5 juillet 2019

Bamileke Artist, Cameroon, “Elephant Headdress”, 19th century.  Glass beads, wood, cloth, and raffia,  17 1/2 x 23 3/8 x 20 1/8 inches. Purchase through funds provided by patrons of the Second Annual Collectors Evening, 2011.  2011.1, High Museum of Art, Atlanta. © High Museum of Art, Atlanta. During the nineteenth century, when this work was made, elephant masks were among the most prestigious of all the masquerades performed by groups of wealthy, titled men in the... [Lire la suite]

Baga Artist, Guinea, “Male and Female D’mba Figures”, 19th century. Wood, 26 inches,Fred and Rita Richman Collection, 2002.284.1-2, High Museum of Art, Atlanta. © High Museum of Art, Atlanta. These two d’mba figures share the same profiles as the headdresses of the masquerades performed during Baga weddings and on other joyous occasions. For the Baga people living on the small tropical islands of coastal Guinea, d’mba is an abstract concept encompassing all that is good and beautiful in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 53. An imaginary carnation , Aurangabad, North Deccan, vs 1726-1669 AD. Folio 7 7/8 x 4 ¾ ins. (20 x 12.1 cm.). Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 200,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 From a Siddantha-sara, Siddantha-bodha and Aporaksha-siddantha of Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur (r.1629-1678 AD), opaque pigments on a pounced gold ground, the reverse with 15ll. black and red devanagari written by Vyasa Madhava, gold... [Lire la suite]

Lot 355. A carved Colombian emerald of 51.96 carats, 19th century and reworked at a later date. Estimate USD 150,000 - USD 250,000. Price realised USD 212,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Carved emerald of 51.96 carats, 25.60 x 23.82 x 10.82 mm, 19th century and reworked at a later date. AGL, 2019, report no. 1100334: 51.96 carats, Colombia, insignificant to minor clarity, traditional type. Exhibited: Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 43, no. 17The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 350. An hexagonal-shaped carved Colombian emerald of 52.04 carats, late 17th to early 18th century. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 218,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Hexagonal-shaped carved emerald of 52.04 carats, 28.15 x 32.15 x 7.88 mm, late 17th to early 18th century AGL, 2019, report no. 1100333: 52.04 carats, Colombia, no clarity enhancement. Exhibited: The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 168, no. 130Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 44, no. 18The Doge’s... [Lire la suite]

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel A Different View. The Creation of Adam.  WINCHESTER.- The magnificent Sistine Chapel in the Vatican takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who restored the Roman building between 1477 and 1480. Just over a quarter of a century later in 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564) to paint the chapel’s huge ceiling. Such was the enormity of the task, it took the artist and his assistants four years to complete. Faced by the challenges of the... [Lire la suite]

Erwin Olaf and Taco Dibbits. Photo: Olivier Middendorp. AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum has been a major source of inspiration for Erwin Olaf since his early youth, with Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Breitner and other Dutch artists being hugely influential on his work. To mark the transfer of his core collection the Rijksmuseum is staging the exhibition 12 x Erwin Olaf, in which Olaf places his photographs in dialogue with Dutch painting. This is the first time that his work is being displayed alongside that of his great... [Lire la suite]