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MODERNISM 1880-1960: Editions & Works on Paper

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    • 101 Lots

    No Reserve
    1
    Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot; Eugène Delacroix; and Charles-François Daubigny
    Le Songeur (The Dreamer); Tigre en arrêt (Tiger at a Standstill); and Vaches à l'abreuvoir (Cows at a Watering Trough) (D. 43, 131 & 146, M. 43, 131 & 146)
    $1,000 - $1,500
    $318
    2
    Paul Gauguin
    Les Laveuses, from La Suite Volpini (The Washer Women, from the Volpini Suite) (G. 6, M./K./J. 10)
    $8,000 - $12,000
    No Reserve
    3
    Paul Gauguin
    Mahna No Varua Ino, from Noa Noa (The Devil Speaks, from Fragrant Scent) (G. 34, M./K./J. 19)
    $1,000 - $2,000
    $762
    4
    James Abbott McNeill Whistler
    Draped Figure, Standing (W. 155, L. 54, S. 46)
    $2,500 - $3,500
    5
    Pierre-Auguste Renoir
    Enfants jouant à la balle (Children Playing Ball) (D. & S. 32, R.-M. 7)
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $15,240
    6
    Pierre-Auguste Renoir
    Les Baigneuses (Le Jugement de Pâris) (The Bathers (The Judgement of Paris)) (D. & S. 51, R.-M. 27)
    $2,500 - $3,500
    7
    Georges Braque
    Composition (Nature Morte I) (Composition (Still Life I)) (V. 8)
    $9,000 - $12,000
    $9,525
    8
    Pablo Picasso
    L'Homme au chien (Man with Dog) (Bl. 28, Ba. 39)
    $18,000 - $25,000
    $24,130
    9
    Juan Gris
    Rideau, from Mouchoir de Nuages (Curtain, from Handkerchief of Clouds)
    $7,000 - $9,000
    $10,160
    10
    Giorgio Morandi
    Il ponte sul Savena a Bologna (The Bridge Over the Savena in Bologna) (V. 1, C. 1)
    $7,000 - $10,000
    $12,700
    11
    Edward Hopper
    Railroad Crossing (L. 103, Z. 23)
    $60,000 - $80,000
    12
    Juliette Nichols
    [Beach with Utility Pole]
    $3,000 - $5,000
    $3,048

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    13
    Juliette Nichols (Attributed to)
    [Houses on the Waterfront, Day and Night]
    $2,500 - $3,500
    $2,540
    14
    Juliette Nichols (Attributed to)
    [Sailboats on the Water]
    $3,000 - $5,000
    $3,048
    15
    Juliette Nichols
    [Portrait with Sails and Two Fishermen]
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $1,270
    16
    Juliette Nichols
    [Two Women with Umbrellas and Figures in Boats]
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $4,826
    17
    Juliette Nichols
    [Woman and Child by the Water]
    $2,500 - $3,500
    $6,985
    18
    Juliette Nichols (Attributed to)
    [Two Swimmers]
    $1,000 - $2,000
    $2,794
    19
    Juliette Nichols
    [Group of Figures]
    $2,000 - $3,000
    $2,032
    20
    Juliette Nichols (Attributed to)
    [Figure Laying Under Trees]
    $1,000 - $2,000
    $1,270
    21
    Juliette Nichols
    [Red and Green Poppy]
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $2,794
    22
    Juliette Nichols
    [Green and Purple Poppy]
    $2,000 - $3,000
    $4,826
    23
    Juliette Nichols
    [Seated Woman Reading with Bouquet]
    $2,500 - $3,500
    $6,096
    24
    Juliette Nichols
    [Woman and Child at Garden Fence]
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $7,620

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    25
    Juliette Nichols
    [Au Bal (At the Ball)]
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $2,286
    26
    Juliette Nichols
    [Skating]
    $2,500 - $3,500
    $5,334
    27
    Juliette Nichols
    [Winter in Provincetown]
    $2,000 - $3,000
    $3,556
    28
    Juliette Nichols
    [Woman with Beaded Necklace]
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $4,064
    29
    Henri Matisse
    Le repos du modèle (The Model Rests) (D. 416)
    $3,500 - $4,500
    $4,826
    30
    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
    Melancholie. - Nackte Frau. - Selbstbildnis mit Erna (Melancholy. - Naked Woman. - Self-Portrait with Erna) (S. H465, D. H480, G. 1288/I.a (Bd. V))
    $30,000 - $50,000
    31
    Diego Rivera
    Desnudo sentado con brazos levantados (Frida Kahlo) (Seated Nude with Raised Arms, Frida Kahlo) (G. 893)
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $8,890
    32
    M.C. Escher
    Other World (B. 348)
    $15,000 - $20,000
    $21,590
    33
    Paul Klee
    Elefantengruppe (Group of Elephants)
    $20,000 - $30,000
    $29,210
    34
    El Lissitzky
    Ansager, plate 2 from Die Plastische Gestaltung der Elektro-Mechanischen Schau 'Sieg über die Sonne' (Announcer, plate 2 from The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show 'Victory over the Sun') (G. 56, E. 62)
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $15,240
    35
    After Joan Miró
    Femme, lune, étoile (Woman, Moon, Star) (Ma. 1726)
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $5,080
    36
    After Henri Matisse
    Petit intérieur bleu (Small Blue Interior) (D. app. IV)
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $7,620
    37
    Marc Chagall
    Then the boy displayed to the dervish his bosom, saying: 'Look at my breasts which be goodlier than the breasts of maidens and my lipdews are sweeter than sugar candy'...: plate 1, from Four Tales from the Arabian Nights (M. 36, see C. bks 18)
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $15,240
    38
    Marc Chagall
    Now the King loved science and geometry and one festival day as he sat on his kingly throne there came in to him three wise men...: plate 10, from Four Tales from the Arabian Nights (M. 45, see C. bks 18)
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $13,970
    39
    Pablo Picasso
    Françoise (Bl. 398, M. 42)
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $53,340
    40
    Pablo Picasso
    Françoise sur fond gris (Francoise on Grey Background) (Bl. 681, M. 195)
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $33,020
    41
    Pablo Picasso
    Femme du barbu (Bearded Man's Wife) (A.R. 193)
    $30,000 - $50,000
    42
    Pablo Picasso
    Jacqueline au chapeau de paille (Jacqueline with the Straw Hat) (Bl. 1073, Ba. 1281)
    $50,000 - $70,000
    $76,200
    43
    Pablo Picasso
    Femme au chapeau de paille bleue (Woman in a Blue Straw Hat) (not in Bl., Ba. 1282)
    $12,000 - $18,000
    44
    Joan Miró
    Série I: plate 4 (D. 78)
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $6,985
    45
    Joan Miró
    L'Indifférent (The Indifferent) (M. 211)
    $2,500 - $3,500
    $3,556
    46
    Yves Klein
    Timbre Bleu
    $6,000 - $9,000
    $13,970
    49
    Pablo Picasso
    Toros en Vallauris (Bulls in Vallauris) (Bl. 1276, Ba. 1045)
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $6,350
    50
    Pablo Picasso
    Picador (Bullfighter) (A.R. 227)
    $2,000 - $4,000
    $2,794
    51
    Pablo Picasso
    Toros (Bulls) (A.R. 161)
    $2,000 - $3,000
    $2,286
    52
    Pablo Picasso
    Oiseau sur la branche (Bird on a Branch) (A.R. 175)
    $2,000 - $3,000
    $2,032
    53
    Pablo Picasso
    Oiseau au ver (Bird with Worm) (A.R. 172)
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $2,286
    54
    Pablo Picasso
    La petite corrida (The Little Bullfight) (see Bl. 839, see M. 302)
    $500 - $1,000
    $1,397
    55
    Pablo Picasso
    Portrait de famille II (Family Portrait II) (Bl. 1030, M. 384)
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $6,985
    56
    Salvador Dalí
    La Divine comédie (The Divine Comedy) (M. & L. 1039-1138 h)
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $20,320
    57
    Georges Braque
    Si je mourais là-bas (If I Died There) (V. 181)
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $3,810
    58
    Georges Braque
    L'Ordre des oiseaux (The Order of Birds): one plate (see V. 182)
    $1,000 - $2,000
    $1,651
    59
    Marcel Duchamp
    Pulled at Four Pins (S. 609)
    $2,000 - $3,000
    $1,905
    60
    Various Artists
    Surrealism Between the Two Wars, from The Forerunners of the Avant Garde (Volume II), from International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving
    $20,000 - $30,000
    61
    Sonia Delaunay
    Poésie de mots, poésie de couleurs (The Poetry of Words, The Poetry of Colors)
    $15,000 - $20,000
    $27,940
    62
    Esteban Vicente
    Untitled (E.V. #5); and Untitled (E.V. #6)
    $1,000 - $2,000
    $2,286
    63
    Joan Miró
    Album 19: plate 9 (M. 320, see C. bks 70)
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $2,540
    64
    Joan Miró
    Obscur laurier (Dark Laurel) (D. 305, C. bks 75)
    $1,000 - $2,000
    $2,540
    65
    Joan Miró
    Carte de voeux de Joan and Pilar Miró (Greeting Card from Joan and Pilar Miró) (M. 458b)
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $3,302
    66
    After Pablo Picasso
    Bethsabée (Bathsheba)
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $11,430
    67
    Salvador Dalí
    The Song of Songs of King Solomon (M. & L. 468-479)
    $15,000 - $25,000
    $19,050
    68
    Salvador Dalí
    L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist) (see M. & L. 581)
    $6,000 - $9,000
    $30,480
    69
    After Marc Chagall
    Sirène au Poète, from Nice et la Côte d'Azur (Mermaid to the Poet, from Nice and the Cote d'Azur) (M. C.S. 27)
    $6,000 - $9,000
    $10,160
    70
    Marc Chagall
    Sur la terre des Dieux (In the Land of the Gods) (M. 529-540, C. bks 72)
    $80,000 - $120,000
    $101,600
    71
    Marc Chagall
    Poèmes (Poems) (C. bks 74)
    $15,000 - $25,000
    72
    Pablo Picasso
    Visage cubiste (Cubist Face) (A.R. 566)
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $3,048
    73
    After Pablo Picasso
    Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits): one plate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    $2,540
    74
    Joan Miró
    Horse-Ride - Blue Brown (M. 605)
    $3,000 - $5,000
    $5,080
    No Reserve
    75
    Alexander Calder
    Spirale multicolore (Muli-Colored Spiral)
    $3,000 - $5,000
    $6,985
    76
    Alexander Calder
    Os et serpent (Bone and Snake)
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $1,905
    77
    Pierre Soulages
    Eau-forte II (Etching II) (E. 2, R. II)
    $12,000 - $18,000
    78
    Joan Miró
    Les essencies de la terra (The Essences of the Earth) (M. 625)
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $2,286
    79
    Joan Miró
    Joan Miró und Katalonien (Joan Miró and Catalonia) (M. 667, see C. bks 131)
    $800 - $1,200
    $2,413
    80
    Joan Miró
    Le Lézard aux plumes d'or (The Lizard with Golden Feathers) (M. 789-828, C. bks 148)
    $50,000 - $70,000
    $63,500
    81
    Joan Miró
    La Japonaise (Japanese Woman) (M. 829)
    $3,000 - $5,000
    $6,985
    82
    Man Ray
    Aerograph (A. 93)
    $3,000 - $5,000
    $4,445
    No Reserve
    83
    Max Ernst
    Aus dem Tagebuch eines 1000-jährigen Astronauten: er überwacht die Vollendung eines verschnörkelten Weltraums (From the Diary of a 1,000-year-old Astronaut: He Oversees the Completion of an Ornate Space)
    $1,000 - $1,500
    $2,413
    No Reserve
    84
    Meret Oppenheim
    Nachthimmel mit Achaten (Night Sky with Agates) (C. U178)
    $400 - $600
    $953
    85
    Dame Barbara Hepworth
    Moonplay
    $1,000 - $1,500
    $2,794
    86
    Henry Moore
    Bone Forms (H.M.F. 82(119), G. 82.115)
    $6,000 - $9,000
    $3,810
    87
    Henry Moore
    Ideas for Sculpture in Landscape (C. 104)
    $600 - $900
    $3,556
    88
    Jean Dubuffet
    Epiphanor, from Présences fugaces (Epiphanor, from Fleeting Presences) (W. 1163)
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $5,715
    89
    Jean Dubuffet
    Parade nuptiale, from Cahier de l'Herne (Courtship, from Herne Notebook) (W. 1099)
    $1,800 - $2,500
    $4,445
    90
    Joan Miró
    Appelant écartelé (Quartered Decoy) (D. 572)
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $6,985
    91
    Joan Miró
    Joan Miró Lithographe I: one plate (M. 865, see C. 160)
    $3,000 - $5,000
    $4,445
    92
    Joan Miró
    Picasso i els Reventos (Picasso and the Dreams): one plate (D. 588, see C. bks 176)
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $5,334
    93
    Joan Miró
    Le Courtisan grotesque (The Grotesque Courtier): one plate (D. 662, see C. bks 182)
    $2,000 - $3,000
    $2,794
    94
    Joan Miró
    L'Enfance d'Ubu (Ubu's Childhood): 10 plates (M. 998-9; 1006; 1014; 1019-20, see C. 204)
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $15,240
    95
    Joan Miró
    Homentage à Joan Prats (Tribute to Joan Prats): one plate (M. 1033, C. bks. 208)
    $1,500 - $2,500
    $1,905
    96
    Joan Miró
    Homentage à Joan Prats (Tribute to Joan Prats): one plate (M. 1034, see C. bks 208)
    $2,500 - $3,500
    $3,175
    97
    Marc Chagall
    Theoklymenos, plate 14 from Homère: L'Odyssée II (Theoklymenos, plate 14 from Homer's: Odyssey II) (M. 816, see C. bks 96)
    $2,000 - $3,000
    $4,445
    98
    Marc Chagall
    Vision de Moïse (Vision of Moses) (M. 702)
    $3,500 - $4,500
    99
    Salvador Dalí
    Knights of the Round Table: five plates (M. & L. 1504-1505; 1508-1510)
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $4,064
    100
    Joan Miró
    Hommage à Masson (Tribute to Masson) (M. 1111)
    $5,000 - $7,000
    $6,350
    101
    Joan Miró
    Centre d'études Catalanes (Center for Catalan Studies) (M. 1152)
    $2,000 - $3,000
    $2,413
    102
    Marc Chagall
    L'Atelier de nuit (The Night Workshop) (M. 961)
    $4,000 - $6,000
    $5,334
    103
    Marc Chagall
    Cheval bleu au couple (Blue Horse with Couple) (M. 993)
    $2,000 - $4,000
    $4,826