1967

Lot 24. Lucio Fontana (1999-1968), Concetto Spaziale, Attese, 1967. Estimation 800 000 € / 1 200 000 €. Courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris. De la série des Tagli. Peinture à l’eau sur toile. Signée et titrée au dos. Annotée au dos "Ho fatto una discussione col pittore Bacci c’erano anche Piero e Nova che..."; 73 x 60 cm – 28.74 x 23.62 in.  Watercolor on canvas, signed and titled at the back  L’annotation au dos de l’œuvre rend hommage au peintre « spatial » Edmondo Bacci. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 141. A 10.28 carats Type IIa diamond single-stone ring, by Van Cleef & Arpels. Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 (US$190,000 - 250,000). Sold for £311,000 (€368,308). Photo: Bonhams. An impressive 10.28 carats diamond single-stone ring by Van Cleef & Arpels caught the eyes of buyers around the world as it sold for £311,000 at Bonhams London Fine Jewellery sale this week (27 April 2017). The E colour marquise-cut diamond, classified as Type IIa, meaning that it has been recognised as... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, 1967. 60 x 60 cm. Tornabuoni Art © 2017 LONDON.- ‘Recto/Verso: Behind the Italian Monochrome’ at Tornabuoni Art London invites viewers to literally ‘go behind the scenes’ of paintings by Lucio Fontana, Paolo Scheggi, Agostino Bonalumi and Turi Simeti, for the first time ever. Because Tornabuoni is not only a gallery but also owns an important collection of Italian Post-War art, they are able to offer visitors an experience that has until now been reserved for museum curators and... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana (Rosario 1899-1968 Varese), Concetto Spaziale, Attesa, 1966. Waterpaint on canvas, 146 x 115 cm. Signed, titled and inscribed 'l. Fontana / “Concetto Spaziale” / ATTESA / Ogni povero / uomo può / fare dell’arte / e della critica'. Photo courtesy Ben Brown Fine Arts Provenance: Marlborough Galleria d’Arte, Rome; Galerie Stutz, Pulver & Co., Vaduz; Galleria Moretto, Brescia; Zanibelli collection, Milan; Sotheby`s London, 23 October 1997; private collection, Milan; acquired by the... [Lire la suite]

George Rickey (190-USA-2002), Two Lines Up, New York, 1967. Silver, unique pair of large kinetic earrings, each with two long pointed triangular blades, on sliver stand. Length of blade 14.8 cm. Height of earrings 18 cm. Height including stand 22.8 cm. Unsigned. Photo courtesy  Provenance: Gift to the artist's wife, Edie; Diane Venet, Paris Literature: Renée Sabatello Neu, 'Moderner Schmuck von Malvern und Bildhauern / Moderne Juwelen' door Schilders en Beeldhouwers - Jewelry... [Lire la suite]

Lot 16. Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013), Composition, 1967. Aquarelle sur papier. Signée et datée en bas à droite, 37,9 x 28,5 cm - 14.9 x 11.2 in. Estimation : 60 000 € / 80 000 €. Photo: Cornette de Saint-Cyr Paris. L’authenticité de cette œuvre nous a été aimablement confirmée par Monsieur Yann Hendgen, directeur artistique de la Fondation Zao Wou-Ki Cette œuvre est répertoriée dans les archives de la Fondation Zao Wou-Ki Un certificat de la Fondation Zao Wou-Ki pourra être délivré, à la charge de... [Lire la suite]

  David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), 1972, Private Collection © David Hockney. Photo Credit: Art Gallery of New South Wales / Jenni Carter LONDON - Tate Britain’s upcoming retrospective of David Hockney will bring together six decades of the artist’s work for the first time. Major loans from private collections – including works never displayed in public before – will be united with iconic paintings from museums around the world. It will be the most extensive survey ever... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale Natura, 1967, brass, foundries Berrocal, dimensions: cm 26 x 20 x 21. Numbered 145/500. Robertaebasta di roberta tagliavini at Brafa Art Fair, Brussels, 21-29 january 2017. Robertaebasta di roberta tagliavini. Decorative Arts of the 20th Century and Design, via fiori chiari 2, 20121 Milan, Italy

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]

Slim Aarons, Jacqueline Kennedy at the April in Paris Ball, 1959. NEW YORK, NY.- Slim Aarons made a career, in his words, “photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.” His subjects were the beautiful and the celebrated, the rich and the powerful, high society and aristocracy. Slim Aarons captured their image for the picture magazines throughout the second half of the twentieth century. In doing so he defined the image of the Beautiful People, the international Jet Set who strode the... [Lire la suite]