1901

Giovanni Boldini, Portrait of Cléo de Mérode, 1901. Oil on canvas, 97.8 x 81.3 cm (38.5 x 32 in.). Courtesy WILDENSTEIN & CO. INC. Provenance: Commissioned in 1901 by Sigismond Bardac (1856-1919), Paris; acquired sometime after his death byBaron Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957), ParisGeorges Wildenstein (1892-1963), Paris, by 1925, until 1942; sold under duress in December 1942 (during the liquidation of Wildenstein property in Paris by the Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives), toCount Renato... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso, Autoportrait, 1901. Huile sur toile 81 x 60 cm | © Picasso Estate DOHA.- Qatar Museums in collaboration with the Musée National Picasso and the Fondation Giacometti, present the first exhibition dedicated to the work of two of the most important artists of the twentieth century, Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti, at the Fire Station Artist in Residence in Doha, Qatar. The exhibition, which is the first to show these artists in the Middle East, runs from 22 February – 21 May 2017. This major... [Lire la suite]

John Wesley, Black Car, 1989. Gouache. © John Wesley / © National Museums in Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Jörg P. Anders. BERLIN.- Everyone is on a journey. Travelling, being on the road, mobility – all have been integral themes since the dawn of humanity. In its 2016 summer exhibition, Berlin’s Kupferstichkabinett is showing the most beautiful, seductive and curious travel pictures from over five centuries. The arc spans from gorgeously illustrated books from the Age of Discovery around the year 1500, via... [Lire la suite]

House of Worth, Jean-Philippe Worth, Evening coat, 1901. Silk, fur. Length at CB: 60 in. (152.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Edith Gardiner, 1926 (2009.300.64) © 2000–2015 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  This is an iconic coat of the House of Worth. The construction is meant to emphasize the textile in the most dramatic way and would have been custom made for the House. The House of Worth was founded with an interest in... [Lire la suite]

A Maison Worth cut velvet evening coat, 1901 and altered in the 1920s. Photo Kerry Taylor Auctions. A Maison Worth cut velvet evening coat, 1901 and altered in the 1920s. un-labelled, of deep crimson velvet woven with ribbon scrolls and blooms, edged in white fox and lined in ivory silk, chest 92cm, 36in For a similar Worth mantle in green see 'The Opulent Era' by Elizabeth Ann Coleman colour plate 23, published by Thames & Hudson and the Brooklyn Museum. Jean Philippe Worth was the chief designer at this period. Kerry... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37 : A Maison Worth cut velvet evening coat, 1901 and altered in the 1920s. Estimate:£500 - £700 © Kerry Taylor Auctions. A Maison Worth cut velvet evening coat, 1901 and altered in the 1920s. un-labelled, of deep crimson velvet woven with ribbon scrolls and blooms, edged in white fox and lined in ivory silk, chest 92cm, 36in For a similar Worth mantle in green see 'The Opulent Era' by Elizabeth Ann Coleman colour plate 23, published by Thames & Hudson and the Brooklyn Museum. Jean Philippe Worth was... [Lire la suite]

Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior in Strandgade, Sunlight on the Floor, 1901. Oil on canvas, 18 1/3 x 20 1/2 in. (46.5 x 52 cm). Statens Museum for Kunst, smk.dk.  NEW YORK, NY.- Painting Tranquility: Masterworks by Vilhelm Hammershøi from SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark, an exhibition of masterpieces by celebrated Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916), opens at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, in New York City, on October 17, 2015. The selection of 24 paintings examines the practice of an... [Lire la suite]

Paul Cézanne, The House of Dr. Gachet, Auvers-sur-Oise, 1873. Oil on canvas, 22 x 18 1/2 in. The Rudolf Staechelin Collection © Kunstmuseum Basel, Martin P. Bühler. WASHINGTON, DC.- With great enthusiasm and excitement, The Phillips Collection its special exhibition of the Staechelin and Im Obersteg collections, on view now at the museum. Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks from Switzerland, The Staechelin and Im Obersteg Collections pays tribute to two pioneering supporters of the arts, Rudolf Staechelin... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso, La Gommeuse, detail, 1901. Estimate upon request. Photo: Sotheby's LONDON.- The finest Blue Period work by Pablo Picasso to come to auction in a generation and a seminal Waterlilies by Claude Monet will be offered in Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York on 5 November 2015. Both works are on offer from the remarkable collection of William I. Koch – American entrepreneur, collector and America’s Cup winner.  Picasso painted the stunning La Gommeuse in... [Lire la suite]

Claude Monet, Nymphéas, 1905. Estimate $30–45 million. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 5 May 2015 Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York will offer an outstanding group of six paintings by Claude Monet, spanning the 1870s through the 1910s and including many of his most celebrated subjects: water lilies, Venice, a snowscape, the Seine and the Normandy coast. The works are emerging after significant time spent in their respective private collections, including a prime example of... [Lire la suite]