Doyle New York will offer a fine selection of prints in the Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints auction on November 7, 2011 at 1pm.
Martin Lewis, Shadow Dance (MCC. 88), 9 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches; 238 x 276 mm. Sheet 12 1/8 x 14 3/16 inches; 308 x 360 mm. Estimate $20,000 – $30,000.
Old Master Prints feature Albrecht Durer, Christ Before Caiaphas, engraving, 1512 (est. $3,000-5,000); Rembrandt van Rijn, The Tribute Money, etching, circa 1635 (est. $6,000-8,000); and The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobias, etching, 1641 (est. $7,000-10,000).
European Prints feature Paul Klee, Der Seiltanzer, color lithograph, 1923 (est. $20,000-30,000); Henri Matisse, Danseuse au Tabouret, lithograph, 1926 (est. $10,000-15,000); several works by Pablo Picasso, including Francois sur Fond Gris, 1950 (est. $30,000-40,000) and Woman’s Head Crowned with Flowers, painted and partially glazed white ceramic pitcher, 1954 (est. $10,000-15,000); Alberto Giacometti, Studio with Two Pails, lithograph, 1955 (est. $4,000-6,000); and color lithographs by and After Marc Chagall, including Tribe of Asher, 1964 (est. $5,000-7,000).
American Prints are highlighted by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Long Venice, etching printed in dark brown, 1879-80 (est. $10,000-15,000) and Drury Lane, etching, 1880-81 (est. $4,000-6,000); Charles Sheeler, Delmonico Building, lithograph, 1926 (est. $6,000-8,000); Childe Hassam, Floor of the Stock Exchange, etching, 1927 (est. $10,000-15,000); 36 works by Martin Lewis, including Shadow Dance, Drypoint and sandpaper ground, 1930 (est. $20,000-30,000); Milton Avery, Standing Nude, drypoint, 1941 (est. $2,000-3,000); and a rare Charles White etching, Melinda (est. $2,000-3,000).
Contemporary Prints feature prints by Andy Warhol, including Liz, color offset lithograph, 1964 (est. $15,000-20,000); Tom Wesselmann, Great American Nude Cutout, thinned color Liquitex and pencil, 1970 (est. $5,000-7,000); Claes Oldenburg, Miniature Soft Drum Set, multiple, 1970 (est. $5,000-7,000); David Hockney, Tulips, etching and aquatint, 1973 (est. $7,000-10,000); Alexander Calder, Our Unfinished Revolution, set of ten color lithographs, 1975-76 (est. $7,000-10,000); and Robert Motherwell, Red Sea I, color etching and aquatint, 1976 (est. $6,000-8,000).