Under Glass: Master Works on Paper

Under Glass: Master Works on Paper June 3-25, 2016

Hans Hofmann Untitled, c. 1949 Gouache on paper 14 x 17 inches 22.25 x 25.37 inches framed Front: Raymond Jonson Watercolor No. 29, 1944 Watercolor on paper 36.5 x 23.5 inches 41 x 27 inches framed Provenance: Private Collection, CO

Under Glass:

Master Works on Paper June 3-25, 2016

Joan Miró Untitled (14 secondes), 1967

Ink on paper 28.25 x 20 inches 41.5 x 33 inches framed Signed lower right; dated “24/VI/67” lower center; inscribed “a Francois Chantel“ Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, CA; Private collection, Paradise Valley, AZ

Franz Kline Untitled, 1952

India ink on telephone book page 8.87 x 11.37 inches 21 x 23.5 inches framed Provenance: The Artist; Harold Rosenberg, New York, NY; (Rosnberg letter gifting to Ida Gardiner) Ida Gardiner; By descent through her family; Private Collection, Paradise Valley, AZ

Hans Hofmann Untitled, c.1949

Gouache on paper 14 x 17 inches 22.25 x 25.37 inches framed Initialed bottom right and verso Provenance: Estate of Hans Hofmann, New York, NY; Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, NY; Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA Exhibited: 2011: Wiesbaden, Germany: Museum Wiesbaden, Der Blaue Reiter, Jawlensky, Kandinsky and die Foldgen, (31-Oct, 2010-24, Feb, 2011) 2009: Vercelli, Italy: Guggenheim a Vercelli, former Church of San Marco, Peggy Guggenheim e la Nuova Pittura Ameriana, (21 Nov, 2008-1 Mar, 2009), cat. No. 42 2006: Nice, France: Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Ecole de New York; Expressionisme abstrait americain oeuvres sur papier (the New York School: Abstract Expressionism) (8 Dec, 2005 - 5 Mar, 2006).

Literature: Perlein, Giber and Dore Ashton. Ecole de New York; Expressionisme abstrait americain oeuvres sur papier (The New York School: Abstract Expressionism), catalogue for exhibition, Nice, France: Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Dec 2005-Mar 2006, p. 36.

Barbero Luca Massimo, Philip Rylands, and Valentina Sonzogni, Peggy Guggenheim e la Nuova Pittura Americana, catalogue for exhibition, Firenze and Milano, Italy: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Giunti Arte Mostre Musei, 2008, p. 94 (detail), p. 95.

John Ferren, Desert Tree - Utah, 1948, casein on canvas, 30 x 38 inches, 39 x 47 inches framed

Joan Mitchell Sunflower IV, 1972

Etching on paper 35.5 x 20 inches 37 x 26.5 inches framed Signed lower right; edition 18/75 Provenance: The Ciba-Geigy Art Collection, Ardsley, NY

Helen Frankenthaler Bay Area Tuesday III, 1982

Monotype with paper collage, oil, and acrylic 24.75 x 28.75 inches 34.25 x 38 inches framed Signed and dated lower left Provenance: Collection of Andre Emmerich, New York

Stanton Macdonald-Wright Aloha Hula Girl, 1972

Watercolor on paper 29 x 21.25 inches 37 x 28.75 inches framed Signed, titled, and dated lower center Provenance: Estate of Jean Macdonald-Wright, Pasadena, CA

From left: Franz Kline, Untitled, 1952, India ink on telephone book paper, 8.87 x 11.37 inches, 21 x 23.25 inches framed Esteban Vicente, Untitled, 1982, charcoal on paper, 35 x 35 inches, 39 x 31 inches framed Franz Kline, Untitled, 1952, India ink on telephone book paper, 8.87 x 11.37 inches, 21 x 23.25 inches framed

Tsuguharu Foujita Mexican Boys, 1933

Watercolor on paper 16.87 x 12.37 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Private collection, Mexico City, MX; by descent to private collection, Houston, TX

Herbert Bayer Strange Worlds, 1954

Watercolor on canvas 14.12 x 21.12 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Private collection, Beverly, MA Literature: Cohen, Arthus A., Herbert Bayer, The Complete Works, The Mit Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, page 78.

Herbert Bayer, Memorial Structure, 1967/2007 Bronze with patina, edition 2/6 48 x 22 X 24 inches

Norman Bluhm Untitled, 1969

Acrylic on paper on board 40 x 26 inches 50 x 36 inches framed Provenance: Private collection, Hamden, CT

Esteban Vicente Untitled, 1982

Charcoal on paper 29 x 21.25 inches 39 x 31.25 inches framed Signed and dated 1982 lower right Provenance: Private Collection, Paradise Valley, AZ

Diego Rivera Study for a Mural, 1924 ContĂŠ crayon on paper 8 x 12.5 inches Signed and dated lower left

Provenance: Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM

Paul Burlin Untitled, 1956

Watercolor on paper 30 x 22 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Paul Burlin Art Trust, San Rafael, CA

Larry Bell

Insert Vapor Drawing, 1984

Mixed media on paper, edition 1/1 31.5 x 25.5 inches 32 x 26 inches framed Provenance: Private collection, Anaheim, CA Certificate of authenticity from 1985 from Signature Fine Arts. Printed in Taos in 1984.

Emil Bisttram Toreador and Bull, 1943

Graphite on paper 6.5 x 9 inches 12.75 x 14.25 inches framed Signed “To Jeane Emil Bisttram ‘43 lower left Provenance: Private collection, Taos, NM

Grace Hartigan Untitled, c. 1954

Watercolor on paper 31 x 21 inches 44.5 x 31.25 inches framed Signed lower right Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA

Robert Mapplethorpe Vase of Three Chrysanthemums, 1983 Dust-grain photogravure, edition 32/40 21.5 x 17.62 inches 36.25 x 31.75 inches framed Signed lower right Provenance: Private collection, New York, NY

Ray Parker Untitled, 1951

Ink and gouache on paper 21.5 x 27.75 inches 35.5 x 41 inches framed Signed at lower center, signed and dated 3-51 at upper right Provenance: Washburn Gallery, NY; Private Collection, CT

Milton Resnick Untitled, 1955

Oil on card 10.5 x 8.5 inches 18.63 x 16.38 inches framed Signed and dated ‘55 at lower left Provenance: Estate of Raymond Spillenger

Esteban Vicente Untitled, c. 1961

Collage on board 13.5 x 10.5 inches 17.5 x 14.5 inches framed Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, Princeton, NJ

Milton Resnick Untitled, 1955

Oil on card 10.5 x 8.5 inches 18.63 x 16.38 inches framed Signed and dated ‘55 at lower left Provenance: Estate of Raymond Spillenger

Robert Rauschenberg White Walk, 1970

Lithograph, ed 45/53 42.12 x 29.2 5 inches 42.5 x 29.75 inches framed Signed and dated upper right Provenance: Private collection, Albuquerque, NM

Federico Castellon Untitled Drawing, 1938 Graphite on paper 11 x 15 inches 22 x 25 inches framed Signed lower left Provenance: Private collection, CT

Karl Benjamin, TG #24, 1960, oil on canvas, 60 x 41.25 inches, 61 x 42.25 inches framed

Sam Francis Abstract Figures

Watercolor on paper 11 x 8 inches 18 x 14.25 inches framed Signed lower right Provenance: Private collection, CT