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

DAVID HOCKNEY, THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING IN WOLDGATE, EAST YORKSHIRE IN 2011 (TWENTY-ELEVEN), 2011 CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, PARIS  

  DAVID HOCKNEY, IN THE STUDIO, DECEMBER 2017, 2017 TATE COLLECTION, LONDON

  DAVID HOCKNEY, GARROWBY HILL, 1998 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON, BOSTON

  David Hockney b. 1937 Garrowby Hill signed  David Hockney , titled  Garrowby Hill  and dated  2017  (on the verso) acrylic on canvas 121.9 by 243.8 cm. 48 by 96 in. Executed in 2017

  Vincent van Gogh 1853 - 1890 A Pair of Lovers (Eglogue en Provence) oil on canvas 32.7 by 22.8cm., 12⅞ by 9 in. Executed in Arles in March 1888

  FIG. 5, CLAUDE MONET,  NATURE MORTE AU MELON , 1872, OIL ON CANVAS, CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN MUSEUM, LISBON

Claude Monet 1840 - 1926 Prunes et abricots signed  Claude Monet  (lower left) oil on canvas 18 by 38.2cm., 7⅛ by 15in. Painted   circa   1882-85  

  Claude Monet 1840 - 1926 Les Demoiselles de Giverny signed  Claude Monet  and dated  94  (lower left) oil on canvas 65 by 100cm., 25½ by 39¼in. Painted in 1894

  Claude Monet 1840 - 1926 Sur la Falaise près de Dieppe, soleil couchant signed  Claude Monet  and dated  97  (lower right) oil on canvas 65 by 100cm., 25⅝ by 39⅜in. Painted in 1897

  FIG. 8, GERHARD RICHTER,  EISBERG , 1982, OIL ON CANVAS. SOLD: SOTHEBY’S, LONDON, MARCH 2017, £17. 7 MILLION © GERHARD RICHTER 2022 (0033

  Claude Monet 1840 - 1926 Glaçons, environs de Bennecourt signed  Claude Monet  and dated  93  (lower right) oil on canvas 40.5 by 54cm., 15⅞ by 21¼in. Painted in 1893

  Claude Monet 1840 - 1926 Massif de chrysanthèmes signed  Claude Monet  and dated  97  (lower centre) oil on canvas 130.7 by 88.8cm., 51½ by 35in. Painted in 1897

  FIG. 5, GUSTAV KLIMT,  BAUERNGARTEN (BLUMENGARTEN) , 1907, OIL ON CANVAS, SOLD: SOTHEBY’S, LONDON, MARCH 2017, SOLD FOR: £47.9 MILLION.

  FIG. 2, ED RUSCHA,  A PARTICULAR KIND OF HEAVEN , 1983, OIL ON CANVAS, DE YOUNG MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO

  FIG. 3, RENE MAGRITTE,  POISON , 1938-39, GOUACHE ON PAPER, MUSEUM BOIJMANS-VAN BEUNINGEN, ROTTERDAM © ADAGP, PARIS AND DACS, LONDON 2022 / © 2022. PHOTOTHÈQUE R. MAGRITTE /ADAGP IMAGES, PARIS, / SCALA, FLORENCE

  FIG. 9, VINCENT VAN GOGH,  STARRY NIGHT OVER THE RHÔNE , 1888, OIL ON CANVAS, MUSÉE D’ORSAY, PARIS

  FIG. 13, CLAUDE MONET,  PARLEMENT, COUCHER DU SOLEIL , 1903, OIL ON CANVAS, NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, D.C.

  PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Sylvette dated ‘2.5.54.’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 39 1⁄4 x 31 7⁄8 in. (99.8 x 81 cm.) Painted in Vallauris on 2 May 1954 Provenance The artist’s estate (no. 13281). Marina Picasso, Paris, by descent from the above. Chalette International, New York, by whom acquired from the above. Acquired from the above by the present owner on 1 June 1986. Literature C. Zervos, ‘Images de Picasso, Peintes cette année et exposées à la maison de la pensée française’, in Cahiers d’Art, vol. 1, 1954, p. 73 (illustrated; titled ‘Portrait de Mlle D.’). J.-P. Ollivier & F. Pagès, ‘Une jeune fille de dix-neuf ans inspire à Picasso son époque la plus souriante: l’époque Sylvette’, in Paris-Match, no. 281, Paris, 21 August 1954, p. 45 (illustrated). 'The Ponytail Period', in Life Magazine, vol. 37, no. 19, New York, 8 November 1954, p. 119 (illustrated). C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 16, Oeuvres de 1953 à 1955, Paris, 1965, no. 292, n.p. (illustrated pl. 94). Exhib