Æsthetic Circus

FIG. 5, DORA MAAR, 1948. PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN | DORA MAAR, FRANCE, 1948 | © THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION  

  Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973 Buste de femme accoudée, gris et blanc dated  31.12.38.  (lower left); dated  31.12.38.  on the stretcher oil on canvas 61 by 50cm., 24 by 19¾in. Painted on 31st December 1938

  Wassily Kandinsky 1866 - 1944 Linienbrücke (Bridge of Lines) signed with the artist’s monogram and dated  23  (lower left) watercolour and pen and ink on paper 40.6 by 31cm., 16 by 12¼in. Painted in October 1923

  Gerhard Richter b. 1932 Abstraktes Bild signed  Richter , numbered  817-1  and dated  1994  (on the verso) oil on canvas 51 by 56.1 cm. 20 by 22 in. Executed in 1994

  Egon Schiele 1890 - 1918 Kreuzigung mit verfinsterter Sonne (Crucifixion with Darkened Sun) signed  SCHIELE EGON  and dated  07  (centre left); stamped twice with the estate stamp on the reverse oil on canvas laid down on board 41 by 41cm.; 16⅛ by 16⅛in. Painted in 1907

  DAVID HOCKNEY, A BIGGER GRAND CANYON, 1998 NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA