9 avril 2016

Lot 4. A Greek marble head of a youth, Classical period, circa 4th century B.C. Estimate $300,000 – $500,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. Perhaps depicting Apollo, his youthful oval face with a smooth forehead and gently-arching brows merging with the bridge of his nose, the convex eyes slightly asymmetrical, the proper right wider than the left, with heavy upper lids and contoured lower lids, the small mouth with the lips slightly parted, his undulating hair radiating from the crown of his head in a whorl, with... [Lire la suite]

Paul Signac, Maisons du port, Saint-Tropez, 1882. Estimate $8/12 million. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- On 9 May 2016, Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York will feature a striking Pointillist painting of Saint-Tropez by Paul Signac (estimate $8/12 million*). Inscribed Op.237, the painting heralds from an important period for the artist, during which he designated his works with ‘opus numbers,’ much as a composer would name a masterful musical composition. Painted in 1882 –... [Lire la suite]

Maurice de Vlaminck, Sous-bois (Paysage), 1905. Estimate $12/18 Million. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Two masterpieces by art history’s “Wild Beasts” will appear at auction for the first time in Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on 9 May 2016 in New York. Together, André Derain’s Les Voiles rouges (estimate $15/20 million) and Maurice de Vlaminck’s Sous-bois ($12/18 million) embody the explosive Fauvism movement of the early-20th century. The term was coined in 1905, when the... [Lire la suite]

Jannis Kounellis, Salle Arnauné : Sans titre, 2015. Photo Manolis Baboussis/Monnaie de Paris, 2016/ADAGP, Paris PARIS - A la Monnaie de Paris, Jannis Kounellis compose une sculpture dramatique sur les mille mètres carrés des salons XVIIIe siècle du Palais en bord de Seine. Eminemment présente, concrète, irréductible, la nouvelle exposition de Kounellis impose une expérience directe, sans intermédiaire, par le visiteur.  « Je viens à Paris les mains vides, comme un vieux peintre ». C’est avec ces mots... [Lire la suite]

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Lot 60. A superb and finely carved white jade marriage bowl, mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Estimate HKD 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 (282,229 - 395,121 EUR). Lot Sold 6,080,000 HKD (686,381 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's.  with deep rounded sides supported on four splayed feet, rising to an everted rim flanked by a pair of loose ring handles suspending from two dragons, each skilfully rendered with outstretched wings decorated with archaistic... [Lire la suite]

Lot 59. A white and russet jade mandarin fish, Qing dynasty, early 18th century. Estimate HKD 120,000 — 180,000 (13,547 - 20,320 EUR). Lot Sold 312,500 HKD (35,279 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's. worked naturalistically in the form of a swimming mandarin fish with circular pectoral and tail fins and a spiky dorsal fin, grasping in its mouth a curled leafy spray of millet, the stone of an opaque milky-white tone suffused with caramel-russet inclusions, wood... [Lire la suite]

Lot 58. A jade carving of two birds, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate HKD 70,000 — 90,000 (7,902 - 10,160 EUR). Lot Sold 200,000 HKD (22,578 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's. carved in the form of two long-tailed birds turning to face each other, their tails entwined in a tender embrace and finely incised with neat feathers, the beaks grasping a gnarled branch of flowering prunus, the stone of a white tone with attractive peach-orange and vermillion-red inclusions... [Lire la suite]

Lot 57. A pair of copper-red glazed dishes, marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Estimate HKD 100,000 — 150,000 (11,289 - 16,934 EUR). Lot Sold 500,000 HKD (56,446 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's. each with shallow rounded sides supported on a gently tapered foot, covered overall with a rich copper-red glaze suffused with tiny bubbles and thinning to white at the rim, the slightly domed base glazed white and inscribed in underglaze-blue... [Lire la suite]

Lot 56. A yellow-ground green-enamelled ‘dragon medallion’ bowl, mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735). Estimate HKD 400,000 — 600,000 (45,157 - 67,735 EUR). Lot Sold 1,062,500 HKD (119,947 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's. with deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a gently flared rim, the exterior finely incised in the biscuit and enamelled in translucent green with four medallions alternating with pairs of ruyi cloud scrolls, each... [Lire la suite]