8 avril 2008

Devorah Sperber, After The Mona Lisa 2 (studio view), 2005, spools of thread, aluminum ball chain, stainless steel hanging apparatus, acrylic viewing sphere, metal stand, 216 x 218 cm NORTH ADAMS, MA.-The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art opened the exhibit Interpretations: Devorah Sperber through September 1. This "marvelously zany installation artist" (The New York Times) makes sculptures that at first glance appear to be multi-colored abstractions composed of volumes of common craft materials like spools of... [Lire la suite]

Trousers By Richard Nicoll @ Start, available @ www.start-london.com. Sheer shirt with layered pearls by David Szeto @ Start available @ www.start-london.c (© fashion156.com 2006 - All images copyright their respective owners)

Vest, trousers and glass case all by Bjork & McElligott, further information available @ www.bjorkandmcelligott.com (© fashion156.com 2006 - All images copyright their respective owners)

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. As one of the most recognized figures in twentieth-century art, he is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and his depiction of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, Guernica (1937). Picasso’s work is often categorized into periods. While the names of many of... [Lire la suite]

Umberto ONGANIA Venise, fin du XIXe siècle - VUE DU BASSIN DE SAINT MARC, VENISE Aquarelle sur papier - signé 'U. Ongania' en bas à droite - Hauteur : 21,60 Largeur : 39,50 cm - Estimation 1 200 - 1 500 €  Mercredi 9 avril, hôtel Marcel-Dassault. Artcurial - Briest - Le Fur - Poulain - F. Tajan SVV. MM. de Bayser..

Pierre-Paul Prudhon (1758-1823), Étude pour Le Rêve du bonheur, amour tenant les rames, crayon noir, estompe, rehautsde craie blanche sur papier bleu, 26,4 x 20,3 cm. Estimation : 20 000/30 000 €. Ce dessin porte le cachet de Boisfremont, élève de Prud’hon, qui lui légua une importante partie de ses dessins. Cette feuille, qui a figuré dans la collection Léon Ferté est une esquisse pour Le Rêve du bonheur, tableau présenté au Salon de 1819, acquis par Louis XVIII et aujourd’hui conservé au Louvre. Le propos : une famille fuit... [Lire la suite]

Edward Weston, Nude, dated 1925. Est. $700,000/1 million© Sotheby's Images NEW YORK.- This evening at Sotheby’s, before a packed salesroom, the sale of The Quillan Collection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Photographs, a connoisseur’s collection of 68 rare and unique images ranging in date from 1847 to 1985, sold for $8,901,350 far exceeding the high estimate (est. $4.6/7 million) and setting records for nineteen artists. The collection, a choice selection of some of the most sophisticated works ever brought together in... [Lire la suite]