24 janvier 2010
Fashion : Guo Pei haute couture 'Thousand and Two Nights' collection eight pieces @ 2010 Fashion Week Hong Kong

24 janvier 2010
Two 18th entury verte-imari porcelains from the Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III @ Christie's New York
A very rare pair of verte-imari candelabra. Circa 1725. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010
In European silver form, the knopped standards rising from a scalloped, dished base, a bracketed platform supporting the central nozzle above three elaborately scrolled arms, all decorated with a formal arrangement of flower sprigs, spearhead, scrolling vine and palm leaves in blue, green, iron-red and gilt - 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) high (2). Est. $80,000 - $120,000
Provenance: With Cohen & Pearce, London.
Notes: While... [Lire la suite]
24 janvier 2010
Jack Pierson, Self Portrait #19, 2003
Jack Pierson, Self Portrait #19, 2003
Digital Print, pigment print on paper, Edition 2/7. 52.75 x 43 in. Estimate: from $30,000 to $40,000. Sold For US $19,800
Notes: The self portraits are the most desirable and collectable of Pierson's photographic work. It was this series that was used to represent the artist in the 2004 Whitney Biennial. In "Self Portrait #19,” Pierson has staged the image to include one of his letter sculptures in the background. Since the artist lives part time in Wonder Valley, CA, the visible... [Lire la suite]
24 janvier 2010
Edito : ‘A Balletic Performance’ with Ranya Mordanova iby Ben Toms n Dazed & Confused

24 janvier 2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Serigraphs & Lithograph @ Artnet Auctions
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (Per Capita), 1983
Serigraph / Screenprint. 40 x 40 in. Estimate: from $16,000 to $20,000Note: Jean-Michel Basquiat, born in 1960, gained popularity at a young age. Just entering his twenties, Basquiat became known for the political and poetical graffiti that began to appear on walls around New York City under the signature SAMO (“same old shit”). The most successful of the 1980s-era Neo-expressionist artists, Basquiat’s work is in major museum collections around the world. Basquiat’s... [Lire la suite]
24 janvier 2010
Editorial: "V for Valletta" avec Amber Valletta par Simon Burstall pour Marie Claire, Février 2010

24 janvier 2010
Kim Joon, Bird Land - Swarovski & Tattooress Man, 2008
Kim Joon, Bird Land - Swarovski, 2008.
Chromigenic Print, 40 x 40 inches, 101.6 x 101.6 cm. Edition 10/10. Signed on label on verso. Estimate: from $9,000 to $11,000
Kim Joon, Tattooress Man, 2008.
Chromigenic Print, 40 x 40 inches, 101.6 x 101.6 cm. Edition 8/8. Signed on label on verso. Estimate: from $9,000 to $11,000
Notes: "I am interested in tattoo as a metaphor for hidden desire or a kind of compulsion engraved into human consciousness. I see the skin, or in some cases the monitor, as an extension... [Lire la suite]
24 janvier 2010
Fashion : 'A Sense of Ennui' by Samuel Zakuto for Fantasticsmag

24 janvier 2010
Fortuna, by Henri Gascar (1635-1701). Circa 1670.
Fortuna, by Henri Gascar (1635-1701). Circa 1670.
Oil on canvas. Height : 90.00 cm - Width : 69.50 cm - Price on application
Notes: Gascar, born in France, is thought to have studied mainly in Italy. He is recorded in Rome in 1659, but evidently moved back to Northern Europe to seek patronage, as evidenced by a portrait of the diarist Nicolas Delafond painted in Amsterdam in 1667 (Hermitage, St Petersburg). Having failed to establish a successful practice in France, he left for England, probably at the behest of Louise de... [Lire la suite]
24 janvier 2010
Simon Vouet (Paris 1590 - 1649). La Vierge à l'Enfant agenouillé.
