Vanités

Jim Dine (B. 1935), The Face in the Rage of Red, 1986. Estimate: $20,000-30,000. Photo: Bonhams. NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams presents Dance of Death, a curated selection of macabre masterpieces from the collection of the late Richard Harris. The sale will take place from October 21 – November 1 and will feature an extraordinary group of over 115 works focused on the iconography of death.After retiring in 2001 from his business as an antique prints dealer in Chicago, Harris began to amass a distinctly unusual group of works... [Lire la suite]

Lot 31. Joris van Son (Antwerp 1623–1667), A vanitas still life with fruit, a gilded goblet, a musical score, a shell and a skull, oil on canvas, 67.5 x 80 cm, framed. Estimate €30,000-40,000. © 2023 Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG Provenance: Captain Edward George Spencer Churchill (1876–1964), Northwick Park, Blockley;sale, Christie’s, London, 29 October 1965, lot 98;sale, Christie’s, London, 10 December 2004, lot 59;sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 18 October 2016, lot 50;Private collection, Germany. The present... [Lire la suite]

Andy Warhol, Skull, 1976-1977. Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas, 38.5 x 48 cm (15.2 x 18.9 in.). Signed Andy Warhol (on the overlap). Price $750k-1M. Courtesy VAN DE WEGHE at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Attilo Codognato, VenicePrivate collection, Milan (1987)Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, October 12, 2007, lot 47Private collectionChristie's, New York, November 11, 2010, lot 215Private collection, Belgium. Warhol’s "Skull" (1976-77) came near the end of his life’s... [Lire la suite]

Lot 167. Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822) suiveur de, Buste vanité. Début du XIXe siècle. Marbre. H. : 60 cm. Estimation: 12000 - 15000 EUR. Courtesy Couteau-Bégarie & Associés Couteau-Bégarie & Associés. MOBILIER & OBJETS D’ART - TABLEAUX ANCIENS & MODERNES, vendredi 24 février 2023 14:00. Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris

Memento mori, Roman, 199 BCE-500 CE, Science Museum Group Collection © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum. Bronze miniature skeleton or "Larva Convivalis", a "memento mori" handed to guests at feasts, articulated but with lower right leg missing and left arm substituted for lower right leg.Memento mori translates from Latin as “Remember you must die”. This is a special type of memento mori called a larva convivialis, given to revellers at a banquet or feast. Even when the Romans were enjoying themselves, they still were... [Lire la suite]

Lot 116. Jacques de Claeuw (Dordrecht 1623 - 1694 Leiden), Vanitas still life with a skull, a violin, a cittern, playing cards, books, a globe and other objects on a draped table, signed centre: JDClaeuw, oil on canvas; unframed: 48 x 41.2 cm.; 19 x 16¼ in.; framed: 62.5 x 56 cm.; 24⅝ x 22 in. Lot sold: 8,820 GBP (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2022 Still-life Paintings from the Collection of Dr Sam Segal. Note: Jacques de Claeuw, also known as... [Lire la suite]

Left: Memento Mori Sculpture, German, 18th century. Marble. Height ca 6.5 cm, width ca 7 cm, depth ca 8 cm, at Kunstkammer Georg Laue. Middle: Renaissance Memento mori Janus head, German or Low Countries, 16th century. Boxwood; gold. Height ca 5 cm, width ca 5 cm, depth ca 7 cm, at Kunstkammer Georg Laue. Right: Vanitas Still Lives by Josep and Pere Santilari, at Stuart Lochhead. Renaissance Memento mori Janus head, German or Low Countries, 16th century. Boxwood; gold. Height ca 5 cm, width ca 5 cm, depth ca 7 cm, at... [Lire la suite]

A German Small Carved Ivory Memento Mori. Terminal Rosary Bead in the Form of a Skull, 17th Century. Fine worn smooth silky patina. Size: 2cm high, 2cm wide, 2cm deep - ¾ ins high, ¾ ins wide, ¾ ins deep. POR. © Copyright Finch & Co. 2020 A German Memento Mori Carved Ivory Paternoster Rosary Bead in the Form of a Skull, 17th Century. Fine worn smooth silky patina. Size: 3cm high, 3cm wide, 3.5cm deep - 1¼ ins high, 1¼ ins wide, 1½ ins deep. POR. © Copyright Finch & Co. 2020 An Exceptional German... [Lire la suite]

German carved Vanitas, Early 17th century. Ivory, H 4.5 x W 4.5 x D 7 cm. Price: € 44,500. FINCH & CO at BRAFA 2021. A salamander and snake crawling through the partly decomposed skull with scraps of skin dangling from the face, the exposed muscles partly decomposed. Provenance: former private European collection; former private collection of the late Robert Noortman (1946-2007); sale Sotheby's Amsterdam, 2007; former collection Finch & Co, 2008; private collection, London, 2008-2020. m. +44 (0)7768 236... [Lire la suite]

Memento mori half head, half skull, European, 19th century. Ivory. H. 5.8 cm (object) H 8.5 cm (with base). CABINET OF CURIOSITIES-HONOURABLE SILVER OBJECTS at BRAFA 2021 The ivory model of a half a child's head, half a skull is carved with precision of a naturalistic quality. This memento mori is literally a reminder of death and the shortness of life. The skull was the symbol of death from the 1500s onwards. m. +32 (0)475 26 76 85 www.silverobjects.be