Art contemporain

To Die Upon a Kiss, Fred Wilson, 2011, Murano glass. Detroit Institute of Arts. DETROIT, MICH.- The Detroit Institute of Arts has acquired To Die Upon a Kiss, a spectacular Murano glass sculpture in the form of a chandelier by artist Fred Wilson. It will be on view beginning Feb. 5.  Wilson will be honored at the museum’s annual Alain Locke Awards event on Feb. 10 at 2 p.m., when he will discuss the new acquisition and his other work in a talk titled “Speak of Me as I Am.” The event is free with museum admission and is... [Lire la suite]

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown).  Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 acrylic, oilstick and paper collage on canvas; 84 x 84 in. (213.4 x 213.4 cm.). Painted in 1983 (14). Estimate £7,000,000 - £9,000,000 Provenance: Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles.Kamran Diba, Paris (acquired from the above in 1983).Private Collection, London. Literature: M. Enrici, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris 1989 (illustrated in colour, p. 81).Jean-Michel Basquiat, exh. cat.,... [Lire la suite]

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Abstraktes Bild.  Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 signed, numbered and dated '889-14 Richter 2004' (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 88 5/8 x 78¾in. (225 x 200cm.). Painted in 2004. Estimate on request Provenance: Wako Works of Art, Tokyo.Private Collection, Japan.Acquired from the above by the present owner. Exhibited: Dusseldorf, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Gerhard Richter, 2005, no. 889-14, p. 85 (illustrated in colour, pp. 225 and 305). This... [Lire la suite]

Antony Gormley (b. 1950), Feeling Material XIV. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 4mm square section mild steel bar, 88½ x 85¾ x 67in. (224.8 x 217.9 x 170.2cm.). Executed in 2005. Estimate £300,000 - £400,000 Provenance: Sean Kelly Gallery, New York.Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005. Literature: M. Mack (ed.), Antony Gormley, Göttingen 2007 (illustrated in colour, p. 530). Notes: 'Feeling Material XIV is a development of the Feeling Material works where I was no... [Lire la suite]

Wade Guyton (b. 1972) , Untitled. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Epson Ultrachrome inkjet on canvas, 80 x 69in. (203.2 x 175.3cm.). Executed in 2006. Estimate £250,000 - £350,000 Provenance: Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne.Acquired from the above by the present owner. Notes: 'Pollock flung it; Rauschenberg silkscreened it; Richter took a squeegee; Polke used chemicals. Wade is working in what is now a pretty venerable tradition, against the conventional idea of painting' (A. Temkin,... [Lire la suite]

Sterling Ruby (b. 1972), Pelican Bay, Orange 2.  Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 signed and dated 'Sterling Ruby 08' (lower right); titled and dated 'Pelican Bay Orange 2 2008' (on the reverse); acrylic and collage on photographic paper; 10 7/8 x 8½in. (27.8 x 21.6cm.). Executed in 2008. Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles.Thomas Stauffer Collection, Zurich.LINN , PRESS art advisory services, New Jersey.Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011. ... [Lire la suite]

 Marc Quinn, The Origin of the World (Cassis madagascariensis) Indian Ocean, 310, 2012. Bronze.

Marc Quinn, “The Archaeology of Desire”, 2008. Patinated bronze, (232 x 295 x 100 cm) 91 5/16 x 116 1/8 x 39 3/8 inches

Marc Quinn, "The Evolution of Desire", 2009. Bronze, 500 kg

Marc Quinn "The Archaeology of the Baroque", 2012 - Painted bronze.