16 juin 2009

Attribué à Michele Desubleo  (Vers 1601 - vers 1676) David et la tête de Goliath Toile. 119,5 x 83,5 cm. Estimation : 10 000 / 12 000 € Vente du Mercredi 17 juin 2009. Tableaux, Bijoux, Argenterie, Extrème Orient, Mobilier & Objets d'Art. Kapandji Morhange - Paris Michele Desubleo (1602 - 1676), also called Michele Fiammingo (Flemish) or Michele di Giovanni de Sobleau, was a Flemish painter active in Central and North Italy during the Baroque era. Born in Maubeuge and died in Parma. He worked in Rome, Venice... [Lire la suite]

A Mariano Fortuny stencilled white gauze tabard, early 20th century printed with Near Eastern motifs of black scrolls and edging lines, side slits, chest approx 101cm, 40in. Estimate £600 - £800 Note : cf. Mariano Fortuny His Life & Work, Guillermo de Osma, p.214 for a photograph of an identical tunic in the Museo Fortuny, photograph archive Venice A Mariano Fortuny raspberry-pink silk Delphos gown, circa 1935, the stencilled tie belt marked to the reverse `Fortuny', the shoulders threaded... [Lire la suite]

Attribué à Anton Mozart (1573 - 1625)  La Tour de Babel Lapis lazuli. Diamètre : 10,5 cm. Estimation : 30 000 / 40 000 € Vente du Mercredi 17 juin 2009. Tableaux, Bijoux, Argenterie, Extrème Orient, Mobilier & Objets d'Art. Kapandji Morhange - Paris

A rare Poiret for Liberty velvet house robe, circa 1930, of double-layered contrasting purple and crimson velvet, frilled collar, with simple tie belt threaded through gold lace edged openings, embroidered to the velvet lining in chain stitch `Liberty by Poiret', chest 96cm, 38in Note : When Paul Poiret's business empire crumbled in the late 1920s (he became bankrupt in 1929 also the year his wife divorced him) he became a freelance designer as a means of scraping a living. In 1933 Printemps commissioned him to... [Lire la suite]

École française  du XVIIIème siècle, Atelier de Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. Nature morte au bouquet de fleurs dans un vase antique, vase en porcelaine de chine et pot à huile. Toile. 118 x 93 cm. Restaurations. Estimation : 15 000 / 20 000 €Note :  Notre tableau peut être rapproché du Vase de fleurs et fruits dans un paysage qui était dans la collection royale d'Angleterre (toile, 127 x 167,5 cm, signé ; voir M. Faré, Le grand siècle de la nature morte en France, le XVIIe siècle, Paris, 1974, p. 314).Nous remercions... [Lire la suite]

A robe à la Francaise of Chinese lampas satin, circa 1760 The fabric circa 1750, the satin woven with bronze and cream peonies and coiling foliage, the open-robe and petticoat trimmed with furbelows of matching braid trimmed silk, the sleeves with shirred double ruffled `sabot' cuffs, the back panel of the skirt of brown and white 1740s European silk, (2). Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 Kerry Taylor Auctions - London - June 17, 2009, 2:00 PM GMT

École française vers 1700, Atelier de Hyacinthe Rigaud. Portrait du fondeur Jean Balthasar Keller. Toile. 39 x 31 cm. Estimation : 8 000 / 10 000 €Note : Jean Balthasar Keller (1638 - 1702) fut, comme son frère Jean Jacques Keller (1635 - 1700), un fondeur renommé.Il naquit à Zurich dans une famille suisse remontant au VIIIe siècle.Il débuta sa carrière dans l'orfèvrerie puis vint rejoindre son frère à Paris en 1660. Il fut fondeur de canons au service de la France et fut nommé, en 1697, Commissaire général des Fontes de... [Lire la suite]

Bob Adelman, Jim Morrison, c 1968. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 14 x 11 inches, 35.6 x 28 cm. Signed. Printed later. Estimate: from $3,000 to $3,500 Bob Adelman was born in New York in 1930. He initially planned to be a lawyer. Instead, he channeled his passion for justice into photography. Adelman is a world-renowned photojournalist, author, editor, teacher, and book producer. In his late 20s, affected by the burgeoning civil rights movement, he volunteered to take pictures for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the... [Lire la suite]

Antoine Monnoyer,  (Paris 1670 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1747) Bouquet de fleurs sur un entablement. Toile. 88 x 69 cm. Estimation : 6 000 / 8 000 € Vente du Mercredi 17 juin 2009. Tableaux, Bijoux, Argenterie, Extrème Orient, Mobilier & Objets d'Art. Kapandji Morhange - Paris Fils de Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, grand peintre de fleurs de la fin du XVIIe siècle, qui travailla à Versailles avec Le Brun, Antoine fut essentiellement formé par son père. Il le suivit en Angleterre, où l''ambassadeur de France, Lord... [Lire la suite]

Jacques Lowe, Jackie - Summer 1960, 1960. Dye transfer print, 26 x 26 inches, 66.04 x 66.04 centimeters. Edition 209/400, signed. Estimate: from $3,000 to $5,000 Jacques Lowe is an internationally renowned photographer and photo journalist who is best known for his portraiture of the leading personalities of our time, nationally and internationally, in politics, business, and the entertainment world. In 1956, through his work, he befriended Robert F. Kennedy who had been appointed majority counsel to the McClellan Committee. In... [Lire la suite]