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Von der Belle Époque zum Goldenen Zeitalter

2. Dezember 2025 – 31. Mai 2026
Tom Wesselmann: Figur und Form
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Tom Wesselmann: Figur und Form

1. Dezember 2025 – 31. Mai 2026
Sound und Spektakel: Harry Bertoia und George Rickey
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Sound und Spektakel: Harry Bertoia und George Rickey

1. Juni - 30. September 2025
Alexander Calder: Die Gestaltung eines primären Universums
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Alexander Calder: Die Gestaltung eines primären Universums

August 23, 2023 - März 25, 2025
Hans Hofmann
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Hans Hofmann

14. August 2024 - 28. Februar 2025
Kunst unter 100.000 Dollar
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Kunst unter 100.000 Dollar

25. Juli 2024 - 31. Januar 2025
Das Blut deines Herzens: Überschneidungen von Kunst und Literatur
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Das Blut deines Herzens: Überschneidungen von Kunst und Literatur

12. September 2022 - 31. Dezember 2024
Blumen für den Frühling, Grundsteinlegung
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Blumen für den Frühling, Grundsteinlegung

8. Mai 2023 - 31. August 2024
Kunst des amerikanischen Westens: Eine prominente Sammlung
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Kunst des amerikanischen Westens: Eine prominente Sammlung

24. August 2023 - 31. August 2024
Erster Kreis: Kreise in der Kunst
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Erster Kreis: Kreise in der Kunst

14. Februar 2023 - 31. August 2024
Gemälde von Dorothy Hood
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Gemälde von Dorothy Hood

18. März - 19. Juli 2024
Irving Norman: Dunkle Materie
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Irving Norman: Dunkle Materie

27. November 2019 - 30. Juni 2024
Picasso: Jenseits der Leinwand
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Picasso: Jenseits der Leinwand

4. Oktober 2023 - 30. April 2024
Papierschnitt: Einzigartige Arbeiten auf Papier
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Papierschnitt: Einzigartige Arbeiten auf Papier

27. April 2022 - 31. Oktober 2023
Alexander Calder: Ein Universum der Malerei
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Alexander Calder: Ein Universum der Malerei

10. August 2022 - 31. August 2023
In den 80er Jahren war es akzeptabel
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In den 80er Jahren war es akzeptabel

27. April 2021 - 31. August 2023
Eine schöne Zeit: Amerikanische Kunst im Gilded Age
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Eine schöne Zeit: Amerikanische Kunst im Gilded Age

24. Juni 2021 - 31. August 2023
N.C. Wyeth: Ein Jahrzehnt der Malerei
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N.C. Wyeth: Ein Jahrzehnt der Malerei

29. September 2022 - 31. März 2023
Paul Jenkins: Das Phänomenale einfärben
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Paul Jenkins: Das Phänomenale einfärben

27. Dezember 2019 - 31. März 2023
Norman Zammitt: Der Verlauf der Farbe
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Norman Zammitt: Der Verlauf der Farbe

19. März 2020 - 28. Februar 2023
Georgia O
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Georgia O'Keeffe und Marsden Hartley: Moderne Köpfe

1. Februar 2022 - 28. Februar 2023
Figurative Meister Amerikas
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Figurative Meister Amerikas

4. Januar - 12. Februar 2023
James Rosenquist: Potenter Pop
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James Rosenquist: Potenter Pop

7. Juni 2021 - 31. Januar 2023
Abstrakter Expressionismus: Die Überwindung des Radikalen
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Abstrakter Expressionismus: Die Überwindung des Radikalen

12. Januar 2022 - 31. Januar 2023
Meine eigene Haut: Frida Kahlo und Diego Rivera
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Meine eigene Haut: Frida Kahlo und Diego Rivera

16. Juni - 31. Dezember 2022
Josef Albers: Das Herz der Malerei
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Josef Albers: Das Herz der Malerei

12. Mai - 30. November 2022
Abstrakter Expressionismus: Die beharrlichen Frauen
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Abstrakter Expressionismus: Die beharrlichen Frauen

1. November 2021 - 31. August 2022
Alexander Calder: Den Kosmos malen
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Alexander Calder: Den Kosmos malen

2. März - 12. August 2022
Mercedes-Materie: Eine wunderbare Qualität
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Mercedes-Materie: Eine wunderbare Qualität

22. März 2021 - 30. Juni 2022
Moore! Moore! Moore! Henry Moore und die Bildhauerei
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Moore! Moore! Moore! Henry Moore und die Bildhauerei

3. März 2021 - 30. April 2022
Elaine und Willem de Kooning: Malen im Licht
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Elaine und Willem de Kooning: Malen im Licht

3. August 2021 - 31. Januar 2022
Jüdische Moderne Teil 2: Figuration von Chagall bis Norman
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Jüdische Moderne Teil 2: Figuration von Chagall bis Norman

30. April 2020 - 31. Dezember 2021
American Eye: Auswahlen aus der Pardee-Sammlung
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American Eye: Auswahlen aus der Pardee-Sammlung

28. Februar - 31. Dezember 2021
Die Gloria-Luria-Sammlung
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Die Gloria-Luria-Sammlung

16. März 2020 - 31. Oktober 2021
Pop-Figuren: Mel Ramos und Tom Wesselmann
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Pop-Figuren: Mel Ramos und Tom Wesselmann

26. März 2020 - 30. April 2021
Juwelen des Impressionismus und der modernen Kunst
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Juwelen des Impressionismus und der modernen Kunst

19. Februar - 31. Oktober 2020
Cool Britannia: Die jungen britischen Künstler
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Cool Britannia: Die jungen britischen Künstler

2. April - 30. September 2020
Die Kalifornier
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Die Kalifornier

1. November 2019 - 14. Februar 2020
Sam Francis: Von der Dämmerung bis zur Morgendämmerung
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Sam Francis: Von der Dämmerung bis zur Morgendämmerung

15. November 2018 - 29. April 2019
N.C. Wyeth: Gemälde und Illustrationen
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N.C. Wyeth: Gemälde und Illustrationen

1. Februar - 31. Mai 2018
Die Gemälde von Sir Winston Churchill
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Die Gemälde von Sir Winston Churchill

21. März - 30. Mai 2018
Alexander Calder
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Alexander Calder

21. November 2015 - 28. Mai 2016
Meister des kalifornischen Impressionismus
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Meister des kalifornischen Impressionismus

22. November 2014 - 23. Mai 2015
Malerische Abstraktion: Bereiche von AbEx
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Malerische Abstraktion: Bereiche von AbEx

25. November 2011 - 31. Mai 2012
Meister des Impressionismus und der modernen Kunst
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Meister des Impressionismus und der modernen Kunst

20. November 2010 - 25. September 2011
Picasso
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20. November 2009 - 25. Mai 2010

KUNSTWERKE ZUR ANSICHT

<div>Claude Monet’s <em>Le bassin d’Argenteuil</em> (1875) is a luminous example from one of the most pivotal periods of his career, painted in the late spring or summer of 1875, just one year after the groundbreaking first Impressionist exhibition. Set along the Seine at Argenteuil, the composition captures a quiet basin animated by small boats, figures, and reflections, rendered with loose, expressive brushwork that conveys the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere. The gentle diffusion of water and sky creates a shimmering surface, perfectly suited to Monet’s plein air practice and his desire to record perception in the moment. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Argenteuil was central to the crystallization of Impressionism, marking a time when its ideas, subject matter, and collaborative spirit fully coalesced. Between 1871 and 1878, Monet’s presence there drew fellow artists including Renoir, Manet, Sisley, and Caillebotte, fostering an environment of shared experimentation and innovation. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The painting’s early provenance further enhances its significance. It was owned by Oscar A. H. Schmitz, the German writer and intellectual known for his writings on Jungian psychology and his discerning collection of 19th-century art. Following Schmitz’s unexpected death in 1933, the collection was sent to the Kunstmuseum Basel. In 1936, the art dealer Wildenstein & Co. took over 62 works from the collection and organized a major exhibition and sale in Paris and New York.<em> Le bassin d’Argenteuil</em> is included in the Daniel Wildenstein catalogue raisonné (1996), vol. II, p. 153, as no. 371, and is published in eight books. </div>

CLAUDE MONET

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"><em>Argenteuil, l’Hospice</em> from 1872 belongs to one of the most formative chapters in Claude Monet’s career, painted during his early years in Argenteuil where he created nearly one hundred eighty canvases between 1871 and 1878. First owned by Paul Durand Ruel, Monet’s dealer and the most important champion of the Impressionists, the painting is included in the Wildenstein catalogue and was featured in the National Gallery London’s landmark exhibition <em>Monet and Architecture </em>in 2018. Created in the same year as his breakthrough <em>Impression, Sunrise</em>, the work reflects the moment when Monet’s vision for modern landscape took shape and laid the foundation for the movement that would soon be known as Impressionism.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">Monet settled in Argenteuil in late 1871, determined to renew his artistic direction after the upheavals of war and exile. The town offered an enticing blend of historical architecture, modern industry, rustic gardens, and the ever-shifting Seine, all within easy reach of Paris. The Aubrey House, where Monet lived, became a gathering place for Renoir, Manet, Sisley, Caillebotte, and later Pissarro, a setting that fostered both artistic exchange and the planning of the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874. As scholar Paul Hayes Tucker has noted, Argenteuil offered Monet a rare diversity of motifs that he encountered daily, ranging from the charmingly old to the strikingly new.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">In this painting Monet set his easel on rue Pierre Guienne, with his back to the Aubrey House, and painted the seventeenth century building that served at the time as the hospice of the Porte Saint Denis. The structure appears at right, viewed from the Seine, rendered with a quiet clarity that captures the atmosphere of an early spring day. The palette reflects both a reverence for the site’s history and an appreciation for Eugène Boudin, the friend and mentor who had encouraged Monet to paint the play of air and light years earlier and who joined him for a housewarming at Argenteuil on January 2, 1872. The hospice later became the Musée du Vieil Argenteuil, further reinforcing the historical resonance of the site.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"><em>Argenteuil, l’Hospice</em> stands as one of Monet’s earliest paintings from this crucial period and offers a faithful, atmospheric interpretation of a place deeply intertwined with the origins of Impressionism. Its blend of gentle tonalities, soft spring light, and direct observation reveals the artist’s growing confidence in painting the world as he perceived it, moment by moment, as a new vision for modern landscape art emerged.</font></div>

CLAUDE MONET

<div>Paul Signac’s "Pilote de la Meuse" (1924) is a refined late masterpiece that unites his devotion to color theory with his lifelong love of sailing. The composition is rigorously constructed around a highly structured framework of verticals and horizontals—the horizon line, the river’s surface, and the upright masts establish a sense of order and clarity. This geometry is gently softened by subtle diagonals: the angled masts, the slanted smokestack of a distant tugboat, and the wind-filled sails introduce movement and visual counterpoint without disrupting the overall balance.</div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Executed in predominantly blue and green tones, the painting exemplifies Signac’s evolved Neo-Impressionist technique. While he and Georges Seurat pioneered pointillism as a scientific, color-theory-driven alternative to Impressionism, Signac’s later works from the 1910s and 1920s mark a decisive shift. Here, the earlier tight dots give way to broader, rectangular “mosaic strokes,” allowing color to carry greater physical presence and expressive freedom. The water in the foreground becomes a vibrant checkerboard of shifting hues, conveying turbulent weather, moving light, and wind-driven currents.</div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>A single prominent sailboat dominates the scene, accompanied by a few smaller vessels and the tugboat in the distance, whose swirling smoke animates the sky. This restrained yet dynamic marine subject reflects Signac’s deep personal connection to sailing—he owned 32 boats and traveled extensively by water.</div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Similar maritime scenes from this mature period are held in major institutional collections, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Musée d’Orsay, underscoring the significance of this composition within Signac’s final artistic phase.</div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The painting is accompanied by exceptional archival material: nine typed onion skins by Edmond Sussfeld; three autograph letters signed by Paul Signac; two autograph letters and the original invoice from the merchant Léon Marseille; and a certificate of authenticity from Mrs. Marina Ferretti-Bocquillon, providing outstanding historical context and provenance.</div>

PAUL SIGNAC

WILLEM DE KOONING - Frau in einem Ruderboot - Öl auf Papier auf Masonit gelegt - 47 1/2 x 36 1/4 in.

WILLEM DE KOONING

<div>When forty rural Sacramento Delta landscapes by Wayne Thiebaud were unveiled at a San Francisco gallery opening in November 1997, attendees were amazed by paintings they never anticipated. This new frontier betrayed neither Thiebaud’s mastery of confectionary-shop colors nor his impeccable eye for formal relationships. Rather, his admirers were shocked to learn that all but seven of these forty interpretations had been completed in just two years. As his son Paul recalled, “the refinements of my father’s artistic process were ever changing in a chameleon-like frenzy.” The new direction had proved an exhilarating experience, each painting an affirmation of Wayne Thiebaud’s impassioned response to the fields and levees of the local environment he dearly loved.   </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Viewed from the perspective of a bird or a plane, "The Riverhouse" is an agrarian tapestry conceived with a kaleidoscopic range of shapes and simple forms; fields striped with furrows or striated fans, deliriously colored parallelograms and trapezoids, an orchard garnished pizza-shaped wedge, and a boldly limned river, the lifeline of a thirsty California central valley largely dependent upon transported water. "The Riverhouse" is a painting that ‘moves’ between seamlessly shifting planes of aerial mapping that recalls Richard Diebenkorn’s stroke of insight when he took his first commercial flight the spring of 1951, and those partitions engaging a more standard vanishing point perspective. Thiebaud explained his process as “orchestrating with as much variety and tempo as I can.” Brightly lit with a fauve-like intensity, "The Riverhouse" is a heady concoction of vibrant pigment and rich impasto, one that recalls his indebtedness to Pierre Bonnard whose color Thiebaud referred to as “a bucket full of hot coals and ice cubes.” Among his many other influences, the insertion of objects — often tiny — that defy a rational sense of scale that reflects his interest in Chinese landscape painting.  As always, his mastery as a painter recalls his titular pies and cakes with their bewitching rainbow-like halos and side-by-side colors of equal intensity but differing in hues to create the vibratory effect of an aura, what Thiebaud explained “denotes an attempt to develop as much energy and light and visual power as you can.” </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Thiebaud’s Sacramento Delta landscapes are an integral and important part of his oeuvre. Paintings such as "The Riverhouse" rival the best abstract art of the twentieth century. His good friend, Willem de Kooning thought so, too.</div>

WAYNE THIEBAUD

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Booksellers by the Seine</em> (1888) emerges from a pivotal moment in Childe Hassam’s early career, created during his period of study in Paris when he was absorbing the influence of the French Impressionists while already demonstrating the skill of an accomplished academic painter. In this finely observed scene along the banks of the Seine, Hassam turns his attention to everyday urban life, depicting Parisians as they browse the open air bookstalls that have lined the river for generations.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The painting reflects Hassam’s gift for portraying people interacting naturally with their surroundings, a hallmark of his finest works. Here he captures not only the activity of the booksellers but also the shifting atmosphere of the city itself, conveyed through soft dabs of paint that suggest autumn leaves floating gently through the air and settling along the foreground. This delicate blending of human presence, weather, and light reveals Hassam’s deep interest in the transient beauty of urban life and marks <em>Booksellers by the Seine</em> as an evocative example from an essential period in his artistic development.</font></div>

CHILDE HASSAM

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">As the idea of using drawings, whether in pencil or pastel to prepare a painting was at odds with Monet’s publicised creative process, he tended to downplay its importance in his work. However, after his death eight folios containing over four hundred drawings came to light as well as many pastels. This convenient and lightweight medium allowed him to experiment with composition and colour and develop ideas for his oil paintings at speed. He also used pastel to produce finished pictures, as in this example.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">During the 1880s Monet returned to the Normandy coast. He found inspiration in the sparkling light and famous limestone cliffs, as had Delacroix and Courbet. As well as working directly in oils, he followed Boudin’s example and used black chalk and pastel to study the effects of light and colour on the sky, sea and land.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">In this seascape at Etretat, twenty miles round the coast to the north of Le Havre, Monet has chosen an unusual composition, dividing the landscape down the centre with the vertiginous cliffs; the left half of the picture composed of earthy greens and browns, the right half a sun dappled sea that dissolves into the sky, the horizon only suggested by the lightest touch of charcoal. This picture has a marked difference in atmosphere to another pastel of the nearby Porte d’Aval, dateable to the same period, whose late afternoon sky shows the range of expression that could be achieved with pastel. By the summer of 1885 the year he made this pastel Monet had largely abandoned urban subjects, and was more drawn towards natural phenomena. He painted many views along the coast under different light conditions. As noted in the catalogue raisonné on Monet, this pastel is not a preparatory study for an oil painting, but a wholly original composition. It demonstrates how well the painter understood and enjoyed the versatility of the medium when trying to capture such variable weather.</font></div>

CLAUDE MONET

<div>Pierre Bonnard’s <em>La robe de chambre rouge (Marthe Bonnard)</em> (1912) is a richly intimate portrait of the artist’s lifelong muse and wife, Marthe de Meligny, painted at a moment when Bonnard was redefining modern interior painting through color, memory, and psychological nuance. Seated and absorbed in a private moment, Marthe is enveloped by a saturated red ground that presses close to the picture plane, dissolving traditional depth in favor of chromatic intensity. Her patterned robe and softly modeled face emerge through Bonnard’s layered brushwork, where color functions less as description than as emotional atmosphere. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Painted in 1912, the work was exhibited extensively from the year of its creation, appearing in seven exhibitions across Paris, Rotterdam, and Munich, signaling its immediate recognition within Bonnard’s circle and the broader European avant-garde. The painting also boasts a distinguished provenance, having passed through the collections of notable French Jewish collector Alphonse Kahn; Eugène Blot, the influential gallerist, collector, and sculpture castor; and Jacques Dupont, the celebrated Olympic cyclist. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><em>La robe de chambre rouge</em> is published seven times, including Bonnard’s 1968 catalogue raisonné, where it is listed as no. 674. The artist’s portraits of Marthe occupy a central place in his oeuvre. Closely related examples are held in the permanent collections of major institutions such as the Tate, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, underscoring the enduring significance of these deeply personal yet formally radical compositions. </div>

PIERRE BONNARD

<div>Alfred Sisley’s Cavalier en lisière de forêt (Horseman on the Edge of the Forest), from 1875, is a luminous painting depicting a tranquil road near Marly-le-Roi, where Sisley found creative renewal after moving from Paris’s Batignolles quarter. This work, included in the 2021 catalogue raisonné of the work of Alfred Sisley prepared by Francois Daulte with Galerie Brame & Lorenceau and the Comité Alfred Sisley as no.196, showcases his unrivaled commitment to plein-air painting, even compared to Impressionist peers like Monet and Pissarro. Likely executed entirely outdoors, it captures the immediacy of a summer morning with feathery brushstrokes of muted greens, ochres, and blues, rendering a path winding into a forest, a lone horseman, and two figures—one with a parasol. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Sisley’s move to Marly-le-Roi, driven by a love for greenery and the need to support his young family amid financial strain post-Franco-Prussian War, shaped this work. Painted after the 1874 Impressionist exhibition’s disappointing sales, it reflects resilience. The diffused light and geometric composition—path and trees anchoring a vast sky—evoke the region’s gentle haze. Camille Pissarro, a close colleague, hailed Sisley as “a great and beautiful artist, in my opinion he is a master equal to the greatest” (Pissarro, quoted in C. Lloyd, ‘Alfred Sisley and the Purity of Vision’, pp. 5-33, M. Stevens (ed.), Alfred Sisley, exh. cat., New Haven and London, 1992, p. 8). The 2021 Brame and Lorenceau catalogue notes 360 of Sisley’s 1,013 oil paintings reside in museums, affirming his legacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This concise yet evocative piece offers collectors a rare glimpse into Sisley’s mastery, blending nature’s beauty with Impressionist innovation. </div>

ALFRED SISLEY

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Widely recognized as one of the most consequential artists of our time, Gerhard Richters career now rivals that of Picasso's in terms of productivity and genius. The multi-faceted subject matter, ranging from slightly out-of-focus photographic oil paintings to Kelly-esque grid paintings to his "squeegee" works, Richter never settles for repeating the same thought- but is constantly evolving his vision. Richter has been honored by significant retrospective exhibitions, including the pivotal 2002 show,  "Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting," at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.    "Abstraktes Bild 758-2" (1992) comes from a purely abstract period in Richter's work- where the message is conveyed using a truly physical painting style, where applied paint layers are distorted with a wooden "Squeegee" tool. Essentially, Richter is sculpting the layers of paint, revealing the underlayers and their unique color combinations; there is a degree of "art by chance". If the painting does not work, Richter will move on- a method pioneered by Jackson Pollock decades earlier.    Richter is included in prominent museums and collections worldwide, including the Tate, London, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among many others.</font></div>

GERHARD RICHTER

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>A rare and important painting by Giulio Cesare Procaccini depicting the legendary Judith Beheading Holofernes—a subject that has captivated artists from Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi to Kehinde Wiley and Robert Longo. The dramatic biblical scene, rendered with striking chiaroscuro, exemplifies Procaccini’s mastery of light and emotion and his engagement with one of art history’s most enduring themes of justice and triumph.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>This work holds exceptional provenance, having been commissioned by Giovanni Carlo Doria, one of Genoa’s most prominent collectors whose holdings included works by Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, and Van Dyck, remaining in the Doria family collection for approximately 300 years. It is recorded in the artist’s catalogue raisonné and has an extensive literature history.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Comparable compositions by Procaccini appear in major museum collections such as the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.  This painting represents a rare opportunity to acquire a museum-caliber example of the artist’s work, distinguished by both its art historical significance and exceptional provenance.</font></div><br><br><div><font color=black> </font></div>

GIULIO CESARE PROCACCINI

Tom Wesselmann was a leader of the Pop Art movement. He is best remembered for large-scale works, including his Great American Nude series, in which Wesselmann combined sensual imagery with everyday objects depicted in bold and vibrant colors. As he developed in his practice, Wesselmann grew beyond the traditional canvas format and began creating shaped canvases and aluminum cut-outs that often functioned as sculptural drawings. Continuing his interest in playing with scale, Wesselmann began focusing more closely on the body parts that make up his nudes. He created his Mouth series and his Bedroom series in which particular elements, rather than the entire sitter, become the focus.<br> <br>Bedroom Breast (2004) combines these techniques, using vivid hues painted on cut-out aluminum. The work was a special commission for a private collector's residence, and the idea of a bedroom breast piece in oil on 3-D cut-out aluminum was one Wesselmann had been working with for many years prior to this work's creation. The current owner of the piece believed in Wesselmann's vision and loved the idea of bringing the subject to his home.<br><br>It's one of, if not the last, piece Wesselmann completed before he passed away. The present work is the only piece of its kind - there has never been an oil on aluminum in 3D at this scale or of this iconography.  

TOM WESSELMANN

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>The Isle of Shoals</em> reflects one of the most personal and sustained subjects in the career of Childe Hassam, remaining in the artists own collection for twenty years. Hassam first visited the Isles of Shoals in 1884, returning regularly until 1915, and the rugged beauty of this small island group off the Gulf of Maine became a central source of inspiration throughout his life. The shifting light, scattered wildflowers, and crystalline waters offered a constant supply of visual poetry, and the islands became the setting for many of his most luminous and celebrated landscapes and coastal scenes.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Similar views of the Isles of Shoals now reside in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art, underscoring the importance of the subject within Hassam’s oeuvre. The significance of this body of work was further affirmed in 2016 when the Peabody Essex Museum organized a major exhibition devoted entirely to his Shoals paintings.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>In <em>The Isle of Shoals</em>, Hassam captures the clear northern light and the quiet splendor of the rocky coast, presenting a scene that reflects both the serenity of the islands and the artists deep connection to them.</font></div>

CHILDE HASSAM

The frame of reference for Irish American Sean Scully’s signature blocks and stripes is vast. From Malevich’s central premise that geometry can provide the means for universal understanding to Rothko’s impassioned approach to color and rendering of the dramatic sublime, Scully learned how to condense the splendor of the natural world into simple modes of color, light, and composition. Born in Dublin in 1945 and London-raised, Scully was well-schooled in figurative drawing when he decided to catch the spirit of his lodestar, Henri Matisse, by visiting Morocco in 1969. He was captivated by the dazzling tessellated mosaics and richly dyed fabrics and began to paint grids and stipes of color. Subsequent adventures provided further inspiration as the play of intense light on the reflective surfaces of Mayan ruins and the ancient slabs of stone at Stonehenge brought the sensation of light, space, and geometric movement to Scully’s paintings. The ability to trace the impact of Scully’s travels throughout his paintings reaffirms the value of abstract art as a touchstone for real-life experience.<br><br><br>Painted in rich, deep hues and layered, nuanced surfaces, Grey Red is both poetic and full of muscular formalism. Scully appropriately refers to these elemental forms as ‘bricks,’ suggesting the formal calculations of an architect. As he explained, “these relationships that I see in the street doorways, in windows between buildings, and in the traces of structures that were once full of life, I take for my work. I use these colors and forms and put them together in a way that perhaps reminds you of something, though you’re not sure of that” (David Carrier, Sean Scully, 2004, pg. 98). His approach is organic, less formulaic; intuitive painter’s choices are layering one color upon another so that contrasting hues and colors vibrate with subliminal energy. Diebenkorn comes to mind in his pursuit of radiant light. But here, the radiant bands of terracotta red, gray, taupe, and black of Grey Red resonate with deep, smoldering energy and evoke far more affecting passion than you would think it could impart. As his good friend, Bono wrote, “Sean approaches the canvas like a kickboxer, a plasterer, a builder. The quality of painting screams of a life being lived.”

SEAN SCULLY

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Painted during John Singer Sargent's trip to the Austrian Tyrol in the summer of 1914, this work captures a moment of profound historical tension as Austria declared war on Serbia that July, placing Sargent at the threshold of the First World War. The painting offers a strikingly intimate and unexpected view of the Alpine landscape, framed from within a sheep pen with the mountain itself largely cropped from sight. This choice of vantage point shifts the viewers focus to the meeting point of the valley and the rising slope, where deep verdant greens anchor the composition and an overcast sky suggests a subtle sense of unease beyond the tranquil pastoral foreground.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>The work is included in the Sargent catalogue raisonne by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, confirming its secure place within the artists documented production. Sargent created several related works during his 1914 stay in the Tyrol across both oil and watercolor, including <em>Tyrolese Interior </em>at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, <em>Woodsheds Tyrol</em> at the Art Institute of Chicago, and <em>Trout Stream</em> <em>in the Tyrol</em> at the de Young Museum. Together these works demonstrate Sargent's sustained engagement with the region and its distinctive light, atmosphere, and rural architecture during this pivotal year.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>This painting also carries distinguished provenance, having been previously held in the collection of Henry Clay Frick, the American industrialist and founder of the Frick Collection, before being given as a gift to his friend and lawyer Louis Cass Ledyard, who also served as counsel to J P Morgan. Its rarity within Sargents mature Tyrolean subjects is further underscored by the small number of comparable works that have reached the market, with only one closely related painting from this period, A Tyrolese Crucifix from 1915, having appeared at auction in recent decades.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>Sargents work continues to receive major institutional recognition, including the forthcoming exhibition Sargent Dazzling Paris at the Musee d Orsay in 2025 to 2026, reaffirming the ongoing relevance of his mature European landscapes within the broader narrative of early twentieth century art.</font></div>

JOHN SINGER SARGENT

Tom Wesselmann will undoubtedly be remembered for associating his erotic themes with the colors of the American flag. But Wesselmann had considerable gifts as a draftsman, and the line was his principal preoccupation, first as a cartoonist and later as an ardent admirer of Matisse. That he also pioneered a method of turning drawings into laser-cut steel wall reliefs proved a revelation. He began to focus ever more on drawing for the sake of drawing, enchanted that the new medium could be lifted and held: “It really is like being able to pick up a delicate line drawing from the paper.”<br><br>The Steel Drawings caused both excitement and confusion in the art world. After acquiring one of the ground-breaking works in 1985, the Whitney Museum of American Art wrote Wesselmann wondering if it should be cataloged as a drawing or a sculpture. The work had caused such a stir that when Eric Fischl visited Wesselmann at his studio and saw steel-cut works for the first time, he remembered feeling jealous. He wanted to try it but dared not. It was clear: ‘Tom owned the technique completely.’<br><br>Wesselmann owed much of that technique to his year-long collaboration with metalwork fabricator Alfred Lippincott. Together, in 1984 they honed a method for cutting the steel with a laser that provided the precision he needed to show the spontaneity of his sketches. Wesselmann called it ‘the best year of my life’, elated at the results that he never fully achieved with aluminum that required each shape be hand-cut.  “I anticipated how exciting it would be for me to get a drawing back in steel. I could hold it in my hands. I could pick it up by the lines…it was so exciting…a kind of near ecstasy, anyway, but there’s really been something about the new work that grabbed me.”<br><br>Bedroom Brunette with Irises is a Steel Drawing masterwork that despite its uber-generous scale, utilizes tight cropping to provide an unimposing intimacy while maintaining a free and spontaneous quality. The figure’s outstretched arms and limbs and body intertwine with the petals and the interior elements providing a flowing investigative foray of black lines and white ‘drop out’ shapes provided by the wall. It recalls Matisse and any number of his reclining odalisque paintings. Wesselmann often tested monochromatic values to discover the extent to which color would transform his hybrid objects into newly developed Steel Drawing works and, in this case, continued with a color steel-cut version of the composition Bedroom Blonde with Irises (1987) and later still, in 1993 with a large-scale drawing in charcoal and pastel on paper.

TOM WESSELMANN

TOM WESSELMANN - 1962 Plus 35 Nacktskizze II - Alkydöl auf Leinwand - 43 x 58 5/8 in.

TOM WESSELMANN

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">Rendered with the soft luminosity and intimate charm that define Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s late portraiture, Buste de femme au corsage vert depicts Gabrielle Renard — the artist’s beloved model and cousin of his wife, Aline Charigot. Gabrielle was a central figure in Renoir’s domestic and artistic life for nearly two decades and appears in nearly 200 of his works, more than any other sitter. Her familiar presence inspired some of Renoir’s most tender portrayals of femininity and grace, as seen here in the delicate modeling of flesh tones and the gentle harmony of greens and rose hues.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">This painting carries distinguished provenance, first owned by the influential Berlin art dealer Paul Cassirer, a key promoter of French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in Germany. The work is certified by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute and registered with the Art Loss Register, with a signed letter from Sotheby’s confirming inclusion in the forthcoming Renoir Catalogue Raisonné. Comparable examples of Gabrielle portraits are held in major museum collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums, and the Musée de l’Orangerie.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"><em>Buste de femme au corsage vert</em> exemplifies Renoir’s enduring devotion to beauty and the human form, rendered with a late-career refinement that bridges sensuality and serenity. It stands as an evocative example of the artist’s lifelong exploration of intimacy, and a rare opportunity to acquire a work linked to one of Impressionism’s most personal and storied muses.</font></div>

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR

<div><font face=Lato size=3><em>Flowers Before the Sun</em>, a monumental 1989 oil on canvas by James Rosenquist, stands out as a pinnacle of his 1980s floral series, weaving vibrant botanical forms with faint human traces. A key figure of 1960s Pop Art, Rosenquist transitioned from his early commercial-driven works to a deeply personal style, a change reflected in this painting’s dazzling array of flowers in yellows and reds set against a swirling, cosmic backdrop of whites, purples, and oranges. Inspired by the move of his studio to Aripeka, Florida, and the adoption of advanced color photocopier technology, the work fuses nature’s splendor with abstract flair in a fresh approach. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>The striated layers of hyper-detailed imagery and profusion of warm colors evoke a radiant, otherworldly sun, while subtle human hints add intimacy, reflecting his distinctive blend of advertising heritage with personal vision. Crafted during a time of technological and environmental influence, it captures the vibrancy of Florida’s tropical flora and affirms Rosenquist’s enduring legacy with dramatic brilliance. </font></div>

JAMES ROSENQUIST

<div><font color=black>Andy Warhol’s “<em>Ryuichi Sakamoto”</em> from 1983, a vibrant 40 by 40 inch canvas, captures the Japanese composer and electronic-music pioneer in the artist’s signature Pop-Art idiom, transforming a celebrity photograph into a study of color, repetition, and glamour. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font color=black>The composition highlights Sakamoto’s stylized face, rendered with precise silkscreen outlines. His dark, textured hair is set against a peach panel, intersected by a white triangular section. Warhol enhanced the silkscreen process with hand-drawn touches that heighten Sakamoto’s facial features. Blending mechanical and manual techniques gives the portrait both the polish of a silkscreen print and the tactility of a painting.</font></div><br><br><div><font color=black>By the 1980s, Ryuichi Sakamoto was celebrated worldwide as co-founder of Yellow Magic Orchestra and for his pioneering solo work in electronic, orchestral, and film-score composition. By choosing one of the few non-Western, male subjects in Warhol’s roster, he acknowledged Sakamoto’s global influence and beauty, making this portrait especially rare in the artist’s oeuvre. Part of a broader series of celebrity portraits alongside icons like Mick Jagger, Debbie Harry, and Prince, “<em>Ryuichi Sakamoto”</em> exemplifies Warhol’s fascination with fame as commodity, screen-printing public personas to interrogate the intersection of art, commerce, and media.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font color=black>A lithographic version of this painting is held by the Tate London and the National Galleries of Scotland, affirming its cultural significance.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font color=black>This work stands as both a vibrant homage to one of music’s most innovative figures and a testament to Warhol’s enduring exploration of image-making. Its bold palette and iconic subject continue to resonate in contemporary collections seeking a nexus of music history, Pop-Art heritage, and cross-cultural dialogue.</font></div>

ANDY WARHOL

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Paul Signac’s <em>Saint-Briac. D’une fenêtre</em> (1885) captures the quiet beauty of the Breton landscape at a pivotal moment in the artist’s evolution from Impressionism to Neo-Impressionism. Painted during one of his frequent stays in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, a coastal village in Brittany, this work reflects Signac’s early fascination with the play of light, color, and atmosphere before his full embrace of </font><font<br>face=HelveticaNeue size=3 color="#191919">Pointilist </font><font face=Lato<br>size=3 color=black>technique. The composition, framed as if viewed from a window, balances structured geometry with painterly spontaneity, suggesting the artist’s growing concern with order and harmony in nature.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The work once belonged to the French composer and conductor Jules Rivière and has been discussed in major art historical texts, including <em>Connaissance des Arts</em> (1956), Sophie Monneret’s <em>L’Impressionisme et son époque</em> (1980), and Françoise Cachin’s <em>Signac: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint</em> (2000), where it is illustrated as entry no. 102. Comparable examples from the same Saint-Briac series are housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Collectively, these works reveal Signac’s transition toward the structured luminosity that would soon define Neo-Impressionism and secure his place among the leading innovators of modern painting.</font></div>

PAUL SIGNAC

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Hans Hofmann's <em>The Zoo</em> (1944) brims with playful energy, its abstract forms suggesting a whimsical exploration of animalistic shapes and gestures. Dominated by a vivid blue field punctuated by bold strokes of red, green, and yellow, the formal elements and composition provide a lively interplay of color. While the title invites the viewer to seek out zoo-like references, the forms are ambiguous yet evocative: sweeping red arcs might suggest the curve of a tail, while the triangular green shape evokes the profile of an enclosure or a cage. The painting captures not the literal essence of a zoo but the dynamism and movement one might associate with such a space.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Heavily influenced by Surrealist automatism and the biomorphic forms of Joan Miró, the organic shapes and bold colors seem to pulse with life, blurring the boundary between abstraction and figuration. Yet, unlike Miró's delicate dreamscapes, Hofmann's brushwork carries a muscular energy, grounding the composition in his signature gestural style.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>The Zoo</em> reflects Hofmann's ability to balance spontaneity with deliberate compositional choices. The result is a vibrant, joy-filled work that celebrates the world's visual complexity and the boundless creative freedom of abstraction during this pivotal phase of his career.</font></div>

HANS HOFMANN

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Kenneth Noland’s <em>Gray Reflection</em> (1978) comes from the late 1970s, when the artist was deeply engaged with shaped canvases and the refinement of surface and form. The cool slate ground is animated by faint tonal shifts and angled color bands that cut across the polygonal field, creating both balance and quiet momentum.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>This period was far less prolific than his celebrated 1960s circle paintings, making works such as <em>Gray Reflection </em>comparatively rare. While not part of a named series, it resonates with other late-1970s explorations like <em>Burnt Beige </em>at the Cranbrook Art Museum.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Noland, a central figure of post-painterly abstraction alongside Morris Louis and Helen Frankenthaler, is represented in major museum collections including MoMA, Tate, and the National Gallery of Art.</font></div>

KENNETH NOLAND

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Afternoon</em> is a rare early painting by George Inness, created when the artist was only twenty one and actively shaping the foundations of his career. Although largely self-taught, Inness was immersed in a transformative period during the mid-eighteen forties, studying at the National Academy of Design in New York where he closely observed the work of Hudson River School painters such as Thomas Cole and Asher Durand. This moment marked his first public exhibitions at the Academy in 1844, followed by the opening of his own studio in 1848, placing <em>Afternoon</em> squarely within the formative years in which his artistic voice began to emerge.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The painting also reflects the subtle influence of French landscaper Regis Francois Gignoux, under whom the young Inness studied before making his first trip to Europe in 1851. This early training helped shape the atmospheric sensitivity and poetic naturalism that would later define his mature style.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Afternoon</em> carries distinguished provenance, having passed through the collections of several important nineteenth and early twentieth century New Yorkers, including politician Cornelius Gardiner, financier and philanthropist Emerson McMillian, and later the philanthropist Agnes Ladson Dana. This lineage, combined with the paintings exceptional early date, makes it an especially significant example from the beginning of Innesss enduring contribution to American landscape painting.</font></div>

GEORGE INNESS

HERB ALPERT - Pfeilspitze - Bronze - 201 x 48 x 48 x 48 in.

HERB ALPERT

<div><font face=Calibri size=3 color=black>Standing at an impressive 103 inches, this elegantly spare “Sonambient” sculpture by Harry Bertoia allows us to marvel at one of the finest artisans of his generation. This piece, the tallest in the series currently available here at Heather James Fine Art, features a precise arrangement of 36 slender tines in a 6 x 6 grid. This arrangement's uniformity and symmetry are visually captivating and crucial for the sculpture's acoustic properties. The rods, austere and uncapped by finials, have an aged patina with copper undertones, suggesting Bertoia's use of copper or a similar alloy known for its resonant qualities and distinctive coloration. Given the outstanding length of these rods, the attachment method is particularly noteworthy. Bertoia meticulously inserted each rod into individual holes in the base plate using precision drilling and securing techniques such as welding that ensured the rods were firmly anchored and stable, maintaining the structural integrity essential for consistent acoustic performance.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Calibri size=3 color=black>Beyond his uncompromising nature, Bertoia's work draws significant inspiration from natural elements. This sculpture's tall, slender rods evoke images of reeds or tall grasses swaying gently in the wind. This dynamic interaction between the sculpture and its environment mirrors the movement of plants, creating an immersive, naturalistic experience. Yet when activated or moved by air currents, the rods of this monumental work initiate metallic undertones that confirm its materiality without betraying its profound connection to the natural world.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Calibri size=3 color=black>Integrating technical precision and natural inspiration depends on exacting construction that ensures durability and acoustic consistency, while its kinetic and auditory nature imbues the piece with a sense of vitality. This fusion invites viewers to engage with the sculpture on multiple sensory levels, appreciating its robust craftsmanship and evocative, naturalistic qualities. Bertoia's ability to blend these elements results in a work that is both a technical marvel and a tribute to the beauty of the natural world.</font></div>

HARRY BERTOIA

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Houghton Farms (Girls Strolling in an Orchard)</em> belongs to a pivotal moment in Winslow Homers career, created during the late 1870s as he transitioned from the wartime subjects that first brought him acclaim to the watercolor medium and domestic pastoral themes that would secure his place in the American canon. This period marked Homers sustained engagement with Houghton Farm in Mountainville in the Hudson Valley, where he spent extended time with his childhood friend and patron Lawson Valentine. Over these visits Homer produced approximately fifty watercolors, forming one of the most important bodies of early work in the medium. The significance of this output was later celebrated in the 2009 exhibition at Syracuse Art Galleries, <em>Winslow Homers Empire State: Houghton Farm and Beyond</em>.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>This watercolor is included in the artists catalogue raisonne and relates closely to other early examples from Houghton Farm, including <em>Fresh Air</em> from 1878 in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Its serene orchard scene, rendered with a soft and muted palette, reflects the themes of nostalgia, calm, and peace that define Homer's Restoration period. The transparency of the watercolor medium allows Homer to create a delicate, atmospheric impression of a misty morning, animated by touches of bright color in the figures dress patterns, the bow on a hat, a headwrap, and the bluebird perched on a branch.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The continued importance of Homer's watercolor practice is affirmed by the current exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, <em>Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor</em>, which underscores the enduring resonance of works from this transformative period. <em>Houghton Farms (Girls Strolling in an Orchard)</em> stands as a beautifully preserved example from the moment when Homer embraced watercolor as his primary mode of expression, illuminating the quiet lyricism that came to define his mature art.</font></div>

WINSLOW HOMER

<div>Joseph Kleitsch’s <em>Studio Interior</em> (1918) is a compelling early work that reflects the artist’s academic-realist foundation and marks a pivotal moment just before his relocation from the Chicago to California. Painted shortly before this transition, the work reveals Kleitsch’s disciplined approach to composition and observation, shaped by his rigorous training in Budapest, Munich, and Paris. The scene depicts a quiet, lived-in studio space, where light enters through an open doorway to animate furniture, canvases, and everyday objects with a subdued yet attentive handling of color and tone. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The interior is constructed with careful spatial logic and an emphasis on structure, underscoring Kleitsch’s preference for academic realism at this stage of his career. While in Chicago, his portrait and interior scenes were often distinguished by a “jeweled” palette—rich, saturated hues deployed with restraint—and that sensibility is evident here in the layered colors that enliven the otherwise low-keyed room. Subtle shifts in light guide the eye through the composition, balancing chromatic richness with solidity and calm. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>In the years leading up to his move west, Kleitsch was actively involved with Chicago’s artistic institutions, including the Palette and Chisel Club and the Art Institute of Chicago, situating him within a dynamic environment of evolving modern influences. During this time, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works were increasingly visible in American exhibitions. While Kleitsch maintains a measured realism here, the Impressionist influence was incubating; he would later become renowned as a “master of gorgeous color” owing to the high-keyed vibrant palette of his California landscapes. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><em>Studio Interior</em> has been exhibited twice, both times in California, as part of exhibitions highlighting Kleitsch’s importance to the history of California art. Seen in retrospect, the painting offers a revealing glimpse of the artist’s roots before his later, more luminous California landscapes would come to define his legacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div> </div>

JOSEPH KLEITSCH

<div>Andy Warhol’s <em>Grace Kelly</em> (1984) is a dazzling screenprint that immortalizes one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars, who later became Princess of Monaco. This impression, one of 30 artist’s proofs aside from the regular edition of 225, depicts Kelly with radiant canary yellow hair set against a turquoise ground. Her face, rendered through Warhol’s crisp silkscreened contours, is at once immediately recognizable and transformed into a bold graphic emblem. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The image is based on a film still from<em> Fourteen Hours</em> (1951), Kelly’s screen debut, which Warhol reimagines through his signature Pop sensibility. By isolating and intensifying her features with vibrant color contrasts, he heightens both the glamour of the actress and the constructed nature of celebrity imagery. The turquoise background vibrates against Kelly’s luminous hair, underscoring Warhol’s mastery of color as a tool of both allure and abstraction. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Created during a period when Warhol was revisiting the great icons of his earlier career, <em>Grace Kelly</em> encapsulates his fascination with beauty, fame, and cultural mythmaking. The work distills Kelly’s presence into a timeless symbol—simultaneously a celebration of her cinematic allure and a meditation on the transformation of star into legend. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div> </div>

ANDY WARHOL

<div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysannes assises </em>(c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two peasant women sit in quiet conversation, their bodies described with confident contour and softened planes of color that feel both immediate and tender. The warm tone of the paper becomes an active field, allowing passages of blue, green, and rose to breathe around the figures, while Pissarro’s unmistakably painterly strokes—alternately feathered and emphatic—give the scene texture, light, and lived presence. Bright yet restrained, the work is iconically Pissarro: direct, unsentimental, and deeply attentive to rural life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Often called the backbone of Impressionism, Pissarro was the movement’s most consistent, experimental, and unifying force. He was the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and his generosity as a mentor shaped the next generation—Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Signac among them. In pastel, a medium prized for its speed and chromatic intensity, Pissarro found an especially apt vehicle for capturing fleeting effects and the immediacy of observation, without sacrificing structure or psychological nuance. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The enduring importance of his work is underscored by recent museum attention, including the Denver Art Museum’s major exhibition positioning him as “the first Impressionist” (<em>The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism</em>, October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026), the first significant U.S. survey of the artist in four decades. <em>Paysannes assises</em> also resonates with closely related figure studies in major collections, such as examples at LACMA and The Morgan Library, affirming the centrality of these pastoral subjects within Pissarro’s practice and within Impressionism itself. </div>

CAMILLE PISSARRO

IRVING NORMAN - How Come - Öl auf Leinwand - 90 x 60 Zoll.

IRVING NORMAN

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Roy Lichtenstein’s <em>Reverie</em> (1965) is a landmark screenprint that exemplifies the artist’s transformation of comic book imagery into high art. Published as part of the influential <em>11 Pop Artists </em>portfolio, this work comes from an edition of 200, with this impression numbered 121/200. In addition, approximately 50 Roman numeral proofs and a small number of artist’s proofs were also issued. The portfolio, which brought together emerging figures such as Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselmann, played a pivotal role in cementing Pop Art’s place within the contemporary art canon. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>Reverie depicts a pensive, stylized heroine rendered in Lichtenstein’s hallmark Ben-Day dots, bold outlines, and primary colors, capturing both the melodrama and restraint of comic-book narrative. The title recalls the nostalgic 1927 song <em>Stardust</em> by Hoagie Carmichael, specifically the line “The melody haunts my reverie,” underscoring the nostalgic mood conveyed in the sitter’s far-off gaze. Lichtenstein himself considered his contributions to <em>11 Pop Artists</em> his first true fine-art prints, the culmination of years mastering multiple printmaking techniques, from etching to screenprinting. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>Impressions from this edition are now held in major public collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, affirming its historical and artistic importance. </font></div>

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Lee Krasner’s "<em>Water No. 5</em>" channels water's fluid, ever-changing energy into a luminous abstraction, demonstrating her deep sensitivity to the natural world and unparalleled skill in transforming it into art. As part of her "Water" series of some twenty works, "<em>No. 5"</em> reflects Krasner's fascination with the rhythms of nature, inspired by her life on Long Island's East End. Living along the shoreline, she experienced its tidal flows, reflective light, and the expansive motion of water—elements that found their way into this series' fluid brushstrokes and layered washes.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Cataloged as "gouache on paper," the patent transparency in works like “<em>Water No. 5</em>” suggests Krasner used traditional watercolor techniques to create the denser, opaque effects often associated with gouache. Artists can achieve such opacity in watercolor by increasing the pigment-to-water ratio, layering translucent washes for depth, or using pigments naturally prone to granulation and saturation. Krasner's choice of Howell paper, known for its medium-to-rough "tooth," also enhanced these effects, as its texture scatters light to give pigments a more solid appearance. These techniques demonstrate Krasner's mastery of her materials and her intuitive, practical approach to experimentation, allowing her to expand the expressive possibilities of watercolor without relying solely on gouache. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Krasner was not alone in finding inspiration in the Long Island landscape. Her neighbor, Willem de Kooning, similarly responded to the shoreline's vitality, translating its undulating rhythms into his work of the 1960s. For Krasner, however, the "Water" series lacks figurative references, resting solely on her ability to capture nature’s transformative energy through abstraction. With "<em>Water No. 5",</em> Krasner achieved a profound synthesis of technique and vision, merging the meditative power of her surroundings with the dynamic energy of her artistic practice, underscoring her position as a pioneering force in postwar American art.</font></div>

LEE KRASNER

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Dancing Girl</em> dates from 1881 to 1882, a dynamic and exploratory moment in William Merritt Chase’s career when he was actively engaging with European subjects and broadening the expressive range of American painting. The work is included in the Chase catalogue raisonne and reflects the artists fascination with Spanish themes, which many American painters of the period encountered firsthand while studying the masters in the Prado and absorbing the culture, costume, and movement of Spain. Although the painting was later mislabeled by an early owner as an Italian street scene, Chase was in Spain during the summer when this work was created, firmly situating it within his Spanish period.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The animated single figure captures a woman in motion, a subject that is notably rare within Chases oeuvre and distinct from the more contemplative female figures that dominate his most valuable works. His auction record painting, <em>I Think I Am Ready Now</em> from around 1883, shares the focus on a single female figure from the same period, underscoring the importance of this moment in his artistic development. The present work also relates closely to important institutional examples, including <em>Carmencita</em> from 1885 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and <em>A Tambourine Player</em> in the Montclair Art Museum, both of which highlight Chases sustained interest in dancers and Spanish costume.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The painting was held on long term loan to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston from 1906 to 1922, affirming its early institutional recognition. Chase’s Spanish works should be viewed in dialogue with those of John Singer Sargent, whom he met in 1881 while Sargent was developing studies for <em>El Jaleo</em>, as both artists looked to Velázquez for inspiration. <em>Dancing Girl</em> stands as a spirited and uncommon example of Chase portraying a woman at play, capturing movement, rhythm, and cultural immediacy at the height of his European engagement.</font></div><br><br><div> </div>

WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE

CHARLES JOSEPH FREDERIC SOULACROIX – Nachmittagstee – Öl auf Leinwand – 86,4 x 65,4 cm

Charles Joseph Frederic Soulacroix

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Leon Polk Smith’s "Constellation Blue Violet Green Red" (1968) is a striking example of the artist’s radical exploration of form and color in postwar abstraction. Executed in acrylic on canvas, the work consists of four rounded-square panels arranged in a diamond formation. Each panel bears a crisp division of color: black at the outer edge, paired with one of four luminous hues—blue, violet, green, and red—creating a rhythmic interplay of symmetry and variation. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>Smith was a central figure in the development of hard-edge painting and geometric abstraction, aligned with contemporaries such as Ellsworth Kelly and Carmen Herrera. His "Constellation" series, begun in the 1960s, was groundbreaking for its use of multiple shaped canvases installed directly on the wall, eschewing traditional frames in favor of compositions that expand dynamically into surrounding space. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>While Smith was highly prolific in both works on paper and monumental single-panel paintings, multi-panel "Constellation" works remain less common within his oeuvre. Today, his paintings are represented in major institutions including The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. In "Constellation Blue Violet Green Red", the clarity of Smith’s vision is on full display—color and geometry united in a constellation that feels both precise and expansive, disciplined yet alive with visual energy. </font></div>

LEON POLK SMITH

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Maurice de Vlaminck’s <em>Le Viaduc de Saint-Germain-en-Laye</em> (circa 1910-1911), an arresting oil on canvas framed in ornate gold, captures the industrial elegance of a viaduct west of Paris. This work, set to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, reflects Vlaminck’s fascination with the Saint-Germain area. Known for painting its urban landscapes and Seine-side scenes, he infused this particular scene with angular Cubist elements gaining traction in early 20th-century art. The viaduct, built in the 1880s to carry the Paris-Saint-Germain railway line, looms with golden arches against a turbulent gray sky, its unyielding structure juxtaposed with the fractured rooflines of quaint village houses. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>Vlaminck’s bold brushstrokes and muted palette create a textured, almost sculptural effect, with trees and rooftops rendered in dynamic, faceted shapes. The overcast sky enhances the scene’s ambient intensity, while the viaduct’s arches dominate, symbolizing modernity amid rural charm. This work exemplifies his early Fauvist roots evolving into Cubist influences, showcasing a pioneering style. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>A resident of the region, Vlaminck frequently depicted its evolving landscape, blending tradition with innovation. "Le Viaduc de Saint-Germain-en-Laye" offers collectors a rare glimpse into his transformative period. Its striking composition and historical context make it a compelling addition to any collection, celebrating Vlaminck’s contribution to modern art’s development. </font></div>

MAURICE DE VLAMINCK

"A drawing is simply a line going for a walk."<br>-Paul Klee<br><br>A significant draftsman, Paul Klee's works on paper rival his works on canvas in their technical proficiency and attention to his modern aesthetic.  As an early teacher at the Bauhaus school, Klee traveled extensively and inspired a generation of 20th Century Artists.  <br><br>Klee transcended a particular style, instead creating his own unique visual vocabulary.  In Klee's work, we see a return to basic, geometric forms and a removal of artistic embellishment.  "Der Hafen von Plit" was once owned by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., the First Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

PAUL KLEE

<div>Maurice de Vlaminck’s <em>Bouquet de Pivoines dans un Vase Bleu</em> (1913–14) is a prime-period still life that channels the artist’s Fauvist audacity into an image of exuberant, painterly force. A dense spray of peonies—painted as spiraling bursts of pinks, reds, and creamy whites—pushes outward from a deep blue vase, its rounded form anchoring the composition. With vigorous, directional brushstrokes, Vlaminck animates petals and foliage into a rhythmic surge, turning a traditional tabletop motif into a study of movement, texture, and chromatic intensity. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>As one of the core founders of Fauvism, Vlaminck was celebrated for his radical, non-naturalistic use of color, and this work retains that avant-garde approach. Cool blues and sea-greens collide with hot, saturated reds, while the background drapery and angled planes are simplified into sweeping passages that heighten contrast and speed. The paint surface remains boldly worked, emphasizing the physicality of oil on canvas and the immediacy of the artist’s hand. A prominent signature reinforces the picture’s assertive presence and its sense of completed statement. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The painting will be included in the forthcoming critical catalogue of Maurice de Vlaminck’s works, currently being prepared by Maïté Vallès-Bled and Godeliève de Vlaminck under the auspices of the Wildenstein Institute. Renewed international attention to Vlaminck’s achievements—including a recent retrospective at Museum Barberini in Potsdam, the first in nearly a century—has reaffirmed his vital role in the development of modern painting. <em>Bouquet de Pivoines dans un Vase Bleu </em>captures that legacy: unapologetically modern and powered by color as expression. </div>

MAURICE DE VLAMINCK

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Girl in White (Seated Figure)</em> from 1896 is an elegant example of Frank Bensons gift for intimate portraiture, rendered with a refined palette and a masterful command of light and texture. The painting was originally a personal gift from Benson to his friend and fellow American artist Frederick P. Vinton, remaining in the Vinton family before later entering the distinguished collection of Paul Magriel, a renowned collector and scholar of American art. This early provenance underscores the works longstanding appreciation among artists and connoisseurs alike.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The portrait relates closely to similar half-figure studies held in major institutional collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Farnsworth Art Museum, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., all of which highlight Bensons importance within the American Impressionist tradition. In this work, the sitter is shown in profile against a simple, reduced background that allows the subtleties of color and drapery to command full attention. The warm, luminous modeling of the skin and the delicate, gossamer like fabric of the dress are heightened by Benson's economical use of tone, creating a sense of quiet focus and graceful restraint.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Together, these qualities reveal the depth of Bensons skill during the 1890s and affirm <em>Girl in White (Seated Figure)</em> as a beautifully preserved and emotionally resonant example of his portrait practice.</font></div>

FRANK WESTON BENSON

Manuel Neri war eine zentrale Figur in der figurativen Bewegung der Bay Area in den 1960er Jahren. Anstelle abstrakter Formen betonte die Gruppe die Emotionen durch die Kraft der menschlichen Form. Das vorliegende Werk, "Ohne Titel" (1982), erforscht die weibliche Form in Lebensgröße.  Neri zog es vor, während seiner 60-jährigen Karriere mit nur einem Modell zu arbeiten, Maria Julia Klimenko. Das Fehlen eines Gesichts in vielen seiner Skulpturen verleiht ihm ein Element des Geheimnisses und der Mehrdeutigkeit. Der Schwerpunkt der Komposition in "Ohne Titel" liegt auf der Struktur und Form der Figur.  Manuel Neri ist in zahlreichen Museumssammlungen weltweit vertreten, darunter die Addison Gallery/Phillips Academy, die Anderson Collection der Stanford University, das Art Institute of Chicago, das Cantor Arts Center der Stanford University, das Cincinnati Art Museum, das Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, das Denver Art Museum, das El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, die Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, die Harvard University Art Museums, das Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Honolulu Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York und die National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

MANUEL NERI

<div><font face=Aptos size=3 color=black>Born in 1881, the same year as fellow Spaniard Pablo Picasso, María Blanchard carved her distinct path within modernist art, blending Cubist influences with emotional depth. <em>"La Comida" </em>demonstrates Blanchard's evolution towards a more figurative style while retaining explicit Cubist references. This shift aligns her work with the “<em>Retour à l'ordre”</em> movement, a tendency many fellow artists embraced at the time. Thematically, “<em>La  Comida</em>” recalls van Gogh's early works, particularly "<em>The Potato Eaters</em>" (1885), in both palette and subject matter. Like van Gogh, Blanchard draws attention to the simplicity of rural life, using muted tones of browns, reds, and ochres to convey the grounded, almost austere nature of the figures around the table.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Aptos size=3 color=black>Blanchard’s work after 1921 progressively bridged the gap between the rigid forms of early Cubism and a more emotive, personal representation of her subjects. Geometric rigors are present, but the scene's naturalistic light and volumetric composition echo Cézanne's influence. The sharp brushstrokes and angular figures evoke a sense of protection, reflecting Blanchard's intention to shield the inner spirit of her characters from the gaze of others. Yet, her sensitive portrayal invites viewers to connect emotionally with her work, engendering a sense of intimacy and quiet communion. Despite the somber palette, there is a subtle warmth, with the figures' inner spirit shielded from judgment, much like those in van Gogh's painting. Yet in synthesizing elements of Cubism, Blanchard added emotional complexity to the rural themes van Gogh explored, making her contribution distinct yet reflective of earlier artistic traditions.</font></div>

MARIA BLANCHARD

<div><font face=Aptos size=3 color=black>María Blanchard, born in 1881, initially emerged as a committed Cubist painter, heavily influenced by her friendships with Juan Gris and other avant-garde figures. Her work in the 1910s showcased rigorous geometric abstraction, yet by the early 1920s, she began to transition toward a more figurative style. This shift aligned her with the “<em>Retour à l'ordre”</em> movement, in which many artists returned to more classical forms after the upheavals of war and early avant-garde experimentation. Blanchard's increasing focus on emotional depth and human subjects became a defining feature of these later works, culminating in pieces like "<em>Fillette à la pomme</em>."</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Aptos size=3 color=black>Blanchard's Cubist roots, prominent in the angular treatment of the hands and apple, are softened throughout the girl's modest attire, suggesting a spiritual or religious significance. The model's pious countenance and the muted palette of browns, grays, and blues further reinforce that the painting continues a thread of religious themes, as seen in Picasso's early masterwork, "<em>The First Communion</em>," and Blanchard's own "<em>Girl at her First Communion</em>." The apple held in hand introduces layers of symbolism, often representing knowledge, innocence, or temptation, an association that suggests an emotional transition, bridging childhood and deeper awareness.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Aptos size=3 color=black>Blanchard's ability to fuse Cubist form with symbolic narrative and emotional complexity makes this painting a poignant reflection of her evolution as an artist. She humanizes the rigid forms of Cubism while imbuing her subjects with depth and inner life.</font></div>

MARIA BLANCHARD

WALEAD BESHTY - Los Caballos en la Conquista - Ceramica Suro Gussreste, Glasur und Brennplatte - 9 1/2 x 32 1/4 x 21 1/2 Zoll.

WALEAD BESHTY

The Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) was a prosperous period that helped shape Chinese history's foundations for future centuries. This era was marked by notable technological and cultural advances, including gunpowder and printing. Among artistic advances during this period was the perfection of the sancai glaze technique, which was a prominent attribute of sculpture during this period. Sancai (tri-colored) glazing used the three glaze-colors were ochre or brown, green and clear. Glazed wares were much more costly to produce than other terracotta wares, and were therefore only reserved for the wealthiest patrons.  <br><br>This Sancai-Glazed Horse would have been an incredible status symbol for its owner and many have been lost to time. This sculpture is comparable to examples held in museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

CHINESISCH

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"><em>The Road to the Harbor, Gloucester, Massachusetts</em> is a vibrant and characteristically bold example of Jane Peterson’s celebrated views of the Massachusetts coast, a subject that remains among the most sought after in her work. Previously held in the collection of the artist and her estate, the painting reflects the period when Peterson was producing her finest New England scenes, distilling the atmosphere and color of Gloucester with a confident and expressive hand. Gloucester was one of her most beloved subjects, and comparable paintings of the area have exceeded expectations at auction, often more than doubling their high estimates, underscoring both the desirability of the theme and the competitive value of the present work.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">This large canvas captures a quiet coastal afternoon, with a dirt road leading toward Gloucester Harbor as suggested by the title. Peterson uses saturated colors and broad, lively brushstrokes to animate the scene, from the touches of blue on the rooftops to the shifting interplay of blue and grey in the retreating sky that suggests a moment just after rainfall. The painting relates closely to other Gloucester works in major museum collections, including <em>Old Road, Gloucester</em> at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">Peterson was known for choosing subjects beyond the conventional expectations for women artists of her time, favoring street scenes, travel, public life, and even wartime experience. <em>The Road to the Harbor, Gloucester, Massachusetts </em>embodies this outward looking spirit, revealing her ability to transform everyday coastal paths into scenes of vivid immediacy and enduring charm.</font></div>

JANE PETERSON

<div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div>

PIET MONDRIAN

WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE – Porträt des Künstlers Albert Beck Wenzell – Öl auf Leinwand – 50,8 x 40,6 cm

WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE

<div>Maurice de Vlaminck’s<em> Fleurs dans un vase</em> (1910-11) is a prime-period still life that channels the artist’s Fauvist sensibilites into an image of exuberant, painterly force. A dynamic spray of blooms in vibrant reds, yellows, and whites flourishes from a dark vase, in a stark contrast of forms and color, creating an almost sculptural effect. With vigorous, directional brushstrokes, Vlaminck animates petals and foliage into a rhythmic surge, turning a traditional tabletop motif into a study of movement, texture, and intensity.</div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>As one of the core founders of Fauvism, Vlaminck was celebrated for his radical, non-naturalistic use of color, and this work retains that avant-garde approach. Cool blues and greys against saturated oranges, and the faceted planes of the backgroud heighten contrast and create a dynamic composition.  The paint surface remains boldly worked, emphasizing the physicality of oil on canvas and the immediacy of the artist’s hand.</div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity by the Wildenstein Institute for the catalogue of Maurice de Vlaminck’s works. Renewed international attention to Vlaminck’s achievements, including a recent retrospective at Museum Barberini in Potsdam - the first in nearly a century -has reaffirmed his vital role in the development of modern painting.<em> Fleurs dans un vase </em>captures that legacy: unapologetically modern and powered by color as expression. </div>

MAURICE DE VLAMINCK

ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER – Esopus Creek – Öl auf Leinwand – 50,8 x 101,6 cm

ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER

<div>Alson Clark’s <em>Autumn, St. Lawrence River</em> (1916) is a celebration of seasonal color and painterly assurance, created during a highly productive summer spent along the St. Lawrence River. Painted at a moment of peak confidence, the work follows closely on the artist’s major success at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition, where Clark filled an entire exhibition room with his paintings—an achievement that firmly established his reputation and momentum at this stage of his career. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The composition unfolds across a gently rolling landscape animated by the brilliance of early autumn. Trees blaze with saturated yellows, oranges, and soft reds, their foliage rendered in broken, impressionistic strokes against a clear, luminous blue sky. Clark’s confident handling of paint allows color to carry form, creating a sense of depth through overlapping passages. Small grazing cattle dot the hillside, providing scale and a quiet note of pastoral life that anchors the composition without interrupting its chromatic rhythm. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Clark was celebrated for his ability to fuse American landscape painting with lessons drawn from European Impressionism, and this work exemplifies that synthesis. The surface remains lively and tactile, with visible brushwork that conveys movement and atmosphere while maintaining compositional harmony. <em>Autumn, St. Lawrence River </em>reflects not only the artist’s mastery of color and light, but also the assured vision of a painter fully at ease with his subject, transforming a specific place and moment into a timeless expression of seasonal abundance. </div>

ALSON CLARK

LEON AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE – Die Milchmagd – Öl auf Leinwand – 71 x 84,5 cm

LEON AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE

WILLIAM WENDT - Laguna Hills - Öl auf Leinwand - 25 x 30 in.

WILLIAM WENDT

<div><font face=Lato size=3>"Study for Three Sisters," a 1954 mixed media drawing by Balthus, offers an intimate glimpse into the artist’s preliminary creative process. Executed in pencil with subtle blue watercolor accents, this sketch captures two figures—a reclining woman and a seated child—arranged with a spontaneous yet deliberate energy on a couch. The loose, expressive lines and minimal detailing reveal the immediacy and personality of the subjects, contrasting with the more formal and structured compositions of his final paintings. As a study for the major work "Three Sisters" within a series of significant canvases by the same name, it provides a window into Balthus’ evolution, showcasing how he refined his subjects over time and approached their portrayal with careful consideration. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>Balthus, like many avant-garde artists of the early 20th century such as Paul Gauguin, Edvard Munch, and Pablo Picasso, saw children as vessels of raw, unformed spirit, untouched by societal constraints, and viewed adolescent themes as a potent source of psychological depth and uninhibited expression. This perspective infuses the drawing with a tender yet enigmatic quality. The provenance includes Nicholas Fox Weber, the acclaimed Balthus biographer, adding historical weight to the piece. A related "sister drawing" is held in the Art Institute of Chicago’s permanent collection, further affirming its significance. This work not only highlights Balthus’ mastery of mixed media but also serves as a compelling study of youth and intimacy, inviting viewers to explore the artist’s thoughtful development of his iconic themes. </font></div>

BALTHUS

M. EVELYN MCCORMICK – Das Washington Hotel – Öl auf Leinwand – 76,2 x 101,6 cm

M. Evelyn McCormick

<div>John Marin’s "Sea Movement, Maine" (1937) exemplifies his dynamic approach to watercolor, a medium he transformed into one of the most expressive vehicles of early American modernism. Painted during his mature period, the work captures the restless energy of the Maine coast—a subject Marin returned to repeatedly as a source of inspiration. Quick, gestural strokes convey the surging sea and jagged rocks, while washes of deep blue, gray, and black evoke both immediacy and atmosphere. Marin’s hallmark ability to fuse abstraction with observation is evident here: the composition is at once faithful to the rhythms of the natural world and liberated in its expressive freedom. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The significance of this work is underscored by its inclusion in Sheldon Reich’s 1970 catalogue raisonné (no. 37.19) and its exhibition history in two museum shows, affirming its place within Marin’s celebrated body of Maine seascapes. "Sea Movement, Maine" stands as a vivid testament to the artist’s lifelong pursuit of translating nature’s vitality into painterly form. </div>

JOHANNES MARIN

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"><em>Figures Along a Venetian Canal, Summer </em>is a vibrant and characteristically bold example of Jane Peterson’s Venetian canal scenes, a subject that represents one of the most collected and widely recognized motifs within her body of work and is one she returned to repeatedly during her European travels. Peterson is known for combining academic draftsmanship with bold color and loose, expressive brushwork. Her work reflects the visual influence of Impressionism, Fauvism, and Art Nouveau. Previously held in the collection of the artist and her estate, this painting is a beautiful example of these influences and of her signature style.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">The medium and smaller format of this canvas was chosen for portability during Peterson’s travels and captures a serene moment with figures moving along the canals, approaching a bridge. Peterson uses saturated colors and broad, lively brushstrokes to animate the scene, as well as use of light to bring the scene to life and create a distinct mood. The painting relates closely to other Venetian scenes in major museum collections, including <em>St. Mark's in Venice</em>, circa 1920 in the permanent collection of The Norton Museum of Art.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">Peterson was known for choosing subjects beyond the conventional expectations for women artists of her time, favoring street scenes, travel, public life, and even wartime experience. <em>Figures Along a Venetian Canal, Summer </em>embodies this outward looking spirit, revealing her ability to transform everyday scenes into moments of vivid immediacy and enduring charm.</font></div>

JANE PETERSON

<div>Jules Chéret’s <em>Portrait</em> is a lively pastel chalk on canvas that reveals the painterly sensibility behind the artist best known as the master of Belle Époque poster art. In this composition, two female figures emerge from a whirlwind of color and light, their forms dissolving into strokes of turquoise, rose, and gold. The surface vibrates with movement, recalling the theatrical energy and fleeting glamour that defined fin-de-siècle Paris. Softly modeled yet animated by sweeping gestures, the figures seem caught mid-performance—at once intimate and exuberant. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Though widely celebrated for his advertising posters, Chéret was deeply influenced by the Rococo masters, particularly Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Antoine Watteau. Their spirit of elegance, sensuality, and decorative flourish permeates this work, where lightness of touch and chromatic brilliance take precedence over strict realism. These same qualities made his vivid lithographic posters for the Eldorado, the Olympia, the Folies Bergère, the Théâtre de l’Opéra, the Alcazar d’Été, and the Moulin Rouge iconic emblems of Parisian modern life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Chéret’s success in poster design helped launch a new generation of artists, including Charles Gesmar and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, solidifying the poster as a legitimate artistic medium. While he achieved recognition as a painter, it was his advertising imagery—initially undertaken to earn a living but later pursued with conviction—that secured his legacy. Honored with a posthumous exhibition at the Salon d’Automne in 1933, Chéret’s works are now held in major institutions including The Museum of Modern Art, the Musée d’Orsay, the Hermitage Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago, affirming his enduring place in the history of modern art. </div>

Jules Chéret

Karl Benjamin und seine Kollegen Lorser Feitelson, Frederick Hammersley und John McLaughlin nehmen in der Geschichte der amerikanischen abstrakten Kunst einen besonderen Platz ein. Sie sind bekannt für ihre präzisen, geometrischen Formen und sauberen, die Flächigkeit betonenden Kanten und gehören zu den kalifornischen Hard-Edge-Malern, die in den späten 1950er Jahren aufkamen. Im Gegensatz zu Ellsworth Kelly beispielsweise spiegeln ihre Werke eine Helligkeit, Klarheit und Farbpalette wider, die eher auf die natürliche und gebaute Umgebung Kaliforniens als auf die eher urbanen und industriellen Einflüsse der Ostküste verweisen. Darüber hinaus war die kalifornische Gruppe im Vergleich zur konkurrierenden Kunstszene an der Ostküste eine relativ kleine und eng verbundene Gemeinschaft von Künstlern mit einem Sinn für Zusammenarbeit und gemeinsame Erkundungen, die zu einer zusammenhängenden Bewegung mit einer eigenen Identität beitrugen.

KARL BENJAMIN

EDGAR ALWIN PAYNE - Venezianische Boote bei Sotto Marino - Öl auf Leinwand - 23 3/8 x 26 1/4 Zoll.

EDGAR ALWIN PAYNE

Harry Bertoias Willow-Skulptur wirkt wie ein Ausdruck von Anmut und Zartheit; Eigenschaften, die den üblichen Assoziationen widersprechen, die wir mit den intrinsischen Eigenschaften der Legierung haben, aus der sie hergestellt ist. Diese hängende Version - die seltene Version von Willow - scheint eine selbstbewusste Präsenz zu haben; eine, die sich an diesem Kontrast der Eigenschaften erfreut. Und doch lädt sie zu nichts weiter ein als zu existenziellem Vergnügen bei ihrer Betrachtung.  Stellen Sie sich Willow als eine kühn artikulierte Version von Calder vor, wenn der letztere Meister eine organischere oder körperlichere Evokation im Sinn hatte. Aufgehängt, beherrscht sie ihren Bereich und respektiert dennoch ihre räumliche Beziehung zu ihrer Umgebung. Licht, Form, Raum - das sind die konzeptionellen Werkzeuge des Bildhauers. Aber wer sonst käme auf die Idee, ein reflektierendes Material zu verwenden, das man eher mit Unflexibilität und Spannkraft assoziiert, um einen Strauß kaskadenförmiger Stränge aus Edelstahl zu schaffen, die im Raum schweben, floramäßig und so anmutig schön?

HARRY BERTOIA

JOANNA POUSETTE-DART - Ohne Titel (Red Desert Study) - Acryl auf Holzplatte - 33 1/2 x 42 x 3/4 Zoll.

JOANNA POUSETTE-DART

LEONID LAMM - State Power - Öl auf Leinwand - 68 3/8 x 66 x 1 in.

LEONID-LAMMEN

ROBERT NATKIN - Apollo XL - Acryl auf Leinwand - 88 x 116 1/4 Zoll

ROBERT NATKIN

LÉON AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE - Laveuses, le soir - Pastell auf Papier auf Leinwand - 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 Zoll.

LÉON AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE

HASSEL SMITH - 9000 und 9 Nächte - Acryl und Graphit auf Leinwand - 68 x 68 1/8 in.

HASSEL SMITH

TOM WESSELMANN – Blonde Vivienne – Mixografia®-Druck auf handgeschöpftem Papier – 102,9 x 102,9 cm

TOM WESSELMANN

JEAN-FRANCOIS RAFFAELLI – Landschaft – Pastell auf Karton – 45 x 59,7 cm

JEAN-FRANÇOIS RAFFAELLI

JEAN BERAUD – La Parisienne – Öl auf Leinwand – 35,1 x 24,4 cm

JEAN BERAUD

ALFRED STEVENS – Der Kenner – Öl auf Holz – 22,5 x 17,5 cm

ALFRED STEVENS

TOM WESSELMANN – Sonnenuntergang-Akt mit gelben Tulpen – Mixografia®-Druck auf handgeschöpftem Papier – 37 3/4 x 41 3/4 Zoll

TOM WESSELMANN

EDGAR ALWIN PAYNE – Sierra Nevada Mountains – Öl auf Leinwand – 24,8 x 34,3 cm

EDGAR ALWIN PAYNE

FELIPE CASTANEDA - Mujer con Guitarra - Marmor - 16 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 in.

FELIPE CASTANEDA

AI WEIWEI - "Fairytale" Stühle - Holz - 49 x 45 x 17 1/2 in.

AI WEIWEIWEI

LOUIS VALTAT – Allée d'arbres – Öl auf Leinwand – 19,4 x 24,1 cm

LOUIS VALTAT

JEAN MANNHEIM - Turquoise Creek - Öl auf Karton - 20 x 24 in.

JEAN MANNHEIM

JAMES MCDOUGAL HART – Landschaft 1884 – Öl auf Leinwand – 43,2 x 61 cm

James McDougal Hart

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MONTANA ALEXANDER

Vorsitzender, Global Director
Palm Desert, Kalifornien

Montana Alexander ist eine angesehene Führungspersönlichkeit in der internationalen Kunstwelt und fungiert als Chairman und Global Director von Heather James. Von der Hauptgalerie in Palm Desert, Kalifornien, aus beaufsichtigt Montana die gesamte Geschäftstätigkeit des Unternehmens und treibt dessen globale Vision voran. Ihr Umzug von New York City zurück nach Palm Desert im Jahr 2025 ist ein bewusster Schritt, um die Verbindungen innerhalb der blühenden Wüstenkunstszene zu vertiefen und den Einfluss von Heather James an der Westküste weiter zu erhöhen.

Seit sie 2013 zu Heather James kam, war Montana maßgeblich daran beteiligt, die Reichweite der Galerie auf den globalen Sekundärkunstmarkt auszudehnen, die unternehmensweite Strategie zu gestalten und die Beziehungen zu einer Elite von Sammlern zu pflegen - von bedeutenden Mitgliedern der ArtNews 200 bis hin zu aufstrebenden Kunstmäzenen. Ihr scharfsinniges Auge und ihre Leidenschaft für Spitzenleistungen haben zu bedeutenden Ankäufen von Werken berühmter Künstler wie Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Claude Monet und Mark Bradford geführt.

Montanas Führung war ausschlaggebend für den bahnbrechenden Erwerb der Nachkriegs- und zeitgenössischen Kunstsammlung der General Electric Company Corporate Art Collection - eine der bedeutendsten Unternehmenssammlungen, die auf den Sekundärmarkt kamen. Sie stand auch hinter von der Kritik gefeierten Ausstellungen wie "The Female Gaze" (Der weibliche Blick), in der Surrealistinnen wie Frida Kahlo und Leonora Carrington vorgestellt wurden, und "The Paintings of Sir Winston Churchill" (Die Gemälde von Sir Winston Churchill), einer Wanderausstellung, die in Zusammenarbeit mit Churchills Familienbesitz entwickelt wurde.

Mit einem Bachelor of Arts in Kunstgeschichte und Business Management von der University of Connecticut und einem Postgraduierten-Zertifikat in Art Business vom Sotheby's Institute in New York verbindet Montana akademische Strenge mit praktischem Fachwissen. Ihre visionäre Führung macht Heather James weiterhin zu einer dominanten Kraft auf der globalen Kunstbühne, während ihr kürzlicher Umzug nach Palm Desert ein kühnes neues Kapitel für das Wachstum und den Einfluss der Galerie einläutet.

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ERIC ARTECHE

Kunstberater
Palm Desert, Kalifornien

Eric Arteche ist Kunstberater bei Heather James Fine Art in Palm Desert, Kalifornien, und verfügt über mehr als 10 Jahre Vertriebserfahrung in der Zusammenarbeit mit Top-Kunden und Fortune-500-Unternehmen. Erics Hintergrund umfasst einen Bachelor of Arts in Sozialwissenschaften und Geschichte vom Westmont College und einen Master of Science in Resilient and Sustainable Communities vom Green Mountain College. Sein ständiger Wunsch zu lernen und sich weiterzuentwickeln führte Eric in die Kunstwelt, wo er zunächst im Bereich Forschung und Betrieb tätig war und nun direkt mit Kunden zusammenarbeitet, um die perfekten Stücke für deren Sammlungen zu finden. Außerhalb der Galerie verbringt Eric gerne Zeit mit seiner Familie, erkundet neue Restaurants, macht Autoreisen und röstet seinen eigenen Kaffee.

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Cottonwood Tree (Near Abiquiu), New Mexico (1943) by celebrated American artist Georgia O’Keeffe is exemplary of the airier, more naturalistic style that the desert inspired in her. O’Keeffe had great affinity for the distinctive beauty of the Southwest, and made her home there among the spindly trees, dramatic vistas, and bleached animal skulls that she so frequently painted. O’Keeffe took up residence at Ghost Ranch, a dude ranch twelve miles outside of the village of Abiquiú in northern New Mexico and painted this cottonwood tree around there. The softer style befitting this subject is a departure from her bold architectural landscapes and jewel-toned flowers.<br><br>The cottonwood tree is abstracted into soft patches of verdant greens through which more delineated branches are seen, spiraling in space against pockets of blue sky. The modeling of the trunk and delicate energy in the leaves carry forward past experimentations with the regional trees of the Northeast that had captivated O’Keeffe years earlier: maples, chestnuts, cedars, and poplars, among others. Two dramatic canvases from 1924, Autumn Trees, The Maple and The Chestnut Grey, are early instances of lyrical and resolute centrality, respectively. As seen in these early tree paintings, O’Keeffe exaggerated the sensibility of her subject with color and form.<br><br>In her 1974 book, O’Keeffe explained: “The meaning of a word— to me— is not as exact as the meaning of a color. Color and shapes make a more definite statement than words.” Her exacting, expressive color intrigued. The Precisionist painter Charles Demuth described how, in O’Keeffe’s work, “each color almost regains the fun it must have felt within itself on forming the first rainbow” (As quoted in C. Eldridge, Georgia O’Keeffe, New York, 1991, p. 33). As well, congruities between forms knit together her oeuvre. Subjects like hills and petals undulate alike, while antlers, trees, and tributaries correspond in their branching morphology.<br><br>The sinewy contours and gradated hues characteristic of O’Keeffe find an incredible range across decades of her tree paintings. In New Mexico, O’Keeffe returned to the cottonwood motif many times, and the seasonality of this desert tree inspired many forms. The vernal thrill of new growth was channeled into spiraling compositions like Spring Tree No.1 (1945). Then, cottonwood trees turned a vivid autumnal yellow provided a breathtaking compliment to the blue backdrop of Mount Pedernal. The ossified curves of Dead Cottonweed Tree (1943) contain dramatic pools of light and dark, providing a foil to the warm, breathing quality of this painting, Cottonwood Tree (Near Abiquiu). The aural quality of this feathered cottonwood compels a feeling guided by O’Keeffe’s use of form of color.

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE

JOAN MIRO - Tête de femme (déesse) - Bronze mit schwarzer Patina - 66 x 36 1/2 x 30 in.

JOAN MIRO

Between Île-de-France and Burgundy and on the edge of the Fontainebleau Forest lies the medieval village of Moret-sur-Loing, established in the 12th century. When Alfred Sisley described its character to Monet in a letter dated 31 August 1881 as “a chocolate-box landscape…” he meant it as a memento of enticement; that its keep, the ramparts, the church, the fortified gates, and the ornate facades nestled along the river were, for a painter, a setting of unmatched charm. An ancient church, always the most striking townscape feature along the Seine Valley, would be a presence in Sisley’s townscape views as it was for Corot, and for Monet at Vétheuil. But unlike Monet whose thirty views of Rouen Cathedral were executed so he could trace the play of light and shadow across the cathedral façade and capture the ephemeral nature of moment-to-moment changes of light and atmosphere, Sisley set out to affirm the permanent nature of the church of Notre-Dame at Moret-sur-Loing.  Monet’s sole concern was air and light, and Sisley’s appears to be an homage keepsake. The painting exudes respect for the original architects and builders of a structure so impregnable and resolute, it stood then as it did in those medieval times, and which for us, stands today, as it will, for time immemorial.<br><br>Nevertheless, Sisley strived to show the changing appearance of the motif through a series of atmospheric changes. He gave the works titles such as “In Sunshine”, “Under Frost”, and “In Rain” and exhibited them as a group at the Salon du Champ-de-Mars in 1894, factors that suggest he thought of them as serial interpretations. Nevertheless, unlike Monet’s work, l’église de Moret, le Soir reveals that Sisley chose to display the motif within a spatial context that accentuates its compositional attributes — the plunging perspective of the narrow street at left, the strong diagonal recession of the building lines as a counterbalance to the right, and the imposing weight of the stony building above the line of sight.

ALFRED SISLEY

WILLEM DE KOONING - Frau in einem Ruderboot - Öl auf Papier auf Masonit gelegt - 47 1/2 x 36 1/4 in.

WILLEM DE KOONING

In den frühen 1870er Jahren malte Winslow Homer häufig Szenen des Landlebens in der Nähe eines kleinen Bauerndorfes, das seit Generationen für seine bemerkenswerten Weizenbestände bekannt ist und zwischen dem Hudson River und den Catskills im Bundesstaat New York liegt. Heute ist Hurley weitaus bekannter als Inspiration für eines von Homers größten Werken, Snap the Whip, das im Sommer 1872 entstand. Unter den vielen anderen Gemälden, die von der Region inspiriert wurden, ist Girl Standing in the Wheatfield reich an Gefühlen, aber nicht übermäßig sentimental. Es steht in direktem Zusammenhang mit einer 1866 in Frankreich gemalten Studie mit dem Titel In the Wheatfields und einem weiteren Gemälde, das er im Jahr darauf nach seiner Rückkehr nach Amerika malte. Aber auf dieses Bild wäre Homer zweifellos am stolzesten gewesen. Es ist ein Porträt, eine Kostümstudie, ein Genrebild in der großen Tradition der europäischen Pastoralmalerei und eine dramatisch beleuchtete, stimmungsvolle Tour de Force, durchdrungen vom schnell schwindenden Licht der Abenddämmerung, aufgelockert durch zarte, blumige Noten und einen Hauch von Weizenähren. Im Jahr 1874 schickte Homer vier Gemälde zur Ausstellung der National Academy of Design. Eines trug den Titel "Mädchen". Könnte es sich nicht um dieses Gemälde handeln?

WINSLOW HOMER

<div>When forty rural Sacramento Delta landscapes by Wayne Thiebaud were unveiled at a San Francisco gallery opening in November 1997, attendees were amazed by paintings they never anticipated. This new frontier betrayed neither Thiebaud’s mastery of confectionary-shop colors nor his impeccable eye for formal relationships. Rather, his admirers were shocked to learn that all but seven of these forty interpretations had been completed in just two years. As his son Paul recalled, “the refinements of my father’s artistic process were ever changing in a chameleon-like frenzy.” The new direction had proved an exhilarating experience, each painting an affirmation of Wayne Thiebaud’s impassioned response to the fields and levees of the local environment he dearly loved.   </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Viewed from the perspective of a bird or a plane, "The Riverhouse" is an agrarian tapestry conceived with a kaleidoscopic range of shapes and simple forms; fields striped with furrows or striated fans, deliriously colored parallelograms and trapezoids, an orchard garnished pizza-shaped wedge, and a boldly limned river, the lifeline of a thirsty California central valley largely dependent upon transported water. "The Riverhouse" is a painting that ‘moves’ between seamlessly shifting planes of aerial mapping that recalls Richard Diebenkorn’s stroke of insight when he took his first commercial flight the spring of 1951, and those partitions engaging a more standard vanishing point perspective. Thiebaud explained his process as “orchestrating with as much variety and tempo as I can.” Brightly lit with a fauve-like intensity, "The Riverhouse" is a heady concoction of vibrant pigment and rich impasto, one that recalls his indebtedness to Pierre Bonnard whose color Thiebaud referred to as “a bucket full of hot coals and ice cubes.” Among his many other influences, the insertion of objects — often tiny — that defy a rational sense of scale that reflects his interest in Chinese landscape painting.  As always, his mastery as a painter recalls his titular pies and cakes with their bewitching rainbow-like halos and side-by-side colors of equal intensity but differing in hues to create the vibratory effect of an aura, what Thiebaud explained “denotes an attempt to develop as much energy and light and visual power as you can.” </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Thiebaud’s Sacramento Delta landscapes are an integral and important part of his oeuvre. Paintings such as "The Riverhouse" rival the best abstract art of the twentieth century. His good friend, Willem de Kooning thought so, too.</div>

WAYNE THIEBAUD

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Widely recognized as one of the most consequential artists of our time, Gerhard Richters career now rivals that of Picasso's in terms of productivity and genius. The multi-faceted subject matter, ranging from slightly out-of-focus photographic oil paintings to Kelly-esque grid paintings to his "squeegee" works, Richter never settles for repeating the same thought- but is constantly evolving his vision. Richter has been honored by significant retrospective exhibitions, including the pivotal 2002 show,  "Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting," at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.    "Abstraktes Bild 758-2" (1992) comes from a purely abstract period in Richter's work- where the message is conveyed using a truly physical painting style, where applied paint layers are distorted with a wooden "Squeegee" tool. Essentially, Richter is sculpting the layers of paint, revealing the underlayers and their unique color combinations; there is a degree of "art by chance". If the painting does not work, Richter will move on- a method pioneered by Jackson Pollock decades earlier.    Richter is included in prominent museums and collections worldwide, including the Tate, London, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among many others.</font></div>

GERHARD RICHTER

Tom Wesselmann was a leader of the Pop Art movement. He is best remembered for large-scale works, including his Great American Nude series, in which Wesselmann combined sensual imagery with everyday objects depicted in bold and vibrant colors. As he developed in his practice, Wesselmann grew beyond the traditional canvas format and began creating shaped canvases and aluminum cut-outs that often functioned as sculptural drawings. Continuing his interest in playing with scale, Wesselmann began focusing more closely on the body parts that make up his nudes. He created his Mouth series and his Bedroom series in which particular elements, rather than the entire sitter, become the focus.<br> <br>Bedroom Breast (2004) combines these techniques, using vivid hues painted on cut-out aluminum. The work was a special commission for a private collector's residence, and the idea of a bedroom breast piece in oil on 3-D cut-out aluminum was one Wesselmann had been working with for many years prior to this work's creation. The current owner of the piece believed in Wesselmann's vision and loved the idea of bringing the subject to his home.<br><br>It's one of, if not the last, piece Wesselmann completed before he passed away. The present work is the only piece of its kind - there has never been an oil on aluminum in 3D at this scale or of this iconography.  

TOM WESSELMANN

The frame of reference for Irish American Sean Scully’s signature blocks and stripes is vast. From Malevich’s central premise that geometry can provide the means for universal understanding to Rothko’s impassioned approach to color and rendering of the dramatic sublime, Scully learned how to condense the splendor of the natural world into simple modes of color, light, and composition. Born in Dublin in 1945 and London-raised, Scully was well-schooled in figurative drawing when he decided to catch the spirit of his lodestar, Henri Matisse, by visiting Morocco in 1969. He was captivated by the dazzling tessellated mosaics and richly dyed fabrics and began to paint grids and stipes of color. Subsequent adventures provided further inspiration as the play of intense light on the reflective surfaces of Mayan ruins and the ancient slabs of stone at Stonehenge brought the sensation of light, space, and geometric movement to Scully’s paintings. The ability to trace the impact of Scully’s travels throughout his paintings reaffirms the value of abstract art as a touchstone for real-life experience.<br><br><br>Painted in rich, deep hues and layered, nuanced surfaces, Grey Red is both poetic and full of muscular formalism. Scully appropriately refers to these elemental forms as ‘bricks,’ suggesting the formal calculations of an architect. As he explained, “these relationships that I see in the street doorways, in windows between buildings, and in the traces of structures that were once full of life, I take for my work. I use these colors and forms and put them together in a way that perhaps reminds you of something, though you’re not sure of that” (David Carrier, Sean Scully, 2004, pg. 98). His approach is organic, less formulaic; intuitive painter’s choices are layering one color upon another so that contrasting hues and colors vibrate with subliminal energy. Diebenkorn comes to mind in his pursuit of radiant light. But here, the radiant bands of terracotta red, gray, taupe, and black of Grey Red resonate with deep, smoldering energy and evoke far more affecting passion than you would think it could impart. As his good friend, Bono wrote, “Sean approaches the canvas like a kickboxer, a plasterer, a builder. The quality of painting screams of a life being lived.”

SEAN SCULLY

Tom Wesselmann will undoubtedly be remembered for associating his erotic themes with the colors of the American flag. But Wesselmann had considerable gifts as a draftsman, and the line was his principal preoccupation, first as a cartoonist and later as an ardent admirer of Matisse. That he also pioneered a method of turning drawings into laser-cut steel wall reliefs proved a revelation. He began to focus ever more on drawing for the sake of drawing, enchanted that the new medium could be lifted and held: “It really is like being able to pick up a delicate line drawing from the paper.”<br><br>The Steel Drawings caused both excitement and confusion in the art world. After acquiring one of the ground-breaking works in 1985, the Whitney Museum of American Art wrote Wesselmann wondering if it should be cataloged as a drawing or a sculpture. The work had caused such a stir that when Eric Fischl visited Wesselmann at his studio and saw steel-cut works for the first time, he remembered feeling jealous. He wanted to try it but dared not. It was clear: ‘Tom owned the technique completely.’<br><br>Wesselmann owed much of that technique to his year-long collaboration with metalwork fabricator Alfred Lippincott. Together, in 1984 they honed a method for cutting the steel with a laser that provided the precision he needed to show the spontaneity of his sketches. Wesselmann called it ‘the best year of my life’, elated at the results that he never fully achieved with aluminum that required each shape be hand-cut.  “I anticipated how exciting it would be for me to get a drawing back in steel. I could hold it in my hands. I could pick it up by the lines…it was so exciting…a kind of near ecstasy, anyway, but there’s really been something about the new work that grabbed me.”<br><br>Bedroom Brunette with Irises is a Steel Drawing masterwork that despite its uber-generous scale, utilizes tight cropping to provide an unimposing intimacy while maintaining a free and spontaneous quality. The figure’s outstretched arms and limbs and body intertwine with the petals and the interior elements providing a flowing investigative foray of black lines and white ‘drop out’ shapes provided by the wall. It recalls Matisse and any number of his reclining odalisque paintings. Wesselmann often tested monochromatic values to discover the extent to which color would transform his hybrid objects into newly developed Steel Drawing works and, in this case, continued with a color steel-cut version of the composition Bedroom Blonde with Irises (1987) and later still, in 1993 with a large-scale drawing in charcoal and pastel on paper.

TOM WESSELMANN

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Irving Norman conceived and created <em>The Human Condition</em> at a time when he must have reflected deeply on the totality of his life. Given its grand scale and cinematic treatment, it impresses as a profound culmination of his artistic journey, synthesizing decades of themes, insights, and experiences into a single monumental work. A man of great humility and an artist of uncommon skill, he translated a horrendous war experience into impactful allegories of unforgettable, often visceral imagery. He worked in solitude with relentless forbearance in a veritable vacuum without fame or financial security. Looking to the past, acutely aware of present trends, he knew, given the human predicament, he was forecasting the future. As one New York Times reviewer mused in 2008, "In light of current circumstances, Mr. Norman's dystopian vision may strike some…as eerily pertinent," an observation that recalled recent events.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Irving Norman's figures, manipulated by their environment and physical space, are of a style that exaggerates the malleability of the human form to underscore their vulnerability and subjugation. This literal and symbolic elasticity suggests that these figures are stretched, compressed, or twisted by the forces of their environment, emphasizing their lack of autonomy and the oppressive systems that govern their existence. While these figures reflect vulnerability, Norman's structural choice in <em>The Human Condition</em> creates a stark juxtaposition that shifts attention toward the central tableau. A commanding female figure, rising above the calamitous failures and atrocities of the past, is joined by a man, forming a symbolic "couple,” suggesting the unity and shared responsibility of a new vision. Their hands, magnified and upturned, present these children as a vision offering hope and renewal for the future. The gesture, combined with the futuristic clothing of the diminutive figures, reinforces the idea of an alternative path—a brighter, forward-looking humanity. The central tableau acts as a metaphorical offering, inviting the viewer to consider a future untouched by the weight of darkness from which these figures emerge.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Here, Norman underscores a hopeful, if not optimistic, vision for generations ahead. The structural decision suggests a deliberate shift in focus: the darker scenes relegated to the sides represent the burdens, past and present. At the same time, the central figures embody the potential for a future shaped by resilience and renewal. This juxtaposition distinguishes <em>The Human Condition</em> as a reflection of Norman's later years, where a tempered hope emerges to claim the high ground over the war-mongering, abject corruption, frantic pleasure-seeking, and the dehumanizing effects of modern society.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Throughout his long career, Norman stood tall in his convictions; he turned, faced the large, empty canvases, and designed and painted complex, densely populated scenes. As for recognition, he rationalized the situation—fame or fortune risked the unsullied nature of an artist's quest. Ultimately, <em>The Human Condition</em> is a summation of Norman's life and work and a call to action, urging us to examine our complicity in the systems he so vividly depicted. Through meticulous craftsmanship and allegorical intensity, it is a museum-worthy masterwork that continues to resonate, its themes as pertinent today as they were when Norman painstakingly brought his vision to life.</font></div>

IRVING NORMAN

TOM WESSELMANN - 1962 Plus 35 Nacktskizze II - Alkydöl auf Leinwand - 43 x 58 5/8 in.

TOM WESSELMANN

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