2012 Annual Benefit Auction Honoring James Siena Tuesday October 16, 2012 Preview Catalog

315 West 36th Street New York, NY 100018 www.dieudonne.org Cover: James Siena Twelve Circles, Twelve Squares (Yellow-Blue), 2012 Pigmented linen on abaca 11 x 8 ½ inches Three color variations, each in an edition of 10 Available exclusively in a frame designed by the artist James Siena signing Collectors Series edition Two Perforated Combs in the Dieu Donné dry studio

2012 Annual Benefit Auction Honoring James Siena

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:30 pm Reception and Silent Auction 7:30 pm Introduction of James Siena by Chuck Close 7:45 pm Live Auction hosted by Sara Friedlander 9-11 pm Artists After Party

Dieu Donné 315 West 36th Street New York, NY 10018 www.dieudonne.org Honorary Benefit Committee

Event Sponsors Martina Batan Art Department, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University Sue Ann Evans Frayda & Ronald Feldman Scott Gerson & Nicholas Brill Brown Sue Gosin & Richard Barrett Steven L. Holley & John W. Hamilton IV Ken Hudes Max & Laurie Munn Pace Prints Sylvia Shepard & Will Holtzman Tracy Williams, Ltd.

Event Patrons Jan Anderson Fine Art Services Jacqueline Brody Sharon Coplan Horowitz David W. Kiehl Glenn D. Lowry James Simon & James Mills Adam D. Weinberg

Event Supporters Naomi S. & Stephen Antonakos Catherine Bindman & Armin Kunz Bunny & Charles Burson Mona Dukess Elizabeth Finch Galerie Lelong

Support The artistic and educational programs at Dieu Donné are made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and Foundation support including: Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Cowles Charitable Trust, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Greenwall Foundation, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Minnow Fund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts and the New York City Investment Fund along with major individual support. Acknowledgements

Event Benefactors Special Thanks

All 2012 Benefit Artists Patrons Benefit staff & volunteers The Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions Billur Akendiz Andrea & Marc Glimcher APF Munn Master Framemakers Agnes Gund Bark Frameworks Hather Guess Chuck Close Pace Gallery Sara Friedlander Samantha Smith Holly Greenfield Supporters Haven Press Studio Andrea Inselmann Bruce W. Addison & Michael H. Foster Jonathon Linaberry George Ahl Mexicue Chris Apgar Paddle8 Carmine Branagan Oona Ratcliffe Nancy Cohen James Siena Richard Evans & Melissa Dibble James Simon Tara Levy Swayspace Marshall Price Table Tales Jane Rushton Tiger Beer/US Beverage Corinna Ripps Schaming Stephanie Wiles Susan Shaw Judith Smith Jerome Strelov Dieu Donné Coasters Linda Sweet Marilyn Symmes Thank you to the 2011–12 Fred Wistow Workspace artists—Anna Qian Wu Craycroft, Adam Henry, Molly Geoffrey Young Smith, and Saya Woolfalk—who created this year’s limited edition coasters, and to letterpress printer Donors Mark Herschede of Haven Press Allan Chasanoff Studio. Barbara Krakow Catherine MacMahon Anthony Meier Benefit Catalogue Mark A. Musgrave Elaina Ruchardson Printing by HighRoad Press. Laura Skoler Richard Artschwager Brett Littman & Kara Vander Weg Roberta Waddell Dieu Donné is a non-profit organization dedicated to the creation, promotion, and preservation of new contemporary art utilizing the hand papermaking process. The organization’s primary services and programs are devoted to working with mid-career and emerging artists to develop new, innovative methods of papermaking within the medium and the greater world of contemporary art. These programs provide a sig- nificant educational opportunity for contemporary artists by engaging them actively in the approaches to hand papermaking that Artistic Director Paul Wong has devel- oped through collaborations with artists since our inception in 1976. Located in New York City, Dieu Donné houses a professional papermaking studio as well as a gallery, archive, and administrative offices.

James Siena in the Dieu Donné wet studios, 2012

Dieu Donné Board of Directors

Susan Gosin, Founder & Co-Chair Martina Batan, Co-Chair Max Munn, Treasurer Ken Hudes, Secretary Sue Ann Evans Scott Gerson James Selfe Sylvia Shepard

Kathleen Flynn, Executive Director Paul Wong, Artistic Director Dieu Donné is grateful to all of the artists for their generous artwork donations

2012 Live Auction Artists

Mike Ballou, Kathy Bradford, Dawn Clements, E.V. Day, Tony Feher, Mark Greenwold, Jane Hammond, Jim Hodges, Bill Jensen, Butt Johnson, Chris Martin, Thomas Nozkowski, Bruce Pearson, Katia Santibañez, Kate Shepherd, Mark Strand, Dan Tague, Chuck Webster, Lawrence Weiner, Daniel Zeller

2012 Silent Auction Artists

Justin Amrhein, Nina Lola Bachhuber, Glen Baldridge, Bayard, Erik Benson, Sonya Blesofsky, AJ Bocchino, Jenn Brehm, Jamison Brosseau, Brad Brown, Brice Brown, Scott Vincent Campbell, Martha Clippinger, Jennifer Cohen, Nancy Cohen, Ian Cooper, Ethan Cornell, Anna Craycroft, David Kennedy Cutler, Annabel Daou, Andrea Dezsö, Lauren DuBeau, Angela Dufresne, Mona Dukess, Adam Eckstrom, Julia Elsas, Dale Emmart, Dan Estabrook, Brad Ewing, Rochelle Feinstein, Elise Ferguson, Michael Ferris Jr., Rosemarie Fiore, Matthew Fisher, Megan Foster, Ra- chel Foullon, Danielle Frankenthal, Justin Gainan, Auguste Garufi, Jackie Gendel, Peter D. Gerakaris, Kenneth R. Gerleve, Larry Giacoletti, Ben Gocker, Guadalupe Gonzalez, Ethan Greenbaum, Stacy Greene, Valerie Hammond, Kirsten Hassen- feld, Mary Heebner, Adam Henry, Jessie Henson, Elana Herzog, Carter Hodgkin, Erik Hougen, Amy Jacobs, Julia Jacquette, Aaron Johnson, Don Joint, Mary Judge, Sarah Kabot, Charles Koegel, Fran Kornfeld, Leila A. Leder Kremer, Nick Lamia, Margaret Lanzetta, Catherine Lee, Abby Leigh, Noah Loesberg, Nancy Manter, Akemi Martin, Eddie Martinez, Jenny Morgan, Elizabeth Morris, Sam Moyer, Cyrilla Mozenter, Rory Mulligan, Murad Khan Mumtaz, Fumi Mini Nakamura, Deborah G. Nehmad, Jill Parisi, Dan Peyton, Javier Piñon, Ken Polinskie, Richard Polsky, Oona Ratcliffe, Alan Reid, Donna Ruff, Tara Ruth, Kathy Ruttenberg, Phil Sanders, Christopher Saucedo, Kat Savage, Sylvia Schwartz, Lauren Carly Shaw, Drew Shiflett, Tom Slaughter, Molly Smith, Ben Snead, Randall Stoltzfus, Ilene Sunshine, Julianne Swartz, Lisa Switalski, Barbara Takenaga, Mary Temple, Zdravko Toic, Sarah Warner Baratti, Michael Waugh, Martin Wilner, Paul Wong, Saya Woolfalk, Mika Yokobori Live Auction Beginning at 7:45 pm

Lot #1

Kate Shepherd Still-life with pants and violin, 2012 Acrylic on cut Dieu Donné paper 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Lelong Estimated Retail Value: $3,000

Lot #2

Katia Santibañez Underneath, 2012 Pencil 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Morgan Lehman Galery Estimated Retail Value: $3,500

Lot #3 Bruce Pearson Itch, 2012 Gouache on paper 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Estimated Retail Value: $4,000 Hosted by Sara Friedlander Christie’s Vice President and Head of Sale, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Lot #4

Lawrence Weiner &, 2012 Faber-Castell pencil, gouache, pen, and ink on Dieu Donné paper 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist Estimated Retail Value: $12,500

Lot #5 Butt Johnson The Linda Problem, 2012 Crayon on hand incised paper 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and CRG Gallery Estimated Retail Value: $5,500

Lot #6

Chris Martin Mystical #10, 2012 Collage and pigmented linen pulp painting on cotton 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash Estimated Retail Value: $6,500 Lot #7

Mark Strand Untitled, 2012 Handmade paper 14 x 18 inches Courtesy of the Artist Estimated Retail Value: $5,000

Lot #8

Thomas Nozkowski Untitled (L -18), 2012 Oil on paper 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Pace Gallery Estimated Retail Value: $16,000

Lot #9

Tony Feher Thinking of You, 2012 Semen and glitter (Just like the ‘70s) 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Pace Gallery, Lucien Terras, and D’Amelio Gallery Estimated Retail Value: $5,000 Lot #10

Dawn Clements July 30, 2012 (mums), 2012 Gouache on Dieu Donné paper 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Pierogi Gallery Estimated Retail Value: $3,000

Lot #11 E.V. Day Flamenco Peek-a-Boo, 2012 Silver and aluminum leaf with archival glue/color copy on vellum and handmade paper, tape 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Carolina Nitsch Estimated Retail Value: $5,000

Lot #12

Jim Hodges Untitled, 2012 Charcoal, 24K gold and Japanese silver leaf with beva on paper 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist, Barbara Gladstone, Stephen Friedman & Anthony Meier Galleries Estimated Retail Value: $45,000 Lot #13

Mark Greenwold A Marriage, 2012 Pencil and wash on paper 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist Estimated Retail Value: $7,000

Lot #14

Daniel Zeller Fractured Quandary, 2012 Ink and acrylic 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Pierogi Gallery Estimated Retail Value: $6,000

Lot #15

Bill Jensen Study for a New Triptych, 2012 Ink on handmande paper 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Cheim & Read Gallery Estimated Retail Value: $12,000 Lot #16

Jane Hammond Chutes and Ladders, 2012 Sumi ink and silver leaf on assorted archival papers 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Lelong Estimated Retail Value: $4,000

Lot #17

Fund-a-Lot Help us take papermaking on the road ! New mobile papermaking equipment will help us share the creative and educational process with schoolgroups throughout the New York City area.

Bidding Notes Please note your paddle number on the back of this catalog. You will need your paddle to bid on both the live and silent auction works and to collect works at checkout. All bids are binding and sales are final. All proceeds from this event benefit the artistic and educational programs at Dieu Donné. All auction works that require shipping and handling costs are the responsibility of the buyer.

Live Auction works are sold in archival frames, or as diplayed; bidders are responsibles for the framing cost of $125 per work in addition to the amount of the succesful bid.

Opening bids and buy-it-now options are available for all Silent Auction artworks. Bidding must be in $50 increments. Archival frames are included in the Silent Auction winning bid without additional charge. Live Auction Buy-It-Now Artworks

Mike Ballou Katherine Bradford King Jimmy, 2012 Superman Responds, Yellow, 2012 Eurethane foam, plaster, and paint Gouache and collage 6 x 4 ¼ inches 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist Courtesy of the Artist Estimated Retail Value: $1,500 Estimated Retail Value: $1,200 Buy-it-Now price: $900 Buy-it-Now price: $900

Dan Tague Chuck Webster Monster, 2012 Untitled, 2012 Burned paper and graphite Mixed media on paper 17 x 17 inches 17 x 17 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Civilian Art Projects Courtesy of the Artist and ZieherSmith Estimated Retail Value: $1,200 Estimated Retail Value: $2,100 Buy-it-Now Price: $900 Buy-it-Now Price: $1,600 Benefit Edition

James Siena, 2012 Annual Benefit honoree and current Lab Grant Artist-in-Resident, has created a new limited edition in handmade paper in the Dieu Donné studio. In a series of three jewel-like color variations (each in an edition of ten) James Siena has simpli- fied his aesthetic by stripping away the more concentric, detailed, and linear passages of his z imagery and concentrating on the circle as a form. The largest circle is drawn with pigmented cotton pulp in a proportionate relationship to the rectangular abaca base sheet. The placement of each successive circle is determined relative to the remaining space. In his established mathematical approach to filling the picture plane by ever larger or small- er increments of linear design, the circle now acts as a simplified signature and marks a new direction in his work. The relationship of form to space is further accentuated with a square in a contrasting color square placed within each circle, focusing the viewer’s attention to these varied proportions and the tension in that contrast. The bold colors and geometric shapes in this series evoke the language of road signs and the relentless con- frontation of information that they graphically impose. The physicality of the final object is enhanced in the drying process as the heavily pigmented cotton pulp reacts to the abaca base sheets. Siena has created several editions in handmade paper in collaboration with Artistic Director Paul Wong, and is attracted to the inherent artifacts of the papermaking process and the materiality of paper as part of the intrinsic whole of the work.

For more information contact Kathleen Flynn: [email protected] / 212.226.0573

James Siena Twelve Circles, Twelve Squares (Red-Yellow) Twelve Circles, Twelve Squares (Black-White) Twelve Circles, Twelve Squares (Yellow-Blue) 2012, Pigmented linen on abaca, 11 x 8 ½ inches Three color variations, each in an edition of 10 Available exclusively in a frame designed by the artist Price starting at $1,500 each, $4,000 set of three Paddle #