Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art February 6 - 13, 2018

WILLEM DE KOONINGPink Woman1964Oil and pastel on paper laid on board10 x 11 in.Inquire About This WorkEnquire About This Work
Unlike the majority of his fellow Abstract Expressionists, De Kooning often retained a figurative element to his work, and there are interpretations and reflections of nature even in his great abstract series of ‘Untitled’ works from 1977, considered his best year and when his top price at auction of $66million was painted. De Kooning executed very many works in the late 1940s, through the 1950s and early 1960s with the word ‘Woman’ in the title. The top price at auction for such a title is over $19m, for an oil just 28 x 20 inches, and the top 7 prices for any work on paper, starting at $6.4m for a work 8 x 6 inches, are for those with ‘Woman’ in the title.
He already had an established career when he started on his Woman series. These paintings, of buxom, vampish females, knotted up in swathes of abstraction, took detours from earlier ladylike forms into a new and violent direction. “If the facial and anatomical distortions of these figures reveal a kinship with Picasso’s famous series of paintings of Dora Maar, de Kooning’s handling of the figure within the space is far more fluid and energized than the rational geometry of Picasso’s Cubist interior spaces,” Judith Zilczer writes in her Phaidon book.
He already had an established career when he started on his Woman series. These paintings, of buxom, vampish females, knotted up in swathes of abstraction, took detours from earlier ladylike forms into a new and violent direction. “If the facial and anatomical distortions of these figures reveal a kinship with Picasso’s famous series of paintings of Dora Maar, de Kooning’s handling of the figure within the space is far more fluid and energized than the rational geometry of Picasso’s Cubist interior spaces,” Judith Zilczer writes in her Phaidon book.
Provenance:
Private Collection, NY
Solomon & Co, NY
Barbara Annis Fine Art, NY,
acquired from above in 1997 by a Palm Beach client
Barbara Annis Fine Art, NY, acquired by present owner in 2014
Private Collection, NY
Solomon & Co, NY
Barbara Annis Fine Art, NY,
acquired from above in 1997 by a Palm Beach client
Barbara Annis Fine Art, NY, acquired by present owner in 2014

GINO SEVERINIUn mosaico - Madonna con bambino & St Antonio de Padova1955Gouache on board15.75 x 24.5 inInquire About This WorkEnquire About This Work
This work is related to the commission of a mosaic for the Clinica Pediatrica dell’Universita di Padova. From what presumably started as a visualisation of the work in situ Severini has created a presentation work that is altogether more beautiful and interesting. The mosaic floats in an ambiguous space, slightly away from the walls and behind two brutalist pillars that are stylistically in keeping with the architecture of the Clinica Pediatrica though not literal depictions. Indeed, the work eschews literalness and is a striking and detailed depiction of the mosaic thrown into relief against the neutral colours and anomalous space of its intended setting.

ANGEL ZARRAGAComposition cubisteCirca 1913-1915Oil on canvas29.5 x 25 inInquire About This WorkEnquire About This Work

WILHELMINA BARNS-GRAHAMLilac Edge1970Gouache on paper20.5 x 21 inInquire About This WorkEnquire About This Work
Provenance:
Direct from the Barns-Graham Trust
Direct from the Barns-Graham Trust

ROBERT LONGOStudy for Marilyn2009Ink and charcoal on vellum9.5 x 19.5 in.Inquire About This WorkEnquire About This Work

JEAN-FRANÇOIS RAUZIERPalympsestes NY2017C-print58 x 91Inquire About This WorkEnquire About This Work
Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art February 6 - 13, 2018
We are pleased to present a week-long exhibition from February 6th to 13th in our private dealing space at 15, East 76th Street, prior to key works going to TEFAF in Maastricht.
Please call Ray Waterhouse or Sandra Safta Waterhouse for details on 212 717 9100.
15, East 76th Street,
New York NY 10021