26 décembre 2011

Styled by Sonny Groo - makeup by Damian Garozzo - hair by André Cueto.

Model: Devon Aoki (One Management) - Photographer: Norman Jean Roy - Stylist: Tabitha Simmons - Hair: Teddy Charles - Makeup: Romy Soleimani (Source: visualoptimism @ tfs)

Willem van Aelst (Delft 1627 - In or after 1683 Amsterdam (?), A still life with tulips and other flowers in a vase on a marble ledge, with a lizard and a butterfly. Photo Sotheby's oil on oak panel; 45.7 by 32.1 cm.; 18 by 12 5/8 in. ESTIMATE 30,000-40,000 GBP. Lot Sold: 91,250 GBP PROVENANCE: Lt. Col. G. B. Bryant, OBE, MC; Earl of Drogheda (according to an inscription on the reverse); Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Christie's, 27 June 1969, lot 92 (as Rachel Ruysch and as one of a pair, with the... [Lire la suite]

Jan Frans Van Dael (Antwerp 1764 - 1840 Pais), A still life with grapes and peaches in a basket, an open pomegranate, plums, black grapes and more peaches, all on a marble ledge. Photo Sotheby's signed and dated lower right: Van dael 1809; oil on panel; 54 by 42.8 cm.; 21 1/4 by 16 7/8 in. ESTIMATE 40,000-60,000 GBP. Lot Sold: 94,850 GBP PROVENANCE: Acquired by the grandmother of a private collector, probably in Paris, just after the Second World War; Thence by descent until sold, ('Property from a Private Collection'), London,... [Lire la suite]

Jan Van Kessel (Antwerp 1626 - 1679), Still life with flowers in a glass vase, together with a red admiral butterfly, a bee and ther insects, and a pocket watch, a peach and a beetle on the ledge beneath. Photo Sotheby's signed and dated upper right: J.v. kessel. fecit/ Ao 1652, oil on oak panel, 39.3 by 30.2 cm.; 15 1/2 by 12 in. ESTIMATE 60,000-80,000 GBP. Lot Sold: 385,250 GBP PROVENANCE: Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós (1846-1930), by whom given the grandfather of the present owners; Thence by descent. NOTE: Jan... [Lire la suite]

Lucas Cranach II (Wittenberg 1515 - 1586), Portrait of a Lady; Three Quarter Length, in a Geen Velvet and Orange Dress and Pear-Embroidered Black Hat. Photo Sotheby's oil on panel, 61.6 by 39.4 cm.; 24 1/4 by 15 1/2 in. ESTIMATE 800,000-1,200,000 GBP. Lot Sold: 1,385,250 GBP PROVENANCE: Collection: H.C.W.; Anonymous sale, Brussels, Fievez, 18 December 1928, lot 28; Stefan von Auspitz collection, Vienna, by 1931 (inventory number 862: "Cranach, weibl. Bildnis, Kniestück, roter Hintergr."); Kurt Walter Bachstitz,... [Lire la suite]

BUCCELLATI. A Diamond and Gold Necklace. Photo Philips de Pury & Company Designed as three pierced openwork plaques, set with circular and square-cut diamonds, suspending a larger openwork navette-shaped gold pendant of similar design, from a white gold rope chain, mounted in 18K white and yellow gold, length 19 inches.  Signed 'Buccellati'. ESTIMATE $38,000-50,000. Unsold Philips de Pury & Company. Jewels. New York. 6 december 2011 www.phillipsdepury.com 

BUCCELLATI. A Diamond and Gold Ring. Photo Philips de Pury & Company Designed as a pierced foliate band, accented by circular-cut diamonds, mounted in 18K white gold, size 7 1/4.  Signed 'M.Buccellati, Italy' for Mario Buccellati with a Buccellati blue leather box  ESTIMATE $4,500-6,000. SOLD AT $5,000  Philips de Pury & Company. Jewels. New York. 6 december 2011 www.phillipsdepury.com 

BUCCELLATI. A Pair of Diamond and Gold Ear Pendants. Photo Philips de Pury & Company Each of pierced openwork design, the articulated diamond-shaped drops highlighted with pavé-set diamonds suspended from a circular-cut diamond spacer to a similarly designed surmount, length 2 inches.  Signed 'M.Buccellati' with a Buccellati blue leather box  ESTIMATE $10,000-15,000. SOLD AT $11,250. Philips de Pury & Company. Jewels. New York. 6 december 2011 www.phillipsdepury.com 

BUCCELLATI. A Diamond and Gold Bracelet. Photo Philips de Pury & Company Designed as a brushed white gold hinged cuff, set with circular-cut diamonds, within engraved details, mounted in 18K white gold, 2 1/4 inches diameter.  Signed 'M.Buccellati'. ESTIMATE $10,000-15,000. SOLD AT $12,500. Philips de Pury & Company. Jewels. New York. 6 december 2011 www.phillipsdepury.com