Books & Manuscripts to Fine Arts at Bubb Kuyper, The Netherlands

Bubb Kuyper presents 'Auction 74' featuring a sought after selection of rare books, antique manuscripts and fine art. The auction catalogue includes Dutch and foreign literature, topography, maps, plans and views, photographs, etchings, drawings and paintings. Browse the full catalogue here »

Auction date: 18 - 21 May 2021
Location: Haarlem, The Netherlands

SELECTED AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

Left: [Persian miniatures]. Anonymous (1st half 17th cent.) - Seated beggar and a prince standing near a blossoming tree; Right: Toorop, J.Th. - St. Patrick

[Persian miniatures]. Anonymous (1st half 17th cent.) - Seated beggar and a prince standing near a blossoming tree
Safavid painting in gold and colours, Isfahan school, first half 17th cent., 17,5x11,8 cm. (central image), 35,7x22 cm. Within two simple gilt inner borders, surrounded by a broad outer border showing a landscape. See Price Estimate...

Toorop, J.Th. (1858-1928) - St. Patrick
Watercolour, 28,5x17 cm., signed and titled on the upper left corner, framed. See Price Estimate...


Left: Poliakoff, S. - Composition in red, blue, white, black and brown; Right: [Laurens, H.]. Lucianus Samosatensis - Dialogues

Poliakoff, S. (1900-1969) - Composition in red, blue, white, black and brown
Gouache on paper, 60x50 cm., signed "Serge Poliakoff '60" in lower left corner, framed. From the collection of the Dutch artist Hannes Postma, who shared an exhibition with the artist and who worked in Poliakoff's atelier in the 1960's. See Price Estimate...

[Laurens, H.]. Lucianus Samosatensis - Dialogues
Paris, Tériade, 1951, 152,(8)p., 25 col. woodcut plates (incl. frontwr.) and 7 col. vignettes by H. LAURENS, printed in 275 numb. and signed copies (250), loose in quires as issued in orig. wr., in chemise and in slipcase, folio. See Price Estimate...


Left: Delaunay, S. (1885-1979) - Compositions Couleurs Idees; Right: Dalí, S. (1904-1989) - Les Vitraux (24 temi dal surrealismo)

Delaunay, S. (1885-1979) - Compositions Couleurs Idees
Paris, Editions d'Art Charles Moreau, n.d. (1930) fold. letterpress title-leaf, 40 pochoir col. plates, each 32x24.5 cm. (leaf), all loose as issued in modern cloth backed portfolio w. Orig. paper covers and back strip laid down. See Price Estimate...

Dalí, S. (1904-1989) - Les Vitraux (24 temi dal surrealismo)
N.pl. (Rome), Eldec, n.d. (1973), 24 col. lithographs, 48x65 cm., each signed and numb. "5/250" in pencil, loose as issued in orig. leather portfolio, elephant folio. See Price Estimate...


Left: Constant - Labyrisms, eleven lithographs with text by C. Caspari. Amst., P. Clement / Galerie Krikhaar, n.d. (1968); Right: Constant and Vinkenoog, S. New Babylon. Amst., Galerie d'Eendt, 1963

Constant (1920-2005) - Labyrisms, eleven lithographs with text by C. Caspari. Amst., P. Clement / Galerie Krikhaar, n.d. (1968)
Title-leaf ("Labyrismen von C. Caspari, mit 11 Lithographien von Constant") and 10 textlvs. all in facsimile, 11 col. lithographs by CONSTANT, each 38x47.5 cm., 1x signed in pencil and otherwise signed on the stone, all loose as issued in orig. cl. box, printed in 76 numb. copies (73), this copy numb. "24/73", signed by the artist, obl. Large folio. See Price Estimate...

Constant and Vinkenoog, S. New Babylon. Amst., Galerie d'Eendt, 1963
10 leaves (8x double-p.) w. 5 col. and 5 monochr. lithographs by CONSTANT and title-p./ colophon leaf (printed on blue paper), printed in 60 numb. copies, signed by the artist and the author (50), loose as issued in orig. blindst. cl., in blue cloth slipcase, folio. See Price Estimate...


Left: Picasso, P. - Reverdy, P. Sable mouvant. Paris, Louis Broder, 1966; Right: Picasso, P. - Crommelynck, F. Le Cocu magnifique. Paris, Editions de l'Atelier Crommelynck, 1968

Picasso, P. (1881-1973) - Reverdy, P. Sable mouvant. Paris, Louis Broder, 1966
51,(8)p., 10 original aquatints by P. PICASSO, printed in 255 numb. and signed copies (15), orig. wr. w. orig. vellum dustwr., orig. vellumbacked chemise and cl. slipcase, folio. See Price Estimate...

Picasso, P. (1881-1973) - Crommelynck, F. Le Cocu magnifique. Paris, Editions de l'Atelier Crommelynck, 1968
172,(5)p., 12 etchings by P. PICASSO (7x etchings, 4x etchings and aquatint and 1x etching, dry-point and aquatint), printed in 200 numb. copies (180), signed by the author and the artist, loose as issued in orig. vellum wr., in orig. red mor. dropback box by J. DUVAL, obl. folio. See Price Estimate...


Left: Rembrandt van Rijn - Christ carried to the tomb; Right: [Buckland Wright, J.]. Poe, E.A. - The Masque of the Red Death and other tales

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) - Christ carried to the tomb
Etching and drypoint, 13,1x10,8 cm., signed "Rembrant" in lower centre. See Price Estimate...

[Buckland Wright, J.]. Poe, E.A. - The Masque of the Red Death and other tales
Maastr./ London, The Halcyon Press, 1932, 170,(1)p., 10 woodengr. plates by J. BUCKLAND WRIGHT, printed in black and red 206 numb. copies (30), orig. gilt orange cl., slipcase, 4to. See Price Estimate...

Left: Canaletto, A. - The house with the inscription (left half of undivided plate); Right: Canaletto, A. - S. Giustine in pra della Valle (left half)

Canaletto, A. (1697-1768) - The house with the inscription (left half of undivided plate)
The house with the peristyle (right half of undivided plate). Two etchings, 29,5x21,2 and 29,4x21,3 cm., 1x monogrammed "A.C." below the image. See Price Estimate...

Canaletto, A. (1697-1768) - S. Giustine in pra della Valle (left half)
Prà della Valle (right half). Two etchings, 29,3x42,2 and 29,5x42,4 cm., both signed "A. Canal f." and "E 2." and "E 3." below the image. See Price Estimate...


Escher, M.C. - Dag en nacht (Day and Night)

Escher, M.C. (1898-1972) - Dag en nacht (Day and Night)
Woodcut printed in black and grey from two blocks, 39,1x67,1 cm., signed and "eigen druk" in pencil, monogrammed and "II-'38" in the block, on thin Japanese. See Price Estimate...

Left: Leickert, C.H.J. - View of a Dutch city along a river; Right: Gruyter Jr., W. - Several sailing vessels at a rough sea

Leickert, C.H.J. (1816-1907) - View of a Dutch city along a river
Oil on panel, 31,5x45,5 cm., signed "Ch. Leickert f" in lower left corner, gilt plastered frame. See Price Estimate...

Gruyter Jr., W. (1817-1880) - Several sailing vessels at a rough sea
Oil on panel,39,5x60 cm., monogrammed "W.G. jr" in lower right corner, gilt plastered frame. See Price Estimate...

Left: Cachoud, F.C. - Nocturnal landscape with reflecting moonlight in a small pond amidst trees; Right: Houel, J. - View of the temple of Sibyl and the caves of Neptune at Tivoli, travellers at the base of the waterfall

Cachoud, F.C. (1866-1943) - Nocturnal landscape with reflecting moonlight in a small pond amidst trees
Oil on canvas, 68,5x79,5 cm., signed "F. Cachoud" in lower right corner, framed. See Price Estimate...

Houel, J. (1735-1813) - View of the temple of Sibyl and the caves of Neptune at Tivoli, travellers at the base of the waterfall
Drawing, black ink, brown wash, heightened w. white paint, 51x36,5 cm., w. manuscript caption below image (partly illegible), on blue paper, framed. See Price Estimate...

Left: [Great Britain. London]. Ackermann, R. The Microcosm of London or London in Miniature; Right: Jongkind, J.B. (1819-1891) - Maassluis, 1862

[Great Britain. London]. Ackermann, R. The Microcosm of London or London in Miniature
London, the autor, 1808-1810, 3 vols., (2), IV, 231, (2); VI, 239, (2); (4), 280, (8) p., 3 ident. woodengr. titles, 3 ident. engr. dedication plates, 104 handcol. etched and aquatint plates by i.a. J. BLUCK after PUGIN and ROWLANDSON, bound by GEORGE MULLEN in contemp. unif. blindest. red morocco, richly gilttooled w. interlocking geometrical patterns, gilt spine w. raised bands, gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., folio. See Price Estimate...

Jongkind, J.B. (1819-1891) - Maassluis, 1862
Drawing, watercolour and black crayon, 15,5x20,8 cm., signed "Jongkind" in pen and black ink, titled [in lower blank margin] in pen and brown ink. See Price Estimate...


[Rotterdam and surroundings] - Gesigt aan het Water genaamt de Rotte, siende naar de Vismarkt en Groote Kerk tot Rotterdam

[Rotterdam and surroundings] - Gesigt aan het Water genaamt de Rotte, siende naar de Vismarkt en Groote Kerk tot Rotterdam
Large handcol. engr. view by L. SCHENK on 2 joined lvs., 56,5x96 cm., title-cartouche w. title in Dutch and French, heightened w. some gold, ±1720. See Price Estimate...

Left: [VOC and WIC]. Commelin, I. Begin ende Progress / of the Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde East India Company; Right: [Atlases]. Lattré, J. and Delalain - Modern atlas or collection of maps on all parties of the globe

[VOC and WIC]. Commelin, I. Begin ende Progress / of the Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde East India Company
Containing [sic] the foremost Reysen / by the Inwoonderen der selver Provincien derwaerts gedaen. Everything Besides the description of Rijcken / Eylanden / Ports / Revieren / Streams / Rheeden / Winds / Depths and Shallow; Mitsgaders Religien / Manners / Aerdt / Police and the Government of the Volckeren; oock also participated in Speceryen / Drooghen / Valid and the other Koopmanships / with many Discourses (...). See Price Estimate...

[Atlases]. Lattré, J. and Delalain - Modern atlas or collection of maps on all parties of the globe
Paris, Lattré & Delalain, n.d. (maps dated 1762-1787), engr. title, contents leaf and introduction leaf, 77 double-p. (1x fold.) Maps w. handcol. borders (incl. 2 spheres/globes leaves and world map) by BONNE, RIZZI ZANNONI and JANVIER, all maps with nicely decorated cartouches, contemp. gilt hcalf w. burgundy mor. letterpiece, folio. See Price Estimate...

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