post-war catalogue 2012

Post-War Art

Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art

www.simoncaps+ck-‐dale.com

Post-War Art��recent acquisitions and sales

Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art established 1987

59 East 72nd Street New York NY 10021 t. 212-628-2067 f. 212-628-2068 [email protected] www.simoncapstick-dale.com


Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) ��Untitled, 1982-3 Oilstick on paper 19 ⅞ by 15 ¾ in; 50.5 x 40.2 cm This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Authentication Committee of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Provenance: Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist circa 1982) Sale: Christie’s, London, Post-War and Contemporary Art, 29 June 2010, Lot 287 Sale: Sotheby’s, London, Contemporary Art Day Auction, 13 October 2012, Lot 264 Acquired directly from the above


Joan Mitchell (1925-‐1992) Un#tled, 1977 Signed Crayon and Pastel on paper 17 x 13 in, 43 x 35 cm Provenance: Carl Plansky Collec+on, New York Acquired directly from the above by the present owner


Jean Dubuffet (1901 – 1985) Donnée (H52), 1984 Acrylic on paper, laid down on canvas 26 3/8 by 39 3/8 inches Initialed and dated lower right Executed 25th May 1984 Provenance Pace Gallery, New YorWaddington Galleries, London, England k, NY Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France Acquired from the above 1989 Literature M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXVII: Non-lieux, Paris, 1989, no 52, illus p 27 Exhibited London, Waddington Galleries, Jean Dubuffet, October – November 1985, no 11 (illus p 14) Fondation Dubuffet Number: 12141


Piero Dorazio (1927 – 2005) Vitacolor, 1987 oil on canvas. 63 by 51 inches signed, dated and titled with red felt-tip pen verso PIERO DORAZIO 1987 VITACOLOR. The stretcher and the overlap stamped PIERO DORAZIO and inscribed with the work number: 1925. Ex-Crisafi Provenance Private Collection, Southern Germany Private Collection, Saratoga Springs, NY

Tom Wesselmann (1931 – 2004)��Curled Up Nude, 2001 ��oil on canvas��49 by 55 inches ��Provenance: ��David Janis Gallery, New York, NY ��


James Rosenquist (b. 1933) ��Fix – Speed of Light, 2000 ��oil on canvas��68 by 50 inches��Provenance: ��Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY��Mr. T. Mottolla, New York, NY��McClain Gallery, Texas��Private Collection, Texas��Private Collection, New York, NY��


Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974) �� Untitled, 1966��Acrylic and ink on paper��20 by 26 inches��Signed lower right��Provenance: ��Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., New York, NY��Hokin Gallery, Inc., Highland Park, NY��Private collection, Chicago, acquired from the above (1974) ��By descent from the above to the present owner��


Larry Zox (1936-2006) �� Zone 1, 1965 ��Acrylic on canvas��55 by 65 inches��Signed, titled & dated, L.Zox, Zone 1, 1965 on the stretcher�� Provenance: ��Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY��


Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) Untitled, 1966 Acrylic on canvas 72 by 45 inches Provenance: Marlborough Gerson Gallery, New York, NY Collection: United States Steel Corp (US Steel) Private collection, New York, NY Exhibited: Museum of Modern Art, New York, Two Decades of American Painting, illus. in catalogue Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Two Decades of American Painting, illus. in catalogue Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, ‘Pittsburgh Corporations Collections’, Oct 29th 1975 – Jan 4th 1976


Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) Big Red, 1969 Painted sheet metal, wire & Rod 36 by 112 by 27 inches Provenance: Perls Gallery, New York, NY Private Collection, Rye, New York (Acquired from the above 1971) Private Collection (By descent from the above 1975) Acquired from the above (January 2011) This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, under the application number A07626. (It was seen and registered at the meeting of September 8th 2010)


Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) Broad Spiral, Narrow Spiral, 1969 gouache on paper 29 ½ by 43 inches Provenance: Perls Gallery, New York, NY Frith Street, London, UK Albemarle Gallery, London, UK


Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) Untitled, 1971 gouache on paper 42 by 29 ½ inches Provenance Galerie Maeght, Paris, France Sotheby’s New York, NY (30.6.87) Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, Germany (13.6.87) This work is recorded in the Alexander Calder archives under A05537


Frank Stella (b.1936) Untitled (Multicolored and Gray Double Concentric Squares), 1967 Alkyd on canvas 63 by 126 inches Provenance: Private Collection, New York, NY


Helen Frankenthaler (b.1928 – 2011) Circus, 1971 Acrylic on canvas 49 by 110 ½ inches Provenance: Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY Solomon & Company, New York, NY Private collection, New York NY


Kenneth Noland (1924 – 2010) Gravimetric, 1981 Acrylic on canvas 24 ½ by 91 ½ inches Signed and dated on the reverse Provenance: Andre Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York, NY Galerie Wentzel, Cologne, Germany Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL Northrop Gruman Corporation


James Brooks (1906-1992) Untitled, 1954 Oil on canvas 30 ½ inches diameter Signed & dated 4-1954 on the reverse Provenance: B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, IL Private collection, New York, NY


James Brooks (1906-1992) Untitled, 1972 Ink & gouache on collaged paper 11 by 15 inches Signed & dated lower right Provenance: Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY Private Collection, New York, NY


Esteban Vicente (1903-2001) Comstock, 1962 Watercolor, charcoal, printed paper collage on paper laid down on panel 19¾ by 24½ inches Signed and inscribed 'To Dorothy + Michael Esteban Vicente' (lower right); signed and inscribed again and dated 'collage Esteban Vicente 1962' (on the backing board) �� Provenance: Michael and Dorothy Blankfort Collection, Los Angeles., CA Anonymous Sale; Los Angeles Modern, Los Angeles (10.14.07, lot 364) Acquired at the above sale by the present owner


Antoni Tapiés (1923 - 2012) Sans titre, 1970 Oil on newspaper Signed lower right 25.6 by 18.9 inches Provenance: Galerie Maeght, Paris, France Exhibited: Handzeichnungen – gouchen – collagen, 1944-1976, Kunsthalle, Bremen, September 4th-October 23rd 1977, Stadliche Kunsthalle, Baden Baden, Novermber 12th 1977- January 15th 1978, Winterthur, January 27th - March 12th 1978, n˚ 79 Les couleurs de l’argent, Musée de la Poste, Paris, November 18th – January 31st 1992


Cleve Gray (1918 – 2004) White in Blue, 1969 Acrylic on cotton duck 14 by 11 inches Provenance: The Estate of Cleve Gray Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT


Raymond Parker (1922-1990)

Untitled, 1962 Oil on canvas 46.75 by 37 inches

Provenance Private collection, Virginia Osuna Art, Washington DC Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art, New York, NY


Milton Resnick (1917 – 2004) Untitled, 1962 Oil on paper, mounted on panel 32 ¾ by 20 7/8 inches signed and dated lower left Provenance Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC Vicent Vallarino Fine Art, New York, NY Private Collection, Chicago, IL Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art, New York, NY


Jean DuBuffet (1901 – 1985) Mire G25 (Kowloon), 1983 Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas 26 ¾ by 39 ½ inches Provenance Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Literature M. Loreau (ed.), "Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Mires," fasc. XXXVI, Paris 1988, no. 20 (illustrated p. 16)


Sam Francis (1923 – 1994) For Rick (SF57-051), 1957 Gouache and watercolor on paper 29 ¾ by 21 ¾ inches Provenance: Collection of the artist Gifted to “Rick” Monique and Foster Goldstrom, New York, NY Christie’s Impressionist & 20th Century Works on Paper (11.9.99) Private collection, Paris, France Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, NY Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art, New York, NY Please contact the gallery for the complete exhibition history



David Hockney (b. 1937) 2907 Montcalm Avenue (My house in blue and red), 1981 watercolor, gouache and ink on paper 22 5/8 by 30 inches Signed and inscribed lower left ‘For Henry With Love’

Provenance Private Collection, New York, NY


David Hockney (b. 1937) Portrait of Henry Geldzahler, 1976 �� pen and black ink on paper 13 5/8 by 10¾ inches signed with initials and dated DH./76 (lower right) ��

Provenance André Emmerich, New York, NY�� Purchased from the above in February 1991 by the present owner

Simon Capstick-Dale��Sarah Kershaw ��

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James Brooks Alexander Calder Jean DuBuffet Sam Francis Helen Frankenthaler Adolph Gottlieb Cleve Gray David Hockney Robert Motherwell Kenneth Noland Ray Parker Milton Resnick Jason Rosenquist Frank Stella Antoni Tapies Esteban Vicente Tom Wesselmann Larry Zox

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