1948

Lot 883. A Platinum, 18 Karat Gold, Diamond and Mystery-Set Ruby Bird Brooch, Van Cleef & Arpels, France, 1948. Estimate 30,000 – 40,000 USD. Lot sold 206,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's 2012 the bird perched on a gold branch, set with round and baguette diamonds weighing approximately 7.80 carats, the body mystery-set with calibré-cut rubies weighing approximately 10.50 carats, further accented with round and marquise-shaped rubies, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered 59500, French assay marks. ... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko, Multiform, 1948, oil on canvas 155 x 118.7 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016 Mark Rothko, No1 ( No.18, 1948), 1948, oil on canvas © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016 Mark Rothko, No.1, 1948, oil on canvas 270.2 x 297.8 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York City © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016 Mark Rothko, No.5 / No.24, 1948, oil on canvas 86.1 x 127.6 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York City © Kate Rothko Prizel... [Lire la suite]

Lot 256. Lê Phổ (1907-2001), Maternité (Maternity), signed, ink and gouache on silk, 44 by 36.5 cm; 17 1/4  by 14 1/4  in. Executed in 1948. Estimate 800,000 — 1,500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  Exhibited: Galerie Van Loo, Brussels, February 1948 Notes: One of the four prominent Vietnamese graduates of the École des Beaux-Arts who made a career in France, Lê Phổ produced an oeuvre that was a delicate fusion of Vietnamese themes and French artistic styles. Like... [Lire la suite]

Zhang Daqian (1899 – 1983), Spring Clouds Amidst Autumn Landscape, 1948. Photo Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Sotheby's Hong Kong will present a sale of Fine Chinese Paintings on 4 October 2016 during this year’s Autumn Sale Series at Hall 3 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, offering around 300 works by celebrated artists and calligraphers. Highlights include neverbeen-seen masterpieces by Fu Baoshi from a European collection, a rich array of paintings, calligraphy and seal impressions previously... [Lire la suite]

  Carefully assembled over the course of sixty years from 1955 to 2015, represent the private collection of Dr. Seymour and Carol Haber of Portland, Oregon. After meeting in medical school and marrying in 1954, the couple spent two years in Germany where Seymour served as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps; it was during this period that they began to collect art objects. They traveled and moved many times over the coming years, adding to both their collection and their knowledge along... [Lire la suite]

Van Cleef & Arpels. Earrings. Platinum, white gold, round diamonds, square-cut aquamarines. Heritage Collection, 1951. Price on request. Courtesy Van Cleef & Arpels       Van Cleef & Arpels. Necklace. Platinum, white gold, round diamonds, square-cut and diamond-cut aquamarines. Heritage Collection, 1948. Price on request. Courtesy Van Cleef & Arpels   Van Cleef & Arpels. Earrings. Yellow gold, platinum, round diamonds, onyx, green... [Lire la suite]

Bernard & Josephine Chaus. Photo Sotheby's NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will offer Property from the Collection of Bernard & Josephine Chaus—co-founders of American sportswear firm, Bernard Chaus Inc.—in a series of auctions beginning this spring in New York. Collected over the course of nearly four decades by the couple, works of art ranging from fine paintings to jewelry to European furniture will be auctioned across seven sales. FROM BUYERS TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: JOSEPHINE & BERNARD... [Lire la suite]

  Alberto Giacometti, Portrait de Jean Genet, 1954-1955. Paris, Centre Pompidou MNAM-CCI © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Adam Rzepka © Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris / ADAGP, Paris) 2015 MARSEILLE - Il y a trente ans disparaissait Jean Genet, le plus flamboyant et le plus rebelle des écrivains du XXe siècle. À ce poète de la liberté et de l’ailleurs, qui commença son œuvre en prison et l’acheva sur les rives du Jourdain, le Mucem rend hommage par une... [Lire la suite]

Fabienne Velos in strapless pale blue satin eveving gown by Balenciaga, 1948.

Giorgio Morandi (1890 - 1964), Natura Morta, firmato sul retro, olio su tela, cm 34x45. Eseguito nel 1948. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 EUR. Lot sold 747,000  EUR. Photo: Sotheby's. MILAN.- The Part I of the Milanese Modern and Contemporary Art Sale held in the new spot of Palazzo Serbelloni has confirmed the interest and the massive presence of public during the exhibition days. The 1948 Natura Morta by Giorgio Morandi, the Italian artist celebrated at CIMA in New... [Lire la suite]