24 septembre 2011

The Rende Zhai (House of Benevolent Learning) Collection of ceramics and works of art was carefully assembled by Dr. Olaf K. Skinsnes (1917-1997) from 1949 through the 1970s. Dr. Skinsnes was born in Henan in 1917 to parents who were medical missionaries, and after having been raised in China, moved to his parents' original home in the midwestern United States to attend university. It was during this time that he became increasingly dismayed at his fellow American's limited knowledge of China. Dr. Skinsnes not only deeply loved China,... [Lire la suite]

L'affiche de Miquel Barceló annonçant la dernière corrida à Barcelone - 2011 BARCELONE (ESPAGNE) - Les oeuvres de l’artiste espagnol Miquel Barceló atteignent des millions d’euros. Il n’est donc pas surprenant, selon The Guardian, que ses affiches pour la dernière corrida de Barcelone disparaissent des rues de la ville, arrachées de ses murs par ses habitants.   En une semaine, 1 500 affiches de l’artiste espagnol Miquel Barceló ont été collées sur les murs de Barcelone, pour annoncer la dernière corrida de la capitale... [Lire la suite]

Denise Colomb, Picasso in Antibes,1952 © Ministère de la Culture, France - Médiathèque du patrimoine, Dist. RMN COLOGNE.- Pablo Picasso was not only a great artist but also a master of self-dramatization. His face is at least as well known as his utstanding oeuvre. All of the leading 20th-century portraitists photographed Picasso - and some of these portraits went on to become icons. In the exhibition "MemyselfandI. Photo Portraits of Picasso" Museum Ludwig is showing some 250 photographs by such artists as Richard Avedon, Cecil... [Lire la suite]

An unusual blue and white 'monk's cap' ewer and cover, 18th century. photo Christie's Ltd 2011 The well-potted, globular body painted with a continuous scene of figures amidst pavilions in a river landscape, with a tapering, curved spout which projects from the galleried rim of 'monk's cap' outline painted with floral sprays, the peak of the rim rising above a small lug on the interior and beside the curved strap handle molded with a median ridge and painted with further small floral sprays before terminating in a ruyi head, the... [Lire la suite]

A Green-Glazed Blue and White Ovoid 'Dragon' Jar. Qianlong Seal Mark In Underglaze Blue And Of The Period (1736-1795). photo Christie's Ltd 2011 Painted in underglaze blue line with two five-clawed dragons striding amidst flames and clouds in pursuit of flaming pearls between a petal lappet band below and the bajixiang on the shoulder above, all under a deep emerald-green glaze; 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, wood cover - Estimate $40,000 - $60,000. Price Realized $62,500 Provenance: Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy... [Lire la suite]

A Copper-Red And Underglaze-Blue Sanduo Stem Bowl. Yongzheng Six-Character Mark In Underglaze Blue In A Line And Of The Period (1723-1735). photo Christie's Ltd 2011 With deep, rounded sides raised on a tall spreading foot and flaring slightly at the rim, the exterior painted in soft copper red with a peach, pomegranate and persimmon (sanduo) borne on leafy branches painted in underglaze blue, all reserved on a ground of very pale blue-green color6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) diam., box - Estimate $20,000 - $30,000. Price Realized $62,500 ... [Lire la suite]

Weary Herakles ("Herakles Farnese" type), Roman, Imperial Period, mid‑ to late 2nd century A.D. Marble, probably from Paros or Aphrodisias. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Leon Levy and Shelby White and Museum purchase with funds donated by the Jerome Levy Foundation. Photo: © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston BOSTON, MA.- Last evening, an agreement between the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey was signed,... [Lire la suite]