Nicolas de Staël

Lot 17. Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955), Plage à Agrigente, signed 'Staël' (lower left); signed again, inscribed and post-dated 'Agrigente 1954 Staël' (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 31 7/8 x 39 3/8 in. (81 x 100 cm). Painted in 1953. Estimate : EUR 3,600,000 - EUR 5,500,000 (USD 4,061,789 - USD 6,205,511). © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. PARIS.- Christie’s France will present Plage à Agrigente by Nicolas de Staël which will highlight the Parisian section of ONE: a Global Sale of the 20th Century. An exquisite... [Lire la suite]

Lot 45. Nicolas de Staël (1914 - 1955), Composition, signed; signed and dated Octobre 1949 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 73 by 100cm.; 28 3/4 by 39 3/8 in. Estimate 350,000 — 450,000 GBP. Lot sold 434,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Alexandre Farra, Paris Sale: Paris, Vente Crédit Municipal, 13 June 1963 Theodore Schempp, New York The Grace and Philip Sandblom Collection, Lund Thence by descent to the present owner. Exhibited: Göteborg, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Grace, Philip Sandbloms Samling-Frau... [Lire la suite]

Lot 10. Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955), Composition, signé 'Staël' (en bas à droite), huile sur toile, 55 x 46 cm. Peint en 1949. Estimate EUR 300,000 - EUR 500,000 (USD 329,812 - USD 549,687). Price realised EUR 694,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 signed 'Staël' (lower right), oil on canvas, 21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. Painted in 1949 Provenance: Galerie Jacques Dubourg, Paris.Galerie Ariel, Paris.Collection particulière, Copenhague (acquis en 1983).Puis par descendance... [Lire la suite]

Lot 30. Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955), Fleurs au pot bleu, signé 'Staël' (en bas à gauche); signé, daté et inscrit 'Staël 1954 "FLEUR"' (au revers), huile sur toile, 81 x 60 cm. Peint en 1954. Estimate EUR 400,000 - EUR 600,000 (USD 439,749 - USD 659,624). Unsold. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 signed 'Staël' (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed 'Staël 1954 "FLEUR"' (on the reverse), oil on canvas 31 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. Painted in 1954 Provenance: Paul Rosenberg,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 12. Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955), Parc des Princes (Les grands footballeurs), signé 'Staël' (en bas à gauche); signé de nouveau, daté et titré 'PARC DES PRINCES Staël 1952' (au revers), huile sur toile, 201 x 351.5 cm. Peint en 1952 à Paris. Estimate EUR 18,000,000 - EUR 25,000,000 (USD 19,788,719 - USD 27,484,333). Price realised EUR 20,000,000. © Christie's ImageLtd 2019 signed 'Staël' (lower left); signed again, dated and titled 'PARC DES PRINCES Staël 1952' (on the reverse), oil on canvas 79 1/8 x... [Lire la suite]

Nicolas de Staël, Parc des Princes, printemps 1952, huile sur toile, 200 x 350 cm. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 Paris – Christie’s France est heureuse de présenter aux enchères le Parc des Princes lors de la vente Paris Avant-Garde du 17 octobre 2019, pendant la FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain). Conservé par les descendants de Nicolas de Staël depuis sa disparition en 1955, ce tableau monumental compte parmi les chefs d’œuvre de l’artiste et constitue l’un des chainons de... [Lire la suite]

Lot 14. Nicolas de Staël, Bouteilles en brun, ocre et rose (Bouteilles: Nature morte), signed 'Staël' lower right, oil on canvas, 64.5 x 81 cm (25 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.). Painted in 1952. Estimate: £1,200,000 - £1,800,000. © Phillips. Provenance: Theodore Schempp/Knoedler and Co., New YorkCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Schimmel, New York (acquired in 1953)The Museum of Modern Art, New York (donated by the above)Galerie Beyeler, Basel (1970)Galerie Marie-Louise Jeanneret, GenevaPrivate Collection,... [Lire la suite]

Nicolas de Staël (1914 - 1955), Syracuse, 1954. Oil on canvas, 50 x 73 cm. Courtesy of Olivier Malingue Ltd. © 2019 London Art Week. Olivier Malingue is pleased to present Abstract or not, an exhibition including works by Georges Braque, Nicolas De Staël, Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier, Raymond Hains, Alain Jacquet, André Masson, Joan Mitchell, Judit Reigl, Jean-Paul Riopelle and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva. The exhibition explores different interpretations of abstraction, through a selection of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 54. Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955), Ciel, signed 'Staël' (lower right); signed again and dated 'Staël 1953' (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 39 ¼ x 28 ¾ in. (100 x 73 cm.) Painted in 1953. Estimate USD 300,000 - USD 500,000. Price realised USD 1,335,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. Provenance: Paul Rosenberg, New York (by November 1953). Galerie Philippe Reichenbach, Paris (by November 1956). Sarah Campbell-Blaffer, Houston (acquired from the... [Lire la suite]

  Christie’s is delighted to present three outstanding works by Nicolas de Staël. Widely regarded as one of the most important painters of the 1950s, his thickly-impastoed visions of the world around him played a pivotal role in the European post-War artistic landscape. Within a tragically short career spanning around 15 years, de Staël developed a unique idiom caught between abstract and figurative registers. Remaining conceptually independent from contemporary developments such as Abstract Expressionism and Tachisme, his works... [Lire la suite]