John Wells (1907-2000) Circle compositioninscribed on the reverse 'Very best wishes to you all for Christmas 1950 from John, Newlyn', pen and ink, watercolour and coloured paper collage,9 x 10cm, unframed;Blue compositioninscribed on the reverse 'Christmas 1962, Denis Jane and all, Best wishes for Christmas and New Year, Johnny', pencil and coloured crayon9 x 11.5cm, unframed;Blue and yellow compositiondedicated on the reverse 'To Denis, Jane & Family, with very best wishes and for the New Year, Johnny' and dated 'Christmas 1959', charcoal, pastel and watercolour11.5 x 15cm, unframed;and four printed cards, two wood rubbings, and a linocut by the same artist,together with a collection of Christmas cardsby John Forrester (x1), Misome Peile (x3), Patrick Hayman (x1), Don Ray (x2) and Stanley Dorfman (x2), unframed (qty.)
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‡ THÉODORE GÉRICAULT (FRENCH 1791-1824) LE SONGE D'ENÉE (THE DREAM OF AENEAS) Black crayon, pen and ink, wash and watercolour heightened with white 13.5 x 21cm (5¼ x 8¼ in.) Drawn circa 1815.Provenance: Edouard Aynard Collection Sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 20th June 1987, lot 436 Galerie Prouté, Paris Private collection, Switzerland Sale, Sotheby's, London, 9th April 2002, lot 110 Executed in 1815, according to Professor Lorenz Eitner the drawing 'exemplifies the eccentric graphic style - marked by extremely heavy, angular pen contours - in which Gericault at that time explored classical subjects. This classicist episode in Géricault's work constituted a rather vehement reaction against his own earlier modern and realistic work of 1812-1814.' Condition Report: The sheet appears to have been laid down at the four extreme corners. Some light discolouration to the sheet. The colours are a little down, particularly the blue pigment. Some very light wear to the extreme edges commensurate with age. Some very light spots of minor surface dirt scattered throughout but these are barely noticeable. Undulation to the sheet under the glaze. Unexamined out of glazed frame.Condition Report Disclaimer
PIERRE BONNARD (FRENCH 1867-1947) PAYSAGE Crayon and pencil 10 x 16.5cm (3¾ x 6¼ in.)Drawn in 1923.Provenance: Michel Terrasse, Paris (before 1996) Condition Report: Executed on cream coloured wove paper which is slightly undulating in the mount. The sheet is slightly discoloured throughout. Otherwise, the work appears to be in good original condition. Unexamined out of glazed frame.Condition Report Disclaimer
‡ ANNE-LOUIS GIRODET-TRIOSON (FRENCH 1767-1824) STUDY FOR THE DEATH OF PYRRHUS Pencil, black crayon and ink 18 x 26.5cm (7 x 10¼ in.)Drawn circa 1790.Provenance: The Collection of L. J. A. Coutan, Paris (Lugt. L.464) The Collection of Pierre Olivier Dubaut, Paris (Lugt. L.2103b) Literature: T. Crow, Emulation: Making Artists for Revolutionary France, New Haven and London, 1995, pp.128-9; 320, no. 51, ill. fig. 95 Exhibited: New York, Shepherd Gallery, Ingres & Delacroix through Degas & Puvis de Chavannes: The Figure in French Art 1800 - 1870, 20 May - 28 June 1975, cat. no. 11, p.25, ill. p.26 New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, Gesture and Expression: The Language of Art in the Age of Revolution, 28 February - 30 April 1989 (as Baron Gros) Paris, Louvre, Girodet 1767-1824, 22 September 2005 - 2 January 2006, cat. no.13 Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Girodet: Romantic Rebel, 11 Feb - 30 April 2006, cat. no. 13 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Girodet: Romantic Rebel, 22 May - 27 August 2006, cat. no. 13 Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Girodet: Romantic Rebel, 11 October - 11 January 2007, cat. no. 13 Angers, Musée D'Angers, La Dernière de Troie, 25 May - 2 September 2012, cat. no. 23, pp.106 This drawing and a related oil sketch (also previously in the collection of Richard L. Feigen, New York) were previously ascribed to Baron Gros, with the attribution to Girodet, first suggested by Philippe Bordes. In the present lot the pencil drawing shows some indecisiveness about Zopyrus' figure, with the arm first extended toward the fallen Pyrrhus and then withdrawn in a shielding gesture. In the oil sketch, the gesture becomes even more protective, as Zopyrus throws his cloak over his head to block his view of the older general. Condition Report: Some discolouration to the sheet, and very light staining to the framing edges. Very light spots of foxing scattered throughout. Undulation to the sheet under the glazed frame. Unexamined out of frame.Condition Report Disclaimer
ZAO WOU KI (1921-2013). Gravure n°187. 1968. Eau-forte et aquatinte en 3 couleurs. Signée au crayon « Zao Wou Ki » en bas à droite. Numérotée au crayon 84/114. Dimensions : 50,6 x 37,5 cm. Très bonne épreuve en excellent état. Référencé dans le catalogue raisonné Jorgen Agerup sous le numéro 187.
Gerhard RICHTER (Né en 1932 à Dresde) "Victoria I", 2003. Impression offset couleur sur papier. Signé à la main au crayon et daté 2003 en bas au milieu. D'après le tableau du même nom de 1986. Achenbach Art Edition. 80 x 60 cm (la planche), 60 x 40 cm (l'image). Bibliographie : Hubertus Butin, Gerhard Richter, Éditionen 1965-2004, Catalogue Raisonné, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004, reproduites pages 283 & 284
Greenaway (Kate). Under The Window by Kate Greenaway, 1st edition, New York: George Routledge & Sons, circa 1878, colour lithographs throughout, closed tear with juvenile crayon to front pastedown, publisher's cloth backed decorative boards, 4to, together with A Day in a Child's Life, music by Myles B Foster, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, 1st edition, London: George Routledge and Sons, circa 1881, colour illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth backed decorative boards, rubbing to extremities with some loss to lower right edge, 4to, plus two thin cards by Kate Greenaway, one dated Winter 1881, with a colour and gold chromolithographic illustration of three female figures dressed for Winter, names of presidents of the United States to verso; the other with a female figure in a blue dress with green hat, poem about New Year to verso, each card 10.8 x 7.7 cm, five further books relating to Kate Greenaway comprising: Kate Greenaway by Spielmann and Layard, 1905; The Queen of the Pirate Isle by Bret Harte, illustrated by Kate Greenaway, circa 1886; The Little Folks Painting Book, illustrated by Kate Greenaway; an autograph book, dated 1892-1906; and another autograph album, circa 1888, various sizesQTY: (9)
American, 1839-1924Laundry Day Inscribed indistinctly (uc)Crayon and ink on paper11 3/8 x 18 inches (28.9 x 45.7 cm)Provenance:Spanierman Gallery, New YorkDoyle, New York, Oct. 15, 2019, lot 21(Framed 20 x 27 1/8 inches)Repaired tears at the edges, none larger than 1 1/2 inches; repairs at the corners as well most notably in the lower left; foxing; the sheet has been relined.
French, 1882-1968Group of Figural and Landscape Drawings: 13 worksVariously signedVarious media, including crayon, charcoal, and ink on paperLargest 24 x 17 1/2 inches (61 x 44.5 cm)Each unframedTogether with a printed portrait after Jean-Julien Lemordant.In various states of condition, each with handling wear, losses to edges, scattered creases, toning of sheets.
ABRAHAM SOLOMON (BRITISH 1824 - 1862), MOTHER AND DAUGHTER oil on board, signed and dated 1854framedimage size 36cm x 31cm, overall size 46cm x 41cm Note: Abraham Solomon (London 7 May 1823 – 19 December 1862 Biarritz) was a British painter. The second son of eight children born to Meyer Solomon, a Leghorn hat manufacturer and his wife Catherine (Kate) Levy. His father was one of the first Jews to be admitted to the freedom of the city of London, and the family resided in Sandys Street, Bishopsgate in east London. Two of Abraham's siblings were also artists: his sister, Rebecca Solomon (1832–1886), and his youngest brother, Simeon Solomon (1840–1905), who acquired much acclaim as an associate of the Pre-Raphaelites and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1858 to 1872; his later crayon drawings of idealized heads are still popular. At the age of thirteen Abraham became a pupil in Sass's school of art in Bloomsbury, and in 1838 gained the Isis silver medal at the Society of Arts for a drawing from a statue. In 1839 he was admitted as a student of the Royal Academy, where he received in the same year a silver medal for drawing from the antique, and in 1843 another for drawing from the life. Solomon died in Biarritz in France, of heart disease, on 19 December 1862, the same day on which he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy. He married, on 10 May 1860, Ella, sister of Dr. Ernest Hart; she survived her husband.
Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers Translated by William Robson. London: George Routledge and Co., 1853. 8vo, viii 423 pp., contemporary half calf, half-title discarded, binding worn, splitting to joint-ends, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page, manuscript notes in pencil and blue crayon to final page and rear endpapers, a few similar corrections and markings in the text [cf. Sadleir 3758] First edition of this translation published as part of the Routledge's Railway Library series, which began in 1849: ‘This long-lived prolific and enormously successful series has been generally regarded as a pioneer venture in cheap-book publishing and as the originator of the shilling edition of popular fiction. Actually it was a deliberate and not altogether scrupulous imitation of the Parlour Library, which it sedulously copied in outward appearance as well as in appeal for public favour’ (Sadleir). The first edition in the original French was published in 1844, followed by the first English translation in 1846.
Crayon (Geoffrey). The Alhambra, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832, bookplate to front pastedown, occasional light spotting, rebound modern calf spine retaining contemporary half calf boards, covers slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Hughes (Thomas), The Scouring of the White Horse; of the long vacation ramble of a London clerk, 1st edition, Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1859, many illustrations, rebound gilt decorated blue morocco spine to retain original gilt decorated blue cloth boards, all edges gilt, corners rubbed, small 4to, plus Laurie (Joseph), Jahr’s Pocket Dictionary and Concordance of homeopathic practice; a clinical guide and repertory for the treatment of acute and chronic diseases, 1st edition, London: James Leath, 1850, pages slightly toned with some minor occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, lacking half title, modern half red Morocco, 8vo and other 19th century antiquarian mostly leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )
DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish surrealist artist. An extraordinary signed and inscribed presentation copy of Dali, edited and arranged by Max Gérard and with text in English translated by Eleanor R. Morse, First Edition published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1968. The hardcover large 4to edition features over 250 illustrations (a few pages loose) with 80 colour plates and 23 in toned gravure. Signed by Dali with a large and highly attractive signature (´Dali´) to the verso of the front free endpaper in bold gold paint, the signature incorporating a gold crown and measuring approximatelt 23 cm in height. Dali has also added the date, 1969, in his hand beneath his signature. To the background of the page Dali has added a series of original ink drawings which include a man on horseback, a desert landscape with a mountain range in the background (which stretches across the title page) featuring a tall, slender figure, a woman and child walking together across the barren desert, the former holding an object in one oustretched arm, as well as a creature that is highly reminiscent of a manticore. Dali has further added a presentation inscription in his hand, also signing on behalf of his wife and muse, Gala, ´Pour Les Lions Den, Hommage de [Dali; being the printed signature that forms the title of the book] et Gala´, also incorporating a small element of gold paint. Bound in the publisher´s illustrated cloth and with a decorative embossed gold foil dust jacket. An exceptional signed presentation copy with excellent association. Some light age wear, largely to the dust jacket, about VGLeonard Lyons (1906-1976) American newspaper columnist for the New York Post where his column, The Lyons Den, became a New York institution covering theatre, movies, politics and art. A portion of the original wrapper for the book (inscribed ´Mister Lyons´ in black crayon) was retained by the recipient, along with a further sheet of large tissue paper inscribed in large letters in both black ink and pencil ´Mister Liyons will call for it´. Both are included in the present lot.It is highly probable that Dali signed the present book during one of his frequent stays at New York´s St. Regis hotel, where he and Gala occupied Suite 1610 on their annual visits, the room also featuring a studio where the artist could work.
LAGERFELD KARL: (1933-2019) German fashion designer. A wonderful original pencil and coloured crayon drawing executed and signed by Lagerfeld, one page, large 4to (approximately 19.5 x 28.5 cm), n.p., n.d. (1980s). On a sheet of Chanel printed stationery (featuring the interlocking CC monogram of Coco Chanel which Lagerfeld integrated into a style pattern for the House of Chanel in the 1980s) Lagerfeld has drawn an attractive full-length study of the slim Coco Chanel standing in profile, wearing a long skirt and matching jacket, and with a Chanel handbag hanging by its chain from her wrist. Lagerfeld has seemingly deliberately added more detail to the handbag, which features the interlocking CC monogram, reflecting on its importance as an iconic accessory of the Chanel brand. Lagerfeld has also prominently titled the drawing Gabrielle Chanel across the centre and added his signature at the base. Both Chanel´s name and Lagerfeld´s signature are written in black ink, adding a red outline (essentially a second signature) to both in order to attractively create the effect of a red ´shadow´. Matted in cream and framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 12.5 x 16. A truly fabulous original drawing linking two of the 20th century´s most important fashion designers. VG
MIRO JOAN: (1893-1983) Spanish painter. A United States of America Federal Reserve One Dollar banknote featuring an original, bold purple crayon illustration by Miro (unsigned) to the recto, the abstract drawing open to interpretation, but possibly a representation of the Scales of Justice, imaginatively placed by Miro over the central portrait of George Washington. Accompanied by the original air mail envelope hand addressed by Miro to Madame Henriette Gomès at Rue du Cirque, Paris, signed (´Miro´) by the artist to the upper left corner and post marked at Paris, 10th July 1958. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGHenriette Gomès (d.1986) was a French art gallery owner who had been a model for Jules Pascin in the 1920s. Gomès first met Miro in 1934 and the two remained lifelong friends, and Gomès also collected several of Miro´s object-sculptures. The Galerie Henriette Gomès at Rue du Cirque exhibited works by Picasso, Balthus, Calder, Giacometti and Man Ray amongst others.
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. A.L.S., Picasso, to the verso of an 8vo printed invitation card to the 4th exhibition of works by candidates for the Paul Guillaume Prize at Bernheim Jeune from 1st - 8th December 1938, n.p., n.d. (December 1938?), to [Max] Pellequer, (´Mon cher ami´), attractively written in bold blue crayon, in French. Picasso writes, in full, ´Impossible d´aller vous voir ce matin. Vous pouvez donner la boite au porteur - et merci. Bien à vous et à cette après-midi ou demain matin´ (Translation: ´I won't be able to come and see you this morning. You can give the box to the delivery person - and thank you. Best wishes for this afternoon or tomorrow morning´). VGMax Pellequer (1903-1973) French banker and art collector who would become Picasso´s private banker, financial adviser and close friend. Pellequer assembled an important collection of artworks in the 1920s and 1930s which included a number of significant early pieces by Picasso, as well as works by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and others. Almost two hundred letters from Pellequer to Picasso are preserved in the Musee National Picasso in Paris.
CRAYON, GEOFFREY (WASHINGTON IRVING): 'BRACEBRIDGE HALL; OR THE HUMORISTS'and 'The Sketchbook', both new editions and both with volumes 1 and 2, published by John Murray, London 1824 and 1826 respectively, gilt tooled green leather bound with brown leather half titles and Robert Williams bookplates; together with a collection of antiquarian literature books (18)
Vasily Sitnikov (Russian, 1915-1987) Mother and daughter 1961 Crayon or oil on paper on board Signed, titled and dated verso in Cyrillic Vasily Sitnikov was a legend of the Moscow underground who in 1941 was arrested, declared legally insane, and sent for compulsive psychiatric treatment. He wrote a letter addressed to the 'Ministry of Health. To the boss over all the psychiatric treatment facilities and to the boss of this boss!' which read "I PAINT FUNNY ART. NO ONE CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT ME. / I AM THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD. / FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT I SING SONGS WITH JOY AND EVEN DANCE / I AM DRUNK WITHOUT WINE: JUST FROM HAPPINESS!" Property of a gentleman Dimensions: (Frame) 16.25 in. (H) x 22 in. (W) (Paper) 14 in. (H) x 20 in. (W)
A Folio containing a collection of unframed 18th and 19th century watercolours and drawings by various hands, including four marine subjects by Richmond Markes; a study of a Sambhar deer by W. Tayler; a watercolour depicting Figures at an Observatory, English School circa 1850; a red crayon study of a male nude , French School, early 19th Century; a pencil sketch of an Exeter street scene with Figures , English School c.1870; a pencil sketch in the manner of Francis Hayman of a Gentleman wearing a tricorn hat; A view towards a country House, English School c.1850; a pencil design for a frontispiece, French School, eighteenth century; an ink and wash design for a stained glass window for a church at Mawnan, Cornwall, English School c.1880; and a pencil study of a wild boar, circle of James Ward RA. (approx 30)
British, b. 1940 Untitled (Doorway)Signed and dated Y. Kuper 83 (lr)Watercolor and crayon on paper12 3/8 x 9 inches (31.4 x 22.9 cm)Provenance:Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris(Framed 21 1/2 x 18 inches)No condition report? Click below to request one. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report
Russian, 1887-1973Portrait of a Lady, 1925Signed and dated B. Schoukhaeff 1925 Paris (lr)Crayon and pencil on paper 12 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (30.8 x 18.4 cm)(Framed 21 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches)Paper is toned. An area with some light creasing at upper center. Taped to mat around verso edges. Also tape across the reverse, horizontally and vertically.Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and our Organization shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report
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