6 juillet 2009

A rare amazonite, enamel and sapphire necklace, by René Boivin, circa 1939  BOIVIN. Collier en or jaune coupé de cinq scarabées en chute, sculptés en amazonite cernés chacun d'un double jonc à six agrafes triples, épaulés de deux fleurs stylisées, partiellement émaillées bleu entrecoupées d'entrelacs sertis d'un saphir cabochon. Le tour de cou fait d'une chaîne à maillons rectangulaires. Travail de René Boivin (poinçon et signature). Epoque 1939. Long. : 39 cm - Poids brut : 66,5 g. Estimation 60 000 - 70 000 € ... [Lire la suite]

Gerard Seghers (Antwerp 1591 - 1651) Study of a male nude posed as Saint Sebastian against a tree Black and white chalk on grey-blue paper. 570 by 335 mm. Estimate 8,000—12,000 GBP PROVENANCE: Said to bear unidentified collector's mark, a rat inscribed in a circle, on the verso, but not visible as drawing laid down EXHIBITED: Rotterdam, Kunsthal, European Master Drawings Unveiled, 2002, pp. 73-74, cat. no. 28, reproduced NOTE: The attribution of this drawing is based on its similarity to a painting by Seghers of the... [Lire la suite]

A silver, pink quartz, white coral, and culture pearl, shell brooch, by Buccellati Buccellati. Importante broche en argent ornée d'un quartz rose rectangulaire à pans surmonté d'une coquille retenant une branche de corail blanc dans un semis de perles de culture. Signée Gianmaria Buccellati. Haut. : 10 cm - Poids brut : 97,4 g. Estimation 1 000 - 1 100 €  A silver, onyx, tourmaline, amethyst, shell brooch, by Buccellati BUCCELLATI. Importante broche en argent formée de deux coquilles, l'une en onyx,... [Lire la suite]

Jacopo Ligozzi (Verona 1547 - 1627 Florence), A Turbanned Pasha with an Elephant Tempera heightened with gold. inscribed upper left: Bassà over Chiaus et spaì and to the right of the elephant's thigh: Elefante. 278 by 221 mm. Estimate 340,000—380,000 GBPPROVENANCE : Private Collection, England;With Trinity Fine Art, London, by 1998 NOTE : This exceptional drawing comes from an album, of which twenty-nine pages are known, twenty in the Uffizi, Florence,1 and nine others, including this one, in other public and... [Lire la suite]

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Edward Burne-Jones, The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon, started in 1881. The massive painting measures 279 cm x 650 cm. (Detail) THE HAGUE.- Flaming June, the glorious canvas painted by Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) in around 1895, and five fabulous pictures by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) are the highlights of an extraordinary exhibition at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag from 4 July to 20 September 2009. These masterpieces of Victorian art come from the collection of the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico and have never... [Lire la suite]

Yang Yongliang, Sur l’eau calme / Eclipse, Shanghai, 2008  "J’ai nommé la première création de Phantom Landscape « Eau de montagne », un élément symbolique chinois. Ce titre se réfère à deux choses, de manière littérale : d’une part la ville où je vis, de l’autre l’Eau de la montagne, ce qui représente en chinois le paysage.La ville est mon lieu d’habitation, un espace qui évolue avec moi et qui renferme mes souvenirs.Un mirage ou une ville fantôme est l’environnement vers lequel je tends mais qui n’existe que dans... [Lire la suite]

The gallery will showcase works of Pablo Picasso courtesy of the Ortiz-Gurdian Family Collection CORAL GABLES, FL.- On July 9th, the Americas Collection will present the complete collection of twenty-nine lithographs from the Suite entitled Imaginary Portraits by Pablo Picasso. This exhibition will be on display for cultural and educational purposes only. After a two week presentation at The Americas Collection, the show will embark on a two year traveling exhibition around Central and South America. The gallery will showcase... [Lire la suite]

ARLES.- One way of celebrating 40 years of such a vulnerable enterprise might be to invite all those who have so generously put their work on show here. Yet nostalgia and extolling the great deeds of the past might not to appropriate for the Rencontres, whose history is made up of ongoing creative ventures, photographers pushing back the boundaries of the still image, and uncertain periods of transition. A history that has never been so effervescent. Even so, the temptation to invite back some of the moving spirits was too strong,... [Lire la suite]