22 octobre 2010

An imperial peachbloom seal-pasteseal-paste box and cover, China, Kangxi mark and period. photo courtesy Nagel Of compressed circular form, the domed cover of mottled pinkish colour with some white speckling, the underside of stronger red colour with light green speckling. D. 7,6 cm - Estimate € 5 000 / 8 000 Cf. National Palace Museum Taipeh, 'Special Exhibition of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Porcelain', 1986, Cat.no. 11 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 signed 'l. Fontana' (lower right); signed and titled 'l. Fontana "Concetto Spaziale"' (on the reverse), oil on canvas; 39 3/8 x 31¾in. (100 x 80.5cm.). Executed in 1962-63 - Estimate £500,000 - £700,000. Price Realized £601,250 Provenance: Galerie m Bochum, Bochum.Private Collection, Germany.Acquired from the above by the present owner. Notes: This work is registred in the Archivio Lucio Fontana, Milan. Concetto spaziale... [Lire la suite]

A fine and rare imperial pale green glazed  ovoid vase, China, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period. photo courtesy Nagel The ovoid body tapering to the broad cylindrical neck, covered inside partly and out with a pale-celadon glaze ending below the white rim. H. 13,3 cm - Estimate € 18 000 / 25 000 Cf. 'The complete collection of Treasures of the National Palace Museum - Monochrome Porcelain, Hongkong, 1999, pl. 127 and 129 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 signed 'l. Fontana' (lower right); signed, inscribed and titled 'l. fontana "concetto spaziale" 1+1-4UT' (on the reverse); oil and coloured glass stones on canvas; 17 7/8 x 14¾in. (45.5 x 37.5cm.). Executed in 1961. Estimate £400,000 - £600,000 - Price Realized £735,650 Provenance: Toso Collection, Venice.Giuseppe Cohen Collection, Turin.Anon. sale, Sotheby's Milan, 27 May 1997, lot 182.Galleria dello Scudo, Verona.Galleria Il... [Lire la suite]

A very fine melon-green glazed imperial saucer dish, China, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period. photo courtesy Nagel with shallow rounded sides rising from a short to a flaring rim, all under a thin melon-green glaze thinning to a white rim and stopping neatly around. D. 13,2 cm - Estimate € 19 000 / 25 000 Christie's Hongkong, 28.10.2002, Lot 713 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'l. Fontana ATTESE C. Spaziale 1+1-ASCH3' (on the reverse); waterpaint on canvas; 21 x 18 3/8in. (55 x 46.5cm.). Executed in 1960. Estimate £500,000 - £700,000 - Price Realized £993,250 Provenance: Galleria La Bussola, Turin.Galleria Seno, Milan.Private Collection, Milan.Gallery Gilbert De Baene, Knokke.Private Collection, Belgium.Acquired from the above by the present owner. Literature: E.... [Lire la suite]

A fine and very rare 'anhua' celadon-glazed porcelain blossom bowl, China, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period. photo courtesy Nagel  D. 15,4 cm - Estimate € 25 000 / 35 000 For the Yongle prototype of this very rare bowl see 'Monochrome Porcelain - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace', Beijing 1999. no. 169 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'l. Fontana Concetto spaziale 'ATTESE' 1+1-7/V/H oggi é venerdì o giovedì?' (on the reverse); waterpaint on canvas; 18 1/8 x 21¾in. (46 x 55.2cm.). Executed in 1964 . Estimate £600,000 - £800,000 - Price Realized £993,250 Provenance: Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. London, 8 December 1983, lot 614.Galleria d'Arte Medea, Milan.Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 29 November 1995, lot 34.Private... [Lire la suite]

A very rare imperial flambé-glazed bottle vase, China, incised Yongzheng four-character seal mark and of the period. photo courtesy Nagel  applied with two taotie mask handles suspending fixed rings, all under charasteristic thick and bright purple glaze with turquoise streaks. H. 21,7 cm - Estimate € 40 000 / 60 000 Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Portrait de Mustapha, 1819, 55,7 x 47,1 cm. Huile sur toile © J. Faujour/musée Girodet, Montargis Des artisans entourés d'objets aux multiples couleurs et textures, des silhouettes féminines tantôt voilées de mystère et de discrétion tantôt représentées dans toute leur sensualité, des vestiges de civilisations disparues ou de paysages désertiques qui appellent à la contemplation...Ce ne sont là que quelques-uns des nombreux sujets que les artistes occidentaux ont empruntés à l'Orient. Tant... [Lire la suite]