Contemporary Discoveries

Enoc Perez b. 1967 Untitled (7,924 Likes) signed and titled (lower left); dated 2020 (lower right) wax crayon on paper 30 by 22 ½ in. 76.2 by 57.2 cm. Executed in 2020.

View 1 of Lot 153: Untitled (7,924 Likes)

untitled (7,924 likes)

Works from the Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection

Works from the Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection Jim Dine b. 1935 Crommelynck Gate (The Black Dust) signed, titled and dated 1983 (on the reverse) oil on canvas with wood construction 72 ¼ by 92 in. 183.5 by 233.7 cm. Executed in 1983.

View 1 of Lot 306: Crommelynck Gate (The Black Dust)

crommelynck gate (the black dust)

A New Vista: The David and Shoshanna Wingate Collection

A New Vista: The David and Shoshanna Wingate Collection Cary Smith b. 1955 That Was Not Here signed, titled and dated 1989 (on the stretcher) oil and wax on canvas 72 by 72 in. 182.9 by 182.9 cm. Executed in 1989.

that was not here

Tomoo Gokita b. 1969 Bongo Nyah signed, titled and dated 2018 (on the reverse) acrylic gouache on canvas 51 ⅜ by 51 ⅜ in. 130.5 by 130.5 cm. Executed by 2018.

bongo nyah

Fine Classical Chinese Paintings

祝允明　飲中八仙歌 水墨紙本　手卷 題木盒：(永坂周)祝枝山書飲中八仙歌。癸丑八月永坂周題。鈐印：「石埭」「周印」(連珠印) 釋文：知章騎馬似乘船，眼花落井水底眠。汝陽三鬥始朝天，道逢麴車口流涎，恨不移封向酒泉。左相日興費萬錢，飲如長鯨吸百川，銜杯樂聖稱避賢。宗之瀟灑美少年，舉觴白眼望青天，皎如玉樹臨風前。蘇晉長齋繡佛前，醉中往往愛逃禪。李白斗酒詩百篇，長安市上酒家眠。天子呼來不上船，自稱臣是酒中仙。張旭三杯草聖傳，脫帽露頂王公前，揮毫落紙如雲煙。焦遂五斗方卓然，高談雄辯驚四筵。正德壬寅(1522)桂花時書，枝山祝允明。鈐印：「祝允明印」、「枝山」 鑑藏印：「雲碧圖記」 注：本幅曾刻有石碑，附拓本復印件。 Zhu Yunming 1461-1527 Du Fu’s Poem in Cursive Script ink on paper, handscroll signed Zhishan Zhu Yunming, dated renyin(1522) and with two seals of the artist with one collector’s seal 22.1 x 251 cm. 8 ⅝ × 98 ¾ in.

View 1 of Lot 2577: 祝允明 飲中八仙歌｜Zhu Yunming, Du Fu’s Poem in Cursive Script 

祝允明 飲中八仙歌｜zhu yunming, du fu’s poem in cursive script

Property from the Walker Art Center, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund

Property from the Walker Art Center, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund Ernest Briggs 1923 - 1984 Untitled signed and dated 7.61 (lower right); signed and dated 6-26-61 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 50 ¾ by 40 ⅝ in. 128.9 by 103.2 cm. Executed in 1961.

untitled

Books, Manuscripts & Music, from Medieval to Modern

Sir Winston Churchill, and Walter Sickert.

Sir Winston Churchill, and Walter Sickert. Three glass plate negatives of photographs taken at Chartwell, 29 August 1927: i) Group portrait of nine figures seated around the dining table at Chartwell including the Churchill family and Walter Sickert, photographed by Churchill's private secretary Donald Ferguson on 29 August 1927, the image used as as the basis for Churchill's painting 'Tea at Chartwell', 120 x 165mm ii) Winston Churchill seated in his study at Chartwell, smoking a cigar and looking direct to camera, probably on 29 August 1927, probably photographed by Sickert, the image used as the basis for Sickert's portrait of Churchill, 120 x 165mm iii) Variant of (ii) with Churchill looking to his right, 120 x 165mm PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES THAT WERE USED AS THE BASIS FOR TWO FAMOUS PAINTINGS. On 29 August 1927 Churchill, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, was hosting at Chartwell with the painter Walter Sickert amongst his guests. Sickert was a longstanding family acquaintance of Clemmie, and he had also known Eddie Marsh since the 1890s. By 1927 Sickert was also close to Winston Churchill; he gave Churchill painting lessons that notably improved his style, and also introduced him to new techniques such as the use of photographs as guides for painting. Churchill's enthusiasm was expressed in a letter to his wife, written just after a visit by Sickert: "I am really thrilled by the field he is opening to me. I see my way to paint far better pictures than I ever thought possible before. He is really giving me a new lease of life as a painter." (Winston to Clementine Churchill, 26 September 1927) Churchill's secretary took a photograph of the group that was gathered at Chartwell: along with Churchill and Sickert, this included Clemmie, their son Randolph and daughter Diana, his close friends and advisors Eddie Marsh and Frederick Lindmann, Sickert's wife the artist Thérèse Lessore, and Clemmie's cousin Diana Mitford. Churchill subsequently had this glass plate negative of the photographic image projected onto a canvas to guide his brush. The resultant painting, entitled 'Tea at Chartwell', remains in the collection at Chartwell House. The current group also includes two similar glass-plate negatives of Churchill smoking in his study that were taken, presumably by Sickert or at least at his instigation, to be the source of a painting. It is overwhelmingly likely that they were taken on the same day as Churchill is in the same clothes, including a distinctive pair of spats. It is also likely that two slightly different photos were taken so that Sickert would have two different angles of Churchill's head from which to work. Churchill's posture, the position of the cigar in his hand, and his clothing, are all identical to Sickert's famous informal portrait of Churchill that is now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 4438). Sickert's portrait won widespread praise when it was exhibited at the Savile Gallery in 1928, and remains one of the most penetrating images of Churchill, but its somewhat louche representation of its subject was not appreciated by everyone (including Churchill himself). The current retrospective of Churchill's artwork at the Wallace Collection is a salutary reminder that painting was an important aspect of Churchill's rich and complex life. THESE NEGATIVES ARE A UNIQUE SURVIVING RELIC OF A CREATIVE MOMENT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER CHURCHILL AND WALTER SICKERT, AND REVEAL THE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN TWO PAINTINGS THAT BEGAN LIFE ON THE SAME DAY. PROVENANCE Grace Hamblin, OBE (1908-2002), private secretary to Sir Winston and Lady Churchill and the first administrator at Chartwell; acquired in the 1990s by the noted Churchill collector Major Alan Taylor Smith (1928-2019)

View 1 of Lot 56: Winston Churchill and Walter Sickert | Glass plate negatives used as guides for painting, 1927

winston churchill and walter sickert | glass plate negatives used as guides for painting, 1927

The Saul and Ellyn Dennison Collection Jacob Kassay b. 1984 Untitled signed and dated 09 (on the reverse) acrylic and silver deposit on canvas 48 by 36 in. 121.9 by 91.4 cm. Executed in 2009.

Property from the Estate of Harrison Eddins, Jr.

Property from the Estate of Harrison Eddins, Jr. Arman 1928 - 2005 Segovia Si! broken guitar embedded in concrete, in a wood box 35 ½ by 23 ½ by 6 in. 90.2 by 59.7 by 15.2 cm. Executed in 1974.

segovia si!

Property of an Esteemed Collection Kiki Smith b. 1954 Identical Twins cast aluminum with metal cords, in 4 parts hand i. 10 ¼ by 4 by 2 in. 26 by 10.2 by 5.1 cm. ii. 11 by 4 by 1 ¾ in. 27.9 by 10.2 by 4.4 cm. iii. 10 by 3 ½ by 2 in. 25.4 by 8.9 by 5.1 cm. iv. 8 ¼ by 4 by 2 in. 21 by 10.2 by 5.1 cm. Executed in 1990.

identical twins

William N. Copley 1919 - 1996 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof signed and dated 72-73 (lower right); titled (on the reverse) acrylic on linen 45 by 59 in. 114.3 by 149.9 cm. Executed in 1972-73.

cat on a hot tin roof

The Saul and Ellyn Dennison Collection Marius Bercea b. 1979 Larrea Tridentata signed, titled and dated 2013 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 56 ½ by 52 ⅞ in. 143.5 by 134.3 cm. Executed in 2013.

larrea tridentata

Property from a Distinguished American Collection

Property from a Distinguished American Collection Ellen Gallagher b. 1965 The Voice Thrower oil, graphite and paper collage on canvas mounted on panel 60 by 36 in. 152.4 by 91.4 cm. Executed in 1993.

Property from an Esteemed American Collection

Property from an Esteemed American Collection Sherrie Levine b. 1947 Black and White Bottles cast glass, in 2 parts each: 11 ¼ by 2 ¾ by 2 ¾ in. 28.6 by 7 by 7 cm. Executed in 1992, this work is number 4 from an edition of 12.

View 1 of Lot 195: Black and White Bottles

black and white bottles

Property from an Esteemed American Collection Cheyney Thompson b. 1975 Toolpaths for Bellona [page 119] inscribed 976 (lower center) graphite on paper, mounted to book cloth each: 8 ¾ by 5 ¼ in. (22.2 by 13.3 cm.) overall: 27 ½ by 19 in. (69.9 by 48.3 cm.) Executed in 2018.

View 1 of Lot 348: Toolpaths for Bellona [page 119]

toolpaths for bellona [page 119]

The Saul and Ellyn Dennison Collection Caetano de Almeida b. 1964 Frutas signed, titled and dated 97 (on the reverse) acrylic and varnish on canvas 43 ¼ by 53 ¼ in. 110 by 135.3 cm. Executed in 1997.

frutas

Property from an Important Corporate Collection

Property from an Important Corporate Collection Alexander Calder 1898 - 1976 Untitled signed, dated 71 and dedicated (lower right) gouache and ink on paper 30 ½ by 22 ¾ in. 77.5 by 57.8 cm. Executed in 1971. This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A30222.

Alice Baber 1928 – 1982 Rainforest to Palenque, Mexico signed (upper right) oil on canvas 40 by 30 in. 202.6 by 76.2 cm. Executed in 1975.

View 1 of Lot 47: Rainforest to Palenque, Mexico

rainforest to palenque, mexico

Jonathan Lyndon Chase b. 1989 Hands hands hands hands hands hands 2 hoodies acrylic, glitter and marker on muslin 96 by 72 in. 243.8 by 182.9 cm. Executed in 2019.

View 1 of Lot 368: Hands hands hands hands hands hands 2 hoodies

hands hands hands hands hands hands 2 hoodies

Between Thought and Expression: Works from the Collection of A.G. Rosen

Between Thought and Expression: Works from the Collection of A.G. Rosen Catherine Murphy b. 1946 Paint Ladder signed and dated ‘96 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 72 by 61 ¼ in. 182.9 by 155.6 cm. Executed in 1996.

paint ladder

The Saul and Ellyn Dennison Collection Judith Shea b. 1948 Thoughts in Thirds bronze and iron on limestone base, in 3 parts 38 by 35 by 20 in. 96.5 by 88.9 by 50.8 cm. Executed in 1985.

thoughts in thirds

Louise Nevelson 1899 - 1988 Black Cryptic XLIII wood painted black 9 ¼ by 7 ¼ by 3 in. 23.5 by 18.4 by 7.6 cm. Executed in 1979.

black cryptic xliii

Isamu Noguchi 1904 – 1988 Goddess welded with the artist’s signature and date 82 (on the reverse lower edge) hot-dipped galvanized steel 61 by 41 ¼ by 12 ¾ in. 154.9 by 104.8 by 32.4 cm. Executed in 1982, this work is number 11 from an edition of 18 plus 1 prototype, 5 artist’s proofs and 3 publisher's copies.

goddess

Property from the Estate of Harrison Eddins, Jr. Edward Avedisian 1936 - 2007 Hudson II signed and dated 63 (lower right); signed and titled (on the reverse) Liquitex on canvas 36 by 36 in. 91.4 by 91.4 cm. Executed in 1963.

hudson ii

Property of an Esteemed Collection Georg Baselitz 1938 - 2026 Untitled, October 19, 1991 signed and titled (lower center) graphite, pastel and watercolor on paper 24 by 34 in. 61 by 86.4 cm. Executed in 1991.

View 1 of Lot 36: Untitled, October 19, 1991 

untitled, october 19, 1991

The Saul and Ellyn Dennison Collection April Gornik b. 1953 After Eden signed, titled and dated 1986 (on the reverse) oil on linen 70 by 114 in. 177.8 by 289.6 cm. Executed in 1986.

after eden

Property from the Collection of David and Marussia Burliuk

Property from the Collection of David and Marussia Burliuk Arshile Gorky 1904 - 1948 Untitled [Two Works] i. inscribed and dated 1933 by David Burliuk (lower left) ii. inscribed and dated 1933 by David Burliuk (lower right) crayon on paper i. 7 ¼ by 4 ¾ in. 18.4 by 12.1 cm. ii. 4 ¾ by 7 ⅜ in. 12.1 by 18.7 cm. Executed circa 1930-35.

untitled [two works]

Property from an Esteemed American Collection Barry Le Va 1941 - 2021 Diagrammatic Silhouettes: Sculptured Activities (Double Wall/Double Floor) ink and paper collage mounted on canvas 80 ¾ by 81 in. 205.1 by 205.7 cm. Executed in 1988.

View 1 of Lot 335: Diagrammatic Silhouettes: Sculptured Activities

diagrammatic silhouettes: sculptured activities

Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction

Property from a Private Collection Sebastiano Conca Gaeta 1680–1764 Naples The Rape of Europa oil on canvas unframed: 75.2 x 100 cm.; 29⅝ x 39⅜ in. framed: 86.4 x 111 cm.; 34 x 43¾ in.

the rape of europa

The Saul and Ellyn Dennison Collection Kon Trubkovich b. 1979 for no shadow means it is pitch black signed, titled and dated 2013 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 72 by 60 in. 182.9 by 152.4 cm. Executed in 2013.

View 1 of Lot 95: for no shadow means it is pitch black   

for no shadow means it is pitch black

The Saul and Ellyn Dennison Collection John McAllister b. 1973 Feigning Falling signed and dated 10 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 19 by 15 ⅝ in. 48.3 by 39.6 cm. Executed in 2010.

feigning falling

Jean-Paul Riopelle 1923 - 2002 Untitled (PM6) signed (on the reverse); inscribed PM 33 (on the overlap) oil on canvas diameter: 19 ¾ in. 50.2 cm. Executed in 1978.

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