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Collection Highlights COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS 14 April – 28 May 2021 Auguste Herbin (French, 1882–1960) Aoum II 1944 oil on canvas $110,000 65 x 100 cm (25⅝x 39⅜ in.) + 5% Import VAT signed and dated ‘herbin 1944’ (lower right); titled ‘ “aoum” 2’ (lower left) Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Homme et femme nus 29 November 1971 crayon and India ink on paper $500,000 50.5 x 66.2 cm (19⅞ x 28⅛ in.) + 5% Import VAT signed, dated and numbered ‘Picasso 29.11.71. III’ (lower right) Alan Davie (British, 1920-2014) Improvisations on a Chagall Theme no. 1 December 1966 oil on canvas £95,000 213 x 172.5 cm (84 x 68 in.) signed and dated (on the verso) Richard Artschwager (American, 1923-2013) Over and out 1989 $195,000 acrylic on Celotex, in artist’s frame + 5% Import VAT 183.9 x 150.5 x 7.5 cm (72⅜ x 59¼ x 3 in.) signed, titled and dated (on the verso) Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958) Bois à La Jonchère 1912 $350,000 oil on canvas + 5% Import VAT 81.3 x 100 cm (32 x 39⅜ in.) signed 'Vlaminck' (lower left) Victor Vasarely (Hungarian/French, 1906-1997) Farbwelt conceived in 1963 and painted c.1973 acrylic and tempera on canvas £150,000 130 x 92 cm (51⅛ x 36¼ in.) inscribed, signed, titled and dated ‘2621 VASARELY “FARBWELT” 130 x 92 1963 (HH)’ (on the verso) 5-7 Dover St. London W1S 4LD T +44 (0)20 7287 7750 F +44 (0)20 7287 7751 [email protected] www.alonzakaim.com Léopold Survage (French, 1879-1968) Visage 1948 casein on panel €53,000 65 x 46 cm (25⅝ x 18⅛ in.) signed and dated ‘Survage. 48.’ (lower right) Arman (American/French1928-2005) Untitled (Paint Brushes) 1988 paint brushes and acrylic on canvas mounted on board £95,000 212 x 152 cm (83½ x 59⅞ in.) inscribed with the archive number ‘C396 ARCH 274’ (on verso) Damien Hirst (British, b.1965) The Four Seasons 2010 household gloss on canvas, in 4 parts £1,500,000 each: 172.7 x 193 cm (68 x 76 in.) each: signed, titled, dated 2010 and variously inscribed on the reverse Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953) Roses gouache and watercolour on paper £78,000 50.2 x 65.7 cm (19¾ x 25⅞ in.) + 5% Import VAT signed ‘Raoul Dufy’ (lower left) Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953) La Terrasse à Vallauris 1927 £480,000 oil on canvas + 5% Import VAT 80 x 100 cm (31½ x 38¾ in.) signed ‘Raoul Dufy’ (lower right) Jacques Lipchitz (American/French, 1891-1973) La Liseuse II conceived in September 1919; cast by the Modern Art Foundry, Long Island in the 1960s $1,050,000 bronze; edition 1 of 7 + 5% Import VAT height: 75.5 cm (29¾ in.) inscribed, dated, numbered ‘J Lipchitz Sept 1919 1/7’; marked with the artist’s thumbprint Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986) Mother and Child: Petal Skirt conceived in 1955; cast in 1955 bronze; edition 4 of 6 plus 1 artist’s proof by the Fiorini $98,000 foundry, London + 5% Import VAT 19 x 9 x 15.5 cm (inc. marble base) signed and numbered ‘Moore 4/6’ 5-7 Dover St. London W1S 4LD T +44 (0)20 7287 7750 F +44 (0)20 7287 7751 [email protected] www.alonzakaim.com Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986) Working Model for Hill Arches 1972; cast by the H. Noack foundry, Berlin bronze; edition 3 of 9 plus 1 AP $895,000 57.5 x 108.5 x 68 cm (22⅝ x 42¾ x 26¾ in.) + 5% Import VAT signed and numbered ‘Moore 3/9’ with the foundry mark Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Le Voyeur 1 August 1933 pen and brush and ink on paper $695,000 40.2 x 50.5cm (15¾ x 19⅞ in.) signed, located and dated ‘Picasso Cannes 1er Aôut XXXIII’ (lower centre); numbered ‘II’ (on the verso) Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Deux nus et têtes d’hommes 29 July 1972 $595,000 India ink on paper + 5% Import VAT 46.8 x 63 cm (18⅜ x 24¾ in.) signed and dated ‘29.7.72. Picasso’ (lower left) Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) What the countryside will look like in 1987 1937 pen and ink on paper 26.7 x 36.8 cm (10½ x 14½ in.) £95,000 signed ‘Dalí’ (lower right); inscribed ‘Dali, Salvador F-8’, stamped ‘JAN 24 1937’ with American Weekly seal (on the verso) Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) Nature morte à la grande cruche 1955 oil on canvas £350,000 54 x 73 cm (21¼ x 28¾ in.) signed ‘G Braque’ (lower left) Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) Légumier, citron, oranges 1924 $395,000 oil on canvas + 5% Import VAT 21 x 65.3 cm (8¼ x 25¾ in.) signed and dated ‘G Braque 24’ (lower right) 5-7 Dover St. London W1S 4LD T +44 (0)20 7287 7750 F +44 (0)20 7287 7751 [email protected] www.alonzakaim.com Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) Vue de Tolède, ange, deux cavaliers et personnages dans un paysage montagneux 1957 $215,000 ink on Strathmore paper + 5% Import VAT 76.5 x 101.7 cm (30⅛ x 40 in.) signed and dated ‘Dalí 1957’ (lower left) Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Composition 1969 gouache on paper £90,000 57 x 77 cm (22½ x 30¼ in.) + 5% Import VAT signed, dated and dedicated ‘à Marie Paule + Jean Leymarie Calder 69’ (lower right) Maurice Estève (French, 1904-2001) Le Boischaut 1960 €230,000 oil on canvas + 20% VAT 65 x 100 cm (26 x 39½ in.) signed and dated ‘Estève 60’ (lower left) Victor Brauner (French/Romanian, 1903-1966) La récapitulation de l'amour 1934 £85,000 oil on canvas 50.2 x 61.2 cm (19¾ x 24⅛ in.) Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966) Igor Stravinsky (recto); Esquisse d’Igor Stravinsky (verso) 1957 $65,000 pencil on paper 42.9 x 32.4 cm (16⅞ x 12¾ in.) 5-7 Dover St. London W1S 4LD T +44 (0)20 7287 7750 F +44 (0)20 7287 7751 [email protected] www.alonzakaim.com .
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