15 août 2016

Lot 87. Gérard Rancinan (Né en 1953), Pierre et Gilles. Photographie, tirage argentique. Signée et numérotée 8 / 8 au dos, 125 x 125 cm. Photo Massol SVV Estimation : 8 000 € / 10 000 €.  Art Moderne & Contemporain, Sculptures, le 15 Août 2016. MASSOL SVV, 14800 DEAUVILLE

Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973). Necklace, ca. 1937. Metal. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Millicent Huttleston Rogers, 1951 (2009.300.1449). © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A striking, unusual design, this necklace by Schiaparelli is characteristic of her highly original design aesthetic. The sculptural piece, crisp in gold metal, although worn as jewelry, also looks... [Lire la suite]

Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973). Necklace, 1938. Metal. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Beatrice Glass, 1981 (1981.517.12). © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973). Necklace, fall 1938. Metal. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1955 (2009.300.1496). © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Schiaparelli's fall 1938 pagan collection dazzled her clients and the fashion press with references to spring eternal throughout. The collection was studded with flowers, insects, and as seen in this... [Lire la suite]

Elsa Schiaparelli, (Italian, 1890–1973). Necklace, 1938. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1955 (2009.300.1236) © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The symbolism connected to the ivy plant is varied. Based on its evergreen nature, and the ability to grow in the darkest of places despite lack of light, it has been seen as a symbol of fidelity and enduring... [Lire la suite]

Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973). Necklace, fall 1938. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1955 (2009.300.1237) © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Schiaparelli's fall 1938 collection was rife with references to flora and fauna, inspired by the Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli’s lush depictions of spring, specifically in "The Birth of Venus" and... [Lire la suite]

Boîte à opium ou à chaux (?), 18e siècle, Inde, Empire moghol (1526-1857), cristal de roche, or, rubis. Hauteur : 0.037 m, Diamètre : 0.033 m. Donation Jean et Krishnâ Riboud, 2000. Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques, MA6804. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée Guimet, Paris) / Thierry Ollivier

Black Stork in a Landscape, ca. 1780, India, probably Lucknow. Opaque watercolor on European paper. Painting: H. 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm) W. 29 3/4in. (75.6cm) Mat: H. 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm) W. 27 in. (68.6 cm). Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art and Rogers Fund, 2000. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.266 © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The distinctive white neck feathers, purple-streaked wings, and red-tinged beak identify this tall bird as a woolly-necked stork (Ciconia... [Lire la suite]

Boucle de ceinture, fin 18ème siècle ou 19e siècle, Jaipur, Inde, Empire moghol (1526-1857), diamant, émeraude, rubis, or. Hauteur : 0.085 m, Largeur : 0.08 m, Profondeur : 0.008 m. Donation Jean et Krishnâ Riboud. Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques, MA6770. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée Guimet, Paris) / Thierry Ollivier

A Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses, attributed to Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya (active 1830s–40s), ca. 1845, India, Calcutta. Opaque watercolor on paper. H. 12 in. (30.5 cm) W. 20 in. (50.8 cm). Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art and Rogers Fund, 1994. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994.280 © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Many of the East India Company officers who commissioned paintings during the nineteenth century sought a visual record of... [Lire la suite]