01 août 2022
Exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel retraces the dialogue between Picasso and El Greco
Attributed to Alonso Sánchez Coello, Lady in a Fur Wrap, c. 1577-79. Oil on canvas, 62 x 50 cm, Glasgow Life (Glasgow Museums) on behalf of Glasgow City Council, the Stirling Maxwell Collection.
BASEL.- A grand special exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel turns the spotlight on Pablo Picasso’s (1881–1973) engagement with the art of the Cretan-born Old Master Doménikos Theotokópoulos, better known as El Greco (1541–1614). With around thirty pairs of masterworks by both artists, it retraces their... [Lire la suite]01 août 2022
Tang dynasty ceramics sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28 July 2022
Lot 3002. A large sancai pottery figure of an earth spirit, Tang dynasty (618-907); 40 by 27 by h. 106 cm. Lot sold: 107,100 HKD (Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022
Provenance: Christie's New York, 27th November 1991, lot 286A.Christie's New York, 25th March 2011, lot 1285.Collection of the Estates of Marilyn and Milton Myers, Hollywood, Florida.Bonhams San Francisco, 24th June 2013, lot 1173 (US$23,750).
Note: The Tang dynasty represents one of the most... [Lire la suite]