19 septembre 2015

Portrait of Heungseon Daewongun by Yi Hancheol et Yu Sook, 1869, painting on silk , 133.7 × 67.7cm, Seoul History Museum , Treasure No. 1499 -1.   Portrait of Heungseon Daewongun by Yi Hancheol and Yi Chang-ok, 1880, silk painting, 113.7 × 66.2cm, Seoul History Museum , Treasure No. 1499-1.   Portrait of Heungseon Daewongun by Yi Hancheol and Yi Chang-ok, 1880, painted on silk , 126.0 × 64.9cm, Seoul History Museum , Treasure No. 1499-1.

Kishi Ganku (1756-1838), Tiger and a cub. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 USD. Lot sold 87,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's ink and color on silk, framed, signed Echizen no Kani Ganka, 64 in. by 34 in., 162.6 cm by 86.4 cm. Provenance: Christie's New York, 28th March 2006, lot 174. Bibliography: Bunjinga kenkyukai, ed., Tora hyakutai (One hundred figures of tigers), Tokyo: Nichibo shuppansha, 1985, p. 1. Notes: Ganku was from Kanazawa (present Ishikawa prefecture) and apprenticed in a textile... [Lire la suite]

Men's Goryeo (918-1392) hanbok

Man in Korean Costume, about 1617, Peter Paul Rubens. The J. Paul Getty Museum

Paysage sous un ciel mouvementé: A stunning landscape by Van Gogh from 1889, estimated at $50/70 Million. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s New York Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on 5 November 2015 will feature an exquisite group of late- 19th and early-20th century masterworks assembled in the 1940s and ‘50s by Belgian collectors Louis and Evelyn Franck. The works are led by Vincent van Gogh’s Paysage sous un ciel mouvementé, a sweeping landscape view from Arles that is estimated to sell for... [Lire la suite]

Hanbok designer Lee Hye-soon pose works with the materials in this file photo taken at her shop Damyeon in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul.  Courtesy of Lee Hye-soon A model wears a hanbok made by Lee Hye-soon. Courtesy of Lee Hye-soon A model wears a hanbok made by Lee Hye-soon. Courtesy of Lee Hye-soon A model wears a hanbok made by Lee Hye-soon. Courtesy of Lee Hye-soon  Lee Hye-soon. Courtesy of Lee Hye-soon  Lee Hye-soon. Courtesy of Lee Hye-soon  Lee Hye-soon. Courtesy... [Lire la suite]

Lapis lazuli bowl with gold mounts, Prague, c. 1608. Carving by the Miseroni workshop, mounts by Paulus van Vianen. Height: 17 cm. Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012 © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. OXFORD.- Michael Wellby bequeathed his extraordinary collection of Renaissance silver and exotica to the Ashmolean in 2012. Comprising over 500 pieces, it consists primarily of spectacular goldsmiths’ work made in Continental Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. The collection was inspired by the... [Lire la suite]

Kim Kyung Soo, The Full Moon Story, 2008. © Kim Kyung Soo Après le vernissage hier de l'exposition "Korea Now!" au Musée des Arts Décoratifs, je n'ai pas pu m'empêcher de faire un post sur le reportage de Kim Kyoung Soo pour Vogue Corée en 2008. Lorsque Vogue Corée lui demande de réaliser une série d’images pour remettre le Hanbok (habit traditionnel Coréen) au goût du jour, Kim Kyoung Soo, grand photographe de mode, saisit le défi et réalise une série d’images qu’il intitule The full moon story. Ses modèles sont... [Lire la suite]