1960

Lot 22. Yves Klein, Monochrome rose sans titre (MP 27), dry pigment and synthetic resin on canvas, laid on panel, 40 x 35 cm (15 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.). Executed circa 1960. Estimate £800,000 - 1,200,000. Image courtesy of Phillips. This work is registered in the Yves Klein Archives under the number MP 27, and will be included in the new edition of the Catalogue Raisonné of the artist’s work being completed under the supervision of Madame Rotraut Klein-Moquay, Paris. Provenance: Galerie... [Lire la suite]

Head Of The Apollo Belvedere Type, Western Europe, Roman Empire, 3rd-4th century AD. White marble. Height 20.8 cm. Courtesy Axel Vervoordt Provenance: Private collection T., Leeds; private collection, France, acquired 1980s; private collection Mr. Diego von Bergen, Rome (Villa Bonaparte) and Berlin, acquired circa 1940s  Head Of Venus Genetrix, Western Europe, Roman Empire, 1st century AD. White marble. Height 20.5 cm. Courtesy Axel Vervoordt Striding Figure... [Lire la suite]

Lot 250. Vũ Cao Đàm (1908-2000), Idylle (idyll). Signed and dated 60. Oil on canvas, 55 by 46 cm; 21 3/4  by 18 in. Estimate 70,000 — 90,000 HKD (8,520 - 10,955 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's Provenance: Private Collection, France Sotheby's. Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Hong Kong, 03 Apr 2017, 10:00 AM

Yuichi Inoue (1916-1985), En (Cycle/Eternity), 1977. Ink on Japanese paper. H 56-1/2 x W 74-1/2 in (144 x 189 cm) © Erik Thomsen Inoue Yuichi (1916-1985), Kou (Filial Piety), 1961. Ink on Japanese paper. 71.5 x 39.5 inches (182 x 100 cm) © Erik Thomsen Inoue Yuichi (1916-1985), Ryu (Dragon), 1960. Ink on Japanese paper. 42.5 x 45.5 inches (108 x 115.5 cm) © Erik Thomsen Inoue Yuichi (1916-1985), Butsu (Buddha), 1977. Ink on Japanese paper. 56 x 57.5... [Lire la suite]

Lot 25. Yves Klein (1928 - 1962),  Untitled Anthropometry (ANT 114), stamped with artist’s monogram on the overlap; titled ANT 114 on the reverse, dry pigment and synthetic resin on paper laid down on canvas, 246 by 50.3 cm. 96 7/8 by 19 7/8 in. Executed circa 1960. Estimate 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 GBP. Lot Sold  2,108,750 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: The Artist Private Collection Galerie Gmurzynska, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006 ... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale 0-38, 1960, 60 X 75 cm. M.F. Toninelli Art Moderne at Brafa Art Fair, Brussels, 21-29 january 2017. M.F. Toninelli Art Moderne. Palais de la Scala, 1 avenue Henry-Dunant, 98000 Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1967, waterpaint on canvas, 31 1/2 x 25 5/8 in. (80 x 65 cm.). Private Collection, London. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome. NEW YORK, NY.- Eykyn Maclean announces The Serial Attitude, an exhibition that reintroduces two opposing perspectives on Serial Art. In November 1967, Elayne Varian, the Director of the Finch College Museum of Art in New York, called upon a young artist – Mel Bochner – to help organize an exhibition on Serial Art. To... [Lire la suite]

Picasso-Giacometti au Musée Picasso : Affiche. PARIS - Du 4 octobre 2016 au 5 février 2017, le Musée Picasso présente la toute première exposition consacrée à luvre de deux des plus grands artistes du XXe siècle : Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) et Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Grâce à un prêt exceptionnel de la Fondation Giacometti, cette exposition inédite, qui occupera le rez-de-chaussée et le premier étage de lhôtel Salé, réunit plus de 200 uvres des deux maîtres provenant des riches collections du Musée... [Lire la suite]

 “My family and I have experienced untold joy assembling our ceramic collection over the last 50 years” Lord Attenborough, 2007. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- This November, Sotheby’s will offer at auction the celebrated private collection of Picasso ceramics assembled by Lord and Lady Attenborough. Renowned for its quality and prescience, the collection was built with the joyfilled tradition of an annual pilgrimage to the South of France, where Lord Attenborough, his wife Sheila, and their children enjoyed... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana (Rosario de Santa Fé 1899 – 1968 Comabbio) - Concetto Spaziale, Attesa - 1960. Water-based paint on canvas ; 81 x 65 cm / 31.8 x 25.5 in. Signed, titled and inscribed on the reverse '1+1 = 666' and 'Oggi piove!' © Robilant+Voena Lucio Fontana (Rosario de Santa Fé 1899 – 1968 Comabbio) - Concetto Spaziale - 1960-1963. Painted terracotta with holes ; Diameter: 49.7cm 19.5 in. Signed upper right © Robilant+Voena Biennale des Antiquaires 2016. Robilant+Voena / STAND S27Bis. 38... [Lire la suite]