SELECTION
Post-War & Contemporary Art Auction
June 7, 2023, 7pm CEST at Tajan in Paris
Beautiful Evening Auction
PARIS – The Contemporary Art department at Tajan unveils a selection of key artworks that will be presented on June 7 for their prestigious Post-War & Contemporary Art auction.
The sale will include a post-war oil on canvas by Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955), a selection of kinetic works signed Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) and Carlos Cruz Diez (1923-2019), as well as a previously unseen acrylic on canvas by Robert Combas (born 1957) and Pierre Ladislas Kijno (1921-2012). Finally, the auction will also feature an oil on canvas by South American artist Jill Mulleady (born 1980).
NICOLAS DE STAËL (1914-1955)
La part du vent, 1944-1945
Oil on canvas
114 x 146 cm
EXHIBITIONS
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Nicolas de Staël, September 13-October 20, 1957, listed under n°4 of the exhibition catalog
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Staël, July 11-September 24, 1972, reproduced under n°5 p. 51 of the exhibition catalog
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, May 22-August 24, 1981; London, The Tate Gallery, October 7-November 29, Nicolas de Staël, reproduced under n°7 p. 27 of the exhibition catalog
Parma, Fondazione Magnani Rocca, Nicolas de Staël, 10 April-17 July 1994, reproduced under n°3 p. 61 and described p. 200 of the exhibition catalogue. 61 and described on p. 200 of the exhibition catalog
Antibes, Musée Picasso, La rencontre Nicolas de Staël Jeannine Guillou, La vie dure, October 9, 2011-January 8, 2012, reproduced on p. 83 of the exhibition catalog
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ (1923-2019)
Physichromie 1084, 1977
Silk-screen printing on aluminum, plastic laminates
100 x 100 cm
100 000 / 150 000 €
VICTOR VASARELY (1906-1997)
Patonka, 1984
Oil on canvas
150 x 150 cm
150 000 / 200 000 €
ROBERT COMBAS (né en 1957) & PIERRE LADISLAS KIJNO (1921-2012)[1]
Suite des alchimies. Regards et cris de pierres dans la voie lactée du dripping sperm, sperme du vent, sperme d’hier, sperme de Pierre, 2005
Acrylic on canvas
145 x 114 cm
30 000 / 50 000 €
Jill Mulleady (née en 1980)
They don’t care about us, 2016
Oil on canvas
94 x 122 cm
80 000 / 120 000 €
AUCTION’S INFORMATION
Post-War & Contemporary Art Auction
Evening Sale – June 7, 2023, 7pm CEST
CONTACT
Julie Ralli | Director of the Contemporary Art Department
T. +33 1 53 30 30 55
[email protected]