“I think a good dealer is also a collector.”
—Rosa EsmanRosa and Aaron Esman assembled an outstanding collection of Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary art over the course of their seventy-year marriage. The collection’s highlights mirror that of Rosa’s career as a gallerist and print publisher (which Aaron, a psychoanalyst, strongly supported), with interests in Modernism, Dada, Russian Constructivism, and American Pop Art taking center stage. Rosa got her start publishing artists’ print portfolios in the 1960s, including the New York Ten Portfolio, 1965, and Ten for Leo Castelli, 1967, which featured works by rising contemporary artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg, and helped pioneer the field of artist’s editions and multiples. Her eponymous gallery exhibited in Manhattan for over twenty years, and she was a founding partner of Ubu Gallery, which is still in operation today.
When asked about her wide artistic tastes in 2009, Rosa emphasized her love of drawing, “the quintessential bit of the art,” which can be seen across the collection, regardless of genre.
The pair bonded over gallery visits when dating in the early 1950s. While Aaron already had begun collecting by then, the first work they purchased together was a drawing by Miró, early in their marriage. Rosa recalled: ‘sometimes we look at something, and I say, “Oh, isn’t that marvelous?”’ and Aaron would respond, ‘It’s for us.’
Founded on lifelong love, the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman gives a unique vision of the art movements of the 20th century that shaped New York’s art scene.
Rosa Esman (Left) and Aaron Esman (Center) with Arman (Right) 文學
Jane Otmezguine and Marc Moreau 244
Catalogue Essay
Including: Brushing Aside; At the Point of the Knife; Sharp Art; and Squeezing the Tube
The accumulations are spontaneous castings in polyester resin. Small imperfections are a necessary by-product of the artist's expression.
Rosa及Aaron Esman伉儷收藏
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《顏料盒 (O. & M. 244)》
1970年作
全套兩件用聚酯樹脂鑄造的藝術家材料組成的作品，配有一個支架，兩幅有機玻璃絲網印刷，一幅膠版印刷Rives BFK紙本，一幅直刻版畫Arches紙本（全紙本，全包邊）缺少架上兩個較小堆積物
紙本：15 3/8 x 19 1/8 英吋 (39.1 x 48.6 公分)
盒子：16 1/8 x 21 x 3 1/4 英吋 (41 x 53.3 x 8.3 公分)
款識：簽名、AP 1/10（樹脂上的堆積和印花、石版畫、直刻版畫）
鈴印：紐約Abrams Original Editions畫廊
尚有125版，由紐約Abrams Original Editions畫廊出版，此為藝術家試作版。
估價
$2,000 - 4,000
成交價$4,445
Editions@phillips.com
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限量版畫及紙本作品
紐約拍賣 2023年4月18至20日
