CALUSARI AUCTIONS PRINTS AND MULTIPLES, SALE 102 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2009, CLUJ
CALUSARI AUCTIONS
PRINTS AND MULTIPLES, SALE 102 PREVIEW: SATURDAY 31, 2009, AT 10:00-18:00, CLUJ AUCTION: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2009, AT 14:00, CLUJ AUCTIONEER:
ALEX MITRUTZ www.calusari-auctions.com
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A friend or agent may place bids on your behalf , provided that we have been received your written authorization prior to the sale. The same service may be provided by our auction house, provided we have been received your written bid price you are willing to pay. Our auction staff will try to bid just as you would, with the goal of obtaining the item at the lowest bid price possible. Absentee bids from are available at our website. BID INCREMENTS Calusari generally uses the following increment multiples as bidding progresses: EUR 50-500............................................EUR 25 increments EUR 500-1000.........................................EUR 50 increments EUR 1.000-2.000......................................EUR 100 increments EUR 2.000-5.000......................................EUR 200 increments EUR 5.000-10.000.....................................EUR 500 increments EUR 10.000-20.000...................................EUR 1.000 increments EUR 20.000-50.000...................................EUR 2.000 increments EUR 50.000-100.000..................................EUR 5.000 increments EUR 100.000-200.000................................EUR 10.000 increments EUR 200.000-500.000................................EUR 20.000 increments EUR 500.000-100.000................................EUR 50.000 increments The auctioneer may split or reject any bid at any time at his or her discretion as outlined in the CONDITIONS OF SALE. BUYER'S PREMIUM A buyer's premium is added to the winning price of each individual lot purchased. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer agrees to pay to us the buyer’s premium together with any applicable value added tax. The buyer’s premium is 10% of the final bid price of each lot up to and including EUR 10.000, 7.5% of the excess of the hammer price above EUR 10.000 and up to and including EUR 100.000 and 5% of the excess of the hammer price above EUR 100.000. PAYMENT All buyers are asked to pay the full amount due (comprising the hammer price, buyer’s premium and any applicable taxes) not later than the seventh (7) calendar day following the sale. Payment may be made to Calusari by cash and wire transfer. Please note that payments by wire transfer may result in property not being released until purchase funds clear our bank. AUCTION RESULTS Auctions results are published on our website immediately after the
LOT 1 Lot Description JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) CHIEN ABOYANT A LA LUNE (DOG BARKING AT THE MOON) 1952, lithograph in colours, full sheet, on laid paper, unsigned impression. 515 x 335 mm. Literature and Illustration Verve, Vol. VII, No. 27-28, published by Tériade, Paris, 1952. There were also 80 signed impressions. Lot Notes Not examined out of the frame. Estimate EUR 500 – 1.000
LOT 2 Lot Description HENRY MOORE (1898-1986) FOUR RECLINING FIGURES 1973, lithograph in colours, with wide margins, signed and dated in pencil. 420 x 623 mm. Literature and Illustration Published by Propyläen Verlag & Pantheon Press, Berlin and Rome, the total signed edition was 120, there were also 15 artist's proofs). Lot Notes Not examined out of the frame. Estimate EUR 200 – 300
LOT 3 Lot Description ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) AS I OPENED FIRE POSTER TRIPTYCH 1966, offset lithographs in colours, on wove paper, published by Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, with margins. 610 x 495 mm (630 x 525 mm). Literature and Illustration The triptych was published by Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam in 1966. Lot Notes Only the poster reproduced here is offered for sale, bot NOT the complete triptych. Not examined out of the frame. Estimate EUR 200 – 300
LOT 4 Lot Description RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991) CARNAVALESQUE 1969, lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK, signed in pencil, edition of 50, numbered, with full margins. 692 x 533 mm, (762 x 572 mm). Literature and Illustration Juan Carlos Pereda, Catalogue Raisonne Prints 1925-1991, Turner Ediciones, Bilingual edition, 2005. Lot Notes Not examined out of the frame. Estimate EUR 500 – 1.000
LOT 5 Lot Description ERICH HECKEL (1883-1970) PARKSEE 1914, drypoint with engraving, on wove paper watermark Alexandro, signed and in pencil, lower right. Literature and Illustration Annemarie Dube and Wolf-Dieter, Erich Heckel: Das Graphische Werk, 1973. Lot Notes Published with full margins by J.B. Neumann, Berlin. The edition is not known. Estimate EUR 2.500 – 3.000
LOT 6 Lot Description THEO VAN DOESBURG (1883-1931) AND KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948) KLEINE DADA SOIRÉE 1922, offset lithograph printed in black and red, on wove paper. (300 x 300 mm) Literature and Illustration Published by Theo Van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters as a poster and program for Kleine Dada Soiree (Small Dada Evening), 1922/1923. Lot Notes This lithograph serves to represent Dadaism, an art movement which responded to the catastrophe of World War I by rejecting reason, harmony and beauty in favour of irrationality, chance and offense to good tast Schwitters and the Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg embarked on a tour of Holland to introduce Dada to local artists and the public through lectures and performances. Van Doesburg’s pamphlet "Wat is Dada?" was for sale at the close of each stop. The poster for the Small Dada Evening includes the event program, which lists ragtime music by the composer Erik Satie, abstract poetry by Schwitters, and "Dadasofie" by Doesburg. The poster is decorated with multi-lingual slogans including: "Dada est contre le futur, Dada est mort, Dada est idiot, vive Dada!" ("Dada is against the future, Dada is dead, Dada is idiotic, Long live Dada!"). Estimate EUR 1.500 – 2.500
LOT 7 Lot Description JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949) THE DEADLY SINS DOMINATED BY DEATH (Les Péchés Capitaux dominés par la Mort), from Les Péchés Capitaux. 1904, hand colored etching (copper plate) and drypoint on simili Japon, with margins. 91 x 140 mm, (160 x 250 mm). Literature and Illustration Aug. Taevernier James Ensor. Catalogue illustré de ses gravures, leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques, Antwerpen, 1999. Albert Croquez, L' Oeuvré de James Ensor, Genève & Bruxelles Éditions Pierre Cailler, 1947. Lot Notes Frontis piece to the album "The Deadly Sins", probably edition of 116, not dated. The seven sins are represented by carnival figures: Pride as a soldier at the left, then Avarice holding a bag of money, Anger as a women furious at the man representing Lust, then Gluttony eating a sausage, Envy menacing a knife, and finally Sloth falling asleep while a snail creeps up his nightgown. Estimate EUR 4.000 – 4.500
LOT 8 Lot Description MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955) AKROBATEN III 1912, woodcut with hand-coloring, on wove paper, signed in pencil, from the edition of 10. 216 x 270 mm (355 x 507 mm). Literature and Illustration Gunter Kruger, Das Druckgraphische Werk Max Pechstein, Hamburg, Max Pechstein-Archiv, 1988, H137. Lot Notes There were also 25 on Japon and 100 on wove paper without hand-coloring. Estimate EUR 2.000 – 2.500
LOT 9 Lot Description PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947) PLACE CLICHY 1922, lithograph in colors, 1922, on wove paper, from the edition of 100, 490 x 650 mm, (560 x 725 mm) Literature and Illustration Francis Bouvet, Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work, New York, Gallery Books, 1981, p88. Claude Roger Marx, Bonnard, Paris, Fernand Hazan, 1950, p77. Lot Notes Published by Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1922. Estimate EUR 1.500 – 2.000
LOT 10 Lot Description AGOSTINO CARRACCI (1557-1602) Ecce Homo 1587, engraving, 355 x 265 mm Literature and Illustration Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family: A Catalogue RaisonnÊ, by Diane De Grazia Bohlin. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1979. Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1979. Lot Notes Engraving with watermark Heart, good impression, trimmed to the borderline. Carracci based his compositions from Correggio's painting "Christ presented to the People " made arround 1525-1530, wich is now the National Gallery, London. Estimate EUR 500 – 700
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5. AFTER THE SALE (a) Buyer’s premium In addition to the hammer price, the buyer agrees to pay to us the buyer’s premium together with any applicable value added tax. The buyer’s premium is 10% of the final bid price of each lot up to and including EUR 10,000, 7.5% of the excess of the hammer price above EUR 10,000 and up to and including EUR 100,000 and 5% of the excess of the hammer price above EUR 100,000. (b) Payment and passing of title The Buyer must pay the full amount due (comprising the hammer price, buyer’s premium and any applicable taxes) not later than the seventh (7th) calendar day following the sale. The buyer will not acquire title to the lot until all amounts due to us from the buyer have been received by us in good cleared funds. (c) Collection of purchases We shall be entitled to retain items sold until all amounts due to us, have been received in full in good cleared funds. Subject to this, the Buyer shall collect purchased lots within seven (7) calendar days from the date of the sale unless otherwise agreed between us and the Buyer. Where purchases are not collected within seven (7) calendar days from the date of the sale, whether or not payment has been made, we shall additionally charge the Buyer for administration, handling, insurance and any other costs incurred. (d) Packing, handling and shipping Although we shall use reasonable efforts to take care when handling, packing and shipping a purchased lot, we are not responsible for the acts or omissions of third parties whom we might retain for these purposes. Similarly, where we may suggest other handlers, packers or carriers if so requested, we do not accept responsibility or liability for their acts or omissions. (f) Remedies for non payment If the buyer fails to make payment in full in good cleared funds within the time required by paragraph 5(b) above, we shall be entitled in our absolute discretion to exercise one or more of the following rights or remedies (in addition to asserting any other rights or remedies available to us by law): (i) to cancel the sale; (ii) the warranty deposit of the Buyer will not be returned; (iii) to hold the defaulting Buyer liable for the total amount due and to commence legal proceedings for its recovery together with interest, legal fees and costs to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law; (iv) to resell the property publicly or privately on such terms as we shall think fit; If we resell the property under paragraph (iv) above, the defaulting buyer shall be liable for payment of any deficiency between the total amount originally due to us and the price obtained upon resale as well as for all costs, expenses, damages, legal fees and commissions and premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales or otherwise arising from the default. If we pay any amount to the Seller, the Buyer acknowledges that Calusari shall have all of the rights of the Seller, however arising, to pursue the Buyer for such amount. (g) Failure to collect purchases Where purchases are not collected within seven (7) calendar days from the date of the sale, whether or not payment has been made, we shall additionally charge the Buyer for administration, handling, insurance and any other costs incurred. 6. LIMITED WARRANTY 6.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this paragraph, CALUSARI warrants for a period of one (1) year from the date of the sale that any property described in headings printed in UPPER CASE TYPE (i.e. headings having all capital-letter type) in this catalogue which is stated without qualification to be the work of a named author or authorship, is authentic and not a forgery. The term “author” or “authorship” refers to the creator of the property or to the period, culture, source or origin, as the case may be, with which the creation of such property is identified in the UPPER CASE TYPE description
of the property in this catalogue. Only UPPER CASE TYPE headings of lots in this catalogue indicate what is being warranted by Calusari. Calusari warranty does not apply to supplemental material which appears below the UPPER CASE TYPE headings of each lot and Calusari is not responsible for any errors or omissions in such material. The warranty is subject to the following conditions: (i) It does not apply where (a) the catalogue description corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars or experts at the date of the sale or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions; or (b) correct identification of a lot can be demonstrated only by means of either a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at the date of publication of the catalogue was unreasonably expensive or impractical or likely to have caused damage to the property. (ii) The benefits of the warranty are not assignable and shall apply only to the original buyer of the lot as shown on the invoice originally issued by Calusari when the lot was sold at auction. (iv) In no event will our liability to a Buyer will exceed the hammer price price actually paid. The Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy against Calusari and the Seller, in place of any other remedy which might be available, is the cancellation of the sale and the refund of the hammer price paid for the lot. Neither Calusari nor the Seller will be liable for any special, incidental or consequential damages including, without limitation, loss of profits nor for interest. 6.2 To be able to claim under this LIMITED WARRANTY the original purchaser of record must: (i) notify Calusari in writing within three (3) months of receiving any information that causes the original buyer of the lot to question the accuracy of UPPER CASE TYPE type heading, specifying lot number, date of the auction at which it was purchased and the reasons for such question; and (ii) return the Lot to Calusari original selling location in the same condition as at the day of the sale; and (iii) obtain at the original Buyer's costs, the reports of three independent and recognized experts in the field, which question the accucy of UPPER CASE TYPE type heading. 7. EXTENT OF LIMITED WARRANTY We agree to refund the purchase price in the circumstances of the LIMITED WARRANTY set out in paragraph 6 above. Apart from that, neither the seller nor we, nor any of our officers, employees or agents, are responsible for the correctness of any statement of whatever kind concerning any lot, whether written or oral, nor for any other errors or omissions in description or for any faults or defects in any lot. Except as stated in paragraph 2 and 6, neither the Seller, ourselves, our officers, employees or agents, give any representation, warranty or guarantee or assume any liability of any kind in respect of any lot with regard to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, description, size, quality, condition, attribution, authenticity, rarity, importance, medium, provenance, exhibition history, literature or historical relevance. 8. COPYRIGHT The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for Calusari relating to a lot including the contents of this catalogue, is and shall remain at all times the property of Calusari and shall not be used by the Buyer, nor by anyone else, without our prior written consent. Calusari and the Seller make no representation or warranty that the Buyer of a property will acquire any copyright or other reproduction rights in it. 9. LAW AND JURISDICTION If any part of these CONDITIONS OF SALE is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part shall be discounted and the rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law. The rights and obligations of the parties with respect to these CONDITIONS OF SALE, the conduct of the auction and any matters connected with any of the foregoing shall be governed and interpreted by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the auction is held. By bidding at auction, whether present in person or by agent, by written bid, telephone or other means, the Buyer shall be deemed to have submitted, for the benefit of Calusari, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that country.
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