Vanités

Gerhard Richter, Schädel (Skull). Oil on canvas, 31½ x 25 3/5 in. (80 x 65cms). Painted in 1983. Estimate on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. LONDON.- Gerhard Richter’s Schädel (Skull) (1983, estimate on request) will be unveiled at Christie’s Hong Kong for the first time in 30 years, in advance of Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, and is one of the highlight works of Christie’s Frieze Week auction series. Last exhibited in January 1988 at the Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Schädel... [Lire la suite]

Lot 277. Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (Dordrecht 1594 - 1652 (?), A vanitas still life with an angel blowing bubbles, inscribed on the tablet: Bereyt u selven/ want ghy sult/ sterven/ Eert te laet is ("Prepare yourself, for you shall die- before it is too late"), oil on canvas, 40 3/8 by 70 in.; 102.5 by 178 cm. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 USD. Lot sold 374,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's Provenance: Private collection, Austria. Note: This unique painting, only recently recognised as a work by Jacob... [Lire la suite]

TOULOUSE - C’est sous le titre en forme de clin d’œil « Même pas peur ! » que la Fondation Bemberg a le privilège de présenter pour la toute première fois, du 29 juin au 30 septembre 2018, la singulière collection de la baronne Henri de Rothschild, généreusement prêtée par le Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris. Une judicieuse sélection d’œuvres anciennes et contemporaines sur le thème des vanités viendra compléter le propos de cette collection et enrichir le parcours du visiteur. L’étonnante collection de la baronne Henri de... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3008. A carved wood memento mori skull, Germany, 16th century; 20.9 cm, 8 1/4  in. Estimate 120,000 — 180,000 HKD. Lot Sold 150,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2018. powerfully carved in the form of a human skull consisting of the cranium and upper jaws, the cadaverous face rendered being stripped of its remaining flesh with several teeth missing, covered with a monochromatic layer of brown paint. The outcome of Carbon-14 testing is consistent with the dating of this lot. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3050. A carved boxwood memento mori skeleton, Southern Germany, 17th century; 26.2 cm, 10 1/4  in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2018. well carved as Todlein standing on a irregular stand with its head turning to the left, the right hand portrayed holding an hourglass supporting a frog, the figure of Death powerfully depicted with a layer of skin around the skull and remnants of skin acting as clothing and partially revealing the skeletal structure, further adorned with a sash... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3028. Carstian Luyckx (1623 Antwerp circa 1677), Memento Mori still life with musical instruments, books, sheet music, skeleton, skull and armour. Oil on canvas. 73.5 x 92.5 cm. Estimate: CHF 30 000 - 40 000 (€ 25 000 / 33 330). © Koller Auctions Zurich Provenance: Swiss private collection.  We are grateful to Dr. Jürg Meier, for his thorough analysis of the painting as well as Dr. Fred G. Meijer who has confirmed the authenticity of the work on the basis of a photograph. ... [Lire la suite]

Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606–1683/84), Momento Mori, circa 1630-1660, oil on panel, 11.3 x 16.9 cm © York Museums Trust, United Kingdom

Lot 410. Ecole Italienne du XVIe siècle, Vanité. Crayon noir, et lavis de sépia, 22 x 16,5 cm. Estimation 800 € / 1 200 €. Photo Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris Petites restaurations. Au verso, liste à l’encre et reprise des contours du crâne au crayon noir. Collection Marie Laforêt chez Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris, 75008 Paris, le 28 Novembre 2017 à 19h

Lot 409. Ecole Allemande, XVIe siècle, Vanité. Crayon noir, plume et encre brune, gouache blanche et fond de gouache noire postérieurs, 27 x 20,5 cm. Porte la date de « 1551 ». Estimation 4 000 € / 6 000 €. Photo Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris Doublé, rayure traversant le crâne. Au verso inscription probable : from the Fountaine collection Narford Hall. Collection Marie Laforêt chez Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris, 75008 Paris, le 28 Novembre 2017 à 19h

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freeman’s will offer the Memento Mori and Mourning Jewelry collection of the late Anita and Irvin G. Schorsch in the Nov. 15 American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts auction. This remarkable and extensive collection of over 150 tokens of mortality, grief, commemoration and remembrance, represents over 200 years of private and public expressions of death. The collection vividly documents western societal changes: from graphic symbols of skulls, skeletons and hourglasses of the rock crystal... [Lire la suite]