1956

Lot 892. A Platinum and Diamond Double Feather Brooch, Verdura, 1956. Estimate 10,000 – 15,000 USD. Lot sold 50,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's 2012 designed as curved feathers, set with two old mine-cut diamonds together weighing approximately 2.45 carats, further enhanced by numerous old mine, single, and baguette-cut diamonds, weighing approximately 15.50 carats, unsigned; may be worn as two clips.  Sotheby's. Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor. New York, 24 sept.... [Lire la suite]

Façade de la galerie De Jonckheere à Monaco. MONACO - Fondée en 1976, la galerie De Jonckheere est la référence de la peinture flamande des XVIe et XVIIe siècles. Depuis 2012, la galerie accompagne aussi ses collectionneurs sur les traces des grands maîtres de l’art moderne. Dans cette dynamique, elle ouvre les portes d’un nouvel espace à Monaco le jeudi 22 juin 2017, avenue Princesse Grace. Fréquentée et influente, la cité monégasque tient aujourd’hui un rôle important parmi les places artistiques internationales. ... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana (Rosario 1899-1968 Varese), Concetto Spaziale, 1956. Oil, mixed media and sequins on canvas, 80 x 70 cm (31.5 x 27.6 in.). Courtesy Tornabuoni Arte. Enrico Castellani (Castelmassa, 1930), Superficie Bianca, 1999. Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm (59 x 78.7 in.). Courtesy Tornabuoni Arte. Paolo Scheggi (Florence 1940-1971 Rome), Zone Riflesse, 1964. Acrylic on overlapped canvases, 60 x 80 cm (23.6 x 31.5 in.). Courtesy Tornabuoni Arte. Lucio... [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]

Francis Bacon, Three Studies for a Crucifixion, 1962. Oil on canvas, three panels, 198.1 x 144.8 cm, each panel, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 64.1700 © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS/VEGAP. Bilbao, 2016 BILBAO.- The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Francis Bacon: From Picasso to Velázquez, an exhibition of almost 80 works including some of the most important and yet least exhibited paintings by this British artist born in Ireland, alongside the works of the... [Lire la suite]

Grasshopper brooch by Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co, 1956

Pablo Picasso. "Horloge à la Langue" or "Clock with Tongue" Gold Pendant/Brooch, 1956. Signed and numbered 4/20 1427 with maker's mark PH for Pierre Hugo and the French assay mark. Photo courtesy Leah Gordon.

  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]

Lot 31. Zao Wou-Ki (1921 - 2013) & Germaine Richier (1902 - 1959), L'Echelle, signé et signé chinois par Zao Wou-Ki, sculpture en plomb peinte, 82 x 46,5 x 31,5 cm; 32 1/4 x 18 5/16 x 12 3/8 in. Exécutée en 1956, cette oeuvre est unique. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 EUR. Lot sold 807,000 EUR. Photo: Sotheby's Provenance: Galerie Henri Creuzevault, ParisCollection particulière, Paris Exposition: Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Germaine Richier, 10... [Lire la suite]

The Cost of Living, Barbara Mullen, New York, Harper's Bazaar, March 1950. Platinum print, 30 x 24 inches. Printed c. 2007. Reinterpreted 1994. Print number 10 from an edition on 15. Signed and editioned, in pencil, on verso. Illustrated: Lillian Bassman , (New York: Bulfinch/Little, Brown and Company, 1997), pl. 35; Lillian Bassman: Women , (New York: Abrams, 2009), p. 32. [LBP.008.10]. NEW YORK, NY.- Edwynn Houk Gallery announces its exclusive representation of the Estate of Lillian Bassman and its first... [Lire la suite]