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The Yellow Shock Absorber, 1969 - Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder The Yellow Shock Absorber, 1969
This is an orginial gouache by Alexander Calder.
It is hand signed and dated "Calder 69" at the lower right corner.
It was painted in 1969.

Provenance:
Perls Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Kelleher, Princeton, NJ.
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
Private Collection, UK
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A06262.

Wheel and Stripes, 1970 - Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder Wheel and Stripes, 1970

Mr. Ray, 1975
This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil "Ed Ruscha", verso.
It is hand numbered in pencil with Roman numerals, verso. Our impression is one of 20 artist’s proofs aside from the edition of 100.
The lithograph was published by L. Anselmino, Torino in 1975.
The paper bears the Anselmino blindstamp in the lower right corner.

Note:
From the early 1970s Ruscha began to turn away from his iconic Gas Station Americana and started making drawings and paintings of single words or short phrases placed against soft unmodulated backgrounds. They all appear as the main focal point, appealing to the artist for both their visual and phonetic forms but they also took on paradoxical resonance in isolation from their mundane contexts.
Another impression from this edition is held in the joint collections of The National Galleries of Scotland and Tate Modern, London.

Provenance: Private Italian collection

Literature: Engberg, S. (1999) Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999. Minnesota: Walker Art Centr
Reference: Engberg 86

The Old King | Le Vieux Roi, 1963
- Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso The Old King | Le Vieux Roi, 1963
This original linoleum cut is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 160 at the lower left margin.
It is dated in the plate at the upper right corner "14-26.1.1963" (14-26 January 1963)
The work was published by La Patriote, Nice and printed by Hidalgo Arnéra, Vallauris in 1963 in a limited edition of 160 signed and numbered impressions. There were a further 30 artist's proofs.
The paper bears the Arches watermark.

Note:
In the 1950/60s Picasso reverts to the previously disregarded technique of linocut. The painter introduces the colour in the principally black and white graphics and produces six plates, one for each colour. This linocut shows a colourful and ornamental variation of 'Le Vieux Roi', a well-known subject of Picasso’s later works.

Literature:
1. Bloch, G. (1975). Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue de l'oeuvre Grave et Lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld et Klipstein.
Reference: Bloch 1152
2. Baer, B. (1994). Picasso: Peintre-Graveur, Tome V, Catalogue Raisonne de l'OEuvre Grave et des Monotypes, 1959-1965, Bern: Editions Kornfeld.
Reference: Baer 1338.

Homage to Pierre Matisse, from: Etchings for an Exhibition | Hommage à Pierre Matisse, from: Gravures Pour Une Exposition, 1973 - Joan Miró

Joan Miró Homage to Pierre Matisse, from: Etchings for an Exhibition | Hommage à Pierre Matisse, from: Gravures Pour Une Exposition, 1973
This original etching and aquatint in colours is monogrammed in pencil by the artist “M" at lower right corner.
It is also hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 75 at the lower left corner.
It was printed by Morsang, Paris and published by Pierre Matisse, New York in 1973 in a limited edition of 75 impressions. There were also a 15 Hors Commerce [Out of Trade] proofs aside the standard edition.
This is the fourth composition (of five) produced by the artist on the occasion of the 1973 exhibition “Miró, paintings, gouaches, sobreteixims, sculpture and etchings” held at Pierre Matisse, New York. The series comprises four etchings with aquatint and one lithograph.

Literature:
1. Dupin, J. (1991). Miró Engraver, Vol. III 1973-1975. Paris: Éditeur Daniel Lelong.
Reference: Dupin 609
2. Cramer, P. (1989). Miró: Catalogue des Livres Ilustrées. Paris: Edition Cramer,
Reference: Cramer 174.

The Sunny Studio | L’Atelier Ensoleillé, 1974 - Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall The Sunny Studio | L’Atelier Ensoleillé, 1974
: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right margin.
It is also numbered in pencil, from the edition of 50 at the lower left margin. There were also seven artist’s proofs printed on Japan paper.
This work was printed in 1974 in a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions by Fernand Mourlot, Paris. It was published by Éditions Maeght, Paris.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the right margin.

Literature: Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1998). Chagall: The Lithographs I (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 712