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Stern Pissarro Gallery 66 St. James's Street, London SW1A 1NE, UK CONTEMPORARY OCTOBER A Selection of 20th and 21st Century Works from the Gallery Collection 8 - 29 October 2014

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A Selection of 20th and 21st Century Works from the Gallery Collection 8 - 29 October 2014

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Stern Pissarro Gallery 66 St. James's Street, London SW1A 1NE, UK

CONTEMPORARY OCTOBER

A Selection of

20th and 21st Century Works

from the Gallery Collection

8 - 29 October 2014

AUGUSTE HERBIN

(1882 - 1960)

Composition

1937

Oil on canvas

146 x 97 cm (57 ½ x 38 ¼ inches)

Signed and dated lower right herbin 37

Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland

Exhibited

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Herbin, 1956, no. 20

Literature

Geneviève Claisse, Herbin: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint,

Paris, 1993, p. 409, no. 732 (illustrated)

AUGUSTE HERBIN (1882 - 1960)

Composition

Oil on canvas

130.1 x 59.7 cm (51 ¼ x 23 ½ inches)

Signed lower right Herbin

Dated Février 1930 on the stretcher

Provenance

Galerie de l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Roseberg), Paris

Karl Ströher, Darmstadt

Thence by descent

(and sold: Sotheby's, London, December 8, 1999, lot 279)

Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

Hanover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Auguste Herbin, 1967, no. 66

Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle, Auguste Herbin, Rétrospective, 1967-68, no. 63

Literature

Geneviève Claisse, Herbin, Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Peint,

Paris, 1993, no. 667, illustrated p. 397

MARINO MARINI (1901-1980)

Giocolieri e Cavallo

Gouache on paper mounted on canvas

63 x 43 cm (24 ¾ x 16 ⅞ inches)

Signed and dated lower right 1953

Provenance

Estate of Marian Crown, New York

Private European collection

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the

Fondazione Marino Marini, dated January 13, 2012, numbered 638

VICTOR VASARELY (1906-1997)

Laika

Gouache and tempera on cardboard

40 x 32 cm (16 x 12 ½ inches)

Signed and dated 1956 lower centre

Inscribed P24 on the reverse

Provenance

Imre Pan Mezei, Budapest, c. 1963

Private Collection, Toronto

Private European collection

Literature

Werner Spies, Vasarely, 1969, p. 13

(a similar work entitled Laika II illustrated, p. 41)

Pierre Vasarely has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work

VICTOR VASARELY (1906-1997)

Cyclon

Acrylic on canvas

52 x 51 cm (20 ½ x 20 ⅛ inches)

Signed lower right

Inscribed, numbered and dated 1984 on the reverse

Provenance

Galleria Centro Steccata, Parme, Italy

Private collection, Italy

Private European collection

Certificate of authenticity is available

SERGE POLIAKOFF (1900-1969)

Composition in red, yellow, blue, green and gray model for fabric

Gouache on paper

65 x 50 cm (25 ½ x 20 ⅝ inches)

Signed and numbered lower right 26950

Executed 1946

JEAN-MICHEL ATLAN (1913-1960)

Sans Titre

Oil on canvas

116 x 73 cm (45 ⅝ x 28 ¾ inches)

Signed lower right Atlan

Executed 1958

Provenance

Private Collection, Lille

Literature

Jacques Pollieri, Atlan, Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œuvre Complet,

Paris, 1996,no. 599, p. 332

JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)

Fruits de Feu du Sol

Oil and collage on paper, laid on canvas

61 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 inches)

Signed and dated lower left J. Dubuffet 59

Provenance

Galerie de France, Paris

Galerie Knoedler, Paris

Collection of Docter et Madame Milton Ratner, Chicago

The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, Chicago

Private Collection, France

Exhibited

Chicago, University of Chicago, Smart Gallery; Saint Louis, Missouri,

Washington University Gallery, Jean Dubuffet, Forty Years of his Art,

1985 (illustrated in exhibition catalogue p. 70)

Paris, Galerie de France - Galerie Baudoin-Lebon, Dubuffet, Sols et

Terrain, 1956-1960, January-Mars 1988 (illustrated in exhibition

catalogue p. 68)

FRAC Auvergne, Jean Dubuffet, Alexandre Viallat: Les Années d'une

Amitié, 1953-1971, June-September 1991, no.5 (illustrated in exhibition

catalogue)

Literature

M. Loreau, Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fascicule XIV:

Célébration du Sol II, Texturologies, Topographies, Lausanne, 1970, No.

181 (illustrated p. 112)

M. Loreau, Jean Dubuffet, Délits, Déportements,Llieux du Haut Jeu,

Lausanne, 1971, p. 277

ANDRÉ LANSKOY (1902-1976)

Les flammes en Norvège

Oil on canvas

73 x 100 cm (28 ¾ x 39 ⅜ inches)

Inscribed and dated 1960 on reverse

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from

André Schoeller dated 15 February 1973

JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE

(1923-2002)

Antibes

Oil on canvas

119.3 x 91.4 cm (47 x 36 inches)

Signed and dated lower right Riopelle 66

Inscribed and dated on the reverse Riopelle 66 Antibes

SERGE CHARCHOUNE (1888-1975)

Ninth Symphonie de Beethoven

Oil on canvas

41 x 24 cm (16 ⅛ x 9 ½ inches)

Signed and dated lower right Charchoune 59

Literature

Pierre Guenegan, Charchoune, Catalogue Raisonné Vol.IV, 1951-1960,

Lanwell & Leeds Ltd. 2011, p.213, no.1959/018

This work is accompanied by a certificate from Pierre Guenegan

numbered 256/2011 and dated 26 Avril 2011

SERGE CHARCHOUNE (1888-1975)

Composition Inspirée par le Credo de la Messe en C Mineur de Bach

Oil on canvas

116 x 73 cm (45 ⅝ x 28 ¾ inches)

Signed and dated lower right Charchoune 1959

Literature

Pierre Gunegan, Charchoune, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol.IV, 1951-1960,

Lanwell & Leeds Ltd. 2011, p.208, no. 1958/012

This work is accompained by a certificate from Pierre Guénégan

dated 17th September 2010

IGAEL TUMARKIN (b. 1933)

Untitled

Mixed media on board

152 x 63 cm (59 ⅞ x 24 ¾ inches

Signed and dated lower left Tumarkin 65

PAUL JENKINS (1923-2012)

Phenomena Winter Harth

Oil and sand on canvas

66 x 122 cm (26 x 31 ⅞ inches)

Inscribed and dated 1978 on the reverse

PAUL JENKINS (1923-2012)

Phenomena A Certain Function Held

Acrylic on canvas

100 x 81 cm (39 ⅜ x 31 ⅞ inches)

Signed lower left Paul Jenkins

Inscribed and dated 1989 on the reverse

A.R. PENCK (1923-2012)

The Right Point

Mixed media on canvas

96 x 78.2 cm (37 ⅜ x 30 ¾ inches)

Signed lower left, A.R. Penck

Inscribed and dated on the upper overlay

1993 The Right Point a.r. penck

ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)

Chute du Reveur (Suite des Entrevisions)

Oil on canvas

100 x 73 cm (39 ⅜ x 28 ¾ inches)

Signed lower right, Masson

Inscribed and dated 1973 on the reverse

Exhibited: Parma, Palazzetto Eucherio Sanvitale,

André Masson Opere dal 1925 al 1974, no. 65

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Diego

Masson on behalf of le Comité André Masson dated 21 Novembre

2012

GLENN BROWN

(b. 1966)

Dead Relatives

oil on canvas laid on board

57.8 x 47.6 cm (22¾ x 18¾ inches)

Inscribed and dated Glenn Brown 1995 on the reverse

Provenance

Haunch of Venison, London

Gagosian Gallery, London

Private collection, Dallas (acquired from the above)

Exhibited

London, Haunch of Venison, Must I Paint You a Picture?, 2004-05

ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)

La Noche

Gouache on paper

57 x 77 cm (22 ½ x 30 ⅜ inches)

Signed and dated lower right Calder 74

Provenance

Galerie Adrien Maeght

Private Collection, Paris

This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New

York, under registration Number A25116

CLAUDE VENARD (1913-1999)

Tour d'Eiffel

Oil on canvas

117 x 89 cm (46 ⅛ x 35 inches)

Signed lower right C.VENARD

ARMAN (1928-2005)

Untitled

Acrylic and sliced guitar on canvas laid on board

102 x 102 cm (40 3/16 x 40 3/16 inches)

Signed on the turnover edge

Executed in 2003

Provenance

Private Collection, USA

This work is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives, New York under

number APA# 8021.03.074

ZADOK BEN-DAVID (b. 1949)

Broken Expectation (from the series 'Innerscape')

Lacquered aluminium

29.5 x 29.5 cm (11 ⅝ x 11 ⅝ inches)

Executed 1998

Provenance

Galerie Albrecht, Munich

Collection Piet and Ida Sanders

ZHANG DALI

(b. 1963)

AK-47

Acrylic on vinyl

100 x 80 cm (39⅝ x 31½ inches)

Signed on the reverse

Executed 2011

ZHANG DALI

(b. 1963)

AK-47

Acrylic on vinyl

100 x 80 cm (39⅝ x 31½ inches)

Signed on the reverse

Executed 2011

DAMIEN HIRST (b. 1965)

Beautiful Cannibalistic Electofetish Fighting in the Lava Beds Who Got

My Eyeball?

Butterflies and acrylic on paper

Diameter: 71.1 cm (28 inches)

Signed lower centre

Executed 2008

Provenance

Private Collection, London

This work has been authenticated by the Hirst Authentication

Committee, London

LÉLIA PISSARRO (b. 1963)

Humility

Acrylic and diamond dust on canvas

120 x 100 cm (47 ¼ x 39 ⅜ inches)

Signed, inscribed and dated 2007 on the reverse

LÉLIA PISSARRO (b. 1963)

A Dear Friend, an Angel

Oil and silver leaves on canvas

120 x 100 cm (47 ¼ x 39 ⅜ inches)

Signed on the reverse

Executed 2013

LÉLIA PISSARRO (b. 1963)

Mysterious and Sexy

Acrylic, oil and resin on canvas

146 x 114 cm (57 ½ x 44 ⅞ inches)

Signed

Executed 2009

LYORA PISSARRO (b. 1991)

In the System We Trust

Acrylic and diamond dust

60 x 50 cm (23 ⅝ x 19 ⅝ inches)

Signed lower right Lyora Pissaro

Inscribed and dated 2014 on the reverse

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