Apollo

Coffin of Bakenmut, c. 1000-900 BC. Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21- early Dynasty 22. Gessoed and painted sycamore fig; 68 x 208 cm. Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust. CLEVELAND, OH.- After a five-year hiatus, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s (CMA) collections from the ancient Near East, Greece, Rome, Egypt and Africa, as well as works from Late Antiquity, the Byzantine Empire and the European Middle Ages, will return to public view on June 26. The new presentation will trace the evolution of... [Lire la suite]

Robert Mapplethorpe, Apollo, 1988. photo courtesy Phillips de Pury & Company Gelatin silver print. 19 1/8 x 19 1/4 in. (48.6 x 48.9 cm).  Signed by Michael Ward Stout, Executor, in ink and Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe copyright credit stamp on the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs. ESTIMATE $25,000-35,000 LITERATURE Random House, Mapplethorpe, p. 295 Phillips de Pury & Company. Photographs. 16 April 2010. New York