Two Representative Paintings by Georges Rouault to be Offered at Mallet Japan's Day Sale

Tokyo, Japan, November 23, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Mallet Japan’s Modern and Contemporary auction will be held on December 5th in Tokyo.

Mallet Japan- Modern & Contemporary Art, Day Sale 081205
Auction: December 5th at 4:00pm
Preview: Dec. 2nd to 4th from 10:30am to 7:00pm

Mallet Japan will be offering 2 paintings by Georges Rouault, one depicting a face of clown and the other capturing a profile of French poet, Paul Verlaine, each with an estimate of 7,000,000-10,000,000 JPY.

lot# 342 Clown (oil on carton laid down on cradled panel, painted circa 1945, signed by Isabelle Rouault on the reverse, 27 x 19cm) is drawn with heavy and bold black defining lines and glowing colours and beautifully represents the artist style which is suggestive of influence form his early experience as a glass painter. The theme is also something that Rouault often chose to adopt as part of moral and social criticism.

lot# 315 Etude pourle Portrait de Verlaine (oil on paper laid down on canvas, signed by Isabelle Roualt on the reverse, 57.8 x 43.8cm) also reflects the artist's keen interest in human nature and sins that are brought about from within. This lead the artist to put an emphasis on personalities and inner self of the subject which can be seen in this portrait of self-destructive French poet as well.

The sale also features a special section dedicated to works by Mark Kostabi (Lot# 284-300). 2 sets of drawings and 15 paintings with estimates ranging from 150,000 to 700,000 JPY are to be offered.

Other highlights include Yasuo Kuniyoshi's early prints collection (lot# 98, 1,000,000-1,500,000 JPY) which consists of 20 pieces of rare prints, either etchng or drypoint, in black and white from circa 1916-18 and 1 gouache on paper and 2 paintings by leading Japanese artist, Kumi Sugai (lot# 161 'Work', 700,000-1,000,000 JPY; lot# 168 'Soleil Lac', 1,400,000-1,800,000 JPY; lot# 179 'Cahier du diable', 1,600,000-2,000,000 JPY).

The sale also covers a wide range of items from lithographs by Alphonse Mucha (lot# 199 'Les Printemps'; lot# 200 'Music'; lot# 201 'Painting'; lot# 202 'Poetry' 350,000-450,000 JPY each) and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (lot# 211 'Divan Japonais', 2,000,000-2,500,000 JPY ) to painting by Marie Laurencin (lot# 322 'Jeune Fille au Ruban Bleu' 5,000,000-7,000,000 JPY) as well as screenprints by such pop artists as Andy Warhol (lot# 258 'Mick Jagger', 2,500,000-3,500,000 JPY) and Roy Lichtenstein (lot# 253 'WHAAM!', 1,500,000-2,000,000 JPY).

Auction Info: http://www.mallet.co.jp/index_e.html

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To view the list of works on offer, please visit http://www.mallet.co.jp/00_digest/index_e.html
Online catalogue at artnet.com
http://www.artnet.com/PDB/PublicAuctionResults.aspx?collection_id=150373
Online catalogue at artfact.com
http://www.invaluable.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalogRef=WK7Q7A0KEW

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