Art Moderne & Contemporain/Modern & Contempory Art

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) , La gitane indistinctly signed 'van Dongen' (lower right) . oil on canvas. 39½ x 31 7/8 in. (100.2 x 81 cm.). Painted circa 1917-1918 Provenance: Acquired by the family of the present owner in the late 1970s. Notes: To be included in the forthcoming Kees van Dongen catalogue critique being prepared by Jacques Chalom Des Cordes under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute. When Kees van Dongen visited Spain and North Africa at the end of 1910 and beginning of 1911, the experience... [Lire la suite]

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) , La cuirasse d'or signed 'van Dongen.' (lower right) . oil on canvas. 51 3/8 x 51 5/8 in. (130.4 x 131.1 cm.). Painted circa 1907 Provenance: Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris (no. 1870).Galerie Moos, Geneva (no. 5319).Private collection, Brest, by 1967.Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 21 October 1980, lot 222.Galerie Daniel Varenne, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner. Literature: L. Chaumeil, Van Dongen: L'homme et l'artiste -... [Lire la suite]

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968), Femme aux deux colliers oil on canvas. 25 5/8 x 25 5/8 in. (65.1 x 65.1 cm.). Painted circa 1910. Estimate £300,000 - £600,000 Kees van Dongen's career stretched from the end of the Nineteenth Century to the late 1960s, but its undoubted and indisputable apogee came during his years in Paris before the First World War. Thrusting himself with abandon into the hurly burly of life in the French capital, especially in and around the cabaret scene, Van Dongen became one of the foremost chroniclers... [Lire la suite]

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Les bourgeois de Calais, deuxième maquette Executed in plaster in 1885 and cast in bronze between 1969 and 1977 in an edition of 12 plus one proof for the Musée Rodin. This set of six bronzes was cast in 1973. bronze. Estimate 550,000—750,000 GBP ANDRIEU D'ANDRES, VÊTU. inscribed A. Rodin, numbered No. 7, stamped with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris and inscribed c by Musée Rodin 1973. bronze. height: 61.5cm. 24 1/4 in. EUSTACHE DE SAINT-PIERRE, VÊTU. inscribed A. Rodin, numbered No. 7,... [Lire la suite]

Amedeo Modigliani, Cariatide Painted in 1913. oil on canvas. 80 by 45.5cm. Estimate 6,000,000—8,000,000 GBP PROVENANCE: Léopold Zborowski, ParisAndré Lefèvre, Paris (sale: Palais Galliéra, Paris, 29th November 1966, lot 108)The Brook Street Gallery, London (from 1968)Robin D. Judah, London (1970)Perls Galleries, New YorkPrivate Collection, USA (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 22nd October 1980, lot 64)Private Collection, New York (purchased at the above sale)Private Collection, UK (acquired circa 1980)Acquired from the above by... [Lire la suite]

Aristide Maillol, Flore nue Executed in 1911 and cast in bronze at a later date in an edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs. inscribed with the monogram, numbered 3/6 and with the foundry mark E. Godard Fondeur Paris. bronze. height: 167cm. Estimate 300,000—400,000 GBP The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dina Vierny. PROVENANCE: Private Collection, JapanAcquired from the above by the present owner in the 1990s LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Hommage à Aristide Maillol, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris,... [Lire la suite]

Edgar Degas, Petite danseuse de quatorze ans Executed in wax circa 1879-81 and cast in bronze from 1922. inscribed Degas and stamped with the foundry mark A.A. Hébrard cire perdue on the base. bronze with muslin skirt and satin hair ribbon on wooden base. height (including base): 105cm. Estimate 9,000,000—12,000,000 GBP PROVENANCE: Marie Harriman Gallery, New York (acquired in the 1930s)Mr & Mrs William Averell Harriman, New York & Washington, D.C. Pamela Churchill Harriman (until at least 1988)Wildenstein and Co.,... [Lire la suite]

André Derain, Environs de Collioure Painted in 1905. oil on canvas. 38 by 46cm. Estimate 1,400,000—1,800,000 GBP PROVENANCE: Paul Guillaume, ParisGeorges Menier, ParisBritel, France (acquired from the above in 1933)Arthur Tooth & Sons, LondonPrivate Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1981)Joanne & Ira Kirshbaum, Los Angeles (acquired from the above by 1990) EXHIBITED: Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Petits formats, 1978, no. 36, illustrated in colour in the catalogue and on the cover (titled Collioure and... [Lire la suite]

Maurice de Vlaminck, Remorqueurs sur la Seine Painted in 1906. signed Vlaminck (lower right). oil on canvas. 51 by 65cm. Estimate 600,000—800,000 GBP PROVENANCE: Perls Galleries, New YorkMr & Mrs Paul Wurzburger, Cleveland (1960-68)(possibly) Stanley N. BarbeeAcquavella Galleries, New YorkDaniel Malingue, ParisPrivate Collection, Japan (acquired circa 1995)Private CollectionSale: Christie's, New York, 8th May 2002, lot 249Private Collection, Europe (purchased at the above sale)Acquired from the above by the present owner... [Lire la suite]

Edgar Degas, Danseuses au foyer Executed circa 1901. stamped Degas (lower left); stamped with the Atelier mark on the reverse. pastel on joined sheets of paper laid down on board. 74 by 59cm. Estimate 3,500,000—4,500,000 GBP PROVENANCE: The artist's studio (sold: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Edgar Degas, première vente, 7th & 8th May 1918, lot 269)Jacques Seligmann, Paris (sold: The American Art Association, New York, 27th January 1921, lot 15)Ambroise Vollard, ParisPaul Cassirer, AmsterdamAlexander Lewin,... [Lire la suite]