NEW YORK, NY.- On November 13,
Christies presents the Impressionist & Modern Art Works on Paper and Day Sale, which includes works from prestigious private collections including Property from the Collection of Dr. Herbert Kayden and Dr. Gabrielle Reem, The Arthur and Anita Kahn Collection, and The Maurice and Muriel Fulton Collection. In addition, Christies Digital Sales will offer Picasso Ceramics, which runs from 317 November, a wide-ranging selection of 85 works, with estimates ranging from $800 to $80,000.
IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART WORKS ON PAPER
Led by the superb collection of late Pablo Picasso drawings from the Arthur and Anita Kahn collection, the Impressionist & Modern Art Works on Paper sale features outstanding examples of the artist's work - from an early Rose period study of 1905 to a Musketeer from 1971, nearly every phase of the artist's career is represented.
The sale also includes Impressionist works of exceptional quality by Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne and Edgar Degas, and a highly worked early drawing by Vincent van Gogh. There is an extraordinary selection of Surrealism as well, including works by Salvador Dalí, Francis Picabia, Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, and Kay Sage.
Claude Monet (1840-1926) Soleil levant pastel on paper 10 ¼ x 13 ¾ in. (25.8 x 35 cm.) Estimate: $180,000-250,000
Monet pastels independent and complete works, not studies for paintings
Fresh to the market, having been in the same family since the 1930s
Formerly owned by Aurélien Lugné-Poe, a French actor who was roommates with the great Nabis painters Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard
Richly worked surface, with layers of vibrant colors built up on the sheet to depict the symphony of colors in the sky at sunrise
THE ARTHUR AND ANITA KAHN COLLECTION: A NEW YORK STORY
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Le bain turc pencil on paper 19 x 23 5/8 in. (48.3 x 59.7 cm.) Drawn on 16 February 1968 Estimate: $150,000-250,000
Fresh to the market, purchased in 1968, the same year as its execution, by Arthur and Anita Kahn, whose remarkable collection of postwar American art and Picasso drawings is a cornerstone of the November sale season
Inspired by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Le bain turc at the Louvre, demonstrating Picasso's love and admiration of the 19th century master
IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART DAY SALE
The sale is particularly focused on Twentieth Century sculpture, including a comprehensive selection of bronzes and a work in marble by Henry Moore, a group of bronzes and a magnificent ebony sculpture by Jacques Lipchitz, and numerous extraordinary works by leading sculptors of the period, such as Alexander Archipenko, Jean (Hans) Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Julio González, Barbara Hepworth, Georg Kolbe, Aristide Maillol, Marino Marini and Ossip Zadkine.
Further highlights include an early oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a Dutch farmhouse at sunset, an intricate cubist composition by Jean Metzinger painted in 1914, and two extraordinary canvases by modernist Fernand Léger.
THE MAURICE & MURIEL FULTON COLLECTION
Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) Moulin à café, verre à pied et boîte de thé oil on canvas 28 ¾ x 23 ½ in. (73 x 59.7 cm.) Painted circa 1914 Estimate: $600,000-900,000
Exceptionally bold color palette and use of texture in the paint layer
This large and very rare 1914 composition has been off the market for almost 40 years
Formerly in the collection of Albert Gleizes, the artists friend and co-author of the 1912 treatise Du Cubisme
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Henry Moore (1898-1986) Mother and Child on Ladderback Rocking Chair bronze with dark brown patina Height: 7 ½ in. (19.1 cm.) Length: 8 in. (20.3 cm.) Conceived in 1952 Estimate: $600,000-800,000
Playful interpretation of the mother and child subject which occupied Moore throughout his career
One of a series of rocking chair motifs, made for his daughter Mary
Part of a collection of 9 bronzes by Henry Moore in the sale from an important private European collection
Picasso Ceramics
Coinciding with the Fall Impressionist & Modern Art sales, Christies will present an online auction of ceramics by Pablo Picasso, one of the 20th centurys greatest art icons, which will run from November 3 to 17. This wide-ranging selection of statement pieces features 85 works, with estimates ranging from $800 to $80,000. Many of these works come from important private collections, including the collection of Arthur and Anita Kahn, and property from the estate of film noir actress Lizabeth Scott. Additional highlights include Vase aztèque aux quatre visages and the important Taureau pitcher.
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Taureau (A.R. 255) partially glazed and engraved ceramic pitcher Height: 12 in. (30.5 cm.) Conceived on 29 March 1955 and executed in a numbered edition of 100 Estimate: $50,000-70,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE TEXAS COLLECTION
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Vase aztèque aux quatre visages (A.R. 402) partially glazed and engraved ceramic vessel Height: 20 1/8 in. (51.2 cm.) Conceived in 1957 and executed in a numbered edition of 100 Estimate: $60,000-80,000