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Modern Art in Black and White Exhibition Catalogue

Picasso, Exhibition Vallauris, 1956

PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins (Spanish)

Exhibition Vallauris, 1956

Original Hand Signed and Numbered Linoleum Cut in 5 Colours on Arches vellum paper

This colourful and boldly outlined work is one of the new acquisitions into the gallery and holds within it wonderfully typical Picassian traits of naivety, colour, and fun.

Living in Vallauris for seven years, Picasso himself contributed greatly to the metropolitan and bohemian nature of this community, which also greatly enriched his own works at the time. He designed and made a poster every year for the Vallauris Exposition during his time there and this is his example from the 1956 Exposition. This original linoleum cut is hand signed in blue crayon by the artist "Picasso" in the lower right margin.

It is one of 21 artist's proofs (aside from the numbered edition of 200) printed by Arnera and published by the Association des Potiers de Vallauris.

Literature:
1. Bloch, Georges. 1975. Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue de l'oeuvre Grave et Lithographie 1904-1967, edition Kornfeld et Klipstein, Berne.
Reference: Bloch 1271
2. Baer, Brigitte. 1994. Picasso: Peintre-Graveur, Tome IV, Catalogue Raisonne de l'OEuvre Grave et des Monotypes, 1946-1958, Editions Kornfeld, Berne.
Reference: Baer 1042.

PABLO PICASSO, The Old King / Le Vieux Roi, 1963

Original Hand Signed and Numbered Linoleum Cut in Colours on Arches vellum paper

Paper Size: 75 x 62 cm / 29.5 x 24.4 in

Image Size: 64 x 52.5 cm / 25.1 x 20.6 in 

This original linoleum cut is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" in the lower right margin.
It is also numbered in pencil "42/160" in the lower left margin. It is dated in the plate at the upper right corner "14-26.1.1963" (14-26 January 1963.) It was printed in 1963 in a limited edition of 160 signed and numbered impressions. The paper bears the Arches watermark. 

This work was created during the later years of artists life with Picasso only dying ten years later. Despite this, the linocut displays the same colourful and bold naive charm, typical of much of Picasso's works. The Kings floppy crown and playful ruff are reminiscent of Picasso's clowns, harlequin and circus paintings and drawings. He returned to this subject many times, and like many twentieth century artists explored through these subjects the themes of childhood, theatricality and display.

Literature:
Bloch, Georges. 1975. Pablo Picasso: Tome I, Catalogue de l'oeuvre Grave et Lithographie 1904-1967, edition Kornfeld et Klipstein, Berne.
Reference: Bloch 1152

Condition: Excellent Condition. Colours are vivid and fresh.

Baden-Württemberg’s top art fair, Art Karlsruhe, came to a close on Sunday with a record 50,000 visitors streaming through its halls over the past week. For its tenth anniversary edition, the fair welcomed 220 galleries from 13 countries.  Though certainly still a regional fair, sales topped those in recent memory, with a significant number of collectors coming in from Switzerland and France.
Those collectors were decidedly safe in their purchases focusing on established, Impressionist, modern and post-modern artists such as Sigmar Polke, Josef Albers, Markus Lüpertz, and Camille Pissarro. London’s Gilden’s Arts Gallery sold one Pissarro to an unnamed German collection as well as several other works by Max Pechstein, Max Beckmann, André Derain and Hugo Scheiber. Gallery director Petra Kaffeesieder noting their pleasant surprise that the metabolism collectors in the region have for high-priced works.

from
http://blogs.artinfo.com/berlinartbrief/2013/03/11/art-karlsruhe-touts-visitor-record-and-significant-sales-for-its-10th-anniversary/

Camille Pissarro Pastel

CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
West Indies, Virgin Islands 1830- 1903 Paris, France (French)

Figure of a Peasant Woman

Original Hand Signed Pastel Drawing on paper

Paper Size: 62 x 40.5 cm / 24.4 x 15.9 in

This amazing pastel drawing by the French Impressionist artist Pissarro is one of the galleries most recent acquisitions and is on display in our gallery in Hampstead at the moment. This stunning work is simplistic yet incredibly striking. With her bright blue skirt and yellow bonnet, this peasant woman has been transformed into a soft and sensuous figure, with rosy cheeks and gentle pastel strokes to help emphasize the naturalistic beauty of the figure. The rapid pastel work also helps to highlight the idea of the woman being captured instantaneously, in a fluid motion and caught unawares going about her daily chores.

Provenance: 

Collection Anneberg, USA. Walter Annenberg, an American philanthropist and his wife Leonore Annenberg were avid collectors of art and collected a large amount of French Impressionist works during their lifetimes. Many pieces from the collection are now housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Literature:

"The Impressionists, Camille Pissarro"by Charles Kunstler,Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri,Milan 1972. Edited by Daniel Wildenstein Produced with the collaboration of Widenstein Foundation,Paris. illustrated in page 36.

Figure of a Peasant Woman

 Our gallery was mentioned in Apollo Magazine this month, click on the link below to have a read!

Gilden's Arts Gallery London Art Fair 2013

Keith Haring London Art Fair 2013

London Art Fair 2013

We are delighted to be exhibiting at the London Art Fair this year, and amongst our display will be new acquisitions to the gallery such as this Keith Haring work below. This phenomenally bright and colourful screen print optimizes all of Haring's most iconic artistic traits. The polka dot background and boldly outlined figures have become now become synonymous with his work.

KEITH HARING 1958-1990

Pennsylvania, US 1958- 1990 New York

Pop Shop I, 1987

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Screenprint in colours on wove paper

Paper Size: 96.5 x 76.2 cm / 38 x 30 in
Image Size: 86.4 x 66 cm / 34 x 26 in

This work is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "K. Haring 87" at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil "65/200" at the lower right margin.
The work was printed in a limited edition of 200 impressions and published by Martin Lawrence Ltd. Editions, New York.
This is the second silkscreen out of four that Haring created for the suite "Pop Shop I" in 1987.