10 février 2020
RODIN-GIACOMETTI at Fundación MAPFRE
Alberto Giacometti dans le parc d’Eugène Rudier au Vésinet, posant à côté des Bourgeois de Calais de Rodin [Alberto Giacometti in Eugène Rudier’s park in Vésinet posing next to Rodin’s The Burghers of Calais], 1950. Photography: Patricia Matisse, Fondation Giacometti, Paris. Photograph: Fondation Giacometti, Paris.
MADRID - Despite being separated by more than a generation, and taking inevitable differences into account, the artistic careers of Auguste Rodin (Paris, 1840 - Meudon, 1917) and Alberto Giacometti... [Lire la suite]10 février 2020
Liu Dan (B. 1953), Poppies in early summer in Manhattan, 1992
Lot 3640. Liu Dan (B. 1953), Poppies in early summer in Manhattan, signed Liu Dan, dated 1992 Chu Xia (early summer), inscribed and with one seal of the artist, ink and colour on paper, framed, 68.5 by 57 cm., 27 by 22 1/2 in. Estimate 650,000 — 950,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,560,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in 2004.
Sotheby's. Contemporary Literati -- A Gathering, Hong Kong, 07 april 201410 février 2020
A Rare Archaic Bronze Animal Handle, Late Shang-Early Western Zhou Dynasty
Lot 3639. A Rare Archaic Bronze Animal Handle, Late Shang-Early Western Zhou Dynasty; 20.5 cm., 8 1/8 in. Estimate 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,240,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.
the fragment composed of a feline seated upright straddling a horned mythical beast with a wide open fanged mouth, devouring the head of a creature stuck in its mouth, the three-clawed paws of the victim grasping the neck of the beast, its lower body morphing into the head of an elephant, the tail of... [Lire la suite]10 février 2020
Tai Xiangzhou (B.1968), Four scenes of Zao Xue, 2013
Lot 3617. Tai Xiangzhou (B.1968), Four scenes of Zao Xue, each signed Xiangzhou, with one seal of the artist, ink on silk (4 works), framed;each: 22.8 by 46.3 cm., 9 by 18 1/4 in. Executed in 2013. Estimate 800,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,960,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.
Sotheby's. Contemporary Literati — A Gathering, Hong Kong, 07 april 201410 février 2020
A Massive Carved Grey Stone Lion, Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Lot 3604. A Massive Carved Grey Stone Lion, Tang Dynasty (618-907); 105 cm., 41 3/8 in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,960,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's
powerfully modelled, the muscular beast seated on its haunches on a rectangular base with forelegs outstretched, the head with fierce expression, glaring eyes set under ridged brows and jaw open in full roar baring its large tongue and sharp teeth, the stone of mottled grey-buff... [Lire la suite]