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Mastersof Distinction

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Mastersof Distinction

Masters of Distinction

Since its inaugural exhibition initiated in 2000, Opera Gallery’s annual Masterpiece exhibition has become one of the much-anticipated exhibitions in Singapore’s art calendar. This year, the exhibition celebrates the 9th anniversary of the partnership between Opera Gallery and the Grand Prix Singapore Season. The highly successful Masters exhibition has achieved a renowned reputation thanks to its stellar collection of Modern Masters and Contemporary artists. During the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix Season, world-class artworks will once again grace the luxurious space of our gallery and the public boardwalk of Orchard Road to be admired and appreciated.

Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, Opera Gallery is proud to present the 2016 edition of its Masterpiece exhibition - ‘Masters of Distinction’. As a testimonial to artistic distinction, this year’s exhibition features an extraordinary assembly of artists, each of them being an eminent representation of their artistic pursuit. In a visual journey of artistic excellence spanning across the 20th century till present times, ‘Masters of Distinction’ embraces its essence through an exclusive presentation of distinguished artists.

In the tradition of the Masterpiece collection, the ‘Masters of Distinction’ exhibition presents visual treasures by Modern Masters at the pinnacles of their career and affirms their place in the realm of distinction. Featuring prominent paintings and sculptures by acclaimed Modern Masters such as Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall and Salvador Dalí, these works of art reflect the artistic diversity and accomplishment of these renowned Masters.

At the forefront of art trend and development, this exhibition brings together an impressive league of the most famous and influential artists of our current time. Showcasing the creative works by celebrities of Contemporary art from Niki de Saint Phalle, Robert Indiana, to Manolo Valdés and Dashi Namdakov, these carefully selected works of art epitomise Modern and Contemporary art.

It is an honour to present this extraordinary exhibition to Singapore and to perpetuate the tradition of each and every annual Masterpiece exhibition held at Opera Gallery, celebrating the beauty of art and the triumph of these Masters’ achievement of distinction.

Gilles Dyan Stéphane Le PelletierFounder and Chairman Director Asia PacificOpera Gallery Group Opera Gallery

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Masterworks

ClaudeMonet

[ 1840-1926 ]

ProvenanceEstate of the artist

Michel Monet, Giverny (by descent from the above)

Van Diemen-Lilienfed Galleries, New York

Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 23 June 1965, lot 153

Frieda Kittay Goldsmith, Palm Beach

Private collection (by descent from the above)

Sale: Christie’s, New York, 7 November 2007, lot 372

Private collection

ExhibitedParis, Galerie Charpentier, 1947

LiteratureDaniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet, Biographie et Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1979, vol. II, pp. 158-159, ill. p. 159

Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. II, p. 367, No. 979, ill.

Val de falaise, 1885 Stamped with signature ‘Claude Monet’ Lugt 1819b (lower right and on the reverse)

Oil on canvas73.4 x 73.4 cm - 28.9 x 28.9 in.

Price on request

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ClaudeMonet

[ 1840-1926 ]

ProvenanceMichel Monet, Giverny

Private collection

Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 2 December 1986, lot 35

Private collection

Literature

Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet, Biographie et Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne & Paris, 1979, vol. II, No. 1057, ill. p. 187

Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. III, No. 1057, ill. p. 400

Hiver à Giverny, 1886 Stamped ‘Claude Monet’ (lower right); stamped ‘Claude Monet’ (on the reverse)

Oil on canvas 60 x 81.5 cm - 23.6 x 32.1 in.

Price on request

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

[ 1841-1919 ]

ProvenanceDurand-Ruel, Paris

Dr. Alfred Gold, Berlin (1929)

Mayor Gallery, London (1953)

Private collection, London

Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 6 July 1960, lot 137

Eric Estorick, London

Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 24 June 1986, lot 21

Private collection (acquired from the above)

Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 26 June 1990, lot 28

Private collection (acquired from the above)

Private collection (acquired from the above, 1993)

ExhibitedEdinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, London, Tate Gallery, Renoir, 1953, No. 36

LiteratureJulius Meier-Graefe, Renoir, Leipzig, 1929, No. 357, ill. p. 344

Guy-Patrice & Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. IV : 1903-1910, Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 2012, No. 3144, ill. p. 274

This work will be included in the Catalogue critique being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute from the François Daulte, Durand-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard and Wildenstein archives for the Comité Renoir

Deux filles dans un pré (Deux femmes dans l’herbe), circa 1910Signed ‘Renoir’ (lower left)

Oil on canvas47.3 x 56.8 cm - 18.6 x 22.4 in.

Price on request

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PierreBonnard

[ 1867-1947 ]

ProvenanceEstate of the artist

Mlles Bowers, Paris

Victor Waddington, London

Mr. and Mrs. Peter O’Toole (acquired from the above, 1970), Great Britain

Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 28 June 1988, lot 38

Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York, 1989

Private collection (circa 1990s)

Sale: Christie’s, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 307

Private collection

ExhibitedMarseille, Musée Cantini, Bonnard, May - June 1967, No. 7, ill.

London, Victor Waddington, Bonnard, June - July 1970, No. 6, ill.

LiteratureYann Le Pichon, Bonnard, Elle, 9 April 1967, ill. pp. 140-141

Jean and Henry Dauberville, Bonnard, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1974, vol. IV, No. 01895, ill. p. 251

Dans la rue, deux figures, circa 1906Stamped with signature ‘Bonnard’ (lower left)

Oil on cradled panel 38.1 x 45.7 cm - 15 x 18 in.

Price on request

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Mauricede Vlaminck

[ 1876-1958 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection

Sale: Christie’s, New York, 9 May 2000, lot 184

Estate of Leon Oxman

Private collection, Singapore

Literature

This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Maurice de Vlaminck being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute

Paysage de Neige, circa 1936-37Signed ‘Vlaminck’ (lower right)

Oil on canvas 65.5 x 81.8 cm - 25.8 x 32.2 in.

Price on request

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Raoul Dufy

[ 1877-1953 ]

ProvenanceSale: Christie’s, London, 28 November 1989, lot 310

Private collection, Japan

Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 11 May 2000, lot 205

Private collection (acquired from the above), USA

LiteratureThis work will be included in the second supplement of the Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint de Raoul Dufy being

prepared by Fanny Guillon-Laffaille

Paysage au puits, circa 1908-10Signed ‘R. Dufy’ (lower right)

Oil on canvas54 x 65.1 cm - 21.2 x 25.6 in.

Price on request

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ProvenanceGérard Oury’s collection, France

Danièle Thompson (Gérard Oury’s daughter), France

Sale: Artcurial, Paris, 20 April 2009, lot 29

Private collection (acquired from the above), Europe

ExhibitedLyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Musée de l'imprimerie & Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Museu Tèxtil i Indumentària, Raoul Dufy, 1999, No. 33, ill.

Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Raoul Dufy, Le Plaisir, October 2008 - January 2009, No. 40, ill. p. 52

Martigues, Musée Ziem, De Martigues à l'Estaque, 2013, No. 24, ill.

Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Raoul Dufy, 2015, No. 19, ill.

LiteratureThis work will be included in the second supplement of the Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint de Raoul Dufy being

prepared by Fanny Guillon-Laffaille

CertificateFanny Guillon-Laffaille has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Bateaux et barques aux Martigues, 1907 Signed ‘Raoul Dufy’ (lower left)

Oil on canvas 47 x 57 cm - 18.5 x 22.4 in.

Price on request

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Raoul Dufy

[ 1877-1953 ]

ProvenanceGalerie Henri Gaffie, Nice

Perls Galleries, New York

Private collection (1996), Chicago

Steve Banks Fine Arts, San Francisco

Private collection (acquired from the above, 1998), USA

Literature

Pierre Courthion, Raoul Dufy, Pierre Cailler Éditeur, Geneva, 1951, ill. pl. 109, p. 14

Maurice Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, vol. III, Éditions Motte, Geneva, 1976, ill. No. 1003, p. 62

Paysage de Langres, 1933 Signed ‘Raoul Dufy’ (lower right)

Oil on canvas 38.5 x 46.7 cm - 15.1 x 18.4 in.

Price on request

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Raoul Dufy

[ 1877-1953 ]

ProvenanceMrs. Kramer

O’Hana Gallery, London

Sale: Maurice Rheims, René G. Laurin, Philippe Rheims, Paris, lot 65

Beny Gattegno, Paris

Private collection (acquired from the above, 1968)

Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 20 June 2005, lot 39

Private collection (acquired from the above)

ExhibitedPittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Twenty-Fifth Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, 1926, No. 239

LiteratureThis work is included in the archives of the Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Kees Van Dongen by Jacques-Chalom des Cordes

under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute under the reference No. 02.03.18.8407.1555

Édouard des Courières, ‘Van Dongen’ in L’ Art Vivant, 20 March 1925, ill. p.6 (titled ‘Portrait de Mlle Ève Francis’)

Édouard des Courières, Van Dongen, Paris, 1925, ill pl. 67

Ève Francis, circa 1919 Signed ‘Van Dongen’ (lower center)

Oil on canvas146.5 x 114.3 cm - 57.7 x 45 in.

Price on request

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KeesVan Dongen

[ 1877-1968 ]

ProvenanceGalerie Louise Leiris (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris

Arthur and Anita Kahn collection (acquired from the above, 1968), USA

Literature

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 20 : œuvres de 1961 à 1962, Éditions Cahiers d’Art, Paris, 1968, No. 323, ill. pl. 130

Arnold and Marc Glimcher, eds. Je suis le cahier : The Sketchbooks of Picasso, exh. cat., The Pace Gallery, New York, 1986, p. 344, No. 165

The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso’s Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, The Sixties I, 1960-1963, San Francisco, 2002, ill. p. 256, No. 62-153

Deux nus, 14-20 July 1962 Signed, dated and numbered ‘Picasso 14.20.7.62.X’ (upper left)

Pencil on paper with coloured wax crayons on the reverse 24 x 32 cm - 9.4 x 12.6 in.

Price on request

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Pablo Picasso

[ 1881-1973 ]

ProvenanceGalerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Alexander Iolas, Paris

Private collection (acquired from the above, 1982), Europe

LiteratureChristian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 23 : œuvres de 1962 et 1963, Éditions Cahiers d’Art, Paris, 1971, No. 253, ill. pl. 120

The Picasso Project, ed., Picasso’s Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, The Sixties I, 1960-1963, San Francisco, 2002, ill. p. 367, No. 63-130

Le Peintre et son modèle, 4 May 1963 Signed ‘Picasso’ (lower right); dated ‘4.5.63’ (on the reverse)

Oil on canvas65 x 100 cm - 25.6 x 39.4 in.

Price on request

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Pablo Picasso

[ 1881-1973 ]

ProvenanceModigliani Institute, Paris - Rome

Exhibited

Rome, Palace of the State Archives

LiteratureModigliani Institut Archives Légales, Tête de Cariatide, Paris-Rome, 2007

CertificateThe Modigliani Institut and Laure Modigliani Nechtschein (Amedeo Modigliani’s grand-daughter)

have confirmed the authenticity of this work

Tête de Cariatide Signed (lower right)

Caster: Fonderia d’ Arte Paolo Olmeda Roma, 2006. Signed and numbered, with the foundry mark (lower left)Bronze, edition of 8 + 4 EA + 1 HC

227 x 75 x 85 cm - 89.4 x 29.5 x 33.5 in.

Price on request

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Amedeo Modigliani

[ 1884-1920 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection

Certificate

The ADOM (Association pour la défense de l’œuvre de Joan Miró) has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Les essències de la terra, 1968 Signed ‘Miró’ (lower center)

Watercolour on lithograph on pearly Japan paper50 x 36 cm - 19.7 x 14.2 in.

Price on request

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Joan Miró [ 1893-1983 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Private collection (acquired from the above), Europe

Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 4 November 2009, lot 49

Private collection (acquired from the above)

CertificateThe Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Vue de Paris, 1978 Signed and dated ‘Chagall 1978’ (lower right); signed ‘Marc Chagall’ (on the reverse)

Oil and tempera on canvas100.3 x 81.5 cm - 39.5 x 32 in.

Price on request

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Marc Chagall

[ 1887-1985 ]

ProvenanceGalerie Lelong, Paris

Private collection

Galerie Boulakia, Paris

Private collection (acquired from the above, 2003), USA

Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 8 November 2007, lot 427

Private collection (acquired from the above)

Certificate The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Les mariés sous le baldaquin, 1978-1980 Signed ‘Marc Chagall’ (lower right and on the reverse)

Oil and gouache on canvas 59.7 x 81 cm - 23.5 x 31.9 in.

Price on request

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Marc Chagall

[ 1887-1985 ]

ProvenanceEstate of the artist

Galerie Daniel Malingue (1987), Paris

Private collection, Paris

Certificate The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work

L’ atelier fleuri à Saint-Paul, circa 1980 Stamped ‘Marc Chagall’ (lower left)

Tempera, gouache and India ink on hardboard 22 x 27.1 cm - 8.7 x 10.7 in.

Price on request

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Marc Chagall

[ 1887-1985 ]

AlbertoGiacometti

[ 1901-1966 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York

Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris

Larry Aldrich, New York

Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 30 October 1963, lot 55

Dr. A. Feingold (acquired from the above), New York

Dr. Theodore Leshner, New York

Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 8-9 December 1965, lot 112

R.W. Warren (acquired from the above)

Brook Street Gallery, London

Reiss-Cohen Gallery, New York

James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York

Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 16 May 1984, lot 414

Paul Denton (acquired from the above)

Arnold Herstand & Company, New York

Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

Estate of Elizabeth Green Romano, 2001

Private Collection

Certificate The Comité Giacometti and Mary Lisa Palmer have confirmed the authenticity of this work

Buste (tête de profil), 1947 Signed and dated ‘Alberto Giacometti 47’ (lower right)

Oil on canvas56 x 27,5 cm - 22 x 10.8 in.

Price on request

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ProvenanceGalerie Beyeler, Basel

James Goodman Gallery, New York

Private collection, Belgium

Sale: Sotheby’s, London, 24 March 1993, lot 314

Private collection, New York

Exhibited

Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Jean Dubuffet : Paysages castillans, Sites tricolores, 19 February - 16 March 1975, exh. cat. No. 42, ill.

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Jean Dubuffet : Paysages castillans, Sites tricolores, April - May 1975, exh. cat. No. 19, ill.

New York, Pace Gallery, Jean Dubuffet : Paysages castillans, Sites tricolores, 20 September - 18 October 1975, cat. No. 19, ill.

Chur, Switzerland, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Dubuffet: Werkauswahl 1945-1975, March - April 1977, cat. No. 19, ill.

Kunsthaus Zug, Jean Dubuffet: Bilder, Zeichnungen und Skulpturen aus dreissig Jahren, January - March 1983

New York, Weintraub Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: Paintings and Sculpture, April - May 1984

New York, James Goodman Gallery, Summer 1984

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Jean Dubuffet: Retrospektive, October 1985 - January 1986, cat. No. 34

Berlin, Galerie Michael Haas, Jean Dubuffet: 1901-1985, September - November 1987, cat. No. 19, ill.

Montreal, Landau Beaux Arts, Qui rassemble la foule… la captive, October - November 1988

Basel, Art 21’90 Basel, Die Internationale Kunstmesse: Kunst des 20 Jahrhunderts, June 1990, cat. No. 2, ill. p. 465

Literature

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXVIII : Roman burlesque, Sites tricolores, Les Éditions de Minuit, Paris, 1979, cat. No. 200, ill. p. 147

Promenade agreste, 1974 Signed and dated ‘J.D. 74’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated (on the reverse)

Acrylic-prepared vinyl paint on canvas

195 x 100 cm - 76.8 x 39.4 in.

Price on request

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Jean Dubuffet

[ 1901-1985 ]

ProvenanceGalerie Daniel Besseiche, Paris

Private collection (acquired from the above, 2008)

CertificateMaurice Garnier has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Clown au chapeau noir, 1961 Signed and dated ‘Bernard Buffet 1961’ (lower left)

Oil on canvas100 x 73 cm - 39.4 x 28.7 in.

Price on request

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Bernard Buffet

[ 1928-1999 ]

ProvenanceWally Findley Galleries, Inc., New York

Private collection, Florida

Certificate Ida Garnier and Jacques Gasbarian have confirmed the authenticity of this work

Le Cirque, le clown musicien, 1966 Signed and dated ‘Bernard Buffet 1966’ (center left); signed ‘Bernard Buffet’ (lower left);

numbered ‘XVII / XV / 26’ (upper left, upper right, lower right; respectively) Mixed media on paper mounted on canvas

64.2 x 49 cm - 25.3 x 19.3 in.

Price on request

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Bernard Buffet

[ 1928-1999 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Galerie Maurice Garnier, Paris

Opera Gallery

Private collection

Gallery Rienzo, New York

Private collection, New York

Certificate Maurice Garnier has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Clown au petit chapeau vert, 1989 Signed and dated ‘Bernard Buffet 1989’ (on the right)

Oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm - 39.4 x 31.9 in.

Price on request

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Bernard Buffet

[ 1928-1999 ]

ProvenanceGalerie Maurice Garnier, Paris

Private Collection

CertificateA certificate will be provided by the Galerie Maurice Garnier

Clématites et lys, 1998 Signed ‘Bernard Buffet’ (upper left) and dated ‘1998’ (upper right)

Oil and mixed media on paper 73 x 54 cm - 28.7 x 21.3 in.

Price on request

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Bernard Buffet

[ 1928-1999 ]

ProvenanceGalerie de France, Paris

Private collection (1986), Paris

ExhibitedParis, FIAC, Galerie de France, 1986

LiteratureThis artwork will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue raisonné des œuvres sur papier de Pierre Soulages

being prepared by Pierre Encrevé

Brou de noix, été 1985 Signed ‘Soulages’ (lower left)

Brou de noix on paper mounted on metal74.5 x 54 cm - 29.3 x 21.3 in.

Price on request

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Pierre Soulages

[ B. 1919 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection, Japan

Sale: The Market Auction, 21 February 2008, lot 55

Opera Gallery, Singapore

Private collection (acquired from the above)

Untitled, 1962 Signed in Japanese and dated ‘1962’ (lower right); signed, titled and dated (on the reverse)

Oil on canvas97 x 130 cm - 38.2 x 51.2 in.

Price on request

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Kazuo Shiraga

[ 1924-2008 ]

ProvenanceGalerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-le-Zoute

Private collection, Europe

LiteratureGeorges Mathieu, 50 ans de création, Édition Hervas, Paris, 2003, ill. p. 516

Orages soumis, 1988 Signed ‘G. Mathieu’ (lower left) and titled ‘Orages soumis’ (on the reverse)

Oil on canvas146 x 114 cm - 57.5 x 44.9 in.

Price on request

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Georges Mathieu

[ 1921-2012 ]

ProvenanceYayoi Gallery (1990), Tokyo

Private collection

Private collection, New York

ExhibitedTokyo, Ogawa Art Foundation, Yayoi Gallery, Sam Francis: Monotype Prints and Other Works, 9 April - 2 June 1990, No. 19, ill.

LiteraturePontus Hultén, Nancy Mozur and Garner Tullis, Monotypes of Sam Francis, Stuttgart, Germany:

Daco-Verlag, 1994, ill. pp. 252-253

Untitled, 1983 Signed ‘Sam Francis’ (on the reverse)

Unique monotype with dry pigments, inks and oils on handmade paper183 x 87 cm - 72 x 34.3 in.

Price on request

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Sam Francis

[ 1923-1994 ]

ProvenanceEstate of the artist, California

Private collection, United Kingdom

Private collection, France

ExhibitedAmsterdam, Gallery Delaive, Sam Francis: The Unknown Works from the 1990’s, 19 November - 23 December 2005,

exh. cat., ill. pp. 76-77

LiteratureWilliam C. Agee, Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990, Los Angeles: Geffen Contemporary at Museum of Contemporary Art,

7 March - 25 July 1999; exh. cat., fig. 50, ill. p. 47

Sam Francis: Remembering 1923-1994, Amsterdam: Gallery Delaive, 2004, exh. cat., ill. pp. 134 & 154

Sam Francis: Retrospective in Blue, Bratislava, Slovakia: Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, 2010, exh. cat., ill. pp. 252 & 274

CertificateThis work is registered in the Archives of the Sam Francis Estate under the No. SFF.1651

Untitled, 1991 Stamped with the Sam Francis Estate logo stamp and facsimile signature stamp

Acrylic on canvas366 x 366 cm - 144 x 144 in.

Price on request

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Sam Francis

[ 1923-1994 ]

ProvenanceGalerie Reinhard Onnasch, Berlin

Private collection, Berlin

ExhibitedMunich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Gerhard Richter, 1973

Amsterdam, Galerie Seriaal, Gerhard Richter: Rot-Blau-Gelb (GR 338), 1973

Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum; Graz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum; Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Sammlung Ulbricht, 1982-1983

LiteratureHarten, Jürgen (ed.): Gerhard Richter-Bilder/Paintings 1962-1985, with a Catalogue raisonné adapted by Dietmar Elger,

Cologne 1986, ill. p. 163

Hubertus Butin, Stefan Gronert & Thomas Olbricht, ed., Gerhard Richter, Editions 1965-2013, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, Cologne, 2013, Catalogue raisonné no. 50, ill. p. 214

Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ed.) Gerhard Richter, Catalogue raisonné 1962-1993, vol. III, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1993, ill. No. 358-363

Rot-Blau-Gelb (six works), 1973 Signed and dated ‘Richter, 73’ (on the reverse)

These six works were a part of an oil painting executed in 1973 and are numbered 71, 72, 81, 82, 91 and 92 (on top); it was divided into a hundred pieces by the artist

Oil on canvas

79.2 x 106.6 cm - 31.2 x 42 in.

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Gerhard Richter

[ B. 1932 ]

ProvenanceAnthony d’Offay Gallery, London

Private collection, USA

Literature Hubertus Butin, Stefan Gronert & Thomas Olbricht, ed., Gerhard Richter, Editions 1965-2013, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, Germany, 2014,

No. 72, p. 255

Souvenir (No. 48), 1994 Signed and numbered ‘Richter 48/64’ (on a label affixed to the reverse of the frame)

This work was a part of an oil painting executed in 1994 and formerly numbered ‘813-1’; it was divided into sixty-four pieces by the artist and sold as individually

Oil on canvas21 x 21.3 cm - 8.3 x 8.4 in.

Price on request

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Gerhard Richter

[ B. 1932 ]

ProvenanceYves Klein Archives

Private collection, France

CertificateThe Yves Klein Archives have confirmed the authenticity of this work

L’Esclave mourant d’après Michel-Ange, 1962 Inscribed ‘Yves Klein’, numbered and fingerprinted by Rotraut Klein-Moquay (on the base)

Pigment and synthetic resin on plaster in Plexiglass box, edition of 30060 x 18 x 13 cm - 23.6 x 7.1 x 5.1 in.

Price on request

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Yves Klein

[ 1928-1962 ]

ProvenanceAnnely Juda Fine Art, London

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich

Private collection, Switzerland

LiteratureThis work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence

Noir-Vert-Bleu, circa 1964-67 Signed ‘Vasarely’ (lower center); titled ‘BB - Noir - Vert - Bleu’, signed and dated ‘Vasarely, 1964-67’ (on the reverse)

Tempera on wood, mounted on a wood panel75 x 75 x 5 cm - 29.5 x 29.5 x 2 in.

Price on request

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Victor Vasarely

[ 1906-1997 ]

ProvenanceLeo Castelli Gallery, New York

Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles

Private collection, Paris

Literature Georg Frei and Neil Printz (ed.), The Andy Warhol Catalogue raisonné, Vol 02A: Paintings and Sculptures 1964-1969, No. 1154

Jackie, 1964 Signed and dated ‘Andy Warhol 64’ (on the overlap upper right)

Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen 50.8 x 40.6 cm - 20 x 16 in.

Price on request

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Andy Warhol

[ 1928-1987 ]

ProvenanceMichael Kohn Gallery, Santa Monica

Jonathan Novak, Los Angeles

Private collection

Literature Los Angeles, Michael Kohn Gallery, Warhol: Campbell’s Soup Boxes, December 1986 - January 1987, No. 148, ill. p. 31

Campbell’s Soup box: Chicken Noodle, 1986 Signed and dated ‘86’ (on the overlap)Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas

35.5 x 35.5 cm - 14 x 14 in.

Price on request

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Andy Warhol

[ 1928-1987 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Private collection, Europe

CertificateThe artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Study for bedroom painting (Daniele), 1971 Signed, dated and titled ‘Wesselmann, 1971, Study for bedroom painting (Daniele)’ (on the reverse)

Oil on canvas20.4 x 30.5 cm - 8 x 12 in.

Price on request

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Tom Wesselmann

[ 1931-2004 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Private collection, New York

CertificateThe artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Study for Unicef bouquet, 1977 Signed, dated and titled ‘Wesselmann, 1977, Study for Unicef bouquet’ (on the reverse)

Pencil and liquitex on cardboard 32 x 28 cm - 13 x 11 in.

Price on request

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Tom Wesselmann

[ 1931-2004 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection, New York

CertificateThe Estate of Keith Haring has confirmed the authenticity of this work under the identification No. 050499A1

Untitled, 1 March 1983 Signed ‘K. Haring’, dated ‘March 1 - 83’ and inscribed ‘Tokyo’ (on the reverse)

Ink on blue paper39 x 52.7 cm - 15.3 x 20.7 in.

Price on request

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Keith Haring

[ 1958-1990 ]

ProvenanceLeft Panel:

Artist’s Studio

Bill T. Jones

Private collection, New York

Private collection, Rotterdam

Private collection, New York

Galleria Seno, Milan

Private collection, Italy

Private collection, New York

Right Panel:

Artist’s Studio

Bill T. Jones

Private collection, New York

Private collection, Switzerland

Private collection, New York

Private collection, New York

ExhibitedNew York, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Secret Pastures, Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company, November, 1984

LiteratureRivoli, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’ Arte Contemporanea, Keith Haring, exhibition catalogue, February - April 1994, ill. p. 239

Untitled, 1984 Acrylic on linen on canvas, composition of two panels

Diptych 226.1 x 228.6 cm - 89 x 90 in. (overall)

Price on request

78

Keith Haring

[ 1958-1990 ]

ProvenanceTony Shafrazi Gallery, New York

Private collection (1988), New York

Private Collection, New York

ExhibitedDüsseldorf, Galerie Hans Mayer, Keith Haring: Paintings and Sculptures, August - October 1988

New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Keith Haring, December 1988 - January 1989

LiteratureSan Francisco de Young Museum, Keith Haring: The Political Line, exhibition catalogue, November 2014 - Febuary 2015

CertificateThe Estate of Keith Haring has confirmed the authenticity of this work under the indentification No. 062195A6

Untitled, 24 May 1988 Signed and dated ‘May 24, 1988 NYC’ (on the reverse)

Acrylic on canvas243.8 x 243.8 cm - 96 x 96 in.

Price on request

80

Keith Haring

[ 1958-1990 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection, Japan

Certificate The Yayoi Kusama Studio has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Flower Rain, 1980 Signed and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama 1980’ (upper left)

Enamel, ink on paperboard 27.2 x 24.2 cm - 10.7 x 9.5 in.

Price on request

82

Yayoi Kusama

[ B. 1929 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection, Japan

Certificate The Yayoi Kusama Studio has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Morning Sun at the Ganges, 1987 Acrylic on canvas

41 x 31.8 cm - 16.1 x 12.5 in.

Price on request

84

Yayoi Kusama

[ B. 1929 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Private collection

CertificateThe Yayoi Kusama Studio has confirmed the authenticity of this work

The Nebula, 1990 Acrylic on canvas

91 x 72.7 cm - 35.8 x 28.6 in.

Price on request

86

Yayoi Kusama

[ B. 1929 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection, Asia

LiteratureYayoi Kusama, Eternity-Modernity, 2005, ill. p. 128

The Tale of the Universe, 1993 Signed in Chinese, inscribed and dated ‘The Tale of the Universe, Yayoi Kusama, 1993’ (on the reverse)

Acrylic on canvas278 x 248 cm - 109.4 x 97.6 in.

Price on request

88

Yayoi Kusama

[ B. 1929 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection, Asia

LiteratureYayoi Kusama, Eternity-Modernity, 2005, ill. p. 129

The Cosmos at Dawn, 1993 Signed in Chinese, inscribed and dated ‘The Cosmos at Dawn, Yayoi Kusama, 1993’ (on the reverse)

Acrylic on canvas 278 x 248 cm - 109.4 x 97.6 in.

Price on request

90

Yayoi Kusama

[ B. 1929 ]

ProvenanceOta Fine Art, Tokyo

Gallery Hyundai, Seoul

Private Collection

Infinity Nets OQRWHN, 2008 Acrylic on canvas

194 x 194 cm - 76.4 x 76.4 in.

Price on request

92

Yayoi Kusama

[ B. 1929 ]

ProvenanceVictoria Miro Gallery, London

Private collection, Belgium

Certificate

The Yayoi Kusama Studio has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Reach Up to Heaven, Dotted Pumpkin, 2012 Urethane paint on aluminium

200 x 150 x 150 cm - 78.7 x 59.1 x 59.1 in.

Price on request

94

Yayoi Kusama

[ B. 1929 ]

ProvenanceGaleria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid

Galerie Sismann, Paris

Private collection

CertificateThe artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Niña de rojo, 1982 Signed and dated ‘Botero 82’ (lower right)

Oil on canvas 35 x 33 cm - 13.8 x 13 in.

Price on request

96

Fernando Botero

[ B. 1932 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection

CertificateThe artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work

The Bird, 2006 Signed and numbered (on the base)

Bronze, edition of 650 x 18 x 22 cm - 19.7 x 7.1 x 8.7 in.

Price on request

98

Fernando Botero

[ B. 1932 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Private collection, USA

CertificateThe artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Ballerina, 2013 Signed ‘Botero’ and stamped by the caster ‘DP Fonderia’ (on the base)

Bronze, edition of 660 x 35 x 25.5 cm – 23.6 x 13.8 x 10 in.

Price on request

100

Fernando Botero

[ B. 1932 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection

Exhibited Bilbao, Guggenheim, Manolo Valdés: Painting and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, 2002, p. 36

Untitled, 1999 Signed and dated ‘NY 99’ (on the reverse) Oil, thread and burlap collage on burlap

199.2 x 131 cm - 78.4 x 51.6 in.

Price on request

102

Manolo Valdés

[ B. 1942 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

CertificateThe artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Reina Mariana, 2006 Bronze, edition of 8

111.7 x 76.2 x 50.8 cm - 44 x 30 x 20 in.

Price on request

104

Manolo Valdés

[ B. 1942 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Galerie Forsblom, Finland

Private collection

CertificateThe artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Fiori, 2015 Bronze, unique piece

124 x 180 x 71 cm - 48.8 x 70.9 x 28 in.

Price on request

106

Manolo Valdés

[ B. 1942 ]

AnishKapoor

[ B. 1954 ]

ProvenanceArtist‘s studio

Lisson Gallery, London

Private collection, London

Untitled, 2013Signed and dated (on the reverse)

Fiberglass and paintD: 90 cm - 35.4 in.

Price on request

108

ProvenanceGalerie Ferdinand van Dieten, d’Eendt, Amsterdam

Private collection

A Girl, 1991 Signed (on the reverse)

Oil, chalk and watercolour on canvas80 x 43.5 cm - 31.5 x 17.1 in.

Price on request

110

Yoshitomo Nara

[ B. 1959 ]

ProvenancePrivate collection, Japan

Literature Bijutsu Shuppan Sha, Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works, vol. I: Paintings, Sculptures, Photographs 1984-2010, Tokyo, Japan,

2011, ill. p. 82

CertificateYoshitomo Nara’s Studio, Rabbit Hills Co., Ltd. has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Submarines in Girl, 1992 Signed, dated ‘Yoshitomo Nara, 94’ and titled ‘Submarines in Girl’ (on the reverse)

Acrylic on canvas100 x 150 cm - 39.4 x 59.1 in.

Price on request

112

Yoshitomo Nara

[ B. 1959 ]

MonumentalSculptures

Nikide Saint Phalle

[ 1930-2002 ]

ProvenanceAlexander Iolas, Athens

Private collection

ExhibitedParis, Centre Georges Pompidou, Niki de Saint Phalle, Rétrospective 1954 - 1980, 1981, ill. pp. 1 & 69

Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Niki de Saint Phalle, Rétrospective 1954 - 1980, 1981, ill. pp. 68-69

Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Niki de Saint Phalle : l’Invitation au Musée, 1993, ill. pp. 90-91

Angers, Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, Niki de Saint Phalle, des assemblages aux oeuvres monumentales, 2004, ill. p. 80.

Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Woman, Metamorphosis of modernity, 2004 - 2005

La machine à rêver, 1970 Fiberglass and polyester painted, unique piece

280 x 346 x 120 cm - 110.2 x 136.2 x 47.2 in.

Price on request

116

RobertIndiana

[ B. 1928 ]

ProvenanceMorgan Art Foundation

Private collection

Love (Gold faces - Red sides), 1966 - 2002 Polychrome aluminium, edition of 6 + 4 AP

182.9 x 182.9 cm - 72 x 72 in.

Price on request

118

RobertIndiana

[ B. 1928 ]

ProvenanceMorgan Art Foundation

Private collection

ExhibitedNew York, Park Avenue, Art in the Parks: Robert Indiana: One Through Zero, February - May 2003

Seven, 1980 - 2001 Polychrome aluminium, edition of 6 + 2 AP

198.1 x 182.9 x 91.4 cm - 78 x 72 x 36 in.

Price on request

120

ManoloValdés

[ B. 1942 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

CertificateThe artist has confirmed the authenticity of this work

Blue Butterflies, 2016 Bronze and resin, unique piece

390 x 560 x 345 cm - 153.5 x 220.5 x 135.8 in.

Price on request

122

RichardMacDonald

[ B. 1946 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Flutist, 2007 Bronze, edition of 8

244 x 122 x 91 cm - 96.1 x 48 x 35.8 in.

Price on request

124

RichardTexier

[ B. 1955 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Mundo Rhino, 2008 Bronze, edition of 8

219 x 225 x 121 cm - 86.2 x 88.6 x 47.6 in.

Price on request

126

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Angel Bear II, 2008 Bronze, edition of 8

293 x 178 x 176 cm - 115.3 x 70.1 x 69.3 in.

Price on request

128

RichardTexier

[ B. 1955 ]

DashiNamdakov

[ B. 1967 ]

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

ExhibitedMoscow, The New Manezh, 2009

Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage, 2010

London, Halcyon Gallery, A Nomad’s Universe, 16 May - 14 July 2012

Moscow, State Historical Museum, 2014

Florence, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, 2015

LiteratureA Nomad’s Universe, London, 2012, pp. 111-113

The Nomad: Between Heaven and Earth, State Historical Museum, Moscow, 2014, pp. 277 - 278

Transformation, Florence, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, 2015, p. 34

Certificate A certificate will be provided by the Dashi Namdakov Art Studio

Centaur with a Stone, 2009 Stamped by the artist

Bronze, casted and patinated, edition of 7 + 4 AP270 x 250 x 90 cm - 106.2 x 98.4 x 35.4 in.

Price on request

130

ProvenanceArtist’s studio

Certificate A certificate will be provided by the Dashi Namdakov Art Studio

Elk, 2012 Stamped by the artist and the caster

Bronze, casted and patinated, edition of 3350 x 487 x 381 cm - 137.8 x 191.7 x 150 in.

Price on request

132

DashiNamdakov

[ B. 1967 ]

Index

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Master works

Claude Monet6 Val de falaise, 1885

8 Hiver à Giverny, 1886

Pierre-Auguste Renoir10 Deux filles dans un pré (Deux femmes dans l’herbe), circa 1910

Pierre Bonnard12 Dans la rue, deux figures, circa 1906

Maurice de Vlaminck14 Paysage de Neige, circa 1936-37

Raoul Dufy16 Paysage au puits, circa 1908-10

18 Bateaux et barques aux Martigues, 1907

20 Paysage de Langres, 1933

Kees Van Dongen22 Ève Francis, circa 1919

Pablo Picasso24 Deux nus, 14-20 July 1962

26 Le Peintre et son modèle, 4 May 1963

Amedeo Modigliani28 Tête de Cariatide

Joan Miró30 Les essències de la terra, 1968

Marc Chagall32 Vue de Paris, 1978

34 Les mariés sous le baldaquin, 1978-1980

36 L’atelier fleuri à Saint-Paul, circa 1980

Alberto Giacometti38 Buste (tête de profil), 1947

Jean Dubuffet40 Promenade agreste, 1974

Bernard Buffet42 Clown au chapeau noir, 1961

44 Le Cirque, le clown musicien, 1966

46 Clown au petit chapeau vert, 1989

48 Clématites et lys, 1998

Pierre Soulages50 Brou de noix, été 1985

Kazuo Shiraga

52 Untitled, 1962

Georges Mathieu54 Orages soumis, 1988

Sam Francis56 Untitled, 1983

58 Untitled, 1991

Gerhard Richter 60 Rot-Blau-Gelb (six works), 1973

62 Souvenir (No. 48), 1994

Yves Klein64 L’Esclave mourant d’après Michel-Ange, 1962

Victor Vasarely66 Noir-Vert-Bleu, circa 1964-67

Andy Warhol 68 Jackie, 1964

70 Campbell’s Soup box: Chicken Noodle, 1986

Tom Wesselmann72 Study for bedroom painting (Daniele), 1971

74 Study for Unicef bouquet, 1977

Keith Haring76 Untitled, 1 March 1983

78 Untitled, 1984

80 Untitled, 24 May 1988

Yayoi Kusama82 Flower Rain, 1980

84 Morning Sun at the Ganges, 1987

86 The Nebula, 1990

88 The Tale of the Universe, 1993

90 The Cosmos at Dawn, 1993

92 Infinity Nets OQRwHN, 2008

94 Reach Up to Heaven, Dotted Pumpkin, 2012

Fernando Botero96 Niña de rojo, 1982

98 The Bird, 2006

100 Ballerina, 2013

Manolo Valdés102 Untitled, 1999

104 Reina Mariana, 2006

106 Fiori, 2015

Anish Kapoor108 Untitled, 2013

Yoshitomo Nara110 A Girl, 1991

112 Submarines in Girl, 1992

Monumental Sculptures

Niki de Saint Phalle116 La machine à rêver, 1970

Robert Indiana118 Love (Gold faces - Red sides), 1966 - 2002

120 Seven, 1980 - 2001

Manolo Valdés122 Blue Butterflies, 2016

Richard MacDonald124 Flutist, 2007

Richard Texier126 Mundo Rhino, 2008

128 Angel Bear II, 2008

Dashi Namdakov130 Centaur with a Stone, 2009

132 Elk, 2012

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