Art Moderne & Contemporain/Modern & Contempory Art

Le patrimoine et les savoir-faire ancestraux d’Ouzbékistan (fin XIXe-début XXe siècles) sont au cœur d'un parcours qui présente une série d’œuvres exposées pour la première fois en dehors de musées nationaux. Près de 300 pièces représentatives des trésors de l’Ouzbékistan sont ainsi mis en lumière : chapans (manteaux) et accessoires brodés d’or de la cour de l’Émir, selles en bois peintes à la main, harnachements de chevaux en argent sertis de turquoises, suzanis (tentures brodées), tapis, ikats de soie, bijoux et costumes de la... [Lire la suite]

Lot 95. A fine Kashan moulded blue-glazed bowl, Persia, second half 12th-early 13th century; 15cm. diam. 11.5cm. height. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 GBP. Lot Sold 31,250 GBP. Photo: Sotheby’s 2014 the stonepaste moulded and covered with a cobalt-blue glaze on a short foot, featuring a frieze with hunting scenes comprising riders on horses and lions. Note: This is a superbly worked and exceptionally refined example of medieval Persian pottery. The quality of the paste and... [Lire la suite]

Door handle, cast and engraved bronze, Southeastern Turkey; beginning of 13th century. H: 27.5; W: 24.5 cm. Inv. no. 38/1973. © The David Collection. This door handle comes from the Ulu Jami, the main mosque in Cizre. Between the necks of the dragons there was originally a spike with a lion’s head, as seen on the door’s other handle, which is now in Istanbul. This piece has been newly restored and has a golden shine, while the door handle in the David Collection has retained its 800-year-old patina. The mechanical... [Lire la suite]

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Le Semeur, 1888. Öl auf Leinwand, 72 x 91,5 cm. Hahnloser/Jaeggli Stiftung, Winterthur. Photo: Reto Pedrini, Zürich. HAMBURG.- The exhibition Enchanted Times features the historical art collection of Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler, a Swiss couple who between 1906 and 1936 amassed an impressive number of Post-Impressionist masterpieces at the Villa Flora in Winterthur. Having been introduced into leading artistic circles in Paris by the Swiss painter Félix Vallotton (1865–1925) in the early years... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko (1903–1970), No. 46 [Black, Ochre, Red Over Red], 1957. Oil on canvas, 252.73 × 207.01 × 4.45 cm Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Panza Collection.  PARIS - L’exposition Les Clefs d’une passion (1er avril – 6 juillet 2015), troisième étape de l’inauguration de la Fondation Louis Vuitton, affirme les principes qui sont à l’origine de son engagement. Elle présente une sélection d’œuvres majeures de la première moitié du XXe siècle qui ont posé les bases de la modernité. Ces œuvres ont en commun... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attesa, firma, titolo e iscrizione l. Fontana "Concetto spaziale" ATTESA Oggi ò [sic] proprio una gran malinconia (sul retro), idropittura su tela, cm 61x54. Eseguito nel 1964-65. Estimate: Euro 600,000 – 900,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2015. MILAN.- Christie’s presents the annual sale of Milan Modern and Contemporary, taking place on 28 and 29 April 2015 at Palazzo Clerici, Milan. Following the strong results of last year’s auction, which realised €9.8... [Lire la suite]

Francis Bacon, Portrait de Michel Leiris, 1976. Courtesy Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris, © The Estate of Francis Bacon/All rights reserved/Adagp, Paris 2014, © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Bertrand Prévost METZ - Au croisement de l'art, de la littérature et de l'ethnographie, l'exposition consacrée à Michel Leiris (1901-1990) est la première grande exposition dédiée à cet intellectuel majeur du XXe siècle. Pleinement mobilisé par les questionnements et idéaux de son temps, Michel... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso, Seated Harlequin (Arlequin assis), Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 97.1 cm, 1923, Kunstmuseum Basel, on permanent loan from the City of Basel 1967, © Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid, 2015. MADRID.- For six months, the Museo del Prado’s Central Gallery is showing ten masterpieces by Picasso from the holdings of the Kunstmuseum Basel, an institution that houses more than 300 pieces by the Spanish artist, including drawings, prints and paintings, in its collections and on permanent loan. Picasso thus... [Lire la suite]

Alberto Giacometti, Buste de Diego (Aménophis). Inscribed with the signature Alberto Giacomett and with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris, dated 1954 and numbered 3/8 twice. Bronze. Height: 16 ½ inches. Conceived in 1954 and cast before 1956. Est. $6/8 million. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will present the collection of noted Chicago businessman and philanthropist, Jerome H. Stone. Assembled by Mr. Stone and his wife, Evelyn, predominantly in the 1950s and '60s, the collection offers important modern... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso, Femme au chignon dans un fauteuil. Signed Picasso (upper right) and dated 1.11.48 on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 36 ¼ by 28 ¾ in. (92 by 73 cm). Painted in 1948. Estimate $12/18 million. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will present Property from the Goldwyn Collection across a series of auctions in 2015. While the Goldwyn family is legendary within the film industry, many will discover in these sales that their creative vision also extended to collecting fine art. Samuel Goldwyn Sr. assembled a... [Lire la suite]