Phillips Auctions Sale on 17 & 18 January to Feature Keith Haring, Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, and Robert Longo

Phillips’ Evening & Day Editions Auction to be Led by Works from the Archive of Edition Schellmann, Sold to Benefit the Ars Publicata Project   Sale on 17 & 18 January to Feature Keith Haring, Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, and Robert Longo   A Selection of Highlights  Estimates Vary   LONDON – DECEMBER 2023 – Phillips is pleased to announce that the London Evening & Day Editions auction in January 2024 will be led by an exceptional group of works from the Archive of Edition Schellmann, sold to benefit the ars publicata project. Collaborating with some of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Jörg Schellmann has produced the most challenging and iconic editions through Schellmann Art.  Founded by Jörg, Nanke and Pauline Schellmann, the ars publicata project is an online compendium of contemporary fine art editions, documenting the edition oeuvres of the world’s most significant contemporary artists. The Evening & Day Editions auction comprises 40 works from the Archive of Edition Schellmann, including very rare examples and unique colour variants ranging from £800 to £150,000. The auction preview opens in Phillips’ galleries at Berkeley Square from 11 January until the auction on 17 and 18 January.   Anne Schneider-Wilson, Senior International Specialist, Editions, said, “We are thrilled to announce that our auction in January 2024 will showcase pieces from the Archive of Edition Schellmann, with proceeds dedicated to supporting the ars publicata project. This auction will highlight artworks by renowned artists such as Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, and Donald Judd. Demonstrating Schellmann's dedication to pushing the boundaries of edition-making, this collaborative sale follows a highly successful standalone auction in 2019, where our partnership with Edition Schellmann exceeded expectations, achieving £3,177,938—well beyond the pre-sale high estimate. We are privileged to once again have the opportunity to auction works from the Archive of Edition Schellmann, contributing to the important and pioneering initiatives of ars publicata. We look forward to presenting these exceptional works during our Evening & Day Editions preview and auction in January.”   Auction: 17 & 18 January 2024 Auction viewing: 11 January - 17 January 2024 Location: 30 Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom, W1J 6EX Click here for more information: https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/UK030124   Please see here for images

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Phillips Announces Highlights from the London Design Auction . Sale Oct 31.

  

 

 

Phillips Announces Highlights from the London Design Auction

 

Sale on 31 October to be Led by a Group of Works by Jean Royère, Outstanding Italian Pre, Post War and Modernist Design, and an Exceptional Work from the Wiener Werkstätte

 

 

 

LONDON – 17 OCTOBER 2023 – Phillips is pleased to announce highlights from the London Design auction, taking place on 31 October. Featuring 136 lots, the sale brings together rare and important works of 20th and 21st century French, Italian, Brazilian, Contemporary, and Scandinavian design. Ahead of the Design auction on 31 October, the sale will be on view at Phillips’ London galleries on Berkeley Square from 25 to 31 October, alongside the exhibition for Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, Exceptional Ceramics: Selections from the Estate of Jane Coper and the former Collection of Cyril Frankel, which will be offered in a standalone auction on the following day,1 November. 

 

Domenico Raimondo, Senior Director, Head of Design, Europe and Senior International Specialist, said “We are delighted to present our Fall auction in London which features an extraordinary and diverse selection of material. From the sought-after designs of Jean Royère to a mythological sculpture by Janine Janet, and the creative genius of G.R.A.U. and Studio B.B.P.R, this auction offers a diverse selection of exceptional craftsmanship spanning the 20th and 21st centuries.”

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Phillips to Host the London 2022 Sovereign Art FoundationStudents Prize Finalists’ Exhibition.

 

Phillips to Host the London 2022 Sovereign Art FoundationStudents Prize Finalists’ Exhibition

 

On View in Phillips Berkeley Square Galleries Alongside New Now this December

 

Doll by Xi Yang, of Dulwich College

Courtesy of the artist and The Sovereign Art Foundation

 

LONDON – 17 November 2022 – Phillips is proud to partner with The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) this December to present the third edition of the The Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize, London. Established in 2012, The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) Students Prize is an annual award designed to celebrate the importance of art in the education system and recognise the quality of artworks produced by secondary school students citywide. As official venue partner of The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) Students Prize, Phillips will host the 20 shortlisted artworks in a Finalists’ Exhibition at Phillips London headquarters at 30 Berkeley Square, where it will run alongside Phillips’ New Now auction preview from 1 – 8 December 2022.

 

Tamila Kerimova, Director, Senior Specialist, 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Phillips, said: “Phillips is delighted to partner with The Sovereign Art Foundation and honoured to host the London Students Prize Finalists’ exhibition for the third year in a row. The exhibition will run alongside our New Now auction which will feature a broad spectrum of cutting-edge contemporary works from both blue chip and emerging artists alike. The aim of our ongoing partnership with The Sovereign Art Foundation is to celebrate the importance of art in education and to support them in their endeavours to champion young artists. At Phillips, our goal is to discover and showcase exceptional works of art and part of that is recognising the tremendous significance and role we all must play in encouraging and supporting the next generation of artists as much as possible. As we saw in the exhibition last year, the students entering the competition produce the most extraordinary works of art, and their talents should be recognised and celebrated so they feel confident to continue to nurture their creativity. We look forward to welcoming visitors to view the Students Prize Finalists’ Exhibition alongside our New Now auction highlights in our galleries on Berkeley Square this December.”

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Phillips Photographs Auction Sale on 22 November to be led by Richard Avedon’s Iconic 1967 Portrait Portfolio of The Beatles

 

Phillips Announces Highlights Ahead of the London Photographs Auction

 

Sale on 22 November to be led by Richard Avedon’s Iconic 1967 Portrait Portfolio of The Beatles

 

Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon, The Beatles Portfolio: John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, London, August 11, 1967 

© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Estimate: £700,000 - 900,000

 

LONDON – 7 November 2022 – Phillips is pleased to announce highlights ahead of the London Photographs auction on 22 November. Comprising 139 lots, the sale is led by Richard Avedon’s career-defining work The Beatles Portfolio of 1967. Opening the sale is the single-owner offering A View from the Garden: Photographs from a Private Cotswolds Collection, featuring works by 20th-century masters Peter Hujar, Imogen Cunningham, and Robert Mapplethorpe, among others. This season’s ULTIMATE showcases sold-out works by Zhang Huan, Sohei Nishino and Bastiaan Woudt as well as works by auction newcomers Prince Gyasi, Ilona Langbroek, Alice Mann, Susan Gamble, and Jeremy Cowart. Other sale highlights include works by Man Ray, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Helmut Newton, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Nick Brandt. Closing the sale is ULTIMATE ELLEN VON UNWERTH, a selection of 20 Polaroids premiering at Phillips. The auction is online now with highlights on view in Phillips Paris gallery from 7-11 November and a public preview in Phillips London galleries on Berkeley Square from 16-22 November until the live auction on 22 November at 2pm.

 

Yuka Yamaji, Head of Photographs, Europe, and Rachel Peart, Head of Department, London, said, “We are delighted to present our November auction, which features our top lot The Beatles Portfolio – legendary photographer Richard Avedon’s generation-defining portraits of 20th century’s most iconic band as well as the single-owner offering A View from the Garden: Photographs from a Private Cotswolds Collection, including two exceptional works by Peter Hujar. The 16th edition of ULTIMATE presents collectors with a curated selection of exclusive works available for sale only at Phillips and introduces two new mediums to Phillips Photographs – a hologram and an NFT – both by artists debuting at auction. We look forward to welcoming visitors to view the sale in person in our Paris and London galleries this November.”

 

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Phillips NYC, Cy Twombely November 15th,

Monumental Cy Twombly Bacchus Painting to Lead Phillips’ New York Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art   To be Offered on 15 November, Estimated at $35-45 Million     Cy Twombly Untitled, 2005 Estimate: $35,000,000 – 45,000,000   On 15 November, Phillips’ Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art in New York will be led by Cy Twombly’s monumental Untitled, 2005. With exceptional provenance and estimated at $35-45 million, Untitled is a masterpiece from one of Twombly’s last epic series that found its inception in his blackboards and crystallized in the three discrete suites of paintings collectively known as the Bacchus series. The Bacchus paintings began in 2003 amidst the US invasion of Iraq and culminated in 2008 when the artist donated three of the monumental works to the Tate Modern, London. The present work is the second-largest canvas from the 2005 series which were exhibited under the collective title Bacchus Psilax Mainomenos. Recalling the artist’s earlier Blackboard paintings from the late 1960s with its continuous looping forms, theBacchus series revisits this earlier motif with a renewed vigor and energy which manifests on the surface ofUntitled.   Jean-Paul Engelen, President, Americas, and Worldwide Co-Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, said, “With the top ten auction prices for works by Cy Twombly having all been set in the past eight years, it’s clear that the market is stronger than ever.  At sixteen feet wide, Untitled is among the largest of Twombly’s works to ever appear at auction, with its subject referring to the dual nature of the ancient Greek and Roman god of wine, intoxication, and debauchery. The work hails from the series that marked Twombly’s ultimate artistic expression at the summit of his career and we are proud to offer this masterpiece as the highlight of our Fall season.”   The translation of Bacchus Psilax Mainomenos references both the exuberance and rage that alcohol can bring, with Tate Director Nicholas Serota remarking about the paintings, “They relate obviously to the god of wine and to abandon, and luxuriance, and freedom.” The work also recalls one of the most violent and emotionally stirring moments of Iliad, when the Greek hero, Achilles, kills the Trojan prince, Hector, dragging his corpse in circles through the desert around the walled city of Troy—just as Twombly’s red line colors the ground of Untitled.    The repetition of the mythical theme in Twombly’s work, particularly the continued invocation of Bacchus across the years, finds its stylistic parallel in Twombly’s signature, circular, scrawling gesture.  Two extremes rise and fall within one ancient deity, cycling, one over the other, just as Twombly’s brush turns across the surface of Untitled. This gesture appeared in the artist’s earlier Blackboard series of the 1960s, making a reprise in Untitled, though with a much wilder red spiral.  The red line of Untitled is rich with emotive movement as the spiral turns and drips across the canvas, the result of Twombly likely using his whole body, swinging the brush, which he attached to a long pole, across the canvas.     Auction: 15 November 2022 Auction viewing: 5-15 November 2022 Location: 432 Park Avenue, New York, NY Click here for more information: https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/NY010722

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Inaugural Exhibition at Phillips Los Angeles to Open on 25 October features Jean-Michel Basquiat’

Inaugural Exhibition at Phillips Los Angeles to Open on 25 October   Jean-Michel Basquiat’s To Repel Ghosts, Estimated at $7-10 Million,  To Go on View Alongside Paintings by Ernie Barnes from Actor Richard Roundtree’s Personal Collection   Opening Exhibition from 25-27 October in New West Coast Outpost to Feature Works from the Upcoming Auctions of Watches, Design, and 20th Century & Contemporary Art   Highlights from The New York Watch Auction: SEVEN and December Design Auction to Also be On View     – Phillips is pleased to announce details surrounding the opening of its new Los Angeles outpost, the launch of which underscores the company’s commitment to the West Coast amid its continued global expansion. Open to the public from 25-27 October, the exhibition will feature works from the upcoming auctions of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Watches, and Design, including Jean-Michel Basquiat’s To Repel Ghosts, estimated at $7-10 million. Also on view will be two works by Ernie Barnes from the collection of Golden Globe-Nominated actor Richard Roundtree, in addition to paintings by Amy Sherald and Julie Mehretu. Timepieces on view in Los Angeles include watches by Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Audemars Piguet, and Claude Lalanne’s Pair of “crococurule” stools from the December Design auction will also be featured in the exhibition. The gallery will be open from 10am to 5pm at 9041 Nemo Street, in the heart of Los Angeles’ art and culture scene, with an opening reception to be held on Tuesday, 25 October (RSVP required).    Jean-Michel Basquiat’s To Repel Ghosts is among the highlights of the exhibition and will be a star lot in the November Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art. The monumental work, measuring seven feet tall, is a nearly double-life-sized portrait of Basquiat’s friend and fellow artist Jack Walls. Well known in 1980s downtown circles as Robert Mapplethorpe’s muse and romantic partner, Walls is rendered in Basquiat’s distinctive visual idiom—unmistakable by the gestural swathes of black, white, and yellow pigment—against a surface of affixed wooden boards. Basquiat’s penchant for incorporating doors and other found media into his practice first led him to experiment with timber slats for his 1984 masterwork Flexible, which employed the fencing that surrounded his Los Angeles studio. Exceedingly pleased with the resulting aesthetic effect, Basquiat soon returned to the idiosyncratic material, which he purchased from a Soho lumber yard to comprise the support of more than 17 paintings in the mid 1980s. Epitomizing his guiding principle to—quite literally—bring the urban environment into his studio, this major work from 1985 nods to Basquiat’s past as a street artist while anticipating the hallmarks of his mature style. The work belongs to a series of portraits Basquiat undertook in 1985 of Black subjects in the downtown art scene. The work’s title, To Repel Ghosts, is one of Basquiat’s most iconic phrases which has become synonymous with the artist’s declaration of his own identity. #phillipslosangeles#fineartmagazine#fienartbasquiat

Phillips London, Sale on 2 November to Feature Important 20th and 21st Century Design

 

 

Phillips Announces Highlights ahead of the London Design Auction

 

Sale on 2 November to Feature Important 20th and 21st Century Design, Including Iconic Works by François-Xavier Lalanne and Claude Lalanne, Exceptional Design by Gio Ponti and Paolo De Poli, as well as a Selection of Studio Ceramics by Hans Coper and Lucie Rie

 

 

 Phillips is pleased to announce highlights from the upcoming Design auction in London. Taking place on 2 November, the sale will feature important works spanning the 20th and 21st Centuries, including, among others, designs by François-Xavier Lalanne, Claude Lalanne, Marcel Coard, Gio Ponti and Paolo de Poli, Gabriella Crespi, Joris Laarman, and Finn Juhl, and studio ceramics including pieces by Hans Coper and Lucie Rie. Comprising 125 lots, the auction catalogue will go online from 18 October and on view to the public from 27 October at Phillips London galleries on Berkeley Square until the auction on 2 November at 2pm.

 

Domenico Raimondo, Senior Director, Head of Department, Europe and Senior International Specialist, said, “We are delighted to present our Fall auction in London which encompasses a remarkable and varied selection of material, including works which have never appeared on the market before. From the surrealism-inspired designs of François-Xavier Lalanne and Claude Lalanne, Gio Ponti and Paolo De Poli to the exquisite studio ceramics of Hans Coper and Lucie Rie, and the structural dynamism of Joris Laarman’s Bone Chair, this auction offers a diverse selection of high quality craftmanship from throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.”

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Phillips to Offer Marc Chagall’s Le Père in the New York Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art !

Phillips to Offer Marc Chagall’s Le Père in the New York Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art    The Most Significant Early Painting by the Artist to Appear on the Market in Decades   Recently Restituted to the Heirs of David Cender in a Landmark Decision by the French National Assembly   Marc Chagall Le Père, 1911 Estimate: $6-8 Million   NEW YORK – 6 OCTOBER 2022 – On 15 November, Phillips will offer Marc Chagall’s Le Père in the New York Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art. Executed in 1911, during a transformative period in the artist’s career, the painting is among fifteen works of art that the French Government have restituted earlier this year — part of an ongoing effort to return works in its museums that were wrongfully seized by the Nazi Party during World War II. A long-treasured part of the collection of David Cender, a musical instrument-maker from Łódź, Poland, the work was taken from him in 1940 before he was sent to Auschwitz with his family. By 1966, it had been reacquired by Chagall himself, who held a particular affinity for the painting, as it portrays his beloved father. In 1988, the Musée national d’art moderne, Centre national d’art et de culture Georges-Pompidou in Paris received the painting by dation from Chagall’s estate. Estimated at $6-8 million, this is the first work from this group of fifteen restituted artworks to appear at auction.   Jeremiah Evarts, Deputy Chairman, Americas, and Senior International Specialist, 20th Century & Contemporary Art, said, “Phillips is honored to play a role in the incredible journey that this painting has taken over the last century. Chagall’s legacy is vital to the history of Western art, with Le Père standing as a masterwork within the art historical canon. The heart-wrenching and compelling history of the painting after its completion, all leading to the wonderful news of its return to the Cender Family makes the story of Le Père all the more fascinating. We commend the French government for their dedication in returning such important works in their collection to the families of their rightful owners.”   Le Père is a rare, dynamic portrait which signifies the artist’s pivotal transition from art student in Saint Petersburg to one of the defining figures of European Modernism. During the winter of 1911-1912, Chagall moved into La Ruche, an artists’ commune on the outskirts of Montparnasse. The works he created over the next three years are among the most highly regarded of his career, with his portraits bearing particular significance. Throughout his lifetime, Chagall revitalized the inherited traditions of portrait painting. He painted dreamy and fantastical portraits of lovers, religious figures, villagers, and his beloved family throughout his seven-decade career.  Le Père is an intimate portrait of the artist’s father Zahar, a quiet and shy man who spent his entire life working in the same manual labor job. Portraits of the artist’s father are rare within Chagall’s oeuvre. Far from the generalized symbols of lovers that dominated much of his later paintings, this early work is a remarkably personal and heartfelt depiction.   The early owner of this painting, David Cender, was a prominent musical instrument maker in Łódź, Poland who created pieces of the highest class for the eminent musicians of the era, as well as being a musician and music teacher in his own right. In 1939, David married Ruta Zylbersztajn and soon after their daughter Bluma was born. Prior to 1939, 34% of Łódź's 665,000 inhabitants were Jewish, and the city was a thriving center of Jewish culture. In the spring of 1940, David Cender and his family were forced to leave their home and move into the ghetto, leaving behind numerous valuable possessions including their collection of artwork and musical instruments. While David survived the war, his wife, daughter, and other relatives were killed at Auschwitz.   Chagall reacquired the work by 1966 and it remained in his personal collection through the remainder of his life. In 1988, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre national d’art et de culture Georges-Pompidou in Paris received by dation from the Chagall estate Le Père along with 45 paintings and 406 drawings and gouaches. Ten years later, the work was deposited into the Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme in Paris, where it was been on view for twenty-four years.   Earlier this year, on 25 January 2022, the French National Assembly unanimously passed a bill approving the return of the fifteen works of art; the bill was then passed by its Senate on 15 February. The Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, praised the decision saying that not restituting the works was “the denial of the humanity [of these Jewish families], their memory, their memories.” The historic passing of this bill marks the first time in more than seventy years that a government initiated the restitution of works in public collections looted during World War II or acquired through anti-Semitic persecutions.   On April 1, 2022, Le Père was returned to the heirs of David Cender by the Parlement français in Paris.   Coming to auction for the first time, Le Père is a treasured and rare example from the artist’s early oeuvre. It’s inclusion in this landmark restitution signifies a historic moment in cultural history.     Auction: 15 November 2022, 432 Park Avenue, New York, NY Click here for more information: https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/NY010722

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