SELECTION
Post-War & Contemporary Art Sale
June 7 at 7pm at Tajan in Paris
Beautiful evening sale
PARIS – The Contemporary Art department of Tajan Auction House is unveiling an exclusive selection of key works to be presented at its prestige sale of “Post-War and Contemporary Art” on June 7.
Post-war Abstract Expressionism is in the spotlight with two major artists from this period, notably Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955) who produced the oil on canvas La part du Vent in 1944-45, and the artist Willem De Kooning (1904-1997) with an oil, graphite and charcoal on paper entitled Woman, produced in 1946.
Other key works include the mixed media Relleu Marró, created in 1958 by Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012), and a selection of kinetic artworks including an oil on canvas by Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) dated 1984 and a silkscreen on aluminium and plastic strips entitled Physichromie 1084 by Carlos Cruz Diez (1923-2019). A number of previously unseen acrylics on canvas by Robert Combas (b. 1957) will be on show, including Suite des alchimies created in collaboration with Pierre Ladislas Kijno (1921-2012).
Contemporary American art will be in the spotlight, starting with the acrylic on panel Entry Way (Genealogical Chart) by Mike Kelley (1954-2012), created in 1995, and the oil on canvas Falling Cat by Dana Schutz, painted in 2011.
Finally, on the sculpture front, amateurs of Wang Keping will discover a fine collection of three wood sculptures by the artist.
NICOLAS DE STAËL (1914-1955)
La part du vent, 1944-1945
Oil on canvas; signed lower lef
447/8 X 571/2 in
500 000 / 700 000 €
EXHIBITIONS
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Nicolas de Staël, 13 September-20 October 1957, listed under no. 4 in the exhibition catalogue
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Staël, 11 July-24 September 1972, reproduced under no. 5 p. 51 of the exhibition catalogue
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 22 May-24 August 1981; London, The Tate Gallery, 7 October-29 November, Nicolas de Staël, reproduced under no. 7 p. 27 of the exhibition catalogue
Parma, Fondazione Magnani Rocca, Nicolas de Staël, 10 April-17 July 1994, reproduced under n°3 p. 61 and described on p. 200 of the exhibition catalogue
Antibes, Musée Picasso, La rencontre Nicolas de Staël Jeannine Guillou, La vie dure, 9 October 2011-8 January 2012, reproduced p. 83 of the exhibition catalogue
¤ ANTONI TÀPIES (1923-2012)
Relleu Marró, 1958
Mixed media on canvas; signed and dated on the reverse
44 7/8 x 57 1/2 in
180 000 / 250 000 €
ALBERT OEHLEN (né en 1954)
Sans titre, 1992
Oil and spray paint on canvas; signed and dated on the reverse
33 7/8 x 58 5/8 in
300 000 / 500 000 €
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ (1923-2019)
Physichromie 1084, 1977
Silkscreen and plastc inserts on aluminum, with aluminum frame; signed, ttled and dated on a metal plate on the reverse
39 3/8 X 39 3/8 in
100 000 / 150 000 €
VICTOR VASARELY (1906-1997)
Patonka, 1984
Acrylic on canvas; signed lower middle; signed, ttled and dated on the reverse
59 X 59 in
150 000 / 200 000 €
MIKE KELLEY (1954-2012)
Entry Way (Genealogical Chart), 1995
Acrylic on board with steel frame
101 5/8 x 115 in.
800 000 / 1 200 000 €
EXHIBITIONS
New York, Metro Pictures, Mike Kelley, Toward a utopian arts complex, 21 October-25 November 1995
Barcelona, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 24 January-31 March 1997; Malmö, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, 25 April-15 June 1997; Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, 5 July-31 August 1997, Mike Kelley 1985-1996, reproduced p. 111 and described under n°31 p. 137 of the exhibition catalogue
Brussels, Wiels Contemporary Art Centre, 12 April-27 July 2008; Bolzano, Museion, 16 January- 19 April 2009, Mike Kelley: Educational Complex Onwards 1995-2008, reproduced p. 89 under n°5.5 of the exhibition catalogue
New York, MoMA PS1, 13 October 2013-2 February 2014; Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, 23 March-28 July 2014, Mike Kelley, reproduced p. 198 of the exhibition catalogue
ALEX GARDNER (né en 1987)
Troll Farm Shift Leader, 2021
Acrylic on canvas; signed and dated on the overlap
72 x 72 in.
120 000 / 180 000 €
KATHARINA GROSSE (née en 1961)
Sans titre, 2015
Acrylic on canvas; signed and dated on the reverse
89 x 62 1/4 in.
180 000 / 250 000€
DANA SCHUTZ (née en 1976)
Falling Cat, 2011
Oil on canvas; signed and dated on the reverse
60 x 44 in.
300 000 / 500 000 €
Three artworks by Robert Combas
ROBERT COMBAS (né en 1957)
Pose enlanguie d’une femme à lunettes mais pas quiquette, 2017
Acrylic on paper laid on canvas; signed middle right
63 3/4 x 51 1/8 in.
50 000 / 70 000 €
ROBERT COMBAS (né en 1957)
Pirouli et son frère derrière. Jacomet il s’appelle (et il pète), 2002
Acrylic on paper laid on canvas; signed lower lef
23 3/8 x 18 7/8 in.
10 000 / 15 000 €
ROBERT COMBAS (né en 1957) & PIERRE LADISLAS KIJNO (1921-2012)[1]
Suite des alchimies. Regards et cris de pierres dans la voie lactée du dripping sperm, sperme du vent, sperme d’hier, sperme de Pierre, 2005
Acrylic on canvas; signed by both artsts lower right; signed, ttled and dated on the reverse
571/8 X 447/8 in
30 000 / 50 000 €
JILL MULLEADY (née en 1980)
They don’t care about us, 2016
Oil on canvas; signed, ttled and dated on the reverse
37 X 48 in
80 000 / 120 000 €
OLIVIER DEBRÉ (1920-1999)
Petite Madurai rouge trait bleu et vert, 1989
Oil on canvas; signed, ttled and dated on the reverse
16 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.
8000 / 12 000 €
Collection of sculptures by WANG KEPING (born 1949)
WANG KEPING (né en 1949)
Femme, 2004
Carved maple wood; signed with the artst’s inital in Chinese and in Pinyin
34 ¼ in
40 000 / 60 000 €
WANG KEPING (né en 1949)
DOS, CIRCA 2000
Carved wood; signed with the artst’s inital in Chinese and in Pinyin
15 1/8 x 11 ½ x 3 5/8 in.
15 000 / 20 000 €
WANG KEPING (né en 1949)
Fesses, 1998
Carved cherry wood
15 X 133/4 X 51/2 in.
15 000 / 20 000 €
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AUCTION INFORMATION
Post-War & Contemporary Art Sale
Evening Sale – 7 June 2023 – 7pm CEST
CONTACT
Julie Ralli | Director of the Contemporary Art Department
T. +33 1 53 30 30 55
ralli-j@tajan.com