February 13 Catalog.indd 1 2/2/2013 2:07:12 PM INDEX Mario Alberto AGATIELLO 48 Marcos LOPEZ 24bis Julio ALPUY 74/102/105 Alexis AKRITHAKIS 29 / 30 Stevenson MAGLOIRE 22 Erol AKYAVAS 38/39 Fabian MARCACCIO 63 ARMAN 95 Roberto MATTA 88/89/90/91 Jose Yepez ARTEAGA 93 Francisco MATTO 73 Hulusi MERCAN 40 / 41 Stephan Wladislawowitsch BAKALOWICZ 106 Simin MEYKADEH 31 BANKSY 6 / 7 Hector MOLNE 70 Luis Fernando BENEDIT 55/56 Robert MOTHERWELL 19 Cundo BERMUDEZ 67 José Chávez MORADO 57 Oswaldo BORDA 61 Estuardo MALDONADO 47 Mr. BRAINWASH 1 David BURLIUK 33 Hamed NADA 28 Alberto Ulloa BURGOS 81 Hector NAVARRO 54 Hebru BRANTLEY 5 Loiuse NEVELSON 16 Lita CABELLUT 13 Marie ORENSANZ 77 Mario CARRENO 43 Mubin ORHON 35 Eduardo Oliveira CEZAR 51 Ardan OZMENOGLU 15 CHRISTO 18 Gail Sherman CORBETT 190 Manuel PAILOS 98/99/100 Horacio CORDERO 24 A.R. PENCK 17 Rogelio POLESELLO 65/66 Jorge Jiménez DEREDIA 94 Danilo di PRETE 53 Juan A. DIAZ 113/114 Saliba DOUAIHY 42 Anna Maria QUEMARE 111/112/116 Carmelo ARDEN QUIN 44/45/46 Giovanni ECHEVARRIA 115 Carlos ESTEVEZ 58/62 Maurice RENOMA 23 Leopoldo ROMANACH 69 Pedro FIGARI 101 Vitaly RUSAKOV 14 Robert FREEMAN 60 Maria FREIRE 78 SEEN 8 Juan Jose SEGURA 68 Rocío GARCIA 79 David Alfaro SIQUIEROS 64/71 Joaquín Torres GARCIA 92 Venancio SHINKI 52 Diego GIACOMETTI 27 Andres GILES 11 / 12 Kenzo TAKADA 25 Alain GODON 9 Francisco TOLEDO 82/83/84 Greg GOSSEL 96 Michael TRACY 2 / 4 José GURVICH 104 Victor VASARELY 49 Valerie HAMMOND 97 Gregorio VARDANEGA 50 John HARDY 26 Sergei Semyonovich VOROSHILOV 107 Robert INDIANA 21 Andy WARHOL 20 Eduardo KINGMAN 72 Yigit YAZICI 3 Naum KNOP 76 Purvis YOUNG 10 Dmitry KRASNOPEVTSEV 34 Fahr El Nissa ZEID 36 / 37 Wilfredo LAM 85/86 Julio LARRAZ 87 Luigi LOIR 109 2 February 13 Catalog.indd 2 2/2/2013 2:07:13 PM FINE ART AUCTIONS MIAMI 346 NW 29 street Miami FL 33127 Tel (1) 305-573-4228 [email protected] www.faamiami.com Frederic THUT SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23RD AT 3PM MODERN, CONTEMPORARY AND STREET ART SALE PREVIEWS Tuesday 19th until Friday 22nd from 10am to 5pm SPECIALISTS IN NEW YORK & MIAMI Frederic Thut +1 917 282 6044 - [email protected] SPECIALIST IN PARIS Dan Coissard +33 6 77 82 5330 - [email protected] CATALOGUE ONLINE ON www.faamiami.com LIVE BIDDING ON www.liveauctioneers.com IMPORTANT NOTICE: The conditions of sales and the absentee bid form are at the end of the catalog. 3 February 13 Catalog.indd 3 2/2/2013 2:07:13 PM FINE ART AUCTIONS MIAMI (FAAM) 346 NW 29 street Miami FL 33127 Tel (1) 305-573-4228 4 www.faamiami.com February 13 Catalog.indd 4 2/2/2013 2:07:14 PM FINE ART AUCTIONS MIAMI 346 NW 29 street Miami FL 33127 Tel (1) 305-573-4228 [email protected] www.faamiami.com AUCTION LICENSE # AB3131 AUCTIONEERS FOR THIS SALE: FREDERIC THUT, FL LICENCE #AU4372 MIAMI APPRAISAL OFFICE BUSINESS MANAGER AND ART RESEARCHER 350 NW 29th STREET EDA AKSOY MIAMI, FL 33127 [email protected] Tel. +1 305 573 4228 RESEARCHER FOR RUSSIAN ART DIRECTOR AND ART EXPERT DR. ALLA ROSENFELD FREDERIC THUT [email protected] [email protected] Tel. +1 917 282 6044 PARIS APPRAISAL OFFICE CABINET D’EXPERTISE DAN COISSARD BUSINESS MANAGER 61, PASSAGE JOUFFROY CORNELIA VAN DER GEEST PARIS 75009 [email protected] FRANCE Tel. +33 01 48 24 60 88 ACCOUNTING LESTER CAESAR DIRECTOR AND ART EXPERT [email protected] DAN COISSARD [email protected] LOGISTICS AND INVENTORY MANAGER Tel. +33 06 07 01 37 42 INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENT EDGAR TORO BUSINESS MANAGERS AND RESEARCHERS [email protected] KRISTINA KEALL AND NATHALIE RUBINOS [email protected] NEW YORK APPRAISAL OFFICE EUROPEAN EVALUATORS 501 MADISON AVE, 14th FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10022 Tel. +1 212 759 9803 [email protected] www.faamiami.com 5 February 13 Catalog.indd 5 2/2/2013 2:07:15 PM What started out as graffiti in 1970s Philadelphia and New York gradually turned into bona fide works of art and has become the most talked about art movement of the 21st century. Street artists work with all kinds of material using aerosols, acrylic, mosaic, stickers, posters, chalk, stencils and a few are now household names such as Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Shepard Fairey, D*Face, Invader and Blek le Rat. Street artists wish to create a space of observation and reflexion, to form a bond between themselves, the city and the viewer, to entertain if only for a short while by offering a poetic or critical take on the world we live in. We are constantly bombarded with images of a commercial nature and it is somewhat refreshing and inspiring to occasionally stumble upon a great piece of art where least expected. Increasing interest and demand have encouraged auction houses to dedicate a section of their contemporary sales to street art and have seen some pieces fetch incredible prices. More and more galleries specialise in this art form and, in 2008, Tate Modern asked six street artists to create works on the building’s famous river facade. That street art has become part of our daily lives is undeniable. Celebrities and brands have realised just how popular the style has become, jumped on the band wagon and commissioned works by different artists to promote their products or campaigns. Thus Shepard Fairey gained international recognition when he created the HOPE poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and in 2010 Madonna entrusted Mr. Brainwash with the design of her album cover. There are many debates in the art world revolving around the relevance of street art in the art market, one of the main concerns being: can art still be qualified as street if it is removed from its original location and taken out of context? Indeed the meaning of a piece of street art depends of course on its form and content but even more so on its location. For example, Banksy's painting of a white dove wearing a bullet proof vest would not have the same impact had it not been painted on a bullet riddled wall in Palestine. And the same goes for Vexta's "Welcome to Australia" which she painted on a warehouse door in Melbourne’s docklands: showing an intimidating line of policemen, the work clearly criticised the strict immigration policies of the artist’s country. Yet other artists believe that creating street art legally still makes sense. It further means that they can make a living from it and thus more and more artists are adapting to the consumer art market. Many have adopted canvas as a support, meaning that they can exhibit their works in galleries, while others refuse to restrict their audience, being keen to reach out to as many people as possible in the streets. Those who criticise the consumerist nature of society are against taking their work off the streets and naturally want it to remain free and accessible to all. Some artists actually wish for the concept to remain illegal arguing that it fuels their work with excitement, energy and mystery. Street artists are fully aware that their creations might not stand the test of time: they risk being covered by the work of other artists, destroyed by local authorities or damaged by poor weather conditions. However, generally their aim is not to create a long-lasting work but to stir our imagination, provoke thought and surprise us. The artist Mosstika creates even more ephemeral pieces and takes Land Art by the likes of Andy Goldsworthy to the next level. Her creations are made of natural elements such as moss and placed around the city as a reminder of the natural world which lies beyond the city walls. Despite the unprecedented nature and spirit of street art, its goals as an artistic movement run parallel to almost all emerging and avant-garde movements of the past. During the mid-nineteenth century in France, the Realists shocked the Academics by replacing ideological imagery glorifying Emperor Napoleon with that of daily life and in turn the Impressionists progressed Realism by increasing the fluidity of the brush stroke, empowering the use of colour, and debunking the idea concrete subject matter altogether. As spectators of the 21st century, we find ourselves confronted with images, content and techniques that may make us uncomfortable yet we must recognize that this sense of discomfort finds its roots in the unfamiliarity of such images, content, and techniques. As a modern society, we should not fear such changes but look forward and embrace them. 1 MR. BRAINWASH (born in 1966) Chaplin (Blue Heart) Stencil and mixed media on canvas 36 x 24 in. – 91.5 x 61 cm. Estimate: $ 20,000-25,000 6 February 13 Catalog.indd 6 2/2/2013 2:07:15 PM 7 February 13 Catalog.indd 7 2/2/2013 2:07:16 PM 2 Michael TRACY (born in 1958) American School Tracy on Starfield, 1984 Mixed media on canvas Signed “Tracy 168” lower right, inscription on the reverse 24 x 36 in. - 60 x 91 cm. Estimate: $ 3,000-4,000 Provenance Private Collection, New York 8 February 13 Catalog.indd 8 2/2/2013 2:07:18 PM 3 Yigit YAZICI (born in 1969) Turkish School Untitled, 2012 Acrylic on canvas; signed and dated upper right 51.2 x 51.2 in. - 130 x 130 cm. Estimate: $ 5,000-7,000 9 February 13 Catalog.indd 9 2/2/2013 2:07:19 PM 4 Michael TRACY (born in 1958) American School Self-portrait stencil, 1998 Mixed media on canvas 36x 36 in.