22 septembre 2012

 Annibale Fontana (Italian, Milanese, 1504–1587), Hercules Overcoming the Centaur Nessus, ca. 1570–80. Rock crystal in enameled gold frame of later date.

An Illustration to a Ramayana Series: Rama and Lakshmana confer with the monkey army. image: 8 x 12 in. (20.5 x 30.5 cm), folio: 10 x 14 in. (25.3 x 35.5 cm). Sold for $74,500; Est. $25,000 - 35,000. Photo: Courtesy Bonhams. NEW YORK, NY.- With outstanding results seen in virtually every collecting category at the recent September auction, Bonhams has firmly established itself within the robust market of Southeast Asian, Indian and Himalayan art. The sale garnered international attention from private collectors and institutions... [Lire la suite]

17th century with later additions. Italian (Milan) probably. Rock crystal, silver gilt, rubies

Pablo Picasso, Femme à la fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse), 1936. Estimate: $15/20 million. Photo: Sotheby's NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 5 November 2012 in New York will be led by an exuberant example of Pablo Picasso’s acclaimed and sought-after portraits of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter. Femme à la fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse) bears all the hallmarks of the artist’s sumptuous depictions of the young woman, while its sharp color palette and boldness of form distinguish it within the famed series.... [Lire la suite]

Medici Workshop. Incised rock-crystal cup with two handles. Palazzo Pitti,Museo degli Argenti, Florence, Italy

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Prag 1883, 1983. Oil on canvas, 98 3/4 x 98 3/4 in. (250 x 250 cm. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will present Prag 1883, one of Gerhard Richter’s earliest abstract masterpieces, as the highlight of the fall season in New York. Painted in the break-through year of 1983, when Richter first began to explore his dazzling abstraction on a monumental scale, the work celebrates the centenary and birthplace of famed author Franz Kafka. Estimated in the region of $15 million, Prag... [Lire la suite]

Jeremias Ritter (Master 1605–06, died 1646) German, Nuremberg. Snail with Nautilus Shell. Nautilus shell, silver gilt, c. 1630. Wadsworth Atheneum

Mark Rothko, No.1 (Royal Red and Blue) from 1954. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- A seminal, large-scale masterpiece by Mark Rothko will lead Sotheby's Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on 13 November 2012 in New York. No.1 (Royal Red and Blue) was painted in 1954, a time considered by many to be the zenith of the artist's creative powers. The majestic canvas was one of eight works hand-selected by Rothko for his landmark solo show of the same year at the Art Institute of Chicago. Measuring 113¾ x 67½ in (288.9 x 171.5 cm), No.1... [Lire la suite]

An amber glass waterpot. Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's the bulbous body crisply molded in relief with prunus blossoms extending around the sides to a branch of blooming peonies, the walls formed with an outer layer of amber glass and an inner layer of pale yellow-green glass, wood stand (2). Width 2 1/2 in., 6.4 cm. Estimation: 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Unsold PROVENANCE: Sydney L. Moss, London. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York | 11 sept.... [Lire la suite]