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Mon 29 Jul

EDWARD STEICHEN (Luxembourg, 1879 - West Redding, Connecticut, 1973). "The sea", 1904. Platinum photograph mounted on original black paper on cream paper (original). Presents label on the back of German collection (Hamburg 1971). Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 13 x 17,5 cm; 29 x 37 cm (frame). Edward Steichen was a key figure in 20th century photography, directing its development as a leading photographer and influential curator. Steichen arrived in the United States in 1881. He painted and worked in lithography, before turning to photography in 1896, and first exhibited photographs at the Philadelphia Salon in 1899. Steichen became a naturalized citizen in 1900 and, after exhibiting at the Chicago Salon, received the support of Clarence White, who introduced him to Alfred Stieglitz. Steichen practiced painting in Paris intermittently between 1900 and 1922; there he met Rodin and was in contact with modern art movements, so he was able to advise Stieglitz on the selection of exhibitions. In 1901 he was elected a member of the Linked Ring Brotherhood in London, and in 1902 he co-founded the Photo-Secession and designed the first cover of Camera Work, in which his work was often published. In New York, Steichen helped Stieglitz establish the Small Galleries of the Photo-Secession, which became known as "291," and in 1910 he participated in the International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography in Buffalo. During World War I, he directed aerial photography for the Army Expeditionary Forces. Shortly thereafter he gave up painting, along with the vestiges of Pictorialism, and adopted a modernist style. He was chief photographer for Condé Nast from 1923 to 1938, while doing freelance advertising work. Commissioned as a lieutenant commander in 1942, Steichen was appointed director of the U.S. Naval Photographic Institute in 1945; there he supervised combat photography and organized the Road to Victory and Power in the Pacific exhibitions. He was director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art from 1947 to 1962, and was responsible for more than fifty exhibitions, including The Family of Man in 1955, the most popular exhibition in the history of photography. Steichen received countless awards and honors, including the title of Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, an honorary fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Art Directors Club of New York Award, the U.S. Camera Achievement Award for "Most Outstanding Individual Contribution to Photography" (1949), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963). Major exhibitions of his work have been held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, the ICP and the George Eastman House.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Mon 29 Jul

FRANCIS BACON (Dublin, 1909- Madrid, 1992). "Three studies for a self-portrait". Lithograph on Arches paper, E.A. copy. Signed and justified by hand. Work acquired at the Coskun Gallery in London in 2008. Size: 52 x 94 cm; 79 x 121 cm (frame). Francis Bacon is the author of some of the most striking and unprecedented paintings in contemporary art. His style, obsessive, tormented and heartbreaking, is a clear document of the hardship experienced in Europe after the Second World War. His works are currently fetching stratospheric sums at international auctions, making him one of the most sought-after artists on the art market today. A reflection of this is the triptych "Three Studies by Lucian Freud (1969)", which in 2013 reached a record sale price of 142 million dollars at public auction, making it one of the three most expensive works in history. Some of his works can be seen in the world's most important art galleries, such as the Tate Britain in London (which has one of the artist's most extensive collections), the MET and the Moma in New York, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Museo Reina Sofía. "Three Studies for a Self-Portrait" emphatically defines what Bacon's art was all about. Decomposed, isolated, disturbing and spiritual figures that, far from seeking a specific resemblance to the person depicted, delve into the spirituality of the sitter. Here we see the abstraction, fragmentation and distortion of the painter's face, a key aspect in Bacon's artistic development, a consequence of the life events that made his existence a fervent time bomb about to explode. Through his work he expresses his vital condition, which is also linked to his self-destructive side, thus managing to express loneliness, violence and degradation. Born in Dublin, although of English parents, Francis Bacon began painting as a self-taught artist. When he was only 17, in 1927, the Paul Rosemberg gallery opened its doors to the painter. There he became acquainted with the work of Pablo Picasso, an artist he would admire throughout his career. Like Picasso, other painters made an impression on Bacon's work: Velázquez (whose version of Pope Innocent X he painted, producing at least 40 "popes") and Nicolas Poussin, whose "The Massacre of the Innocents", now in the Musée Condé, aroused intense emotion in him. In 1945 he exhibited in London, together with the English artists Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland, his painting Three Studies for Figures at the Foot of a Crucifixion (c. 1944), a triptych which, according to Bacon himself, marked the starting point of his career. By 1945 Bacon had developed his own unmistakable style. In 1949 the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA) bought an impressive work by Bacon entitled Painting 1946. In 1956 he was invited to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale alongside Ben Nicholson and Lucian Freud. With his work, Bacon decided that the subject of his paintings would be both life in death and death in life. He sought to express his vital condition, which was also linked to his self-destructive side. Michel Leiris suggested to him that masochism, sadism and similar manifestations were really just ways of feeling more human. Portraits and self-portraits constitute an important part of Bacon's paintings, among them George Dyer in a Mirror of 1968, a work in which the painter suggests the vulnerability and fragility of the self. Bacon made portraits without poses taken from life, developed from photographs. He portrayed his intimate companions and friends as well as famous people: Peter Lacy, George Dyer and John Edwards, Henrietta Moraes, Isabel Rawsthorne, Muriel Belcher, Lucian Freud, Peter Beard and Michel Leiris, as well as Hitler, Pius XII and Mick Jagger. Some of his works can be seen in the most important art galleries in the world, such as the Tate Britain in London (which has one of the artist's most extensive collections), the MET and the Moma in New York, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Muse

Estim. 20 000 - 25 000 EUR

Mon 29 Jul

ROBERT MOTHERWELL (United States, 1915-United States 1991). "Samurai", 1971 Lithograph on Japan Suzuki paper. Hand signed by the artist. Label by Brooke Alexander on the back. Measurements: 200 x 160 cm; 216 x 124 cm (frame). "Samurai" is a paradigm of Motherwell's work: an aggressive black form from which explosions and slashes radiate. It is one of Motherwell's most potent images, invoking elements of sexuality in the phallic abstract form and violence through the title. Although it is difficult to decipher the traces of figuration in Motherwell's work, he was inspired by and referenced literature, life, politics. A multidisciplinary artist, he trained at Stanford and Harvard Universities in Philosophy and at Columbia University in History and Art, under the direction of Meyer Schapiro. He was one of the leading representatives of American abstract expressionism, to whose group of founders he belongs along with Pollock, Arshile Gorky and Rothko. He also excelled as an art critic. He wrote numerous articles in avant-garde magazines and edited books such as "Documents of Modern Art" (1944-1961) or "Documents of 20th Century Art" (1971). He was a member of the editorial board of the Surrealist-linked publication "VVVV", Motherwell's main objective was to show the viewer the artist's mental and physical engagement with the canvas. He used the hardness of the color black as a basic element; one of his best known techniques consisted of diluting the paint with turpentine to create a shadow effect. His series of paintings known as "Elegies to the Spanish Republic" (Elegy to the Spanish Republic) is considered his most significant project. Among his many exhibitions, we can highlight his participation in the most important surrealist exhibition in the United States organized by André Breton, Marcel Duchamp and gallery owner Sidney Janis at the Whitelaw Reid Mansion (Manhattan-1942). Also the exhibition held at the Gallery "Art of this Century" (New York) in 1943 directed by Peggy Guggenheim; in which he participated along with Jackson Pollock and Baziotes. The following year the Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired one of his works; he was subsequently included in several exhibitions at the same Museum. In 1980, Robert Motherwell had his first exhibition in Spain at the Fundación Juan March (Madrid). In 1986, he received the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts, Spain's highest cultural award. In 1989, the National Medal of Arts of the United States, the Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth (USA) houses the largest collection of works by Motherwell. In the Empire State Plaza (New York) you can also find some of his works. The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, USA) has an almost exhaustive collection of his prints. In addition to the representation in numerous museums, public and private collections and in the most prestigious galleries around the world.

Estim. 25 000 - 30 000 EUR

Mon 29 Jul

JOAN MIRÓ I FERRÀ (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma de Mallorca, 1983). "Miró, Museum of Modern Art Mexico". 1980. Lithograph on Arches vellum, copy 2/100. Signed, dedicated, dated and numbered in pencil. Publisher: Museo de Arte Moderno de México. Printer: Litografías Artística Damià Caus, Barcelona. Reproduced in Maeght Editeur "Miró Litógrafo VI", p. 148. Measurements: 76 x 56 cm; 97 x 77 x 4 cm (frame). This lithograph by Miró, limited to one hundred copies, was used for the poster announcing Joan Miró's exhibition in the Bosque de Chapultepec in the spring of 1980, at the Museum of Modern Art. Moons, stars, figures reduced to a few strokes in thick black enclosing in their interior primary colors... synthesize some of Joan Miró's soul constellations gathered in this image. Joan Miró was trained in Barcelona, and made his individual debut in 1918, in the Dalmau Galleries. In 1920 he moved to Paris and met Picasso, Raynal, Max Jacob, Tzara and the Dadaists. There, under the influence of surrealist poets and painters, he matures his style; he tries to transpose surrealist poetry to the visual, based on memory, fantasy and the irrational. His third exhibition in Paris, in 1928, was his first great triumph: the Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired two of his works. He returned to Spain in 1941, and that same year the museum dedicated a retrospective to him that would be his definitive international consecration. Throughout his life he received numerous awards, such as the Grand Prizes of the Venice Biennale and the Guggenheim Foundation, the Carnegie Prize for Painting, the Gold Medals of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Fine Arts, and was named Doctor Honoris Causa by the universities of Harvard and Barcelona. His work can currently be seen at the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona, as well as at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the MoMA in New York, the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, the National Gallery in Washington, the MNAM in Paris and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Mon 29 Jul

JAUME PLENSA (Barcelona, 1955). "Marvelous the conversation we don't have". Lithograph on zinc plate and polymer etching on Japanese Arakaji paper. Exemplary E.A. Signed and justified. Measurements: 77 x 50 cm. Jaume Plensa studied in the School of La Llotja and in the Superior of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi, both in Barcelona. He excelled in sculpture, drawing and engraving. His work focuses on the relationship between man and his environment, often questioning the role of art in society and the position of the artist. He currently lives in Paris, and has recently been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Plensa began his career working with wrought iron mixed with polyester. Between 1983 and 1984 he began to mold iron with the casting technique, and developed a sculptural concept based on zoomorphic elements. His work evolved gradually, and he is now considered a precursor of Spanish neo-expressionism. In the nineties he introduced modifications in his work, both materially and formally, and began to use different materials such as scrap metal, polyester and resins. During these years he elaborated series of walls, doors and architectural constructions, seeking to give space an absolute protagonism. Between 1999 and 2003 Plensa became one of the pillars of world scenography, reinterpreting with "La Fura dels Baus" four classical operas by Falla, Debussy, Berlioz and Mozart, and alone a contemporary theatrical production, "La pareti della solitudine", by Ben Jelloun. He has had solo and group exhibitions all over the world, including a retrospective at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in 2000. In June 2008 he inaugurated in London, at the BBC headquarters, his work "Breathing", a monument dedicated to journalists killed in the exercise of their profession. Throughout his career he has received numerous distinctions, such as the Medal of the Knights of Arts and Letters in 1993, awarded by the French Ministry of Culture or the National Prize for Plastic Arts in 1997, from the Generalitat of Catalonia. Considered one of the leading representatives of the new Spanish art of expressionist tendency, his work is present in the best national and international galleries and art fairs, as well as in the main museums of Europe and the United States, such as the MOMA in New York, the Kemper in Kansas, the Museo Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, the Palazzo Forti in Verona, the MACBA or the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Mon 29 Jul

JAUME PLENSA (Barcelona, 1955). "Arcano", 2015. Lithograph and etching on Somerset paper, Signed and dated by hand. Measurements: 70 x 50 cm.(print); 86 x 65 cm.(paper). Jaume Plensa studied at the School of La Llotja and the Superior of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi, both in Barcelona. He excelled in sculpture, drawing and engraving. His work focuses on the relationship between man and his environment, often questioning the role of art in society and the position of the artist. He currently lives in Paris, and has recently been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Plensa began his career working with wrought iron mixed with polyester. Between 1983 and 1984 he began to mold iron with the casting technique, and developed a sculptural concept based on zoomorphic elements. His work evolved gradually, and he is now considered a precursor of Spanish neo-expressionism. In the nineties he introduced modifications in his work, both materially and formally, and began to use different materials such as scrap metal, polyester and resins. During these years he elaborated series of walls, doors and architectural constructions, seeking to give space an absolute protagonism. Between 1999 and 2003 Plensa became one of the pillars of world scenography, reinterpreting with "La Fura dels Baus" four classical operas by Falla, Debussy, Berlioz and Mozart, and alone a contemporary theatrical production, "La pareti della solitudine", by Ben Jelloun. He has had solo and group exhibitions all over the world, including a retrospective at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in 2000. In June 2008 he inaugurated in London, at the BBC headquarters, his work "Breathing", a monument dedicated to journalists killed in the exercise of their profession. Throughout his career he has received numerous distinctions, such as the Medal of the Knights of Arts and Letters in 1993, awarded by the French Ministry of Culture or the National Prize for Plastic Arts in 1997, from the Generalitat of Catalonia. Considered one of the leading representatives of the new Spanish art of expressionist tendency, his work is present in the best national and international galleries and art fairs, as well as in the main museums of Europe and the United States, such as the MOMA in New York, the Kemper in Kansas, the Museo Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, the Palazzo Forti in Verona, the MACBA or the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Mon 29 Jul

Olympic Games/ Summer, 1934-1988-1992/ Original poster: "Badminton, A True Sport". On this fabulous lithograph signed by the great Maurice Lauro (1878-1934) in the late 1920s, the battle for Badminton's recognition is intense. At the time, Badminton enthusiasts were cunningly and artistically trying to fill the double gap left and opened by lawn tennis. Indeed, lawn-tennis disappeared from the Olympic program after the Paris Games, and this self-proclaimed "sporting" creation was an attempt to seize power - bad could well take over, couldn't it? The problem was that, in 1927, the Musketeers filled the gap by conquering and defending the Davis Cup. The opportunity for succession became less obvious, and the two disciplines remained in the Olympic shadows until the 1980s. Tennis demonstrated in 1984, and badminton in 1988, at home in Seoul. Neither would pass up the opportunity. With this iconic work, Lauro is the keystone of this long adventure for recognition, which had already borne fruit in 1934, the year of the artist's death, with the emergence of an International Federation for the discipline! This graphic construction is so accurate that we can reasonably assume that the artist must have been a practitioner, and that this cry from the heart: "Badminton is a real sport", was indeed his, and certainly not the fruit of chance or a commission, he could not have gone so far and "played" so accurately. In short, if badminton has been able to survive, develop and spread throughout the world, with now a staggering 400 million shuttlecock enthusiasts, it's because of its beauty and sporting dimension, of which Lauro is the dazzling interpreter here. As you know, this commando operation culminated in 1988 in Seoul, where the discipline is king, as it is throughout Asia. Only as a demonstration, it passed through the Olympic gates in Barcelona in 1992. Since then, it has not become indispensable, but essential to the Olympic program. And while Asia remains the driving force, Europe, with Spain and Denmark, is not giving its tongue to the dragon, as France's discreet but talented representative at the 1996 Games, Etienne Thobois, will tell us. All the more so as the French are now also flying aces, and have become at least as competitive as their tennis cousins. Please smile, Mr. Lauro, and for real...Lithograph, canvas, 64x44. Exceptionally fresh. Maurice Lauro (1878-1934) Badminton" poster Size: 64 x 44 cm Restoration. In this lithograph, the artist has managed to capture the lively soul of a sport that sometimes borders on dance. He had started out as a press cartoonist, making a name for himself before the Great War in "Le Rire", as well as "Le Journal", "Le Pêle-Mêle" and "l'Almanach Vermot" (1906-1919), his longest collaboration. Then came the Roaring Twenties, and his transition to fashion and posters was a success. His posters for Trouville, La Baule and Nice (Palais de la Méditerranée) were born, as was his work for Champigneules beer and Automoto bicycles. He died in 1934, the year the International Badminton Federation was founded. One specialist speculates that this 1925 image was intended for Dieppe, one of the sport's first strongholds from 1908. Badminton has been an Olympic sport since 1992.

Estim. 3 800 - 4 200 EUR
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