Bonhams 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 +44 (0) 20 7447 7400 fax THE GREEK SALE THE GREEK SALE Wednesday 9 April 2014 Ӏ New Bond Street, London Ӏ Wednesday 9 April 2014 21766 International Auctioneers and Valuers – bonhams.com 2 | Bonhams 2 | Bonhams the greek sale Wednesday 9 April 2014, at 14.00 101 New Bond Street, London Athens Viewing bids enquiries IllustrAtions The Image Gallery +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 London Front cover: lot 24 36 Amalias Avenue +44 (0) 20 7447 4401 fax Olympia Pappa Back cover: lot 18 10558, Athens To bid via the internet please +44 (0) 20 7468 8314 Inside front cover: lot 53 Thursday 27 March visit bonhams.com [email protected] Inside back cover: lot 16 11.00 to 20.00 Opposite: lot 35 Friday 28 March Please note that bids should be athens 11.00 to 20.00 submitted no later than 4pm on Terpsichore Maria Angelopoulou Saturday 29 March the day prior to the sale. New Lola-Theodora Stefanidou 11.00 to 14.00 bidders must also provide proof Philippe Glyptis of identity when submitting bids. Timos Economopoulos Failure to do this may result in +30 210 36 36 404 London Viewing your bid not being processed. +30 210 36 36 470 (fax) New Bond Street, London [email protected] Live online bidding is available Sunday 6 April 7, Neofytou Vamva Street for this sale 11.00 to 15.00 106 74 Athens Please email [email protected] Monday 7 April with ‘live bidding’ in the subject 9.00 to 16.30 Customer serViCes line 48 hours before the auction Tuesday 8 April Monday to Friday 08.30 to 18.00 to register for this service 9.00 to 16.30 +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 Wednesday 9 April 9.00 to 12.00 As a courtesy to intending bidders, Bonhams will provide a written Indication of the physical Sale number condition of lots in this sale if a 21766 request is received up to 24 hours before the auction starts. CAtalogue This written Indication is issued £20.00 subject to Clause 3 of the Notice to Bidders. Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Chairman, Colin Sheaf Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Andrew McKenzie, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Deputy Chairman, Malcolm Barber Group Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Harvey Mike Neill, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Managing Director, Matthew Girling CEO Cammell, Simon Cottle, Andrew Currie, David Peter Rees, Julian Roup, Iain Rushbrook, UK and Europe, Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Dallas, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, Charles John Sandon, Tim Schofield, Veronique +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Horwich, James Knight, Patrick Meade, Graham-Campbell, Miranda Grant, Robin Scorer, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Caroline Oliphant, Hugh Watchorn. Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Charles Lanning, Shahin Virani, David Williams, Michael Wynell- Camilla Lombardi, Fergus Lyons, Paul Mayow. Maudsley, Gordon McFarlan, 4 | Bonhams Central Middlesex Sale Hospital informAtion Park Royal Coronation Road W Bonhams, e d s P t Park Royal a e a rn r o A k R v e R e s A4 o 0 a y Park a h l C Royal Western Ave A40 R o 0 Station a 0 d Acton 0 4 Cemetery North A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V Bids For small sized paintings: Lots may be released from The following symbol is used to +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 if the largest dimension is West BonhamsActon warehouse on denoteHorn Lanethat VAT is due on the +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax smaller than 70 cm, there will Stationproduction of the Collection hammer price and buyer’s [email protected] be a charge of £150+vat. 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Lots not to athens please inform us by collected by then will be Important notice For further VAT information 6pm on the day of the sale for removed to Bonhams A surcharge of 2% is applicable please contact: your lots to be included in our warehouse. These lots will also when using Mastercard, Visa [email protected] consolidated shipment. be subject to transfer and and overseas debit cards. +44 (0) 7968 621 869 storage charges. Please refer [email protected] to the department. 1AR nikos engonopouLos (1910-1985) La très noble dame Elisavet Moutzan Martinegou signed in Greek (middle left) egg tempera on panel 24 x 20 cm. £8,000 - 12,000 €9,700 - 15,000 Painted in 1956. PRoVENANCE: Private collection, Athens. LITERaTURE: K. Perpinioti-Agazir, Nikos Engonopoulos - Son Univers Pictural, Benaki Museum Editions, Athens 2007, no 557, p. 454 (illustrated). Nikos Engonopoulos, Le Byzantin, texts by A. Dellivorias and N. Zias, Athens 2001, p. 21 (illustrated). 6 | Bonhams ThE greek sale | 7 2AR spyros VAssiLiou (1902/3-1984) Athens at night signed in Greek and dated ‘64’ (lower right) oil on hardboard 114 x 147.5 cm. £10,000 - 15,000 €12,000 - 18,000 8 | Bonhams ThE greek sale | 9 3AR thAnos tsingos (1914-1965) Fleurs sur fond blanc signed and dated ‘TSINGOS/64’ (lower right) oil on canvas 81 x 116 cm. £6,000 - 8,000 €7,300 - 9,700 10 | Bonhams 4AR thAnos tsingos (1914-1965) White birds signed and dated ‘Tsingos/57’ (lower right) oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm. £8,000 - 12,000 €9,700 - 15,000 PRoVENANCE: Private collection, Athens. ThE greek sale | 11 5AR nikos hAdjikyriAkos-ghikA (1906-1994) Midday signed and dated ‘Ghika 65’ (lower left); signed, dated and titled ‘Ghika 1965/Midday’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 90.2 x 70.7 cm.