Auctions 14 - 15 November 2009
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Art Nouveau / Art Déco, Auction 15 November 2009

		G44/114 MAURICE BOUVAL „Chardon“, table lamp, circa 1900. H 54 cm. Sold for CHF 63 440 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/42 EMILE GALLE So-called "Vase de tristesse - Amour", circa 1900. H 10.5 cm. Sold for CHF 13 420 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/150 LOUIS MAJORELLE Pedestal table, circa 1910. H 76 cm. D 50 cm. Sold for CHF 12 200 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/147 ANDRE DOMIN & MARCEL GENEVRIERE (DOMINIQUE) attributed to. Pair of bedside tables, circa 1940/50. 45x41x57 cm. Sold for CHF 6 100 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/99 SCHNEIDER „Vase Bijou“, 1919/23. H 10 cm. Sold for CHF 3 660 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

A private collection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco glass, part one of which was featured in Koller Geneva's May auction, was a complete success in Koller Geneva's November sale, with works by Gallé, Tiffany, Schneider and Daum often selling for above their upper estimates. The highlight of the auction was a bronze and pâte-de-verre “Chardon” (thistle) table lamp by Maurice Bouval from circa 1900 (lot 114). This was an atypical work for Bouval which has since become his signature piece, and it more than doubled its high estimate at CHF 63 440 / EUR 43 140*.

Design. Auction 15 November 2009
Highlights

		G45/313 GERALD POUSSIN „Zig Zag“ table, 1988. Edition of one. 190x93x80 cm. Sold for CHF 6 710 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/315 GERALD POUSSIN „Buddy et Flappo“ armchair, 1986. Edition of one. 85x50x140 cm. Sold for CHF 13 420 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/322 RON ARAD „Box in 4 movements“ chair, design 1994. Edition of 20. Sold for CHF 40 260 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/226 BIRCHER, RUDOLF & GUHL, WILLY (1911) (1915 - 2004) STORAGE CABINET, one-of-a-kind piece produced by Willy Guhl's class at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich, circa 1950/55. Wood and opaque glass. Top covered in black synthetic material. Façade opens onto two sliding doors. 150x45x90 cm. From Rudolf Bircher's office. Sold for CHF 2 200 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/229 BIRCHER, RUDOLF & GUHL, WILLY (1911) (1915 - 2004) LARGE BOOKCASE, one-of-a-kind piece produced by Willy Guhl's class at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich, circa 1950/55. Grey lacquered wood and aluminium. Four sections with height-adjustable shelves. 480x42x220 cm. Sold for CHF 6 710 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

Books and Autographs - Koller Geneva Auction 14 November 2009
Highlights

		G45/1182 BLAISE CENDRARS / FERNAND LEGER „La fin du monde filmée par l’ange ND“. Paris, Editions de la Sirène, 1919. Sold for CHF 3 420 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/1117 L‘ASSIETTE AU BEURRE Issues from no. 1 (4 April 1901) to 593 (15 October 1912). With large three-part poster. Sold for CHF 5 000 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/1172 ANDRE BRETON Complete collection of „Le surréalisme au service de la révolution“. 1930-1933. Sold for CHF 2 700 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/1193 SALVADOR DALI Dante Alighieri „La divine comédie“. Paris, Les heures claires, 1959-1963. Sold for CHF 6 220 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/1262 ANDY WARHOL The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. (From A to B and Back Again). NY et Londres, Jovanovich, 1975. In-12. Bound in original boards and jacket. Drawing of a Campbell soup's label with an autograph dedication, signed. Bel état. Sold for CHF 2 930 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/1123 LE CHAT NOIR - RODOLPHE SALIS.Journal artistique et littéraire. Paris, Au Cabaret du Chat Noir. From n°1 (14 January 1882) to n° 572 (31 December 1892). Folio. 5 vol. Brown half leather and vellum binding, cover with the name of the owners and editor Rodolphe Salis, slightly worn. Original covers. With the menu "Logiz du Chat Noir". Sold for CHF 4 720 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/1180 CAMUS, Albert - NRF - PRASSINOS, Mario.Lot of 14 titles. - 1. L'étranger. Nrf, 1947. Num. copy on chataignier. - 2. Le mythe de Sisyphe. Nouvelle édition augmentée d'une étude sur Franz Kafka. Nrf, 1953. - 3. La peste. Nrf, 1947. Num. copy on alfa Navarre. - 4. Le malentendu. Caligula. Nrf, 1947. Num. copy on Chataîgner. - 5. Actuelles. (Chroniques 1944-1948). Nrf, 1950. - 6. Les justes. Pièce en cinq actes. Nrf, 1950. Num. copy on alfama. - 7. L'état de siège. Spectacle en trois parties. Nrf, 1948. Num. copy on alfa. - 8. L'Homme révolté. Nrf, 1951. Num. copy on alfama. - 9. Actuelles. II. (Chroniques 1948-1953). Nrf, 1953. Num. copy on wove paper labeur. - 10. La chute. Nrf, 1956. Num. copy on wove paper Labeur. - 11. L'exil et le royaume. Nouvelles. Nrf, 1957. Num. copy on Alfa. - 12. Discours de Suède. Nrf, 1958. Num. copy on wove paper . - 13. L'envers et l'endroit. Nrf, 1958. Num. copy not for sale. - 14. Actuelles III. Chroniques algériennes 1939-1958. Nrf, 1958. Together 14 vol. In-12. Bound in original boards after Mario Prassinos' model. Good and very good condition. Sold for CHF 3 170 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

20th c. Paintings and Sculptures, Auction 15 November 2009

		G45/433 CAMILLE HILAIRE (1916 - 2004) "Chioggia" / boats in the harbour. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right Hilaire. Titled and signed verso. 54x65 cm. Sold for CHF 6 710 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/416 GOS, ALBERT (1852 - 1942) Boat on the Lake of Geneva. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right A. Gos. 45x59.6 cm. Sold for CHF 9 150 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/419 LARSEN, YVAN (1924) Sea raven Bronze with brown patina. Signed on the base Y. Larsen. With foundry stamp. H 73 cm. Sold for CHF 9 760 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.

		G45/422 GORKY, ARSHILE (1904 - 1948) Eye Spring I. 1945. India ink drawing. Verso a further India ink drawing (spiral). 28 x 19 cm. Sold for CHF 21 960 buyer's premium incl. For the high resolution picture please click on the image.