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Odilon Redon Tête fumante – 1883

André Derain Bateaux au port de Collioure – circa 1905

André Derain La jetée à l’Estaque – circa 1906

Constantin Brancusi Femme au peigne – circa 1912

FrantiŠek Kupka Study for Conte de pistils et d’étamines – 1920-1925

FrantiŠek Kupka Study for Traits, plans et profondeur – 1920-1925

Emil Nolde Sea under Purple Skies – 1930-1935

Giorgio de Chirico Intérieur métaphysique / Étude pour les Jeux du savant – 1917

Max Ernst Meer und Mond – 1925

Max Ernst La joie de vivre – 1936

Joan MirÓ Untitled (Personnage. Femme en révolte) – circa 1938

René Magritte Untitled (Woman’s Face Covered by a Rose) – 1965

René Magritte Homme au chapeau melon – 1957-1958

Jean Arp Pflanzengriffel (Pistil) – conceived in 1950

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Henri MaTisse Nu debout – 1951

Baltasar Lobo Torso al sol – 1973

Jean Dubuffet Petit sol aux menues pierres – 1957

Franz Kline Untitled – circa 1954

Joan Mitchell Composition – circa 1975

Joan Mitchell Untitled no. 17 – 1977

Maurice Estève Aquarelle 140-A – 1954

Maurice Estève Composition 1967-D – 1975

Maurice Estève Albaster – 1988

Kenneth Noland 7 – 1964

Victor Vasarely Horn A – 1965

Pierre Soulages Peinture 181 x 243 cm, 28 janvier 2010 – 2010

Sol Lewitt Lines in Color – 2004

George Condo Abstract Head – 2012

Odilon Redon (1840-1916)

Tête fumante

Paris, Grand Palais, Galeries nationales; Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Odilon Redon, Prince du Rêve, 2011, no. 54, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (wrong dimensions)

La Paix, 12 April 1891, Alfred Ernst: « Nos graveurs », p. 2

Marseille, Musée Cantini, Le Rêve, 2016-2017, illustrated in colour in the catalogue, p. 64

Klaus Berger, Odilon Redon, Fantasy and Color, New York, 1965, no. 692, p. 233 under the title Gebet (wrong date and dimensions)

Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, acquired circa 1909

L i t e r at u r e

Gustave Fayet, Béziers

Odilon Redon, Livre de Raison: Premier cahier [Ms 42 821]: accounts, listed as sold on 26 April 1891, 135 frs from Durand-Ruel for the drawing « Tête fumante »; Second cahier [Ms 42 820]: listed under year 1883 and titled « Tête fumante »; Troisième cahier [Ms 42 822]: listed under Les Noirs, Fusains, no. 75 and titled « Tête fumante, profil de femme, mains jointes »

Dario Gamboni, La plume et le pinceau, Paris, 1989, fig. 15 (first page of the La Vie Moderne), illustrated

1883 Charcoal on paper Signed lower right 47 x 39 cm 18.5 x 15.4 in P r ov e n a n c e Durand-Ruel, Paris, acquired circa 1891

Collection Yseult d’Andoque born Fayet, Béziers, by descent Private collection, France, acquired circa 1991 Exhibitions Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Société des Peintres-graveurs Français, Troisième Exposition, 1891, no. 268 Le Havre, Hôtel de Ville, Cercle de l’Art Moderne, Quatrième Exposition, 1909, no. 61 Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Odilon Redon, 1926, no. 209

La Vie Moderne, Seconde Année, no. 43, 21 October 1885, lithography after the original drawing illustrated on the first page Le Chat noir, Cinquième Année, no. 228, 22 May 1886, Georges Auriol:« Huitième Exposition », p. 708 Le Parti national, 12 April 1891, Alfred Ernst: « Deux expositions »

Roseline Bacou, Odilon Redon, Geneva, 1956, vol. II, no. 45, p. 49, fig. 45, illustrated

Alec Wildenstein, Odilon Redon. Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint et dessiné, Paris, 1992, vol. I (Portraits et figures), no. 150, p. 71, illustrated (titled : La Prière, ou L’Orante, ou Tête fumante)

André Derain (1880-1954)

Bateaux au port de Collioure

Circa 1905 Oil on canvas Signed lower right Derain

Recklinghausen, Städtische Kunsthalle, Zauber des Lichtes, June-July 1967, no. 52

46.3 x 38 cm 18.2 x 15 in

Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Derain, August-September 1967, no. 16, illustrated; this exhibition later travelled to London, Royal Academy, September-November 1967

P r ov e n a n c e Galerie Louis Manteau, Brussels Georges Daelemans collection, Brussels, acquired before 1952

Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, La grande époque de Montparnasse, January-February 1973, no. 18

Private collection, Brussels Christie’s London, 4 February 2015, lot no. 3 Private collection, Brussels Exhibitions Paris, Musée national d’Art moderne, L’École de Paris dans les collections belges, July-October 1959, no. 38 Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Les Fauves, 1962, no. 33 Paris, Musée national d’Art moderne, Le Fauvisme français et les débuts de l’Expressionisme allemand, JanuaryMarch 1966, no. 23, illustrated; this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Haus der Kunst, March-May 1966

L i t e r at u r e S. Whitfield, Fauvism, New York, 1992 M. Kellermann, André Derain, Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Paris, 1992, no. 51, p. 32

André Derain (1880-1954)

La jetée à l’Estaque

Circa 1906 Oil on canvas

Exhibitions

33 x 55 cm 13 x 21.7 in

Paris, Pinacothèque, Les Collections, january 2011-november 2012

Certificate of authenticity by Comité André Derain dated 30 October 2006

Madrid, Fundacion Mapfre, Los Fauves, 20 October 2016-29 January 2017

P r ov e n a n c e Rosenthal collection, Paris Private collection, Paris by descent from the above Private collection, France

Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, centre Georges Pompidou, André Derain, 1904-1914, la décennie radicale, 4 October 2017-29 January 2018, p. 107, repr. p. 112 London, Stoppenbach & Delestre, André Derain 1880-1954 From Fauvism to Classicism, 24 January-21 February 2020, cat. 3

Constantin BrancuSi (1876-1957)

Femme au peigne or Profil de femme au chignon

Circa 1912 Gouache on paper Signed lower right C. Brancusi 49 x 37 cm 19.3 x 14.6 in The authenticity of this work was confirmed by Margit Rowell, on 4 January 2018 P r ov e n a n c e H.R.H. the Maharajah of Indore, Yeshwant Rao, called Rao Henri-Pierre Roché, Paris Private collection, by descent, Paris Private collection, Paris Exhibitions Brussels, Bozar, Brancusi, la sublimation de la forme, 1 October 2019-2 February 2020, cat. 160 rep. p. 151 (Curator : Mrs. Doïna Lemny, “attachée de conservation” at Musée national d’Art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris)

FrantiŠek Kupka (1871-1957)

Study for Conte de pistils et d’étamines

1920-1925 Gouache and watercolor on paper Signed lower right Kupka 28.7 x 23.5 cm 11.3 x 9.2 in The authenticity of this work was confirmed by Pierre Brullé on 21 November 2019 P r ov e n a n c e Private collection, Prague, Czech Republic Private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands Private collection, Mennens, Belgium, by descent from the above

FrantiŠek Kupka (1871-1957)

Study for Traits, plans et profondeur

1920-1925 Gouache and watercolor on paper Signed lower right Kupka 23.5 x 19.5 cm 9.2 x 7.6 in The authenticity of this work was confirmed by Pierre Brullé on 21 November 2019 P r ov e n a n c e Private collection, Prague, Czech Republic Private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands Private collection, Mennens, Belgium, by descent from the above

Emil Nolde (1867-1956)

Sea under Purple Skies

1930-1935 Watercolor and opaque white on Japan paper Signed lower right Nolde 36.5 x 50.5 cm 14.4 x 19.9 in This work is accompanied by a photo expertise from Prof. Dr. Manfred Reuther, dated 2 July 2017 The authenticity of this work was confirmed by Dr. Manfred Reuther on 2 July 2017 P r ov e n a n c e Private collection, Vienna Private collection, London

Giorgio De Chirico (1888-1978)

Recto: Intérieur métaphysique Verso: Étude pour les Jeux du savant

1917 Graphite drawing on paper Signed and dated lower right G. de Chirico 1917

Exhibitions

Alte Galerie, Kassel, 1964, no. 4 (La caméra triste, 1917)

Berlin, National galerie, Das Junge Italien, 07 April-1 May 1921

32 x 22 cm 12.6 x 8.7 in

New Yok, Pierre Matisse Gallery, n.5: La chambre triste,1937

Paolo Baldacci, Chirico, La Métaphysique, 1888-1919, Flammarion, Paris, 1997, cat. no. D81a and D81b p. 428, repr. p. 362

P r ov e n a n c e

Paris, Musée de la Poste, Aragon et l’art moderne, 12 April-19 September 2010

Mario Broglio, Rome, funder of the Valori Plastici magazine, acquired in 1921 from the artist

Metz, Centre Pompidou, 1917, 25 May-24 September 2012, repr. p. 124

Mario Broglio and Mario Girardon, partners of Valori Plastici, Rome Mario Girardon, New York, acquired in 1935 Lucy Chiantelli, New York Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, acquired for 40 $ on 10 March 1937-Inv. 587, La caméra triste, erroneously “oil”

Paris, Galerie Natalie Seroussi, TalkieWalkie, 8 June-27 July 2013 Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, De Chirico a Ferrara 1915-1918, 14 November 2015-28 February 2016 Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Giorgio de Chirico. Magie der Moderne, 18 March 2016-03 July 2016, exhibition catalogue repr. p. 78.

Henri Seyrig, director of the Musées de France, acquired on 15 December 1945 for 175 $ directly from the Pierre Matisse Gallery

Metz, Centre Pompidou, Oskar Schlemmer, 12 October 2016-16 January 2017

Delphine Seyrig collection, Paris, 19781984

L i t e r at u r e

Private collection, Paris

Palais Granvelle, Besançon, 1961, no. 64 (La caméra triste, 1917)

Private collection, New York

Paolo Baldacci, Giorgio de Chirico, Betraying the Muse, ed. paolo Baldacci, New York-Milan, 1994, repr. p. 150-151

Max Ernst (1891-1976)

Meer und Mond

1925 Oil on wood Signed lower right max ernst 32 x 23 cm 12.6 x 9 in P r ov e n a n c e Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Freehling, Highland Park, Illinois The Art Institute, Chicago (a gift from the above) Private collection, Milan Exhibitions New York, Max Ernst, The Museum of Modern Art, 1 March-7 May 1961; Chicago, The Art Institute, Chicago, 16 June-23 July 1961, no. 28, p. 52 New York, Max Ernst. Paintings & Collages from the 1920s – 70s from a Private European Collection, Lawrence Rubin, Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, 1-26 February 2000, no. 11

L i t e r at u r e The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Bulletin 1961/1962, Chicago 1962, p. 25 Werner Spies (ed.), Max Ernst. ŒuvreKatalog, vol. 3, Werke 1925-1929 Bearbeitet von Werner Spies, Sigrid und Günter Metken, DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1976, no. 982, p. 98

Max Ernst (1891-1976)

La joie de vivre

1936 Oil on canvas Signed lower right max ernst 38.1 x 54.6 cm 15 x 21.5 in P r ov e n a n c e

L i t e r at u r e W. Spies, S. and G. Metken, Max Ernst, Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1929-1938, Menil Foundation, Houston, Texas und DuMont Buchverlag, Koln, 1979, p. 368, no. 2265, illustrated.

Private collection, Paris, gift from the artist Private collection, acquired circa 1975 Christie’s New York, Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale, no. 2437, 4 May 2011, lot 5 Private collection, New York Exhibitions Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Germany, from June 2011 to July 2015, on loan. New York, Di Donna, Fields of Dream, The Surrealist Landscape, 29 October-18 December 2015, Illustrated in color, full page no. 15, plate 3

Joan Miró (1893-1983)

Untitled (Personnage/Femme en révolte)

Circa 1938 Gouache, pastel and charcoal on paper Signed lower center Miro 63.7 x 49 cm 25.1 x 19.3 in The authenticity of this work was confirmed by the ADOM Paris on 24 January 2012 P r ov e n a n c e Galerie Jean Bucher, Paris Madame Vulliany, Paris by descent Sotheby’s London, Impressionnist and Modern Evening Sale, 8 February 2012, lot 9 Private collection, New York Exhibitions Di Donna Gallery, New York, Moon Dancers: Yip’ik Masks and the Surrealists, 27 April-29 June 2018, repr. in color, p. 153, no. 85. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, Joan Miró, La Couleur de mes Rêves, 3 October 2018-4 February 2019, repr. in color, p. 138, no. 70

L i t e r at u r e Jacques Dupin & Ariane LelongMainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue Raisonné. Drawings, Paris, 2010, vol. II, no. 856, illustrated p. 39

René Magritte (1898-1967)

Untitled (Woman’s Face Covered by a Rose)

January 1965 Gouache on paper Signed upper left Magritte 31.1 x 23.8 cm 12.2 x 9.4 in P r ov e n a n c e Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, commissioned from the artist Vittorio de Sica, purchased from the above Galleria La Medusa, Rome Private Collection, Rome, since 1979 Private Collection, New York L i t e r at u r e David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné, IV: Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967, London, 1994, no. 1575, illustrated XXe siècle Aux sources de l’Imaginaire, Paris, No. 25, June 1965, illustrated in color on the cover

René Magritte (1898-1967)

Homme au chapeau melon

1957-1958 Ink on paper Signed lower right 27 x 17.9 cm 10.6 x 7 in The authenticity of this work was confirmed by the Comité René Magritte on 14 February 2018 P r ov e n a n c e Edouard L.T. Mesens, commissioned from the artist for his book Poèmes 1923-1958, with ten drawings by René Magritte, éditions Le terrain vague 1959. Bertie and Gigi Urvater, Brussels Private collection, Brussels, by descent from the above L i t e r at u r e E.L.T. Mesens, Poèmes 1923-1958, éditions Le terrain vague, Paris, 1959

Jean Arp (1886-1966)

Pflanzengriffel (Pistil)

Conceived in 1950 Bronze with gold patina Monogrammed HA and numbered II/III stamped on the inside Cast by Rudier on 30 April 1959 88 x 40 x 36 cm 34.6 x 15.7 x 14.2 in P r ov e n a n c e Basel, Galerie d’Art Moderne Paris, Galerie Albert Loeb Boris Leavitt collection, acquired in 1961 Christie’s New York, 14 November 1996, lot 220, “Property from the Collection of Boris Leavitt” William Rubin collection, New York, former director of the MoMA Private collection, Switzerland

L i t e r at u r e Arie Hartog, Kai Fischer, Hans Arp, Sculptures, a Critical Survey, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2012, no. 108, p. 108, p. 283, illustrated Carola Giedion-Welcker, Hans Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 114 Ionel Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 72 Serge Fauchereau, Arp, Paris 1988, p. 75

Henri MaTisse (1869-1954)

Nu debout

February 1951 Charcoal on paper (double-sided) Signed and dated lower left H. Matisse fev-51 65.3 x 50.2 cm 25.7 x 19.8 in This work is registred in the archives of Henri Matisse under reference no. R13 The authenticity of this work was confirmed by Georges Matisse on 19 May 2019 P r ov e n a n c e Maurice Chevalier, Paris Galerie Blanche, Stockholm

Private collection, acquired from the above L i t e r at u r e Louis Aragon, Henri Matisse, roman, Paris 1971, vol. II, p. 237, no. 194, repr.

Verso

Former collection Ortolani, Uruguay and Brazil

Baltasar Lobo (1910-1993)

Torso al sol

1973 Pink marble from Portugal 80 x 117 x 46 cm 31.5 x 46 x 18.1 in This work is registered in the Baltasar Lobo archives with Galeria Freites Caracas under no.19.015. It will be published in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by Galeria Freites Caracas under no. 7316 P r ov e n a n c e Galería Theo, Madrid Private collection, Malaga, acquired in 1991 Exhibitions Galería Theo, Arte de Nuestro tiempo, Madrid, 1974. Galería Theo, Formas en el espacio. Cárdenas, Chillida, Lobo, Penalba, Madrid, 1976

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

Petit sol aux menues pierres

1957 Oil on canvas Signed dated lower right j. Dubuffet 57, and titled at the back Petit sol aux menues pierres 65.5 x 81 cm 25.8 x 31.9 in P r ov e n a n c e Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris Galleria Toninelli, Milan Private collection, New York Private collection, Paris Exhibition Milan, Galleria Arte 92, Segno gesto materia : protagonisti dell’Informale europeo,1990, exhibition catalogue, p. 33, ill. in color L i t e r at u r e Renato Barilli, Dubuffet matériologique, Bologne, 1963, p. 50, ill. Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fasicule XIII, Célébration

du sol I, lieux cursifs, texturologies, topographies, Lausanne, 1970, p. 71, no. 94, ill. Max Loreau, Jean Dubuffet, Délits, Déportements, Lieux de Haut Jeu, Paris, 1971, p.251, ill.

Franz Kline (1910-1962)

Untitled

Circa 1954 Oil on paper Signed, dedicated and inscribed lower right 4th of July to James. Franz 60.3 x 46.4 cm 23.7 x 18.3 in P r ov e n a n c e Gift of the artist to his best friend, the sculptor James Rosati Estate of Mrs. Carmela Rosati Mc Kee Gallery, New York Private collection, Belgium Exhibitions Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection, Franz Kline: The Color Abstractions, 17 February-8 April 1979, no.â&#x20AC;&#x2030;51, repr. p.â&#x20AC;&#x2030;76 (travelling exhibition: Houston, The Institute for the Arts, Rice University, May-July 1979 ; Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, July-September 1979 ; Seattle, Art Museum 1979) New York, Van Doren Waxter Gallery, Color(less), 28 October-23 December 2015

Joan Mitchell (1925-1992)

Composition

Circa 1975 Oil on canvas Signed left stretcher Joan Mitchell, and signed, dedicated right stretcher To Elga, merry Christmas, love from Joan Mitchell 46 x 77 cm 18.1 x 30.3 in This work is registered in the archives of the Joan Mitchell Foundation P r ov e n a n c e Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; studio, VĂŠtheuil Private collection, Garches, acquired directly from the artist as a Christmas gift

Joan Mitchell (1925-1992)

Untitled no.â&#x20AC;&#x2030;17

1977 Pastel on paper 78 x 58 cm 30.7 x 22.8 in This work is registered in the archives of the Joan Mitchell Foundation P r ov e n a n c e Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris Madame Hennesy Del Porto, acquired in 1994 Private Collection, Paris

Maurice Estève (1904-2001)

Aquarelle 140-A

1954 Watercolor on paper Signed lower left Estève 52 x 40.5 cm 20.5 x 16 in This work is registered in the archives of Mrs Monique Prudhomme-Estève P r ov e n a n c e Artist’s studio Private collection, France Exhibition Paris, Grand Palais, Estève, 17 October 1986-12 January 1987, no. 181, repr. p. 233

Maurice Estève (1904-2001)

Composition 1967-D

1975 Charcoal and pencil on paper Signed and dated lower right Estève 64.7 x 47 cm 25.5 x 18.5 in This work is registered in the archives of Mrs Monique Prudhomme-Estève P r ov e n a n c e Atelier de l’artiste Collection privée, France Exhibitions Bourges, 1983 Paris, Grand Palais, Estève, 17 October 1986-12 January 1987, no. 151, repr. p. 219

Maurice Estève (1904-2001)

Albaster

1988 Oil on canvas Signed lower left Estève 88 73 x 54 cm 28.7 x 21.3 in This work is registered in the archives of Mrs Monique Prudhomme-Estève P r ov e n a n c e Artist’s studio Private collection, France L i t e r at u r e Robert Maillard, Monique PrudhommeEstève, Estève, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Paris, Ides et Calendes, 1995, no. 774, p. 443

Kenneth Noland (1924-2010)

1964 Acrylic on canvas Signed, titled and dated at the back 7 1964 Kenneth Noland Diamond shape 162 x 160 cm 63.8 x 63 in P r ov e n a n c e

Exhibitions Providence, Rhode Island, Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Art Department Collects, April-May 1972, no. 5 Kingston, Rhode Island, University of Rhode Island, Fine Art Center Dedication Show, October-November 1972

Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York Galerie Lawrence, Paris Kasmin Limited, London Private Collection, New York The Department of Art, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Christie’s, New York, 12 November 1980, lot 55 HSBC Corporate Art Collection Sotheby’s New York, 11 May 2005, lot 173 Private collection, France

L i t e r at u r e Kenworth Moffet, Kenneth Noland, New York, 1977, pl. 149, illustrated

Victor Vasarely (1907-1997)

Horn A

1965 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right, and signed, titled and dated at the back 170 x 130 cm 67 x 51.2 in P r ov e n a n c e Victor Vasarelyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio, Annet-surMarne, France Marie-Louise Jeanneret, Boissano, Italy acquired directly from the artist De Herbert Terry-Engell collection, Cannes Private collection, France Galerie Pascal Lansberg, Paris Private collection, Paris

Pierre Soulages (1919-)

Peinture 181 x 243 cm, 28 janvier 2010

2010 Acrylic on canvas Signed and dated at the back Triptych 181 x 243 cm 71.3 x 95.7 in Each of the 3 elements 181 x 81 cm 71.3 x 31.9 in P r ov e n a n c e Private collection, Paris, acquired directly from the artist in 2010 L i t e r at u r e P. Encrevé, Soulages. L’œuvre complet. Peintures, vol. 4 1997-2013, Paris, Gallimard, 2015, no. 1454, p. 425, repr.

Sol Lewitt (1928-2007)

Lines in Color

2004 Gouache Signed lower right S. LeWitt 153.7 x 102.8 cm 60.5 x 40.5 in P r ov e n a n c e Lisson Gallery, London Private collection, New York

George Condo (1957-)

Abstract Head

2012 Oil and pastel on paper Signed and dated upper left Condo 2012 76.2 x 56.5 cm 30 x 22.2 in P r ov e n a n c e Skarstedt Gallery London Private collection, Belgium

We wish to express our gratitude for their contribution: Joséphine Balloul, David Lévy & Associés, Brussels Antoine Béchet, framing, Paris Laure Ber trand, graphic design, Brussels Gwendolyn Boevé-Jones, Redivivus Studio, The Hague Philippe de Formanoir, photograph, Brussels Nicolas Lemmens, Ar t Conservatory Studio, Brussels Stéphane Neess, framing, Brussels Georges Poncet, photograph, Paris

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