Art Selections - $500K-$100K

CURATED ART SELECTIONS

DOUG AITKEN

DOUG AITKEN (b. 1968)

Provenance: 303 Gallery, New York, 2013 Private Collection, London

Ehibition: 303 Gallery, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 13th-16th June 2013

Literature: 303 Gallery [on-line], Art Basel, Hall 2.1, Booth J21, 13th -16th June 2013

JIM DINE

JIM DINE (b. 1935)

Double Silver Point Robes

silverpoint and acrylic on 2 joined canvases, wood, knife, and string in artist's frame 53 1/2 x 96 in. 1964

Provenance: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York Priviate Collection, acquired from the above Private Collection, by descent from the above MORE INFO

MARC CHAGALL

MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

L'atelier

wax crayon, pastel and sanguine on paper

20 x 26 1/2 in.

1976

Provenance:

Galerie Maeght, Paris, by 1988 (no. 16355)

Anonymous sale, Bonham's, London, 24 June 2002, lot 33

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 10 February 2005, lot 626

Private Collection, United Kingdom

Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Private Collection

MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Les Amoureux sur le divan

watercolor and pencil on paper 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. c. 1948-1949

Provenance: Private Collection, New York MORE INFO INQUIRE

ELAINE DE KOONING

ELAINE DE KOONING (1918-1989)

Untitled (Totem Pole)

oil on canvas stretched over cardboard cylinders 97 x 12 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. c. 1960

Provenance: Family of Elaine de Kooning

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PABLO PICASSO

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Peintre et modèle

pen and India ink on paper

9 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. 1954

Provenance: Private Collection, acquired circa 1970 Christie's New York: Thursday, November 8, 2012 [Lot 00188] Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Private Collection, acquired from the above

Literature: M. Leiris, Picasso and the Human Comedy, Paris, 1954 (illustrated) C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1965, vol. 16, no. 173 (illustrated, pl. 56) The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: The Fifties I, 1950-1955, San Francisco, 2000, p. 189, no. 54-073 (illustrated)

MEL RAMOS

MEL RAMOS (1935-2018)

Dom Perignon

oil on canvas 60 x 35 7/8 in. 2016

Provenance: Private Collection, California, acquired from the Artist Literature: Mel Ramos: Sirens & Heroes, Modernism Fine Art Inc., San Francisco, California, November 2, 2017-January 13, 2018

MEL RAMOS (1935-2018)

Leta and the Hill Myna

oil

on canvas

60 x 52 in. 1969

Provenance: JJ Brookings Gallery, California Private Collection, California

Exhibition: Mel Ramos: 50 Years of Superheros, Nudes, and Other Pop Delights: June – October 2012, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California Beauty and the Beast: October 2013 – December 2014, Museum Bildenden Kuenste, Leipzig, Germany

Literature: Ramos, M., Shields, S. A., Keats, J., Daniels, D. L., & Crocker Art Museum. (2012). Mel Ramos: 50 years of superheroes, nudes, and other pop delights. San Francisco: Modernism Inc. p. 45-46 Ramos, M., In Levy, T., & Gardner, B. G. (2016). Mel Ramos: Catalogue raisonne of the paintings 1953-2015 Beauty and the Beast: October 2013 – December 2014, Museum Bildenden Kuenste, Leipzig, Germany ill. Back Cover

JULIAN SCHNABEL

JULIAN SCHNABEL (b. 1951)

JULIAN SCHNABEL (b. 1951)

SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL

SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL (1602-1670)

A Dune Landscape with Figures Resting and a Couple on Horseback, a View of Nijmegen Cathedral Beyond

oil on canvas 26 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. c. 1642-43

Provenance: Sale: Monsieur J.B., Paris, Drouot, 23 March 1931, No. 13, repr. Munich, Collecting Point, Recuperation, 1947, No. 5609 Wildenstein & Co., Buenos Aires Collection Raul Lamuraglia, Buenos Aires Sale: Christie's New York, 31 May 1991, Important Old Master Paintings, No. 30A, repr. in colour Private Collection, New York Private Collection, California, by descent

Exhibition: Exh. De El Greco a Tiepolo, Museo Nacionales de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1964, No. 110, repr.

Literature: W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, 1975, p. 107, no. 258

JAN VAN GOYEN

JAN VAN GOYEN (1596-1656)

River Landscape with a Windmill and Chapel

oil on panel 22 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. c. 1644

Provenance: Victor Phaland, Wesel, Germany

His Sale: Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, April 24, 1906, no. 76, illus., as with traces of a signature Gaston Neumans, 1906 F. Hartman, Norway

Sale: Sotheby's New York, June 5, 1986, Old Masters Paintings, sale 5471, lot 0051 Private Collection, New York Private Collection, California, by descent

Literature:

G. Hofstede de Groot, Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of the most Eminent Dutch Painters, 1927, Vol. VIII, p. 234, no. 947 (as with traces of a signature)

H. Volhard, Die Grundtypen der Landschagtsbilder Jan van Goyens, 1927, doctoral dissertation, pp. 120 & 179 Hans-Ulrich Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1973, Vol. II, p. 329, no. 724, illus.

DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD

DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD (b. 1949)

Untitled (Horse)

sticks and paper on wire armature 100 x 157 x 36 in. 1981

Provenance: O.K. Harris, New York Mr. and Mrs. Henry V. Heuser, Sr., Louisville Private Collection, 1982, gift from the above Christie's, "Summer Edition Online Only Auction", Sale 773838, Lot 39, 17-29 July, 2014 Private Collection, Puerto Rico

Exhibition: Louisville, The Speed Art Museum, Changing Tastes in Representational Art, September-November 2007

Literature: S. Landsdell, "Butterfield's Horses Take on New Qualities, Personalities," The Courier-Journal, May 2, 1982, p. H10 Bennett, A.E., ed., J.B. Speed Art Museum Handbook, Louisville, 1983, p. 27 Butterfield, D., Kuspit, D. B., Tucker, M., & Lowe Art Museum, (1992), Horses: The art of Deborah Butterfield, Coral Gables, Fla: Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami

ALEXANDER CALDER

ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)

The Forest

gouache and ink on paper 43 x 29 1/4 in. 1972

Provenance: Perls Galleries, New York Private Collection, Florida, 1974

ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)

Red and Black Spiral

gouache and ink on paper 29 1/2 x 43 1/4 in. 1971

Provenance: Perls Galleries, New York Private Collection, Florida, 1974

WOJCIECH FANGOR

WOJCIECH FANGOR (1922-2015)

Green Points

oil on canvas 52 7/8 x 33 1/2 in. 1961

Provenance: Private Collection, Texas Private Collection, Texas, by descent from above

SUBODH GUPTA

SUBODH GUPTA (b. 1964)

Magic Wands 6

chrome-plated aluminum 62 x 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. ea. 2004-2005

Provenance: Phillips de Pury & Company New York: Thursday, November 13, 2008 [Lot 00050] Contemporary Art: Part I Private Collection, acquired from the above Literature: N. Bourriad, S. Kalidas, D. Cameron, Subodh Gupta, Hyderabad, 2008, p. 91 (another example illustrated)

VALERIE JAUDON

VALERIE JAUDON (b. 1945)

Palmyra

oil on canvas 84 x 114 in. 1982

Provenance: General Electric Corporate Collection Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert

ROY

LICHTENSTEIN

Provenance:

Bukowskis Stockholm: Wednesday, November 2, 2005, lot 0377A, Modern + Contemporary Design Private Collection

Bukowskis Stockholm: Tuesday, October 23, 2018, lot 00325, Contemporary Art & Design Private Collection, Texas

HENRI MANGUIN

Bouquets de fleurs

oil on canvas 25 7/8 x 21 5/8 in. 1901

Provenance: Offered by Henri Manguin to his sister Adrienne Lamarre, Paris 1901 Henri Lamarre, Paris Private Collection, France, c. 1960

DROUOT-RICHELIEU, Paris, France on Dec 5, 1986, Lot #76 Private Collection, France

Exhibition:

Sarlat, France, l'Ancien Evêché (also called Palais Episcopal), July 6 to September 28, 1997 Valencia, Spain, March-April 2003 Castellön, Spain, May-June 2003

JOAN MIRÓ

JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)

L'Oiseau

bronze and cinderblock 23 7/8 x 20 x 16 1/8 in. 1970 Edition 3/4

Provenance: Pierre Mattise Gallery Acquavella, New York, acquired from the above Private Collection, Spain, acquired from the above

Exhibition: Madrid, Galería Guereta, Joan Miró: Histoire D'une Statuette, 14 November 2007 - 14 January 2008 Literature: Fernández, Miró E., Chapel P. Ortega, and Joanna Martinez. Joan Miró: Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné: 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no. 197, ed. 3/4

JULIAN OPIE

JULIAN OPIE (b. 1958)

View of the Mountains from the Nihon Alps Salada Road

computer film, two LCD screen, and PC 44 1/2 x 26 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. each/installed 44 1/2 x 52 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.

2007 Edition 4/4

Provenance: Lisson Gallery, New York Private Collection, California, acquired from the above

HÉLIO OITICICA

HÉLIO OITICICA (b. 1937)

Metaesquema 69

gouache on paper 17 5/8 x 21 1/8 in. 1958

Provenance: Dickinson Roundell Inc., New York Private Collection, acquired from the above

EDGAR PAYNE

Peaks of St. Gervais

oil on canvas 28 x 34 in. c. 1945

ED RUSCHA

MASAMI TERAOKA

MASAMI TERAOKA (b. 1936)

Wave Series/Tattooed Woman at Sunset Beach

watercolor on paper 14 7/8 x 10 in. 1984

Provenance: Private Collection Literature: Teraoka, M., Hoffman, K., Heartney, E., Bing, A., & Clark, C. (2012), Ascending chaos: The art of Masami Teraoka 1966-2006, San Francisco, Calif: Chronicle Books LLC, illustrated

MASAMI TERAOKA (b. 1936)

Los Angeles Sushi Ghost Tales/Flying Sushi

watercolor on paper, mounted as a scroll 90 x 17 1/4 in. 1979

Provenance: Private Collection Literature: Teraoka, M., Hoffman, K., Heartney, E., Bing, A., & Clark, C. (2012), Ascending chaos: The art of Masami Teraoka 1966-2006, San Francisco, Calif: Chronicle Books LLC, illustrated

ANDY WARHOL

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Self-Portrait in Fright Wig

Polaroid, Polacolor 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea. 1986

Provenance: The Estate of Andy Warhol The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Sale, Christie's, Andy Warhol @ Christie's: China Online Only Sale, 24 September - 4 October 2013, sale 3381, lot 1 Private Collection, Puerto Rico

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CARL ANDRE

ink on paper on board 8 x 6 1/8 in. 1962

Provenance: Collection of Hollis Frampton, acquired from the artist 1963 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York Private Collection, Houston

KARL BENJAMIN

KARL BENJAMIN (1925-2012) #32

oil on canvas 31 x 62 in. 1975

Provenance: Private Collection

Los Angeles Modern Auctions, “Modern Art & Design," March, 1 2015

Private Collection, San Francisco

Heather James Fine Art, California Private Collection, California

FRANCIS CELENTANO

acrylic on canvas

27 5/8 x 57 in. 1975

Provenance: Private Collection, acquired directly from the artist Private Collection, gifted from the above, 1975

FRANCIS CELENTANO (1928-2016)

Elliptical Kinetic Painting

acrylic on masonite 48 x 48 x 6 1/2 in.

1967

Provenance:

David Richards Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Private Collection, San Francisco, California Private Collection, California, purchased from the above exhibition February 2015 Heather James Fine Art, California Private Collection, California

EXHIBITION:

David Richards Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, The Responsive Eye Fifty Year After- 24 February – 12 April 2015 (cover of the exhibition catalogue)

MARC CHAGALL

Josue

MARY CORSE

MARY CORSE (b. 1945)

Untitled

acrylic and diamond dust on canvas 24 x 24 in.

1975

Provenance: Private Collection, gift of the artist, 1975 Christie's New York: Friday, September 27, 2019, lot 00104 Private Collection

SALVADOR DALI

SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989)

Le Nu à la Jarretière etching

15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. 1969 Edition V/C

Provenance: Private Collection, Ohio INQUIRE MORE INFO

SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989)

Les Femmes-Fleurs au Piano

etching

15 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. 1969 Edition V/C

WILLEM DE KOONING

EDGAR DEGAS

EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

Étude de cheval

black chalk on laid paper 12 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.

Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, 29 September 2004, lot 00202 Private Collection, acquired at above

MARCEL DUCHAMP

MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968)

Premiere lumiere etching

5 x 12 1/2 in. 1959

JEAN DUFY

JEAN DUFY (1888-1964)

Still Life of Fruit & Flowers

oil on canvas 12 x 17 1/2 in. 1964

Provenance: Private Collection Exhibition: Bailly, Jacques, and Jean Dufy. 2002. Jean Dufy: catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre. Paris: J. Bailly. Vol.1 P.321. N°B.644

SAM FRANCIS

Ducat

acrylic on canvas

5 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. 1986

Provenance: Estate of the Artist

Eaton Fine Art, Inc., West Palm Beach Private Collection, Florida Heather James Fine Art

PAUL JENKINS

PAUL JENKINS (1923-2012) Phenomena Rainbow Rush

PAUL JENKINS (1923-2012)

Phenomena with Black Anadem

ink, acrylic and oil on canvas 51 x 51 in. 1961

Provenance: Private Collection, New York Private Collection, California

WASSILY KANDINSKY

FRANZ KLINE

FRANZ KLINE (1910-1962)

Untitled

paint on New York City phone book page 11 x 8 3/4 in. 1956

Provenance: Mel Ramos Family Estate, California since 1960s

BLANCHE LAZZELL

BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878-1956) Study No. 4 for “Painting XII”

gouache on paper 8 7/8 x 8 in. 1929

Provenance: Estate of the Artist Private Collection, New York Private Collection

LEONID LAMM

FERNAND LÉGER

FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)

Le Lecture

color lithograph 20 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. 1953 Edition of 350 INQUIRE

LEON AUGUSTIN L'HERMITTE

ROBERTO MATTA

ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002)

L'epreuve

oil on canvas 29 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. 1967-68

Provenance: Court Gallery, Copenhagen Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York Private Collection MORE

HENRY MOORE

HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Two Reclining Figures

charcoal, green chalk, brown conte, watercolor wash, and gouache on paper

8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. 1981

Provenance: John Cavaliero Fine Art (acquired directly from the artist) Private Collection, New York

HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Sculpture Motives

ink, watercolor, and wax crayon on paper 11 x 7 7/8 in.

1970

Provenance: A gift from the artist to George Lewinski Anonymous sale: Sotheby's New York, 7 October 1987, lot 183 Anonymous sale: De Vuyst, Lokeren, 8 October 2005, lot 584

Private Collection Sale: Christie’s London Modern | British & Irish Art, 8 April 2019, Lot 99 Private Collection, California Heather James Fine Art, California

Literature: A. Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1950-76, Vol. 4, London, 1986, p. 222, no. AG70-71.56, HMF 3294, illustrated.

GIORGIO MORANDI

ED MOSES

ROBERT NATKIN

ROBERT NATKIN (1930-2010)

Young Acrobat

acrylic on canvas

47 1/2 x 113 in. 1984

Provenance: Peter Fuller, gift from the artist to his friend and noted art critic, 1984 Private Collection, by descent MORE

NATHAN OLIVEIRA

NATHAN OLIVEIRA (1928-2010)

Stelae No. 5

oil on canvas 66 x 54 1/8 in. 1998

Provenance: Mel Ramos Family Estate, California since 2008 MORE INFO INQUIRE

NATHAN OLIVEIRA (1928-2010)

Untitled

oil on canvas 84 x 63 in. 1984

Collection, California

MAX PECHSTEIN

Studie von drei Figuren

watercolor, reed pen and India ink on Japon paper 17 1/2 x 12 in. 1917

Provenance: Ryder Gallery, Los Angeles Edward & Mildred Lewis Collection, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in 1965) Private Collection, by descent from above [Impressionist & Modern Sale, 10 Nov. 2021, New York] Private Collection, acquired from the above

Exhibition: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Modern Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lewis, September 2, 1969 – January 4, 1970, no. 23

FRANCIS PICABIA

Trois personnages nus

black conte crayon on buff paper 11 1/2 x 8 in. c. 1929

Provenance: Private Collection Private Collection, California

CAMILLE PISSARRO

CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)

Paysannes à l'Herbe

watercolor and black chalk on graphing paper 9 x 6 1/4 in. c. 1890

Provenance: Margaret Davies Collection, London G. Blair Laing Limited, Toronto Private collection (acquired from the above on June 1, 1962 Private Collection, by descent from above [Sale Impressionist & Modern Art, 10 Nov 2021, New York] Private Collection, acquired from the above

Exhibition: London, Leicester Galleries, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Camille Pissarro, May 1-31, 1920, no. 99

PABLO PICASSO

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Fumeur a la Cigarette Blanche

aquatint on paper 21 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. 1965 Edition 18/50

Provenance: Private Collection, California

Literature: Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso Catalogue of the printed work: Editions Kornfeld et Cie, Berne, 1971, no. 1169 Baer, Brigitte, Picasso, peintre-graveur, Bern, 1989, no. 1169

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Plainte

JOANNA POUSETTE-DART

JOANNA POUSETTE-DART (b. 1947)

Untitled (Red Desert Study)

acrylic on wood panel 33 1/2 x 42 x 3/4 in. 2008

Provenance: Private Collection, Miami, Florida, acquired direct from the Artist

ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG

JAMES ROSENQUIST

JAMES ROSENQUIST (1933-2017) Drawing Study

oil pastel and pencil on paper 35 x 22 1/2 in. 1966

Provenance: Private Collection, Florida

CINDY SHERMAN

CINDY SHERMAN (b. 1954)

Untitled No. 110

c-print 45 x 30 in.

1982 Edition 1/10

Provenance: Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica Estate of Jay Chait, Los Angeles Sale: Sotheby’s New York, Contemporary Art Day Sale, 14 May 2003, lot 308 Collection of Jerome and Ellen Stern, New York Sale: Sotheby’s New York, Contemporary Art Day Auction, 17 November 2017, lot 528 Sale: Bonhams, Post-War & Contemporary Art X Made in California, 16 September 2020, lot 77 Private Collection, California Heather James Fine Art, California

Exhibition:

University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Image Scavengers: Photography, December 1982-January 1983 (another example exhibited) New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Cindy Sherman, July-October 1987, no. 74 (another example exhibited)

Literature:

Peter Schjeldahl and I. Michael Danoff, Eds., Cindy Sherman 1975-1993, New York 1984, cat. no. 74, illustrated in color Rosalind Krauss, Cindy Sherman: 1975-1993, New York 1993, p. 106, illustrated

Foster, Hal, Rosalind Krauss, Yves-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, and David Joselit, Art Since 1900, Thames & Hudson, London, 2012, p. 678.

ANDY WARHOL

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) Northwest Coast Mask

screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board 38 x 38 in. 1986 Edition III/X

Provenance: Private Collection Literature: Warhol, A., Feldman, F., Defendi, C., & Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (2003) Andy Warhol prints: A catalogue raisonne : 1962-1987. New York: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers in association with Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. p. 154-155

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Myths: Santa Claus

screenprint in colors with diamond dust, on Lenox Museum Board 38 x 38 in. 1981 Edition 156/200

Provenance: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc., New York Private Collection

Literature: Warhol, A., Feldman, F., Defendi, C., & Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (2003) Andy Warhol prints: A catalogue raisonne : 1962-1987. New York: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers in association with Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. p. 122-123

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Flowers (hand colored)

hand-colored screenprint 41 x 27 1/2 in. 1974 Edition AP 28/50

Provenance: Hudson Gallery, Ohio Private Collection Literature: Warhol, A., Feldman, F., Defendi, C., & Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (2003) Andy Warhol prints: A catalogue raisonne: 1962-1987. New York: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers in association with Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. p. 86-87

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