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IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART Thursday 22 June 2017 IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART Thursday 22 June 2017 at 5pm New Bond Street, London VIEWING ENQUIRIES Cologne PHYSICAL CONDITION OF LOTS Friday 16 June, 9am to 5pm India Phillips Katharina Schmid IN THIS AUCTION Saturday 17 June, 11am to 4pm Head of Department +49 221 2779 9650 Sunday 18 June, 11am to 4pm +44 (0) 20 7468 8328 [email protected] PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO Monday 19 June, 9am to 5pm [email protected] REFERENCE IN THIS CATALOGUE Tuesday 20 June, 9am to 5pm Geneva TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF Wednesday 21 June 9am to 5pm Hannah Foster Livie Gallone Moeller ANY LOT. INTENDING BIDDERS Thursday 22 June, 9am to 2pm Senior Specialist +41 22 300 3160 MUST SATISFY THEMSELVES AS +44 (0) 20 7468 5814 [email protected] TO THE CONDITION OF ANY LOT SALE NUMBER [email protected] AS SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE 14 OF 24053 Hong Kong THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS Ruth Woodbridge Edward Wilkinson CONTAINED AT THE END OF THIS CATALOGUE Specialist +1 323 436 5430 CATALOGUE. £22.00 +44 (0) 20 7468 5816 [email protected] [email protected] As a courtesy to intending bidders, ILLUSTRATIONS Los Angeles Bonhams will provide a written Front cover: Lot 10 Thérence de Matharel Alexis Chompaisal Indication of the physical condition Inside front covers: Lot 8, 5, 23, 13 Specialist + 1 323 436 5469 of lots in this sale if a request is Inside back covers: Lot 11, 2, 7 +44 (0) 20 7468 8263 [email protected] received up to 24 hours before the Back cover: Lot 14 [email protected] auction starts. This written Kathy Wong Indication is issued subject to BIDS Benedetta Alpini +1 415 503 3225 Clause 3 of the Notice to Bidders. +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Junior Specialist [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 5815 CUSTOMER SERVICES To bid via the internet please [email protected] Milan Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm visit bonhams.com Luca Curradi +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Condition Reports +39 02 4953 9020 Telephone bidding Christiane Gorzalka [email protected] Please see page 2 for bidder Please note that bids should be +44 (0) 20 7468 8276 information including after-sale submitted no later than 4pm on the [email protected] Munich collection and shipment. day prior to the sale. New bidders Thomas Kamm must also provide proof of identity New York +49 892 420 5812 IMPORTANT INFORMATION when submitting bids. Failure to do William O’Reilly [email protected] The United States Government this may result in your bid not being +1 212 644 9135 has banned the import of ivory processed. Telephone bidding will [email protected] Paris into the USA. Lots containing only be accepted on lots with a Catherine Yaiche ivory are indicated by the symbol lower estimate in excess of £1,000. Nathania Nisonson +33 1 42 61 10 10 Ф printed beside the lot number +1 917 206 1617 [email protected] in this catalogue. Live online bidding is available [email protected] for this sale Rome Please email [email protected] Agnieszka Perche Emma Dalla Libera with ‘live bidding’ in the subject line +1 917 206 1603 +39 06 485 900 48 hours before the auction to [email protected] [email protected] register for this service. INTERNATIONAL Tokyo ENQUIRIES Ryo Wakabayashi Beijing +81 3 5532 8636 Yao Yao [email protected] +86 (0) 10 6528 0922 [email protected] Zurich Andrea Bodmer Brussels +41 (0) 44 281 95 35 Christine de Schaetzen [email protected] +32 2736 5076 [email protected] Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams International Board Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Gordon McFarlan, Andrew McKenzie, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Harvey Cammell Deputy Chairman, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, India Phillips, Matthew Girling CEO, Lucinda Bredin, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, Peter Rees, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Jean Ghika, Charles Graham-Campbell, Veronique Scorer, Robert Smith, James Stratton, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Jon Baddeley, Rupert Banner, Geoffrey Davies, Matthew Haley, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Ralph Taylor, Charlie Thomas, David Williams, Jonathan Fairhurst, Asaph Hyman, James Knight, David Johnson, Charles Lanning, Miranda Leslie, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Caroline Oliphant, Shahin Virani, Edward Wilkinson, Leslie Wright. SALE INFORMATION Bids Catalogue subscriptions Collection & shipment +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 To obtain any Bonhams catalogue All sold lots will remain at Bonhams +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax or to take out an annual New Bond Street without charge To bid via the internet please visit subscription: until 5.30pm Thursday 6 July 2017. www.bonhams.com Subscriptions Department Sold lots not collected by this time +44 (0) 1666 502200 will be returned to the department. Payments +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax Storage Charges may apply. 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SPECIALISTS FOR THIS AUCTION EUROPE INDIA PHILLIPS HANNAH FOSTER RUTH WOODBRIDGE THERENCE DE MATHAREL Head of Department Senior Specialist Specialist Specialist Impressionist & Modern Art Impressionist & Modern Art Impressionist & Modern Art Impressionist & Modern Art London London London London BENEDETTA ALPINI CHRISTIANE GORZALKA EMILIE MILLON Junior Specialist Junior Cataloguer Junior Specialist Impressionist & Modern Art Impressionist & Modern Art Impressionist & Modern Art London London Paris NORTH AMERICA WILLIAM O’REILLY NATHANIA NISONSON AGNIESZKA PERCHE KATHY WONG Head of Department Senior Specialist Cataloguer Specialist Impressionist & Modern Art Impressionist & Modern Art Impressionist & Modern Art Impressionist & Modern Art New York New York New York Los Angeles ASIA ALEXIS CHOMPAISAL RYO WAKABAYASHI YAO YAO Specialist Senior Specialist Specialist Modern & Contemporary Art Modern & Contemporary Art Modern & Contemporary Art Los Angeles Tokyo Beijing PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION 1 AR FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953) Sans titre (Transparence) signed ‘Francis Picabia’ (lower left) pen and ink and pencil on paper 18.8 x 14.2cm (7 3/8 x 5 9/16in). Executed circa 1930 - 1931 £12,000 - 18,000 €14,000 - 21,000 US$15,000 - 23,000 The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Comité Picabia. This work will be included in the forthcoming Francis Picabia catalogue raisonné currently being prepared. Provenance Enrico Baj Collection, Milan. Private collection, Milan, by the early 1960s. Thence by descent to the present owner. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 10 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART | 11 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN AR 2 * HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) Trois femmes allongées stamped with the artist’s initials ‘Hm’ (lower right) pen and India ink on paper 23.5 x 31.95cm (9 1/4 x 12 3/8in). Executed in 1931 £60,000 - 80,000 €71,000 - 95,000 US$77,000 - 100,000 The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Madame andaW de Guébriant. Provenance Pierre Matisse Collection, the artist’s son, New York (by descent from the artist). Pierre-Noël Matisse Collection, the artist’s grandson (by descent from the above); his estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 4 November 2009, lot 174. Private collection, the Channel Islands (acquired at the above sale). ‘Drawing is the purest and most direct translation of my emotion. The simplification of the medium allows that’ - Henri Matisse For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 12 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART | 13 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION 3 AR GIORGIO MORANDI (1890-1964) Natura morta signed and dated ‘Morandi 64’ (lower right); signed, inscribed and dated ‘a Teresa con affetto Giorgio Morandi Bologna 1964’ (verso) watercolour on card 25 x 20cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/8in). Executed in Bologna in 1964 £30,000 - 50,000 €36,000 - 59,000 US$39,000 - 64,000 Provenance Maria Teresa Morandi Collection, the artist’s sister, Bologna (a gift from the artist). Galleria La Bussola, Turin. Private collection, Milan (acquired from the above at Arte Fiera, Bologna, in January 1990). Thence by descent to the present owner. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 14 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART | 15 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION 4 AR HENRI HAYDEN (1883-1970) Nature morte au Porto signed and dated ‘Hayden. 17’ (lower left) gouache, charcoal and pencil on card 32.2 x 26cm (12 11/16 x 10 1/4in).