Phillips Announces Highlights from the
Evening & Day Editions Auctions in London
Works by Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, Sigmar Polke, Roy
Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol to Lead the Sale
LONDON – 7 AUGUST
2019 – Phillips is pleased to announce highlights from the Evening & Day
Editions auctions in London. Comprised of 250 works, a rich selection of
editions by Modern, Contemporary, Pop and British artists will be on offer. The
Day Sale [lots 60-250] will be held on 12 September at 2pm with the Evening Sale
[lots 1-59] following at 6:30pm on the same day.
Among the Modern
highlights is an exceptional group of portraits by Pablo Picasso, led by two
important, and rare to auction, linocuts of his second wife, Jacqueline Roque: Portrait de
Jacqueline au chapeau de paille multicolore and
Portrait de Jacqueline au cheveux lisses, both 1962. Created whilst in his 80s in the South of France, these works
demonstrate Picasso’s adroitness with the linocut process and his impressive
ability to master a variety of printmaking techniques throughout his life. Two
further examples demonstrate this variety: a 1934 etching from the Vollard Suite, inspired by Picasso’s
earlier lover and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter (Quatre femmes nues et tête sculptée), and an intimate lithograph portrait of a third muse and
paramour, Françoise Gilot (Jeune femme au corsage à triangles, 1947).
From
one master of innovation to another, the sale also presents an impressive
variety of works by David Hockney including etchings, lithographs, iPad and
computer drawings, photo-collages, and photocopier prints. Included in the
Evening sale is a charming double-portrait by Hockney of himself in imaginary
conversation with Picasso, entitled Artist
and Model, 1973-74, in homage to Picasso’s often depicted scene.
Another
work created in homage is Louise Bourgeois’ Sainte
Sébastienne, 1992, which reimagines the familiar art historical trope of
the bound and shot with arrows martyred male saint in monumental feminine form.
Unique
works by European artists lead the Contemporary section including Quattro Colori, 2008, a lacquered wooden
multiple in four unique colours by Gerhard Richter; Untitled [Mönchengladbach 1983], 1983, a lithograph with extensive
unique additions in acrylic paint and varnish by Sigmar Polke; and Nove Quadrati, 1979, a set of nine unique
watercolours on handmade paper by Alighiero Boetti. Contemporary British
artists are represented by Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Julian Opie, Grayson
Perry and Bridget Riley ahead of her October 2019 retrospective at the Hayward
Gallery, London.
American
Pop is exemplified by two screenprints of Andy Warhol’s most iconic sitter,
Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn, 1967), which
are accompanied by Roy Lichtenstein’s Reflections
on Girl, from Reflections Series,
1990, and two Keith Haring Pop Shop Quads. On offer in their footsteps are
two Contemporary American artists creating relief prints: Jonas Wood’s set of
Mixografía® Three Clippings, and Nina
Chanel Abney’s Two Years and Counting,
both from 2018.
The
auction will be on view to the public from 5 to
12 September. In addition, highlights
from the upcoming selling exhibition Andy Warhol’s Lenin,
works from the Archive of Galerie Klüser, will be shown alongside the auction
viewing. Comprised of eight editions and one work on paper, Andy Warhol’s Lenin will go on full view to the public from 26
September to 4 October.
Rebecca Tooby-Desmond, Head of Sale for Editions, said,
“Following the success of our June single-owner collection auctioning Property
from the Archives of Edition Schellmann, which far exceeded its pre-sale high
estimate, we are excited to present our London Editions auctions in September
for the first time. This selection celebrates innovation in edition-making
across the Modern and Contemporary categories and offers exciting opportunities
to grow or start a collection with works by blue-chip and emerging artists side
by side.”
Auction: Thursday,
12 September, 2pm and 6:30pm
Auction viewing: 5-12 September
Location: 30
Berkeley Square, London
Click
here
for more information.
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