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Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art established 1987 59 East 72nd Street New York NY 10021 t. 212-628-2067 f. 212-628-2068 info@simoncapstick-dale.com www.simoncapstick-dale.com
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Fernand Léger (1881 – 1955) La Ville, 1955 gouache on paper 16 ¾ by 12 ¾ inches initialed ‘F.L.’ lower right Provenance Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France Paul Haim eye Co, Paris, France Donald Morris Gallery, Inc. Detroit, MI
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Fernand Léger (1881-1955) Paysage de Seine-et-Oise, 1952 Gouache on paper 21 ½ by 28 inches Signed and dated ‘F.L. 52’ on bottom right & dedicated, ‘a l’abbe Morel, en toute amitie F. Léger’ This work is accompanied by a certificate from Madame Irus Hansma. Provenance Private Collection, France Ferri & Associés, Paris, France
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Auguste Herbin (1882 – 1960) La Créole, 1918 oil on canvas 36 ¼ by 24 inches | 92 by 61 cm signed lower left, number ‘B8’ verso Provenance Herbin Retrospective, 1959 Galerie Simone Heller, 1963, Paris, France Private Collection, France Thence by descent
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Nu Couché, 1972 Pencil on paper mounted at the edges on board 22 ¼ by 29 ½ inches Signed, dated and numbered ‘Picasso 20.4.72.II’ right Provenance: Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London Private Collection, London Exhibited: Paris Galerie Louise Leiris, Picasso: 172 dessins en noir et en couleurs, December 1972 – January 1973 Literature: C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1978,Vol. 33 (Oeuvres de 1971-1972), no. 357 (illustrated, pl. 127)
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Les Dejeuners, 1961 Pencil on paper 10 5/8 by 16 3/8 inches Signed Picasso, dated 9.7.61 and numbered VII center right Drawn on 9th July 1961 Provenance Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris Private collection San Fransisco Literature Douglas Cooper, Pablo Picasso, Les Dejeuners, Paris 1962, No.97, illustrated Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1961-1962, Paris 1968, vol XX, No. 75, illustrated pl.39
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Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) Tête de Femme 25 September 1965 Pencil on paper 10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches Dated and numbered ‘Nimes 25.9.65 I’ upper left Maya Widmaier Picasso has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work. Provenance Maurice and Jacqueline Bresnu, Mougins Guggenheim Asher Associates, New York Exhibited Milan, Palazzo Marina alla Scala, Picasso: La Collection Nascosta, October 1996 Seoul, KED Museum, Picasso:The Hidden Collection, October 1997 Vienna, Kunsthaus, Picasso: Die Verborgene Sammlung, August 1998
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Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) Tête de Femme, 1965 Pencil on paper 10 5/8 by 8 ¼ inches Dated and numbered ‘Nimes 25.9.65 IV’ upper left Maya Widmaier Picasso has kindly confirmed the authenticity Provenance Maurice and Jacqueline Brenu, Mougins, France Guggenheim Asher Associates, New York, NY Private Collection, New York, NY Exhibited Milan, Palazzo Marina alla Scala, Picasso: La Collection Nascosta, October 1996 Seoul, KED Museum, Picasso:The Hidden Collection, October 1997 Vienna, Kunsthaus, Picasso: Die Verborgene Sammlung, August 1998
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Joan Miro (1893 – 1983) Signs and Figurations, 1935 Watercolor on paper 17 5/8 by 13 ¼ inches Signed ‘Miro’ lower right, titled and dated verso Provenance Mayor Gallery, London Douglas Cooper Collection Private Collection, London Certificate from ADOM dated 8th March 2011 (Madame Ariane Lelong-Mainaud)
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Albert Gleizes (1881-1953) Personnage rose, c. 1920 34 3/8 by 26 7/8 inches Signed “Albert Gleizes” lower right Provenance Ambrose Vollard Private Collection, Paris Exhibited 1964 Leonard Hutton Galleries, Albert Gleizes and the Section d’Or, no. 5 1964 Kölnischer Kunstverein, Autout du Cubisme Literature Varichon, A. Albert Gleizes – Catalogue Raisonné. Somogy Editions d’Art, Paris. 1998. Similar variations, no. 894, pg. 300-302.
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Kees van Dongen (1877 – 1968) La Gitane Joaquina – Tête de femme, c. 1910 Oil on canvas Signed lower left and signed on reverse with artists address 39 ½ by 31 ½ inches Provenance Mr. Samuel Lustgarten, Chicago, Illinois USA Roland Browse & Delbanco, London 1958 (Photograph in Witt Library – Courthauld Institute) Erik Estorick, London Exhibited New York, Marie Harriman Gallery, Les Fauves, 20 October – 29 November 1941 This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raissone on the artist being prepared by the Wildenstein institute.
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Juan Gris (1887 – 1927) Verre et fruits, 1920 Oil on canvas 18.3 by 13 inches signé Juan Gris and dated 11-20 Provenance Galerie Simon, Paris, France Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf and Berlin, Germany Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France Jean Aubier (1913-1956), Paris (acquired from the above) Jacques Dubourg, Paris, France Thence by descent (1970 – present) Literature L'Amour de l'Art, vol. 2, January 1921, illustrated page 21 Douglas Cooper, Letters of Juan Gris 1913-1927, London, 1956, no. CXII 2 February 1921 Douglas Cooper & Margaret Potter, Juan Gris. Catalogue raisonné de l’ouvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1977, no. 354, illus p 155
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Buste de Femme au chapeau (Portrait of Dora Maar), 1943 Oil on cradled panel 25 ½ by 21 ¼ inches Signed lower right, ‘Picasso’ Provenance Louis Carré, Paris Marlborough Fine Arts, London H. Surger, New York Parke Bernet Galleries, New York Private Collection, New York
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Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Woman Resting on Her Arm, c. 1879 Charcoal with dark brown pastel on paper 19 by 24 ½ inches Stamped ‘Vente Degas’ lower left Provenance Atelier Degas, 2eme Vente 1918 Ambroise Vollard, Paris, France Nathan Cummings, New York, NY Literature 2eme Vente: Catalogue de tableaux, pastels et dessins par Edgar Degas, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris 1918, no. 305, p.175 P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son Oeuvre, Paris 1946,Vol. II, p.18, no. 552 (illustrated p. 311) Exhibited Davenport, Iowa, Municipal Art Gallery, Collection of Masterpieces March – April, 1965 Washington D.C., The National Gallery of Art, June – September, 1970 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, July – September, 1971 Chicago, The Art Institute, October – December, 1973
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Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964) Blue Dancer, 1913 Inscribed, dated and numbered ‘Archipenko 13 8/8’ (on left leg) Bronze with black patina Height: 42 inches Conceived in 1913 and cast during the artist’s lifetime Provenance: Perls Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 25 October 1977 Private Collection, New York Exhibited: Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, 1967-1969, No.14 New York, Eaton Fine Art, Inc., Alexander Archipenko, 2005, No.2 Literature: D. H. Karshan, Archipenko International Visionary, Washington D.C., 1969, p.36 (another cast illustrated: plate 27) D. H. Karshan, Archipenko,The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Tubingen, 1974, p.37 (another cast illustrated) K. J. Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of The Early Works, 1908-1920, New York, 1977 (another cast illustrated: plate S47) A. Barth, Alexander Archipenko’s Plastisches Oeuvres, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1997,Vol II, no.43 (another cast illustrated p.95) This work is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Frances Archipenko Gray.
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