DEAR FRIENDS,

It is with great pleasure that we present to you the catalog of our Auction 138,
dedicated to Modern and Contemporary Art.
A single session, with 369 lots, focusing on painting, drawing and sculpture,
but also including, as usual, pieces of furniture and design,
african art, photography and also several pieces of silver and author´s jewellery.

Paula Rego (Lot 86, reproduced on the cover), Vieira da Silva, Eduardo Viana, Nadir Afonso,
Francis Smith, D'Assumpção, Cândido Portinari, Júlio Resende, Artur Bual, José de Guimarães, Noronha da Costa, João Cutileiro, René Bértholo, Julião Sarmento, Pedro Casqueiro, Nikias Skapinakis, Erró, André Lanskoy, are some of the 157 well known names represented here, whose complete list may be found in the index, in the last pages of this catalogue.

Some highlights:
Vieira da Silva (1908-1992), “Composition”, gouache on paper, signed and dated 1954 (Lot 159).
Eduardo Viana (1881-1967), “Landscape - Figures by the gate”, oil on hardboard, signed (Lot 153).
Tea Cart, Art Deco, beech wood, acid engraved upper top, mahogany veneered lower top, Europe, 20th C. (1930’) (Lot 262).

Clearly a good opportunity to meet closer and narrow ties with the modern and contemporary art in its multiple facets: come and see for yourself!

Hoping to have the pleasure to welcome you in our auction, in our exhibition or our website www.cml.pt, yours sincerely,

Pedro Maria de Alvim                  Miguel Cabral de Moncada