{"lots":[{"startPrice":300,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17565/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17565/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17565/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17565/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"salvatore rodriguez (b. 1957)"},"available":true,"description":{"en":"salvatore rodriguez (b. 1957) | italian \n \n nu sur le lit blanc (nude on the white bed) , c. 1990's \n \n oil on board \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018rodriguez\u2019 in red (lower right). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 38.5 × 58.5 cm | 15.2 × 23 in \n artwork: 20 × 39.5 cm | 7.9 × 15.6 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the paint layer intact and the board sound, with the title, an inventory number and the artist\u2019s authenticity stamp on the reverse. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a dark-haired model lies stretched on a white bed, arms folded behind her head, in a small horizontal panel where the pale sheets and the warm skin are set against a soft green-grey wall. the handling is quick and confident, the signature a flourish in red. \n \n salvatore rodriguez, born in naples in 1957, is an italian figurative painter whose work is largely devoted to the female figure \u2014 \u2018the tenderness and sensuality of women\u2019, in his own words \u2014 painted in oil on canvas, board and cardboard in a manner that looks back to the macchiaioli and the impressionists. \n \n signed \u2018rodriguez\u2019 at the lower right."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"1","title":{"en":"nu sur le lit blanc (nude on the white bed), c. 1990's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17565/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:32:58.763Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":17565,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":800,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17566/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17566/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17566/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17566/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17566/005/005.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"joan miró (1893-1983)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"joan miró (1893-1983) | catalan \n \n petite fille au bois, 1958 \n \n lithograph on paper \n  \n  \n signed: signed \u2018miró\u2019 in pencil (lower right) and numbered \u201952/100\u2032 in pencil (lower left). \n  \n  \n dimensions: \n artwork: 50.5 × 65.5 cm | 19.9 × 25.8 in \n  \n  \n provenance: \n grisebach, berlin, auction 762, online only modern & contemporary art, 31 july \u2013 16 august 2026, lot 1988. \n \n \n acquired there by the present owner. \n  \n  \n condition: \n very good condition: a strong impression with full margins; the sheet lightly toned, with minor handling creases at the margins, remnants of old hinge tape and a few faint spots on the reverse; no restoration. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n  \n  \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n  \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n  \n  \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n  \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n  \n -- \n  \n two of miró\u2019s creatures \u2014 one with a round, staring head and a body of black bars, the other a small mask on a curling line \u2014 stand in a field of black dots and smudged strokes on warm, tawny paper, in the pared-down, calligraphic vocabulary miró had made his own by the 1950s. \n \n \n  \n \n \n catalogued as petite fille au bois, the lithograph was printed on arches wove paper and published in paris by maeght éditeur in 1958, the year of miró\u2019s great ceramic walls for unesco. it is signed \u2018miró\u2019 in pencil at the lower right and numbered \u201952/100\u2032 in pencil at the lower left, and is recorded as mourlot 183 in the standard catalogue raisonné of miró\u2019s lithographs \u2014 see literature. \n \n \n  \n \n \n the sheet is in excellent, fresh condition, the paper bright and the impression strong."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"2","title":{"en":"two figures, lithograph on arches (maeght éditeur, paris), 1958"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17566/view","tags":["esart_graphicworksetchinglithography","esart_printsposterslimitededitions","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":800,"soldPrice":900,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:04:24.733Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":17566,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":800,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17567/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17567/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17567/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17567/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"théodore lévigne (1848-1912)"},"available":true,"description":{"en":"théodore lévigne (1848-1912) | french \n \n river landscape with a stone bridge and mountains , c. 1890's \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018théodore lévigne\u2019 (lower right). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 51.5 × 60 cm | 20.3 × 23.6 in \n artwork: 38.5 × 46.5 cm | 15.2 × 18.3 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n good condition: a network of age craquelure across the sky and a few fine surface scratches in the centre, the paint layer stable and no retouching apparent; the ornate gilt frame with minor losses. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a stone bridge crosses a stream at the foot of green hills; poplars and willows stand along the bank, and beyond them a long violet mountain closes the view under a sky of rolling grey cloud. the picture is painted with the quiet, exact observation of the lyon school \u2014 every plane of the landscape given its own tone, the light diffused and cool. \n \n théodore lévigne (1848\u20131912), born in noirétable and trained at the lyon école des beaux-arts and briefly under cabanel and gérôme in paris, was one of the most versatile lyonnais painters of his generation: landscapes, hunting scenes, portraits and military subjects. his landscapes of the loire hills, the dauphiné and the bugey, often in muted half-tones like these, are his most personal work. \n \n signed \u2018théodore lévigne\u2019 at the lower right."},"estimateMax":1200,"lotNumber":"3","title":{"en":"river landscape with a stone bridge and mountains, c. 1890's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17567/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":800,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:32:58.766Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac1,000 - \u20ac1,200","currency":"EUR","id":17567,"estimateMin":1000},{"startPrice":10000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17568/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17568/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17568/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17568/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"nicholas roerich (1874-1947)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"nicholas roerich (1874-1947) | russian \n \n himalayan peaks with crimson clouds , c. 1930's \n \n tempera on cardboard \n \n \n signed: signed with the artist\u2019s monogram (lower right). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 50 × 57.5 cm | 19.7 × 22.6 in \n artwork: 33 × 40 cm | 13 × 15.7 in \n \n \n provenance: \n \n \n reportedly formerly in the collection of louis l. horch, new york, and thereafter by descent in a private family collection, new york. \n \n \n private collection, germany, since the 1990s. \n \n \n acquired from the above by the present owner in the 2010s. \n \n \n  \n \n \n condition: \n fair condition: the board is cracked through at the lower right corner (a split of about 6\u20137 cm, unrepaired but stable) and the upper-left part of the sky is thin and abraded; otherwise untouched, with no retouching in normal or ultraviolet light, the matte tempera surface well bonded and the peaks and crimson clouds fully intact; wear and small losses to the edges and corners of the board. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n  \n  \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n  \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n  \n  \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n  \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n  \n -- \n  \n snow peaks rise above a crimson cloud, beyond a violet ridge and the deep folds of a himalayan valley. this small tempera belongs to the extensive body of himalayan mountain paintings that occupied nicholas roerich from the mid-1920s onward and continued after he settled in the kullu valley at the end of 1928. \n  \n working in tempera on cardboard, a medium particularly suited to the clear, matte surfaces of his mature work, roerich repeatedly returned to the changing light, colour and contours of the high ranges. the handling here is characteristic: the mountain forms are built from broad, interlocking planes, the snow picked out in pale, chalky highlights, while the sky is reduced to an almost abstract band of intense colour. the work bears the artist\u2019s characteristic monogram at lower right. \n  \n compact in scale yet highly resolved in composition, works of this kind distil roerich\u2019s vision of the himalayas into concentrated arrangements of colour and form. for roerich, the mountains were more than a landscape motif. throughout his work and writings, the himalayas became closely associated with ideas of transcendence, spiritual aspiration and the meeting of the earthly and the sublime."},"estimateMax":30000,"lotNumber":"4","title":{"en":"himalayan peaks with crimson clouds, c. 1930's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17568/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":10000,"soldPrice":30000,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:07:55.029Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac20,000 - \u20ac30,000","currency":"EUR","id":17568,"estimateMin":20000},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17569/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17569/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17569/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17569/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"andré lynen (1888-1984)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"andré lynen (1888-1984) | belgian \n \n steamer in the harbour with red-roofed houses , 1936 \n \n oil on board \n \n \n signed: signed and dated \u2018andré lynen 1936\u2019 (lower right); dated \u20183-11-36\u2019 (on the reverse). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 35 × 44 cm | 13.8 × 17.3 in \n artwork: 24.5 × 32 cm | 9.6 × 12.6 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: thick, well-preserved impasto with no retouching; the board flat and sound with minor wear at the edges; an old stamp and the date on the reverse. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a black steamer with a red funnel comes into harbour past red-roofed houses and spring trees, the hills across the water fading into a pale sky. the paint is applied thickly, in ridged, sculptural strokes that catch the light \u2014 a small panel done on the spot and dated on the back to the 3rd of november 1936. \n \n andré lynen (1888\u20131984), born in antwerp, was one of belgium\u2019s foremost marine painters: founder in 1933 of the royal society of belgian marine painters, a fixture of the brussels salons and a lifelong resident of the coast at nieuwpoort. harbours, fishing boats and the changing light over water were his life\u2019s subject, painted in a robust late-impressionist manner. \n \n signed and dated \u2018andré lynen 1936\u2019 at the lower right and dated again on the reverse."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"5","title":{"en":"steamer in the harbour with red-roofed houses, 1936"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17569/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:08:36.087Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":17569,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17570/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17570/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17570/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17570/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"josef syrový (1879-1956)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"josef syrový (1879-1956) | czech \n \n venetian girl with a water jug , c. 1920's \n \n oil on cardboard \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018j. syrovy\u2019 (lower left). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 42 × 37 cm | 16.5 × 14.6 in \n artwork: 26.5 × 21.5 cm | 10.4 × 8.5 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n good condition: the impasto intact and entirely original, the board flat; minor wear at the corners under the frame and light, inert staining to the reverse. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a dark-eyed girl in a red blouse and a green fringed shawl looks straight at us, a glazed yellow jug on her shoulder; behind her, the lagoon, orange sails and a campanile place the scene in venice. the paint is laid in short, thick, parallel strokes of pure colour that give the small board the glow of a mosaic. \n \n josef syrový (1879\u20131956), a czech painter trained under brožík and hynais at the prague academy, left for italy at twenty and lived for years in san marino and munich before settling in paris in 1911, where he stayed for twenty-eight years. venetian and breton genre subjects \u2014 water-carriers, fisherwomen, market girls \u2014 painted in this bright divisionist manner made his reputation in the paris salons. \n \n signed \u2018j. syrový\u2019 at the lower left."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"6","title":{"en":"venetian girl with a water jug, c. 1920's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17570/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":475,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:09:26.754Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":17570,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17571/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17571/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17571/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17571/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"paul flaubert (1928-1994)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"paul flaubert (1928-1994) | french \n \n sailing boats in the harbour, pointillist marine , c. 1970's \n \n oil on board \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018paul flaubert\u2019 (lower left). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 28.5 × 33 cm | 11.2 × 13 in \n artwork: 18.5 × 24 cm | 7.3 × 9.4 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n good condition: the dotted paint layer intact with no retouching; a small old filler patch at a corner of the reverse and minor wear to the gilding of the frame. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n three sailing boats with ochre and rust-red sails ride a harbour whose water is a carpet of blue, pink, yellow and violet dots; a white sail shimmers in the distance and a rower pulls away in the foreground. it is a joyful, entirely pointillist picture \u2014 every inch of it built from small touches of pure colour. \n \n paul flaubert (1928\u20131994) devoted his career to this neo-impressionist idiom, painting harbours, the seine at rouen, mediterranean ports and moroccan scenes in a dotted technique that keeps the freshness of signac while softening the figures with a smoother touch. marines like this one are the best-loved part of his output. \n \n signed \u2018paul flaubert\u2019 at the lower left."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"7","title":{"en":"sailing boats in the harbour, pointillist marine, c. 1970's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17571/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:10:04.322Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac500 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":17571,"estimateMin":500},{"startPrice":10000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17572/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17572/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17572/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17572/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17572/005/005.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"jan zrzavý (1890-1977)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"jan zrzavý (1890-1977) | czech \n \n městečko (little town with a church) , 1947 \n \n tempera on board \n \n \n signed: signed and dated \u2018zrzavý 47\u2019 (lower right); signed, titled and dated \u2018jan zrzavý / městečko / tempera 1947\u2019 (on the reverse). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 43 × 51 cm | 16.9 × 20.1 in \n artwork: 27 × 35 cm | 10.6 × 13.8 in \n \n \n provenance: \n acquired in prague by the family of the present owner in 2018. \n thence by descent to the present owner. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the paint layer \u2014 the dotted sky, the stippled white walls and the scratched (sgraffito) grass \u2014 complete and undamaged, with no retouching in normal or ultraviolet light; light rubbing at the extreme edges under the frame rebate, a faint impressed mark in the grass at the far left and a loose surface fibre. the reverse is clean and carries the artist\u2019s pencil inscription. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n white houses with roofs of red, blue and violet gather around a church with a pointed red spire; a road winds up through green grass scratched into the paint stroke by stroke, and the sky is a field of blue dots. \u2018městečko\u2019 \u2014 the little town \u2014 is a distilled, almost toy-like vision of a czech village, painted in tempera in 1947 by jan zrzavý, one of the founding figures of czech modern art. \n \n zrzavý (1890\u20131977) belonged to the generation of the osma and tvrdošíjní groups, but his art stands apart: a dreamlike, simplified world in which houses, trees and hills are reduced to their essential shapes and lit by an inner light. from the 1930s he painted the bohemian-moravian highlands around okrouhlice and krucemburk, and small towns like this one became a favourite theme. the sgraffito grass and the dotted sky are hallmarks of his tempera technique. \n \n the work is signed and dated \u201947\u2019 on the front and inscribed with the title, medium and date on the reverse."},"estimateMax":30000,"lotNumber":"8","title":{"en":"městečko (little town with a church), 1947"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17572/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":10000,"soldPrice":25000,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:12:26.266Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac20,000 - \u20ac30,000","currency":"EUR","id":17572,"estimateMin":20000},{"startPrice":400,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17573/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17573/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17573/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17573/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17573/005/005.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"willem van hasselt (1882-1963)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"willem van hasselt (1882-1963) | dutch-french \n \n the pond in the luxembourg gardens, paris , c. 1930's \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018van hasselt\u2019 (lower left). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 53.5 × 61 cm | 21.1 × 24 in \n artwork: 38.5 × 46.5 cm | 15.2 × 18.3 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n fair condition: an old repaired tear runs through the centre of the composition, from the fountain up into the sky, with retouching that is visible in normal light and confirmed under ultraviolet; the canvas is unlined and sound and the paint layer otherwise stable; rust staining at one tacking edge. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n summer afternoon in the luxembourg gardens: the great pond with its fountain, iron chairs set out on the pale gravel, strollers in the shade of the chestnut trees and a nurse with a pram at the water\u2019s edge. the light is high and hazy, the greens deep, the figures no more than a few touches of colour. \n \n willem van hasselt (1882\u20131963), born in rotterdam and parisian from 1903, belonged to the circle of vuillard and maurice denis and became a member of the académie des beaux-arts in 1945. his paris parks and river views, painted in thin, fluid oil with a silvery, corot-like tonality, are his most sought-after works \u2014 and the luxembourg, close to his studio on the left bank, the most frequent of them. \n \n signed \u2018van hasselt\u2019 at the lower left."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"9","title":{"en":"the pond in the luxembourg gardens, paris, c. 1930's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17573/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":400,"soldPrice":400,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:12:58.336Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":17573,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":600,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17574/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17574/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17574/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17574/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"paolo forcella (b. 1868)"},"available":true,"description":{"en":"paolo forcella (b. 1868) | italian \n \n venetian canal with boats and a church façade , c. 1920's \n \n oil on board \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018p. forcella\u2019 (lower right). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 48 × 56 cm | 18.9 × 22 in \n artwork: 32.5 × 40.5 cm | 12.8 × 15.9 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the paint layer intact and stable, the impasto highlights undisturbed and no retouching; the wood panel flat and sound with a plain reverse; a light film of surface grime; minor rubbing to the gilding of the frame. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n evening on a quiet venetian rio: a baroque church façade catches the last warm light, a red-tiled loggia overhangs the water, and boats and mooring posts throw long reflections across the dark canal. the small board is painted with a fluid, atmospheric touch, the architecture solid and the water alive. \n \n paolo forcella, born in naples in 1868, trained in the neapolitan school and travelled to egypt with his brother nicola, one of the most admired orientalists of his day; his own work ranges from cairo street scenes to italian views. this venetian canal shows him at his most painterly, in the tradition of the neapolitan vedutisti. \n \n signed \u2018p. forcella\u2019 at the lower right."},"estimateMax":1000,"lotNumber":"10","title":{"en":"venetian canal with boats and a church façade, c. 1920's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17574/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:32:58.768Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac800 - \u20ac1,000","currency":"EUR","id":17574,"estimateMin":800},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17575/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17575/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17575/003/003.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"jules cavaillès (1901-1977)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"jules cavaillès (1901-1977) | french \n \n cordes-sur-ciel , c. 1950's \n \n oil on board \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018j. cavaillès\u2019 (lower right); titled \u2018cordes sur ciel no 2\u2019 (on the reverse). \n \n \n dimensions: \n artwork: 19 × 21.5 cm | 7.5 × 8.5 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: a fine, stable network of age cracks in the pale sky and slight rubbing at the extreme edges, otherwise the thin paint layer entirely original, with no retouching in normal or ultraviolet light; the panel flat and sound, with the artist\u2019s title inscription on the reverse. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n the hill town of cordes-sur-ciel in the tarn, its houses stacked along the ridge under a windy blue-and-white sky, painted in broad flat patches of ochre, olive, pink and black. jules cavaillès, born a few kilometres away in carmaux, knew this landscape from childhood and returned to it throughout his life. \n \n cavaillès (1901\u20131977) was a founder of the group \u2018la réalité poétique\u2019 with brianchon, legueult, oudot and terechkovitch \u2014 painters who, after the war, defended a sensuous, decorative figuration against abstraction. his landscapes reduce what he sees to a few bold, cut-out shapes with the contours drawn in black, exactly as in this small oil on board. \n \n the panel is signed at the lower right and titled \u2018cordes sur ciel no 2\u2019 by the artist on the reverse."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"11","title":{"en":"cordes-sur-ciel, c. 1950's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17575/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":475,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:14:34.470Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":17575,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":8000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17576/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17576/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17576/003/003.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"gerard sekoto (1913-1993)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"gerard sekoto (1913-1993) | south african \n \n township street with cyclist and woman carrying a basket , 1974 \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed and dated \u2018g sekoto 74\u2019 (lower right). \n \n \n dimensions: \n artwork: 51 × 65.5 cm | 20.1 × 25.8 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, france. acquired from the above by the current owner. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the paint layer complete and stable across the whole composition, unvarnished, with no losses and no retouching in normal or ultraviolet light; the linen unlined and sound, re-stretched on a later keyed stretcher, with faint stretcher-bar marks from the earlier stretcher in raking light, a little fraying of the raw linen at the top and bottom tacking margins, and light surface dust. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a dusty township street under a pale sky: a man in a white hat pushes a bicycle, a woman in a blue blouse walks towards us with a bundle balanced on her head, neighbours gather in the middle distance between low houses and bare trees. painted in paris in 1974, this is one of gerard sekoto\u2019s memory pictures of south africa \u2014 the sophiatown and eastwood of his youth, recalled after nearly three decades of exile. \n \n sekoto (1913\u20131993) left south africa in 1947 and never returned, but the township remained his subject. in the 1970s his palette warmed to these sandy pinks and ochres, the figures simplified into strong, rhythmic silhouettes, the shadows laid down in a few decisive strokes. the composition here is classic sekoto: a street receding on the diagonal, the two foreground figures moving in opposite directions, the crowd behind them held in a single band of colour. \n \n signed and dated \u2018g sekoto 74\u2019 in red at the lower right."},"estimateMax":20000,"lotNumber":"12","title":{"en":"township street with cyclist and woman carrying a basket, 1974"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17576/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":8000,"soldPrice":19500,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:18:47.524Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac15,000 - \u20ac20,000","currency":"EUR","id":17576,"estimateMin":15000},{"startPrice":15000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17577/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17577/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17577/003/003.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"bridget tichenor (1917-1990)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"bridget tichenor (1917-1990) | british-mexican \n \n woman in a crystal cube with cats and serpents , c. 1970's \n \n oil on masonite \n \n \n signed: not signed in letters. the small black-and-white lozenge painted in the grass at the lower right is the artist\u2019s personal device, her customary way of signing her work. \n \n \n dimensions: \n artwork: 34.5 × 45 cm | 13.6 × 17.7 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, mexico city. \n private collection, brussels, belgium. \n acquired from the above by the current owner. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the thin, smooth, glazed paint layer intact across the whole image under an even, clear varnish, with no retouching in normal or ultraviolet light; light rubbing and minute chips confined to the edges and corners of the panel (unframed at present, with signs of an earlier framing), a small scuff in the grass beside the lozenge device and some surface dust. the reverse is plain and clean. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a young woman in a red jersey floats weightless inside a block of ice that stands, like a reliquary, on a green plain beneath a storm-blue sky. three cats and two coiling serpents keep watch at its foot; a small black-and-white lozenge lies in the grass. it is the kind of hermetic, dream-charged image that made bridget tichenor one of the most distinctive voices of mexican surrealism, alongside her friends leonora carrington and remedios varo. \n \n tichenor (1917\u20131990), paris-born and raised between england, italy and mexico, worked in the slow, tempera-like manner of the old masters: many thin, glazed layers on a smooth masonite panel, built up with tiny brushes so that the surface reads almost like enamel. the present panel shows that technique at its best \u2014 the transparency of the ice, the wind in the hair, the individually painted blades of grass. \n \n the subject follows her lifelong preoccupations: the human figure as a vessel, animals as guardians and familiars, an alchemical landscape where the ordinary is quietly suspended. the work has never been offered at auction before."},"estimateMax":40000,"lotNumber":"13","title":{"en":"woman in a crystal cube with cats and serpents, c. 1970's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17577/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":15000,"soldPrice":32500,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:20:59.937Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac20,000 - \u20ac40,000","currency":"EUR","id":17577,"estimateMin":20000},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17578/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17578/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17578/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17578/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"henrique franco (1883-1961)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"henrique franco (1883-1961) | portuguese \n \n nude before the mirror , c. 1940's \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018franco\u2019 (lower right). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 63 × 55 cm | 24.8 × 21.7 in \n artwork: 46 × 38 cm | 18.1 × 15 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n fair condition on account of the relining: the canvas has been relined onto a new stretcher; the paint layer itself stable and undamaged, the impasto intact, with no cracking, losses or retouching in normal or ultraviolet light under an even, undiscoloured varnish; a light film of surface dirt; the frame sound. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n seen from behind, a woman with dark hair sits on a white cloth before an oval mirror, both arms raised to her hair; a glimpse of her face returns in the glass, and a candle and bottles on the side table catch the light. the whole scene glows in browns, turquoise and flame-orange, laid on with a loaded brush. \n \n henrique franco (1883\u20131961), born in funchal, madeira, was one of the pioneers of portuguese modernism. a pensioner of the portuguese state in paris after the first world war, he absorbed manet and cézanne and exhibited with the \u2018cinco independentes\u2019 in lisbon in 1923 before becoming professor at the lisbon school of fine arts and one of the country\u2019s leading fresco painters. the nude at her toilette was a subject he treated in oil throughout his mature career. \n \n signed \u2018franco\u2019 at the lower right."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"14","title":{"en":"nude before the mirror, c. 1940's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17578/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":600,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:22:15.645Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":17578,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":2000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17579/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17579/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17579/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17579/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"attributed to konstantin korovin (1861-1939)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"attributed to konstantin korovin (1861-1939) | russian \n \n roses and fruit by the window at night , c. 1930's \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n inscription: bearing signature \u2018c. korovine\u2019 (lower left). \n \n \n dimensions: \n artwork: 65 × 56 cm | 25.6 × 22 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection france. acquired from the above by the current owner. \n \n \n condition: \n good condition: the impasto intact and the paint layer stable, unvarnished and unrestored in normal and ultraviolet light; the canvas unlined and probably re-stretched, the tacking margins worn and frayed with old nail heads and a small loss of canvas at the lower-left corner; a narrow strip of bare canvas beyond the paint along the left and top edges; light surface grime that would respond to cleaning. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n this lot is sold \u201cas is\u201d and \u201cas attributed\u201d. the attribution reflects the opinion of the auction house and is considered final. the sale of this lot is final. \n \n  \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n  \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n  \n -- \n \n \n  \n \n \n a bunch of red roses, with a single white rose at its heart, stands in a dark vase on a white cloth; three orange fruits lie on the table beside it. to the left runs the pale frame of a window, and beyond the glass is a paris night: the dark mass of the house opposite with its windows lit yellow, a patch of deep blue sky and a single point of light above the flowers. \n \n \n  \n \n \n the paint is thick and wet-into-wet. the roses stand up in ridges of red and crimson, the cloth is dragged in broad grey-white strokes over a lighter ground, the night is laid in cool greys and ultramarine, and the lit windows are short touches of yellow. the surface is unvarnished and matte. the signature \u2018c. korovine\u2019, in latin script at the lower left, follows the form konstantin korovin used after he settled in paris in 1923. the painting is offered as attributed to the artist: the subject, the handling and the signature are consistent with his paris years, but the attribution rests on our own examination and is not supported by documentation or an outside opinion (see the conditions of sale). \n \n \n the canvas is offered unframed on its stretcher. it is not to be confused with the still lifes of roses and fruit korovin painted at gurzuf in the 1910s, which are in museum collections: this is a different picture, of the kind he painted in his years in france."},"estimateMax":5000,"lotNumber":"15","title":{"en":"roses and fruit by the window at night, c. 1930's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17579/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":2000,"soldPrice":2500,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:23:36.561Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac3,000 - \u20ac5,000","currency":"EUR","id":17579,"estimateMin":3000},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17580/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17580/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17580/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17580/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"georges berger (1908-1976)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"georges berger (1908-1976) | french \n \n street market in montmartre , c. 1950's \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018berger\u2019 (lower left). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 69.5 × 60.5 cm | 27.4 × 23.8 in \n artwork: 56 × 46 cm | 22 × 18.1 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n good condition: the canvas original, unlined and untorn on its strainer; two small, stable losses of paint, each under half a centimetre, in secondary passages away from the figures (the pale wall above the stalls and the mauve passage at lower left), neither filled nor retouched; a fine network of age cracks in the impasto and a light film of surface grime; the carved frame intact. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a montmartre street market seen from above: stalls with green and orange awnings, a crowd of shoppers reduced to dashes of violet, red and black, tall grey house-fronts dissolving into a web of nervous, slashing strokes. the whole picture seems to move. \n \n georges berger (1908\u20131976), a norman by birth, settled in montmartre and became a close friend of gen paul, the great expressionist of the butte; the two painted the same streets, cafés and markets, and berger\u2019s hurried, calligraphic touch, his spare palette pierced by sudden bursts of colour, shows how much the friendship shaped him. montmartre, honfleur and the quays of the seine were his lifelong themes. \n \n signed \u2018berger\u2019 at the lower left."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"16","title":{"en":"street market in montmartre, c. 1950's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17580/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:24:26.476Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":17580,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17581/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17581/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17581/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17581/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"jean rambinintsoa (1899-1986)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"jean rambinintsoa (1899-1986) | malagasy \n \n flower market under parasols, antananarivo , 1963 \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed and dated \u2018rambinintsoa 63\u2019 (lower left). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 61 × 49.5 cm | 24 × 19.5 in \n artwork: 51.5 × 40.5 cm | 20.3 × 15.9 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n good condition: the canvas tacked directly into the frame, unlined and untorn; the thick paint layer stable, with a fine, even network of age cracks in the sky and the parasols; a single pinpoint loss under 2 mm beside the signature and a light film of surface dirt; no retouching; old handling stains to the reverse; the frame sound. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n under a canopy of white parasols, flower sellers stand behind buckets and baskets overflowing with orange, red, white and mauve blooms; a few figures in blue move among the stalls and cumulus clouds drift overhead. this is the flower market of analakely in antananarivo, the most famous motif of malagasy painting and the signature subject of jean rambinintsoa. \n \n rambinintsoa (1899\u20131986), trained in paris and for many years a teacher of drawing in madagascar, was the leading painter of the island\u2019s first modern generation, alongside ramanankamonjy and ramiandrasoa. his market scenes, painted from the 1930s to the 1960s, combine an impressionist touch with a warm, distinctly malagasy palette of terracotta, ochre and sky-blue. \n \n signed and dated \u2018rambinintsoa 63\u2019 at the lower left."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"17","title":{"en":"flower market under parasols, antananarivo, 1963"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17581/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:25:07.839Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":17581,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":1000,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17582/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17582/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17582/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17582/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17582/005/005.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17582/006/006.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17582/007/007.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"attributed to pan yuliang (1895-1977)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"attributed to pan yuliang (1895-1977) | chinese \n \n carnations and roses in a blue-and-white vase , 1944 \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed in chinese characters and dated \u201944\u2019 (lower right). \n \n \n dimensions: \n artwork: 45 × 55 cm | 17.7 × 21.7 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection france. acquired from the above by the current owner. \n \n \n condition: \n poor condition on account of the support: the brittle wartime canvas, on an old strainer, has split horizontally through the fabric in at least six places in the lower half and right-hand side, the paint film cracked along each split and a fine network of the same horizontal cracking across the whole picture; the tacking margins torn and partly detached, the canvas slack. the image itself is complete \u2014 the heavy impasto of the flowers intact, no losses, no retouching in normal or ultraviolet light \u2014 and the picture needs consolidation, lining and re-stretching by a conservator before it can be hung. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n red carnations, white and pink roses and sprays of blossom burst from a blue-and-white chinese vase set on a folded cloth, against a mauve wall streaked with blue. the brushwork is thick, rapid and directional \u2014 the flowers almost modelled in paint \u2014 and the picture is signed in chinese characters and dated \u201944\u2019. \n \n the work is offered as attributed to pan yuliang (1895\u20131977), the most celebrated woman painter of modern china. trained in shanghai, lyon, paris and rome, she fused the post-impressionist colour of the école de paris with the line and spirit of chinese painting, and after her return to paris in 1937 she painted flowers constantly \u2014 often, as here, in a chinese vase against a flat, patterned ground, the composition anchored by a sweep of drapery. \n \n the canvas is unlined on an old stretcher."},"estimateMax":4000,"lotNumber":"18","title":{"en":"carnations and roses in a blue-and-white vase, 1944"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17582/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esinternational_chinese","esart","esinternational","esinternational_all","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":1000,"soldPrice":27500,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:29:12.193Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac3,000 - \u20ac4,000","currency":"EUR","id":17582,"estimateMin":3000},{"startPrice":400,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17583/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17583/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17583/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17583/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"henry maurice d'anty (1910-1998)"},"available":true,"description":{"en":"henry maurice d'anty (1910-1998) | french \n \n village fair with figures , c. 1960's \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018d\u2019anty\u2019 (lower left); signed again (on the reverse). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 64.5 × 73.5 cm | 25.4 × 28.9 in \n artwork: 46.5 × 55 cm | 18.3 × 21.7 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the thick palette-knife impasto intact across the whole composition, with no cracking, losses or retouching; the canvas taut and unlined, the tacking margins a little frayed at the corners; the atelier authentication label on the reverse; minor rubbing and small losses to the gilding of the frame. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a village on fair day: red roofs, a dark-gabled house and a church tower under a sky of broken cloud, with a crowd of villagers in black, blue and red streaming along the road. the paint is laid on with the palette knife in thick, sparkling slabs of colour \u2014 d\u2019anty\u2019s unmistakable technique. \n \n henry maurice d\u2019anty (1910\u20131998), born in belleville and trained at the grande chaumière and the académie julian, settled after the war in montmartre, where he worked in picasso\u2019s former studio, and exhibited for decades at the salon des peintres témoins de leur temps. his knife-painted landscapes, villages and harbours, glowing with impasto, entered many public collections in france and north america. \n \n signed \u2018d\u2019anty\u2019 at the lower left and again on the reverse."},"estimateMax":800,"lotNumber":"19","title":{"en":"village fair with figures, c. 1960's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17583/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":400,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:32:58.770Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac600 - \u20ac800","currency":"EUR","id":17583,"estimateMin":600},{"startPrice":300,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17584/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17584/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17584/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17584/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"vittorio botticini (1909-1978)"},"available":true,"description":{"en":"vittorio botticini (1909-1978) | italian \n \n venice, canal with a gondola at sunset , c. 1960's \n \n gouache on cardboard \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018v. botticini\u2019 (lower right). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed, glazed: 52 × 61.5 cm | 20.5 × 24.2 in \n artwork: 34 × 44 cm | 13.4 × 17.3 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the colour fresh and the paint layer continuous, with no losses or retouching; a slight, even cockling of the board, typical of the medium; light rubbing to the gilt frame; not examined out of the frame. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a venetian canal at sunset in turquoise, magenta and gold: a gondola glides between ochre palaces, moored boats rock in the foreground and a black tree cuts across the yellow sky. the gouache is applied fast and thick, the drawing in black over the colour, in the lyrical post-cubist manner botticini made his own. \n \n vittorio botticini (1909\u20131978), born and died in brescia, trained at the cignaroli academy in verona and at the brera, and became one of the most original lombard painters of the mid-century \u2014 a \u2018paladin of modernity\u2019, in the words of his monographer roberto ferrari \u2014 fusing cézanne and picasso with the colour of the venetian tradition. venice and the lakes were among his favourite motifs. \n \n signed \u2018v. botticini\u2019 at the lower right. framed under glass."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"20","title":{"en":"venice, canal with a gondola at sunset, c. 1960's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17584/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:32:58.774Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":17584,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":200,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17585/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17585/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17585/003/003.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"marcel cramoysan (1915-2007)"},"available":true,"description":{"en":"marcel cramoysan (1915-2007) | french \n \n le tir forain (the fairground shooting gallery) , c. 1960's \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018cramoysan\u2019 (lower right); titled and signed \u2018le tir forain / cramoysan\u2019 (on the reverse). \n \n \n dimensions: \n artwork: 61 × 50 cm | 24 × 19.7 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the paint layer complete and undisturbed, with no losses or retouching; the canvas unlined on its original stretcher, with slight fraying of the tacking margin at one corner; the artist\u2019s title inscription and signature in pencil on the reverse; light surface dust. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a blonde girl in a red blouse leans on the counter of a fairground shooting gallery; behind her hang the prizes \u2014 dolls in tulle skirts, mirrors, trinkets \u2014 against the dark booth. cramoysan paints her with tenderness and the surroundings with a loose, festive brush. \n \n marcel cramoysan (1915\u20132007), born in étretat and a pupil of the rouen post-impressionist robert antoine pinchon, was a leading figure of the later école de rouen. best known for his norman landscapes, he also painted circus and fairground scenes and rare portraits; \u2018le tir forain\u2019 belongs to that smaller, more intimate side of his work. a room in étretat, the espace cramoysan, has honoured him since 2011. \n \n signed at the lower right and titled and signed by the artist on the reverse. offered unframed."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"21","title":{"en":"le tir forain (the fairground shooting gallery), c. 1960's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17585/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:32:58.776Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - \u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":17585,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":200,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17586/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17586/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17586/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17586/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"marcel cramoysan (1915-2007)"},"available":true,"description":{"en":"marcel cramoysan (1915-2007) | french \n \n le balcon fleuri (flowers on the balcony) , c. 1960's \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018cramoysan\u2019 (lower right); titled and signed \u2018le balcon fleuri / cramoysan\u2019 (on the reverse); stretcher stamped \u2018l\u2019atelier des arts\u2019 with the 10f format. \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed: 69 × 60 cm | 27.2 × 23.6 in \n artwork: 55 × 46 cm | 21.7 × 18.1 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the paint layer fresh and intact, with its full original impasto and no retouching; a single fleck of surface dirt in the sky; the canvas taut and unlined on its original keyed stretcher, with the rouen colourman\u2019s stamp and the artist\u2019s title inscription on the reverse; light rubbing to the frame. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n pink peonies, orange lilies and sprays of white blossom fill a terracotta jug on a balcony table; through the open window, past the wrought-iron railing, lie the blue bay and a green headland under summer cloud. a striped curtain frames the view. \n \n the flowering balcony above the sea is a subject marcel cramoysan (1915\u20132007) painted on the norman and mediterranean coasts alike, combining the two things he loved most \u2014 flowers and the light over water. the canvas carries the stamp of the paris colourman l\u2019atelier des arts and is titled and signed by the artist on the reverse. \n \n signed \u2018cramoysan\u2019 at the lower right."},"estimateMax":400,"lotNumber":"22","title":{"en":"le balcon fleuri (flowers on the balcony), c. 1960's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17586/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":200,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:32:58.778Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac300 - \u20ac400","currency":"EUR","id":17586,"estimateMin":300},{"startPrice":300,"sold":true,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17587/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17587/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17587/003/003.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"henri laulhé (1908-1978)"},"soldDate":"2026-10-17","available":false,"description":{"en":"henri laulhé (1908-1978) | french \n \n fishing boats in the port of saint-tropez , c. 1950's \n \n oil on canvas \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018h. laulhé\u2019 (lower right). \n \n \n dimensions: \n artwork: 38 × 46 cm | 15 × 18.1 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n good condition: the paint layer stable, with a fine network of age craquelure in the dark green hulls and a few pinpoint losses, each under a millimetre, within it above the signature; two minute specks of dirt in the sky and light surface dust; no retouching; the canvas unlined and sound on its original keyed stretcher. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n fishing boats \u2014 green, red, blue \u2014 crowd the quay of saint-tropez, their masts drawn against the ochre houses and the famous bell tower of the parish church. the morning light is soft, the reflections broken into ripples, the boats\u2019 names still legible on their bows. \n \n henri laulhé (1908\u20131978) was a french painter of harbours and coasts \u2014 the basque ports of guéthary and saint-jean-de-luz, the mediterranean and, as here, the côte d\u2019azur \u2014 who worked in a solid, luminous post-impressionist manner. the port of saint-tropez, painted by signac, marquet, camoin and dunoyer de segonzac before him, gave him his most colourful subject. \n \n signed \u2018h. laulhé\u2019 at the lower right. offered unframed."},"estimateMax":600,"lotNumber":"23","title":{"en":"fishing boats in the port of saint-tropez, c. 1950's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17587/view","tags":["esart_moderncontemporarypainting","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":300,"soldPrice":300,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:31:28.123Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac400 - \u20ac600","currency":"EUR","id":17587,"estimateMin":400},{"startPrice":150,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17588/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17588/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17588/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17588/004/004.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17588/005/005.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"after giorgio de chirico (1888-1978)"},"available":true,"description":{"en":"after to giorgio de chirico (1888-1978) | italian \n \n gladiators (gladiatori) , c. 1930's \n \n engraving on paper \n \n bears a pencil inscription \u2018g. de chirico\u2019 at the lower right and a further pencil inscription at the lower left. the inscription has not been verified as the artist\u2019s own signature: this is a reproduction after de chirico, and the inscription is not offered as, and should not be read as, a signature by giorgio de chirico. framer\u2019s stamp \u2018arte cuadro, alicante\u2019 on the reverse. \n \n \n  \n dimensions: \n framed, glazed: 27 × 21 cm | 10.6 × 8.3 in \n artwork: 24 × 18 cm | 9.4 × 7.1 in \n  \n  \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n  \n  \n condition: \n very good condition: the sheet evenly toned, with a crisp plate mark and clear linework; two small, isolated spots of foxing in the lower part of the image; signed and numbered 5/100 in pencil; no tears, losses or restoration; not examined out of the frame. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n  \n  \n conditions of sale: \n the sale of this lot is final. \n \n \n  \n \n \n  \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n  \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n  \n -- \n  \n three gladiators fight in a bare, box-like room while a fourth lies fallen in the foreground; through an opening at the back, other figures look on. the composition, the deliberately archaic anatomy and the theatrical, airless setting all belong to the gladiator cycle that giorgio de chirico painted and drew between 1927 and the mid-1930s for the collector léonce rosenberg and for his own increasingly classical programme. \n \n \n  \n \n \n the print is offered after giorgio de chirico\u2019s etching \u2018combattimento di gladiatori, \u2019 one of the plates he made for jean cocteau\u2019s le mystère laïc (paris, 1928), reproducing that composition rather than being from the artist\u2019s own hand. it bears a pencil inscription \u2018g. de chirico\u2019 at the lower right and a further pencil inscription at the lower left, and on the reverse the stamp of a framer in alicante. the inscription has not been verified as de chirico\u2019s own signature and is not offered as one: the work is catalogued as after de chirico, and the inscription is recorded only as a mark found on the sheet. \n \n \n  \n \n \n framed under glass."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"24","title":{"en":"gladiators (gladiatori), c. 1930's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17588/view","tags":["esart_graphicworksetchinglithography","esart_printsposterslimitededitions","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":150,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:32:58.780Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac200 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":17588,"estimateMin":200},{"startPrice":100,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17589/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17589/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17589/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17589/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"edouard collin (1906-1983)"},"available":true,"description":{"en":"edouard collin (1906-1983) | french \n \n avenue with plane trees in a provençal town , c. 1940's \n \n charcoal on paper \n \n \n signed: signed \u2018edouard collin\u2019 (lower left). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed, glazed: 26.5 × 32 cm | 10.4 × 12.6 in \n artwork: 13 × 20 cm | 5.1 × 7.9 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the sheet flat and complete, with a small cluster of minor foxing spots near the signature and two in the sky; no tears, losses or retouching; the backing board foxed across much of its surface and the gilt frame with light rubbing and a small chip at one corner; not examined out of the frame. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. no export tax applies within the eu. full shipping and export information is available on request. \n \n -- \n \n a broad avenue lined with pollarded plane trees, their bare winter branches drawn in a tangle of charcoal; tall houses with shutters and balconies, a few strollers, a kiosk and a gate. the scene is the south of france \u2014 the riviera or marseille, where édouard collin spent the second half of his life. \n \n collin (1906\u20131983), a pupil of maurice denis and pierre laurens and winner of the grand prix de rome for painting in 1932, was a founder member of the salon de mai and one of the great french poster artists of the mid-century, designer of the famous posters for the liner \u2018liberté\u2019 and the french line. his drawings show the same sure, economical hand as his graphic work. \n \n signed \u2018edouard collin\u2019 at the lower left. framed under glass."},"estimateMax":300,"lotNumber":"25","title":{"en":"avenue with plane trees in a provençal town, c. 1940's"},"url":"https://es.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/auroraathena/source/catalog/auction/80975/lot/17589/view","tags":["esart_drawings","esart","esart_all"],"directSalePrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-10-17T15:32:58.783Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"\u20ac150 - \u20ac300","currency":"EUR","id":17589,"estimateMin":150},{"startPrice":200,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17590/001/001.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17590/002/002.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17590/003/003.jpg","https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/auroraathena/cloned-images/17590/004/004.jpg"],"artist":{"en":"pierre ernest kohl (1897-1985)"},"available":true,"description":{"en":"pierre ernest kohl (1897-1985) | monegasque \n \n seated nude seen from the back , 1925 \n \n watercolor on paper \n \n \n signed: signed and dated \u2018p. ernest kohl 25.\u2019 (lower left). \n \n \n dimensions: \n framed, glazed: 32 × 35 cm | 12.6 × 13.8 in \n artwork: 17 × 20 cm | 6.7 × 7.9 in \n \n \n provenance: \n private collection, spain. \n \n \n condition: \n very good condition: the sheet evenly toned, with a light scatter of small foxing spots in the bare paper away from the figure and a single dark speck on the wash at lower right; the media stable, with no tears, losses or retouching; not examined out of the frame. please contact us to request a detailed condition report. \n \n \n conditions of sale: \n all lots are sold as is, in the condition described. the condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by section 4 (returns and refunds) of our terms and conditions. \n all enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. \n \n by placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our terms and conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. \n \n \n shipping: \n aurora & athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. buyers are equally welcome to collect in barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. \n \n for shipments outside the eu an export licence may be required and spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; 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