1949

Wifredo Lam (Sagua La Grande 1902-1982 Paris), Nu À La Chaise, 1942. Tempera on paper mounted on canvas, 165 x 98 cm. Signed and dated lower left and signed and dated on the reverse. Courtesy Galerie Applicat-Prazan, Paris Provenance: Family of the Artist, Paris; private collection, Miami Literature: Michel Leiris, Wifredo Lam, Milan 1970, no. 27, ill. col.; Gérard Xuriguéra, Wifredo Lam, Paris 1974, ill. col. p. 31; Max-Pol Fouchet, Wifredo Lam, Poligrafa / Cercle d’Art,... [Lire la suite]

Louise Bourgeois (Paris, 1911), Baroque, 1970. Marble with a base made from timber wood, 94.6 x 64.1 x 65.7 cm (Marble). 38.1 x 81.2 x 65.7 cm (Base). Signed 'BOUR-0056. Photo courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve AG Literature: Louise Bourgeois, Retrospective, exh. cat., New York 1982, plates no. 123-24, p. 121, ill. p. 88, studio view on frontispiece, installation views, plates no. 126-27, p. 122, ill. p. 90; Louise Bourgeois, Retrospective, exh. cat., Frankfurt/Main 1989, no. 74, p. 189,... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko, No.1, 1949, oil on canvas © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016 Mark Rothko, Untitled 2, 1949, oil on canvas, 238.8 × 135.6 cm, Menil Collection © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016 Mark Rothko, No.3/No.13 (Magenta, Black, Green On Orange), 1949,  oil on canvas, 216.5 x 164.8 cm, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016 Mark Rothko, No.5,... [Lire la suite]

© Christie’s Images Limited 2017. LONDON.- Two giants of Post-War American painting will be united in Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 7 March 2017 in London. Mark Rothko’s groundbreaking No. 1 (1949, estimate on request), is one of the artist’s earliest examples of his mature artistic vocabulary, dating from the pioneering year of his practice and was first shown in 1950 as part of his historic solo exhibition at New York’s Betty Parsons Gallery. Robert Rauschenberg’s Transom (1963,... [Lire la suite]

Robert Doisneau, Le Baiser de l’Hôtel de Ville Paris, 1950. © Atelier Robert Doisneau, 2016. BERLIN.- Very few photographers have become famous through a single picture. “Le Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville” (The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville) is such a picture, which Robert Doisneau (1912–1994) took in March 1950 in front of a Parisian street café in the Rue de Rivoli. The image of the couple kissing was a work commissioned by LIFE magazine. Although it was staged, it contains an entire story: It became the symbol of Paris as the... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 81. Lillian Bassman, Across the Restaurant, Barbara Mullen, dress by Jacques Fath, Le Grand Véfour, Paris, 1949. Estimate £20,000 - 30,000. Photo Phillips Gelatin silver print, printed later.85 x 73.1 cm (33 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.)Signed and numbered 24/25 in pencil on the verso.   Provenance: Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica Literature: Harper's Bazaar, April 1949D. Solomon, Lillian Bassman: Women, Abrams, 2009, p. 17 Note: ‘Long necks. The thrust of the head in a... [Lire la suite]

René Magritte, L’Empire des Lumières, 1949, 50 x 60 cm, oil on canvas, Private Collection. LONDON.- Dickinson is delighted to offer René Magritte’s L’Empire des lumières, 1949, as the main highlight of their Surrealism-themed stand at Frieze Masters 2016 - Surrealist Revolution. The fair will take place from 5-9 October, and Dickinson will present a selling exhibition of Surrealist paintings, drawings and sculptures, influenced by the theories of Breton and his friends in the 12 volume publication La Revolution... [Lire la suite]

'Francis Bacon, Monaco and French Culture'. Photo JC Vinaj MONACO.- The Grimaldi Forum, Monaco is presenting a major exhibition, Francis Bacon, Monaco and French Culture from 2 July to 4 September 2016. The exhibition, curated by Martin Harrison, editor of the forthcoming Francis Bacon Catalogue Raisonné (publication 30 June 2016), takes place with the support of The Estate of Francis Bacon in London, and the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation based in Monaco. Francis Bacon’s cultural orientation was, to an... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 8. John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925), Poppies (A study of "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose"), inscribed 'Painted by John Sargent in Russell House Garden/1886 Lily Millet' on the reverse, oil on canvas, 24 3/8 by 35 7/8 inches (61.9 by 91.1 cm). Painted in 1886. Estimate 4,000,000 — 6,000,000 USD. Lot sold 6,858,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Four works by John Singer Sargent totaled $11.2 million last night, surpassing their combined high estimate... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1732, Important Pair of Natural Pearl and Diamond Pendent Earclips, Cartier, Paris, 1949. Estimate 6,300,000 — 7,000,000 HKD (728,306 - 809,229 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. Each suspending a drop-shaped white or grey natural pearl measuring approximately 14.65 - 15.65 x 16.50mm and 13.05 - 15.50 x 17.80mm, to the fan-shaped surmount set with circular-cut and baguette diamonds together weighing approximately 5.00 carats, mounted in platinum and 18 karat white... [Lire la suite]