Masters of Impressionism and Modern Art

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Masters of Impressionism and Modern Art at Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, California November 27, 2010 - April 30, 2011 Catalogue designed by Timothy Tompkins Heather James Fine Art 45188 Portola Avenue Palm Desert, California 92260 www.heatherjames.com

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Milton Avery (1893-1965) Little Friend Signed lower right Milton Avery Gouache and watercolor on paper 24 x 18 in.

Painted in 1940.

Provenance Artist’s estate Alpha Gallery, Boston MA Private collection, New Mexico, c. 1975

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Untitled Signed and dated lower right Calder 70 Gouache on paper 30 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.

Painted in 1970.

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Dos à dos Signed lower right and on reverse Chagall Oil on canvas 51 1/2 x 35 in.

Painted in 1984.

Provenance Estate of Chagall, Paris Private Collection, Connecticut Private Collection, Chicago Exhibited Paris, Foundation Maeght, Marc Chagall Rétrospective de l’oeuvre peint, 1984.

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Chagall, 1985 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Chagall, 1985 Tokyo, Mitsukoshi, Ltd., Chagall, 2006, pp. 14-15, no. 1 (illustrated) Literature Foundation Maeght, Paris, Marc Chagall Rétrospective de l’oeuvre peint, 1984, exhibition catalogue, p. 153, no. 82 and no. 125 (illustrated) London, Royal Academy of Arts, Chagall, 1985, Exhibition catalogue, pp. 246 – 247 (illustrated) Philadelphia Museum of Art, Chagall, 1985, exhibition catalogue, pp. 246 – 247, no. 125 (illustrated) 12

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Les cyclamens Signed lower right Marc Chagall Oil on canvas 32 x 25 3/4 in.

Painted in 1974.

Provenance Galerie Maeght, Paris Private Collection, Paris Private Collection, Florida Hammer Galleries, New York Private Collection, New York (from 1986-2010) Exhibited New York, Hammer Galleries, Marc Chagall, November 21-December 3, 1983 (illustrated)

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Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947) Civa Cold-painted, patinated and enameled bronze and ivory 21 inches high Executed in 1925.

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Sam Francis (1923-1994) Symbols and Spaces Watercolor on paper 42 x 73 in.

Painted in Paris and Tokyo studios circa 1957.

Provenance Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Colt, Jr. Private Collection, New York (November 1977, acquired through Christie’s auction) Sale: Christie’s, New York, November 17, 1977 Exhibited Cleveland, Ohio, Some Contemporary Works of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958, illustrated pl. 11

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AndrĂŠ Groult (1884-1966) Sharkskin and Ivory Commode Mahogany, ivory, sharkskin and silverplate bronze 35 x 51 x 16 7/8 in.

Executed circa 1926-28.

Provenance Private collection, Paris

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Fernand Léger (1881-1955) La racine noire et fragment d’objets Signed and dated lower right 43-50 F. LEGER Oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 36 3/4 in.

Painted in 1943-1950.

Provenance Leger’s Studio, no. 186 Collection Nadja Léger, Paris.

Literature G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint 1938 – 1943, Paris, 1998, illustrated pl. 1151

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (inventory no. 016693 / 30788)

Paris, Grand Palais, Fernand Léger, 1972, illustrated pl. 154

Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne Private Collection, Munich Private Collection, Florida Private Collection, Connecticut Exhibited Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, 1953 Moscow, The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Fernand Léger, 1963 Paris, Grand Palais, Fernand Léger, 1972 Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Fernand Léger

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Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Fernand Léger; Schlüsselwerke, illustrated pp. 82 – 83

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Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939) Le fenêtre aux oueillets Signed lower right Le Sidaner Oil on canvas 39 1/2 x 32 in.

Painted in 1908.

Provenance Galerie Georges Petit, no. 4214 and 8741 Mr. Olive, Nantes Galerie Lorenceau, Paris Hammer Galleries, New York Dr. and Mrs. Armand Hammer, Los Angeles, 1967 The Armand Hammer Foundation Exhibited Paris, Galeries Petit, Société Nouvelle, 1909, no. 78 Literature Camille Mauclair, Le Sidaner, Galeris Georges Petit, Paris, 1928, illustrated p.29 Le Figaro Artistique, Janurary 24, 1929 Yann Farinaux, LE

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Gustave Loiseau (1865-1935) Le Seine Ă Herblay Signed and dated lower left Gustave Loiseau 1906 Oil on canvas 21 1/4 x 28 1/2 in.

Painted in 1906.

Provenance Private Collection Richard Green, London Private Collection, United States

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René Magritte (1898-1967) Quand l’heure sonnera Signed lower right Magritte Oil on canvas 45 5/8 x 35 in.

Painted in 1932.

Provenance Collection of E. L. T. Mesens, London Collection of Marc Hendrickx, Brussels (acquired from the above late 1950s) Hanover Gallery, London Collection of Leonard and Ruth Horwich, Chicago (acquired from the above 1960) Private Collection (acquired from the above 2007) Exhibited Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition René Magritte, 1933, no. 18 Paris, Parc des Expositions, Salon des Surindépendants, Sixième exposition, 1933 Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition Minotaure, 1934, no 72 Knokke, Casino Communal, Ve festival belge d’été: Expositions René Magritte-Paul Delvaux, 1952, no. 11 Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, René Magritte, 1954, no. 41 30

Venice, Giardini, XXVII Biennale di Venezia, Belgian Pavilion, 1954, no. 40 Chicago, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, René Magritte, 1964, no. 4 Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, Magritte, 1964 Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dada and Surrealism in Chicago Collections, 1985 (titled When the Bell Tolls) New York, Gagosian Gallery, Marble, 2009 Literature Marianne, Paris, 8 November 1933, p. 5 (installation photograph of Paris Surindépendants exhibition) Herbert Read, Art and Society, London 1937, illustrated pl. 96 David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield, René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, London,1994, no. 347, illustrated p. 181

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John Marin (1870-1953) New Jersey Sand Dunes Signed and dated lower right Marin 23 Watercolor on paper 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.

Painted in 1923.

Provenance J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, Michigan Private Collection London Arts Gallery Literature Sheldon Reich, John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonne, University of Arizona Press, 1970, illustrated pl. JM23-2413

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Marino Marini (1901-1980) Head of Gaby Signed on verso Marini Stone 15 1/2 inches high Provenance G. Blair Lang, Limited, Toronto, Canada, before 1969 John A. MacAulay, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from above in 1969 Thence by descent from above Literature Paul Fierens, Marino Marini, Editions Chroniques du Jour, Paris, 1936, illustrated pl. no 18

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Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) Side-Show Runway (Continuous Performance) Signed lower left Reginald Marsh Mixed media, colored pencil and gouache on paper 26 x 36 in.

Executed in 1941.

Provenance Eaton Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida

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Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Buste ancien Signed and numbered on base HM 5/10 Bronze with brown patina 24 1/2 inches high Edition 5/10; Valsuani foundry stamp on the base Executed in 1900.

Provenance Family of the artist Private collection, Stockholm, 1959 Sotheby’s London, 1960 Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York Joseph Hirshhorn Collection, New York Private collection, New York Private Collection, Connecticut Exhibited Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1959 Detroit Institute of Arts, 1959 Konsthallen, Goteborg, 1960 Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1963 Grand Palais, Paris, 1969 Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1972

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Literature Claude Duthuit, Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1997, illustrated, No. 5

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Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Jeune femme Signed and dated lower right Henri Matisse 36 Inscribed on verso middle left 204011/ baz Inscribed on verso lower left 354/11 Stamped on verso lower left PM Label on mat: 385.204011 Label on verso of mat: Collection Maria Gaetana Matisse Charcoal on paper 24 x 15 7/8 in.

Executed in 1936.

Provenance Estate of the artist By descent to Pierre Matisse Maria-Gaetana Matisse Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation

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Richard Edward Miller (1875-1943) Women on a Terrace, Giverny Signed lower right Miller Oil on canvas 21 1/2 x 32 in.

Painted circa 1907-14.

Provenance Private collection, Los Angeles, California until 1988 Taggart & Jorgensen, Washington DC Private collection, New York Private collection, New England

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Joan Miró (1893-1983) Tête à tête Signed and numbered Miro 6/6 Bronze 20 x 24 in.

Conceived in 1956 and cast by the Fonderia Artistica Bonvicini in Verona, Italy in 1981.

Provenance Galerie Maeght Lelong, Zurich Artcurial, Paris Sale: Sotheby’s New York, Impressionist & Modern Art, May 9, 2007, lot no. 424 Private Collection, USA Literature Emilio Fernández Miró and Pilar Ortega Chapel, Joan Miró, Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné, 1928-1982, Paris, 2006, no.

379, illustration of another cast pg. 351

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Claude Monet (1840-1926) Eglise de Varengeville, effet matinal Signed lower left Claude Monet Oil on canvas 23 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.

Painted in 1882.

Provenance Frederic Bonner, New York

The Art Institute of Chicago, Claude Monet: 1840-1926, 1995, no. 69

Sale: The American Art Association, New York, April 10, 1900, lot 68

Treviso, Casa dei Carraresi, L’Impressionismo e l’eta di Van Gogh, 2002

Durand-Rule, New York (acquired at the above sale) Mrs. Clark Zantzinger, Philadelphia Alfred Zantzinger, New York Widenstein Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1970) Sale: Sotheby’s London, December 1, 1971, lot 37 Marlborough Gallery, London (acquired at the above sale) Fred de Andrea Sale: Sotheby’s, London, June 20, 1981, lot 14 Richard L. Feigen & Co. , New York Acquired from the above Exhibited New York, Union League Club, Claude Monet, 1902, No. 18 Brooklyn, Pratt Institute, Claude Monet, 1903 (possibly) New York, Durand-Ruel, Monet, 1907, No. 9 46

Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland, Monet: The Seine and the Sean, 1878-1883, 2003, No. 51 Literature Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, via et oeuvre, vol. II, LausanneParis, 1979, no. 795, illustrated p. 91 Robert Gordon & Andrew Forge, Monet, New York, 1983, illustrated p. 94 Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, vie oeuvre, vol. V, Lausanne-Paris, 1991, no. 795, discussed p. 40 Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, Catalogue Raisonne, vol. II, Cologne, 1996, no. 795, p. 295

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Claude Monet (1840-1926) Falaise Signed lower right Claude Monet Oil on canvas 21 1/5 x 25 5/8 in.

Painted circa 1882.

Provenance Estate of the Artist Michel Monet, Giverny (acquired from the above) Rollin Sale: Palais des Congres, Versailles, November 30, 1975, lot 104 Fred de Andria Galerie Art Mel, Paris Sale: Sotheby’s, London, June 30, 1981, lot 21 Peter Hawkins (acquired at the above sale) Sale: Sotheby’s London, April, 5, 1989, lot 108 Private Collection, Switzerland Literature Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Biographie et Catalogue Raisonne, vol.II, Lausanne-Paris, 1979, no. 789, illustrated p.88 Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, Catalogue Raisonne, vol.II, Cologne, 1996, no. 789, illustrated p.294

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Claude Monet (1840-1926) Fragment de nymphĂŠas Oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 20 in.

Painted circa 1915-1919.

Provenance Monsieur Blin Sr. (Monet’s longtime gardener) Monsieur Blin Jr. (by descent) Private Collection, Europe

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Claude Monet (1840-1926) Iris jaunes au nuage rose Signed lower right Claude Monet Oil on canvas 39 3/4 x 39 3/4 in.

Painted in 1918.

Provenance Michel Monet, Giverny

Tokyo, Galerie Seibu; Kyoto, Municipal Museum & Centre Cultural de Fukuoka, Claude Monet, 1973, no. 61

E. Tériade, Paris

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Monet, 1975, no. 115

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rosensaft, New York (circa 1958)

Sale: Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, New York, March 17, 1976, lot 18 Literature Verve, nos. 27-28, vol.VII, Paris, 1952, illustrated p. 66 Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, May 11, 1993 Barbara White Fishman, New York Sale: Christie’s, New York, Monday, November 8, 1999, Lot 145 Private collection, New York (Acquired from the above sale)

Jean-Pierre Hoschedé, Claude Monet, ce mal connu, Geneva, 1960, vol. I, illustrated on p. 96

Private collection, Connecticut

Denis Rouart, Jean Dominique Rey, Robert Maillard, Monet, Nymphéas ou les miroirs du temps, Paris, 1972, illustrated p. 188

Exhibited Zurich, Kunsthaus, Claude Monet, 1952, no. 126

Sabine Cotté, Introduction à Monet, Paris, 1974, no. 37, illustrated

Vevey, Musée Jenisch, De Monet à Chagall, Collection Rosensaft, 1958, no. 5

Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet, Biographie et Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1985, vol. IV, no.1835, illustrated p. 269

Paris, Petit Palais, Exposition de Géricault à Matisse, Chefs-d’oeuvre français des collections suisses, 1959, no. 97

Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet, Catalogue raisonné, Cologne, 1996, vol. IV, no. 1835, illustrated p. 870 and again in color p. 871

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Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) Jeune femme Signed lower left Berthe Morisot Oil on canvas 21 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.

Painted in 1871.

Provenance Jos. Hessel, Paris

Paris, Galerie Schmit, 25 Ans d’Expositions: Maîtres Français XIXème-XXème siècles, 1990, no. 49

Jules Strauss, Paris (acquired from the above)

Literature The Art News, vol. XXXI, no. 9, New York, November 26, 1932, illustrated p. 4

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 15, 1932, lot 55 Thierry de La Noue, Paris (acquired at the above sale) Private Collection (by descent from the above) Exhibited Paris, Cercle de la Renaissance, Portraits et figures de femmes: Ingres à Picasso, 1928, no. 139 Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Berthe Morisot, 1929, no. 6

Monique Angeoulvent, Berthe Morisot, Paris, 1933, no. 20 Louis Rouart, Berthe Morisot, Paris, 1941, illustrated p. 6 Marie-Louis Bataille and George Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue des Peintures-Pastels & Aquarelles, Paris, 1961, no. 22, illustrated p. 115

Paris, Galerie Schmit, Cent ans de peinture française, 1969, no. 92

B. Bailey and M. Rosenthal, Masterpieces of Impressionist and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection (exhibition catalogue), Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989, fig. 46, illustrated p. 141

Paris, Galerie Schmit, Portraits français, XIXe et XXe Siècles, 1974, no. 39

J.J. Lévêque, Les Années Impressionnistes, Paris, 1990, illustrated p. 203

Paris, Galerie Schmit, Choix d’un Amateur, XIX-XXème siècles, 1977, no. 56

Alain Clairet, Delphine Montalant and Yves Rouart, Berthe Morisot, Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre peint, Paris, 1997, no.

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Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Van Gogh et ses contemporains, 1930, no. 236

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Buste de femme souriante Signed lower left Picasso Oil on board laid down on panel 30 1/4 x 22 1/2 in.

Painted in 1901.

Provenance Georges Bernheim, Paris M. Knoedler & Co., New York George C. Lee (acquired from the above in September 1929) Gertrude C. Lee Sale: Christie's New York, 16 May 1977, lot 38 Belle Linsky (acquired at the above sale) Sale: Sotheby's New York (from the Estate of Belle Linsky), 10 May 1988, lot 24 Private Collection, Japan Sale: Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, Monday, 4 November 2002, lot 31 Private Collection Chowaiki & Co., New York.

Literature P. Daix, La vie de peintre de Pablo Picasso, Paris, 1977, no. 118, illustrated (under unpublished works)

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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Entrée du Village d’Eragny Signed lower right C.P. Oil on canvas 18 1/4 x 15 in.

Painted circa 1884.

Provenance Frankhauser Galerie Rousso, Paris (c.1948) Acquired in the 1950s by a Private Collection, France Galerie Pierre Levy, Paris Private Collection, France Exhibited London, Marlborough Fine Art, French Masters of the XIX & XX Siècle, June 1950, no.52 Literature J. Pissarro and C. Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Wildenstein Institute, Pissarro, Critical Catalogue of Paintings, 2005, no.753, Vol.III, p.501.

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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Le chemin, paysage hivernal Signed and dated lower right C. Pissarro 1862 Oil on canvas 14 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.

Painted in 1862.

Provenance Mme Feyeux, Paris Bénézit Collection, Paris E.J. van Wisselingh, Amsterdam (bought 1952) Private Collection, New York (bought from E.J. Wisselingh 1955) Private Collection, Paris Exhibited Amsterdam, E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Maîtres Français des XIX et XX Siècles, June-July 1952, Cat.No. 25 Literature Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts (Wildenstein Institute), Pissarro, Critical Catalogue of Paintings, 2005, no.63, vol.II, page 74 A drawing by Camille Pissarro exists, based on a similar motif.

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Le Massif des Maures Signed lower right R Oil on canvas 7 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.

Painted in 1910.

Provenance Ambroise Vollard Private Collection, Paris Private Collection, United States

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Diego Rivera (1886-1957) Retrato de una mujer Signed upper left D. Rivera and dated upper right 1928 Oil on canvas 16 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.

Painted in 1928.

Provenance William and Margaret Sommerfeld, New York (Acquired from the artist, 1928) Thence by descent, c. 1980

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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) The Kiss, 1917 Signed and inscribed Rodin, F. Barbedienne Fondeur Bronze with dark brown patina with green and black undertones 23 in. high x 15 in. wide Produced by the sand cast process at the F. Barbedienne Foundry, Paris circa 1910.

This sculpture has been confirmed to be authentic by the Comité Auguste Rodin and has been issued a certificate dated November 8, 2010.

Provenance Senora Sara Madero Unzué de Demaría, Buenos Aires Fernando Demaria Thence by descent Exhibitions The Rodin Museum, Paris The Tate Gallery, London Salon of 1898 (Marble monumental version) Literature A. Le Normand-Romain, The Bronzes of Rodin, Catalogue of Works in the Musee Rodin, Volume 1, Page 158-163 A. E. Elsen, Rodin's Art, The Rodin Collection, Gerald Cantor Center, Stanford University, 2003, illustrated p.214-215 Collections Gerald Cantor Collection, Stanford University 70

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Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) Bouquet de fleurs Signed lower right Van Dongen Oil on canvas 24 x 19 1/2 in.

Provenance Count and Countess Etienne de Beaumont (unconfirmed) Baron and Baroness Elie de Rothschild (unconfirmed) President Felix Houphouet-Boigny of the Cote d’ Ivoire Republic of the Cote d’ Ivoire Exhibited Dickinson Roundell Inc., New York, Still Life, 2009 Literature G. Diehl, Van Dongen, The Uffici Press J. Freeman, The Fauve Landscape, published 1990 P. Fierens, Van Dongen, l’homme et l’ oeuvre, Les Ecrivains Reunis, Paris 1929 C. Wentinck, Van Dongen, Les Beaux-Arts au Pays Bas, Amsterdam 1963 Chaumeil, Louis, Van Dongen, l’ home et l’ artiste, la vie et l’ oeuvre, Pierre Cailler, Geneva 1967

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Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) Recuerdo de Toledo Signed lower left Van Dongen; inscribed on the reverse Recuerdo de Toledo 1908 Oil on canvas 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.

Painted in 1908.

Provenance Galerie Pétridès, Paris Melas Kyriazi Collection, Switzerland Private collection, London Exhibited Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Van Dongen 18771937, 1937, no. 19 (dated 1911) Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Eere-Tentoonstelling van Dongen, 1938, no. 24 (dated 1911) Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 1942, no. 80 Paris, Galerie Pétridès, Cinquante toiles de maîtres, 1965, illustrated no 29 Lausanne, Galerie Paul Vallotton, Le nu dans l’Ecole de Paris, 1975, no. 29 Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Kees van Dongen, 1990, no. 32 Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne, Van Dongen, le peintre, 1990, pp. 140-141 76

Literature J.M. Kyriazi, Le nu féminin dans l’Ecole de Paris, Lausanne, 1975, p. 60 (illustrated in color; dated 1910).

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Max Weber (881-1961) Abstract Signed and dated lower right Max Weber '14 Gouache on paper 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.

Painted in 1914.

Provenance Estate of the artist Forum Gallery, Inc., New York William Dean, New York ACA Galleries, New York (acquired directly from the above)

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Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) Albinos Study Signed lower right Andrew Wyeth Watercolor on paper 13 3/4 x 20 in.

Painted in 2002.

Provenance Private Collection, Lexington, NC Exhibition High Point, North Carolina, Sechrest Gallery, Wyeth: Three Generations, 2006

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