PAPER CHASE by Deborah Ripley Reviews de Jacqueline au fauteuil 1958 $212,500 Sotheby’s New York Oct. 29, 2009 PAPER CHASE by Deborah Ripley Though the report in today’s New York

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Pablo PicassoLa femme au tambourin1939$554,500Sotheby’s New YorkOct. 29, 2009

Pablo PicassoBuste de femme de jeune fille(after Lucas Cranach TheYounger)1958$506,500Sotheby’s New YorkOct. 29, 2009

Pablo PicassoPortrait de Jacqueline au fauteuil1958$212,500Sotheby’s New YorkOct. 29, 2009

PAPER CHASEby Deborah Ripley Though the report in today’s New York Times thatluxury retail sales in October had hit new highs forthe year didn’t include the fine print market, itmay as well have. Print auctions in New Yorkroared back last week with works by Pablo Picassoand Andy Warhol powering the charge.

The Print AuctionsWhile print sales in April 2008 saw Sotheby’sfetching a total of $4.5 million and Christies justunder $3 million, last week’s totals showSotheby’s slamming the boards at $8,470,000total (with 203 lots sold) and Christie’s trailingclose behind at $7,605,000 (with 373 lots sold).These numbers are about par with results from ayear ago, when Sotheby’s did $8,325,317 andChristie’s $8,165,662.

Sotheby’s provided the gunpowder with anoutstanding selection of Picasso offerings. Abeautifully toned aquatint La femme au tambourin(1939) fetched $554,500, which is a decent pricefor a print that, with one exception, hasconsistently clocked in at $500,000 since 2005.Also offered was a respectable example ofPicasso’s linocut Buste de femme de jeune fille,d’apres Cranach. . . (1958), which brought$506,500, the second highest price the print hasever reached.

But the star of the Picasso offerings was thelinocut Portrait de Jacqueline au Fauteuil (1958).One of only three proofs ever made of thisunpublished print, this example, dedicated by theartist to his linocut printer Hidalgo Arnera, fetched$212,500. The buyer was an American collector.

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Andy WarholReigning queens, royal edition:Queen Elizabeth II of the UnitedKingdom (set of 4)1985$170,500Christie’s New YorkOct. 28, 2009

Works by Beatriz Milhazes, and acrowd, in the Durham Pressbooth at the IFPDA Print Fair

Damien Hirst’s new skull prints atthe booth of London dealer PaulStolper at the IFPDA Print Fair

Christian Marclay’s newmonotypes from the University ofSouth Florida

Over at Christie’s, dealers were happy to see theofferings of Picasso ceramics, which went mostlyunsold at the last spring sales, draw robust priceson 20 lots.

Contemporary print dealers were also rathersurprised to see Warhol prints shoot up onceagain to reclaim their place in the firmament. Theiconic hot pink Marilyn (1967) fetched $158,500at Sotheby’s, which was exactly the same price itsold for in October 2008. A 1972 Mao that hadpassed in May with an estimate of$35,000-$45,000 was reoffered and fetched anadmirable $62,500.

Christie’s offered four "Reigning Queens"portfolios from 1985, and all the sets sold verywell, with the "Queen Elizabeth II" portfoliozooming to $170,500, way over the$70,000-$90,000 presale estimate. Anotherhighlight at Christie’s was an almost pristineexample of Jasper Johns lead relief, Flag (1960),that brought $122,500, way above the estimate of$40,000-$60,000.

Both houses offered the iconic Johns’ silkscreen,Flag (1973), at the same estimate,$350,000-$550,000. Christie’s came first and thework passed without a whisper. Subsequently,Sotheby’s must have prevailed on its consignor tolower the reserve on his or her lot, or soobservers surmised, and as a result it sold handilyat $386,500 (including the buyer’s premium).

IFPDA Print Fair 09This being "Print Week," collectors and dealershave been bustling about, attending both theIFPDA Print Fair 09 at the Park Avenue Armory,Nov. 5-8, 2009, as well as the Editions/Artist BookFair at the X-Initiative space in Chelsea, Nov. 6-8,2009.

Old Master dealer Alan Stone remarked thatattendance at the IFPDA’s Wednesday nightpreview was the "best it was ever been." Onereason may be that the opening night gala had nocharity beneficiary (typically the Museum ofModern Art), and as a result admission ticketswere much cheaper ($75, including a pass for therun of the event), allowing the hoi polloi as well asthe high rollers in to look and shop.

Viewers were actually queuing up at DurhamPress to purchase the new brightly colored BeatrizMilhazes silkscreens, sumptuously printed byJean-Paul Russell, the genius printer of many ofthe Warhol editions. The price on Sugar, whichmeasures 37.5 x 47 inches, went from $10,000 to$12,000 during the preview due to the greatnumber of sales.

The London dealer Paul Stolper also prompted aflurry of activity at his booth with the U.S. debutof 30 new Damien Hirst foil block editions ofcandy-colored skulls called The Dead and pricedat $4,400 each. Individual prints are hilariouslytitled, Chocolate / Oriental / Gold / Skull, forexample.

The University of South Florida continues itsexplorations of experimental cyanotype prints (ablueprint process). One of the outstandingofferings is a group of Christian Marclaymonotypes for which the artist stacked obsoletecassette tapes together (Cassette Grid No. 1,offered at $30,000). These works are a wonderfulcontinuation of Marclay’s 1990 monotypes, whichinvolved pressing inked vinyl records onto thecovers of actual Beatles album sleeves. USF is


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Joel Shapiro at the booth ofGemini G.E.L at Joni MoisantWeyl at the IFPDA Print Fair

At David Tunick’s booth at theIFPDA Print Fair, AndreaAndreani’s Abraham’s Sacrifice ofIsaac (detail)

British linocuts from the 1930s atthe booth of Samuel Osborne Ltdat the IFPDA Print Fair

Sabine and John Szoke at theIFPDA Print Fair

Artist Terry Winters at theEditions/Artists Book Fair 2009

also offering Sharon, a sexy new Alex Katzwoodcut and silkscreen portrait of a notablyattractive young woman, priced at $5,000.

Both Gemini G.E.L at Joni Moisant Weyl and DianeVillani Editions are offering elegant, spare printsby Minimalist artists. Gemini’s nine new JoelShapiro silkscreen prints with collage were verywell priced, ranging from $3,500 to $5,500 each.Master intaglio printer Jennifer Melby debutedbeautiful and delicate black-and-white RobertMoskowitz etchings for under $2,500.

Mixografia is continuing its remarkable productionof 3D cast paper objects, presenting a new editionby Palladino of male figure bristling with blackbirds ($18,000), reminiscent of the artist’s recentbronze sculptures.

Modern and Old Master dealers were also enjoyinga good day. Occupying pride of place in the centerof David Tunick’s booth was Abraham’s Sacrifice ofIsaac, an oversized woodcut by 16th-centurymaster Andrea Andreani after Beccafumi, onreserve at $180,000. Tunick is also offering a fineimpression of Rembrandt’s Three Crosses (1653),with spectacular tone, priced to move at $2.2million.

London Galleries Samuel Osborne, Ltd, andRedfern are both featuring marvelous works fromthe 1930s British linocut movement, with crowd-pleasing prints by Sybil Andrews, Cyril Powers andC.R.W. Nevinson.

John Szoke has a wonderful group of Picassoprints and drawings, including the rare 1897drawing Portrait de Femme offered at around $1million. Szoke is getting ready to move from hisdowntown gallery, where he has been for over 25years, to 24 West 57th Street. "I can finally walkto work," he said.

Editions/Artists Book FairDown in Chelsea, at the Editions/Artists Book Fair,the music was throbbing for a well-turned-outcrowd of hip downtown types. The artist TerryWinters, who opened the fall season with a showof his prints at Senior & Shopmaker on MadisonSquare Park, was spotted in the fair aisles, as wasKiki Smith, who was admiring a new stonelithograph of a bird by artist Robyn O’Neil,published by fair organizer and publisher SusanInglett.

Also in Susan Inglett’s corner was the artistcooperative VendorBar, organized by artists KirbyGookin and Robin Kahn, who invited artists toengage fairgoers with on-the-spot production ofmultiples as well as performances. The bargain-priced items included drawings by Fluxus artistAlison Knowles made with beans, priced at $200,and Yoko Ono’s Peace Now stencil, complete withcrayons, for $20. The artist Tom Otterness, whomade a poster for the event, is slated to show upfor a "poster signing" on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 2pm.

Another hot item at the fair is a new edition byMarilyn Minter, benefiting Lincoln Center. Minter’sc-print, a closeup of red lips sucking on a diamondnecklace, could well depict an opera diva,hazarded Lincoln Center director Tom Loller. Theprint was performing well at the opening and halfthe edition of 26 was gone in two hours, and itsprice went up to $4,000.

Donald Taglialatella of World House Editions isoffering the first multiple by Robert Cottingham, a


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Print dealer and Editions/ArtistsBook Fair co-organizer SusanInglett

Artist Alison Knowles at work forthe VendorBar project at theEditions/Artists Book Fair 2009

Robert Cottingham’s light-boxOde (2009) at World HouseEditions at the Editions/ ArtistsBook Fair 2009

Prints by Mickalene Thomas atBrand X at the Editions/ ArtistsBook Fair 2009

lightbox in an edition of 15 entitled Ode. Offeredat $4,000, the work was selling well at thevernissage and the Everson Museum bought onefor its collection.

Brand X and Chris Neptune have wonderful neweditions by Mickalene Thomas. MoMA print curatorDeborah Wye was eying Keri On, Thomas’ newmultiple that depicts her favorite model. The priceis $3,500. MoMA plans an exhibition of Thomas’work next year.

Finally, Fawbush Editions has a marvelous newneon edition by Assume Vivid Astro Focus, whichwas on offer for the reasonable price of $8,000.

The shows offer many other marvelous things tosee, and art lovers would be well advised todevote their weekend to Print Week. It is not tobe missed!

DEBORAH RIPLEY is a print specialist at Artnet.

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