Masterpiece 2017

CRANE KALMAN GALLERY MASTERPIECE 2017 STAND C10

L.S. LOWRY (1887-1976) Bargoed, 1964 Oil on board 48 x 60 inches / 122 x 152.4 cm Signed and dated bottom left Provenance: M.D.H. Bloom, Esq, (commissioned & purchased directly from the artist in 1965) Private Collection, England (purchased from the Bloom family) Crane Kalman Gallery, London Private Collection, London Exhibited: L.S. Lowry Retrospective Exhibition, Arts Council of Great Britain 1966, (cat.no.106), illus. in b/w in cat., p.36, ill. no. 32, travelled to: -Sunderland Art Gallery, 27th - 17th Sept., 1966, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 24th Sept. - 15th Oct., 1966, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 22nd Oct. - 12th Nov., 1966, Tate Gallery, London, 26th Nov. 1966 15th January, 1967, L.S. Lowry, R.A., (1887-1976), Royal Academy of Arts, London 4thSeptember – 14th November, 1976, illustrated in colour in catalogue, page 29 (cat. no. 298) The Loneliness of L.S. Lowry, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, 18th November – 18th December 2010 L S Lowry, The Artist of the People, AMNUA, Nanjing, China, 14thNovember - 16th December 2014, ill. in col. p.51/52 Literature: The Paintings of L.S. Lowry by Mervyn Levy, Jupiter Books, London, 1978, ill. b/w no.112 L S Lowry Conversation Pieces, Andrew Lambirth & Andras Kalman, Chaucer Press, ill. in colour, p.151 L S Lowry, The Artist, T J Rosenthal, Unicorn Press, illustrated in colour, p.132 (detail) and 147

Alexander CALDER (1898 - 1976) Untitled, 1975 gouache and ink on paper signed with the artist's monogram and dated 75 29 3/8 by 43 1/4 in. 74.6 by 109.9 cm.

Executed in 1975, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York, under application number A27989.

Provenance: M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., London Private Collection Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2004

Alexander CALDER Feuille, 1972 Gouache and ink on paper 29 x 42 1/2 inches Signed and dated Provenance: Gallerie Maeght, Paris Private Collection, Milan, purchased from the above in 1973 Sothebys, London sale 01/07/1982, Lot 403 Private Collection, Geneva Exhibited: Galleria d’Arte Buffola, Turin, Calder, 26th October 1973, cat. no 9, ill in colour p.23 Studio d’arte Condotti, Rome, Calder, 4th March 1974, Cat no. 7 Application number A04649

HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966) To Miz - Pax Vobiscum, 1968 Tapestry woven by Pinton 0 in edition of 7 69 x 75 inches / 175.3 x 190.5 cm Provenance: AndrĂŠ Emmerich Gallery, New York Crane Kalman Gallery, London Private Collection, London purchased from the above in 2004 Literature: Glorai F. Ross and Modern Tapestry, Ann Lane Hedlund, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2010, ill in colour pl.33, p.185 The above tapestry was published by Gloria F. Ross in 1979 in association with the AndrĂŠ Emmerich Gallery, New York.

Graham SUTHERLAND (1903 – 1980) Girl Reading, c.1950 Gouache and pencil on paper 8 ¾ x 7 ½ inches / 22 x 19.2 cm Provenance: Private Collection, Italy

L S LOWRY (1887 – 1976) Ladies and Gentleman, 1953 Oil 14 x 20 inches / 35.5 x 50.7 cm Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Private Collection, UK Crane Kalman Gallery, London Private Collection, USA purchased from the above in 2000 Exhibited Alex Reid and Lefevre, London, 1960 Richard Green, London, 1996 L S Lowry, Heads, 27th April - 3rd June 2000 - Crane Kalman Gallery, London

Matthew SMITH (1879 – 1959) Landscape with Clouds, c.1933 Oil on canvas 21 ½ x 25 ½ inches / 55x 65cm Initialed lower right, Inscribed verso Provenance: Dr. E. M. Herbert Mr and Mrs F.W. Halliday Private Collection, UK Exhibited: Royal Academy 1960, (No. 186) Crane Kalman Gallery 1990, No.2, ill. cat. col. pl. p.37 Matthew Smith Landscapes, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, 22ndApril – 12th June 2010, travelled to Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 26th June – 5thSeptember 2010, ill. in cat.

Literature: John Gledhill, Matthew Smith Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Lund Humphries Publishers, Surrey, 2009, ill. b & w p.173 pl.417

Edward BURRA (1905 – 1976) Spanish Dancer in a White Dress, 1934-5 watercolour heightened with bodycolour 30 x 22 ½ inches / 76 x 56.5 cm Stamped with Signature Pencil drawing verso Provenance: Rutland Gallery, London Private Collection, London Literature: Andrew Causey, Edward Burra: Complete Catalogue, Oxford, 1985, no.121 (illustrated in black and white)

L S LOWRY (1887 – 1976) Berwick upon Tweed, 1959 Pencil on paper 12 x 16 ½ inches / 30 x 41.8 cm Signed and dated lower left Provenance: Private Collection, UK purchased directly from the artist and by descent.

Craigie AITCHISON, C.B.E. R.S.A. R.A. (1926 - 2009) Blue Vase and Mimosa Still-Life, 2001 oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches / 61 x 50.8 cm signed and dated Craigie Aitchison 2001 (on the canvas overlap) Provenance with Waddington Galleries, London.

The Estate of Sheelagh Cluney Exhibited London, Waddington Galleries in association with Timothy Taylor Gallery, Craigie Aitchison: Italian and other paintings, November - December 2001, no. 18, p.17 ill.

London, Royal Academy, Craigie Aitchison: Out of the Ordinary, October - November 2003, no. 57, p.74, ill London, Waddington Custot Galleries, Craigie Aitchison: A Private Collection, London, March - April 2013, no. 42, pp.89, 110, ill Literature C. Haste, Craigie Aitchison: A Life in Colour, London, 2014, pp. 193-194, pl. 183

Alfred WALLIS (1855 – 1942) Fishing Boat, Oil on board 10 x 11 inches Provenance: Private Collection, St Ives Wills Lane Gallery, Private Collection, Devon Private Collection, London

Alexander CALDER (1898 – 1976) Sillons Noir, 1973 Wool Tapestry 54 x 44 inches / 137.2 x 111.8 cm Edition of 6 + 2 Artists Example Signed Calder top right, Pinton, Aubusson Felletin Signed and numbered Calder, FP, EX.A

Sir Anthony CARO (1924 – 2013) Table Piece Y-84 ‘Small Measure’ 1987 Welded steel, waxed 31 x 22 x 9 inches / 78.7 x 56 x 23 cm Provenance: André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1988 Exhibited: New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Anthony Caro: New Sculpture, The Greek Series, April – June 1988, pl. 5, illustrated Literature: Dieter Blume, ed., Anthony Caro, Catalogue Raisonné: Vol. VII, Table and Related Sculptures 1986 - 1988, Miscellaneous Sculptures 1987-1988, Bronze Sculptures 1986-1987, Steel Sculptures 1987-1989, Cologne, London and New York, cat. no.

1814, pp. 28 and 111, illustrated Exh. Cat., New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sculpture, September - October 1988, p. 101, illustrated

Winifred NICHOLSON (1893 – 1981) Lily of the Valley, St. Bees, 1940s Oil on board 27 ½ x 27 ½ inches 70 x 70 cm Signed Winifred Nicholson, there is a still life verso Provenance: Leicester Galleries, London Property of R Demonselle Esq., London Lefevre Gallery, London Private Collection, Cumbria Exhibited: Recent Paintings by Winifred Nicholson and John Wells, Lefevre Gallery, London, 1994, no.19 Winifred Nicholson in Cumberland, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, 8th July – 15th October 2016, travelled to Crane Kalman Gallery, London, 3rd November – 10th December 2016, ill. in cat. p.63

Tom WESSELMANN (1931 – 2004) Blue Nude, 1999 – 2000 Oil on canvas 30 7/8 x 45 1/8 inches / 78 x 114.5 cm Signed and dated Provenance: Benden and Klimczak Gallery, Cologne (Acquired from the artist) Private Collection, New York Private Collection, London Literature: Tom Wesselman, Blue Nudes 1999 – 2001, Galerie Benden and Klimczak, 2006, illustrated in colour p.9