11 juillet 2009

A powder blue glazed yenyen vase with gilt decoration. Kangxi The stippled cobalt ground painted in gilt with phoenix panels to the exterior neck and the lower body with opposing dragons chasing a flaming pearl separated by smaller reserves of fish and crabs, the interior of the neck and the recessed base displaying the white ground of the fabric beneath a colorless glaze. 17 7/8in (45.5cm) high - Estimate: $5,000 - 6,000 A monochrome glazed porcelain stem cup with anhua decoration. Yongzheng Mark, 19th Century ... [Lire la suite]

Importante broche en or jaune, or gris et or noirci stylisée d'une abeille sertie de diamants taillés en brillant blancs ou madère. Haut. : 5,8 cm - Poids brut : 48,3 g. (total diamond weight : 17.58cts) Estimation 8 500 - 10 000 € Yvi Larsen. Bague hanneton en or jaune, le dos serti de rubis et de diamants (manque). Poids brut : 17 g. Estimation 4 000 - 6 000 € Grande broche Papillon en or gris pavé de saphirs multicolores, le corps en diamants. Poids des saphirs : 100 cts environ - Poids brut : 78 g -... [Lire la suite]

Richard Avedon, Willem de Kooning, painter, Springs, Long Island, New York, August 18, 1969; © 2009 The Richard Avedon Foundation. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- As a highlight of its summer exhibitions schedule, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946–2004, on view from July 11 through November 29, 2009. Widely celebrated as one of America's preeminent photographers, Avedon was among the first to challenge the conventional boundaries between studio photography and reportage. Some of his... [Lire la suite]

Gobelet à thé à anse en argent doré, Saint-Petersbourg, vraisemblablement 1888, poinçon de Karl Fabergé    à décor de filigranes et d’émaux cloisonnés polychromes, le corps à motifs d’enroulement et d’arabesques, décoré de 6 médaillons fleuris en relief, anse à volutes découpée. (manque l’intérieur en verre). Pds : 212 g. H. 9,5 cm, Diam int. 7 cm. Estimation : 2000/3000 € Dimanche 12 juillet – Adjug'art SVV, Brest. Email : cosqueric@numericable.fr Pierre-Karl Fabergé (30 mai 1846 à Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie -... [Lire la suite]

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) : « X » Portfolio. 13 tirages argentiques. Consisting of 13 archivally processed silver prints with a text by Edmund White. Published by the Robert Miller Gallery,  New York and the Lunn Gallery, Washington D.C., in 1980. Chaque photographie 19,5 x 19,5 cm est contrecollée sur carton fort, numéroté 14/25 et signé en bas à droite. Emboîtage 37,5 x 35 cm. Adjugé 36 000 € Provenance : acquis en 1981, près de Robert Miller.Lundi 8 juin – Rouillac, Cheverny

Charles Frederick Kandler (English). Wine Jug (detail), 1739/40. Silver; Height: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.). Gift of the Antiquarian Society. CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago presents A Case for Wine: From King Tut to Today, opening on July 11, 2009, in the museum’s Regenstein Hall, marking the first time a fine arts museum has explored art through the vine. On view until September 20, 2009, this major exhibition features more than 400 objects drawn from the Art Institute’s extensive encyclopedic collection, in addition to... [Lire la suite]

Robert Delpire, affiches crées pas R.Delpire (détail du visuel de l'exposition des 40ème Rencontres d'Arles) © Robert Delpire Les 40èmes Rencontres d'Arles offrent l'opportunité à Robert Delpire de remercier les auteurs et acteurs qui ont participé avec lui à, comme il le dit,  «l'aventure passionnante qu'est l'édition».L'exposition présentée à l'espace Van Gogh et l'église des Trinitaires est consacrée à la carrière de Robert Delpire et retrace les multiples facettes de son parcours d’éditeur, de directeur artistique, de... [Lire la suite]

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620–1691), Herdsman with Cows, mid-1640s. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Dulwich Picture Gallery. PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Frick Art & Historical Center presents The Dutch Italianates: Seventeenth-Century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London featuring 39 paintings by 17 masters of the Dutch Italianate style from the collection of Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, called the best small museum in all of Europe. The exhibition, which opens on July 11, 2009, will be on view at The Frick Art Museum... [Lire la suite]

A selection of twenty-two blue and white jars and jarlets. Late 15th/Early 16th Century Including eight miniature jars painted with leafy sprays below a petal neck band; eight similar small jarlets decorated with bands of song birds amid foliate sprays; four ovoid jars girded by blossoming leafy sprays; and two squared jars with shaped floral reserves below a neck cloud-collar band. 1 1/2 and 2 7/8in (3.1 and 7.3cm) average heights - Estimate: $400 - 600 A selection of eighteen blue and white jars and jarlets. Late... [Lire la suite]