29 septembre 2009

VietNam, Vũ Vương Nguyễn Phúc Khoát 阮福闊 (1714-1765), Loi Dung Thông Bao 利用通寶 Reverse: Crescent -  Zinc - 80 USD @  lindascoin

Giorgio de Chirico, Interno con frutta, oil on canvas, 1926-28. Estimate: £900,000-1,200,000. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- Following the tremendous success of Sotheby’s 20th Century Italian Art Sale last October, which was 94.2% sold by value and achieved the second highest total* for a sale in this category at Sotheby’s, the forthcoming auction on Friday, October 16, 2009 is set to include 33 works in a variety of media by leading Modern and Contemporary Italian artists. The sale will include pieces by Giorgio de Chirico,... [Lire la suite]

The V&A’s autumn exhibition, Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts, will be the first to comprehensively explore the world of the maharajas and their extraordinarily rich culture. It will bring together over 250 magnificent objects, many on loan to the UK for the first time from India’s royal collections. The exhibition will include three thrones, a silver gilt howdah, gem-encrusted weapons, court paintings, photographs, a Rolls Royce, Indian turban jewels and jewellery commissioned from Cartier and Van Cleef... [Lire la suite]

Hans van Meegeren (1889-1947), Procuress (after Dirck van Baburen) Circa 1940. Oil on canvas, height: 98.7 cm; width: 103.9 cm. Copyright: The Samuel Courtauld Trust\unknown LONDON.- A painting that supposedly was made by Hans van Meegeren, one of the most notable forgers of all time, dates, from the XVII Century and might have even hung in Johannes Vermeer's house, according to the Art Newspaper. The painting is titled “The Procuress” and is housed at the Courtauld Institute in London, which accepted it in 1960 as a donation... [Lire la suite]

Fuego Flores in acrylic and oilstick on canvas by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988). Estimate £800,000-1,200,000. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- On Friday, October 16, 2009, Sotheby’s London will present its October Contemporary Art Auction, which will include for the first time a section of Arab and Iranian Art. The 177 lot sale will comprise works, in a range of media, by leading Post-War and Contemporary artists, such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Anish Kapoor, Andy Warhol, Chris Ofili, Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter, Frank Auerbach,... [Lire la suite]

VietNam, Vũ Vương Nguyễn Phúc Khoát 阮福闊 (1714-1765), Gia Huu Binh Bao 嘉佑嘉寶 Reverse: Crescent -  Zinc - 95 USD @  lindascoin VietNam, Vũ Vương Nguyễn Phúc Khoát 阮福闊 (1714-1765), Gia Huu Binh Bao 嘉佑嘉寶 Zinc - 85 USD @  lindascoin