26 décembre 2008

L'archéologue Nadine Ross et une partie des pièces découvertes Jérusalem, Israël - Une équipe d'archéologues vient de mettre au jour 264 pièces d'or, dont l'âge est estimé à plus de 1300 ans. Selon l'Israeli Antiquities Authority, responsable des découvertes archéologiques faites sur le territoire israélien, c'est sous un parking de la ville que les pièces ont été exhumées, au milieu des ruines d'un bâtiment du VIIe siècle datant de l'époque byzantine. Cette découverte, constituée de 264 pièces d'or, serait... [Lire la suite]

Weegee, Robert Kennedy, 1968 Silver print. height - 10 in, width - 8 in. signed, inscribed, signed below image by Weegee: inscribed to Bernice. Berenice maybe Bernice Rose, curator of drawings at the Museum of Modern Art in 1968 who had some association with Arthur Fellig (Weegee). Estimate: from $1,500 to $2,500 Note: This portrait of Robert Kennedy is one of Weegees famous "Distortions" which he made using a lens he had devised for his 1948 film Weegee's "New York." With these "distortions"... [Lire la suite]

Andres Serrano, Hooded Warbler II, 2000 Cibachrome. height - 24 in, width - 20 in. signed numbered on verso. Estimate: from $1,600 to $2,000. Note: This was an interesting time for Andres Serrano. This example, Hooded Warbler II, done for the BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) Photography Portfolio, finds Serrano experimenting with more serene subjects. Serrano did this work in 2000, on the heels of Brooklyn Museum of Art's Sensations Exhibit in 1999, where Chris Ofili and the rest of the exhibitors earned the disdain of Rudy... [Lire la suite]

Nobuyoshi Araki, Flowers, 1990 Dye Destruction Print, Cibachrome. height - 19 in, width - 23 in, depth - 0 in. signed, on the back. Estimate: from $5,500 to $7,500 Note: Nobuyoshi Araki, Flowers, 1990. Cibachrome, 19 x 23 inches, 48.26 x 58.42 centimeters. Signed on verso. Nobuyoshi Araki is arguably Japan’s greatest living photographer – and certainly its most controversial. Influenced by Shunga, the erotic art of the Edo period (1603 – 1867), as well as the glossy imagery of contemporary culture, much of Araki’s work... [Lire la suite]

Andy Warhol, Sarah Bernhardt (from Ten Portraits Of Jews Of The Twentieth Century), 1980 offset lithograph card, printed on both sides. height - 7 in, width - 5.5 in, depth - 0 in. Signed by Warhol in black felt pen. Estimate: from $3,000 to $4,000 Note: RARE SIGNED offset lithograph on cardstock of Sarah Bernhardt produced by Ronald Feldman announcing the publication of Warhol's "Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century" Portfolio, originally shown by the Jewish Museum in 1980. Earlier this year, the Jewish... [Lire la suite]

Zhang Huan, Sunshine II, 1999 Photographs, Chromogenic (C-print), on Fuji archival paper  height - 27 in, width - 40 in, depth - 0 in.  Estimate: from $10,000 to $15,000 Note: One of the best selling of the Contemporary Chinese artists, Zhang Huan pushes the envelope in his performance art that he records through photography. The artist uses his own body as the work of art, and views it as his highest form of communication. In "Sunshine II" he joins the spiritual with the corporeal, depicting himself in... [Lire la suite]

Fotos Sylvain Norget

Chinese School. Qing Dynasty (possibly 18th century) Ink and colour on paper; depicting a Manchu/Chinese Lady, possibly a concubine, wearing Han Chinese Dress and adjusting her hairstyle beside a circular mirror, a gu-shaped vase, and a spray of prunus; unsigned but with two red seals (some damage). Including frame 76.5 x 81.5cm (30 x 32in). Sold for £4,560 Provenance: Ex. The Property of a Lady. Said to have been acquired in Peking at some stage during the conclusion of The Boxer Rebellion, 1900.Note: Significantly, this... [Lire la suite]

An ivory netsuke or small okimono of a skull Unsigned. (some damage). Sold for £156 Bonhams. Chinese and other Asian Works of Art, 9 Dec 2008. Knightsbridge. Copyright © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved

An unusual celadon cup stand of foliate form. Early Ming Dynasty Decorated at the centre with the character Fu for Happiness; the rim with an incised wave design surrounding flower-heads and other freely drawn motifs. 16.5cm (6½in) diameter. Sold for £4,800 Footnote: For a comparable stand in Celadon, see: Lovell's 'Jingdezhen Wares/The Yuan Evolution' No.163/page 167. Bonhams. Chinese and other Asian Works of Art, 9 Dec 2008. Knightsbridge. Copyright © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved