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Montagut Gallery
Baule figure Baule people, Ivory Coast, 19th century Wood H 60 cm Provenance: André Blandin (1930-2015), France; Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium, end 1960s-1970; Marc Sherman, New York, acquired in 1982; Pace Gallery, New York; collection Patrick & Béatrice Caput, France, 1999; private collection, France Literature: Boyer (Alain-Michel), Miroirs de l'invisible: la statuaire baoulé. Arts d'Afrique Noire, nº 45; Exhibition catalogue: Objetos-Signos de Africa, Zaragoza, 2000: #27; François Neyt, Trésors de Côte d'Ivoire, Fonds Mercator, 2014 #174; Patrick Caput & Valentine Plisnier, Arts d'Afrique. Portraits d'une Collection, Milan: 5 Continents, 2016 Exhibition: Zaragoza, Spain: Objetos-Signos de Africa, Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, 11 April-24 June 2000
Galerie Alexis Pentcheff
albert marquet
Albert Marquet (Bordeaux 1875-1947 Paris) L'Estaque, 1918 Oil on canvas 46 x 65.5 cm Signed lower right Certificate of inclusion in the digital catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute dated 2 February 2018 Provenance: sale Champain-Lombrail, Enghien-les-Bains, November 1979; private collection, Switzerland; Galerie Pentcheff, Marseille, 2015; private collection
Artimo Fine Arts
enrico astorri
Enrico Astorri (Italy, 1859-1921) Saltimbanca, circa 1900 White Carrara marble H 122.5 cm (sculpture), total height with original column in Serpentine marble: 212 cm Signed Astorri E. co./Milano This exquisite marble sculpture showcases a young saltimbanca, or female street acrobat, and her monkey, poised atop an intricately wrought drum as they await their next performance. Her countenance radiates a playful innocence and every strand of her hair, carved with striking realism, cascades in a canopy of luxurious curls to frame her face. The girl's relaxed posture on the drum stands as a testament to the artist's mastery of the sculptors art and his attention to nuance in the playful inclusion of a cheeky monkey to accentuate the child's youthfulness and inherent sense of humour. The artist’s unparalleled artistry and expertise is evident in the drum's surface which boasts remarkable attention to detail. From the finely carved cords and the meticulously crafted escutcheons to the texture of the drumhead, particularly the stitching on an old tear, the precision of his work is exquisite. The texture of the girl's clothing and the intricate details of her physique are accentuated by a delicate play of light and shadow, bearing witness to the artist's deep anatomical understanding. The elegantly outstretched leg, lightly suspended in the drum strap, endows the figure with a dynamic, flowing quality which contrasts harmoniously with the tranquillity of her facial expression. The artist leads his audience on a contemplative journey of discovery full of the delight of uncovering subtle details such as the four classic card symbols. Astorri adds his characteristic touch of realism to this majestic piece through the skilfully crafted base. Representing a humble wooden crate resting on a finely sculpted yet rustic net, Astorri adds yet another layer of depth to this masterpiece. ASTORRI or ASTONI, ENRICO was an esteemed Italian sculptor. Born in San Lazzaro Alberoni on 10 March 1859, he passed away in Milan on 15 October 1921. Having initially studied in Parma before moving to Genoa, he ultimately honed his craft in Milan, where he took up residence at an impressively young age. His notable works include the monument to 'Vittorio Emanuele II' in Parma (1879), exhibitions in Turin (1884) featuring the marble statues 'La sérénade' and 'Attraction', and other significant contributions in Milan, Venice, and Bologna throughout the 1880s. His engagements extended to London exhibitions, and his prolificacy was evident in the latter part of the century, with extensive travels and commendations in Uruguay, Argentina, Russia, and beyond. His oeuvre can be found in public collections in Piacenza and Trieste.
Galerie von Vertes
sam francis
Sam Francis (San Mateo 1923-1994 Santa Monica) Untitled (SF52-015), 1952 Gouache and oil on paper 60.9 x 49.2 cm Signed twice, dated and inscribed on verso 'Sam Francis SF PARIS 1952' Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, n° SFF5.134 Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London (1957); Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles; private collection, California (acquired from the above); Minami Gallery, Tokyo (October 1977); Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo (accession n° 3449, June 1978); Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 2018, lot 212; private collection, London Literature: Kodansha, Contemporary Great Masters: Sam Francis. Tokyo: Kodansha 1994, p. 89 (ill. in colour pl. 63) Exhibitions: Pavillon des Arts, Paris, L’oeuvre de Sam Francis dans les collections du Musée Idemitsu, 18 September-16 November 1986, n° 6 (ill. in colour), weitergereist nach: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, 29 November 1986-18 January 1987; Yayoi Gallery, Ogawa Art Foundation, Tokyo, 5 October–5 December 1987; Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, 10 August-16 September 2002, n° 10 (ill. in colour p. 35), travelled to: Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan, 28 September-10 November 2002; Museum of Art Ehime, Ehime, Japan,16 November-23 December 2002; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 5 April-25 May, 2003; Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan, 3 June-6 July 2003; Oita City Art Museum, Oita, Japan, 13 September-26 October 2003
robertaebasta
Lucio Fontana (Argentina, Rosario 1899-1969 Comabbio, Italy) Concetto Spaziale Natura, 1967 Artwork made of two pieces in polished brass H 26 x W 20 x D 21 cm Both signed: Lucio Fontana on the reverse and numbered 186/500, cast by Berrocal founderies Provenance: private collection, Italy
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HELENE BAILLY Paris-Genève
marc chagall
Marc Chagall (Vitebsk 1887-1985 Saint-Paul de Vence) Au Cirque (Clown à la trompette), 1959-1968 Oil and gouache on paper mounted on canvas 63 x 47.5 cm Signed lower left: Marc Chagall and countersigned on reverse Certificate of authenticity issued by the Comité Marc Chagall Provenance: former Galerie Alex Maguy collection, label on reverse
Dr. Nöth kunsthandel + galerie
lotte laserstein
Lotte Laserstein (Preußisch Holland/Königsberg 1898-1993 Kalmar/Sweden) Young couple turned to the left (The Neumans), 1970 Oil on canvas 49 x 59 cm Signed and dated upper left: Lotte Laserstein 1970 Provenance: purchased directly from the artist by the present owner
Galerie de la Présidence
geer van velde
Geer van Velde (Netherlands, Lisse 1898-1977 Cachan, France) Composition, 1960 Oil on canvas 162 x 162 cm Signed lower right with the artist's initials This work will be included in the forthcoming Geer van Velde catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Pierre François Moget, son of Piet Moget Provenance: artist’s studio estate; private collection, France Literature: Viatte, Germain, 1989, Geer van Velde, Paris, Editions Cahiers d’Art, ill. col., p. 151 Exhibitions: 1981, La Haye, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Geer van Velde 1898-1977, schilderijen en tekeningen, n° 56 du cat., fig. 55, ill. col., p. 71; 1982, Høvikodden, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Geer van Velde, n°17 du cat. (insert in the catalog of the exhibition of 1981 at Gemeente Museum, n° 56), fig. 55; 1982, Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Geer van Velde 1898-1977. Peintures et œuvres sur papier, n° 54 du cat., fig. 55, ill. col., p. 71; 1982-Varberg, Museet I Varberg, Geer van Velde 1898-1977; 1986, Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Geer van Velde 1898-1977, n° 22 du cat., ill. col., p. 26; 1991, Sigean, Lieu d’Art Contemporain, Geer van Velde. 1898-1977, n° 39 du cat., ill. col., p. 28; 2000, Antibes, Musée Picasso, Geer van Velde, n° 34 du cat., ill. col., p. 67; 2000, Colmar, Musée Unterlinden, Geer van Velde, n° 34 du cat., ill. col., p. 67; 2010, Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bram et Geer van Velde, deux peintres un nom, n° 130 du cat., ill. col., p. 143
Galerie de la Présidence
jean dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet (Le Havre 1901-1985 Paris) Tasse de thé, 18 mai 1967 Marker on paper 25 x 16.5 cm Signed with the initials and dated lower right Provenance: Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris; private collection, Paris Literature: Max Loreau, Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet: Cartes, Ustensiles, fascicule XXII, Suisse 1972, p. 53, n° 166 Exhibitions: Dubuffet, L’Hourloupe, Kunsthalle, Basel, 1970; Dubuffet, Paysages du mental, Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Paris, 1989; Dubuffet, obras sobre papel, Fundaçao Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, 2000; Dubuffet L’Hourloupe, Grand-Palais, Paris, 2006; Cent dessins de Jean Dubuffet, Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Paris, 2009; Jean Dubuffet-Le Cours des choses, Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris, 2022
Galeria Jordi Pascual
antoni tàpies
Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona 1923-2012) Cap amb paper encolat, 1987 Paint, pencil and collage on canvas 54 x 65 cm Provenance: private collection, Barcelona Literature: Agustí, Anna. Tàpies. Obra completa, vol. 6, 1986-1990, Fundació Antoni Tàpies and Edicions Polígrafa S.A, 2000, p. 153, fig. 5465
Artimo Fine Arts
jean de bay
Jean Baptiste Joseph De Bay (Nantes 1802-1862 Paris) Le Génie de la Marine, 1832 White Carrara marble, finely carved H 101 x W 48 x D 85 cm Signature engraved on the boat's anchor: JEAN DEBAY Executed in Rome in 1832 Provenance: 1832, Rome; 1832 (June, Paris, Exposition at Petits-Augustins; 1833, Paris, Exposition at Salon de Paris; 1833, Mr. Hoppe Collection, Amsterdam; 1833-2010, private collection Literature: S. Lami (1916). Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'école française au dix-neuvième siècle, Paris, Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion Edouard Champion, tome 2, pp. 126-132; A. Lenormand (1981), La Tradition classique et l’Esprit romantique. Les Sculpteurs de l’Académie de France à Rome de 1824 à 1840, Rome, Edizioni dell'Elefante, 1981 Exhibitions: 1832, Rome; 1832 (June), Paris, Exposition at the Petits-Augustins; 1833, Paris, Exposition at the Salon de Paris This masterful work entitled 'Le Génie de la Marine' is the work of the talented French sculptor Jean Baptiste Joseph De Bay. An emblem of marine allegory, the sculpture depicts a daring Cupid, bravely sailing against the currents on a delicate shell-shaped craft. In a posture of determination, Cupid steers his boat with an oar while seated on a folded sail, which envelops an ink at his feet. This representation of the Cupid's determination to follow his own course and speed without wishing to stop may allude to the persistence of love against all odds. Designed in Rome in 1832, this exquisite marble sculpture was later exhibited, albeit unfinished, at the Petits-Augustins in Paris. It was finally presented in all its splendour at the Paris Salon the following year, where it attracted the attention of the famous Amsterdam banker, Monsieur Hoppe. Jean Baptiste Joseph De Bay, better known as Jean De Bay, was born in Nantes on 31 August 1802. The son of a renowned sculptor and a pupil of Baron Bosio, De Bay quickly established himself as an emblematic figure of nineteenth-century French sculpture. After training at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1820, where he won numerous awards including the prestigious Prix de Rome, the sculptor succeeded in establishing himself in the art of bas relief and ronde bosse. Equally at ease working in marble and bronze, Jean De Bay contributed to numerous national projects, notably for the Louvre Palace and the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. Several of his works are also preserved at the Musée de Versailles. Many of his works can be found in various French museums, testifying to his artistic genius. This great sculptor died a few years later at his home in Paris on 7 January 1862.
De Brock
serge poliakoff
Serge Poliakoff (Moscow 1900-1969 Paris) Composition Abstraite, 1968 Oil on canvas 161.9 x 129.9 cm Signed lower center: Serge Poliakoff Provenance: the artist's studio, Paris, France; collection Doctor Bachmann, Teufen, Switzerland; Galerie Malingue, Paris, France; private collection, Italy; Connaught Brown, London, UK; private collection, Belgium; De Brock, Knokke, Belgium Literature: Programme des concerts du domaine musical de la ville de Paris, Saison 1969-1970 (ill. in colour); Plaisir de France, nº 372, p. 34, November 1969 (ill. in colour); Giuseppe Marchiori, Serge Poliakoff, Paris, Les Presses de la Connaissance, p. 107, 1976; Françoise Brütsch, Serge Poliakoff, Neuchâtel, Ides et Calendes, p. 144, 1993 (ill. in colour); La Collection T, une collection privée suisse, Zurich, J & P Fine Art, nº 15, p. 31, 2003 (ill. in colour); Marie Victoire Poliakoff, Serge Poliakoff, mon grand-père, Paris, Éditions du Chêne, p. 82, 2011 (ill. in colour); Beaux-Arts Éditions, hors série, p. 41, 2013 (ill. in colour); Connaissance des Arts, hors série, nº 601, p. 32, October 2013 (ill. in colour)
Röbbig München
nicolas petit (1732–1791, maître in 1761)
Nicolas Petit (France, 1732-1791) Ormolu mounted floral marquetry table "en chiffonnière" Paris, Louis XV/Louis XVI (Transition) period, circa 1770 H 68.5 x W 32.5 x D 25.5 cm Stamped 'N.PETIT' maître in 1761 and 'JME' Provenance: the Lesley and Emma Sheafer collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973