Celebrating HFA's 30th anniversary we delve into our archive to present a selection of our favourite works we've had the privilege of selling over the years.
Celebrating HFA's 30th anniversary we delve into our archive to present a selection of our favourite works we've had the privilege of selling over the years.
JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)
“TÊTE DE FEMME ET MAISON”
oil on canvas, 46 x 33 cm (18 1/8 x 13in)
signed lower right
painted between 1925-1930
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, France
[SOLD]
LEOPOLD SURVAGE (1879-1968)
“PAYSAGE CUBISTE”
oil on canvas, 138 x 98cm
signed and dated lower right, 1920
EXHIBITED:
‘Exposition de l’Art Moderne Français’, Moscow 1928
‘Léopold Survage: Exposition Rétrospective’, Musée Galliera, Paris 1966
To be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné de l’oeuvre peint de Léopold Survage, currently being prepared by Eric Brosset.
[SOLD]
ADOLF RICHARD FLEISCHMANN (1892-1969)
“HOMMAGE À DELAUNAY ET GLEIZES”
oil on canvas, 112 x 69cm (44 x 27 1/4in),
signed lower left, painted c.1938
PROVENANCE:
Elly Fleischmann, Germany
Galerie Stolz, Cologne
EXHIBITED:
30er Jahre Austellung Schauplatz Deutschland, (no.139),
Kunsthaus, Zurich; Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1977
A. Fleischmann Retrospektive, (illus. p.55),
Saabrucken, Moderne Galerie des Saarland Museums, 1987
Konstruktivismus-Suprematismus-Dreissig Jahre Europaische Avantgarde,
(no.45, illus. p.65), Galerie Stolz, Cologne, 1988-89
A. Fleischmann Retrospektive zum 100, Geburtstag,
Galerie der Stadt, Esslingen, 1992
LITERATURE:
A. Fleischmann, Catalogue Raisonné, (illus.p.27) Rolf Wedewer, Stuttgart, 1976
[SOLD]
RUDOLPH BAUER (1889-1953)
“ALLEGRO”
oil on canvas, signed, painted in 1938, canvas size: 131 x 131cm
PROVENANCE:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
LITERATURE:
“Art of Tomorrow”, Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection, 5th catalogue, 1939 (no. 191 illus.)
[SOLD]
ANDRÉ BEAUDIN (1895-1979)
“LE GLAÏEUL MAUVE”
oil on canvas, 81 x 54cm (32 x 21 1/4in)
signed and dated lower left, 1948
EXHIBITED:
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
“André Beaudin: Retrospective”, International Galleries, Chicago, 1967
PROVENANCE:
Galerie Louis Leiris, Paris. (Archive no. 03135)
[SOLD]
THILO MAATSCH (1900-1983)
“FRAUENBILD”
oil on canvas, 69 x 71 cm
signed, dated, titled and stamped on reverse, 1923
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Basel.
[SOLD]
JEAN CROTTI (1878-1958)
“BUSTE ROUGE”
oil on panel, 60 x 51cm,
signed, painted c.1927
This work is to be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of the artist’s oeuvre, currently being prepared by J.C. Bertoli.
[SOLD]
JOSEPH CSAKY (1881-1971)
“GRAND OISEAU SNOB”
bronze with brown patina
signed, and numbered “2/8
conceived 1926
bears foundry stamp “Blanchet Fondeur”
also bears atelier stamp “AC”, Atelier Csaky
height: 96 cm
EXHIBITED: Csaky Memorial Retrospective, 15 rue Saint-Denis, Paris, 1973
LITERATURE: Csaky, Donald Karshan, illustrated pp.91
[SOLD]
ANDRÉ LHOTE (1885-1962)
“PAYSAGE MÉRIDIONAL”
oil on canvas, 60 x 81 cm
signed, painted in 1935
[SOLD]
GUSTAVE SINGIER (1909-1984)
“LA GUITARE”
oil on canvas, 91 x 73cm, (35 3/4 x 28 1/2 in),
signed and dated, 1944
PROVENANCE:
Purchased from the artist in 1944 by Monsieur René Drouin
EXHIBITED:
Galerie René Drouin, Paris, 1944
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, 1956/1957, (No.6)
LITERATURE:
Les Années Noires, Dorliac. [Incorrectly attributed to Jean Le Moal]
Art of the Defeat, France 1940-1944, L. B. Dorleac, Getty Research Institute, 2008, (Illus. no.30)
Les Arts sous l’Occupation, Le Nouvel Observateur Beaux Arts, October 2012, (Illus. p.97).
Also to be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of the artist’s work being prepared by Philippe Leburgue.
[SOLD]
FRANCISCO BORÈS (1898-1972)
“NU COUCHÉ, 1948”
oil on canvas, 130 x 89cm (50 x 35in),
signed and dated lower right, 1948
EXHIBITED:
Galerie Pierre, Paris, 1948
PROVENANCE:
Collection of the Artist
Estate of the Artist
LITERATURE:
“Francisco Borès, Catalogo Razanado Pintura 1945-1972”,
Hélene Dechanet-Borès, Madrid, 2003, (illus. p.123, no.1948/59)
[SOLD]
ANDRÉ MARCHAND (1907-1998)
“LES FIGUES À LA NAPPE BLANCHE”
oil on canvas, 65 x 81cm (25 1/2 x 32in)
signed lower left
also signed and titled on reverse, and inscribed “Arles”
painted c.1948
[SOLD]
ARMAN (Armand Fernandez) (1928-2005)
“MANDOLINE”
bronze, height: 61cm (24in) including base
signed, and numbered 2 of an edition of 8
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, France
[SOLD]
MARCELLE CAHN (1895-1981)
“COMPOSITION, 1949”
oil on wood, 24 x 33cm (9 1/2 x 13in)
signed lower left, painted in 1949
EXHIBITED:
“Salon des Réalités Nouvelles”, Paris, 1949, (illus. in cat.)
[SOLD]
CLAUDE VENARD (1913-1999)
“L’ATELIER”
oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm, (39½ x 39½in)
signed lower right, painted circa 1960,
inscribed on reverse “couverture catalogue, Connaissance des Arts”
EXHIBITED: Galerie Romanet, Paris
[SOLD]
YOULA (JULES) CHAPOVAL (1919-1951)
“COMPOSITION ABSTRAITE, 1949”
oil on canvas, 113 x 160cm (44 1/2 x 63in)
signed and dated lower right, 1949
LITERATURE: To be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné
currently being prepared by Henri Moisset.
[SOLD]
OSCAR GAUTHIER (1921-2009)
“COMPOSITION, 1950”
oil on canvas, 146 x 89cm (57 1/2 x 35in)
signed and dated lower right, 1950
[SOLD]
JAMES PICHETTE (1920-1996)
“FLASH SUR ANTIBES”
oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm,
signed and dated on reverse, 1958
[SOLD]
ANDRÉ LANSKOY (1902-1976)
“COMPOSITION ABSTRAITE”
oil on canvas, 73 x 100cm (283/4x391/2in);
signed lower right; painted c.1955
EXHIBITED:
Galerie Berthelot, Paris.
PROVENANCE:
The present work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by the artist, and is included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of his work.
[SOLD]
ALEXANDRE ISTRATI (1915-1991)
“COMPOSITION, 1956”
oil on canvas, 130 x 97cm (51 x 38in)
signed and dated lower left, 1956
signed again on reverse
[SOLD]
JOHN HARRISON LEVÉE (1924-2017)
“COMPOSITION, 1956”
oil on canvas, 100 x 125cm, (39 1/2 x 49 1/4in)
signed and dated upper left, 1956
also signed and dated on reverse
[SOLD]
JEAN DEYROLLE (1922-1967)
“GOUÉNO”
tempera on canvas, 146 x 114cm (571/2 x 45in)
signed lower right, and signed and titled on reverse
painted in 1952
EXHIBITED:
Salon de Mai, Paris, 1952
Peintres d’Aujourd’hui, Turin, 1952
Volker Museum, Hamburg, 1953, (reproduced in catalogue)
International Sezession 56, Stadtisches Museum, Leverkusen, 1956
Deyrolle, Kunsternes Kunsthandel KKK, Copenhagen, 1960
Franzosische Malerei der Gegenwart, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1963
Deyrolle, Musée Municipal, Saint-Paul de Vence, 1968
Deyrolle, Galerie Cavalero, Cannes, 1971
Artcrea 86, Chateau La Napoule, 1986, (reproduced in catalogue)
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection Christy and Leonel Cavalero
Galerie Denise René
LITERATURE:
Deyrolle,Le Musée de Poche, Léon Degand & Georges Richar, 1974, (reproduced p.77)
Deyrolle Catalogue Raisonné, Oeuvre Peintre 1944-1967, Georges Richar-Rivier, 1992, (reproduced p.136)
[SOLD]
ANDRÉ BLOC (1896-1966)
“LES QUADRILATÈRES”
oil on canvas, 130 x 89cm (51 x 35in)
signed, titled and dated on reverse, 1956
[SOLD]
GEORGES COLLIGNON (1923-2002)
“COMPOSITION ABSTRAITE”
oil on canvas, 113 x 192cm,
signed lower left, painted c.1965
EXHIBITED: Galerie du Daumier, Paris, 1966
[SOLD]
GINO GREGORI (1906 - 1973)
“NATURA MORTA”
oil on canvas, 60 x 73cm
signed upper right, dated on reverse, 1952
[SOLD]
JEAN IPOUSTÉGUY (1920 - 2006)
“IPOUSTÉGUY-CHIRURGIE”
oil on canvas, 60 x 81cm (23 1/2 x 32in)
initialled and dated twice, lower left and lower right, 1966
PROVENANCE:
The Estate of the Artist
LITERATURE:
“Ipoustéguy-Chirurgie”, Françoise Monnin, Edition de la Difference, 2006
[SOLD]
JACQUES GERMAIN (1915-2001)
“COMPOSITION, 1962”
oil on canvas, 92 x 73cm (36 x 28 3/4in)
signed lower right, also signed and dated on reverse, 1962
and numbered, 354
PROVENANCE: Estate of the Artist
[SOLD]
MARIE RAYMOND (1908-1988)
“COMPOSITION”
oil on canvas, 130 x 152cm, (51 x 60in)
signed lower left, painted c.1955
Exhibited:
Marie Raymond, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1956-57
Marie Raymond, Colle-Sur-Loup, 1957
Galerie Cavalero, Cannes
[SOLD]
GUSTAVE SINGIER (1909-1984)
“FÊNETRE MARINE II”
oil on canvas, 162 x 130cm
signed and dated, 1961,
EXHIBITIONS:
Galerie de France, Paris, 1961
Galerie Chalette, New York, 1962, (no. 17)
Biennale de Sao-Paulo, Sept-Dec 1963
Art Français Contemporain en Amérique du Sud, 1965-1966, (Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago, La Paz, and Lima)
24 Peintres Français de 1946-1966, Musée d’Histoire de l’Art, Luxembourg, 21 Nov-31 Dec 1966, (no.64)
Aarthus, Danmark, 1979, (no,17)
To be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné (Vol.II) of the artist’s work, currently being prepared by M. Philippe de Burgue.
[SOLD]
DORA MAAR (1907 - 1997)
“COMPOSITION GÉOMÉTRIQUE”
oil on canvas, 130 x 97cm
signed and stamped by the Atelier, also signed on reverse
painted c.1967
PROVENANCE: The Estate of the Artist
[SOLD]
JEAN METZINGER (1883-1956)
“TÊTE DE FEMME ET MAISON”
oil on canvas, 46 x 33 cm (18 1/8 x 13in)
signed lower right
painted between 1925-1930
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, France
[SOLD]
LEOPOLD SURVAGE (1879-1968)
“PAYSAGE CUBISTE”
oil on canvas, 138 x 98cm
signed and dated lower right, 1920
EXHIBITED:
‘Exposition de l’Art Moderne Français’, Moscow 1928
‘Léopold Survage: Exposition Rétrospective’, Musée Galliera, Paris 1966
To be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné de l’oeuvre peint de Léopold Survage, currently being prepared by Eric Brosset.
[SOLD]
ADOLF RICHARD FLEISCHMANN (1892-1969)
“HOMMAGE À DELAUNAY ET GLEIZES”
oil on canvas, 112 x 69cm (44 x 27 1/4in),
signed lower left, painted c.1938
PROVENANCE:
Elly Fleischmann, Germany
Galerie Stolz, Cologne
EXHIBITED:
30er Jahre Austellung Schauplatz Deutschland, (no.139),
Kunsthaus, Zurich; Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1977
A. Fleischmann Retrospektive, (illus. p.55),
Saabrucken, Moderne Galerie des Saarland Museums, 1987
Konstruktivismus-Suprematismus-Dreissig Jahre Europaische Avantgarde,
(no.45, illus. p.65), Galerie Stolz, Cologne, 1988-89
A. Fleischmann Retrospektive zum 100, Geburtstag,
Galerie der Stadt, Esslingen, 1992
LITERATURE:
A. Fleischmann, Catalogue Raisonné, (illus.p.27) Rolf Wedewer, Stuttgart, 1976
[SOLD]
RUDOLPH BAUER (1889-1953)
“ALLEGRO”
oil on canvas, signed, painted in 1938, canvas size: 131 x 131cm
PROVENANCE:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
LITERATURE:
“Art of Tomorrow”, Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection, 5th catalogue, 1939 (no. 191 illus.)
[SOLD]
ANDRÉ BEAUDIN (1895-1979)
“LE GLAÏEUL MAUVE”
oil on canvas, 81 x 54cm (32 x 21 1/4in)
signed and dated lower left, 1948
EXHIBITED:
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
“André Beaudin: Retrospective”, International Galleries, Chicago, 1967
PROVENANCE:
Galerie Louis Leiris, Paris. (Archive no. 03135)
[SOLD]
THILO MAATSCH (1900-1983)
“FRAUENBILD”
oil on canvas, 69 x 71 cm
signed, dated, titled and stamped on reverse, 1923
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Basel.
[SOLD]
JEAN CROTTI (1878-1958)
“BUSTE ROUGE”
oil on panel, 60 x 51cm,
signed, painted c.1927
This work is to be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of the artist’s oeuvre, currently being prepared by J.C. Bertoli.
[SOLD]
JOSEPH CSAKY (1881-1971)
“GRAND OISEAU SNOB”
bronze with brown patina
signed, and numbered “2/8
conceived 1926
bears foundry stamp “Blanchet Fondeur”
also bears atelier stamp “AC”, Atelier Csaky
height: 96 cm
EXHIBITED: Csaky Memorial Retrospective, 15 rue Saint-Denis, Paris, 1973
LITERATURE: Csaky, Donald Karshan, illustrated pp.91
[SOLD]
ANDRÉ LHOTE (1885-1962)
“PAYSAGE MÉRIDIONAL”
oil on canvas, 60 x 81 cm
signed, painted in 1935
[SOLD]
GUSTAVE SINGIER (1909-1984)
“LA GUITARE”
oil on canvas, 91 x 73cm, (35 3/4 x 28 1/2 in),
signed and dated, 1944
PROVENANCE:
Purchased from the artist in 1944 by Monsieur René Drouin
EXHIBITED:
Galerie René Drouin, Paris, 1944
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, 1956/1957, (No.6)
LITERATURE:
Les Années Noires, Dorliac. [Incorrectly attributed to Jean Le Moal]
Art of the Defeat, France 1940-1944, L. B. Dorleac, Getty Research Institute, 2008, (Illus. no.30)
Les Arts sous l’Occupation, Le Nouvel Observateur Beaux Arts, October 2012, (Illus. p.97).
Also to be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of the artist’s work being prepared by Philippe Leburgue.
[SOLD]
FRANCISCO BORÈS (1898-1972)
“NU COUCHÉ, 1948”
oil on canvas, 130 x 89cm (50 x 35in),
signed and dated lower right, 1948
EXHIBITED:
Galerie Pierre, Paris, 1948
PROVENANCE:
Collection of the Artist
Estate of the Artist
LITERATURE:
“Francisco Borès, Catalogo Razanado Pintura 1945-1972”,
Hélene Dechanet-Borès, Madrid, 2003, (illus. p.123, no.1948/59)
[SOLD]
ANDRÉ MARCHAND (1907-1998)
“LES FIGUES À LA NAPPE BLANCHE”
oil on canvas, 65 x 81cm (25 1/2 x 32in)
signed lower left
also signed and titled on reverse, and inscribed “Arles”
painted c.1948
[SOLD]
ARMAN (Armand Fernandez) (1928-2005)
“MANDOLINE”
bronze, height: 61cm (24in) including base
signed, and numbered 2 of an edition of 8
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, France
[SOLD]
MARCELLE CAHN (1895-1981)
“COMPOSITION, 1949”
oil on wood, 24 x 33cm (9 1/2 x 13in)
signed lower left, painted in 1949
EXHIBITED:
“Salon des Réalités Nouvelles”, Paris, 1949, (illus. in cat.)
[SOLD]
CLAUDE VENARD (1913-1999)
“L’ATELIER”
oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm, (39½ x 39½in)
signed lower right, painted circa 1960,
inscribed on reverse “couverture catalogue, Connaissance des Arts”
EXHIBITED: Galerie Romanet, Paris
[SOLD]
YOULA (JULES) CHAPOVAL (1919-1951)
“COMPOSITION ABSTRAITE, 1949”
oil on canvas, 113 x 160cm (44 1/2 x 63in)
signed and dated lower right, 1949
LITERATURE: To be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné
currently being prepared by Henri Moisset.
[SOLD]
OSCAR GAUTHIER (1921-2009)
“COMPOSITION, 1950”
oil on canvas, 146 x 89cm (57 1/2 x 35in)
signed and dated lower right, 1950
[SOLD]
JAMES PICHETTE (1920-1996)
“FLASH SUR ANTIBES”
oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm,
signed and dated on reverse, 1958
[SOLD]
ANDRÉ LANSKOY (1902-1976)
“COMPOSITION ABSTRAITE”
oil on canvas, 73 x 100cm (283/4x391/2in);
signed lower right; painted c.1955
EXHIBITED:
Galerie Berthelot, Paris.
PROVENANCE:
The present work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by the artist, and is included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of his work.
[SOLD]
ALEXANDRE ISTRATI (1915-1991)
“COMPOSITION, 1956”
oil on canvas, 130 x 97cm (51 x 38in)
signed and dated lower left, 1956
signed again on reverse
[SOLD]
JOHN HARRISON LEVÉE (1924-2017)
“COMPOSITION, 1956”
oil on canvas, 100 x 125cm, (39 1/2 x 49 1/4in)
signed and dated upper left, 1956
also signed and dated on reverse
[SOLD]
JEAN DEYROLLE (1922-1967)
“GOUÉNO”
tempera on canvas, 146 x 114cm (571/2 x 45in)
signed lower right, and signed and titled on reverse
painted in 1952
EXHIBITED:
Salon de Mai, Paris, 1952
Peintres d’Aujourd’hui, Turin, 1952
Volker Museum, Hamburg, 1953, (reproduced in catalogue)
International Sezession 56, Stadtisches Museum, Leverkusen, 1956
Deyrolle, Kunsternes Kunsthandel KKK, Copenhagen, 1960
Franzosische Malerei der Gegenwart, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1963
Deyrolle, Musée Municipal, Saint-Paul de Vence, 1968
Deyrolle, Galerie Cavalero, Cannes, 1971
Artcrea 86, Chateau La Napoule, 1986, (reproduced in catalogue)
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection Christy and Leonel Cavalero
Galerie Denise René
LITERATURE:
Deyrolle,Le Musée de Poche, Léon Degand & Georges Richar, 1974, (reproduced p.77)
Deyrolle Catalogue Raisonné, Oeuvre Peintre 1944-1967, Georges Richar-Rivier, 1992, (reproduced p.136)
[SOLD]
ANDRÉ BLOC (1896-1966)
“LES QUADRILATÈRES”
oil on canvas, 130 x 89cm (51 x 35in)
signed, titled and dated on reverse, 1956
[SOLD]
GEORGES COLLIGNON (1923-2002)
“COMPOSITION ABSTRAITE”
oil on canvas, 113 x 192cm,
signed lower left, painted c.1965
EXHIBITED: Galerie du Daumier, Paris, 1966
[SOLD]
GINO GREGORI (1906 - 1973)
“NATURA MORTA”
oil on canvas, 60 x 73cm
signed upper right, dated on reverse, 1952
[SOLD]
JEAN IPOUSTÉGUY (1920 - 2006)
“IPOUSTÉGUY-CHIRURGIE”
oil on canvas, 60 x 81cm (23 1/2 x 32in)
initialled and dated twice, lower left and lower right, 1966
PROVENANCE:
The Estate of the Artist
LITERATURE:
“Ipoustéguy-Chirurgie”, Françoise Monnin, Edition de la Difference, 2006
[SOLD]
JACQUES GERMAIN (1915-2001)
“COMPOSITION, 1962”
oil on canvas, 92 x 73cm (36 x 28 3/4in)
signed lower right, also signed and dated on reverse, 1962
and numbered, 354
PROVENANCE: Estate of the Artist
[SOLD]
MARIE RAYMOND (1908-1988)
“COMPOSITION”
oil on canvas, 130 x 152cm, (51 x 60in)
signed lower left, painted c.1955
Exhibited:
Marie Raymond, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1956-57
Marie Raymond, Colle-Sur-Loup, 1957
Galerie Cavalero, Cannes
[SOLD]
GUSTAVE SINGIER (1909-1984)
“FÊNETRE MARINE II”
oil on canvas, 162 x 130cm
signed and dated, 1961,
EXHIBITIONS:
Galerie de France, Paris, 1961
Galerie Chalette, New York, 1962, (no. 17)
Biennale de Sao-Paulo, Sept-Dec 1963
Art Français Contemporain en Amérique du Sud, 1965-1966, (Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago, La Paz, and Lima)
24 Peintres Français de 1946-1966, Musée d’Histoire de l’Art, Luxembourg, 21 Nov-31 Dec 1966, (no.64)
Aarthus, Danmark, 1979, (no,17)
To be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné (Vol.II) of the artist’s work, currently being prepared by M. Philippe de Burgue.
[SOLD]
DORA MAAR (1907 - 1997)
“COMPOSITION GÉOMÉTRIQUE”
oil on canvas, 130 x 97cm
signed and stamped by the Atelier, also signed on reverse
painted c.1967
PROVENANCE: The Estate of the Artist
[SOLD]