Modern Prints
Except otherwise stated, all results below include the premium.
In addition to Prints by Warhol.
See also : Prints Chagall
In addition to Prints by Warhol.
See also : Prints Chagall
1948 Océanie - La Mer by Matisse
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2011 SOLD for £ 2.95M by Christie's
Henri Matisse is seriously ill but has not lost his manual skill. The Jazz project started for Tériade in 1943, based on cut-off papers, maintains his creativity.
The beige walls of his apartment in Montparnasse remind him of the color of the sunlit beaches in Tahiti. He cuts in a white paper the stylized forms that his assistant Lydia pins on the wall. His aim is to create two tapestry cartoons forming pendants, Océanie - le ciel and Océanie - la mer, respectively populated with birds and fish.
In 1946 while Matisse was busy on this project Zika Ascher came to visit Paris. A fashion designer based since 1942 in London, Ascher usually works with Henry Moore. He now wants to edit a series of scarves prepared by a plurality of artists. Almost all of them including Matisse respond favorably.
Ascher also convinces Matisse to print his Océanie. Matisse is very demanding but Ascher manages to find a sturdy linen fabric and a pigment that exactly replicates the texture and color of the wall. Matisse released the edition and signed the prints in 1948.
Both artworks were edited in thirty screenprints each in an image format around 163 x 373 cm. According to the request of the artist, there was no other color than beige and white.
The Fondation Beyeler owns the pair 4/30. The number 26/30 of La Mer was sold by Christie's for £ 2.95M on June 21, 2011 from a lower estimate of £ 500K, lot 16. It was then coming directly from the Beyeler estate after having belonged to the Matisse family.
The beige walls of his apartment in Montparnasse remind him of the color of the sunlit beaches in Tahiti. He cuts in a white paper the stylized forms that his assistant Lydia pins on the wall. His aim is to create two tapestry cartoons forming pendants, Océanie - le ciel and Océanie - la mer, respectively populated with birds and fish.
In 1946 while Matisse was busy on this project Zika Ascher came to visit Paris. A fashion designer based since 1942 in London, Ascher usually works with Henry Moore. He now wants to edit a series of scarves prepared by a plurality of artists. Almost all of them including Matisse respond favorably.
Ascher also convinces Matisse to print his Océanie. Matisse is very demanding but Ascher manages to find a sturdy linen fabric and a pigment that exactly replicates the texture and color of the wall. Matisse released the edition and signed the prints in 1948.
Both artworks were edited in thirty screenprints each in an image format around 163 x 373 cm. According to the request of the artist, there was no other color than beige and white.
The Fondation Beyeler owns the pair 4/30. The number 26/30 of La Mer was sold by Christie's for £ 2.95M on June 21, 2011 from a lower estimate of £ 500K, lot 16. It was then coming directly from the Beyeler estate after having belonged to the Matisse family.
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2021 SOLD for £ 1.07M by Sotheby's
On June 29, 2021, Sotheby's sold for £ 1.07M the screenprint 19/30 of La Mer, lot 165.
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2018 SOLD for $ 1.22M by Sotheby's
On April 26, 2018, Sotheby's sold for $ 1.22M the copy 20/30 of La Mer, lot 15, from an estimate of $ 500K.
It had belonged to Ascher and was on loan to the MoMA from 1950 to 1953. Please watch the video shared by the auction house.
It had belonged to Ascher and was on loan to the MoMA from 1950 to 1953. Please watch the video shared by the auction house.
1961 Daphnis et Chloé by Chagall
2019 SOLD for £ 735K by Sotheby's
A prolific painter, Marc Chagall works extremely slowly when it comes to illustration. Two of his greatest projects, La Bible and Daphnis et Chloé, were prepared by trips to Palestine and Greece respectively, during which he immersed himself in the landscapes and the atmosphere of the country.
La Bible was started in 1931 on an incitement from Vollard. When Vollard died in 1939, Tériade took over. Chagall finishes his iconographic preparation in 1956 and the set is published in 1958.
Tériade is from Lesbos, like Sappho and Longus. He would like Chagall to interpret his country based on the pastoral novel Daphnis et Chloé, previously set to music by Ravel. Chagall first refused because Bonnard had done a similar project.
For the painter of happy love, this idyllic theme is very tempting. In 1952, five years after Bonnard's death, he captures for the first time the dazzling light of a Greek summer. He returns to Greece in 1954. He prepares a set of 42 drawings in gouache and pastel.
The print by Mourlot is a technical feat whose work spans four years, from 1957 to 1961. Chagall does not accept any mistake in the lithographic printing on Arches of the 25 colors which he had used in his quest of the poetic perfection.
Daphnis et Chloé is published in 1961 by Tériade in loose portfolio in a regular edition of 250 copies and 20 artist proofs, plus 60 deluxe copies with large margins which are signed by the artist on each sheet. 16 of the 42 images are folded double pages. The standard size of an image is 44 x 34 cm.
The sets that remain complete are rare. A complete deluxe portfolio that had been kept by Tériade's family until 1995 was sold for £ 735K from a lower estimate of £ 400K by Sotheby's on February 27, 2019, lot 345.
La Bible was started in 1931 on an incitement from Vollard. When Vollard died in 1939, Tériade took over. Chagall finishes his iconographic preparation in 1956 and the set is published in 1958.
Tériade is from Lesbos, like Sappho and Longus. He would like Chagall to interpret his country based on the pastoral novel Daphnis et Chloé, previously set to music by Ravel. Chagall first refused because Bonnard had done a similar project.
For the painter of happy love, this idyllic theme is very tempting. In 1952, five years after Bonnard's death, he captures for the first time the dazzling light of a Greek summer. He returns to Greece in 1954. He prepares a set of 42 drawings in gouache and pastel.
The print by Mourlot is a technical feat whose work spans four years, from 1957 to 1961. Chagall does not accept any mistake in the lithographic printing on Arches of the 25 colors which he had used in his quest of the poetic perfection.
Daphnis et Chloé is published in 1961 by Tériade in loose portfolio in a regular edition of 250 copies and 20 artist proofs, plus 60 deluxe copies with large margins which are signed by the artist on each sheet. 16 of the 42 images are folded double pages. The standard size of an image is 44 x 34 cm.
The sets that remain complete are rare. A complete deluxe portfolio that had been kept by Tériade's family until 1995 was sold for £ 735K from a lower estimate of £ 400K by Sotheby's on February 27, 2019, lot 345.
1969 Color Numeral Series by Jasper Johns
2021 SOLD for $ 1.4M by Sotheby's
The Numeral Series by Jasper Johns was published in black in 1968 in 70 copies and in colors in 1969 in 40 copies plus 11 artist's proofs. It must not be confused with the earlier 0-9 Series.
The complete Color Numeral Series 17/40 of ten lithographs 97 x 79 cm was sold by Sotheby's on May 12, 2021 for $ 1.4M from a lower estimate of $ 450K, lot 5. These prints had been framed.
A black portfolio was sold for $ 410K by Sotheby's on May 9, 2008. A color portfolio was sold for $ 720K by Christie's on May 12, 2011.
The complete Color Numeral Series 17/40 of ten lithographs 97 x 79 cm was sold by Sotheby's on May 12, 2021 for $ 1.4M from a lower estimate of $ 450K, lot 5. These prints had been framed.
A black portfolio was sold for $ 410K by Sotheby's on May 9, 2008. A color portfolio was sold for $ 720K by Christie's on May 12, 2011.
from 1967 WARHOL
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1973 Flag I by Johns
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2016 SOLD for $ 1.7M by Christie's
Jasper Johns explores the texture without rejecting the colors. He chooses preexisting themes without reworking their pattern. The US flag is an example of geometric shapes with pure colors. Its recuperation by Johns is both popular and provocative but the public does not perceive the whole extent of its ambiguity.
In 1973 the artist juxtaposes two US flags side by side on one surface with their strips vertically dispositioned. It is an experiment by which he compares an oil coated with a glossy varnish with his signature technique in encaustic wax where the upper layers cover an already dry paint. In both cases the under-layers influence the colors visible at the surface. This large size canvas 133 x 176 cm was sold for $ 7.15M by Christie's in May 1999.
The differences are subtle but Johns endeavors to reproduce them in a multiple. He chooses the silkscreen process but of course the usual four colors are not enough. The Simca Artist Prints Inc company develops with him for his double flag a set of 31 screens to be used in five stages.
Flags I is a technical feat. Johns was able to transfer to a multiple edition the voluntarily irregular layers of his paint. This image 67 x 84 cm on a sheet 70 x 90 cm is printed in 65 copies plus seven artist's proofs.
The best results were recorded by Christie's in a remarkably steady increase: $ 1.45M on November 11, 2015; $ 990K on November 13, 2013; $ 840K on May 11, 2010; $ 620K on April 30, 2008; $ 600K on November 9, 2005; $ 430K on 3 May 2005.
The Flags I 59/65 was sold for $ 1.7M by Christie's on April 26, 2016, lot 107.
In 1973 the artist juxtaposes two US flags side by side on one surface with their strips vertically dispositioned. It is an experiment by which he compares an oil coated with a glossy varnish with his signature technique in encaustic wax where the upper layers cover an already dry paint. In both cases the under-layers influence the colors visible at the surface. This large size canvas 133 x 176 cm was sold for $ 7.15M by Christie's in May 1999.
The differences are subtle but Johns endeavors to reproduce them in a multiple. He chooses the silkscreen process but of course the usual four colors are not enough. The Simca Artist Prints Inc company develops with him for his double flag a set of 31 screens to be used in five stages.
Flags I is a technical feat. Johns was able to transfer to a multiple edition the voluntarily irregular layers of his paint. This image 67 x 84 cm on a sheet 70 x 90 cm is printed in 65 copies plus seven artist's proofs.
The best results were recorded by Christie's in a remarkably steady increase: $ 1.45M on November 11, 2015; $ 990K on November 13, 2013; $ 840K on May 11, 2010; $ 620K on April 30, 2008; $ 600K on November 9, 2005; $ 430K on 3 May 2005.
The Flags I 59/65 was sold for $ 1.7M by Christie's on April 26, 2016, lot 107.
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2020 SOLD for $ 1.47M by Christie's
The Flags I 36/65 was sold for $ 1.47M including premium by Christie's on October 6, 2020, lot 32, from a lower estimate of $ 1M.
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SOLD for $ 1.45M by Christie's
The Flag I 20/65 was sold for $ 1.45M by Christie's on November 11, 2015 from a lower estimate of $ 700K, lot 154.
A Flag I was sold for $ 990K by Christie's on November 13, 2013.
A Flag I was sold for $ 990K by Christie's on November 13, 2013.
1983 Monotype by Jasper Johns
2015 SOLD for $ 1.56M by Christie's
to be narrated later
Link to catalogue.
1983 Back of the Neck by Basquiat
2021 SOLD for £ 800K by Sotheby's
to be narrated later
Link to catalogue.
2004 Girl with Balloon by BANKSY
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AP 7
2021 SOLD for £ 1.1M by Sotheby's
Banksy edited several variants of the Girl with Balloon in which the character is in black and the flying heart is filled with red or another color. After 25 signed copies in 2003, 150 signed and 600 unsigned copies are produced in screenprint in 2004 and 2005, with 88 artist's copies covering the color variants. The image is 40 x 25 cm on a 70 x 50 cm sheet.
An artist's proof with a metallic gold balloon was sold for £ 1.1M from a lower estimate of £ 400K by Sotheby's on March 25, 2021, lot 133. It is numbered AP 7.
An artist's proof with a metallic gold balloon was sold for £ 1.1M from a lower estimate of £ 400K by Sotheby's on March 25, 2021, lot 133. It is numbered AP 7.
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AP 64
2020 SOLD for £ 790K by Christie's
An artist's proof of the Girl with Balloon with the purple heart, one of the rarest colors in the series, was sold for £ 790K by Christie's on September 20, 2020, lot 2. It is numbered AP 64.
