14 novembre 2012

Grain de chapelet en forme de tête de Janus. France ou Allemagne, XVIe ou XVIIe siècle - Photo Sotheby's tête à deux faces en ivoire. Haut. 6.1 cm. Estimation: 4,000 - 6,000 EUR - Lot. Vendu 4,375 EUR REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES: G. Laue (ed.), Memento Mori, cat.exp. Kunstkammer Georg Laue, Munich, nos. 13, 27, 28, pp. 64-5, 78-9, 158-9Ph. Malgouyres, Ivoires de la Renaissance et des Temps modernes, cat. Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2010, no. 123, p. 180 Sotheby's. Important Mobilier, Sculptures et Objets... [Lire la suite]

Volet de diptyque. Allemagne, Meuse ou Rhénanie, milieu du XIVe siècle - Photo Sotheby's Ivoire sculpté en relief; 11 x 7.2 x 0.8 cm. Estimation: 6,000 - 8,000 EUR - Lot. Vendu 7,500 EUR RÉFÉRENCE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE: D. Gaborit-Chopin (éd.), Ivoires médiévaux Ve-XVe siècle, cat. musée du Louvre, Paris, 2003, no. 187, p. 434. NOTE DE CATALOGUE: Cette belle plaque de Crucifixion est tout à fait comparable aux ivoires allemands de la Meuse ou Rhénanie, datant de la première moitié du XIVe siècle.... [Lire la suite]

Baiser de paix représentant la Vierge à l'Enfant, Limoges, début du XVIe siècle, Atelier de Jean I Pénicaud ( vers 1480 -1541) - Photo Sotheby's émail polychrome peint sur cuivre; dans un cadre en bronze doré. Haut. 16 cm. Estimation: 5,000 - 7,000 EUR. Unsold RÉFÉRENCE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE: P. Verdier, Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the Renaissance, cat. Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1967, p. 42-43, n° 24. NOTE DE CATALOGUE: Cette Vierge à l'Enfant en émail peint est tout à fait... [Lire la suite]

Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992), Untitled (Pope) - Photo Sotheby's oil on canvas; 59 7/8 x 37 in. 152 x 94 cm. Executed circa 1954. Estimation: 18,000,000 - 25,000,000 USD. Lot. Vendu 29,762,500 USD This work will be included in the forthcoming Francis Bacon Catalogue Raisonné, being prepared by The Estate of Francis Bacon and edited by Martin Harrison.  PROVENANCE: Galerie Claude Bernard, ParisGalleria Galatea, TurinGalerie Krugier, GenevaPrivate Collection, GenevaSotheby Parke Bernet... [Lire la suite]

Paul Braga snuff bottles. Photo: Bonhams HONG KONG.- Bonhams, the leading international auction house for Chinese snuff bottles, announces the sale of the Paul Braga Collection of Snuff Bottles on 24 November 2012 at the Island Shangri-La Hotel. The Paul Braga Collection provides a window into old Hong Kong, a bygone age when snuff bottles were displayed in baskets in antique shops and could be bought for several dollars each. Paul Braga was a true connoisseur in an era when little of substance was published on the subject, and the... [Lire la suite]

"No. 1 (Royal Red and Blue)" is seen by critics as one of the finest examples of Rothko's characteristic style -- a seemingly simple, but arresting juxtaposition of blocks of color. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK (AFP).- A seminal work by abstract artist Mark Rothko fetched a huge $75.1 million at Sotheby's Tuesday, while a new record was set for a Jackson Pollock drip painting as the big spenders came out in force. "No. 1 (Royal Red and Blue)" is seen by critics as one of the finest examples of Rothko's characteristic style -- a... [Lire la suite]