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WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITION CATALOGUE 31ST AUGUST - 18TH SEPTEMBER 2016 CONTENTS AFTER FRANCIS BACON PETER BLAKE GEORGE BRAQUE BERNARD BUFFET MARC CHAGALL JEAN COCTEAU SALVADOR DALI TRACEY EMIN ALBERTO GIACOMETTI DAMIEN HIRST DAVID HOCKNEY SAM TAYLOR JONHSON ROY LITCHENSTEIN HENRI MATISSE JOAN MIRO EDDIE PEAKE GRAYSON PERRY PABLO PICASSO AFTER PABLO PICASSO CAMILLE PISSARRO PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR BENJAMIN SENIOR DAVID SHRIGLEY ANTHONY WILLIAMS NICHOLAS C WILLIAMS ROY WRIGHT OLYMPIC COLLECTION CONTACT 3-5 6-12 13-15 16-19 20-22 23-24 25-40 41-48 49-51 52-56 57-59 60-61 62-64 65-67 68-74 75-76 77-83 84-106 107-109 110-112 113-115 116-117 118-119 120-126 127-135 136-141 142-145 146 2 AFTER FRANCIS BACON 1909 - 1992 3 GRAND PALAIS EXHIBITION POSTER 1972 MEDIUM: Original lithograph, signed by the artist in pencil PAPER SIZE: 43 x 72 cm NOTE: When Bacon exhibited at the Grand Palais a large number of posters were made on thin poster paper. A small number, exact quantity unknown, were made on thicker paper by Kelpra Press Studios. Francis Bacon signed a few copies of this and ours is an example. We are uncertain as to the exact number which were signed. 4 GRAND PALAIS EXHIBITION POSTER 1972 5 PETER BLAKE b. 1932 6 AFRICAN QUEEN 2010 MEDIUM: Hand-coloured etching EDITION SIZE: 30 PAPER SIZE: 40 x 33.5 cm 7 TATTOOED MAN 1974-78 MEDIUM: Woodblock print, working proof signed in pencil PAPER SIZE: 27 x 21.5 cm 8 BEARDED LADY 1974-78 MEDIUM: Woodblock print, working proof signed in pencil PAPER SIZE: 25.5 x 19 cm 9 MIDGET 1974-78 MEDIUM: Woodblock print, working proof signed in pencil PAPER SIZE: 29 x 22.5 cm 10 FATBOY 1974-78 MEDIUM: Woodblock print, working proof signed in pencil PAPER SIZE: 29 x 23 cm 11 GIANT 1974-78 MEDIUM: Woodblock print, working proof signed in pencil PAPER SIZE: 25.5 x 19.5 cm 12 GEORGE BRAQUE 1882 - 1963 13 POISSONS 1950 MEDIUM: Original drawing in China ink, signed by the artist ‘G Braque’. PAPER SIZE: 33 x 22.5 cm PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS: Turin, Italy: Bibliothèque Nazionale Universitana, Piazza Carlo Alberto - 6/2/2015 - 8/3/2015 and Tirana, Albania: Museo Nazionale Storico (Muzeut Hitorik Kobbetar (MHK) 8/4/2015 - 10/5/2015 NOTE: Braque and Picasso are jointly credited with the invention of Cubism in the early years of the 20th century. Braque was nowhere like as prolific as Picasso and his later works rarely have cubist aspects. This item is an interesting diversion from this rule: the fishes in this drawing are linked to a background which recedes in form and content as we climb up the image so that at the very top they themselves become cubist and recede into the background. 14 FEUILLAGE EN COULEURS 1956 MEDIUM: Etching in colour, signed by the artist in pencil PAPER SIZE: 50 x 67 cm REFERENCE AVAILABLE 15 BERNARD BUFFET 1928 - 1999 16 LA CAFETIERE 1955 MEDIUM: Original lithograph in 4 colours, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 300 plus 30 artist proofs PAPER SIZE: 76 x 56 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France REFERENCE AVAILABLE 17 BOUQUET D’ANÉMONES ORANGES MEDIUM: Original lithograph in colour, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 150 plus 30 artist proofs PAPER SIZE: 50 x 39.5 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France REFERENCE AVAILABLE 18 MARGUERITES DANS UN MAZAGRAN 1985 MEDIUM: Original lithograph in 6 colours, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 150 plus 30 artist proofs PAPER SIZE: 49.5 x 36 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France REFERENCE AVAILABLE 19 MARC CHAGALL 1887 - 1985 20 SELF PORTRAIT 1960 MEDIUM: Original lithograph, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 40 signed and numbered copies, plus 1 HC - A Hors Commerce proof PAPER SIZE: 47.5 x 32 cm NOTES: Mourlot published volume 1 of a catalogue raisonne of the lithographs by Marc Chagall in 1960. Included in the text and cover of this work were 15 unsigned original Lithographs by the artist each without a margin. In addition to this, there were 100 deluxe editions of the volume, each containing a portfolio of 12 lithographs (signed and numbered). This lithograph is from the deluxe edition. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 21 YIZKOR 1946 MEDIUM: Original drawing in brown ink on paper, signed and dated by the artist “Chagall, Paris” PAPER SIZE: 21.4 x 13 cm AUTHENTICITY: The buyer obtains a certificate from the Comite Chagall dated in Paris 16th March 2016, Archive number 2016011 NOTES: Yizkor, inscribed on the drawing in Hebrew above left, is a special memorial prayer for the dead which is received in the synagogue four times a year following the Torah reading: on the last day of Passover, on the second day of Shavuot, on Shemini Atzeret and on Yom Kippur. Yizkor, in Hebrew, means “Remember”. It is not only the first word of the prayer, it also represents it’s overall theme. In this prayer, we implore God to remember the soul of our relatives and friends who have passed on. The drawing was made only one year after the end of the Second World War and doubtless reflects Chagall’s admiration and respect for a writer and scholar of Judaism. The Angel of the Lord can be seen above right. Perhaps the figures emerging from a door on the left are indeed those who should be remembered having perished in the Holocaust in the only too recent conflict. In 1946 all would have been aware of these tragic events. 22 JEAN COCTEAU 1889 - 1963 23 JEUNE GARCON A LA COLLERETTE JAUNE ET BLANCHE 1955 MEDIUM: Original coloured pastel drawing on Canson blue paper, signed and dated by the artist “Jean” with a star beneath signature. On the reverse of this piece is a cut down larger drawing of a Harlequin cut in two, the bottom part of which can be seen with a signature and star dated 1955. Inscribed in pencil verso: (Inv A129362 Chenve No 1366) - 122”. We are unsure of the relevance of this. PAPER SIZE: 32 x 50 cm AUTHENTICITY: A certificate from the Jean Cocteau expert, Annie Guedras, comes with this item dated at Perigueux 3rd December 2014 24 SALVADOR DALI 1904 - 1989 25 A CAUCAS RACE AND A LONG TALE 1969 MEDIUM: Heliogravure in colours, made after original gouache, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: Artists proof. Field says that there was an edition of 100 on this paper with several artists proofs signed of which our example is one. There were also proofs on Japan nacre paper and 4 made on parchment. PAPER SIZE: 58 x 45 cm NOTE: This was part of a portfolio entitled “Alice in Wonderland, with texts by Lewis Carrol . The plates made illustrate the works “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass”. REFERENCE AVAILABLE 26 A MOCK TURTLE’S STORY 1969 MEDIUM: Heliogravure in colours, made after original gouache, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: Artists proof. Field says that there was an edition of 100 on this paper with several artists proofs signed of which our example is one. There were also proofs on Japan nacre paper and 4 made on parchment. PAPER SIZE: 58 x 45 cm NOTE: This was part of a portfolio entitled “Alice in Wonderland, with texts by Lewis Carrol . The plates made illustrate the works “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass”. REFERENCE AVAILABLE 27 COMBAT DES CAVALIERS 1962 MEDIUM: Original Etching and Aquatint in colours, on Japan paper, 1975, signed and dated in the plate 1962 EDITION SIZE: According to Field the total edition, on different papers, was approximately 311 PAPER SIZE: 38 x 28 cm NOTE: Larger etchings were issued in a portfolio entitled “Calderon: La vie est un song” which consisted of 12 works and was published in 1971. Field states (page 138) that Dali’s secretary, Captain Moore, provided the publisher, Carlos Galofre (Editorial Subirana, Galerie Surrealsitea), 16 copper plates to the artist on which to make a second edition with Spanish Text on smaller paper and these was published in 1975. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 28 COMBAT DES CAVALIERS 1962 LE DECAMERON 1972 MEDIUM: Complete portfolio comprising of 10 original drypoint etchings in colours, on wove paper, loose as issued, within the original red leather boards with metal front, plate signed by Dali, housed in the red portfolio box, 1972, each signed in pencil, with title page, text and justification in italian. EDITION SIZE: The justification states that the edition consisted of 25 proofs numbered I to XXV and a further edition of 125 proofs numbered from 1 to 125. Our portfolio comes from the first group but all the proofs are signed and not numbered. The Colophon states this is number XXV. The signed prints are linked to pages of text. This was printed on a number of different papers. The information Prestel takes from the Charles Sahli catalogue. Presumably these figures relate to editions made in total for different countries: There were 15 artists proofs. Prestel fails to mention the paper. 124 proofs on Arches paper 150 proof on Richard de Bas paper 150 proofs on Rives paper 175 proofs on Japan Nacre paper 150 proofs on Johannot paper PAPER SIZE: 45 x 31 cm 30 LE DECAMERON 1972 The 10 drypoint etchings are entitled as follows: 1. Le peche partages (The shared sin) - Prestel 552/Field 72-A 2. La Fiancee du roi de Garbe (The betrothed of the king of Algarve) - Prestel 553/Field 72-B 3. Le Diable en enfer (The devil in hell) - Prestel 554/Field 72-C 4. L’Ange Gabriel (The angel Gabriel) - Prestel 555 / Field 72-D 5. L’Enfer de beautes cruelles (The hell of cruel beauties) - Prestel 556/Field 72-E 6. La Femme adultiere (The woman taken in adultery) - Prestel 557/Field 72-F 7. Le Tonneau (The Tun) - Prestel 558/Field 72-G 8. Blancheflower (Blanchflower) - Prestel 559/Field 72-H 9. La Jument de compere Pierre (Comrade Pierre’s Mare) - Prestel 560/Field 72-I 10. La Ressuscitee - (The woman restored to life) - Prestel 561/Field 72-J 31 LE DECAMERON 1972 32 LE DECAMERON 1972 33 LE DECAMERON 1972 34 LE DECAMERON 1972 35 LE DECAMERON 1972 36 LE NEUROLOGISTE 1977 MEDIUM: China ink and pen on cardboard, in 4 different colours; brown, black, red & green, signed in red felt pen to centre “Dali”, dated in the centre to right “1977” signed a second time in China ink lower centre “Dali”. PAPER SIZE: 65.5 x 48.8 cm EXHIBITIONS: This work of art was included in an exhibition of unpublished Salvador Dali drawings which took place in “La Galeria Barcelona Dondo” (Whose Director was Jaime Gil Aluja), Barcelona, in 1988. We have a photocopy of the article published in “El periódico” on 9th June 1988, in which this drawing illustrated being described as “Uno de los dibujos indictor de Salvador Dali”. The show consisted of 48 works in total AUTHENTICITY: The work has been shown to Nicolas Descharnes, the Internationally renowned Dali expert who confirms authenticity. The certificate is dated 22nd January 2016. We have a photocopy of the Certificate of Authenticity dated 1989, issued by D. Enrique Sabater, Salvador Dali’s secretary from 1968 to 1980. This is a document signed by the Notary Public Ramon Coll Figa and bearing stamps to the value of 30 Pesetas. NOTE: This drawing is of similar style, colour and composition to the three franc stamp, designed by Dali in 1978, for Postes de Francia, which went on sale through the French postal service in November 1979, according to Robert Descharnes, in “Dalí: la obra y el hombre”, (Dali, the work and the man) published by Tusquets, 1984, page 412. Dali was profoundly interested in the subject matter of psychology. He had a great admiration for Freud who he met on several occasions. 37 LE NEUROLOGISTE 1977 38 FUTBOL 1979 MEDIUM: Original Drawing, pencil on cardboard, 1979, signed and dated “GDALI 1979” at centre right PAPER SIZE: 40 x 40 cm AUTHENTICITY: This is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Robert Descharnes dated at Paris, 23rd May, 2004, archive number D-3816. From private collection Gerone. NOTE: This comes from a series called “Sports” which Dali made for the Olympic Games and our drawing is a study for the medal made for the American Olympic Committee. Dali made a series of studies illustrating sport as a theme including golf, swimming and tennis. Sold with the above are two examples of: 1984 Silver USA Olympics Medal by Salvador Dali - Weight: 1.05 oz containing 46.65 grams of .999 silver. 39 FUTBOL 1979 40 TRACEY EMIN b. 1963 41 TRUE LOVE ALWAYS WINS 2016 MEDIUM: Lithographic print in four colours, signed, numbered and dated by the artist EDITION SIZE: 300 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 60 cm NOTE: True Love Always Wins was created to celebrate Team GB’s participation in the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tracey’s lithograph features Rio’s iconic statue Christ The Redeemer. The snaking mountain road symbolises the winding journey to achieve true love, represented by Christ’s outstretched arms at the summit. The work carries particular poignancy given Tracey’s recent marriage to a rock: true love may not be what one expects, but it will always prevail. True Love Always Wins encapsulates the optimism and positive energy that drives Team GB athletes and their supporters, and acts as an inspirational statement of hope and faith for all. 42 INSIDE YOUR HEART 2014 MEDIUM: Lithographin print in two colours, signed and dated by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 70 x 90 cm NOTE: Tracey Emin has created three lithographic prints which have arisen from a major body of new work, ‘The Last Great Adventure Is You’, her much acclaimed solo show at the White Cube. Working directly with the printer and building the image through a series of hand drawn plates, Emin’s new prints for Counter reflect her ongoing commitment to truthful self-observation, both emotional and corporeal. The more familiar scratchy, monoprint style has evolved into fluid, fuller lines, and the figure is now more woman than girl. Time is making its mark, and having long ago offered herself up as mirror to her life with a particular kind of honesty, her ageing as an artist is something from which there is no turning back. 43 INSIDE YOUR HEART 2014 44 MORE OF YOU 2014 MEDIUM: Lithographic print in two colours, signed and dated by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 90 x 70 cm NOTE: Tracey Emin has created three lithographic prints which have arisen from a major body of new work, ‘The Last Great Adventure Is You’, her much acclaimed solo show at the White Cube. Working directly with the printer and building the image through a series of hand drawn plates, Emin’s new prints for Counter reflect her ongoing commitment to truthful self-observation, both emotional and corporeal. The more familiar scratchy, monoprint style has evolved into fluid, fuller lines, and the figure is now more woman than girl. Time is making its mark, and having long ago offered herself up as mirror to her life with a particular kind of honesty, her ageing as an artist is something from which there is no turning back. 45 I THINK OF YOU 2014 MEDIUM: Lithographic print in two colours, signed and dated by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 90 x 70 cm NOTE: Tracey Emin has created three lithographic prints which have arisen from a major body of new work, ‘The Last Great Adventure Is You’, her much acclaimed solo show at the White Cube. Working directly with the printer and building the image through a series of hand drawn plates, Emin’s new prints for Counter reflect her ongoing commitment to truthful self-observation, both emotional and corporeal. The more familiar scratchy, monoprint style has evolved into fluid, fuller lines, and the figure is now more woman than girl. Time is making its mark, and having long ago offered herself up as mirror to her life with a particular kind of honesty, her ageing as an artist is something from which there is no turning back. 46 IN MY HEAD 2015 MEDIUM: Polymer gravure, signed and dated by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 31.5 x 25.2 cm NOTE: Released with ‘Right Here’ at The Other Art Fair London in October 2015. A limited edition of 50, these polymer gravures are taken from two original gouache paintings (‘Right Here’ and ‘In My Head’) made by Tracey Emin during the summer of 2015 47 RIGHT HERE 2015 MEDIUM: Polymer gravure, signed and dated by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 31.5 x 25.2 cm NOTE: Released with ‘Right Here’ at The Other Art Fair London in October 2015. A limited edition of 50, these polymer gravures are taken from two original gouache paintings (‘Right Here’ and ‘In My Head’) made by Tracey Emin during the summer of 2015 48 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI 1901 - 1966 49 BUST II 1960 MEDIUM: Original Lithograph, 1960, on BFK Rives watermarked paper, with full margins, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 150 PAPER SIZE: 61.5 x 49.8 cm Giacometti met Yvonne Marguerite Poiraudeau in a bar. She called herself Caroline and she was 21 years old whilst the artist was 58. Caroline was particularly adept at using her eyes seductively and soon she began to pose for the artist. Wanting a part of her that no one else could touch, he purchased the bottom of one of her feet as his exclusive terrain. He made a number of portraits of her. Herbert Lust suggests that this may have been Giacometti’s favourite among his lithographs because it was released in the largest signed and numbered edition of any of his prints. The work was also included in “Derriere le miroir” in an edition of 1500 unsigned lithographs on lighter different paper but with no margins. REFERENCE AVAILABLE 50 RIMBAUD VU PAR LES PEINTRES 1960 MEDIUM: Limited edition etching, 1962, on wove paper, signed in pencil EDITION SIZE: 97 PAPER SIZE: 49 x 37 cm. REFERENCE AVAILABLE 51 DAMIEN HIRST b. 1965 52 IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY 04 (GREEN) 2013 MEDIUM: Polymer gravure block print, signed and numbered by the artist EDITION SIZE: 55 PAPER SIZE: 66.5 x 49 cm NOTE: Hirst’s butterfly etchings are rendered here in fine detail, appearing from their black backgrounds like encased species in the enthusiast’s collection. Having been depicted in art, embedded in resin and characterized in literature for many centuries, the butterfly has wide significance as a symbol of love, regeneration, fortune, freedom, spirituality and death, several of which are referenced in the etchings’ titles. Part of the heritage and visual identity of Hirst’s work since his early days, they are the newest additions to one of his most popular motifs. 53 IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY 06 (PURPLE) 2013 MEDIUM: Polymer gravure block print, signed and numbered by the artist EDITION SIZE: 55 PAPER SIZE: 66.5 x 49 cm NOTE: Hirst’s butterfly etchings are rendered here in fine detail, appearing from their black backgrounds like encased species in the enthusiast’s collection. Having been depicted in art, embedded in resin and characterized in literature for many centuries, the butterfly has wide significance as a symbol of love, regeneration, fortune, freedom, spirituality and death, several of which are referenced in the etchings’ titles. Part of the heritage and visual identity of Hirst’s work since his early days, they are the newest additions to one of his most popular motifs. 54 TO BEGIN 2008 MEDIUM: Original etching EDITION SIZE: 75 PAPER SIZE: 41.2 x 44.3 cm NOTE: Hirst’s butterfly etchings are rendered here in fine detail, appearing from their black backgrounds like encased species in the enthusiast’s collection. Having been depicted in art, embedded in resin and characterized in literature for many centuries, the butterfly has wide significance as a symbol of love, regeneration, fortune, freedom, spirituality and death, several of which are referenced in the etchings’ titles. Part of the heritage and visual identity of Hirst’s work since his early days, they are the newest additions to one of his most popular motifs. 55 TO BEGIN 2008 56 DAVID HOCKNEY b. 1937 57 STILL LIFE WITH CURTAINS 1986 MEDIUM: Home-made print executed on an office colour copy machine, 1986, in 4 colours (Black, Blue, Red, Grey), on 100% rag Arches Text 120g paper, signed and dated lower right, Artists chop mark (DH in Circle) lower right. EDITION SIZE: 48 PAPER SIZE: 27.9 x 21.4 cm NOTE: No stranger to controversy David Hockney has pioneered a number of trends over the years some of which have been picked up by the mainstream movements and some of which were not. In the 1980’s he started working with “Faxed Art”, Polaroid prints and “Home Made Prints”, of which this is an example. He used an office photocopy machine and produced prints in editions. There are a number of different editions of this over of different subjects. Since Hockney never made the matrix from which this was created it is properly described as “after” David Hockney. REFERENCE AVAILABLE 58 STILL LIFE WITH CURTAINS 1986 59 SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON b. 1967 60 WANDERER ABOVE THE SEA OF DREAMS 2016 MEDIUM: Twenty-six colour screenprint, signed, numbered and dated by the artist EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 60 cm NOTE: Sam Taylor-Johnson, suspended in mid-air by balloons: Wanderer Above the Sea of Dreams draws on the classic motif of Taylor-Johnson’s earlier Self Portrait Suspended series, transposed here onto surreal, dream-like desert setting. Wanderer Above the Sea of Dreams continues Taylor-Johnson’s ongoing exploration of weight and gravity, and marks the prolific artist and filmmaker’s first foray into photo collage. In a playful nod to the buoyant energy of the 2016 Olympic host country, the balloons bear the design of the Brazilian flag. TaylorJohnson shot the craggy desert background on location in the US, giving an American twist to Rio’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain. 61 ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923 - 1997 62 UNTITLED (SEA) 1896 MEDIUM: Original screenprint, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 175 PAPER SIZE: 80.33 x 100.97 cm 63 ILLUSTRATION FOR “PASSAGE DU NORD-OUEST” 1992 MEDIUM: Original etching and aquatint, signed and dated by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 80 PAPER SIZE: 35.2 x 48 cm NOTE: This is the seventh print from a suite entitled “La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amerique” (The new fall of America) which took the form of an unbound book. The edition consisted of suites coming from the book which were initiated and those made separately in Suites (which our example is) which were signed by the artist (the latter being more desirable). REFERENCE AVAILABLE 64 HENRI MATISSE 1869 - 1954 65 FEMME ALLONGÉE 1977 MEDIUM: Original Etching in colours, 1925, on Chine Appliqué , on Velin Arches, paper paper, signed in the plate and dated 1925, signed also by the artist in pencil lower right on the margin. EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 120 x 91 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France NOTE: This comes from an album made under the direction of Madame V Raking and W Walter of the Editions Quatre Chemins. It consisted of 64 reproductions of drawings made by Matisse between 1898 and 1925. The work was made for an exhibition of the artists drawings which took place at the time. REFERENCE AVAILABLE 66 LE GRAND COLLIER 1929 MEDIUM: Original Etching,1929, on Purfil Mariais watermarked paper, with full margins, signed by the artist in pencil. EDITION SIZE: 25 PAPER SIZE: 38 x 28 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris & University of California REFERENCE AVAILABLE 67 JOAN MIRO 1893 - 1983 68 SIGNATURE DRAWING 1973 MEDIUM: Original drawing, 1972/63, on Guarro paper watermarked “Sala Gaspar” in wax crayons, in colours, Dark Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple and Black, 1973, signed (obviously) by the artist in crayon PAPER SIZE: 75 x 10.8 cm AUTHENTICITY: A certificate from ADOM (The Miro expertise committee) is available. It states: “L’ADOM certifie que l’oeuvre reproduite sur cette photo est une oeuvre authentique de Joan Miro: portfolio “Barcelona Mitro (page de portfolio : Barcelona Miro 1972 - 1973”, Sala Gaspar, Barcelona 1973), 71 x 105 cms, signee dans le design, au centre” Paris le 27 Janvier 2016” NOTE: In 1972/3 Sala Gaspar published a portfolio of 13 engravings in etching, aquatint and carborundum. These were provided in a Hessian-covered portfolio case. Cramer reports that: of the 60 Portfolios made “10 copies with the etchings, numbered from 1/40 to 50/50 and a colour pencil drawing with Miro’s large signature the recto of the first leaf of a sheet of Guarro folded in half”. This present item is one of these 10 large drawings and is numbered accordingly. 69 SIGNATURE DRAWING 1973 70 FEMME 1977 MEDIUM: Original drawing in wax crayon on pink paper, 14/VII1977, signed by the artist in ink, dated and titled on the reverse. The right edge of the drawing has been torn iregularly by the artist. PAPER SIZE: 31 x 18.5 cm AUTHENTICITY: The buyer obtains an original certificate from ADOM (Association pour la defence de l’oeuvre do Joan Miro), the authenticating body for this artists works, dated December 2013. It consists of seven members, under the presidency of Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, including the direct descendants of the painter and the greatest specialists of his work. NOTE: The tear on the right of the drawing is very typical of Miro’s works of this period and is an interesting facet of what he did. In his celebrated exhibition at the Grand Palais in 1974 the artist included many such works which became the subject of considerable controversy. The artist, throughout his career, brought his art to the brink of annihilation and back again. Some of the canvases on display in the Barcelona Miro Museum have been burned with very little of the original art surviving. Miro considered this an important aspect of the surrealist ethic. 71 LE MARTEAU SANS MAITRE 1976 MEDIUM: Original etching with aquatint in colour, signed by the artist. EDITION SIZE: HC 25 PAPER SIZE: 44 x 67.5 cm NOTE: The etching was published in the page book “Le Marteaux sans Maitre” by Rene Char in 1976. It came in a portfolio of 26 etchings all printed in colours. 72 NOUS AVONS 1959 MEDIUM: Original etching and aquatint, in colours, grey, red, blue and black on rives paper, signed by the artist in pencil. EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 32.5 X 50 cm NOTE: This was part of a suite of etchings entitled “Nous avons” which illustrated a work by Rene Char. Under the title “Fusees” the editors made a series of etchings with larger margins each being signed and numbered. Each portfolio has 15 etchings of which our present example is one. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 73 NOUS AVONS 1959 74 EDDIE PEAKE b. 1981 75 SWEAT 2016 MEDIUM: Screenprint with solvent based ink in three colour blend, signed & numbered by the artist on reverse EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 60 cm NOTE: Sweat’s eye-popping fluorescent tones and vivid graphic style reference the acid-hued slogans of Nineties rave culture. Peake’s prose poem “JOLTING BODY W. SWEATY SKIN / A SHEEN OF SWEAT, / IRIDESCENT IN / TWILIGHT” ambiguously references both sex and athletics. This sensual ambiguity reflects Peake’s on-going exploration of human bodies as both sculptural objects and personal subjects. The screen print combines glossy blended colour with scrawling matte text created using pieces of masking tape, in a style reminiscent of Peake’s spray-painted works on steel. Each individual print varies slightly, with wider or narrower blends of colour, reflecting the hand-crafted nature of the screenprinting process. 76 GRAYSON PERRY b. 1960 77 THE ISLAND OF BAD ART 2013 MEDIUM: Etching, signed by the artist EDITION SIZE: 80 PAPER SIZE: 44.2 x 59.2 cm NOTE: This etching depicts an ‘island of bad art’ resembling Venice, home to the celebrated contemporary art biennale. 78 THE MAP OF NOWHERE 2008 MEDIUM: Etching, signed by the artist EDITION SIZE: 15 PAPER SIZE: 152.9 x 113 cm NOTE: The third etching by Turner prizewinner Grayson Perry, produced from 5 plates. Each etching is signed and numbered by the artist on the reverse. Perry’s map combines a diagram of the artist’s body with a medieval map of the world. Map of Nowhere is based on the Ebstorf mappa mundi (a Medieval European map of the world) which was destroyed during World War II. It showed Jesus as the body of the world, with his head, hands and feet marking four equidistant points around the circle. Another starting point for this print was Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. Utopia is a pun on the Greek au topos meaning ‘no place’. “Perry spikes the tradition with contemporary social comment. Within a circular scheme, like the Ebstorf Map, or the existent Hereford Mappa Mundi, he presents a flattened-out analysis of his world - from jibes about current affairs to the touchstones of his personal life. Where the Ebstorf Map has the world unfolding around Jerusalem, Perry’s personal world view encompasses a cacophony of ideas and preoccupations, with ‘Doubt’ right at the centre. The artist’s alter ego Claire gets a sainthood, while people pray at the churches of global corporations: Microsoft, Starbucks, Tesco’s. Tabloid cliches abound, each attached to a figure or building: ‘the new black’, ‘kidults’, ‘binge drinking’, havingit-all’. Top right, the ‘free-market-economy’ floats untethered, preempting the credit crunch that was to take hold in the autumn of 2008. All-over labels demand that the map is read - or quizzed - close up. This is a clearly articulated satire, and while Perry adopts a medieval confusion of scale and proportion, the diagrammatic style is as adamant as its religious forerunners. Beneath, there is a drawing of figures on a pilgrimage, set in a realistic landscape. They are at final staging post before making their way up to a monastery at the top of a mountain beyond, which is hit by a beam of light, coming from the artist’s bottom. The print has a stormy quality to it. “I don’t like the plate being wiped too clean in the printing process; I like it to have a sort of antique, dirty look.” (Grayson Perry). 79 THE MAP OF NOWHERE 2008 80 SIX SNAPSHOTS OF JULIE 03 2015 MEDIUM: Woodcut print, signed by the artist on front and numbered on reverse EDITION SIZE: 48 PAPER SIZE: 72.5 x 48.5 cm 81 SIX SNAPSHOTS OF JULIE 04 2015 MEDIUM: Woodcut print, signed by the artist on front and numbered on reverse EDITION SIZE: 48 PAPER SIZE: 72.5 x 48.5 cm 82 SIX SNAPSHOTS OF JULIE 05 2015 MEDIUM: Woodcut print, signed by the artist on front and numbered on reverse EDITION SIZE: 48 PAPER SIZE: 72.5 x 48.5 cm 83 PABLO PICASSO 1871 - 1973 84 PIGMENTS ROUGES DANS UN PANIER 1957 MEDIUM: Coloured crayons on paper, dark green, light green, yellow, blue and red, dated 14/9/1957, dedicated “Pour Gilberte Duclaud, son ami” and signed by the artist in blue crayon. The drawing was originally folded into quarters and posted to the recipient which accounts for folds vertically and horizontally across the piece. On the reverse of the frame can be seen the envelope in which it was posted addressed to Gilberte Duclaud. The envelope is stamped and dated 16/9/1957. Picasso wrote the address in coloured crayons which is a work of art in itself. PAPER SIZE: 21 x 27 cm AUTHENTICITY:The work comes with a certificate of authenticity by Claude Picasso. There is also a signed certificate from Gilberte Ducloud dated, Paris, 5th June, 1986. This certifies that the drawing was given to her as a present by Picasso to thank her for the many exhibitions in Cannes between 1957 and also in 1967. NOTE: Gilberte Duclaud, Director of Galerie 65, was the author of a book entitled “Ces peinters nos amis” which was published in the same year as this drawing was made. The book was published by Galerie 65. On the front cover it had a colour lithograph entitled “Dans l’atelier de Picasso” which had been printed by Mourlot Freezers. The book dealt with a number of different artists such as Buffet, Daboval, Dali, Pons, Mane Katz, Tinges and of course, Pablo Picasso. Gilbert Ducloud was a considerable literary figure and had been painted in the 1920’s by Theofile Steinlen. The work may have had some sort of recognition of a quarrel. Red peppers obviously are very piquant and the artist, who loved metaphor, may have been making some sort of barbed comment with his gift to Gilberte. If this was the case it was patched up because we know that Picasso went on to make further exhibitions at her Gallery thereafter. 85 PIGMENTS ROUGES DANS UN PANIER 1957 86 DAVID ET BETHSABEE D’APRES CRANACH 1949 MEDIUM: Original lithograph, signed by the artist in multi coloured crayon EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 56 cm NOTE: This is a very complex subject which has been treated by various authorities in different ways. Picasso Project gives a list of 10 different states plus 2 additional ones annotated 10a and 10b. It is explained that for the states 10a & 10b on the 29/5/1949 the 6th State was transferred to a stone from the original zinc. Bloch gives this work as a totally new lithograph. He describes the four states from which he claims editions of 50 were pulled : states 1 (B.439) , 2 (B.440_ , 4 (B.441) and State 1 of the new lithograph (B.442) which was transferred from zinc to stone (The present work). Mourlot follows Bloch in calling the present work the First state having annotated all 10 states previously. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 87 COUPLE D’AMOUREUX 1968 MEDIUM: Original etching signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 14.8 x 20.9 cm PUBLIC EXHIBITONS: Picasso Erotique: (Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, 19/20 février - 20 Mai, 2001; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, 14 juin - 16 septembre, 2001; Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 15/25 octubre, 2001 - 20/27 enero, 2002). NOTE: A sub-series, consisting of 25 etchings, from the 347 etchings made by Picasso in 1968 deals with the love affair between the Renaissance artist Raphael and Fornarina. According to some Raphael was a “very amorous man and affectionate towards the ladies” and is said to have painted portraits of his mistress. According to some Raphael was so in love with his mistress that he could not focus on his painting if separated from her and she had to be smuggled into live with him in secret so that he could complete his frescoes at the Villa Farnesina. According to others she was also smuggled in to the Vatican also where he was making other frescoes for Pope Leo X. Picasso takes up the story as part of his hommage to the Renaissance artist and gives it a pornographic rendering. This series are amongst Picasso’s most pornographic works from a series which is not devoid of other, less explicit, examples of this oeuvre. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 88 COUPLE D’AMOUREUX 1968 L’ITALIENNE FEMME AU LIVRE 1918-1919 MEDIUM: Original etching signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 14.9 x 10 cm NOTE: This was issued in the book “Le Tricorne”. The etching was supplied loose in a japan folder with title on the front cover and printers address on the back, colophon and grey number on the inside flap. This etching was the result of a co-operation with the Russian Ballet Master: Serge Diagalev who had been thinking of creating a Spanish ballet since 1916. Through his friend Igor Stravinsky he met the young Spanish Composer, Manuel de Falla and requested him to make the score for his new ballet. Diagalev went on to commission Picasso to design the sets and costumes for the ballet which was called “Le Tricorne” after the three cornered hat worn by the hero in the plot. Picasso and his wife Olga travelled to London and were in England for three months working on the project. Picasso created twenty different studies for the stage sets and the designs finally chosen were illustrated in the album containing our etching. The ballet was performed for the first time in London in 1919 and the following year it had it’s premier in Paris. The album was in fact published by Paul Rosenburg who by this time had become Picasso’s official dealer (Kahnweiller had lost his money by the French government requisitioning his business in the aftermath of the first World War. Faced with this tragedy the young art dealer was unable to pay Picasso’s money owed to him. The unforgiving artist, at this point, deserted his former patron, protector and friend). It happens that some of the documentation surrounding this etching is still to be found in the archives but is in no way complete. There is a letter from Paul Rosenburg to Picasso dated 21/9/1919 suggesting an edition of 15 examples to be sold at 75 Francs per work. In the event this project was not fulfilled and the etching was created to accompany the album described above. The Italian of the etching represents a character in the ballet and also a superb portrait of a similar theme was made in 1919. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 90 L’ITALIENNE FEMME AU LIVRE 1918-1919 COMPOSITION AU VASE DE FLEURS 1947 MEDIUM: Original lithograph, printed in three colours, grey, red and black. Dated in the stone in reverse and signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 50.2 x 55.6 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Museum of Modern Art, (MOMA) New York REFERENCES AVAILABLE 92 LE COLOMBE VOLANT (A L’ARC-EN-CIEL) 1952 MEDIUM: Original chalk drawn lithograph in 8 colours, black, yellow, green, rose, ochre, light brown, grey and blue, signed by the artist in the stone and also signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. EDITION SIZE: 200 with 38 artist proofs PAPER SIZE: 50 x 64.5 cm PUBLIC EXHIBITONS: Picasso: Peace and Freedom (Tate Liverpool, 21 May - 30 August, 2010; Albertina,Vienna, 22 September - 16 January, 2011; Kunsthaus Zürich, 15 October, 20 / 10 - 30 January, 2011). NOTE: In the aftermath of the Second World War Picasso joined the communist party and was active in promoting its activities through his art. The Newspaper “Le Patriot” was a supporter of this ideology and Picasso made a number of lithographs and linocuts which were published by this organisation amongst which was our work. This was sold to raise funds for the communist party. The poster was made, using the earlier lithograph, to raise funds and awareness for the Disarmament summit conference to be held in Paris in May 1960 - the conference in fact never took place. La Colombe - The Dove is one of the most famous themes in Picasso’s art of the 1950’s. He was asked to make an image to express the ideals and aims of the new ‘Peace Conference’ which would bring together all the European nations in the aftermath of the war - the forerunner of the United Nations. His image of the ‘Dove of Peace’ was to become one of the most famous symbols of the era. Picasso made a number of versions of the Dove composition in connection with this project, amongst them the versions of the ‘Dove surrounded by Linked Hands’, and of the ‘Dove with the Ear of Corn’ (picking up from the Bible story of Noah’s Ark), and then a group of compositions with the Dove against a rainbow of colours. The version above belongs to this group. The lithograph was originally drawn on the stone in October 1952 but apart from c.5 proofs no edition was printed at that date; in May 1960 Picasso returned to the image and, using transfer paper, added colours for the background. The edition of 200 signed impressions was then printed. Subsequently the image was used again to embellish a poster for the 1960 Peace Conference. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 93 LE COLOMBE VOLANT (A L’ARC-EN-CIEL) 1952 94 NU A LA CHAISE 1954 MEDIUM: Original lithograph in 4 colours, blue, green, violet and black. Each executed with lithographic crayon on transfer paper, then transferred to stone, dated in the stone above right, signed by the artist in pencil. EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 50.5 x 38 cm NOTE: We currently have in our possession a signed photograph by Andre Villers entitled “Picasso en Popeye” which shows a humorous depiction of the artist dressed up as Popeye the Sailor Man with his fancy hat and beard. It is a very well known work. In the background, middle right, it can be seen that a copy of our lithograph, unframed, is hanging on the wall. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 95 BATTLE OF THE CENTAURS III 1959 MEDIUM: Original lithograph, crayon on zinc EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 66.2 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Museu Picasso, Barcelona. Sabartés Collection NOTE: This piece was part of a series of prints along the same theme that the artist made at this time. He was then heavily involved in the Peace Movement and this may well have reflected his views on war. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 96 THE PAINTER AND HIS EASEL 1962 MEDIUM: Original lithograph in 8 colours, crayon on transfer paper transferred to stone. Dated in the stone, signed by the artist in pencil. EDITION SIZE: This is a rare item from the edition of 10 on Japan Nacre paper. There were also: 20 copies on Arches wove numbered 11/30 with an unsigned suite of 120 copies, numbered 31/150 on Arches wove, plus an additional 30 copies hors commerce PAPER SIZE: 43 x 33 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Kunstmuseum Picasso, Münster. (Inv 837.353) NOTE: This was part of a portfolio entitled “Regards sur Paris”. Ten writers -all members of the Academie Goncourt - contributed essays to this book which presents the different sights and scenes of Paris. Each text is illustrated by a different artist with 2 full page and 1 double page Lithograph. The author of the work, Pierre Dumouchelles, called Mac Orlan, was born in 1893 and particularly qualified to describe his city having lived in the “Bateau Levoir” from 1906 to 1912. The year he left Picasso also gave up his studio there. In 1962, half a century later, Picasso illustrated Mac Orlands text about their old quarter with three lithographs of which this example is one. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 97 THE PAINTER AND HIS EASEL 1962 98 THE PAINTER AND HIS MODEL 1962 MEDIUM: Original lithograph in 8 colours, crayon on transfer paper transferred to stone. Dated in the stone, signed by the artist in pencil. EDITION SIZE: This is a rare item from the edition of 10 on Japan Nacre paper. There were also: 20 copies on Arches wove numbered 11/30 with an unsigned suite of 120 copies, numbered 31/150 on Arches wove, plus an additional 30 copies hors commerce PAPER SIZE: 43 x 33 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Kunstmuseum Picasso, Münster. (Inv 839.354) NOTE: This was part of a portfolio entitled “Regards sur Paris”. Ten writers - all members of the Academie Goncourt - contributed essays to this book which presents the different sights and scenes of Paris. Each text is illustrated by a different artist with 2 full page and 1 double page Lithograph. The author of the work, Pierre Dumouchelles, called Mac Orlan, was born in 1893 and particularly qualified to describe his city having lived in the “Bateau Levoir” from 1906 to 1912. The year he left Picasso also gave up his studio there. In 1962, half a century later, Picasso illustrated Mac Orlands text about their old quarter with three lithographs of which this example is one. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 99 THE PAINTER AND HIS MODEL 1962 100 DANS L’ARGILE DE PICASSO 1957 MEDIUM: Original Linocut, printed in colours, Wrappers with the Linocut on the front cover and lettering on the back cover, undated and unsigned. The back of the book (visible through a window mount) reads “Imprimerie Arena AV. G-Clemenceau Vallauris A-M. Depot Legal Troisieme Trimester 1957” EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 78 x 13 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Museu Picasso, Barcelona. Sabartés Collection NOTE: This was part of a series of prints along the same theme that the artist made at this time. He was then heavily involved in the Peace Movement and this may well have reflected his views on war. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 101 FLUTISTE AND PERFORMING GOAT 1959 MEDIUM: Original linocut, signed in pencil by the artist and dated in the lino. EDITION SIZE: Book edition of 2000 copies PAPER SIZE: 29.9 x 39.9 cm NOTE: It was Tristan Tzara who introduced Picasso to the Art Dealer Bergguren in 1950 from which a warm friendship developed. This was to be the third catalogue Bergruen made devoted to Picasso and was made to be the front cover of the work “Picasso, 60 and de Gravures” published by Berggruen in 1959. In it are reproductions of 409 prints made between 1904 and 1963. The piece shows a goat standing on it’s hind legs before a seated flute player. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 102 DIURNALS 1961 MEDIUM: Original linocut, signed in pencil by the artist. EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 29.9 x 39.9 cm NOTE: This work was included in the deluxe version of the book “Diurnes” which was a collaboration between Picasso, the photographer Andre Villers and the poet Jacques Prevert. Originally the linocut was presented in a cloth-covered portfolio with tie strings with a reproduction of the title in Picasso’s hand on the front. A selection of works including Picasso’s original cutouts, Villers photographs and Perverts manuscripts were exhibited together at Galerie Madoura, Cannes and at Galerie Berggruen, Paris (Berggruen was also the Publisher of the book). The book was cleverly constructed by Picasso’s cut-outs being photographed by Villers in a surrealistic fashion and Prevert, letting his eyes wander from image to image, giving a delightful account of there visual promenade. The title “Diurnes” evokes figurative beings who only live for a day and Prevert tells the story of 30 “ephemeris” from sunrise to sunset. The linocut represents a seated woman, REFERENCES AVAILABLE 103 FEMME NUE CUEILLANT DES FLEURS 1962 MEDIUM: Original linocut in three colours, beige, brown and black, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 62.4 x 44.2 cm REFERENCES AVAILABLE 104 PORTRAIT DE FAMILLE INGRESQUE 1962 MEDIUM: Original linocut in two colours brown and black, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 50 PAPER SIZE: 40 x 53.3 cm PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NOTE: In some works this item is entitled “Family Scene” or “scene familier”. Picasso was a great admirer of the artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 - 1867). Picasso made a large number of works “after” the artists who had influenced him and this falls into that category. A recent exhibition “Picasso Challenging the Past” at the National Gallery, London, dealt with this theme in depth. The painting to which this refers is called “The Forestier Family” and was a family portrait of Ingres fiance, Julie Forestier with her parents and Uncle. This is a genuine romantic memento. Ingres drew the family portrait when he had to leave his fiancée Julie and spend four years at the French Academy in Rome (the Villa Medici) after winning the Prix de Rome in 1801. Once he had left, the pair decided to separate. Ingres married Madeleine Chapelle, a young milliner, in 1813. Julie Forestier did not marry and her misadventure even inspired her to write a short novel, “Emma ou la fiancée” . After they had broken up, she returned the drawing to Ingres, who made one (or two) copies. The Louvre has some thirty graphite portraits in which the artist captures the features of the model and also the character. That of the Forestier Family is one of the best known on account of both the skill in the placing of the different figures and the delicacy of the drawing. Picasso’s treatment of the subject is radically different from the original work by Ingres - as one would expect to be the case. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 105 PORTRAIT DE FAMILLE INGRESQUE 1962 106 AFTER PABLO PICASSO 1871 - 1973 107 MAYA EN TABLIER MEDIUM: Original linocut in three colours, beige, brown and black, signed by the artist in pincil EDITION SIZE: 200 PAPER SIZE: 87 x 60.96 cm NOTE: This exquisite portrait, done of Picasso’s first daughter, Maya Picasso, exudes a personal, loving charm in which only a father can relate of his children. A playful, childlike nostalgia is forever evoked with this work, not only capturing Maya at age 3, but also capturing a time in Picasso’s life in which he was deeply inspired by his own family. Set against a bright spring green background, Maya is portrayed here wearing a red and white checkered pinafore, with her hair in pigtails on either side. The colours in this work are at the forefront of Picasso’s intention here, using incredibly vibrant colour combinations that merely enhance and divulge Maya’s own personal character and innocence. Sun yellows, lapis blues, and brilliant reds are a further testament to Picasso’s creativity and innovation. The grand scale of this portrait cannot be ignored, helping the colours to explode into our space, allowing Maya’s own childlike sentiment to be contagious to all who view and admire her. Based on an original oil work dating to 1938, this work has been printed by Fernand Mourlot under the supervision of Pablo Picasso. REFERENCES AVAILABLE 108 MAYA EN TABLIER 109 CAMILLE PISSARRO 1830 - 1903 110 EUGENE DUTUIT ROAD, ROUEN 1896 MEDIUM: Original lithograph, signed by the artist in pencil EDITION SIZE: 200 PAPER SIZE: 87 x 60.96 cm NOTE: In his old age the artist suffered from a recurring eye infection that prevented him from working outdoors except in warm weather. As a result of this he often painted outdoor scenes while sitting by the window of a hotel room. He moved around France and possibly this lithograph was done in this way. There exist quite a number of lithographs made in Rouen dating from this period. The Road whose name this lithograph bears, Eugene Duthuit, was born in 1807 in Marseilles and died in Rouen in 1886. He was a notable historian and collector of art. The road itself still exists and is in the historic centre of the town, boasting some excellent medieval timbered buildings as can be seen from our lithograph. The Medieval church of Saint-Maclou is seen in the background. CONDITION: Minor defects as would be expected from a work more then 100 years old. Professionally repaired tear, approximately 3 mms, to right edge of sheet above centre. Repaired page loss at lower left sheet corner approximately 5 mms; line of discolouration along right sheet edge, at widest approximately 3 mms. Indentation, vertical length of sheet in the paper on left hand margin (probably due to original paper defect). None of the above are serious and once framed will not be visible under the mount. REFERENCE AVAILABLE 111 EUGENE DUTUIT ROAD, ROUEN 1896 112 PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR 1841 - 1919 113 FEMME NU COUCHE, TOURNE A DROIT 1906 MEDIUM: Drypoint etching PAPER SIZE: 13.7 x 19.3 cm NOTE: The theme of the reclining nude is one which Renoir returned to again and again in the course of his long career. This etching, on the front cover of the book, is very typical of this oeuvre. REFERENCE AVAILABLE 114 FEMME NU COUCHE, TOURNE A DROIT 1906 115 BENJAMIN SENIOR b. 1982 116 STROKE TEMPO 2016 MEDIUM: Seven colour lithographic print, signed & numbered by the artist on reverse EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 60 cm NOTE: Benjamin Senior’s paintings capture people at rest and play, distilling dynamic movements into serene, quasi-classical scenes. Senior’s tranquil depictions of the habits of health - here, competitive swimming - are based on observational drawing rather than photography. This approach allows for a dreamy vision in which the patterns and geometries of everyday life are foregrounded, from the contours of the body in motion, to the swirling forms of interior design. The title Stroke Tempo alludes to the rhythmic pace of the swimmer: peaceful yet energetic, much like Senior’s work. 117 DAVID SHRIGLEY b. 1968 118 LIFE IS FANTASTIC 2016 MEDIUM: Eight colour screenprint, signed, numbered and dated by the artist EDITION SIZE: 125 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 60 cm NOTE: Life Is Fantastic features one of David Shrigley’s most familiar motifs: a cartoonishly cheerful thumbs-up, combined here with a ludicrously oversized, bubblegumpink ice cream cone. The form of the ice cream riffs on the Olympic torch, which has represented the positive values associated with the Games since ancient Greek times. In classic Shrigley style, Life Is Fantastic is a light-heartedly satirical yet ultimately optimistic representation of the Olympic spirit. Anti-monumental and child-like, it recalls Shrigley’s commission for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth: a 10-metre high bronze thumbs-up titled Really Good (2016). 119 ANTHONY WILLIAMS b. 1964 120 STUDY FOR ANTONIA WITH CLENCHED HAND 2016 MEDIUM: Charcoal drawing PAPER SIZE: 83.8 x 87.6 cm 121 RECLINING FIGURE 2016 MEDIUM: Charcoal drawing PAPER SIZE: 83 x 60 cm 122 STUDY OF EMMA ON THE BARCELONA CHAIR 2016 MEDIUM: Charcoal drawing PAPER SIZE: 100 x 70 cm 123 NAKED PORTRAIT 2016 MEDIUM: Charcoal drawing PAPER SIZE: 83 x 60 cm 124 STUDY FOR PROFILE OF EMMA 2016 MEDIUM: Pencil drawing PAPER SIZE: 54.6 x 61 cm 125 STUDY FOR EMMA 2016 MEDIUM: Pencil drawing PAPER SIZE: 70 x 50 cm 126 NICHOLAS C WILLIAMS b. 1961 127 RECLINING FEMALE NUDE LOOKING UP 2016 MEDIUM: Sanguine pencil on toned paper with white heightening around figure PAPER SIZE: 27.5 x 38 cm 128 RECLINING FEMALE NUDE WITH BLUE 2016 MEDIUM: Pencil on toned paper with watercolour PAPER SIZE: 27.8 x 35.1 cm 129 RECLINING FEMALE NUDE ON RIGHT SIDE FACING AWAY 2016 MEDIUM: Sanguine pencil on toned paper PAPER SIZE: 31.7 x 53 cm 130 RECLINING FEMALE NUDE WITH BLUE TOP 2016 MEDIUM: Sanguine pencil on toned paper with watercolour wash and white heightening PAPER SIZE: 37.5 x 57 cm 131 RECLINING FEMALE NUDE WITH BLUE TOP 2016 MEDIUM: Sanguine pencil on toned paper with watercolour wash and white heightening PAPER SIZE: 37.5 x 57 cm 132 RECLINING FEMALE NUDE WITH BLUE 2016 MEDIUM: Sanguine, watercolour PAPER SIZE: 32.8 x 46.8 cm 133 STANDING FEMALE NUDE 2016 MEDIUM: Pencil and watercolour PAPER SIZE: 27.5 x 16.7.8 cm 134 KNEELING FEMALE NUDE STRETCHING FORWARD 2016 MEDIUM: Pencil on toned paper with watercolour PAPER SIZE: 37.7 x 56.2 cm 135 ROY WRIGHT 136 AFTER THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN 2015 MEDIUM: Charcoal drawing PAPER SIZE: 94 x 122 cm 137 SILVER BIRCH, LATE SUMMER 2015 MEDIUM: Charcoal drawing PAPER SIZE: 103.7 x 143 cm 138 IN SEPTEMBER 2015 MEDIUM: Charcoal drawing PAPER SIZE: 82 x 117 cm 139 OAK IN MID SUMMER 2016 MEDIUM: Charcoal drawing PAPER SIZE: 150 x 111 cm 140 SUMMER OAK 2015 MEDIUM: Charcoal drawing PAPER SIZE: 82 x 117 cm 141 OLYMPIC COLLECTION 2016 Official limited edition prints for Team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The eight contributing artists are: Tracey Emin, Anne Hardy, Howard Hodgkin, Sarah Jones, Eddie Peake, Benjamin Senior, David Shrigley, and Sam Taylor-Johnson. The artists were asked to create unique images in celebration of Rio and Brazil, with the spirit of Team GB as their inspiration. Since 1912, prints and posters have been commissioned for each of the Games, creating celebratory and inspiring meetings of art and sport. 142 OLYMPIC COLLECTION 2016 143 OLYMPIC COLLECTION 2016 144 OLYMPIC COLLECTION 2016 ARTIST: Sam Taylor-Johnson TITLE: Wanderer Above The Sea Of Dreams MEDIUM: Twenty-six colour screenprint, signed, numbered and dated by the artist EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 60 cm NOTE: See Page 45 ARTIST: David Shrigley TITLE: Life Is Fantastic MEDIUM: Eight colour screenprint, signed, numbered and dated by the artist EDITION SIZE: 125 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 60 cm NOTE: See page 94 ARTIST: Tracey Emin TITLE: True Love Always Wins MEDIUM: Lithographic print in four colours, signed, numbered and dated by the artist EDITION SIZE: 300 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 60 cm NOTE: See page 30 ARTIST: Eddie Peake TITLE: Sweat MEDIUM: Screenprint with solvent based ink in three colour blend, signed & numbered by the artist on reverse EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 60 cm NOTE: See Page 60 ARTIST: Benjamin Senoir TITLE: Stroke Tempo MEDIUM: Seven colour lithographic print, signed & numbered by the artist on reverse EDITION SIZE: 100 PAPER SIZE: 76 x 60 cm NOTE: See Page 92 145 CONTACT PADSTOW 8-9 Drang Padstow Cornwall PL28 8BL United Kingdom enquiries@thedranggallery.com +44 (0) 1841 533114 SALCOMBE 83 Fore Street Salcombe South Hams of Devon TQ8 8BY salcombe@thedranggallery.com +44 (0) 1548 844004 146