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Post-War & Contemporary Wednesday 27 June 2018 Wednesday POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART & CONTEMPORARY POST-WAR POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART Ӏ New Bond Street, London Ӏ Wednesday 27 June 2018 Detail lot 7 Detail lot 28 Detail lot 23 Detail lot 22 Lot 9 POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART Wednesday 27 June 2018, at 5pm 101 New Bond Street, London VIEWING ENQUIRIES CUSTOMER SERVICES REGISTRATION 101 New Bond Street, London Ralph Taylor Monday to Friday 08.30am to 6pm IMPORTANT NOTICE Saturday 23 June 11am - 5pm +44 (0) 20 7447 7403 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Please note that all customers, Sunday 24 June 11am - 5pm [email protected] irrespective of any previous activity Monday 25 June 9am - 6pm As a courtesy to intending with Bonhams, are required to Tuesday 26 June 9am - 6pm Gareth Williams bidders, Bonhams will provide a complete the Bidder Registration Wednesday 27 June 9am - 2pm + 44 (0) 20 7468 5879 written Indication of the physical Form in advance of the sale. 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REPRESENTATIVES Europe Catherine Yaiche Victoria Rey-de-Rudder Livie Gallone-Moeller Emma Dalla Libera Paris Geneva Geneva Rome Christine de Schaetzen Andrea Bodmer Thomas Kamm Katharina Schmid Brussels Zurich Munich Stuttgart Kieran O'Boyle Koen Samson Johann Leibbrandt Teresa Ybarra Dublin Amsterdam Madrid Barcelona Asia Filipa de Andrade Ingrid Bjaringer Bernadette Rankine Jessica Zhang Lisbon Stockholm Singapore Beijing POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART SPECIALISTS London Ralph Taylor Gareth Williams Giacomo Balsamo Jacqueline Nowikovsky Global Head of Post-War Departmental Director International Head of Sale Specialist & Contemporary Art Head of Department Departmental Director Milan New York Amy Thompson Luca Curradi Jeremy Goldsmith Jacqueline Towers-Perkins Specialist Specialist Director of the Americas Specialist Los Angeles Alana Ricca Sharon Squires Dane Jensen Alexis Chompaisal Specialist Senior Director Director Director Asia Yao Yao Dorothy Lin Ryo Wakabayashi Edward Wilkinson Senior Specialist Specialist Consultant Executive Director, Asia SALE entral iddlese cton Ln ospital ark oyal INFORMATION cton Ln Cadogan Tate oronation oad W e d s P a te a o r r n R k A v e R e s A o 40 a y h a ark l C oyal iWestern e 0 R o Station a 0 d 0 cton 0 North 4 eetery A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V West Acton orn Lane Station BIDS BUYERS COLLECTION & STORAGE AND HANDLING The following symbols are +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 STORAGE AFTER SALE CHARGES ON SOLD LOTS included in the catalogue: +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax LOTS MARKED TP RETURNED TO CADOGAN TATE To bid via the internet please visit * VAT on imported items at www.bonhams.com All sold lots marked TP will be Storage a preferential rate of 5% on removed to Cadogan Tate, 241 Storage will be free of charge for hammer price and the PAYMENTS Acton Lane, London, NW10 7NP the first 14 calendar days from & prevailing rate on buyer’s premium Buyers from 9am Thursday 28 June 2018 including the sale date Wednesday +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 and will be available from 12pm 27 June 2018. 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Lots not collected by this time VAT licenses please contact will be returned to the department Will be applied at the current +44 (0) 20 7468 5873 where storage charges may apply. rate on all above charges [email protected] Payment All charges due to Cadogan Tate may be paid to them in advance or at the time of collection from their warehouse. Payment may be made by cash, cheque with banker’s card, credit, or debit card (Please note: Amex is not accepted). Information on charges due is available by email at [email protected] or telephone on +44 (0) 800 988 6100 POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART LOTS 1 - 37 Lot 19 1 * SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) Untitled (SF71-1025) 1971 signed, dated Feb 1971 and dedicated For Ishibashi Omedetou on the reverse acrylic and watercolour on paper 71.2 by 51.2 cm. 28 1/16 by 20 3/16 in. £25,000 - 35,000 US$33,000 - 47,000 €29,000 - 40,000 This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF71-1025 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation. Provenance Teruo Ishibashi Collection, Japan (acquired directly from the artist in 1971) Acquired directly from the above by 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. THREE IMPORTANT WORKS BY JEAN DUBUFFET LOTS 2 - 4 Mire G 13 (Bolivar) vibrates with a frenetic energy, the bold stemming from Dubuffet’s fascination with Art Brut, yet it is reds, yellows and blues drawing the viewer across the canvas also supremely confident with rapid dashes and layers of paint in a dazzling melange of colour.
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