26 avril 2008

Piet Mondrian, Victory Boogie Woogie, 1942-1944. EFE / Valerie Kuypers THE HAGUE.- To coincide with the current highly successful Mondrian in Cologne exhibition – already attended by over 100,000 people – a new book has been published entitled Mondriaan. Collectie Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. It puts paid to the popular idea that Piet Mondrian was a cold, mathematically-minded man and reveals that he was in fact an artist engaged in a passionate quest for a new formal language in which to paint. He never followed any rational,... [Lire la suite]

Miroir en fer doré. Vers 1960 47 x 66 cm. Estimé : 90 € La Suite Subastas 08018 Barcelone - Espagne. Haute Epoque, Tableaux , Dessins, Gravures, Verreries. Vente du 26 avril 2008

Miroir en fer doré. Vers 1960 65 x 84 cm. Estimé : 100 € La Suite Subastas 08018 Barcelone - Espagne. Haute Epoque, Tableaux , Dessins, Gravures, Verreries. Vente du 26 avril 2008

Miroir en fer doré. Vers 1960 46 x 59,5 cm - Estimé : 90 € La Suite Subastas 08018 Barcelone - Espagne. Haute Epoque, Tableaux , Dessins, Gravures, Verreries. Vente du 26 avril 2008

Antwerp School, late 16th Century - Saint Jerome in his study oil on panel - 27½ x 40 in. (69.8 x 101.6 cm.) - Estimate: £15,000 - £20,000 - Unsold. Christie's London. OLD MASTER PICTURES. 25 April 2008

Studio of Pieter Clasez. (Berchem 1597/8-1660 Haarlem) - An overturned roemer on a pewter ewer, a pie, a bread roll and a partly-peeled lemon on pewter plates, a roemer, knives, walnuts and vine leaves on a partly-draped table with monogram 'PC' (lower centre on the knife) - oil on panel, unframed - 18¾ x 25 1/8 in. (47.6 x 63.8 cm.) - Price Realized: £24,500 Notes: Sam Segal has suggested an alternative attribution to Cornelis Kruys (Haarlem c. 1620-before 1660 Schiedam), having examined the original (24 April 1999) noting:... [Lire la suite]

Herman van der Mijn (Amsterdam c. 1684-1741 London) - Roses, tulips, lilies, an iris and other flowers in a porcelain vase on a stone ledge, with partly-peeled lemon, a snail and other insects oil on panel - 31¼ x 23¾ in. (79.4 x 60.4 cm.) - Price Realized: £17,300 Note: Christie's is grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for confirming the attribution on inspection of the original. He has noted that the composition in part repeats a signed work by van der Mijn (formerly with Leger Galleries, London, in 1927), and... [Lire la suite]

Attributed to Guilliam Dandoy (active Antwerp 1640-1652) - Still life with a lobster, a peeled lemon, a basket of fruit, a nautilus shell with a pipe, an oyster, roses, a roemer, a locked strongbox, grapes and lemons on a draped table with signature 'C. DE. HEEM.F' (centre right, on the box) - oil on canvas - 30¾ x 44 in. (78.2 x 111.8 cm.) - Price Realized: £12,500 Christie's London. OLD MASTER PICTURES. 25 April 2008

Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A. (Derby 1734-1797) - A view of Vesuvius from Posillipo, Naples signed with initials 'I.W. P' (lower right) - oil on canvas - 21¼ x 30½ in. (54 x 77.5 cm.) - Price Realized: £78,500 Notes: Joseph Wright left England for Italy together with his pregnant wife Hannah, his pupil Richard Hurleston, John Downman, and the sculptor James Paine, in November 1773. Travelling by sea, he had arrived in Nice by December, from where he sailed on to Genoa and to Leghorn, then travelling overland to Rome, where... [Lire la suite]

Domenico Tintoretto (Venice 1560-1635) - Portrait of a Venetian senator, bust-length oil on canvas, unframed - 17 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (45.5 x 40.4 cm.) - Price Realized: £8,125 Christie's London. OLD MASTER PICTURES. 25 April 2008