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The Greek Sale New Bond Street, London | 17 April 2019 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 2 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. The Greek Sale New Bond Street, London | Wednesday 17 April 2019 at 2pm VIEWINGS BIDS ENQUIRIES IMPORTANT INFORMATION Athens +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 London The United States Government 36 Amalias Avenue +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Anastasia Orfanidou has banned the import of ivory 10558, Athens To bid via the internet please visit +44 (0) 20 7468 8356 into the USA. Lots containing Tuesday 2 April www.bonhams.com anastasia.orfanidou ivory are indicated by the symbol 11am to 8pm @bonhams.com Ф printed beside the lot number Wednesday 3 April Please note that bids should be in this catalogue. 11am to 8pm submitted no later than 4pm on Athens Thursday 4 April the day prior to the sale. Terpsichore Maria Angelopoulou REGISTRATION 11am to 8pm Lola-Theodora Stefanidou IMPORTANT NOTICE New bidders must also provide Philippe Glyptis Please note that all customers, London proof of identity when submitting Timos Economopoulos irrespective of any previous 101 New Bond Street bids. Failure to do this may result +30 210 36 36 404 W1S 1SR, London in your bid not being processed. +30 210 36 36 470 (fax) activity with Bonhams, are Sunday 14 April [email protected] required to complete the Bidder 11am to 3pm Telephone bidding will only be [email protected] Registration Form in advance of Monday 15 April accepted on lots with a lower 7, Neofytou Vamva Street the sale. The form can be found 9am to 4.30 pm estimate in excess of £1,000. 106 74 Athens at the back of every catalogue Tuesday 16 April and on our website at www. 9am to 4.30 pm Live online bidding is CUSTOMER SERVICES bonhams.com and should be Wednesday 17 April available for this sale Monday to Friday returned by email or post to the 9am to 12pm Please email [email protected] 8.30am to 6pm specialist department or to the with “Live bidding” in the subject +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 bids department at SALE NUMBER line 48 hours before the auction +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 Fax 25348 to register for this service. [email protected] Please see back of catalogue CATALOGUE for important notice to bidders. To bid live online and / or leave £20.00 internet bids please go to As a courtesy to intending www.bonhams.com/ ILLUSTRATIONS bidders, Bonhams will provide a auctions/25348 and click on the Front cover: Lot 32 written Indication of the physical Register to bid link at the top left Back cover: Lot 35 condition of lots in this sale if a of the page. Inside front cover: Lot 25 request is received up to 24 Inside back cover: Lot 58 hours before the auction starts. This written Indication is issued subject to Clause 3 of the Notice to Bidders. Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams International Board Registered No. 4326560 Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Matthew Girling CEO, Asaph Hyman, Caroline Oliphant, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Edward Wilkinson, Geoffrey Davies, James Knight, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Jon Baddeley, Jonathan Fairhurst, Leslie Wright, Rupert Banner, Simon Cottle. Sale Information BIDS BUYERS COLLECTION & For small sized paintings VAT +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 STORAGE AFTER SALE if the largest dimension is Will be applied at the current rate +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax All sold lots will remain in collections smaller than 70cm, there on all above charges To bid via the internet please visit in New Bond Street without charge will be a charge of £200+VAT www.bonhams.com until 5.30pm Wednesday 1 May The following symbol is used 2019. Lots not collected by this For medium sized paintings to denote that VAT is due on PAYMENTS time will be returned to the Greek if the largest dimension is the hammer price and buyer’s Buyers department storage charges may between 71cm and 150cm, premium +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 apply there will be a charge of £250+VAT +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax † VAT 20% on hammer price Bonhams can arrange shipment For large sized paintings and buyer’s premium Sellers to the Athens office on behalf if the largest dimension is Payment of sale proceeds of successful purchasers. 151cm or larger, there will * VAT on imported items at a +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Those who wish to ship their be a charge of £300+VAT. preferential rate of 5% on hammer +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax items to Athens please inform price and the prevailing rate on us by 6pm on the day of the PLEASE NOTE THAT buyer’s premium VALUATIONS, TAXATION sale for your lots to be included DIMENSIONS & HERITAGE in our consolidated shipment. INCLUDE FRAMES Y These lots are subject to CITES +44 (0) 20 7468 8340 Tel: +44 (0) 7968 621 869 regulations, please read the +44 (0) 20 7468 5860 fax Email: [email protected] Sculptures information in the back of the [email protected] For sculptures below 150cm, catalogue. Please note that Bonhams will be there will be a charge of CATALOGUE SUBSCRIPTIONS closed from 5.30pm Thursday 18 £250+VAT. For sculptures To obtain any Bonhams catalogue April 2019 until 9am Tuesday 23 exceeding 150 cm, there will or to take out an annual April 2019 for the Easter Holiday. be a charge of £300+VAT subscription: Subscriptions Department Please note that Alban Shipping +44 (0) 1666 502200 will be closed from 5.30pm +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax Thursday 18 April 2019 until [email protected] 8.30am Tuesday 23 April 2019 for the Easter Holiday. SHIPPING For information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licenses please contact Alban Shipping on +44 (0) 1582 493 099 [email protected] The Greek Sale Lots 1 - 88 1 AR YIANNIS TSAROUCHIS (1910-1989) Portrait of Dominique signed in Greek and dated ‘1973’ (lower right) pastel, crayons and pencil on paper 40 x 40 cm. £15,000 - 20,000 €17,000 - 23,000 Provenance Nia Stratos collection, Athens. Private collection, Athens. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 6 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. THE GREEK SALE | 7 2 AR YIANNIS TSAROUCHIS (1910-1989) Still life of roses signed in Greek and dated ‘78’ oil on canvas wrapped on board 44.5 x 36.5 cm. £10,000 - 15,000 €12,000 - 17,000 Literature Yannis Tsarouchis Painting, Y. Tsarouchis Foundation, Athens 1990, no. 532 (illustrated). For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 8 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 3 AR YIANNIS TSAROUCHIS (1910-1989) Pink roses in a vase signed in Greek and dated ‘78’ (lower right) oil on canvas wrapped on board 44.5 x 36.5 cm. £10,000 - 15,000 €12,000 - 17,000 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. THE GREEK SALE | 9 4 GEORGIOS JAKOBIDES (1852-1932) Allegorical composition signed ‘G. JAKOBIDES’ (lower right) oil on panel 25 x 35.5 cm. £8,000 - 12,000 €9,300 - 14,000 Painted in 1889. Exhibited Athens, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Jakobides Retrospective, 14 November 2005-30 January 2006 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue curated by O. Mentzafou-Polyzou, p.136, no. 15). Literature O.Mentzafou-Polyzou, Jakobides, Adam editions, Athens 1999, p.61 (illustrated). A.Kottidis, Greek Art, 19th Century Painting, Ekdotiki Athinon editions, Athens 1995, no 118, pp. 241-242 (discussed), p. 148 (illustrated). 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. 5 AR GEORGIOS BOUZIANIS (1885-1959) Ein Mädchen signed (upper right); signed and titled on the pass-par-tout watercolour and pencil on paper 45.5 x 34 cm. £6,000 - 8,000 €7,000 - 9,300 Painted c.1928. Literature D. Deliyannis, Yorgos Bouzianis 1885-1959, Adam editions, Athens 1996, no. 292, p. 295 (catalogued), p. 182 (illustrated). For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. THE GREEK SALE | 11 6 (a) 6 (c) 6 EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY a) Armed Greek soldier oil on canvas 29.5 x 24.5 cm. EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY b) Greek warrior oil on marble 20 x 15 cm. GERMAN SCHOOL (c.1830-1840) c) Greek beauty oil on canvas 27.7 x 21.5 cm. (3) £3,000 - 5,000 €3,500 - 5,800 Provenance a) Greek Sale, Christie's, Athens, 4 December 1995, lot 3. 6 (b) 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.