Richard Estes
Eiffel Tower Restaurant
About the SessionSpanning 4 centuries of global art history, The International Sale, presents 127 exceptional lots by artists from 27 countries across five continents. The auction highlights masterworks ranging from 17th century European paintings to post-2000 editions by contemporary artist's such as Mr Brainwash (lot 51), Jim Dine (lots 83-86), Isaac Julien (lot 108), Jeff Koons (45), and Lucas Samaras (lot 107 and 110). The sale is anchored by important pieces from Georg Baselitz, Erik Laubscher, Shirin Neshat, and a newly repatriated 1935 portrait by Irma Stern.
The auction's diversity is driven by rare museum-quality highlights, led by Irma Stern's Two Women (lot 31), which returns to South Africa after decades in a Berlin private collection. It is joined by Erik Laubscher's rare recto-verso painting Young Family / Construction (lot 48), an Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat photographic portrait linked to her award-winning Turbulent installation (lot 66), and a uniquely hand-coloured linocut by German master Georg Baselitz titled Das Pferd, Im Wald und auf der Heide Series (The Horse, in the Forest and on the Heath Series) (lot 72).
LOT 82
Richard Estes
Eiffel Tower Restaurant
About this Item
signed, numbered 86/250 in pencil and embossed with the Domberger chopmark in the margin; inscribed with the artist's name, the title and the medium on a label adhered to the reverse
Notes
Printed by Michael Domberger, Filderstadt, Germany, published by Parasol Press, Ltd, New York.
Another example is currently held in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection.
Richard Estes is best known for his photorealist paintings of cityscapes, rendering source photographs with precise, near-invisible brushwork. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1956, before relocating to New York, where he initially worked in advertising. His first solo exhibition, held at the Allan Stone Gallery in 1968, allowed him to transition to a full-time artistic career. More recently, he has used digital software to create collages of manipulated and altered imagery, which serve as the basis for his paintings.
His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, among others.
Provenance
Valterra Platinum Collection.
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