20th Century Master Prints From The Dreier Llp Collection
Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce highlights from the sale of the Dreier LLP collection as part of the November Modern and Contemporary Editions auction.
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Sep 16, 2010
PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY ANNOUNCES 20TH CENTURY
MASTER PRINTS FROM THE DREIER LLP COLLECTION
NEW YORK - MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EDITIONS SALE
FEATURING ICONIC GRAPHIC WORKS FROM THE 70鈥橲 & 80鈥橲
SALE DATE: NOVEMEBER 21, 2010
VIEWING: NOVEMBER 13-21, 2010
LOCATION: Phillips de Pury & Company, 450 West 15th
Street, New York, NY 10011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York - Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce highlights from the sale of the Dreier LLP collection as part of the November Modern and Contemporary Editions auction.
The Dreier LLP collection of 20th Century Master Prints places emphasis on blue chip artists of the 1970鈥檚 and 1980鈥檚 and will feature over 40 lots in the single owner section of the catalogue.
鈥淭he Dreier LLC collection was professionally curated and shows a striking array of some of the best examples of American printmaking anchored by three of Matisse鈥檚 most elegant aquatints. We are honored to be offering such important works this season.鈥� Kelly Troester and Cary Leibowitz, co-directors Phillips Editions Department.
The earliest works in the collection are three of Henri Matisse鈥檚 most important thick line images of model Nadia Sednaoui - Grand Masque (Claude Duthuit 800), Nadia aux cheveux lisses (D. 805) and Nadia au profil aigu (D. 810) 鈥� large scale aquatints from a series in 1947-48 showing the flowing, free-form line brush drawing technique Matisse favored towards the end of his life and were pulled in small editions of 25. "My line drawing is the purest and most direct translation of my emotion" - Henri Matisse.
High impact pop works form part of the collection, including a group of works by Andy Warhol. Bold, graphic imagery is found in three lots of flowers from the iconic 1970 series: Flowers (Feldman & Schellmann 69), 1970 (estimate $15,000/25,000), Flowers (F. & S. 71), 1970 (estimate $15,000/25,000) and Flowers (F. & S. 72), 1970 (estimate $15,000/25,000), and the dynamic screenprint in a unique color combination Martha Graham: Letter to the World (The Kick), 1986 (estimate $10,000/15,000). Other pop works include Roy
Lichtenstein鈥檚 Imperfect Print for B.A.M., 1987 (estimate $8,000/12,000) and two late 80鈥檚/early 90鈥檚 pieces by John Baldessari.
MASTER PRINTS FROM THE DREIER LLP COLLECTION
NEW YORK - MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EDITIONS SALE
FEATURING ICONIC GRAPHIC WORKS FROM THE 70鈥橲 & 80鈥橲
SALE DATE: NOVEMEBER 21, 2010
VIEWING: NOVEMBER 13-21, 2010
LOCATION: Phillips de Pury & Company, 450 West 15th
Street, New York, NY 10011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York - Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce highlights from the sale of the Dreier LLP collection as part of the November Modern and Contemporary Editions auction.
The Dreier LLP collection of 20th Century Master Prints places emphasis on blue chip artists of the 1970鈥檚 and 1980鈥檚 and will feature over 40 lots in the single owner section of the catalogue.
鈥淭he Dreier LLC collection was professionally curated and shows a striking array of some of the best examples of American printmaking anchored by three of Matisse鈥檚 most elegant aquatints. We are honored to be offering such important works this season.鈥� Kelly Troester and Cary Leibowitz, co-directors Phillips Editions Department.
The earliest works in the collection are three of Henri Matisse鈥檚 most important thick line images of model Nadia Sednaoui - Grand Masque (Claude Duthuit 800), Nadia aux cheveux lisses (D. 805) and Nadia au profil aigu (D. 810) 鈥� large scale aquatints from a series in 1947-48 showing the flowing, free-form line brush drawing technique Matisse favored towards the end of his life and were pulled in small editions of 25. "My line drawing is the purest and most direct translation of my emotion" - Henri Matisse.
High impact pop works form part of the collection, including a group of works by Andy Warhol. Bold, graphic imagery is found in three lots of flowers from the iconic 1970 series: Flowers (Feldman & Schellmann 69), 1970 (estimate $15,000/25,000), Flowers (F. & S. 71), 1970 (estimate $15,000/25,000) and Flowers (F. & S. 72), 1970 (estimate $15,000/25,000), and the dynamic screenprint in a unique color combination Martha Graham: Letter to the World (The Kick), 1986 (estimate $10,000/15,000). Other pop works include Roy
Lichtenstein鈥檚 Imperfect Print for B.A.M., 1987 (estimate $8,000/12,000) and two late 80鈥檚/early 90鈥檚 pieces by John Baldessari.
