29 novembre 2013

Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji) (1920-2013), Abstraction. Photo Sotheby's signed in Pinyin and Chinese; signed in Pinyin and dated1958 on the reverse; Galerie Charpentier exhibition label affixed to the stretcher on the reverse; oil on canvas; 130 by 162 cm.; 51 1/4  by 63 3/4  in. Estimation 35 000 000 — 45 000 000 RMB Provenance: Galerie Charpentier, ParisThe Collection of Myriam PrévotGalerie de France, ParisThe Collection of Mary L. and Leigh B. Block The Art Institute of Chicago, Mary L. and... [Lire la suite]

Yan Pei-Ming (B. 1960), Farmer. Photo Sotheby's titled in French, signed in Chinese and Pinyin and dated1999 on the reverse; oil on canvas; 200.5 by 200.5 cm.; 78 7/8  by 78 7/8  in. Estimation 2 000 000 — 2 500 000 RMB Provenance: Private Collection, ChinaPoly, Beijing, 28 May, 2008, lot 415 Exposition: China, Shanghai, Minsheng Art Museum, Minsheng Art Museum Openning Exhibition- 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art, p.360 Yan Pei-Ming: Black and White Portrait Born in Shanghai in 1960, Yan... [Lire la suite]

A ruby, emerald and diamond duck brooch, by Cartier. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Designed as a duck, with carved ruby body, 18k gold and cabochon emerald head to the shield-shaped emerald tail, enhanced with circular-cut diamond detail, mounted in platinum and 18k gold, with French assay marks and maker's marks. Signed Cartier, Paris, no. 09824. Estimate $12,000 – $18,000 Christie's. MAGNIFICENT JEWELS. 10 December 2013. New York, Rockefeller Plaza - www.christies.com

An Art Deco diamond and multi-gem "Tutti Frutti" bracelet, by Cartier. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The old European-cut diamond band set with a series of oval shaped jade cabochons with carved ruby and sapphire leaves, enhanced by black onyx vine detail, joined by an old European-cut diamond plaque set with a star sapphire, mounted in platinum, circa 1930, 7 ins. in a Cartier red leather case. Signed Cartier, no. 2818791. Estimate $300,000 – $500,000 With report CS 57543 dated 24 October 2013 from the American Gemological... [Lire la suite]

Gustave Moreau (1826 – 1898), Suzanne et les vieillards. Photo courtesy Sotheby's Signed Gustave Moreau (lower left). Oil on canvas; 31 7/8 by 25 1/2 in. 81.3 by 66 cm. Painted circa 1895. Ⓑ Bonded Property: This lot has been imported from outside of the PRC and is held under the bonded status.  Provenance: Collection Allard and Noel (acquired from the artist 1895)P. Chavanne, ParisSale: Hotel Drout, Paris, 17 December 1906, lot 38 (illustrated as La Chaste Suzanne)Private Collection, TurinPrivate Collection, JapanSale:... [Lire la suite]

Gustave Moreau (1826 – 1898), Le Poète et la Sirène. Photo courtesy Sotheby's Signed Gustave Moreau (lower right). Oil on canvas; 38 1/4 by 24 1/2 in. 97 by 62 cm. Painted in 1893. Ⓑ Bonded Property: This lot has been imported from outside of the PRC and is held under the bonded status. Provenance. Collection of Francis Warrain, ParisPrivate CollectionSale: Sotheby's, New York, October 24, 1989, lot 82Private Collection, Switzerland Exposition: Paris, Collection Warrain, 1906, no. 206Paris,... [Lire la suite]

A woman looks at Rembrandt's "Portrait of a Man With Arms Akimbo" at Sotheby's exhibition in Beijing on November 28, 2013. A 50 million USD Rembrandt painting, alongside masterpieces of Picasso Renoir or Rodin, are on sale in Beijing, showing the growing appetite of rich Chinese for Western art. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO. BEIJING.- Sotheby’s presented a masterpiece of portraiture, Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo, by acclaimed Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606 – 1669) at Sotheby’s Beijing Art Week from 28 November to... [Lire la suite]