Art du XXème siècle/20th century art

Property from an Important Private European Collection. Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Untitled. Oil on canvas, 68 x 54 in. (172.7 x 137.2 cm.) Painted in 1970. Estimate on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will present Mark Rothko’s radiant and stately masterpiece, Untitled from 1970, as a highlight of its upcoming 20th Century Evening Sale at Christie’s New York on May 11, 2021 (estimate on request; in the region of US$40M). As one of only three works painted in 1970, during the final... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, La Fine di Dio (La Genesi), 1963, oil on canvas, 70 x 48 7/16 inches (178 x 123 cm), SW 05512. Private Collection. © Sperone Westwater

Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1965, water-based paint on canvas, 32 x 25 5/8 inches (81 x 65 cm), SW 00027, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. © Sperone Westwater

  Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, 1961, water paint on linen, 39 3/8 x 48 7/8 inches (100 x 124 cm), 44 3/4 x 54 1/2 inches (114 x 138 cm) frame, SW 00079, Private Collection. © Sperone Westwater

Pablo Picasso, Femme au Béret Mauve, 1937. Estimate: $10,000,000-15,000,000. © 2021 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams announces the sale in New York of a major Picasso portrait from 1937, one of the artist’s most fruitful years during which he also produced, Guernica and Weeping Woman. Painted in March 1937, Femme au Béret Mauve is a serene depiction of Picasso’s greatest muse Marie-Therese Walter. The work will be offered at Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko, No. 11 (Yellow, Green, and Black), 1950. Oil on canvas. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of the Friday Foundation in honor of Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis. © 2021 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. NEW HAVEN, CONN.- The Yale University Art Gallery has received an extraordinary gift from the Friday Foundation honoring the legacy of late Seattle philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang. The Lang collection is one of the most important private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 11. Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968), Concetto Spaziale, Attesa, signed, titled and dedicated A Jeanne-Claude affettuosamente on the reverse, unprimed canvas, 46 x 33 cm ; 18⅛ x 13 in. Executed in 1963. Estimate: 300,000 - 500,000 EUR. Lot sold: 920,000 EUR. Photo André Grossman/©The Estate of Christo V. Javacheff. PARIS - Bulgarian-born artist Christo, who died this past May at 84, was famous for the spectacular ambition of the environmental projects he created in... [Lire la suite]

Olivier Debré (Paris, 1920-1999), Ocre vert, tache bleue, 1984 in Touraine. Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 250 cm. Signed and dated. ALEXIS LARTIGUE FINE ART at BRAFA 2021.

Marino Marini (Pistoia 1901-1980 Viareggio), Cavaliere (Cavallo e Cavaliere), 1947. Plaster, polychrome. H 100 x W 66 x D 37 cm. Price upon request. DIE GALERIE at BRAFA 2021 Provenance: Galerie Toninelli, Roma (rescued from the artist's studio in the mid-1970s and expertly restored with his consent); private collection, Milan Literature: Raffaele Carrieri, M. Marini, Edizioni II Milione, Milano 1948, p. 77,78,79; Umbro Apollonio, Marini, Edizioni Il Milione, Miliano 1952, p. 78, 79; Umbro Apollonio,... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana (Argentina, Rosario de Santa Fé 1899-1968 Comabbio, Italy), Concetto spaziale 62 O 25, 1962. Oil, perforation and graffiti on canvas, 101 x 81 cm. Signed lower right: l. fontana. Price upon request. DIE GALERIE at BRAFA 2021 Provenance: Mc. Roberts & Tunnard Gallery, London; M.-F. Toninelli Art Moderne, Milan Literature: Enrico Crispolti: Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnements spatiaux rédigé par Enrico Crispolti, Vol. II, Brussels, 1974, p. 116-117; Enrico... [Lire la suite]