SEPTEMBER 2016
Masters of Distinction
Masters of Distinction
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Masters of Distinction
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Masters of Distinction
Since its inaugural exhibition initiated in 2000, Opera Gallery’s annual Masterpiece exhibition has become one of the muchanticipated exhibitions in Singapore’s art calendar. This year, the exhibition celebrates the 9th anniversary of the partnership between Opera Gallery and the Grand Prix Singapore Season. The highly successful Masters exhibition has achieved a renowned reputation thanks to its stellar collection of Modern Masters and Contemporary artists. During the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix Season, world-class artworks will once again grace the luxurious space of our gallery and the public boardwalk of Orchard Road to be admired and appreciated. Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, Opera Gallery is proud to present the 2016 edition of its Masterpiece exhibition - ‘Masters of Distinction’. As a testimonial to artistic distinction, this year’s exhibition features an extraordinary assembly of artists, each of them being an eminent representation of their artistic pursuit. In a visual journey of artistic excellence spanning across the 20th century till present times, ‘Masters of Distinction’ embraces its essence through an exclusive presentation of distinguished artists. In the tradition of the Masterpiece collection, the ‘Masters of Distinction’ exhibition presents visual treasures by Modern Masters at the pinnacles of their career and affirms their place in the realm of distinction. Featuring prominent paintings and sculptures by acclaimed Modern Masters such as Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall and Salvador Dalí, these works of art reflect the artistic diversity and accomplishment of these renowned Masters. At the forefront of art trend and development, this exhibition brings together an impressive league of the most famous and influential artists of our current time. Showcasing the creative works by celebrities of Contemporary art from Niki de Saint Phalle, Robert Indiana, to Manolo Valdés and Dashi Namdakov, these carefully selected works of art epitomise Modern and Contemporary art. It is an honour to present this extraordinary exhibition to Singapore and to perpetuate the tradition of each and every annual Masterpiece exhibition held at Opera Gallery, celebrating the beauty of art and the triumph of these Masters’ achievement of distinction.
Gilles Dyan
Stéphane Le Pelletier
Founder and Chairman Director Asia Pacific Opera Gallery Group Opera Gallery
Master works
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Claude
Monet [ 1840-1926 ]
Val de falaise, 1885 Stamped with signature ‘Claude Monet’ Lugt 1819b (lower right and on the reverse) Oil on canvas 73.4 x 73.4 cm - 28.9 x 28.9 in. Price on request
Provenance Estate of the artist Michel Monet, Giverny (by descent from the above) Van Diemen-Lilienfed Galleries, New York Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 23 June 1965, lot 153 Frieda Kittay Goldsmith, Palm Beach Private collection (by descent from the above) Sale: Christie’s, New York, 7 November 2007, lot 372 Private collection
Exhibited Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 1947
Literature Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet, Biographie et Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1979, vol. II, pp. 158-159, ill. p. 159 Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. II, p. 367, No. 979, ill.
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Claude
Monet [ 1840-1926 ]
Hiver à Giverny, 1886 Stamped ‘Claude Monet’ (lower right); stamped ‘Claude Monet’ (on the reverse) Oil on canvas 60 x 81.5 cm - 23.6 x 32.1 in. Price on request
Provenance Michel Monet, Giverny Private collection Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 2 December 1986, lot 35 Private collection
Literature Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet, Biographie et Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne & Paris, 1979, vol. II, No. 1057, ill. p. 187 Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. III, No. 1057, ill. p. 400
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Pierre-Auguste
Renoir [ 1841-1919 ]
Deux filles dans un pré (Deux femmes dans l’herbe), circa 1910 Signed ‘Renoir’ (lower left) Oil on canvas 47.3 x 56.8 cm - 18.6 x 22.4 in. Price on request
Provenance Durand-Ruel, Paris Dr. Alfred Gold, Berlin (1929) Mayor Gallery, London (1953) Private collection, London Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 6 July 1960, lot 137 Eric Estorick, London Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 24 June 1986, lot 21 Private collection (acquired from the above) Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 26 June 1990, lot 28 Private collection (acquired from the above) Private collection (acquired from the above, 1993)
Exhibited Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, London, Tate Gallery, Renoir, 1953, No. 36
Literature Julius Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, No. 357, ill. p. 344 Guy-Patrice & Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. IV : 1903-1910, Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 2012, No. 3144, ill. p. 274 This work will be included in the Catalogue critique being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute from the François Daulte, Durand-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard and Wildenstein archives for the Comité Renoir
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Pierre
Bonnard [ 1867-1947 ]
Dans la rue, deux figures, circa 1906 Stamped with signature ‘Bonnard’ (lower left) Oil on cradled panel 38.1 x 45.7 cm - 15 x 18 in. Price on request
Provenance Estate of the artist Mlles Bowers, Paris Victor Waddington, London Mr. and Mrs. Peter O’Toole (acquired from the above, 1970), Great Britain Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 28 June 1988, lot 38 Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York, 1989 Private collection (circa 1990s) Sale: Christie’s, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 307 Private collection
Exhibited Marseille, Musée Cantini, Bonnard, May - June 1967, No. 7, ill. London, Victor Waddington, Bonnard, June - July 1970, No. 6, ill.
Literature Yann Le Pichon, Bonnard, Elle, 9 April 1967, ill. pp. 140-141 Jean and Henry Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, éditions Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1974, vol. IV, No. 01895, ill. p. 251
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Maurice
de Vlaminck [ 1876-1958 ]
Paysage de Neige, circa 1936-37 Signed ‘Vlaminck’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 65.5 x 81.8 cm - 25.8 x 32.2 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection Sale: Christie’s, New York, 9 May 2000, lot 184 Estate of Leon Oxman Private collection, Singapore
Literature This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Maurice de Vlaminck being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute
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Raoul
Dufy [ 1877-1953 ]
Paysage au puits, circa 1908-10 Signed ‘R. Dufy’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 54 x 65.1 cm - 21.2 x 25.6 in. Price on request
Provenance Sale: Christie’s, London, 28 November 1989, lot 310 Private collection, Japan Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 11 May 2000, lot 205 Private collection (acquired from the above), USA
Literature This work will be included in the second supplement of the Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint de Raoul Dufy being prepared by Fanny Guillon-Laffaille
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Raoul
Dufy [ 1877-1953 ]
Bateaux et barques aux Martigues, 1907 Signed ‘Raoul Dufy’ (lower left) Oil on canvas 47 x 57 cm - 18.5 x 22.4 in. Price on request
Provenance Gérard Oury’s collection, France Danièle Thompson (Gérard Oury’s daughter), France Sale: Artcurial, Paris, 20 April 2009, lot 29 Private collection (acquired from the above), Europe
Exhibited Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Musée de l'imprimerie & Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Museu Tèxtil i Indumentària, Raoul Dufy, 1999, No. 33, ill. Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Raoul Dufy, Le Plaisir, October 2008 - January 2009, No. 40, ill. p. 52 Martigues, Musée Ziem, De Martigues à l'Estaque, 2013, No. 24, ill. Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Raoul Dufy, 2015, No. 19, ill.
Literature This work will be included in the second supplement of the Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint de Raoul Dufy being prepared by Fanny Guillon-Laffaille
Certificate Fanny Guillon-Laffaille has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Raoul
Dufy [ 1877-1953 ]
Paysage de Langres, 1933 Signed ‘Raoul Dufy’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 38.5 x 46.7 cm - 15.1 x 18.4 in. Price on request
Provenance Galerie Henri Gaffie, Nice Perls Galleries, New York Private collection (1996), Chicago Steve Banks Fine Arts, San Francisco Private collection (acquired from the above, 1998), USA
Literature Pierre Courthion, Raoul Dufy, Pierre Cailler Éditeur, Geneva, 1951, ill. pl. 109, p. 14 Maurice Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, vol. III, Éditions Motte, Geneva, 1976, ill. No. 1003, p. 62
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Kees
Van Dongen [ 1877-1968 ]
Ève Francis, circa 1919 Signed ‘Van Dongen’ (lower center) Oil on canvas 146.5 x 114.3 cm - 57.7 x 45 in. Price on request
Provenance Mrs. Kramer O’Hana Gallery, London Sale: Maurice Rheims, René G. Laurin, Philippe Rheims, Paris, lot 65 Beny Gattegno, Paris Private collection (acquired from the above, 1968) Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 20 June 2005, lot 39 Private collection (acquired from the above)
Exhibited Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Twenty-Fifth Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, 1926, No. 239
Literature This work is included in the archives of the Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Kees Van Dongen by Jacques-Chalom des Cordes under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute under the reference No. 02.03.18.8407.1555 Édouard des Courières, ‘Van Dongen’ in L’ Art Vivant, 20 March 1925, ill. p.6 (titled ‘Portrait de Mlle Ève Francis’) Édouard des Courières, Van Dongen, Paris, 1925, ill pl. 67
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Pablo
Picasso [ 1881-1973 ]
Deux nus, 14-20 July 1962 Signed, dated and numbered ‘Picasso 14.20.7.62.X’ (upper left) Pencil on paper with coloured wax crayons on the reverse 24 x 32 cm - 9.4 x 12.6 in. Price on request
Provenance Galerie Louise Leiris (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris Arthur and Anita Kahn collection (acquired from the above, 1968), USA
Literature Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 20 : œuvres de 1961 à 1962, Éditions Cahiers d’Art, Paris, 1968, No. 323, ill. pl. 130 Arnold and Marc Glimcher, eds. Je suis le cahier : The Sketchbooks of Picasso, exh. cat., The Pace Gallery, New York, 1986, p. 344, No. 165 The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso’s Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, The Sixties I, 1960-1963, San Francisco, 2002, ill. p. 256, No. 62-153
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Pablo
Picasso [ 1881-1973 ]
Le Peintre et son modèle, 4 May 1963 Signed ‘Picasso’ (lower right); dated ‘4.5.63’ (on the reverse) Oil on canvas 65 x 100 cm - 25.6 x 39.4 in. Price on request
Provenance Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris Alexander Iolas, Paris Private collection (acquired from the above, 1982), Europe
Literature Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 23 : œuvres de 1962 et 1963, Éditions Cahiers d’Art, Paris, 1971, No. 253, ill. pl. 120 The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso’s Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, The Sixties I, 1960-1963, San Francisco, 2002, ill. p. 367, No. 63-130
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Amedeo
Modigliani [ 1884-1920 ]
Tête de Cariatide Signed (lower right) Caster: Fonderia d’ Arte Paolo Olmeda Roma, 2006. Signed and numbered, with the foundry mark (lower left) Bronze, edition of 8 + 4 EA + 1 HC 227 x 75 x 85 cm - 89.4 x 29.5 x 33.5 in. Price on request
Provenance Modigliani Institute, Paris - Rome
Exhibited Rome, Palace of the State Archives
Literature Modigliani Institut Archives Légales, Tête de Cariatide, Paris-Rome, 2007
Certificate The Modigliani Institut and Laure Modigliani Nechtschein (Amedeo Modigliani’s grand-daughter) have confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Joan
Miró [ 1893-1983 ]
Les essències de la terra, 1968 Signed ‘Miró’ (lower center) Watercolour on lithograph on pearly Japan paper 50 x 36 cm - 19.7 x 14.2 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection
Certificate The ADOM (Association pour la défense de l’œuvre de Joan Miró) has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Marc
Chagall [ 1887-1985 ]
Vue de Paris, 1978 Signed and dated ‘Chagall 1978’ (lower right); signed ‘Marc Chagall’ (on the reverse) Oil and tempera on canvas 100.3 x 81.5 cm - 39.5 x 32 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio Private collection (acquired from the above), Europe Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 4 November 2009, lot 49 Private collection (acquired from the above)
Certificate The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Marc
Chagall [ 1887-1985 ]
Les mariés sous le baldaquin, 1978-1980 Signed ‘Marc Chagall’ (lower right and on the reverse) Oil and gouache on canvas 59.7 x 81 cm - 23.5 x 31.9 in. Price on request
Provenance Galerie Lelong, Paris Private collection Galerie Boulakia, Paris Private collection (acquired from the above, 2003), USA Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 8 November 2007, lot 427 Private collection (acquired from the above)
Certificate The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Marc
Chagall [ 1887-1985 ]
L’ atelier fleuri à Saint-Paul, circa 1980 Stamped ‘Marc Chagall’ (lower left) Tempera, gouache and India ink on hardboard 22 x 27.1 cm - 8.7 x 10.7 in. Price on request
Provenance Estate of the artist Galerie Daniel Malingue (1987), Paris Private collection, Paris
Certificate The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Alberto
Giacometti [ 1901-1966 ]
Buste (tête de profil), 1947 Signed and dated ‘Alberto Giacometti 47’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 56 x 27,5 cm - 22 x 10.8 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris Larry Aldrich, New York Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 30 October 1963, lot 55 Dr. A. Feingold (acquired from the above), New York Dr. Theodore Leshner, New York Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 8-9 December 1965, lot 112 R.W. Warren (acquired from the above) Brook Street Gallery, London Reiss-Cohen Gallery, New York James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 16 May 1984, lot 414 Paul Denton (acquired from the above) Arnold Herstand & Company, New York Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona Estate of Elizabeth Green Romano, 2001 Private Collection
Certificate The Comité Giacometti and Mary Lisa Palmer have confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Jean
Dubuffet [ 1901-1985 ]
Promenade agreste, 1974 Signed and dated ‘J.D. 74’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated (on the reverse) Acrylic-prepared vinyl paint on canvas 195 x 100 cm - 76.8 x 39.4 in. Price on request
Provenance Galerie Beyeler, Basel James Goodman Gallery, New York Private collection, Belgium Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 24 March 1993, lot 314 Private collection, New York
Exhibited Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Jean Dubuffet : Paysages castillans, Sites tricolores, 19 February - 16 March 1975, exh. cat. No. 42, ill. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Jean Dubuffet : Paysages castillans, Sites tricolores, April - May 1975, exh. cat. No. 19, ill. New York, Pace Gallery, Jean Dubuffet : Paysages castillans, Sites tricolores, 20 September - 18 October 1975, cat. No. 19, ill. Chur, Switzerland, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Dubuffet: Werkauswahl 1945-1975, March - April 1977, cat. No. 19, ill. Kunsthaus Zug, Jean Dubuffet: Bilder, Zeichnungen und Skulpturen aus dreissig Jahren, January - March 1983 New York, Weintraub Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: Paintings and Sculpture, April - May 1984 New York, James Goodman Gallery, Summer 1984 Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Jean Dubuffet: Retrospektive, October 1985 - January 1986, cat. No. 34 Berlin, Galerie Michael Haas, Jean Dubuffet: 1901-1985, September - November 1987, cat. No. 19, ill. Montreal, Landau Beaux Arts, Qui rassemble la foule… la captive, October - November 1988 Basel, Art 21’90 Basel, Die Internationale Kunstmesse: Kunst des 20 Jahrhunderts, June 1990, cat. No. 2, ill. p. 465
Literature Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXVIII : Roman burlesque, Sites tricolores, Les Éditions de Minuit, Paris, 1979, cat. No. 200, ill. p. 147
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Bernard
Buffet [ 1928-1999 ]
Clown au chapeau noir, 1961 Signed and dated ‘Bernard Buffet 1961’ (lower left) Oil on canvas 100 x 73 cm - 39.4 x 28.7 in. Price on request
Provenance Galerie Daniel Besseiche, Paris Private collection (acquired from the above, 2008)
Certificate Maurice Garnier has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Bernard
Buffet [ 1928-1999 ]
Le Cirque, le clown musicien, 1966 Signed and dated ‘Bernard Buffet 1966’ (center left); signed ‘Bernard Buffet’ (lower left); numbered ‘XVII / XV / 26’ (upper left, upper right, lower right; respectively) Mixed media on paper mounted on canvas 64.2 x 49 cm - 25.3 x 19.3 in. Price on request
Provenance Wally Findley Galleries, Inc., New York Private collection, Florida
Certificate Ida Garnier and Jacques Gasbarian have confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Bernard
Buffet [ 1928-1999 ]
Clown au petit chapeau vert, 1989 Signed and dated ‘Bernard Buffet 1989’ (on the right) Oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm - 39.4 x 31.9 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio Galerie Maurice Garnier, Paris Opera Gallery Private collection Gallery Rienzo, New York Private collection, New York
Certificate Maurice Garnier has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Bernard
Buffet [ 1928-1999 ]
Clématites et lys, 1998 Signed ‘Bernard Buffet’ (upper left) and dated ‘1998’ (upper right) Oil and mixed media on paper 73 x 54 cm - 28.7 x 21.3 in. Price on request
Provenance Galerie Maurice Garnier, Paris Private Collection
Certificate A certificate will be provided by the Galerie Maurice Garnier
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Pierre
Soulages [ B. 1919 ]
Brou de noix, été 1985 Signed ‘Soulages’ (lower left) Brou de noix on paper mounted on metal 74.5 x 54 cm - 29.3 x 21.3 in. Price on request
Provenance Galerie de France, Paris Private collection (1986), Paris
Exhibited Paris, FIAC, Galerie de France, 1986
Literature This artwork will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue raisonné des œuvres sur papier de Pierre Soulages being prepared by Pierre Encrevé
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Kazuo
Shiraga [ 1924-2008 ]
Untitled, 1962 Signed in Japanese and dated ‘1962’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated (on the reverse) Oil on canvas 97 x 130 cm - 38.2 x 51.2 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection, Japan Sale: The Market Auction, 21 February 2008, lot 55 Opera Gallery, Singapore Private collection (acquired from the above)
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Georges
Mathieu [ 1921-2012 ]
Orages soumis, 1988 Signed ‘G. Mathieu’ (lower left) and titled ‘Orages soumis’ (on the reverse) Oil on canvas 146 x 114 cm - 57.5 x 44.9 in. Price on request
Provenance Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-le-Zoute Private collection, Europe
Literature Georges Mathieu, 50 ans de création, Édition Hervas, Paris, 2003, ill. p. 516
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Sam
Francis [ 1923-1994 ]
Untitled, 1983 Signed ‘Sam Francis’ (on the reverse) Unique monotype with dry pigments, inks and oils on handmade paper 183 x 87 cm - 72 x 34.3 in. Price on request
Provenance Yayoi Gallery (1990), Tokyo Private collection Private collection, New York
Exhibited Tokyo, Ogawa Art Foundation, Yayoi Gallery, Sam Francis: Monotype Prints and Other Works, 9 April - 2 June 1990, No. 19, ill.
Literature Pontus Hultén, Nancy Mozur and Garner Tullis, Monotypes of Sam Francis, Stuttgart, Germany: Daco-Verlag, 1994, ill. pp. 252-253
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Sam
Francis [ 1923-1994 ]
Untitled, 1991 Stamped with the Sam Francis Estate logo stamp and facsimile signature stamp Acrylic on canvas 366 x 366 cm - 144 x 144 in. Price on request
Provenance Estate of the artist, California Private collection, United Kingdom Private collection, France
Exhibited Amsterdam, Gallery Delaive, Sam Francis: The Unknown Works from the 1990’s, 19 November - 23 December 2005, exh. cat., ill. pp. 76-77
Literature William C. Agee, Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990, Los Angeles: Geffen Contemporary at Museum of Contemporary Art, 7 March - 25 July 1999; exh. cat., fig. 50, ill. p. 47 Sam Francis: Remembering 1923-1994, Amsterdam: Gallery Delaive, 2004, exh. cat., ill. pp. 134 & 154 Sam Francis: Retrospective in Blue, Bratislava, Slovakia: Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, 2010, exh. cat., ill. pp. 252 & 274
Certificate This work is registered in the Archives of the Sam Francis Estate under the No. SFF.1651
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Gerhard
Richter [ B. 1932 ]
Rot-Blau-Gelb (six works), 1973 Signed and dated ‘Richter, 73’ (on the reverse) These six works were a part of an oil painting executed in 1973 and are numbered 71, 72, 81, 82, 91 and 92 (on top); it was divided into a hundred pieces by the artist Oil on canvas 79.2 x 106.6 cm - 31.2 x 42 in.
Provenance Galerie Reinhard Onnasch, Berlin Private collection, Berlin
Exhibited Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Gerhard Richter, 1973 Amsterdam, Galerie Seriaal, Gerhard Richter: Rot-Blau-Gelb (GR 338), 1973 Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum; Graz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum; Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Sammlung Ulbricht, 1982-1983
Literature Harten, Jürgen (ed.): Gerhard Richter-Bilder/Paintings 1962-1985, with a Catalogue raisonné adapted by Dietmar Elger, Cologne 1986, ill. p. 163 Hubertus Butin, Stefan Gronert & Thomas Olbricht, ed., Gerhard Richter, Editions 1965-2013, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, Cologne, 2013, Catalogue raisonné no. 50, ill. p. 214 Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ed.) Gerhard Richter, Catalogue raisonné 1962-1993, vol. III, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1993, ill. No. 358-363
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Gerhard
Richter [ B. 1932 ]
Souvenir (No. 48), 1994 Signed and numbered ‘Richter 48/64’ (on a label affixed to the reverse of the frame) This work was a part of an oil painting executed in 1994 and formerly numbered ‘813-1’; it was divided into sixty-four pieces by the artist and sold as individually Oil on canvas 21 x 21.3 cm - 8.3 x 8.4 in. Price on request
Provenance Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London Private collection, USA
Literature Hubertus Butin, Stefan Gronert & Thomas Olbricht, ed., Gerhard Richter, Editions 1965-2013, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, Germany, 2014, No. 72, p. 255
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Yves
Klein [ 1928-1962 ]
L’Esclave mourant d’après Michel-Ange, 1962 Inscribed ‘Yves Klein’, numbered and fingerprinted by Rotraut Klein-Moquay (on the base) Pigment and synthetic resin on plaster in Plexiglass box, edition of 300 60 x 18 x 13 cm - 23.6 x 7.1 x 5.1 in. Price on request
Provenance Yves Klein Archives Private collection, France
Certificate The Yves Klein Archives have confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Victor
Vasarely [ 1906-1997 ]
Noir-Vert-Bleu, circa 1964-67 Signed ‘Vasarely’ (lower center); titled ‘BB - Noir - Vert - Bleu’, signed and dated ‘Vasarely, 1964-67’ (on the reverse) Tempera on wood, mounted on a wood panel 75 x 75 x 5 cm - 29.5 x 29.5 x 2 in. Price on request
Provenance Annely Juda Fine Art, London Sidney Janis Gallery, New York Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich Private collection, Switzerland
Literature This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence
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Andy
Warhol [ 1928-1987 ]
Jackie, 1964 Signed and dated ‘Andy Warhol 64’ (on the overlap upper right) Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen 50.8 x 40.6 cm - 20 x 16 in. Price on request
Provenance Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles Private collection, Paris
Literature Georg Frei and Neil Printz (ed.), The Andy Warhol Catalogue raisonné, Vol 02A: Paintings and Sculptures 1964-1969, No. 1154
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Andy
Warhol [ 1928-1987 ]
Campbell’s Soup box: Chicken Noodle, 1986 Signed and dated ‘86’ (on the overlap) Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas 35.5 x 35.5 cm - 14 x 14 in. Price on request
Provenance Michael Kohn Gallery, Santa Monica Jonathan Novak, Los Angeles Private collection
Literature Los Angeles, Michael Kohn Gallery, Warhol: Campbell’s Soup Boxes, December 1986 - January 1987, No. 148, ill. p. 31
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Tom
Wesselmann [ 1931-2004 ]
Study for bedroom painting (Daniele), 1971 Signed, dated and titled ‘Wesselmann, 1971, Study for bedroom painting (Daniele)’ (on the reverse) Oil on canvas 20.4 x 30.5 cm - 8 x 12 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio Private collection, Europe
Certificate The artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Tom
Wesselmann [ 1931-2004 ]
Study for Unicef bouquet, 1977 Signed, dated and titled ‘Wesselmann, 1977, Study for Unicef bouquet’ (on the reverse) Pencil and liquitex on cardboard 32 x 28 cm - 13 x 11 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio Private collection, New York
Certificate The artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Keith
Haring [ 1958-1990 ]
Untitled, 1 March 1983 Signed ‘K. Haring’, dated ‘March 1 - 83’ and inscribed ‘Tokyo’ (on the reverse) Ink on blue paper 39 x 52.7 cm - 15.3 x 20.7 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection, New York
Certificate The Estate of Keith Haring has confirmed the authenticity of this work under the identification No. 050499A1
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Keith
Haring [ 1958-1990 ]
Untitled, 1984 Acrylic on linen on canvas, composition of two panels Diptych 226.1 x 228.6 cm - 89 x 90 in. (overall) Price on request
Provenance Left Panel: Artist’s Studio Bill T. Jones Private collection, New York Private collection, Rotterdam Private collection, New York Galleria Seno, Milan Private collection, Italy Private collection, New York Right Panel: Artist’s Studio Bill T. Jones Private collection, New York Private collection, Switzerland Private collection, New York Private collection, New York
Exhibited New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Secret Pastures, Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company, November, 1984
Literature Rivoli, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’ Arte Contemporanea, Keith Haring, exhibition catalogue, February - April 1994, ill. p. 239
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Keith
Haring [ 1958-1990 ]
Untitled, 24 May 1988 Signed and dated ‘May 24, 1988 NYC’ (on the reverse) Acrylic on canvas 243.8 x 243.8 cm - 96 x 96 in. Price on request
Provenance Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York Private collection (1988), New York Private Collection, New York
Exhibited Düsseldorf, Galerie Hans Mayer, Keith Haring: Paintings and Sculptures, August - October 1988 New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Keith Haring, December 1988 - January 1989
Literature San Francisco de Young Museum, Keith Haring: The Political Line, exhibition catalogue, November 2014 - Febuary 2015
Certificate The Estate of Keith Haring has confirmed the authenticity of this work under the indentification No. 062195A6
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Yayoi
Kusama [ B. 1929 ]
Flower Rain, 1980 Signed and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1980’ (upper left) Enamel, ink on paperboard 27.2 x 24.2 cm - 10.7 x 9.5 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection, Japan
Certificate The Yayoi Kusama Studio has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Yayoi
Kusama [ B. 1929 ]
Morning Sun at the Ganges, 1987 Acrylic on canvas 41 x 31.8 cm - 16.1 x 12.5 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection, Japan
Certificate The Yayoi Kusama Studio has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Yayoi
Kusama [ B. 1929 ]
The Nebula, 1990 Acrylic on canvas 91 x 72.7 cm - 35.8 x 28.6 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio Private collection
Certificate The Yayoi Kusama Studio has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Yayoi
Kusama [ B. 1929 ]
The Tale of the Universe, 1993 Signed in Chinese, inscribed and dated ‘The Tale of the Universe, Yayoi Kusama, 1993’ (on the reverse) Acrylic on canvas 278 x 248 cm - 109.4 x 97.6 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection, Asia
Literature Yayoi Kusama, Eternity-Modernity, 2005, ill. p. 128
90
Yayoi
Kusama [ B. 1929 ]
The Cosmos at Dawn, 1993 Signed in Chinese, inscribed and dated ‘The Cosmos at Dawn, Yayoi Kusama, 1993’ (on the reverse) Acrylic on canvas 278 x 248 cm - 109.4 x 97.6 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection, Asia
Literature Yayoi Kusama, Eternity-Modernity, 2005, ill. p. 129
92
Yayoi
Kusama [ B. 1929 ]
Infinity Nets OQRWHN, 2008 Acrylic on canvas 194 x 194 cm - 76.4 x 76.4 in. Price on request
Provenance Ota Fine Art, Tokyo Gallery Hyundai, Seoul Private Collection
94
Yayoi
Kusama [ B. 1929 ]
Reach Up to Heaven, Dotted Pumpkin, 2012 Urethane paint on aluminium 200 x 150 x 150 cm - 78.7 x 59.1 x 59.1 in. Price on request
Provenance Victoria Miro Gallery, London Private collection, Belgium
Certificate The Yayoi Kusama Studio has confirmed the authenticity of this work
96
Fernando
Botero [ B. 1932 ]
Niña de rojo, 1982 Signed and dated ‘Botero 82’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 35 x 33 cm - 13.8 x 13 in. Price on request
Provenance Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid Galerie Sismann, Paris Private collection
Certificate The artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work
98
Fernando
Botero [ B. 1932 ]
The Bird, 2006 Signed and numbered (on the base) Bronze, edition of 6 50 x 18 x 22 cm - 19.7 x 7.1 x 8.7 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection
Certificate The artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work
100
Fernando
Botero [ B. 1932 ]
Ballerina, 2013 Signed ‘Botero’ and stamped by the caster ‘DP Fonderia’ (on the base) Bronze, edition of 6 60 x 35 x 25.5 cm – 23.6 x 13.8 x 10 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio Private collection, USA
Certificate The artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work
102
Manolo
Valdés [ B. 1942 ]
Untitled, 1999 Signed and dated ‘NY 99’ (on the reverse) Oil, thread and burlap collage on burlap 199.2 x 131 cm - 78.4 x 51.6 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection
Exhibited Bilbao, Guggenheim, Manolo Valdés: Painting and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, 2002, p. 36
104
Manolo
ValdĂŠs [ B. 1942 ]
Reina Mariana, 2006 Bronze, edition of 8 111.7 x 76.2 x 50.8 cm - 44 x 30 x 20 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio
Certificate The artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work
106
Manolo
ValdĂŠs [ B. 1942 ]
Fiori, 2015 Bronze, unique piece 124 x 180 x 71 cm - 48.8 x 70.9 x 28 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio Galerie Forsblom, Finland Private collection
Certificate The artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work
108
Anish
Kapoor [ b. 1954 ]
Untitled, 2013 Signed and dated (on the reverse) Fiberglass and paint D: 90 cm - 35.4 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist‘s studio Lisson Gallery, London Private collection, London
110
Yoshitomo
Nara [ B. 1959 ]
A Girl, 1991 Signed (on the reverse) Oil, chalk and watercolour on canvas 80 x 43.5 cm - 31.5 x 17.1 in. Price on request
Provenance Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten, d’Eendt, Amsterdam Private collection
112
Yoshitomo
Nara [ B. 1959 ]
Submarines in Girl, 1992 Signed, dated ‘Yoshitomo Nara, 94’ and titled ‘Submarines in Girl’ (on the reverse) Acrylic on canvas 100 x 150 cm - 39.4 x 59.1 in. Price on request
Provenance Private collection, Japan
Literature Bijutsu Shuppan Sha, Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works, vol. I: Paintings, Sculptures, Photographs 1984-2010, Tokyo, Japan, 2011, ill. p. 82
Certificate Yoshitomo Nara’s Studio, Rabbit Hills Co., Ltd. has confirmed the authenticity of this work
Monumental Sculptures
116
Niki
de Saint Phalle [ 1930-2002 ]
La machine à rêver, 1970 Fiberglass and polyester painted, unique piece 280 x 346 x 120 cm - 110.2 x 136.2 x 47.2 in. Price on request
Provenance Alexander Iolas, Athens Private collection
Exhibited Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Niki de Saint Phalle, Rétrospective 1954 - 1980, 1981, ill. pp. 1 & 69 Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Niki de Saint Phalle, Rétrospective 1954 - 1980, 1981, ill. pp. 68-69 Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Niki de Saint Phalle : l’Invitation au Musée, 1993, ill. pp. 90-91 Angers, Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, Niki de Saint Phalle, des assemblages aux oeuvres monumentales, 2004, ill. p. 80. Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Woman, Metamorphosis of modernity, 2004 - 2005
118
Robert
Indiana [ b. 1928 ]
Love (Gold faces - Red sides), 1966 - 2002 Polychrome aluminium, edition of 6 + 4 AP 182.9 x 182.9 cm - 72 x 72 in. Price on request
Provenance Morgan Art Foundation Private collection
120
Robert
Indiana [ b. 1928 ]
Seven, 1980 - 2001 Polychrome aluminium, edition of 6 + 2 AP 198.1 x 182.9 x 91.4 cm - 78 x 72 x 36 in. Price on request
Provenance Morgan Art Foundation Private collection
Exhibited New York, Park Avenue, Art in the Parks: Robert Indiana: One Through Zero, February - May 2003
122
Manolo
ValdĂŠs [ b. 1942 ]
Blue Butterflies, 2016 Bronze and resin, unique piece 390 x 560 x 345 cm - 153.5 x 220.5 x 135.8 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio
Certificate The artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work
124
Richard
MacDonald [ b. 1946 ]
Flutist, 2007 Bronze, edition of 8 244 x 122 x 91 cm - 96.1 x 48 x 35.8 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio
126
Richard
Texier [ b. 1955 ]
Mundo Rhino, 2008 Bronze, edition of 8 219 x 225 x 121 cm - 86.2 x 88.6 x 47.6 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio
128
Richard
Texier [ b. 1955 ]
Angel Bear II, 2008 Bronze, edition of 8 293 x 178 x 176 cm - 115.3 x 70.1 x 69.3 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio
130
Dashi
Namdakov [ b. 1967 ]
Centaur with a Stone, 2009 Stamped by the artist Bronze, casted and patinated, edition of 7 + 4 AP 270 x 250 x 90 cm - 106.2 x 98.4 x 35.4 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio
Exhibited Moscow, The New Manezh, 2009 Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage, 2010 London, Halcyon Gallery, A Nomad’s Universe, 16 May - 14 July 2012 Moscow, State Historical Museum, 2014 Florence, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, 2015
Literature A Nomad’s Universe, London, 2012, pp. 111-113 The Nomad: Between Heaven and Earth, State Historical Museum, Moscow, 2014, pp. 277 - 278 Transformation, Florence, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, 2015, p. 34
Certificate A certificate will be provided by the Dashi Namdakov Art Studio
132
Dashi
Namdakov [ b. 1967 ]
Elk, 2012
Stamped by the artist and the caster Bronze, casted and patinated, edition of 3 350 x 487 x 381 cm - 137.8 x 191.7 x 150 in. Price on request
Provenance Artist’s studio
Certificate A certificate will be provided by the Dashi Namdakov Art Studio
134
Index
Master works Claude Monet 6
Val de falaise, 1885
8
Hiver à Giverny, 1886
Pierre-Auguste Renoir 10
Deux filles dans un pré (Deux femmes dans l’herbe), circa 1910
Pierre Bonnard 12
Dans la rue, deux figures, circa 1906
Maurice de Vlaminck 14
Paysage de Neige, circa 1936-37
Raoul Dufy 16
Paysage au puits, circa 1908-10
18
Bateaux et barques aux Martigues, 1907
20
Paysage de Langres, 1933
Kees Van Dongen 22
Ève Francis, circa 1919
Pablo Picasso 24
Deux nus, 14-20 July 1962
26
Le Peintre et son modèle, 4 May 1963
Amedeo Modigliani 28
Tête de Cariatide
Joan Miró 30
Les essències de la terra, 1968
Marc Chagall 32
Vue de Paris, 1978
34
Les mariés sous le baldaquin, 1978-1980
36
L’atelier fleuri à Saint-Paul, circa 1980
Alberto Giacometti 38
Buste (tête de profil), 1947
Tom Wesselmann 72
Study for bedroom painting (Daniele), 1971
74
Study for Unicef bouquet, 1977
Jean Dubuffet 40
Promenade agreste, 1974
Bernard Buffet 42
Clown au chapeau noir, 1961
Keith Haring 76
Untitled, 1 March 1983
78
Untitled, 1984
80
Untitled, 24 May 1988
44
Le Cirque, le clown musicien, 1966
46
Clown au petit chapeau vert, 1989
Yayoi Kusama
48
Clématites et lys, 1998
82
Flower Rain, 1980
84
Morning Sun at the Ganges, 1987
86
The Nebula, 1990
88
The Tale of the Universe, 1993
90
The Cosmos at Dawn, 1993
92
Infinity Nets OQRWHN, 2008
94
Reach Up to Heaven, Dotted Pumpkin, 2012
Pierre Soulages 50
Brou de noix, été 1985
Kazuo Shiraga 52
Untitled, 1962
Georges Mathieu 54
Orages soumis, 1988
Sam Francis 56
Untitled, 1983
58
Untitled, 1991
Fernando Botero 96
Niña de rojo, 1982
98
The Bird, 2006
100 Ballerina, 2013
Manolo Valdés 102 Untitled, 1999
Gerhard Richter 60
Rot-Blau-Gelb (six works), 1973
62
Souvenir (No. 48), 1994
104 Reina Mariana, 2006 106 Fiori, 2015
Anish Kapoor Yves Klein 64
108 Untitled, 2013
L’Esclave mourant d’après Michel-Ange, 1962
Yoshitomo Nara Victor Vasarely 66
Noir-Vert-Bleu, circa 1964-67
Andy Warhol 68
Jackie, 1964
70
Campbell’s Soup box: Chicken Noodle, 1986
110
A Girl, 1991
112
Submarines in Girl, 1992
Monumental Sculptures Niki de Saint Phalle 116
La machine à rêver, 1970
Robert Indiana 118
Love (Gold faces - Red sides), 1966 - 2002
120 Seven, 1980 - 2001
Manolo Valdés 122 Blue Butterflies, 2016
Richard MacDonald 124 Flutist, 2007
Richard Texier 126 Mundo Rhino, 2008 128 Angel Bear II, 2008
Dashi Namdakov 130 Centaur with a Stone, 2009 132 Elk, 2012
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