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<strong>Highlights</strong><br />
<strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Auction</strong> <strong>Sales</strong><br />
<strong>Auction</strong> <strong>sale</strong>: 13 to 15 June 2012<br />
Preview 2 to 10 June 2012<br />
(daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)<br />
Camille Pissarro's women having a bath in the river, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's lady in a black robe - the <strong>Fischer</strong><br />
Gallery offers first-class Modern <strong>Art</strong> in its upcoming auction on the 13 to 15 June 2012. Furthermore there are<br />
outstanding works for example by Gino Severini and Pablo Picasso.<br />
Also in the category old master paintings and 19th century paintings there is a large amount of top class<br />
works of art. For example there are the painting “Zeus pester Semele“ by Erasmus Quellinus and the portrait<br />
„Clio, the historical muse” by Jean Raoux.<br />
A very special highlight of Swiss <strong>Art</strong> is the still life with coffee by Albert Anker, which is estimated 1 to 1.5 million<br />
Swiss Francs. According to leading experts of the works by Albert Anker his still lifes are proof of his high<br />
virtuosity. Furthermore there are beautiful works of art by Augusto and Alberto Giacometti, Ernest Biéler as well<br />
as Alexandre Calame.<br />
A detailled report you can find on http://www.fischerauktionen.ch/UserData/MediaNewsItem_en_121918_00.pdf.<br />
Regularly we update our list of highlights on http://www.fischerauktionen.ch/auktion/preview.aspx?l=en.<br />
For photos please click on http://www.fischerauktionen.ch/downloads/objekte.aspx?type=PressInfoList&l=en.<br />
Once more we would like to point to the very interesting letter written on the 8th march 1917 by Albert<br />
Einstein addressed to Walther Rathenau, the German foreign minister in the 1920s. Detailled information you<br />
can find on http://www.fischerauktionen.ch/UserData/MediaNewsItem_en_121913_00.pdf.<br />
Dr. Kuno <strong>Fischer</strong>
Modern & Contemporary <strong>Art</strong><br />
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR<br />
Limoges 1841-1919 Cagnes<br />
La femme à la robe noire<br />
Mogrammed "R" top right.<br />
Oil on canvas, 33,3 x 19,1 cm<br />
CHF 600'000 / 800'000 resp. EUR 500'000 / 666'000<br />
Certificate:<br />
The work of art is going to be included in the catalogue raisonné "Catalogue critique du peintre<br />
Pierre-Auguste Renoir" of the Fonds d'archives François Daulte, Durand-Ruel, Venturi, Vollard and<br />
Wildenstein (written confirmation by the Wildenstein Institute, Paris, 30 Januaryy 2003).<br />
Literature:<br />
Ambroise Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, Paris 1918, revised new<br />
edition. San Francisco 1989, p.. 212, no. 899.<br />
Provenance:<br />
Swiss private collection<br />
LUCIO FONTANA<br />
Rosario 1899-1968 Comabbio<br />
Concetto spaziale<br />
Created in 1962. Signed "L. Fontana" lower right.<br />
Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm, in acrylic box<br />
CHF 400'000 / 600'000 resp. EUR 333'000 / 500'000<br />
Certificate:<br />
Confirmation of authenticity by the Atelier Lucio Fontana, Milano, 26 September 1969.<br />
Letter by Valeria Ernesti, Fondazione Lucio Fontana, 27 March 2007 (including the confirmation that<br />
the work of art is listed in the "Catalogo ragionato" under no. 62 O 49 and that the correct<br />
measurements are 55 x 46 cm instead of 60 x 55).<br />
Literature:<br />
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo Generale, vol. II, Bruxelles 1974, no. 62 O 49, p. 118 (with<br />
picture)<br />
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo Generale, vol. I, Milan 1986, no. 62 O 49, p.. 400 (with<br />
picture, measurements not correctly quoted)<br />
Enrico Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, Catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni, vol. II, Milan<br />
2006, no.. 62 O 49, p.. 585 (with picture)<br />
Exhibition:<br />
McRoberts & Tunnard, London, Fontana Paintings 1962, no. 9 (with picture)<br />
Ardesio, Il Incontro artistico ad Ardesio, July 1973 (with picture)<br />
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Fontana, 7. to 29. March 1986, No. 20 (with picture)<br />
Provenance:<br />
Charles Wilp, Düsseldorf<br />
V. Vasata, Düsseldorf<br />
Galleria d'arte "dei Mille", Bergamo<br />
Studio Brescia, <strong>Art</strong>e Contemporanea, Brescia<br />
Swiss private collection
CAMILLE PISSARRO<br />
Saint-Thomas 1830-1903 Paris<br />
Baigneuses assises au bord d'une rivière<br />
Signed "C. Pissarro" and dated "1901" lower right.<br />
Gouache on silk, mounted on board, in passepartout, ca. 19 x ca. 25,8 cm (LM 17,5 x 23,5<br />
cm), framed<br />
CHF 350'000 / 450'000 resp. EUR 291'00 / 375'000<br />
Literature:<br />
Ludovic Rodo Pissarro/Lionello Venturi, Camille Pissarro, Son <strong>Art</strong> - Son Oeuvre, Catalogue<br />
Raisonné, Paris 1939, New edition. San Francisco 1989, Vol. I, P. 287, No. 1496 (Description), Vol.<br />
II, Tafel 289, No. 1496 (with picture)<br />
Exhibition:<br />
<strong>Galerie</strong> Durand-Ruel, Paris, L'Oeuvre de Camille Pissarro, April 1904, No. 171<br />
Provenance:<br />
Albert Pra, France<br />
<strong>Galerie</strong> Charpentier, Paris, <strong>Auction</strong> <strong>sale</strong>, Succession Albert Pra, 17 June 1938, Cat.no. 47<br />
French private collection (purchased from the grandfather in Paris around 1938-39)<br />
Sotheby's, London, <strong>Auction</strong> <strong>sale</strong>, 25. June 2002, Cat.no. 113<br />
Swiss private collection<br />
PABLO PICASSO<br />
Malaga 1881-1973 Mougins<br />
Corbeille et fruits<br />
Signed "Picasso" and dated "20-6-20" top left. On the reverse numbered "1182.23", "3184", "V"<br />
and customs mark. On the board label "Saidenberg Gallery", "<strong>Galerie</strong> Beyeler", "The<br />
Minneapolis Institute of <strong>Art</strong>s" and "San Francisco Museum of <strong>Art</strong>".<br />
Gouache, dip pen, Indian ink and pencil on China paper, in passepartout, 22 x 32 cm, framed,<br />
lower on the left of the center little defective spot<br />
CHF 380'000 / 440'000 resp.. EUR 316'000 / 366'000<br />
Literature:<br />
Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Bd. 4, Oeuvres de 1920 à 1922, Paris 1951, No. 117 (with picture.<br />
P. 37)<br />
The Picasso Project, Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, Neoclassicism I,<br />
1920-1921, San Francisco 1995, No. 20-263.<br />
Exhibition:<br />
<strong>Galerie</strong> Beyeler, Basel, Picasso, 90 works on paper, 15 November 1971 to 15 January 1972, No. 15<br />
(with picture)<br />
The Institute of <strong>Art</strong>s, Minneapolis, Picasso, Braque, Léger, Masterpieces from Swiss Collections,<br />
October 1975 to January 1976, No. 14 (with picture. p. 13). This exhibition moved to the<br />
University of Houston, Houston, The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, January to March 1976 and<br />
The Museum of Modern <strong>Art</strong>, San Francisco, March to May 1976<br />
Provenance:<br />
Saidenberg Gallery, New York<br />
<strong>Galerie</strong> Beyeler, Basel (1971, No. 5662)<br />
Swiss private collection<br />
German private collection<br />
Dorotheum, Vienna, <strong>Auction</strong> <strong>sale</strong>, 29 May 2007, Cat.no. 34<br />
Swiss private collection
GINO SEVERINI<br />
Cortona 1883-1966 Paris<br />
"Gavroche”<br />
Signed "G. Severini", dated "29 Sept. 1947", inscribed "A mon ami très cher Fernand Dumas -<br />
affectueusement" and "Romont" lower right. On the reverse dated "1946" and inscribed<br />
"Paris".<br />
Oil and gouache on board, in passepartout, 30 x 33,9 cm (25,5 x 29 cm), framed. Outside the<br />
painted area, in the ca. 2,2 cm white based margin slightly faded.<br />
CHF 150'000 / 200'000 resp. EUR 125'000 / 166'650<br />
Provenance:<br />
Fernand Dumas (Moudon 1892-1956 Locarno), Swiss architect, who has been working together<br />
with Gino Severini since 1923<br />
<strong>Galerie</strong> Kornfeld, Bern, <strong>Auction</strong> <strong>sale</strong>, 21 June 1996, Cat.no. 136<br />
Swiss private collection<br />
YURI (ZHORZH) PAVLOVICH ANNENKOV<br />
Petropavlovsk-on-Kamchatka 1889-1974 Paris<br />
No title<br />
Signed in Cyrillic „Y. Annenkov" and dated "1922" lower right. On the reverse label<br />
"Collection Erik and Lilott Berganus" with information about the artist, work of art and numbr<br />
“65-73/IV".<br />
Mixing technique (Collage, Indian ink, dip pen, coal), 56 x 41,5 cm<br />
CHF 100’000/160'000 resp. EUR 82’900/132’700<br />
Certificate:<br />
Conformation of authenticity of the artist, 27 November 1972, on the reverse of a photography<br />
(original).<br />
Provenance:<br />
Collection Erik and Lilott Berganus <strong>Galerie</strong> Gmurzynska, Cologne<br />
Swiss private collection (purchased by the above mentioned gallery in 1980)
Old master paintings and 19th century paintings<br />
ERASMUS QUELLINUS<br />
Antwerp 1607-1678 Antwerp<br />
Zeus pester Semele<br />
Oil on canvas, 178 x 208 cm, not framed. The canvas is underlaid by a second canvas. Little<br />
defects of pigment.<br />
CHF 150'000/180'000 resp. EUR 125'000/150'000<br />
Certificate:<br />
We thank Mr. Ludwig Meyer, Archiv für Kunstgeschichte, Munich, for his support finding the artist<br />
of this painting (Letter 24 February 2012).<br />
JEAN RAOUX<br />
Montpellier 1677-1734 Paris<br />
Clio, die Muse der Geschichte<br />
In the lower left corner number "10", in the lower right corner number "116".<br />
Oil on canvas, relined, 141 x 118 cm.<br />
CHF 40'000/60'000 resp. EUR 33'350/50'000<br />
Literature:<br />
Celia Alegret, Author of the catalogue raisonné wanted to include the paintings as no. 65 in the<br />
catalogue (written confirmation of the planned description oft he painting, Paris 1993).<br />
Provenance:<br />
According to earlier pinned notes: "Aus d. Gemäldesammlung d. Frh. v. Heintze" (handschriftlich)<br />
"Eine der neun Musen in reichem, faltigen Gewande. Grösse:... cm. Alter holzgeschnitzter Rokoko-<br />
Rahmen"<br />
"Prinzlich Preussisches Privat-Familienfideikommiss Trensches (?) No. 101"<br />
Yvette Brunschwig, Lugano before 1940<br />
<strong>Galerie</strong> <strong>Fischer</strong>, Lucerne, <strong>Auction</strong> <strong>sale</strong> November 2004, Cat.no. 1097<br />
Since than in Swiss private collection<br />
FLEMISH ARTIST AROUND 1600<br />
Landscape with mountains, waterfall, mill and Maria Magdalena<br />
On the reverse old label "Joh. Brueghel geb. zu Brüssel 1589 gest. 1658." and written note in<br />
pencil "Schönfeld".<br />
Oil on panel, 53,5 x 72 cm<br />
CHF 50'000/60'000 resp. EUR 41'650/50'000