15 juillet 2021
Sulawesi Macaque, and Owl in Dome
Lot 2015. A Sulawesi Macaque, and Owl in Dome; Sulawesi Macaque: h. 48 cm, Owl in Dome: h. 40 cm. Estimate: 50,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold: 27,720 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
Provenance: Get Stuffed, London, 2012.
Sotheby's. Eclectic, Hong Kong, 14 July 202109 septembre 2016
Spectacular discovery of 17th century drawings by Frans Post
Frans Post (1612–1680), Moustached Guenon, watercolor and gouache, with pen and black ink, over graphite, c. 1637–1644, translated inscription: A blue-nosed monkey from Angola, one and a half feet large, are very angry and malicious. Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem inv.nr. 53004665.
AMSTERDAM.- In the Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, thirty-four completely unknown drawings by Frans Post (1612-1680) have been discovered. The 17th-century artist from Haarlem - who worked in Brazil between 1637 and 1644 in the entourage of... [Lire la suite]