CARL BUCHHEISTER 1890-1964 1890 – Hanover – 1964 (German)
Title: Kompositon Jaerve, 1962 Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated, Numbered and Titled Etching on BFK Rives wove paper Paper Size: 23.5 x 18 cm / 9.2 x 7 in Plate size: 11 x 14.3 cm / 4.3 x 5.6 in Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower right corner “C. Buchheister”. It is also hand numbered, titled and dated “Kompositon Jaerve 1962 5/60” at the lower left corner. This work was printed in a limited edition of 60 signed and numbered impressions in 1962. It bears the BFK Rives Watermark. There is a label from the Arturo Schwarz Gallery at the back of the frame. Another impression of this work can be found in the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Provenance: Arturo Schwarz Gallery, Milan, Italy. Private Italian collection (acquired directly from Arturo Schwarz) Note: Arturo Umberto Samuele Schwarz (b. 1924, Alexandria, Egypt) son of a German father and an Italian mother, is an Italian scholar, art historian, poet, writer, lecturer, art consultant and curator of international art exhibitions. He lives in Milan, where he has amassed a large collection of Dada and Surrealist art, including many works by personal friends such as Marcel Duchamp, André Breton, Man Ray, and Jean Arp. Literature: Carl Buchheister, Elisabeth Buchheister, Willi Kemp, Susanne Thesing. 1984. Carl Buchheister: 1890 – 1964. Werkverzeichnis der abstrakten Arbeiten, Volume 1. E.Roether Reference: Buchheister/Kemp R 5 Condition: Very Good Condition. Not examined outside the frame.
ALEXANDER CALDER 1898-1976
Lawnton, Pennsylvania 1898 – 1976 New York (American)
Title: Composition IX, from The Elementary Memory | La mémoire élémentaire, 1976
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 52 x 72 cm. / 20.5 x 28.4 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Calder” at the lower right image.
It is also hand-numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left image.
It is the ninth composition of twelve from the portfolio “La mémoire élémentaire”.
It was printed by Arts-Litho, Paris, and published by Edition de la Différence, Paris in 1976.
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Condition: Excellent condition.
ALEXANDER CALDER 1898-1976
Lawnton, Pennsylvania 1898 – 1976 New York (American)
Title: Bird’s Nest, 1968
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 75 x 109 cm. / 29.5 x 42.9 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Calder” at the lower left image.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 95, at the lower centre image.
It was published by Éditions d’Art, Twentieth Century Art, Paris in 1968.
Condition: Excellent condition.
ALEXANDER CALDER 1898-1976
Lawnton, Pennsylvania 1898 – 1976 New York (American)
Title: Circle with Eyes, from: Our Unfinished Revolution, 1976
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 55.8 x 76 cm. / 22 x 30 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Calder” in the lower right image.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 175, at the lower left image.
This lithograph was printed by Mourlot, Paris and published by Alba Editions, Inc., New York.
It is one of ten compositions created by Alexander Calder for the portfolio ‘Our Unfinished Revolution’, to aid fundraising for National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee on the 25th Anniversary of their foundation.
Condition: Very good condition. Very pale areas of time-staining in the white circles. Skinning from previous hinging, verso.
ALEXANDER CALDER 1898-1976
Lawnton, Pennsylvania 1898 – 1976 New York (American)
Title: Volute, 1975
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 61 x 44 cm. / 24 x 17.3 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Calder” at the lower left image.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 90, at the lower left corner.
Condition: Good condition. Two minor areas of foxing in the upper image. Soft handling creases in the left margin. Remnants of hinging tape, verso
MASSIMO CAMPIGLI 1895-1971
Florenz 1895-1971 St. Tropez (Italian)
Title: Roman Promenade | Passeggiata romana, 1955
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dated Lithograph in Colours on BFK Rives Wove Paper
Paper size: 50.5 x 65.5 cm. / 19.9 x 25.8 in.
Image size: 44 x 58 cm. / 17.3 x 22.8 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist “Campigli 55” at the lower right margin.
This impression is an unnumbered proof aside from the edition of 175.
It was printed by Desjobert, Paris in 1955 and published by L’OEuvre Gravée, Paris/Zurich.
The paper bears the blindstamp of the publisher in the lower left corner.
Literature: Meloni, F. & Tavola, Luigi (1995). Massimo Campigli. Catalogo ragionato dell’opera grafica (litografie e incisioni) 1930-1969. Livorno: Graphis Arte.
Reference: Meloni-Tavola 160
Condition: Good condition. Pale time-staining around the image. Remnants of hinging in the upper corners, verso.
JORGE CASTILLO b. 1933 Pontevedra 1933 (Spanish) Title: Untitled, from: 12th Anniversary Galeria Joan Prats 1976-88 Portfolio, 1986 Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Guarro Wove Paper Paper size: 38 x 56 cm. / 14.9 x 22 in. Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Castillo” in the lower right image. It is dated “86” [1986] next to the signature. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left image. There were 20 artist’s proofs and 10 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions. It was included in the portfolio “Carpeta Commemorativa 12e Aniversari” [Commemorative 12th Anniversary Portfolio], consisting of 20 lithographs and etchings by numerous artists. The paper bears the Guarro watermark in the upper left sheet corner. Note: The contributing artists were: Sergi Aguilar, Frederic Amat, Jim Bird, Alfons Borrell, Joan Brossa, Jorge Castillo, Eduardo Chillida, Christo, Josep Guinovart, Joan Hernández-Pijuan, Antoni Llena, Victor Mira, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Perejaume, Albert Ràfols-Casamada, Antoni Tàpies, Francisco Toledo, Zao Wou-Ki and Zush.
MOURA CHABOR 1905-1995
(French/American)
Title: Boy Riding a Pony
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Numbered and Dedicated Woodcut on fibre paper
Paper Size: 22.5 x 37.5 cm / 8.6 x 14.8 in
Image Size: 12.5 x 17 cm / 4.9 x 6.7 in
Additional Information: This original print is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Moura Chabor” in the lower right margin.
It is hand numbered in pencil “no. 1/5” in the lower left margin.
Furthermore, it is dedicated in pencil “Pour Charlotte Bergman” in the lower left margin.
The work was printed in a very small limited edition of only 5 impressions.
Provenance: The Bergman Collection, The Israel Museum Jerusalem.
Charlotte Bergman, who died in Jerusalem on July 17 2003, one month before her 99th birthday, was unique among the museum’s benefactors. She lived on the premises of the Israel Museum for three decades, and died there. When she made aliyah from New York to Israel in the 60’s, the Belgian-born Bergman brought her collection of modern art with her and helped Jerusalem ex-mayor Teddy Kollek found the museum.
As the childless widow of an English architect, she promised to bequeath her paintings, sculptures and ceramics by such 20th century masters as Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso to the museum. In return, she asked to build a home within the campus, sharing its security. She wouldn’t have to put her treasures in a vault. She could live with them and savor them with her friends. After her death the museum plans to keep the white, single-story house and its 200 art works intact. Although he would not put a figure on it, they are believed to be worth many millions of dollars. They include a portrait in oils of a young Charlotte Bergman by Dufy, a personal friend, and a set of small-format Henry Moore bronzes, among other works of Picasso, Braque and other great 20th century masters.
Condition: Very good condition. Light fold in lower left corner, and upper left corner. Some yellow and blue marks in the lower right corner. Rough edges.
MOURA CHABOR 1905-1995
(French/American)
Title: Dancing Couple
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Numbered and Dedicated Woodcut on fibre paper
Paper Size: 25 x 34.5 cm / 9.8 x 13.6 in
Image Size: 15 x 23.5 cm / 5.9 x 9.3 in
Additional Information: This original print is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Moura Chabor” in the lower right margin.
It is hand numbered in pencil “no. 1/5” in the lower left margin.
Furthermore, it is dedicated in pencil “Pour Charlotte Bergman” in the lower left margin.
The work was printed in a limited edition of only 5 impressions.
Provenance: The Bergman Collection, The Israel Museum Jerusalem.
Charlotte Bergman, who died in Jerusalem on July 17 2003, one month before her 99th birthday, was unique among the museum’s benefactors. She lived on the premises of the Israel Museum for three decades, and died there. When she made aliyah from New York to Israel in the 60’s, the Belgian-born Bergman brought her collection of modern art with her and helped Jerusalem ex-mayor Teddy Kollek found the museum.
As the childless widow of an English architect, she promised to bequeath her paintings, sculptures and ceramics by such 20th century masters as Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso to the museum. In return, she asked to build a home within the campus, sharing its security. She wouldn’t have to put her treasures in a vault. She could live with them and savor them with her friends. After her death the museum plans to keep the white, single-story house and its 200 art works intact. Although he would not put a figure on it, they are believed to be worth many millions of dollars. They include a portrait in oils of a young Charlotte Bergman by Dufy, a personal friend, and a set of small-format Henry Moore bronzes, among other works of Picasso, Braque and other great 20th century masters.
Condition: Very good condition. Very light handling marks. Rough edges.