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A follow-up email to our earlier discussions. I have been out of the=20 country. I was unable to pull up the images you sent to me and my home=20 email address. I am interested in the Matisse and would like to see the=20 image. On the Liechtenstein, I like the one you had and would be intereste= d=20 in talking if you could find another. Please let me know if you can find one. Also i would appreciate you sendin= g=20 another image of the matisse. Thanks, Mike "Virginia E. Repasky" <virginia@clarkfineart.com< on 08/13/2000 05:34:51 PM Please respond to virginia@clarkfineart.com To: mike.mcconnell@enron.com cc: =20 Subject: [Fwd: Matisse and Lichtenstein art] Dear Mike McConnell:=20 If you any problems with this e-mail please let me know and I will be happy= =20 to either re-send the message or mail you the images and materials on the= =20 artwork.=20 Most sincerely,=20 Virginia Repasky=20 "Virginia E. Repasky" wrote: August 9, 2000=20 Mike and Chris McConnell:=20 13451 Belhaven Dr.=20 Houston, TX 77069=20 Dear Mike and Chris McConnell:=20 It was wonderful welcoming you to our San Francisco gallery.=20 Last time we spoke you had expressed interest in Matisse's Icarusand=20 Lichtenstein's lithograph.? I have located another Matisse's Icarus on your= =20 behalf. The lithograph, Blue Noteby Lichtenstien that you viewed has since= =20 sold.? But I am pleased to inform you that we have just received in invento= ry=20 Composition for The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum by Lichtenstein.? I wanted= =20 to again touch base with you about these artworks.? I wanted to let you kno= w=20 about these artworks since they has not yet? been viewed by the gallery=20 public.=20 I have taken the liberty of enclosing information and visuals on each of th= e=20 images.? In light of your enthusiasm for rare artworks and the imagery of t= he=20 time period, I know these exquisite pieces would almost certainly appeal to= =20 you.? If my assumption is correct and you would be interested in adding one= =20 or another of these fine works to your collection, please let me know at yo= ur=20 earliest convenience.? This is a wonderful opportunity to select from some = of=20 the most famous and important graphic images created during the modern era.= ?=20 Any of these images could easily be added to any important museum collectio= n=20 in the world.? This is an excellent opportunity for a discriminating=20 collector such as you.=20 I would also be happy to schedule an appointment over the phone with our=20 Director, Steven Little concerning these artworks.? Please let me know at= =20 your earliest convenience.=20 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.?= I=20 look forward to hearing from=20 you soonest.=20 Most sincerely,=20 ?=20 Virginia Repasky=20 Fine Art Consultant=20 Curatorial Researcher=20 Image 1:=20 Henri Matisse (French 1869 - 1954)?????????????????????????????????????????= =20 $4,500.00=20 LA CHUTE D=01,ICARE, June 1943=20 Original lithograph printed in four colors (blue, red, black and yellow) on= =20 wove paper.? Signed and dated in the stencils lower right Henri Matisse 6/4= 3.=20 A fine impression of the definitive state after Matisse=01,s cut paper coll= age,=20 as published in the review Verve Artistique et Literaire Vol. IV No.13, Hen= ri=20 Matisse, De la Couleur by Efstratios Teriade, Editions da la revue Verve,= =20 Paris 1945.? Printed by Maitres-impremieurs draeger Freres, Paris.? In=20 excellent condition, with bright fresh colors, printed on a full sheet..=20 Catalogue reference: Claude Duehuit, Henri Matisse: Catalogue raisonn, des= =20 ouvrages illustr,s, Paris, 1988, pg. 363, no. 47 (ill.)=20 Literature: Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Matisse: His Art and His Public, The Museum= =20 of Modern Art, New York, 1951, pg. 275.=20 Pierre Schneider, Matisse, Rizzoli, New York, 1984, pp. 373, 661;=20 Homage ? TSriade, Grand Palais, Centre National d=01,Art Contemporain, Pari= s,=20 1973, no. 62 (ill.); Henri Matisse: l=01,art du livre, Musee Matisse, Nice,= =20 1986, no. 99;=20 Michel Anthonioz, Verve: The Ultimate Review of Art and Literature=20 (1937-1960); Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1987, p. 151 (ill.)=20 Image size: 13 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches=20 Sheet size: 13 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches=20 At the beginning of the 1940=01,s Matisse was starting to concentrate on th= e=20 technique of using cut pape collages to create abstract color compositions.= ?=20 The dense smooth colors and clear-cut shapes created a totally new artistic= =20 language for him.? It was in seeking to extend this concept that he began,= =20 under the encouragement of the publisher Teriade to experiment with using t= he=20 same types of form created through stencil printing.? At first he used cut= =20 stencil shapes linked to lithography, and then move to? using the stencils= =20 with pochoir color for this removed problem of lithography diluting the col= or=20 intensity.=20 Matisse=01,s project was to create an album titled Jazz ? forms expressed= =20 through a brilliant highly emotional purity of vibrant color.? The first=20 trials were made using lithography, and it was in this connection that the= =20 Icarus composition above was issued by Teriade in Verve as a form of=20 publicity for the forthcoming album.? It is one of the great characteristic= =20 images of Matisse=01,s oeuvre of this period.=20 Image 2:=20 Roy Lichtenstein (American 1923-1997)??????????????????????????????????=20 $8,500.00=20 COMPOSITION FOR THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, 1969=20 Original screenprint printed on Rives wove paper.? Signed and dated in penc= il=20 lower left "Lichtenstein 69."? From an edition of 250, numbered in pencil= =20 lower left "175/250."? Published by the artist and Leo Castelli Gallery, Ne= w=20 York for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.? In excellent conditio= n,=20 with bright fresh colors, printed on a sheet with full margins.=20 Catalogue reference: Catalogue Raisonne #83, Bianchini (1971) cat. no. 35= =20 Image size: 23 1/8 inches in diameter=20 Sheet size: 28 3/4 x 28 3/4 inches=20 This image was created for Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition in a New Yo= rk=20 Museum.? The image was also featured on the cover of the October 1969 issue= =20 of ARTnews magazine.=20 ?=20 ?
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