GROS & DELETTREZ – Modern art and School of Paris
Friday 15 June 2018
Gros & Delettrez
Marking the 100 anniversary of Gustav KLIMT (1862-1918) and Egon SCHIELE (1890-1918)’s deaths, three drawings from the collection of their Viennese dealer, Gustav Nebehay, will be offered at auction for the first time. These works of art particularly held the public’s attention during the exhibition Œuvres Choisies, at Drouot, from the last 13 to 25 March.
An ensemble of works of art on paper by Francis PICABIA (1879-1953) will be part of the key highlights of the sale.
Transparence, a watercolor, ink and pencil on paper executed circa 1930, was sold to Colette Allendy -the artist‘s gallerist in Paris- by a friend of hers who, from then, kept it in her collection. The four other works, executed in charcoal, pencil, watercolor or red chalk, part of the archeologist and friend of the Picabia couple Roger Grosjean’s collection, have been kept by descent.
Marking the 100 anniversary of Gustav KLIMT (1862-1918) and Egon SCHIELE (1890-1918)’s deaths, three drawings from the collection of their Viennese dealer, Gustav Nebehay, will be offered at auction for the first time. These works of art particularly held the public’s attention during the exhibition Œuvres Choisies, at Drouot, from the last 13 to 25 March.
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| Egon SCHIELE (1890-1918), Portrait of Mrs Grunwald and her daugther. Charcoal on paper. Estimate: €150,000–250,000 | Gustav KLIMT (1862-1918), Seated old lady with a hand on her forehead, circa 1909. Estimate: €20,000–30,000 | Gustav KLIMT (1862-1918), Pregnant woman lying, circa 1904. Estimate: €60,000–100,000 |
An ensemble of works of art on paper by Francis PICABIA (1879-1953) will be part of the key highlights of the sale.
Transparence, a watercolor, ink and pencil on paper executed circa 1930, was sold to Colette Allendy -the artist‘s gallerist in Paris- by a friend of hers who, from then, kept it in her collection. The four other works, executed in charcoal, pencil, watercolor or red chalk, part of the archeologist and friend of the Picabia couple Roger Grosjean’s collection, have been kept by descent.
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| Francis PICABIA (1879-1953) Transparence, circa 1930 Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Estimate: €40,000–60,000 | Francis PICABIA (1879-1953) Transparence (owl, cockatoo, face) Charcoal, ink and red chalk. Estimate: €40,000–60,000 € | Francis PICABIA (1879-1953) The cat Pencil and ink. Estimate: €8,000–12,000 |
Then, the signatures of Henri MARTIN (1860-1943), Jean HELION (1904-1987), André MASSON (1896-1987), Victor BRAUNER (1903-1966), Karel APPEL (1866-1937), Alexander CALDER (1898-1976) and Henri MICHAUX (1899-1904) will be gathered in a collection of modern art.
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| Karel APPEL (1866-1937) Two heads, white and blue Oil on canvas. Estimate: €60,000–80,000 | Victor BRAUNER (1903-1966) Battle of the mediums, 1960 Oil and encaustic on panel. Estimate: €80,000–100,000 | Jean HELION (1904-1987) Self-portrait of the artist drawing Oil on canvas. Estimate: €60,000-90,000 |
Public auction - Drouot - Room 7
Friday 15 June - 2pm
Public exhibition - Drouot - Room 7
Thursday 14 June - 11am to 9pm
Friday 15 June – 11am to 12pm
