PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973 Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins (Spanish)
Title: Still Life with Skull | Nature morte au crâne, ca. 1960
Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 56 x 76.8 cm. / 22 x 30.2 in.
Image size: 43 x 62.2 cm. / 17 x 24.5 in.
Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Picasso” at the lower right margin. It is also hand-numbered from the edition of 150, at the lower left corner. The work was printed in the 1960s in a limited edition of 150 impressions and published by Atelier Lacourière, Paris. The paper bears the blind stamp of the publisher, at the lower left margin. This aquatint was created based on Picasso’s painting “Nature morte, crâne et oursins” painted in February 1947.
Condition: Very good condition. A pale, unobtrusive band of time-staining around the image. Remnants of adhesive tape, verso.
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins (Spanish)
Title: Still Life with Lobster | Nature morte à la langouste, 1945
Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on BFK Rives Wove Paper
Paper size: 36.5 x 53.8 cm. / 14.3 x 21.2 in.
Image size: 27 x 46 cm. / 10.6 x 18.1 in.
Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Picasso” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered from the edition of 100, at the lower left corner.
The work was printed in the 1945 in a limited edition of 100 impressions and published by Atelier Lacourière, Paris.
It is additionally inscribed in pencil “gravé et imprimé par Lacourière Pairs 1945” [Engraved and printed by Lacourière, Paris 1945].
This etching and aquatunt is based after Picasso oil painting ‘Le Homard’ painted on the 15th of January 1944.
Condition: Very good condition. Pale foxing along the left margin. Remnants of hinging, verso.
JEAN POUGNY 1892-1956
[Ivan Albertovich Puni]
Kouokkala, Finland (now St Petersburg) 1892-1956 Paris (Russian)
Title: Portfolio L’Atelier, 1914-1920
Technique: Portfolio of 10 Original Signed Linocuts, Hand-Colored in Pochoir on brown-grey paper with a poem by Jacques Prevert printed on havane satin paper
Size: portfolio 45 x 32.5 cm / 18.1 x 12.8 in
Additional Information: The portfolio consists of 10 linocuts, each printed on a separate sheet and stamp signed with the artist’s signature stamp “Pougny”.
These original prints were created by Pougny himself in Leningrad, Vitebesk and Berlin between 1914 and 1920.
Six of the ten linocuts were also hand colored in pochoir by Cardin and Bogratchew after Pougny’s original designs.
The portfolio also includes a poem by Prevert which was printed on havane satin paper by the Atelier Rigal, who also printed the linocuts.
The justification page bears the edition number 80 and the Pougny signature stamp.
The portfolio has been published in a limited edition of 165 impressions by Au Vent d’Arles, Paris, in 1964.
Condition: Generally in good condition. Some of the prints have stains and handling creases.
ED (Edward) RUSCHA (born 1937) 1937
Omaha, Nebraska (American) and
KENNETH PRICE (1935-2012)
Los Angeles 1935-2012 Arroyo Hondo (American)
Title: Flies and Frog, 1969
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 30.2 x 34.6 cm. / 11.9 x 13.6 in.
Image size: 20.2 x 25.2 cm. / 7.6 x 9.9 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil “E. Ruscha” at the lower right margin and hand signed in pencil “PRICE” in the lower-left margin. It is dated “1969” next to Ruscha’s signature and “’69” next to Price’s signature. It is also hand-numbered in pencil from the edition of 40, at the lower left margin. It was printed and published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles. The paper bears the ink stamp of the publisher in the lower margin.
Literature: Engberg, S. (1999). Edward Ruscha Editions 1959-1999: Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis: Walker Art Centre.
Reference: Engberg 8
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet very slightly grubby in the margins.
ALBERTO RAFOLS CASAMADA b. 1923
born in Barcelona in 1923 (Spanish)
Title: Abstract Space, 1975
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Numbered and Dated Lithograph in colors on Arches vellum paper
Paper size: 75.5 x 56 cm / 29.7 x 22 in
Additional Information: This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower right corner, and hand dated in pencil “75” (1975) next to the signature.
It is also hand numbered in pencil at the lower left corner “72/75”.
The work was printed in a limited edition of 75 hand signed and numbered impressions in 1975.
Condition: Good condition. A few scattered foxing spots, some surface dirt. Small tear in left edge (6mm). Some light handling creases.
The back side has paper discoloration and paper peeling.
Portfolio,8 etchings, all signed and numbered 1/100.
condition:stained
paper size:31.5×24 cm
plate size:21×17 cm
Technique : Original Etching on paper.
Paper size : 25 X 33 cm / 9.8 X 13 inch.
Additional Information : This work was engraved by James Mollison after the painting of Richard Redgrave.
Both the details of the painter and engraver are printed below the image.
Condition : Good condition apart from minor folds in the corners.
GERHARD RICHTER b. 1932
Born in Dresden 1932 (German)
Title: Sheet Corner | Blattecke, 1967
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Numbered Offset Lithograph in Colour on Thin Cardboard with Granulated Texture
Paper size: 23.5 x 17.5 cm / 9.2 x 6.8 in.
Additional Information: This Offset Lithograph is hand signed and dated by the artist “Richter XI.67” (November 1967) in pencil at the lower right corner.
It is also hand numbered in pencil “74” in pencil on the corner of the turned sheet.
The lithograph was published by Galerie h (August Haseke), Hanover in 1967 in an edition of 739 impressions, each signed and dated by Richter.
It was printed by Freimann & Fuchs, Hanover.
It is based on a photograph of the 1965 oil painting Umgeschlagenes Blatt/ Turned Sheet which can be found in the Catalogue Raisonne of Richter’s paintings with the number 70-11.
Note: “Richter’s reflections of the artistic paradigms of the optical illusions is not constrained to the 20th century, but also goes back to old artistic forms.
The offset print ‘Sheet Corner’ depicts two sheets above each other, the right bottom corner of the upper sheet is turned down to the left.
The white bottom of the slightly yellow sheet is curved to the top and throws a distinct shadow on the large signature and dating (…). The graphic fulfils all criteria of a classic Trompe-l’oeil, an optical illusion.” (Butin 2004, p. 39).
Literature:
Butin, H. (2013). Catalogue Raisonne. Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2013. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit.
Reference: Butin 11
Condition: Very good condition. Minor handling marks. Sheet has overall foxing.
GERHARD RICHTER b. 1932
Born in Dresden 1932 (German)
Title: Canary Landscapes I e | Kanarische Landschaften I e, 1971
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Heliogravure in Colours on thin Wove Paper
Paper size: 39.5 x 50.1 cm. / 15.6 x 19.7 in.
Image size: 11.8 x 22.8 cm. / 4.6 x 9 in.
Additional Information: This original heliogravure is hand signed by the artist in pencil “Richter” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left.
It was published by Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich in 1971 in a limited edition of 100 impressions.
This is the fifth composition of six comprising the series ‘Kanarische Landschaften I’ [Canary Landscapes I].
Note: This image is based on photograph taken by the artist on a trip to the Canary Islands in 1969.
Provenance: Collection of Thomas Olbricht, Essen, Germany
Literature: Butin, H. (2013). Catalogue Raisonné. Gerhard Richter: Editions 1965-2013. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit.
Reference: Butin 39e.
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet, as is typical with this series shows signs of waviness at the edges. Soft lines along the lower sheet.
