18 septembre 2011

Jacques Martin  (1921-2010), « Alix l'Intrépide ». Photo Pierre Bergé & associés Ensemble composé de 54 pièces, dont: Pour l'album original: 45 planches originales sur les 62 de l'album (première publication dans le journal de Tintin en 1948 / première édition de l'album en 1956 aux éditions du Lombard), une partie de planche originale découpée et constituée de 3 vignettes inédites de la première planche « d'Alix l'Intrépide » signé Marleb (il s'agit de la planche d'essai qui a convaincu Raymond Leblanc... [Lire la suite]

A Rare Doucai Dish. Kangxi Six-Character Mark in Underglaze Blue within a Double Circle and of the Period (1662-1722). photo Christie's Ltd 2011 With shallow rounded sides, the interior painted with a central medallion of a crane enclosed within a peach superimposed on a large blue shou character, below a ruyi band formed by conjoined tendrils expanding into vapor that frames alternating shou medallions and peach sprigs, the exterior with three vignettes of bamboo and lingzhi amidst rocks; 8¼ in. (21 cm.) diam. Estimate $200,000 -... [Lire la suite]

A Rare Clair-De-Lune-Glazed Water Pot. Kangxi Six-Character Mark in Underglaze Blue and of The Period (1662-1722). photo Christie's Ltd 2011 Of compressed globular form with shallow indentation encircling the short neck, covered overall in a soft pale blue 'clair-de-lune' glaze, the base glazed white; 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) diam. Estimate $200,000 - $300,000. Price Realized $362,500 Provenance: George Dunton Widener (d.1912) Collection, and thence by descent to the present owner. Notes: The soft, gentle hue of clair-de-lune is one... [Lire la suite]

A Very Rare Doucai Meiping. Yongzheng-Qianlong Period  (1723-1795) . photo Christie's Ltd 2011 The body of somewhat ovoid shape tapering towards the foot, finely painted on one side with a dragon and on the reverse with a phoenix with trailing tail feathers grasping a lingzhi sprig in its beak, both shown amidst composite foliate scroll bearing exotic flowers, between a ruyi border below and a ruyi collar above at the base of the short neck that rises to a lipped rim; 14½ in. (37 cm.) high - Estimate $300,000 - $500,000. Price... [Lire la suite]

Hubert Robert, Massacre of the Innocents, 1796. Chalk, brown, and red, on paper, 8 1/4 in. x 7 1/4 in. (20.96 cm x 18.42 cm) Crocker Art Museum, E. B. Crocker Collection. 1871.410. POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.- The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College will present an exhibition of the finest early collection of European drawings in the United States this fall from September 16 through December 11, 2011. On Friday, September 16, at 6pm in Taylor Hall (room 203), William Breazeale, Curator of the Crocker Art Museum, will deliver a... [Lire la suite]

A Rare Pair Of Embellished Gilt Repousse Copper Wall Vases. Qianlong Period (1736-1795). photo Christie's Ltd 2011 Each of double-gourd form embellished with jade and hardstone inlays with two characters, da ji (great auspiciousness), surrounded by the bajixiang in painted enamel, all set amidst a gilt ground of scrolling clouds divided by a ruyi head border at the waist, the vases set into later gilt-copper bases raised on openwork borders of ruyi heads: 12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high (2). Estimate $70,000 - $90,000. Price Realized... [Lire la suite]

A Rhinoceros Horn Archaistic Cup. 17th-18th Century. photo Christie's Ltd 2011 The sides carved in low relief with a band of stylized taotie masks divided and separated by notched flanges and reserved on a leiwen ground below a key-fret border at the rim, carved in high relief with four inquisitve chilong crawling up to the rim and onto the top of the openwork strap handle at one end opposite the pouring spout at the other, the horn of rich honey color; 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) long - Estimate $20,000 - $40,000.. Price Realized... [Lire la suite]

A Rare Blue-Glazed Pear-Shaped Vase. Qianlong Seal Mark In Underglaze Blue And Of The Period (1736-1795). photo Christie's Ltd 2011 Well and heavily-potted with a compressed globular body raised on a spreading foot and tapering to a tall neck, covered overall with a glaze of smooth dark blue color in contrast to the white rim; 13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) high - Estimate $80,000 - $120,000. Price Realized $386,500 Provenance: Acquired prior to World War II, and thence by descent within the family. Notes: A smaller (26 cm.)... [Lire la suite]

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Porträt der Dichterin Alice Vallières-Merzbach, 1913. Öl auf Leinwand, 92 x 73 cm. Association des Amis du Petit Palais, Genève. Foto: Studio Monique Bernaz, Genève CHEMNITZ.- The Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz is presenting the large-scale exhibition PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR. Like Painted Silk from 18 September 2011 to 8 January 2012. The exhibition aims to cast an altogether new light on the great Impressionist painter. In addition to masterpieces from private collections and from European museums such as the Musée... [Lire la suite]

A Rare Clair-De-Lune-Glazed Water Pot. Kangxi Six-Character Mark In Underglaze Blue And Of The Period (1662-1722). photo Christie's Ltd 2011 Of compressed globular form with shallow indentation encircling the short neck, covered overall in a soft pale blue 'clair-de-lune' glaze, the base glazed white; 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) diam. Estimate $200,000 - $300,000. Price Realized $386,500 Provenance: George Dunton Widener (d.1912) Collection, and thence by descent to the present owner. Notes: The soft, gentle hue of clair-de-lune is... [Lire la suite]