28 septembre 2012

Annie Leibovitz, Philip Johnson, Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, 2000. Photo Philips de Pury & Company Gelatin silver print. 14 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (37.1 x 54.9 cm) Signed and numbered 9/25 in pencil on the verso. ESTIMATE $9,000 - 12,000 PROVENANCE: Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica LITERATURE: Leibovitz, At Work, p. 159Random House, Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life 1990-2005, p. 159Philips de Pury & Company. Photographs. 2 Occtober 2011. New York. http://www.phillipsdepury.com/

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Truman Capote, Writer, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 1947. Photo Philips de Pury & Company Gelatin silver print, printed later. 9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (24.1 x 35.9 cm) Signed in ink and copyright credit blindstamp in the margin. ESTIMATE $7,000 - 9,000 LITERATURE Bulfinch Press, Tête à Tête: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson, pl. 24 Galassi, Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, p. 228Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art, pl. 180Philips de Pury & Company. Photographs. 2 Occtober... [Lire la suite]

A fine Famille-Verte 'sanduo' bottle vase, yuhuchunping. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period - Photo Sotheby's the well proportioned pear-shaped body rising to a slender waisted neck and a broad everted rim, all supported on a slightly flared foot, the fine pure white porcelain decorated in a vivid palette of red, green, yellow, aubergine, blue and black enamels with three large fruits symbolizing the 'Three Abundances' evenly spaced around the body: a pomegranate bursting open revealing its... [Lire la suite]

An incised green-ground yellow-enamel 'dragon' jar. Mark and period of Wanli - Photo Sotheby's of ovoid form, the rounded sides rising from a thick footring and a recessed base to a straight neck, incised around the body and painted in ochre-yellow against a bright green ground with four quatrefoil panels, each enclosing a five-clawed dragon with a wide open mouth, curved horns and an upswept mane, writhing amidst clouds reaching for a 'flaming pearl' above rocks and waves, the panels... [Lire la suite]

Herb Ritts, Tony with Body Mask, Joshua Tree, 1985. Photo Philips de Pury & Company Toned gelatin silver print. 18 5/8 x 15 1/8 in. (47.3 x 38.4 cm) Copyright credit blindstamp in the margin; signed, titled, dated and numbered 9/25 in pencil on the verso. ESTIMATE $2,500 - 3,500 PROVENANCE Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 16 April 2010, lot 113 LITERATURE Bulfinch Press, Herb Ritts: Work, n.p.Twin Palms, Herb Ritts: Pictures, n.p.Philips de Pury & Company. Photographs. 2 Occtober 2011. New... [Lire la suite]

Herb Ritts, Tony in White, Hollywood, 1988. Photo Philips de Pury & Company Gelatin silver print. 17 1/2 x 15 in. (44.5 x 38.1 cm) Copyright credit blindstamp in the margin; signed, titled, dated and numbered 10/25 in pencil on the verso. ESTIMATE $3,000 - 5,000 PROVENANCE Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles EXHIBITED Herb Ritts: L.A. Style: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 3 April 2012 - 2 September 2012; Cincinnati Art Museum, 6 October - 30 December 2012; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 1 March - 2 June... [Lire la suite]

A rare imperial yellow-glazed stembowl. Mark and period of Jiajing - Sotheby's finely potted, the wide flared bowl resting on a narrow stem splaying toward the base, covered overall with a smooth and rich egg-yolk yellow glaze, the interior of the stem reserved in white and inscribed in underglaze blue with an evenly spaced six-character reign mark under a smoky transparent glaze; 15.3 cm., 6 in. Estimation: 3,000,000 - 5,000,000 HKD ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 42. A red and green 'lotus and lingzhi' double-gourd vase, Mark and period of Jiajing (1522-1566); 20.8 cm, 8 1/4 in. Estimate 3,400,000 - 3,800,000 HKD. Lot sold 5,060,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's with a broader lower bulb supporting a smaller bulb, each painted with wide continuous bands of scrolling lotus borne on a foliate stem, with a lingzhi scroll around the waist and a 'classic' scroll encircling the shoulder, the designs drawn with outlines of deep iron red,... [Lire la suite]

Herb Ritts, Duo I, Mexico, 1990. Photo Philips de Pury & Company Gelatin silver print. 14 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (37.5 x 47 cm) Signed, titled, dated and numbered 15/25 in pencil on the verso. ESTIMATE $4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE: Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta LITERATURE: Bulfinch Press, Herb Ritts: Work, n.p. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Herb Ritts, n.p.  High Museum of Art, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection, p. 141Philips de Pury & Company. Photographs. 2 Occtober 2011. New... [Lire la suite]

Herb Ritts, Duo IV, Mexico, 1990. Photo Philips de Pury & Company Gelatin silver print. 40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm) Signed, titled, dated and numbered 3/12 in pencil on a label affixed to the reverse of the flush-mount. ESTIMATE $20,000 - 30,000 PROVENANCE Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta LITERATURE Bulfinch Press, Herb Ritts: Work, n.p. Philips de Pury & Company. Photographs. 2 Occtober 2011. New York. http://www.phillipsdepury.com/