3 janvier 2020

Lot 14. Flemish School, 17th century, The Tower of Babel, oil on canvas, 35 by 43¾ in.; 89 by 111.1 cm. Estimate: 250,000 - 350,000 USD. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 28 January 2016, lot 24; Where acquired by the present collector. Note: The subject of the Tower of Babel is from Genesis (11:1-9) and recounts how the people, who all spoke a common language, decided to build a tower, the top of which would reach to the heavens. As punishment... [Lire la suite]

Lot 13. Netherlandish school, circa 1615-1625, Still life of an illuminated manuscript, oil on panel, 27¾ by 25¾ in.; 70.5 by 65.5 cm. Estimate: 700,000 - 900,000 USD. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Private collection, France, since the late 19th century until recently acquired. Note: Against a stark black background, a monumentally scaled illuminated manuscript is the sole subject matter of this fascinating panel painting. The manuscript is staged in a captured moment in which its pages open to reveal its... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3. Netherlandish school, mid-16th century, A skeleton standing on an open coffin holding a skull and an arrow, as an Allegory of Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation, inscribed: dit es dleste gerecht / God heeft hier gedaen zijn recht / wie kient hier den meester / voer den knecht;  inscribed on the reverse: Le dernier jugement / Ici juge la mort. Il n'y a plus ni / maitre ni valet., oil on panel, 17⅜ by 13⅛ in.; 44.1 by 33.3 cm. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 USD. © Sotheby's. This small panel... [Lire la suite]

Ralph Hubbard and Elizabeth Caloun Norton, circa 1941. The Norton-Richards Collection of jades was acquired by Ralph H. Norton (1875-1953) and his daughter Beatrice Norton Richards (1920-2001) over a twenty-year period beginning in 1941. After he retired as president of Acme Steel in 1939, Mr. Norton moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, where he developed an interest in jade carvings. He had envisioned establishing a museum to exhibit his fine collection of Post-Impressionist and 20th century American paintings. However,... [Lire la suite]

Bas Meeuws (NL, 1974), Untitled #151, 2019. Galerie Wilms. © Bas Meeuws ROTTERDAM.- Haute Photographie returns to Rotterdam for the fifth time with a focus on the diversity of the photographic landscape. To keep the concept of the ‘boutique fair’ alive, the list of participating galleries is once again select and varied. The selection includes some of the best galleries in the Netherlands as well as international institutions ranging from New York to Madrid and from Paris to Zürich. Like in previous... [Lire la suite]