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Sotheby's Paris: 2nd and 3rd June contemporary art at auction

Sotheby's, two days of auction in Paris with works by artists such as Dubuffet, Wou-Ki, Calder, Basquiat with estimates from 100 to 2 million euros.

Sotheby's Paris: 2nd and 3rd June contemporary art at auction

There are several interesting works in this auction catalogue. Two worth noting check of e unknown di Zao Wish Ki, rediscovered and gathered for the first time since 1960. The auction will be characterized by a dazzling kaleidoscope of works of the more import anti French artists and partners. postwar , among which  MC5 (Marial) by Simon Hantai, a composition di Basquiat e un “polygones noirs” from 1953 by Calder. also one important selection of works and paintings conceptual and minimalists of different Collection Jerome H. Stone.

Top Lots:

SIMON HANTAÏ – MC5 (MARIAL) – Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 EUR

JEAN DUBUFFET – NOMADE AUX TRACES DE PAS DANS LE SABLE – Estimate 1,400,000 — 1,800,000 EUR

ZAO WOU-KI – 5.5.60 – Estimate 1,400,000 — 2,000,000 EUR

ZAO WOU-KI – 1.5.60 – Estimate 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 EUR

ALEXANDER CALDER – POLYGONES NOIRS – Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 EUR

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT – TURTLE CREEK – Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 EUR

 

The work in the photo is by Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
POLYGONES NOIRS (1953)

Painted metal and iron
95,3 x 99,1 x 38,1cm; 37 1/2 x 39 x 15 in.

Authenticated by the Calder Foundation, New York under number A13487

provenance: 

Maeght Gallery, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York
Hollis Taggert Galleries, New York
Kukje Gallery, Seoul
Siome Gallery, Seoul
Private collection, Geneva
Vente: Phillips, New York, contemporary art, 11 November 2013, lot 19
Collection particuliere, Etats-Unis

Exposure

Paris, Galerie Maeght, Aix, Saché, Rodbury 1953-54, November 13 – December 15, 1954; catalogue, no.15, illustrated

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