30 octobre 2008

Peggy Moffitt in Rudi Gernreich’s Topless Swimsuit, 1964. Photograph by William Claxton/Courtesy Demont Photo Management NEW YORK, NY.- The spring 2009 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, it was announced by the Museum today. The exhibition, which will be on view at the Metropolitan from May 6 through August 9, 2009, will explore the reciprocal relationship between high fashion and evolving ideals of beauty, and will focus on iconic... [Lire la suite]

Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972). A Couture Evening Jacket, 1960s, of black silk gauze woven with a black spot motif, with sequinned ruffled fronts, with designer's label and canvas tag stamped 80436 - Price Realized £2,000 Christie's. Resurrection: Avant-garde Fashion. 30 October 2008. London, South Kensington. Image 2008 Christie's Ltd. www.christie's.com

J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), Colchester, Essex, c. 1825-26. Watercolour, 28.7 x 40.7 cm © The Courtauld Gallery LONDON.- Throughout his life, Turner orchestrated his career with fame in mind. Intensely ambitious, he travelled throughout Britain and the Continent in search of inspirational views which would be commercially successful. Following in his footsteps, the exhibition tracks the evolution of his extraordinarily inventive and entrepreneurial approach to making watercolour landscapes. It also stresses the vital contribution... [Lire la suite]

  SUZANNE BELPERRON. Rare et importante bague bombée en or jaune de forme allongée, centrée d'un béryl rose dans un entourage de tourmalines, de grenats, de rubis et de saphirs roses disposés en nids d'abeilles. Porte les traces du poinçon de maître de Groene et Darde. Dans son écrin. Doigt : 56/57 - poids : 21,5 g Vendu 29 740 € par TAJAN SVV, 29, 30 et 31 juillet 2008 Salon Bellevue du Café de Paris, Monte-Carlo

Arnold Böcklin, Die Nacht / The Night, 1870. Estimate: SFr 1,200,000 – 1,500,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2008 ZURICH.- In the Swiss Art sale on 1 December 2008, Christie’s Zurich will offer highlights from three centuries of Swiss art history: From one of the last Arnold Böcklin paintings in private hands (Die Nacht / The Night 1870, estimate: SFr 1,200,000 – 1,500,000), to an undiscovered masterpiece by Giovanni Giacometti (Maternité, 1908, estimate: SFr 2,500,00-3,500,000) up to the most important work by Peter... [Lire la suite]

Collier art déco dans le goût des Indes draperie en deux rangs de motifs de platine en enroulements pavés de diamants ronds, terminés d'un diamant baguette, retenant en pampille des émeraudes godronnées ou gravées agrémentées de petites perles de rubis et de perles de culture, maintenus par une chaînette serpent d'or gris. Vers 1925-1930. Poids : 123,8 g Vendu 142 508 € par TAJAN SVV, 29, 30 et 31 juillet 2008 Salon Bellevue du Café de Paris, Monte-Carlo

Salomone de’ Grassi, The Trinity MILAN.- The catalogue – consisting of over 140 lots – opens with a pictorial group of Fondo oro panels among which is a striking gold-ground painting by Salomone de’ Grassi, The Trinity, commissioned by the Visconti family. Salomone, a renowned miniaturist and painter, is cited among the most significant Viscontean artists, together with his father Giovannino, from whom he inherited the post of draughtsman and painter of the “Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano” (Venerable Workshop of the... [Lire la suite]

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