Classic and Enduring - International Prints & Drawings
Collectors' List 132 2008

41 Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950)
Marchande De Fleurs (Flower Seller), 1928. Hand-coloured drypoint and aquatint, artist, date and text in plate above image, artist's blind stamp, numbered "163" and signed in pencil below image, 49.8 x 38cm. Repaired insect damage overall.
Text reads "Copyright 1928 by L. Icart, Paris." Ref: Holland #336.
 $1,900
42 Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944)
Two Riders Against A Red Background, 1911/1938. Colour woodcut, 10.5 x 15.8cm.
First issued in 1911, this edition was published in Deuxième Siècle, Vol. I, No. 1938. Ref: Roethel #26.
 $2,900
43 Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955)
Composition Au Profile, 1948. Colour lithograph, editioned 12/75 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 36.5 x 50cm. Missing portion to lower right edge of margin.
Printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris. Illustrated in Sapphire, Fernand Leger: The Complete Graphic Work, 1978, plate 19.
 $15,900*
44 Marino Marini (Italian, 1901-1980)
Miracle, 1971. Colour etching and aquatint, editioned XL/XL and signed in pencil in lower margin, 39.5 x 26.8cm. Framed.
From the suite of 10 etchings in Tout près de Marino, text by Egle Marini, published by Deuxième Siècle, Paris. Printed by Lacourière and Frélaut. San Lazzaro #63d.
 $1,450
45 Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Portrait De Femme Nu Accoudée (Female Nude Leaning On Elbows), 1931. Pencil drawing, signed and dated "31" in pencil lower right, Institute Valencià d'Art Modern exhibition label on mount verso, 30.5 x 14cm (image); 24.5 x 32cm (paper). Framed.
Label reads "Exposition Matisse, Henri Del: 21/10/2003 al 11/1/2004." Accompanied by authentication certificate with registration No. U140, dated 7/2/1997, from Wanda de Guebriant, who is a recognised expert on the work of Matisse and archivist for the artist's estate.
 $183,000*

46 Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Jeune Femme Assise (Young Woman Seated), 1942. Pen and ink, signed and dated "12/42" lower left, Pierre Matisse Gallery label attached to frame verso, 51.8 x 39.8cm. Framed.
Label includes handwritten artist's name, date, title and stock No. ST2069 in red ink. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Matisse Archives, dated January 24 2005 with registration No. H132.

Provenance: Matisse's estate to Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York; then acquired by a private collector in Connecticut in 1959; thereafter held in a private collection in Melbourne. Acquired by the present owner in Sydney in 2008.
Wanda de Guebriant, who is a recognised expert on the work of Matisse and archivist for the artist's estate, states that this drawing relates to a painting by Matisse, entitled Monique. It is more than possible that the sitter of this drawing was a student nurse by the name of Monique Bourgeois, who met Matisse in 1942, when he advertised for a nurse to assist him with his recovery from cancer. During this time, she sat for several of Matisse's drawings and paintings. In 1943 she entered the Dominican order and became known as Sister Jacques-Marie. Matisse's abiding friendship with her lead to his beautiful work on the Rosary Chapel in Vence, France.

Note: A Matisse drawing entitled Portrait de Femme, dated 1941, 52.7 x 40.7cm, was sold at Sothebys, New York, on May 8 2008 for USD $571,000.

 $265,000*
47 Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983)
[Frontispiece From "El Innocente"], 1974. Colour etching and aquatint, editioned 167/170 and signed in pencil below image, 32.7 x 25cm (paper). Framed.
Ref: Dupin #677.
 $3,900
48 Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986)
[Reclining Figure], 1975. Colour lithograph, editioned 111/575 in pencil in lower margin, 21.2 x 28.2cm. Framed.
From San Lazzaro et ses Amis, text by Yvon Taillandier and others. Printed by Curwen Studios, London. Ref: Cramer #366.
 $1,100
49 Victor Pasmore (British, 1908-1998)
The Tear That Falls…, 1974. Etching and aquatint, monogrammed in reverse in plate lower right, editioned 5/60, monogrammed and dated in pencil in lower margin, verse in letterpress in right margin, 37.7 x 38.1cm. Slight foxing to image and margins.
Verse continues "the piercing cry/which splits the silence/in the sky./But what the sound/of a magic tune/or the luminous beauty/of the moon?" From the Word and Image suite.
 $1,650
50 Victor Pasmore (British, 1908-1998)
When The Lute Is Broken/Melodies Are Remembered Not, 1974. Etching, printed in brown ink, monogrammed in reverse in plate lower right, editioned 1/60, monogrammed and dated in pencil in lower margin, printed verse in lower margin, 38.4 x 39.3cm. Framed.
 $1,650