 1945/53
Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Collotype with Pochoir on Wove Paper
Paper size: 63.5 x 74.5 cm. / 25 x 29.3 in.
Image size: 49 x 65 cm. / 19.3 x 25.6 in.
Additional Information: This collotype with pochoir is hand signed in black ink “F.Léger” at the lower right corner.
It is also signed and dated in the plate at the lower right.
It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 250, at the lower left margin.
The work was published by Guy Spitzer in 1953 in a limited edition of 250 impressions.
The blindstamp of the publisher is in the lower right, as issued. It is stamped with the publisher’s inkstamp, verso. It is additionally numbered with the edition number in blue ink, verso.
This work is based on Léger’s oil painting titled ‘Racine’ [Root] which was painted in 1945.
Note: Léger’s, ‘La racine gris’ [The Grey Root], was created using hand applied pochoir colouring, this is a unique technique in printmaking that closely resembles painted watercolours. The pochoir technique is applied to the finished print, thereby intensifying colour and making each print unique.
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 37 x 56 cm. / 14.6 x 22 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right margin.
It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 200, at the lower left margin.
This work was printed in 1952 in a limited edition of 200 signed and numbered impressions.
Note: The composition was also used as the front cover of an edition of from: Derrière le Miroir, published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris.
Literature:
Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1960). Chagall: The Lithographs I: 1922-1957 (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 60
Condition: Very good condition. Pale band of time-staining across the sheet
BÉLA KÁDÁR 1877-1956
Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian)
Title: Interior with Mirror, Flowers and Armchair.
Technique: Signed Watercolour on Paper
Paper size: 39.7 x 27.9 cm. / 15.6 x 11 in.
Additional Information: This watercolour is hand signed by the artist ‘Kádár Béla’ in the lower right-hand corner of the work.
Provenance: Private British Collection
Condition: Very good condition. The upper sheet edge folded. Minor areas of scattered foxing across the sheet.
LESSER URY 1861-1931
Międzychód, Poland 1861 – 1931 Berlin (German)
Title: Amsterdam Canal | Amsterdamer Gracht, 1912
Technique: Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
Paper size: 32.5 x 40.5 cm. / 12.8 x 16 in.
Additional Information: This oil on canvas is hand signed by the artist “L. Ury” at the lower right corner. It was realised in 1912 whilst the artist was in Holland.
Provenance:
Max and Rosa Joel, Berlin (Acquired between 1923-1926 from a Berlin gallery).
Private Collection, Connecticut, United States of America.
This painting is accompanied by a photo-certificate from Dr. Sibyl Gross dated 9th July 2022.
Condition: Very good condition. The canvas has been relined.
FRANCIS BACON 1909-1992
Dublin 1909-1992 Madrid (Irish / British)
Title: Second Version of the Triptych 1944, 1989
Technique: Complete Hand Signed and Inscribed Triptych of Lithographs in Colours on Arches Wove Papers
Paper size: 75.2 x 56 cm. / 29.6 x 22.1 in.
Image size: 62 x 46 cm. / 24 x 18.1 in.
Additional Information: This complete set of three lithographs in colours, comprising the triptych, are each hand signed in pencil by the artist “”Francis Bacon”” at the lower right margin.
Each sheet is also inscribed in pencil “HC” hors commerce [out of trade] at the lower left margin.
This set is one of 23 hors commerce aside from the standard edition of 60 at the lower left margin. There were also 8 artist’s proof impressions.
They were printed by Art Estampe, Paris and published by IRCAM for the Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris.
Each sheet bears the Arches infinity watermark in the lower right margin.
Provenance: Marlborough Gallery, London.
Private British Collection.
Literature: 1. Tacou, A. (2008). Francis Bacon: Estampes – Collection Alexandre Tacou. Paris: Bervillé Éditions.
Reference: Tacou 25
2. Sabatier, B. (2012). Francis Bacon: Oeuvre Graphique – The Graphic Work: Catalogue Raisonné. Paris: JSC Modern Art Gallery.
Reference: Sabatier 24
Condition: Very good condition. Very pale, unobtrusive mount staining in the margins. Remnants of hinging tape, verso.
ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987
Pittsburgh 1928-1987 New York (American)
Title: Flower in a Chalice, 1974
Technique: Pencil Drawing on J. Green Wove Paper Size: 102.9 x 69.2 cm. / 40.5 x 27.2 in.
Additional Information: This is a unique pencil drawing by the artist Andy Warhol. It was realised circa 1974. It is stamped twice by the estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, verso. It is also initialed ‘VF’ by Vincent Fremont of the Andy Warhol Foundation and inscribed with the identification number”RO-28.13″, verso.
Provenance:
Estate of Andy Warhol.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York.
Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, New York
This work is recorded in the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts. It will also be included in the future Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné that is currently being compiled by the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts.
Condition: Excellent condition.
CHRISTO 1935-2020 (Christo Vladimirov Javacheff)
Gabrovo 1935-2020 New York (Bulgarian)
Title: Wrapped Vespa (Project) 1963-64, 2009
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Digital Pigment Print with Hand-Colouring and Paper Collage
Paper size: 30.5 x 30.5 cm. / 12 x 12 in.
Additional Information: This digital pigment print is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Christo” at the upper right corner. It is also hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 200 beside the signature. It was published in a limited edition of 200 signed and numbered impressions by Miyanomori Art Museum, Sapporo. There were also 30 hors commerce [out of trade] proofs aside from the standard edition.
Provenance: Private collection, Japan. acquired directly from the publisher.
Literature: Schellmann, J. & Benecke, J. (1988). Christo Prints and Objects, 1963-1987: A Catalogue Raisonne. New York: Abbeville Press.
Reference: Schellmann & Benecke 201
Condition: Excellent condition.
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