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16. Concetto Spaziale, Attese (detail), 1966 by Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) Waterpaint on canvas, 18Âź x 15 ins. (46 x 38 cms.)

A SUMMER SELECTION

7th June – 28th July 2007

CRANE KALMAN GALLERY LTD 178 Brompton Road, London SW3 1HQ Tel: +44 (20) 7584 7566 Fax: +44 (20) 7584 3843 www.cranekalman.com e-mail: ckg.ltd@virgin.net

Karel Appel

Bernard Frize

Donald Baechler

S. W. Hayter

Enrico Baj

Damien Hirst

Ross Bleckner

Hans Hofmann

James Brooks

Wassily Kandinsky

Alexander Calder

Alex Katz

Sir Anthony Caro

Yayoi Kusama

Zhou Chunya

Joan Mir贸

Antonio Corpora

Ben Nicholson

Ian Davenport

Mimmo Paladino

Jean Dubuffet

Kurt Schwitters

Max Ernst

Theodoros Stamos

Lucio Fontana

Graham Sutherland

1. Karel APPEL (1921-2006) Personnage, 1961 oil on canvas 75½ x 51Ÿ inches (192 x 130 cms) signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE:

Gimpel Fils Gallery, London (acquired directly from the artist in 1961) Private collection, Hong Kong (acquired from above in 1968) Michelle Rosenfeld Fine Arts, New York Private collection, New York Private collection, Paris

EXHIBITED:

Karel Appel, Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum, Eindhoven, May 1961, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, June 1961, cat. no. 22; Karel Appel, Gimpel Fils, London, 1962 Karel Appel, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, June 1965, cat. no. 109

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2. Donald BAECHLER (b.1956) Abstract Composition with Burmese Flower IV, 1996 acrylic, graphite, ink and cloth and paper collage on paper 40 x 40 inches (101.6 x 101.6 cms) initialled and dated lower left PROVENANCE:

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York City

EXHIBITED:

Collage – The Pasted Paper Revolution, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, June-July 1999, cat. no. 55, p.53

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3. Enrico BAJ (1924-2003) Generale in Pensione con la Barba, 1956 mixed media collage (including glass, wood, flint, material) on oil on canvas 39 x 19 inches (99 x 48.2 cms) signed and dated verso PROVENANCE:

Galerie Bilinelli, Brussels Galerie d’Huysser, Brussels

LITERATURE:

E. Crispolti, Catalogo Generale delle Opera de Enrico Baj, Marconi-Menhir (eds), Milan 1997, p.478, no. 306B

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4. Ross BLECKNER (b.1949) From/To (Red), 2002 oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cms) signed and dated verso PROVENANCE:

Galerie Alain Noirhomme, Brussels

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5. Ross BLECKNER (b.1949) Untitled, 1990 watercolour on paper 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cms) PROVENANCE:

Mary Boone Gallery, New York Galerie Beyeler, Basel

EXHIBITED:

Ross Bleckner Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, March-May 1995

6. Ross BLECKNER (b.1949) Untitled, 1992 watercolour on paper 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cms) PROVENANCE:

Mary Boone Gallery, New York Galerie Beyeler, Basel

EXHIBITED:

Ross Bleckner Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, March-May 1995

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7. James BROOKS (1906-1992) Haley, 1971 acrylic on canvas 75 x 96 inches (190.5 x 244 cms) signed lower right PROVENANCE:

Private collection, New York

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8. Alexander CALDER (1898-1976) Composition, 1957 gouache on paper 20¼ x 25½ inches (51.4 x 64.7 cms) signed, dated and dedicated lower right: A Whites, Amicalement PROVENANCE:

Private collection, Paris

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9. Alexander CALDER (1898-1976) Untitled (Red/Blue), 1969 gouache on paper 30 x 21¼ inches (76.2 x 55.2 cms) signed lower left PROVENANCE:

Private collection, London Brook Street Gallery, London Private collection, London

REFERENCE:

Alexander Calder Foundation Catalogue Raisonné Application No. A21828

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10. Sir Anthony CARO (b.1924) Bay Sand, 1988-1990 brass and bronze cast and welded 22½ x 29 x 16 inches (57 x 73.5 x 40.5 cms) PROVENANCE:

Private collection, London (acquired directly from the artist)

LITERATURE:

Dieter Blume, Anthony Caro Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IX cat. no. 1998, pp.63 and 141

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11. Zhou CHUNYA (b.1955) Hei Gen no.17, 2001 oil on canvas 47½ x 59 inches (120 x 150 cms) signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE:

Goedhuis Contemporary, New York

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12. Antonio CORPORA (1909-2004) Untitled, c.1955 oil on canvas 29½ x 39½ inches (75 x 100 cms) signed lower right PROVENANCE:

Private collection, Paris

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13. Ian DAVENPORT (b.1966) Poured Lines, 2007 waterbased paints on aluminium 79 x 79 inches (200.7 x 200.7 cms) PROVENANCE:

The artist

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14. Jean DUBUFFET (1901-1985) L’Attentif, 1958 oil on canvas 36¼ x 29¼ inches (92 x 74 cms) signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE:

Private collection, Paris

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15. Max ERNST (1891-1976) Etude pour un Cavalier Polonais, 1954 oil on canvas 31¾ x 23½ inches (81 x 60 cms) signed lower right and signed and dated on reverse PROVENANCE:

Private collection, London

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16. Lucio FONTANA (1899-1968) Concetto Spaziale, Attese, 1966 waterpaint on canvas 18¼ x 15 inches (46 x 38 cms) signed, titled and inscribed verso: l. Fontana, ‘Concetto Spaziale’, ATTESE, la pap-pappa col pomodoro è molto carina PROVENANCE:

Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels Private collection, Belgium (acquired from the above during 1970s)

LITERATURE:

E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, vol.II, Brussels, 1974, no.66 T 117, p.189 E. Crispolti, Fontana Catalogo generale, vol.II, Milan, 1986, no.66 T 117, p.651 La Pittura in Italia. II Novocento/1. 1900-45, Milan, 1991, p.584 E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol.II, Milan, 2006, no.66 T 117, p.845

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17. Bernard FRIZE (b.1949) Plaquettes, 2002 acrylic and resin on canvas 39½ x 32 inches (100.4 x 81.3 cms) titled, dated and signed on the reverse PROVENANCE:

Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris

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18. S. W. HAYTER (1901-1988) Abstract Composition, 1959 oil on canvas 48他 x 48他 inches (124 x 124 cms) signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE:

Jean-Michel Jarre, Paris

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19. Damien HIRST (b.1965) Untitled (Spin Painting) acrylic and glitter on paper 17Âź x 17Âź inches (44 x 44 cms) signed and dedicated For Caro xxx and stamped on the reverse This work is from an edition of twenty unique works

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20. Hans HOFMANN (1880-1966) Table Version II, 1949 oil on canvas 48 x 36 inches (122 x 91 cms) signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE:

Kootz Gallery, New York AndrĂŠ Emmerich Gallery, New York

EXHIBITED:

Riva Yares Gallery, Arizona

REFERENCE:

Hans Hofmann Estate No. M.1087 (stamped on reverse of stretcher)

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21. Wassily KANDINSKY (1866-1944) Deux Cotes, 1938 tempera and black paper laid down on card 13¼ x 19¾ inches (33.3 x 49.8 cms) signed with monogram and dated lower left PROVENANCE:

The estate of the artist Stroher Collection, Dortmund Private collection, New York Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1961 Private collection, Milan, November 1961 Private collection, New York, May 1982 Art Point Gallery, Tokyo, 1987

LITERATURE:

The Artist’s Handlist, Watercolours, VI, 1938, 599 Vivian Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolours catalogue raisonné, 1922-1944, vol. II, London, 1944, p.447, no.1233

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22. Alex KATZ (b. 1927) Still Life, 1960 oil on masonite 47 x 23 inches (119.4 x 58.4 cms) signed upper right PROVENANCE:

Solomon & Co. Fine Art, New York

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23. Yayoi KUSAMA (b.1929) Dots Obsession, 2003 acrylic on canvas 14¼ x 17¾ inches (37.5 x 45 cms) signed, dated and titled verso PROVENANCE:

Private collection, New York

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24. Joan MIRÓ (1893-1983) Figure devant le soleil, 1942 pastel, gouache and charcoal on paper 26¼ x 20¼ inches (67 x 51 cms) signed centre left PROVENANCE:

Private collection, New York Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York Harold Diamond Gallery, New York Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (acquired from above March 1964) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. (gift from above in 1966)

EXHIBITED:

Joan Miró: Important Paintings, Sculpture and Graphic Works, Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco, 1981, no.10 Surrealist Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; Tampa Museum; Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach; Fine Arts Center at Checkwood, Nashville, 1986, no.10

LITERATURE:

This work is to be included in the forthcoming volume Joan Miró – Works on paper: Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Mr. Dupin and Ariane Lelong-Mainaud

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25. Ben NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982) June 1963 (Lilac Blue), 1963 oil and pencil on canvas mounted on the artist’s board 30½ x 28¼ inches (77.5 x 72 cms) signed, dated and titled verso PROVENANCE:

Waddington Galleries, London Private collection, UK

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26. Mimmo PALADINO (b.1948) Untitled, 1991 oil, wood and collage on canvas 78½ x 56¾ inches (199 x 144 cms) signed and dated verso PROVENANCE:

Private collection, Paris

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27. Kurt SCHWITTERS (1887-1948) Untitled, 1927 collage on paper 5¾ x 4½ inches (14.6 x 11.3 cms) signed lower left and dated lower right on mount PROVENANCE:

Naum Gabo, Hanover (a gift from the artist in 1927) Annely Juda Fine Art, London

LITERATURE:

Karin Orchard and Isabel Schulz (eds.), Catalogue raisonné Kurt Schwitters, 1923-1936, Hanover, 2003, no.1511, p.234

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28. Theodoros STAMOS (1922-1997) Infinity Field Jerusalem-Torino Series I, no.2, 1987 acrylic on canvas 71¼ x 65¾ inches (181 x 167 cms) PROVENANCE:

Private collection, Germany

EXHIBITED:

Stadtisches Museum Leverkusen, Schloss Morsbroich, 1987, no.43

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29. Graham SUTHERLAND, O.M. (1903-1980) Menton, L’Afrique en France, c.1963 gouache on paper 30 x 22¼ inches (76 x 56.5 cms) PROVENANCE:

Private collection, Texas

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MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC GALLERIES THAT HAVE ACQUIRED PAINTINGS FROM CRANE KALMAN GALLERY Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Baltimore Museum of Art, USA Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, USA Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA Dundee Art Gallery, Dundee, Scotland National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Japan The City Art Gallery, Leicester, England Musée des Beaux Arts, Le Havre, France Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England The Tate Gallery, London, England Arts Council of Great Britain, London, England Imperial War Museum, London, England The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England The Museum of London, England Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Manchester, England City Art Gallery, Manchester, England The Felton Bequest, Melbourne, Australia Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, USA Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA The Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York, USA Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA The Louvre, Paris, France Western Australia Art Gallery, Perth, Australia Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale, England Museum of Sao Paulo, Brazil Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia National Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany

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