1968

Lot 190. A diamond necklace, Oscar Heyman, 1968. Estimate US$ 80,000 - 100,000 (€ 69,000 - 86,000). Sold for US$ 112,500 (€ 95,671). © Bonhams 2001-2018 designed as a graduated cluster set with marquise, pear and round brilliant-cut diamonds;with maker's mark, no.85560; total diamond weight: 54.25 carats; mounted in platinum; length: 16in. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Oscar Heyman, dated April 17th, 2018. Bonhams. FINE JEWELLERY, 21 Sep 2018, 11:00 EDT, NEW YORK

Lot 45. Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, signed 'l. Fontana' lower right, oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm (31 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.). Painted in 1968. Estimate £500,000 - 700,000. Image courtesy of Phillips. Provenance: eresita Rasini Fontana, MilanAlberto Dall'Ora, MilanPrivate Collection, Milan (acquired from the above in the early 1990s)Sotheby's, London, 15 October 2015, lot 26Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Exhibited: Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte... [Lire la suite]

Lot 41. Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Attese, signed and titled 'L Fontana "Concetto spaziale ATTESE"' on the reverse; further inscribed 'La firma è scritta male / sono nervoso' on the reverse, waterpaint on canvas, 55.3 x 46.5 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.). Executed in 1968, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Fondazione Lucio Fontana and is registered under no. 68 T 68. Estimate £650,000 - 850,000. Image courtesy of Phillips. Provenance: Egidio... [Lire la suite]

Lot 351. Superb 18.54 carats Colombian emerald and diamond ring, Van Cleef & Arpels, New York, 1968. Estimate 700,000 — 900,000 USD. Lot Sold 1,888,000 USD. Photo Sotheby’s. The emerald-cut emerald weighing 18.54 carats, flanked by 2 tapered baguette diamonds weighing 1.23 carats, mounted in 18 karat gold, size 5½, signed VCA, numbered NY 4144 SO. With signed box.  PROPERTY OF THE HERBERT AND NELL SINGER FOUNDATION, CONTINUED Accompanied by AGL report no. CS 38757 stating that... [Lire la suite]

Lot 30. Irving Penn (American • 1917 - 2009), Single Oriental Poppy, New York, 1968. Estimate £50,000 - 70,000. Courtesy Phillips. Dye transfer print, printed 1989. Approximately 54.4 x 43.1 cm (21 3/8 x 16 7/8 in.). Signed, initialled, titled, dated in pencil, Condé Nast copyright credit (courtesy Vogue) reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso. From an edition of 18. Provenance: Pace/MacGill Gallery, New YorkPrivate Collection, Los Angeles ... [Lire la suite]

Jean Dubuffet, Personnage hilare (Portrait de Francis Ponge), 1947, oil on plaster on cardboard, 60.5 x 45.5 cm, collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, donation of the artist. AMSTERDAM.- This summer, the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam are programming work by the French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985). The Rijksmuseum is presenting sculptures by the artist in the museum gardens and, for the first time, the Stedelijk is exhibiting the entire group of Dubuffet works in its collection. How can... [Lire la suite]

Medusa : Affiche. PARIS - Medusa porte un regard contemporain, et inédit, sur le bijou. Un regard qui révèle certains tabous. Le parcours s'intéresse ainsi aux frontières traditionnelles de l’art en reconsidérant les questions de l’artisanat, du décoratif, de la mode et de la culture pop. L’exposition réunit plus de 400 bijoux réalisés par des artistes, des bijoutiers contemporains, des joailliers ; mais également des pièces anonymes, plus anciennes ou non-occidentales (de la Préhistoire, du Moyen-Age...). Comme le... [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]

Lot 20. Gerhard Richter (B. 1932), Gebirge, signed, dated 1968, numbered 182 and inscribed Alpen (FL.-Pass) on the reverse, oil on canvas, 200 by 160.5 cm. 78 3/4 by 63 1/8 in. Estimate 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples Libero Grande, Naples (acquired from the above in 1976) Estate of Libero Grande, Naples (thence by descent) Sotheby’s, London, 19 October 2004, Lot 62 (consigned by the above) ... [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]