Stanford Auctioneers Fine Art, Pop Art, Photographs: Day 1 of 3 Friday – October 19Th, 2018
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Stanford Auctioneers Fine Art, Pop Art, Photographs: Day 1 of 3 Friday – October 19th, 2018 www.stanfordauctioneers.com | [email protected] 1: PAUL KLEE - "M" Garden Gate ["Portail du jardin M"] USD 300 - 400 Paul Klee (Swiss/German, 1879 - 1940). ""M" Garden Gate ["Portail du jardin M"]". Original color collotype. 1932. Printed 1957. Signed in the image, lower left. Felix Paul Klee stamp, verso. Small edition. Thin cream wove paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine impression. Bright, fresh colors. Fine condition. Provenance: Acquired directly from Felix Paul Klee. Image size: 8 5/16 x 9 3/16 in. (211 x 233 mm). This edition was authorized by Klee shortly before his death in 1940 but delayed by World War II and its aftermath until 1957. It was printed under the immediate supervision of Felix Paul Klee (1907-1990), Klee's son. [23634-2-225] 2: ANDY WARHOL - $$ [dollar signs] USD 3,000 - 4,000 Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "$$ [dollar signs] [drawing]". Marker drawing on paper. c1979. Signed in black marker, lower center. White wove bond paper. The "full sheet". Fine condition. Provenance: Private collector, Sweden, acquired c.1991 possibly from Frederick W. Hughes (Warhol's business manager); thence to our consignor. Overall size: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (279 x 216 mm). Marker drawings of dollar signs by Warhol are scarce/rare. Our example is rare as it was drawn on Warhol’s “Andy Warhol Enterprises, Inc.” letterhead at the Factory (or as it was known then, “the office”). Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29037-2-2400] 3: DIANE ARBUS - A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania USD 1,000 - 1,200 Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971). "A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania". Original photogravure. 1965. Printed 1978. Stamped with photographer's name, verso. High-grade archival paper. Ample margins. Fine, qualty printing. Very good to fine condition; with tissue guard. Overall size: 15 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (400 x 295 mm). Image size: 10 1/16 x 9 15/16 in. (256 x 252 mm). Image copyright © The Estate of Diane Arbus, LLC. [27159-3-750] 4: LEWIS HINE - A Group of the Youngest Coal Breaker Boys in a USD 600 - 700 Pennsylvania Coal Mine, South Pittston, Pennsylvania Lewis Hine (American, 1874-1940). "A Group of the Youngest Coal Breaker Boys in a Pennsylvania Coal Mine, South Pittston, Pennsylvania". Original photogravure. 1911. Printed later. Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Full margins. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition; with tissue guard. Overall size: 11 5/8 x 15 11/16 in. (295 x 398 mm). Image size: 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (241 x 298 mm). Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and photographer who used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States. [27163-3-400] 5: PEDRO CORONEL - Abstraction 'B' USD 12,000 - 15,000 Pedro Coronel (Mexican, 1923-1985). "Abstraction 'B'". Watercolor on paper. 1984. Signed on the verso (as was his custom), once in upper right "Pedro Coronel. Mex 84" and once in lower right "Pedro Coronel.". Watermarked Arches paper. Painted to the edges, the full sheet, deckle edges. Vibrant, fresh colors. Provenance: Private collection, Key Biscayne, Florida; ex- estate/collection Dr. Augusto Lodi, former gallery director of the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Lodi loaned many works from his private collection for such exhibits as the “Three Generations of Mexican Masters” show held at the Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C., in 1999. Our example was included in the “Mexican Exhibit” show held at the City of Los Angeles’ Lankershim Arts Center, Los Angeles, California, June 15 – July 13, 1990, and is accompanied by its exhibition label. Image size: 30 1/16 x 22 9/16 in. (764 x 573 mm). Accompanied by a letter from Rejane Coronel Lalonde, the recognized authority on Coronel's oeuvre, authenticating this work. Painter, sculptor, and printmaker, Pedro Coronel was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1923. He studied painting and sculpture in La Esmeralda National School of Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to 1945 under Juan Cruz, Francisco Zuniga and Santos Balmori, and was later a teacher there himself. In 1946, Coronel went to Paris, where he attended workshops directed by the painter Victor Brauner and the sculptor Constantin Brancusi. From then on he lived alternately in Mexico and Paris. His first individual exhibition was at the Galeria Proteo in 1954. Later he exhibited in France, Italy, Japan, the United States and Brazil. Dramatization of the colors of the ancient cultures and the recovery of their shapes and motifs are basic features of Coronel’s work. Image copyright © The Estate of Pedro Coronel. [23420-5-8000] Copyright ©2018 Stanford Auctioneers | www.stanfordauctioneers.com | [email protected] Page 2 of 122 6: KARL BLOSSFELDT - Aconitum (Common Monkshood) USD 200 - 250 Karl Blossfeldt (German, 1865 - 1932). "Aconitum (Common Monkshood)". Original vintage photogravure. c1900-1928. Printed 1942. Stamped with photographer's name, verso. High-grade archival paper. Ample margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition. Image size: 10 3/16 x 7 5/8 in. (259 x 194 mm). Probably the most famous and highly sought after of all of Blossfeldt's images. Printed on one side of the paper only ("sur blanc"). An original gravure, not a later copy. [22550-2-150] 7: KARL BLOSSFELDT - Adiantum Pedatum (American Maidenhair Fern) USD 300 - 350 Karl Blossfeldt (German, 1865 - 1932). "Adiantum Pedatum (American Maidenhair Fern) [Young rolled-up fronds enlarged 8 times]". Original vintage photogravure. c1900-1928. Printed 1929. Stamped with photographer's name, verso. High-grade archival paper. Ample margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition. Overall size: 10 7/8 x 8 3/4 in. (276 x 222 mm). Image size: 10 3/16 x 7 1/2 in. (259 x 190 mm). Original photogravure edition, not a later, modern reproduction. [22452-2- 225] 8: ANDY WARHOL - African Elephant USD 2,500 - 3,000 Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "African Elephant". Original color analogue photograph. 1983. Signed in black marker. Printed on Kodak photographic paper. The full sheet. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.293. Provenance: Private collection, Sweden, thence to our consignor. Overall size: 4 x 6 in. (102 x 152 mm). This photograph was taken by Warhol (probably with his Konica C35 EF) in Rupert Jasen Smith’s studio before the ‘African Elephant’ print had been signed by Warhol. Once it was developed, this photo (and the print) were then signed by Warhol. An image from the ‘Endangered Species’ series. The regular edition silkscreens were printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York City and published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York City. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29258-1-1600] 9: ANDY WARHOL - After the Party USD 60,000 - 70,000 Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "After the Party [collage]". Collage/mixed media on fabric. 1979. Signed and dated in black marker by Warhol, lower center. Unique. Overall condition very good with no holes or tears. There are scattered spots (from Champagne?) primarily on the recto, and some minor staining, primarily on the verso. The object, a woman’s size small, is cotton with a nylon lining, wearable, with the zipper fully functional. The compositional ink was applied with skill and care. Collage elements: the word “After” consists of black sequins sewn onto “appliqué mesh” and surrounded with embroidered white yarn, the mesh then sewn to the dress; the word “The” is composed with black sequins but without the corresponding yarn, the mesh sewn to the object; the word “Party” consists of red beadwork sewn to the appliqué mesh, thence sewn to the dress. The mesh edges have not been trimmed or folded. Literature/catalogue raisonne: See Feldman/Schellmann II.183 (pg. 102) for the editioned screenprint. Overall size: 36 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (930 x 476 mm). A unique, classic, and very rare item, previously unrecorded. The image of our object is based on, but is not identical to, Warhol’s “After the Party” screenprint of 1979 (attached to this catalogue as image #10). That print is white (with a rainbow roll drawing line) on a black background, whereas our example is black (without the rainbow roll) on a white background. The print’s image is horizontal whereas ours is vertical. In addition there is a large undefined object lower center in our work, not found in the screenprint. Thus it appears that our image was created using a screen different than that of the editioned print. This fact plus the extensive collage work marks it as one of a kind. According to ‘Gordon’s Art Reference’ the auction record for the screenprint itself, issued in an edition of 1,000, is $32,500 (Phillips, New York, April 28th, 2014, lot #63). According to an “art-worker” at Warhol’s 860 Broadway “Factory,” a socialite showed up for a late-night party there wearing this plain white dress. She left in the wee hours of the morning wrapped in a large piece of canvas, sans clothing. Over the next few days Warhol and various Warhol “Superstars” applied their magic and created the work. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29392-19-40000] 10: HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON - Ahmedabad, India USD 600 - 700 Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908 - 2004).