1 juillet 2009

Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) Les petits pains de Picasso, 1952. (186) Tirage argentique postérieur. Tampon Doisneau-Rapho au verso. 24 x 17,7 cm avec les marges. Estimation : 400 / 600 € Bibliographie : Jean-Claude Gautrand, Robert Doisneau 1912-1994, Taschen, Paris, 2003, p. 144 . André Villers (né en 1930). Pablo Picasso avec le revolver et le chapeau offert par Gary Cooper. Cannes, 1959. Tirage argentique (c. 1980), signé dans la marge inférieure à droite. Titre, date, signature et annotations manuscrites... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese underglaze-blue, red and celadon vase. Xuande six character mark, Kangxi period (1662-1722) slender baluster sides, painted, incised and moulded in shallow relief with a continuous river landscape, depicting a fisherman, two scholars conversing under a pine tree and a servant bringing a qin, small rim and base restorations. 41 cm. high. Est. €4,000 - €6,000 - Price Realized  €6,000 Christie's. The Decorative Arts Sale Includingg The J.V.N. Van Achterbergh Collection And Fine Paintings. 30 June - 1 July 2009.... [Lire la suite]

Denise Colomb (1902-2004) Nicolas de Staël, 1954. (196) Tirage argentique (c. 1990), signé à la mine de plomb au verso. 30,5 x 24 cm avec les marges. Estimation : 1 200 / 1 500 € Denise Colomb (1902-2004). Nathalia GONTCHAROVA, c. 1950. (197) Tirage argentique (c. 1990), signé à la mine de plomb au verso. 40 x 30,5 cm avec les marges. Estimation : 1 000 / 1 200 € Denise Colomb (1902-2004) Victor Vasarely, 1968. (198) Tirage argentique (1996), signé au feutre noir dans la marge inférieure à droite. Tampon... [Lire la suite]

A large Chinese famille verte baluster jar and a cover . Kangxi (1662-1722) Enamelled around the sides with a continuous rocky landscape, depicting foreigners with curly hair and prominent noses, a figure with large red nose waiting cross-armed by a pavilion, one dignitary seated beside a Chinese beauty in a horse-driven cart and surrounded by bannermen, a servant carrying a picnic basket and water jug suspending from a pole, from behind rocks two men carrying game, rim crack and frittings. 56 cm. high. Est.  €8,000 -... [Lire la suite]

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitsky) American, 1890–1976, Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp), 1923. Gelatin silver print. Image: 22.1 x 17.6 cm (8 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles © Man Ray Trust ARS-ADAGP 84.XM.1000.80 LOS ANGELES, CA.- In Focus: Making a Scene presents more than thirty tableaux, or staged photographs, from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s world-renowned photography collection, on view at the Getty Center from June 30–October 18, 2009. Ranging from early daguerreotypes to contemporary color... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese blue and white 'dragon' vase. Kangxi (1662-1722) The slender baluster sides painted with a large writhing dragon clasping the 'sacred' pearl in one claw amongst firing cloud scrolls, the slightly flaring neck encircled by bands of ruyi, clouds, keyfret and jewels, small glaze crack. 46.6 cm. high. Est. €6,000 - €9,000 A Chinese blue and white rouleau vase. Kangxi (1662-1722) The cylindrical body painted with a continuous river landscape with steep rocks, a solitary figure seated on an outcrop, three... [Lire la suite]

Jean-Claude Bélégou, Sans titre, photo extraite de la série Le sexe des anges, 2009. Tirages jet d'encre pigmentaire réalisés d'après originaux argentiques numérisés. 60 x 60 cm © Jean Claude Bélégou L'exposition La revanche de la chair de Jean-Claude Bélégou propose un parcours complet des oeuvres de l'artiste des années 2000 à 2004. Pour l'occasion, celui-ci a créé trois séries :Le sexe des anges, photographies intimistes, au plus près du corps de la femme.Passagères, femmes mises en scènes dans diverses activités de... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese blue and white 'Pronk' plate. Circa 1738 Decorated after a design by the Dutch draughtsman Cornelis Pronk, with a scene of three figures seated on a terrace beside a Ming dish placed on a low table in the foreground, a fourth figure standing behind them, a peacock perched on the terrace balustrade and a parrot perched in an exotic flowering tree above them to the top, surrounded on the sides by oval cartouches of fish divided by ducks, three very small rim restorations. 23 cm. diam. Est. €2,000 - €2,500 A Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Martin Parr, Usa. Hollywood. Attendees at a charity function, 2000. De la série "Luxury". Impression numérique à jet d’encre pigmentaire. 45 x 55 cm. Courtesy Magnum Photos / Galerie Kamel Mennour © Martin Parr Le Jeu de Paume accueille, dans l’ensemble de ses espaces Concorde, une importante exposition consacrée aux collections de Martin Parr et à l’une de ses dernières séries de photographies - "Luxury" -, rassemblées pour la première fois à l’initiative de la Haus der Kunst de Munich (02 mars - 12 mai... [Lire la suite]

15th century gold pendant. Photo: Sotheby's LONDON.- A 15th century gold pendant that lain buried beneath Hertfordshire farmland since the time of Henry VIII until it was discovered by an amateur metal detector is to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art auction in London on Thursday 9 July 2009. The remarkable gold object that depicts the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is no bigger than a postage stamp and caries an estimate of £150,000 – 250,000. The engraving is of superb... [Lire la suite]