18 octobre 2010

Papier peint (dessus-de-porte) à motif de perroquet et d’oiseaux. Manufacture Hartmann Risler & Cie, Rixheim, no 509. Dessin de Joseph-Laurent Malaine, 1800-1801. Impression à la planche et éléments découpés, 73.3 x 126.6 cm. ©Musée national suisse De quoi tapissons-nous nos murs ? Consacrée à l’utilisation du papier peint dans la décoration intérieure en Suisse, cette exposition en retrace l’évolution, depuis les premiers décors de papier du XVIe siècle jusqu’aux créations contemporaines signées Olivier Mosset ou Francis... [Lire la suite]

An agate and cultured pearl necklace, Jean Vendome, French. photo courtesy Bonhams centering a dendritic agate rectangular panel bordered by baroque freshwater cultured pearls, suspended from a detachable necklace of fifty-six drop-shaped freshwater cultured pearls; with French assay mark and maker's mark; mounted in eighteen karat gold; necklace length: 14in. Estimate: $700 - 900 Bonhams. The Collection of Laura Speiser, featuring jewelry by Andrew Grima, 19 Oct 2010. New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco www.bonhams.com

A fine and rare khotan-green jade bowl with an imperial poem. Carved Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong, dated to the wuyin year (1758). photo courtesy Sotheby's supported on a straight foot curving to a rounded body with an everted lip, incised on the exterior with an Imperial poem Yong Yu Chawan ('In Praise of a Jade Tea Bowl'), dated to the wuyin year of the Qianlong reign corresponding to 1758, followed by two seals, all between two keyfret borders with taotie masks, the base incised with a six-character reign mark, the... [Lire la suite]

© Nicholas Marolf Nicholas Marolf travaille depuis longtemps sur une archéologie du présent. S’il quadrillait jusqu’ici pour se mesurer aux reliques du comportement culturel et social, pour KOPF, il resserre son carroyage sur le terrain de l’intime. Il a composé ses oeuvres autour de la destinée mortelle de l’homme... “Vanités”. A partir de portraits d’amis, il dégage des “autoportraits”, sous forme de masques mortuaires. Il grave ensuite, à la tronçonneuse, pour aller directement à l’os. Par ce geste, il nous propose... [Lire la suite]

A green ceremonial chrype. Tekke, mid 19th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 embroidered in silks with tulips and guls, with vestigial sleeves - Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 . Price Realized £4,375 A yellow silk chrype (ceremonial robe) . Tekke, 19th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 embroidered with star-burst flowers and serrated palmette flowers, wth residual sleeves tipped in red satin, with fringed hem - Estimate £2,000 - £4,000. Price Realized £1,875 Notes: Yellow silk robes are... [Lire la suite]

© 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd The first auction to focus on the work of legendary jewelry Andrew Grima, since his death in 2007, will be presented by Bonhams New York on October 19th. British Royal jewelry, designer and artisan, Grima was the foremost modern jewelry designer in the West End of London in the 1960s and 1970s with clients including Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, Princess Anne, The Duke of Edinburgh, Barbara Hepworth and Jacqueline Onassis. Grima gained recognition following the 1961 Exhibition of... [Lire la suite]

1952 Jaguar C-Type. photo courtesy RM Auctions Chassis No.XKC-015 - Estimate: £1,900,000-£2,400,000 210 bhp, 3,442 cc double overhead camshaft inline six-cylinder engine with two SU carburettors, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with upper and lower wishbones, torsion bars and hydraulic dampers, live rear axle with trailing arms, ‘double-action’ torsion bar and torque reaction member and hydraulic dampers, four-wheel Lockhead hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 96"- Original... [Lire la suite]

October 18, 1634.- Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Giordano has been criticized as being a prolific trader of all styles, and master of none. He has been viewed as a proto-Tiepolo, reanimating that grand manner of Cortona in a style that would brighten with Tiepolo. In this image: Vertumnus and Pomona , private collection.