Edition Prints Chicago, De Kooning, Hartigan, Gechtoff, Kelly, Berg, Szabo, Spence and Laget Online

Edition Prints

Siri Berg Ernst Benkert Louise Bourgeois Judy Chicago Elaine De Kooning Sonia Gechtoff Grace Hartigan James Kelly Mokha Laget Oli Sihvonen Andrew Spence Martha Szabo

DAVID RICHARD GALLERY

ISBN: 978-1-955260-51-0 Front Cover: Judy Chicago, Signing the Dinner Party, 2009, Lithograph on paper, 24 x 24”

Framed size: 27” x 27”

Edition Prints Bourgeois, Chicago, De Kooning, Hartigan, Gechtoff, Kelly, Benkert, Berg, Szabo, Sihvonen, Spence and Laget December 20, 2023 - January 20, 2024 Published by: David Richard Gallery, LLC, 526 West 26th Street, Suite 9E, New York, NY 10001 www.DavidRichardGallery.com 212-882-1705 | 505-983-9555 DavidRichardGalleries1 DavidRichardGallery Gallery Staff: David Eichholtz and Richard Barger, Managers All rights reserved by David Richard Gallery, LLC. No part of this catalogue may be reproduced in whole or part in digital or printed form of any kind whatsoever without the express written permission of David Richard Gallery, LLC. Catalogue: © 2023 David Richard Gallery, LLC, New York, NY Artworks: Copyright © Ernst Benkert Estate Artworks: Copyright © Estate of Siri Berg Artworks: Louise Bourgeois Copyright © The Easton Foundation / VAGA at ARS, NY Artworks: Copyright © Judy Chicago Artworks: Copyright © Elaine De Kooning Estate Artworks: Copyright © Sonia Gechtoff Artworks: Copyright © Grace Hartigan Artworks: Copyright © James Kelly Estate Artworks: Copyright © Mokha Laget Artworks: Copyright © Oli Sihvonen Artworks: Copyright © Andrew Spence Artworks: Copyright © Martha Szabo Catalogue Design: David Eichholtz and Richard Barger, David Richard Gallery, LLC, New York, NY Images by Yao Zu Lu

DAVID RICHARD GALLERY

Ernst Benkert Untitled (Painting Exhibited in The Responsive Eye, 1965), 1965 ca Lithograph 27.5 x 27.5” Price: $4,000

Discounted Price: $3,000

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Siri Berg La Ronde - Shadow Series III, 1980 C. Screenprint in colors on paper, 30 x 50” Price: $5,000

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Discounted Price: $4,200

Louise Bourgeois Season’s Greeting, plate 5 of 9, from the portfolio, Quarantania Original 1944, reprinted 1990.

Drypoint, Engraving on smooth, woven Arches paper.

Dimensions: Plate: 4 x 6 15/16” (10.2 x 17.7 cm); paper sheet: 18 5/8 x 12 15/16” (47 x 33 cm)” Framed: 21.75 x 16 x 1.5”, contemporary, plain natural wood.

Signed: Edition “22/50” lower margin left, “Louise Bourgeois” lower right margin, pencil.

Publisher: Galerie Lelong, Paris, Printer: Piero Crommelynck, Paris.

Edition: 50; plus 10 A.P. 4

Retail Price: $5,500.

Discounted Price: $4,000.

Plus shipping, insurance, and applicable customs charges and taxes.

The colophon for the “Quarantania” portfolio states that “some [compositions] are individually titled, sometimes with a few variations.” It appears that Bourgeois occasionally inscribed titles or alternative titles while she was signing the prints.

Background for Portfolio: Since Galerie Lelong was exhibiting Bourgeois’s sculpture, Jean Frémon, a gallery director, proposed undertaking a print project with her. It was decided to reprint plates executed earlier and still in Bourgeois’s possession, because this work was unknown to the public. In 1990, after the plates had been stored for more than forty years, they were newly printed by Piero Crommelynck, and published for this portfolio.

The 1990 reprints differ in appearance from the 1940s impressions, due to corrosion of the plates and accidental scratching over time. Also, professional printing with uniform inking and wiping creates a darker plate tone. The prints were gathered in a portfolio to represent the work from the 1940s, with the title “Quarantania,” deriving from the French “quarante,” meaning “forty.”

The 9 compositions that make up this portfolio can be exhibited together, in any order, or individually.

The date for this composition differs from the “c. 1945” date recorded in the 1994 catalogue, “The Prints of Louise Bourgeois.” This is due to the discovery of what is believed to be the source work.

This composition is known only through the 1990 reprinting. It is conceivable that there were one or more states prior to this one, as this state includes burnishing, drypoint, and engraving. However, no known impressions of earlier states exist.

The colophon for the “Quarantania” portfolio states that the plates were engraved by Bourgeois at Stanley William Hayter’s Atelier 17 workshop in 1947. However, dates for the compositions vary and the fact that all were engraved and printed at Hayter’s workshop could not be confirmed. At this time, Bourgeois also worked on prints at home with a small press.

This Work in the Following Collections: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Bibliothéque Nationale de France, Paris; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE; Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland; Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Impression no. 17/50) © The Easton Foundation / VAGA at ARS, NY Caption courtesy Museum of Modern Art, NY (MoMA) https://www.moma.org/s/lb/collection_lb/object/object_objid-65431.html Photo by David Eichholtz

Louise Bourgeois Vase of Tears, plate 2 of 9, from the portfolio, Quarantania State III of III. Original 1946, reprinted 1990.

Soft ground etching, drypoint, and engraving on smooth, woven Arches paper.

Dimensions: plate: 5 1/2 x 3 7/16” (13.9 x 8.8 cm); paper sheet: 18 5/8 x 12 15/16” (47 x 33 cm) Framed: 21.75 x 16 x 1.5”, contemporary, plain natural wood.

Signed: Edition 22/50 lower left margin, “Louise Bourgeois” lower right margin, pencil.

Publisher: Galerie Lelong, Paris, Printer: Piero Crommelynck, Paris Edition: 50; plus 10 A.P 6

Retail Price: $5,500.

Discounted Price: $4,000.

Plus shipping, insurance, and applicable customs charges and There are 4 known variant impressions of state III from c. 1945, before the reprinting and editioning of this state in 1990. There is also 1 known impression from c. 1990 outside the edition. It is signed “LB.” in the lower right margin and inscribed “To Jerry.” in the lower left margin, both in pencil. Changes from state II, in drypoint: figure’s left eye further delineated and tear drops added.

Changes from state II, in engraving: composition reinforced overall.

Background for Portfolio: Since Galerie Lelong was exhibiting Bourgeois’s sculpture, Jean Frémon, a gallery director, proposed undertaking a print project with her. It was decided to reprint plates executed earlier and still in Bourgeois’s possession, because this work was unknown to the public. In 1990, after the plates had been stored for more than forty years, they were newly printed by Piero Crommelynck, and published for this portfolio.

The 1990 reprints differ in appearance from the 1940s impressions, due to corrosion of the plates and accidental scratching over time. Also, professional printing with uniform inking and wiping creates a darker plate tone. The prints were gathered in a portfolio to represent the work from the 1940s, with the title “Quarantania,” deriving from the French “quarante,” meaning “forty.”

The 9 compositions that make up this portfolio can be exhibited together, in any order, or individually.

In an interview for the 1994 catalogue, “The Prints of Louise Bourgeois,” Bourgeois called this a kind of self-portrait: “self-deprecating humor about a person who complains.” She discussed the state of being “ridden with fears... some healthy and some neurotic. Here is someone who is a fool, someone who is collecting and saving her own tears. “Bourgeois remembered as the origin of this print her feelings when her mother died in 1932 and her father’s sarcasm about those feelings. Her mother had been her best friend. “Do not wallow in your tears; do not pretend,” her father said. “It was so cruel,” Bourgeois said. “He made me into a ridiculous clown. He made me feel that my tears were false tears.... Sarcasm can be a form of child abuse.” (Quote cited in Wye, Deborah and Carol Smith. “The Prints of Louise Bourgeois.” New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, p. 66.)

The colophon for the “Quarantania” portfolio states that the plates were engraved by Bourgeois at Stanley William Hayter’s Atelier 17 workshop in 1947. However, dates for the compositions vary and the fact that all were engraved and printed at Hayter’s workshop could not be confirmed. At this time, Bourgeois also worked on prints at home with a small press.

This Work in the Following Collections: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Bibliothéque Nationale de France, Paris; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE; Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland; Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Impression no. 17/50) © The Easton Foundation / VAGA at ARS, NY Caption courtesy Museum of Modern Art, NY (MoMA) https://www.moma.org/s/lb/collection_lb/object/object_objid-65431.html Photo by David Eichholtz

Judy Chicago Detail: Signing the Dinner Party, 2009 Lithograph on paper 24 x 24” Framed size: 27” x 27”

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Judy Chicago Signing the Dinner Party, 2009 Lithograph on paper, 24 x 24” Price: $7,200

Framed size: 27” x 27”

Discounted Price: $5,700

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Judy Chicago Rather Rage than Tears, 2009 Lithograph on paper, 24 x 24” Price: $7,200

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Framed size: 27” x 27”

Discounted Price: $5,700

Elaine De Kooning After Lascaux, 1984 Lithograph, 30 x 43.75”

Framed Dimensions: 33.5 x 47 x 2“

Signed, titled, dated and edition in pencil, bottom front, (ed. 2/18),1984 Price: $ 7,500

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Discounted Price: $ 5,600

Grace Hartigan The Hero Leaves His Ship II, 1960 Lithograph Signed and numbered, Ed. 5/27 29.75 x 21” Printed by Bob Blackburn, New York Published by ULAE Sparks 2 Provenance: Private Collection, New York 14

Acquired from G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York

Grace Hartigan The Hero Leaves His Ship II, 1960 Lithograph Signed and numbered, Ed. 5/27 29.75 x 21” Price: $7,500

Framed

Discounted Price: $6,000

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Sonia Gechtoff Untitled, 1963 Lithograph on paper 13 x 10” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop numbered, signed, dated lower front Price: $2,500

Discounted Price: $2,000

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Sonia Gechtoff Untitled, 1963 Lithograph on paper 13 x 10” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop numbered, signed, dated lower front Price: $2,500

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Discounted Price: $2,000

Sonia Gechtoff Untitled, 1963 Lithograph on paper 13 x 10” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop numbered, signed, dated lower front Price: $2,500

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Discounted Price: $2,000

Sonia Gechtoff 6 Icon Suite, 1963 Lithograph on paper 15 x 18” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop A suite of 8 prints including the six Icon prints plus title page and colophon Set of eight - Price: $20,000 Discounted Price $16,000

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Sonia Gechtoff 6 Icon Suite, Title Page, 1963 Lithograph on paper, 15 x 18” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop A suite of 8 prints including the six Icon prints plus title page and colophon Individual Icon prints – Price: $3,000 each

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Discounted Price: $2,200 each

Sonia Gechtoff 6 Icon Suite, Colophon, 1963 Lithograph on paper, 15 x 18” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop A suite of 8 prints including the six Icon prints plus title page and colophon Individual Icon prints – Price: $3,000 each

Discounted Price: $2,200 each

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Sonia Gechtoff 6 Icon Suite, Icon (Red), 1963 Lithograph on paper, 15 x 18” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop A suite of 8 prints including the six Icon prints plus title page and colophon Individual Icon prints – Price: $3,000 each

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Discounted Price: $2,200 each

Sonia Gechtoff 6 Icon Suite, Icon (Sage), 1963 Lithograph on paper, 15 x 18” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop A suite of 8 prints including the six Icon prints plus title page and colophon Individual Icon prints – Price: $3,000 each

Discounted Price: $2,200 each

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Sonia Gechtoff 6 Icon Suite, Icon (Umber), 1963 Lithograph on paper, 15 x 18” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop A suite of 8 prints including the six Icon prints plus title page and colophon Individual Icon prints – Price: $3,000 each

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Discounted Price: $2,200 each

Sonia Gechtoff 6 Icon Suite, Icon (Blue), 1963 Lithograph on paper, 15 x 18” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop A suite of 8 prints including the six Icon prints plus title page and colophon Individual Icon prints – Price: $3,000 each

Discounted Price: $2,200 each

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Sonia Gechtoff 6 Icon Suite, Icon (Lavender), 1963 Lithograph on paper, 15 x 18” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop A suite of 8 prints including the six Icon prints plus title page and colophon Individual Icon prints – Price: $3,000 each

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Discounted Price: $2,200 each

Sonia Gechtoff 6 Icon Suite, Icon (Red, 1963 Lithograph on paper, 15 x 18” Ed. 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop A suite of 8 prints including the six Icon prints plus title page and colophon Individual Icon prints – Price: $3,000 each

Discounted Price: $2,200 each

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Sonia Gechtoff Untitled, 1963 Lithograph on paper, 30 x 22” Ed 20 Tamarind Lithography Workshop Price: $4,000

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Discounted Price: $3,000

James Kelly 8 From 9 Suite- Title page, 1963 Lithography on Rives BFK paper, 18.75 x 13.5” Set of 9 – Price: $11,500

Discounted Price: $10,000

Individual prints – Price: $1,500 each

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Discounted Price: $1,200 each

James Kelly 8 From 9 Suite - Colophon, 1963 Lithography on Rives BFK paper 18.75 x 13.5” Price: $1,500 each

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Discounted Price: $1,200 each

James Kelly 8 From 9 Suite - 3, 1963 Lithography on Rives BFK paper 18.75 x 13.5” Price: $1,500 each

Discounted Price: $1,200 each

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James Kelly 8 From 9 Suite - 4, 1963 Lithography on Rives BFK paper 18.75 x 13.5” Price: $1,500 each

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Discounted Price: $1,200 each

James Kelly 8 From 9 Suite - 5, 1963 Lithography on Rives BFK paper 18.75 x 13.5” Price: $1,500 each

Discounted Price: $1,200 each

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James Kelly 8 From 9 Suite - 6, 1963 Lithography on Rives BFK paper 18.75 x 13.5” Price: $1,500 each

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Discounted Price: $1,200 each

James Kelly 8 From 9 Suite - 7, 1963 Lithography on Rives BFK paper 18.75 x 13.5” Price: $1,500 each

Discounted Price: $1,200 each

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James Kelly 8 From 9 Suite - 8, 1963 Lithography on Rives BFK paper 18.75 x 13.5” Price: $1,500 each

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Discounted Price: $1,200 each

James Kelly 8 From 9 Suite - 9, 1963 Lithography on Rives BFK paper 18.75 x 13.5” Price: $1,500 each

Discounted Price: $1,200 each

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James Kelly Car Crash, 1963 Lithograph, 17 x 19.5” Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Ed. 20 Price: $1,800

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Discounted Price: $1,400

James Kelly Untitled, 1963 Lithograph, 21 x 15” Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Ed. 20 Price: $1,800

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Discounted Price: $1,400

James Kelly Untitled 1, 1963 Lithograph, 22.5 x 26.5” Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Ed. 20 Price: $2,200

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Discounted Price: $1,700

James Kelly Untitled 2, 1963 Lithograph, 22.5 x 31” Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Ed. 20 Price: $2,200

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Discounted Price: $1,700

James Kelly Untitled 3, 1963 Lithograph, 22.5 x 31” Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Ed. 20 Price: $2,200

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Discounted Price: $1,700

Mokha Laget Off The Grid, 2016 Lithography on Rives BFK paper, Each lithograph measures 19.75” x 22” Ed. 5/30 Sold as a Boxed Set of seven lithographs Price: $10,000 set of 7

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Discounted Price: $8,500 set of 7

Oli Sihvonen Untitled (Overlapping Trio of Ellipses, referencing Fugue), 1989 Lithograph on paper A/P 38 x 46” Price: $3,500

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Discounted Price: $3,000

Andrew Spence Duplex II, 1991 Aquatint Parasol Press, 40.5 x 25.25” Price: $3,500

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Discounted Price: $ 3,000

Andrew Spence Vanity, 2004 Woodcut relief print, 30 x 29.75” Price: $3,500

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Discounted Price: $3,000

Martha Szabo Blues in the Night, 2022 Hand pulled screen print on paper Edition of 20 36 x 24” A contemporary interpretation of Martha Szabo’s painting “Film Noir”, 1963 circa with the shadow accented in blue Printed at Carousel’s Press, Brooklyn, NY (a woman owned business) by India Armstrong Price: $2,500

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Discounted Price: $2,000

DAVID RICHARD GALLERY