12 mars 2010

“Draped Zara 3”, TJ Dixon & James Nelson. Shape of Light - Nudes. Image: Courtesy photokunst, Copyright: TJ Dixon & James Nelson photokunst “Lauren nude 9”, TJ Dixon & James Nelson. Shape of Light - Nudes. Image: Courtesy photokunst, Copyright: TJ Dixon & James Nelson photokunst “Draped Zara 1”, TJ Dixon & James Nelson. Shape of Light - Nudes. Image: Courtesy photokunst, Copyright: TJ Dixon & James Nelson photokunst “Drapery Foot 1”, TJ Dixon & James Nelson. Shape of Light - Nudes.... [Lire la suite]

Le tableau adjugé à Cannes le 10 février 2010 chez Azur Enchères - S'agit-il de la « chouette sur un arbre dépouillé » de Caspar David Friedrich ? © interencheres.com CANNES [11.03.10] – Mis à prix 30 euros, un tableau s’avérant être de Caspar Friedrich a été adjugé récemment à Cannes 350 000 euros. Mais il en vaudrait dix fois plus. Les vendeurs demandent l’annulation de la vente. Nombre de marchands et de collectionneurs avertis écument en permanence les salles de vente dans le but de découvrir une rare pépite qui aurait... [Lire la suite]

Maison Martin Margiela presents its first women’s fragrance (untitled).Maison Martin Margiela has chosen to revive a classic olfactory vocabulary that has been forgotten: the "green notes". The principal element of this woody green fragrance is galbanum, a fine and rare raw material. Its incisive notes are boosted with the bitterness of box green, the vibrancy of lentiscus and incense, and the smoothness of bitter orange.(untitled) is part of the new line 3 which defines the olfactory universe of the Maison.(untitled) is... [Lire la suite]

Importante statuette de Guan Yin. Chine, époque Ming. XVIIème siècle. en bronze laqué or assis en padmasana, la main droite en vitraka mudra (geste de l’enseignement), la main gauche en dhyana mudra (geste de la méditation) tenant un bol à aumône. Il est richement paré de bijoux et de boucles d’oreilles. Haut : 50 cm. (Quelques accidents au dos) - Adjugé 16 500€ Dimanche 21 février – Oriot-Dupont, Morlaix

Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000) : Portrait de jeune fille Gouache signée. Peinture sur soie marouflée sur papier, signée en bas à gauche. Dim.  33,5 x 25,5 cm. Adjugé 6 200€Expert Cabinet Sevestre Barbé Louvencourt. Mercredi 17 février – Baratoux, Bordeaux

An important and very rare gold 'winged' cup. Western Han dynasty, 3rd-2nd century BC. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010 The deep oval cup raised on a flat foot of conforming outline, with a pair of everted flange handles of shaped outline flaring slightly upward from the rim and engraved on top with angular scrolls reserved on a ground of fine parallel lines; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) long, box. Wt. 252.4 g. Estimate: $800,000 - $1,200,000 Provenance: A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, England.Edna Bahr, Connecticut, late 1960s. Exhibited:... [Lire la suite]

Paulus Lesire, Portret van Willem Craeyvanger, 1651 Paulus Lesire, Portret van Willem Craeyvanger, 1651 THE HAGUE.- The Mauritshuis is displaying ten exceptional portraits of Arnhem’s Craeyvanger family until 16 January 2011. The paintings are the only known series of portraits of the members of a single family - father, mother and eight children - to have survived from the seventeenth century. The series’ existence was relatively unknown until the paintings came up for auction in 2009. A private collection has lent the... [Lire la suite]