1905

Lot 19.  Ludwig Deutsch (Austrian, 1855-1935), The Koran School, 1905, signed, inscribed and dated 'L. Deutsch PARIS 1905' (lower left), oil on panel, 27½ x 32 in (69.9 x 81.3 cm). Estimate GBP 300,000 - GBP 500,000 (USD 387,000 - USD 645,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Provenance: Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 March 1987, lot 77.with Mathaf Gallery, London (inv. no. P.95).Acquired from the above by the present owner. Note: Executed at a time when Ludwig Deutsch (see Lot 13) was moving from... [Lire la suite]

Philip de László (1869-1937), Portrait of Comtesse Jean de Castellane, née Marie Dorothée de Talleyrand-Périgord, other married name Fürstin Karl Egon IV zu Fürstenberg, 1899. Photo Jacqueline Hyde © de Laszlo Foundation Philip de László (1869-1937), Portrait de la comtesse Greffulhe, née Caraman-Chimay, 1905. Philip de László (1869-1937), Portrait d'Elaine, Duchesse de Guiche, née Greffulhe, 1905. Philip de László (1869-1937), Portrait of Princess Max Egon von Hohenlohe-Langenburg, née María de la Piedad de Yturbe, 1906.... [Lire la suite]

Maurice de Vlaminck, Sous-bois (Paysage), 1905. Estimate $12/18 Million. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Two masterpieces by art history’s “Wild Beasts” will appear at auction for the first time in Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on 9 May 2016 in New York. Together, André Derain’s Les Voiles rouges (estimate $15/20 million) and Maurice de Vlaminck’s Sous-bois ($12/18 million) embody the explosive Fauvism movement of the early-20th century. The term was coined in 1905, when the... [Lire la suite]

Paul Klee, L'ironie à l'œuvre : Affiche. PARIS - Le Centre Pompidou propose une nouvelle traversée de l’œuvre de l’un des artistes les plus emblématiques du 20è siècle, figure singulière de la modernité : Paul Klee. Il s’agit de la première rétrospective importante présentée en France depuis l’exposition de 1969 au musée national d’art moderne.  Réunissant deux-cent trente œuvres, provenant du Zentrum Paul Klee, Berne, des plus grandes collections internationales et de collections particulières, cette rétrospective pose un... [Lire la suite]

Paul Signac, Juan-les-Pins. Soir, 1914, huile sur toile, 73 x 92 cm. Photo Maurice Aeschimann. LAUSANNE - C’est une collection très prestigieuse d'œuvres de Paul Signac (1863-1935) qui sera présentée du 29 janvier au 22 mai à la Fondation de l'Hermitage : près de 140 peintures, aquarelles et dessins illustreront la carrière foisonnante du maître néo-impressionniste. Réunie par une famille passionnée par l'artiste, cette collection unique constitue l'un des plus grands ensembles d’œuvres de Signac conservé en... [Lire la suite]

  Piet Mondriaan, Mill in sunlight, 1908, oil on canvas, 114 x 87 cm. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. THE HAGUE.- In the brief period between 1885 and the outbreak of war in 1914 painting in the Low countries experienced a modern Renaissance. Colour was liberated from the chains of visual reality. Suddenly, grass could be a cool blue, a face could be bright purple, and trees turned red. Colour had become an autonomous means of expression. This was one of the most important developments in modern art history. The... [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]

Diamond brooch, Vever, circa 1905 - Sothebys Of foliate design, millegrain-set with circular-, single-cut and rose diamonds,signed Vever, Paris, brooch fitting detachable, fitted case stamped Vever. Estimation: 17,000 - 24,000 CHF Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels. Genève | 14 mai 2013 www.sothebys.com

Moonstone and diamond brooch, Cartier, Circa 1905 - Sotheby's.   Designed as a bow set with two pear-shaped cabochon moonstones accented with circular-cut and rose diamonds, signed Cartier Paris and numbered, French assay marks. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP Sotheby's. Jewels. London | 11 Apr 2013 www.sothebys.com

Pair of Platinum, Diamond, Mother-of-Pearl and Natural Pearl Pendant-Earclips.  Photo Doyle 2 pearls ap. 9.37 x 7.73 mm. & 9.14 x 8.69 mm., c. 1920 & 1905, tops originally studs. Pearls: one silvery and one slightly taupe, on reverse some peeling and hairline cracks, low luster, each tipped by a rose-cut diamond. Mother-of-Pearl: one disc with hairline crack, slightly visible to eye. Elements put together. Screw-backs. Length 1 3/8". Sold for $8,125 With GIA report no. 1142645315,... [Lire la suite]