WAYNE THIEBAUD b. 1920-2021 Mesa, Arizona 1920-2021 Sacramento, California (American)
Title: Delicatessen Trays, 1965
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated, and Numbered Etching and Aquatint on Wove Paper
Paper size: 26 x 25 cm. / 10.2 x 9.8 in.
Image size: 10 x 10 cm. / 3.9 x 3.9 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in are hand signed in pencil by the artist “Thiebaud” at the lower right margin. It is dated ‘65’ [1965] next to the signature. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the extremely small and rare edition of 10, at the lower left margin. There were also a small number of artists’ proofs aside from the standard edition of ten. It was printed by and published by the artist.
Condition: Excellent condition.
WAYNE THIEBAUD 1920-2021
Mesa, Arizona 1920-2021 Sacramento, California (American)
Title: Chocolate Pie, 1964
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Numbered Woodcut on Wove Paper
Paper size: 36.6 x 27.4 cm. / 14.4 x 10.8 in.
Additional Information: This original woodcut is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Thiebaud” at the lower right margin.
It is also dated ‘1964 next to the signature.
It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 10 in the lower left margin. There were also a small number of artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition.
It was published by Allan Stone Gallery in 1964.
Note: A very similar composition with the same title was published in 2008 in a limited edition of 20 impressions, however, the block is not the same as that of 1964.
Provenance: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco (now Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco)
Exhibited: Crown Point Press, San Francisco (with their label)
Condition: Excellent condition.
Technique : Original Etching on paper.
Paper Size : 36 X 46 cm / 14.2 X 18.1 inch.
Image Size : 22 X 30 cm / 8.7 X 11.8 inch.
Additional Information : This etching is Hand Signed in pencil by the artist “Victor Tischler” at the lower right margin.
The work is also hand numbered in pencil “8-25” at the lowet left margin.
This etching has been printed in a limited edition of only 25 impressions.
Condition : Excellent condition.
THEO TOBIASSE b. 1927
(French)
Title: The Power of Spells / la Puissance des Sortileges
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Color Lithograph on paper
Paper Size: 105.5 x 72.3 cm / 41.5 x 28.4 in
Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Theo Tobiasse” in the lower right corner.
It is also Hand numbered in pencil at the left lower margin “86/150”. It is titled in the plate at the middle of the image.
The paper bears the Arches watermark.
Condition: Very Good Condition.
LESSER URY 1861-1931
Międzychód, Poland 1861 – 1931 Berlin (German)
Title: Lady Hailing a Carriage | Dame, eine Droschke rufend, 1919
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Drypoint on Simili-Japan Paper
Paper size: 23 x 17.6 cm. / 9 x 7 in.
Image size: 20 x 15 cm. / 7.9 x 5.9 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist “L. Ury” at the lower left margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 150, at the lower right margin.
Literature: Rosenbach D. (2002). Lesser Ury. Das Druckgraphische Werk. Hannover/Berlin: Edition Rosenbach
Reference: Rosenbach 50
Condition: The sheet trimmed on all sides. Pale time-staining at the sheet edges.
JACQUES VILLON 1875-1963 (Gaston Duchamp)
Damville 1875-1963 Paris (French)
Title: Noblesse, 1921
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dated Etching on handmade paper.
Paper Size: 24 x 12.5 cm / 9.5 x 4.9 in
Plate Size: 14.5 x 8.5 cm / 5.7 x 3.4 in
Additional Information: This work is hand signed by the artist in pencil “Jacques Villon” at the lower right margin. It is Hand Inscribed “tire a 50” (printed in an edition of 50 impressions) in pencil at the lower left margin. This Etching is also dated in pencil “1921” in the upper right corner. The etching is additionally signed in the plate by the artist “Jacques Villon” at the lower right corner.
Provenance: The Collection of Olga Carre-Burel The Collection of Louis Carre. This work belonged to the Collection of Olga Carre-Burel formally known as the Collection of Louis Carre. It was one of the most important collections of Villon’s work in the world if not the most important one. Olga Carre (born Burel) was the wife of the important Paris Gallery owner and Collector Louis Carre. He passed away in 1977 and so his wife, Olga Carre, inherited his collection. Louis Carre was the main dealer of Jacques Villon and exhibited his works regularly in his Gallery in Paris and New York. Most of their collection was bought directly from the artists.
Literature: Jacques Villon-Les Estampes,Les Illustrations-Catalogue Raisonne, by Colette de Ginestet and Catherine Pouillon, published by Arts et Metiers Graphiques.
Reference: Ginestet et Pouillon nA.-P. 205, illustrated in page 189.
Condition: Good condition, light discoloration of the paper. Light handling creases and fold. Light foxing.
TOM WESSELMANN 1931-2004
Cincinnati 1834-2004 New York (American)
Title: Smoker, from: An American Portrait, 1976
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Screenprint in Colours on Museum Board
Paper size: 66 x 49.2 cm. / 26 x 19.4 in.
Image size: 41.6 x 41.3 cm. / 16.4 x 16.3 in.
Additional Information: This original screenprint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Wesselmann” at the lower right margin.
It is hand numbered in in pencil in Roman numerals, at the lower left margin. It is one of 25 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions aside from the standard edition of 175.
It was published by Transworld Art, New York.
Note:
This composition was included in the portfolio “An American Portrait”, which was created to celebrate the bicentennial of the United States of America. Wesselmann was one of 33 artists who contributed to this project.
TOM WESSELMANN 1931-2004
Cincinnati 1931-2004 New York (American)
Title: Smoking Cigarette in Ashtray, 2000
Technique: Signed and Dated Liquitex on Bristol Board
Size: 23 x 19 cm. / 9.1 x 7.5 in.
Additional Information: This unique work is in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Wesselmann”, at the centre of the lower image.
It is also dated in pencil “00” [2000] next to the signature.
The work is titled in black ballpoint pen, verso.
Provenance:
This work is recorded in the archives of the Wesselmann Estate. It is inscribed with the archive number D2001, verso.
Condition: Very good condition. A minor area of skinning in the lower right corner of the board.
TOM WESSELMANN 1931-2004
Cincinnati 1931-2004 New York (American)
Title: Hedy Sleeping, 1962/90
Technique: Signed Laser-cut Steel Drawing Multiple with Alkyd Oil in Colours
Size: 14 x 35.6 cm. / 5.5 x 14 in.
Additional Information: This laser-cut steel drawing multiple is incised with the artist signature “Wesselmann”, verso. It is also numbered from the edition of 25, verso. It was co-published by the artist and David Janis Fine Art, New York. The subject was conceived in 1962 and executed in 1990 alongside a small number of other compositions of steel-cut multiples published by David Janis Fine Art.