In Pursuit of Timeless Quality
15 April - 20 December 2016
In Pursuit of Timeless Quality, a joint exhibition organized by Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, New York, and Art Cuéllar-Nathan, Zürich, showcases an eclectic range of artworks that portray the exceptional quality of the galleries' collections. Featuring European and American drawings, paintings, and sculptures, In Pursuit of Timeless Quality brings to light the core aesthetic and conceptual values that bridge the two international art business, while posing nuanced art-historical dialogues among significant works of the last four centuries.
Exhibited artists include: Milton Avery, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cézanne, Augusto Giacometti, Winslow Homer, Jeff Koons, Maurice Prendergast, John Singer Sargent, and Vincent van Gogh.
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, New York | 15 April – 20 May 2016
Art Cuéllar-Nathan, Zürich | 28 October – 20 December 2016
Checklist of works
31 works
Milton Avery
American, 1885–1965
Seaside (Beach Scene), 1945
Oil on canvas · 71.1 × 109.2 cm
Cat. no. 1
Pierre Bonnard
French, 1867–1947
La Baignoire, 1942
Gouache, pastel and colored crayon on paper · 50.2 × 65.4 cm
Cat. no. 2
Paul Cézanne
French, 1839–1906
Paysage d'Hiver, c.1885
Oil and pencil on canvas · 60 × 72.5 cm
Cat. no. 3
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
French, 1796–1875
Versant rocheux, 1827
Oil on paper laid on canvas · 28.4 × 40.1 cm
Cat. no. 4
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
French, 1796–1875
Étude d'arbre près d'une torrent en Italie, c. 1826–1827
Oil on paper mounted on canvas · 28.3 × 20.1 cm
Cat. no. 5
Gustave Courbet
French, 1819–1877
Landscape with Large Trees and Deer, 1858
Black chalk with white heightening on paper · 19 × 30 cm
Cat. no. 6
Gustave Courbet
French, 1819–1877
La Vague, 1872–73
Oil on canvas · 55 × 65.5 cm
Cat. no. 7
Corinne Cuéllar-Nathan
Swiss, b. 1958
Jungfrau Massiv, 2000
Oil on canvas · 120 × 203 cm
Cat. no. 8
Corinne Cuéllar-Nathan
Swiss, b. 1958
Trees above the Village of Rasa in Centovalli, Switzerland, dated March–August 2015
Oil on canvas mounted on backlight · 120 × 120 cm
Cat. no. 9
Corinne Cuéllar-Nathan
Swiss, b. 1958
New York, 2013
Oil on paper · 220 × 107 cm
Cat. no. 10
Honoré Daumier
French, 1808–1879
La salle des pas-perdus au Palais de Justice
Oil on panel · 21.6 × 28.1 cm
Cat. no. 11
Maurice Estève
French, 1904–2001
Sans Titre, 1964
Watercolor and crayon on paper · 46 × 62 cm
Cat. no. 12
Théodore Géricault
French, 1791–1824
Study for the Race of the Riderless Horses, 1817
Black chalk on paper · 20 × 25.5 cm
Cat. no. 13
Théodore Géricault
French, 1791–1824
La Charrette à charbon
Black chalk, pen and grey ink and watercolor on paper (recto); black chalk on paper (verso) · 19.9 × 27.6 cm
Cat. no. 14
Augusto Giacometti
Swiss, 1877–1947
Red Roses, 1933
Oil on canvas · 72 × 86 cm
Cat. no. 15
Ferdinand Hodler
Swiss, 1853–1918
Die Liebe
Oil on canvas · 65.5 × 155 cm
Cat. no. 16
Winslow Homer
American, 1836–1910
Girl Reading Under an Oak Tree, 1879
Oil on canvas · 39.1 × 57.1 cm
Cat. no. 17
Edward Hopper
American, 1882–1967
South Truro Post Office I, 1930
Watercolor and pencil on paper · 34.9 × 50.2 cm
Cat. no. 18
Jeff Koons
American, b. 1955
Gazing Ball (Demeter), 2014
Plaster and glass · 124.1 × 86.7 × 107.6 cm · Artist proof from an edition of 3 plus 1 AP
Cat. no. 19
Max Liebermann
German, 1847–1935
Avenue in Sakrow with Two Riders, 1924
Oil on canvas · 95.7 × 114.8 cm
Cat. no. 20
Charles Lapicque
French, 1898–1988
Un dimanche aux régates, 1952
Oil on canvas · 97 × 130 cm
Cat. no. 21
Baltasar Lobo
Spanish, 1910–1993
Torse au soleil, 1973
Bronze with brown patina · 78.7 cm × 68 cm · 7/8, Susse Fondeur Paris
Cat. no. 22
Adolph von Menzel
German, 1815–1905
Portrait of Caroline Arnold, 1843
Colored chalk · 45 × 33.8 cm
Cat. no. 23
Henry Moore
British, 1898–1986
Drawing of standing figures, 1940
Mixed media on paper
Cat. no. 24
Maurice Prendergast
American, 1858–1924
Evening Shower, Paris, 1892–94
Oil on panel · 34.3 × 21 cm
Cat. no. 25
John Singer Sargent
American, 1856–1925
Portrait of Charlotte Cram, 1900
Oil on canvas · 88
Cat. no. 26
John Singer Sargent
American, 1856–1925
A Venetian Woman, c. 1880–81
Oil on board · 41.9 × 30.5 cm
Cat. no. 27
John Singer Sargent
American, 1856–1925
Mrs. Huth Jackson, 1907
Oil on canvas · 147.3 × 99.1 cm
Cat. no. 28
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian, 1696–1770
The Holy Family, 1758
Pen and brown ink over graphite, brown wash · 28.5 × 20 cm
Cat. no. 29
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Italian, 1727–1804
A saddled Horse, in profile to the right
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash · 17.2 × 20.4 cm
Cat. no. 30
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch, 1853–1890
Backyard with Figures, 1882
Charcoal on paper · 23.9 × 35.2 cm
Cat. no. 31