11 juillet 2009
A collection of chinese monochromes @ Bonhams San Francisco

11 juillet 2009
Collection de bijoux insectes chez Artcurial Monte-Carlo
Importante broche en or jaune, or gris et or noirci stylisée d'une abeille sertie de diamants taillés en brillant blancs ou madère.
Haut. : 5,8 cm - Poids brut : 48,3 g. (total diamond weight : 17.58cts) Estimation 8 500 - 10 000 €
Yvi Larsen. Bague hanneton en or jaune, le dos serti de rubis et de diamants (manque).
Poids brut : 17 g. Estimation 4 000 - 6 000 €
Grande broche Papillon en or gris pavé de saphirs multicolores, le corps en diamants.
Poids des saphirs : 100 cts environ - Poids brut : 78 g -... [Lire la suite]
11 juillet 2009
Richard Avedon , Photographs 1946-2004 @ the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Richard Avedon, Willem de Kooning, painter, Springs, Long Island, New York, August 18, 1969; © 2009 The Richard Avedon Foundation.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- As a highlight of its summer exhibitions schedule, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946–2004, on view from July 11 through November 29, 2009. Widely celebrated as one of America's preeminent photographers, Avedon was among the first to challenge the conventional boundaries between studio photography and reportage. Some of his... [Lire la suite]
11 juillet 2009
Gobelet à thé à anse en argent doré, Saint-Petersbourg, vraisemblablement 1888, poinçon de Karl Fabergé
Gobelet à thé à anse en argent doré, Saint-Petersbourg, vraisemblablement 1888, poinçon de Karl Fabergé
à décor de filigranes et d’émaux cloisonnés polychromes, le corps à motifs d’enroulement et d’arabesques, décoré de 6 médaillons fleuris en relief, anse à volutes découpée. (manque l’intérieur en verre). Pds : 212 g. H. 9,5 cm, Diam int. 7 cm. Estimation : 2000/3000 €
Dimanche 12 juillet – Adjug'art SVV, Brest. Email : cosqueric@numericable.fr
Pierre-Karl Fabergé (30 mai 1846 à Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie -... [Lire la suite]
11 juillet 2009
Top des enchères : Robert Mapplethorpe, « X » Portfolio, 8 juin 2009

11 juillet 2009
'A Case for Wine: From King Tut to Today' @ The Art Institute of Chicago
Charles Frederick Kandler (English). Wine Jug (detail), 1739/40. Silver; Height: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.). Gift of the Antiquarian Society.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago presents A Case for Wine: From King Tut to Today, opening on July 11, 2009, in the museum’s Regenstein Hall, marking the first time a fine arts museum has explored art through the vine. On view until September 20, 2009, this major exhibition features more than 400 objects drawn from the Art Institute’s extensive encyclopedic collection, in addition to... [Lire la suite]
11 juillet 2009
Robert Delpire, Delpire & Cie @ 40èmes Rencontres d'Arles

11 juillet 2009
'The Dutch Italianates: Seventeenth-Century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London' @ The Frick Art & Historical Cent
Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620–1691), Herdsman with Cows, mid-1640s. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Frick Art & Historical Center presents The Dutch Italianates: Seventeenth-Century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London featuring 39 paintings by 17 masters of the Dutch Italianate style from the collection of Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, called the best small museum in all of Europe. The exhibition, which opens on July 11, 2009, will be on view at The Frick Art Museum... [Lire la suite]
11 juillet 2009
A selection of late 15th/Early 16th Century vietnamese ceramics from Hoi An Hoard @ Bonhams San Francisco
A selection of twenty-two blue and white jars and jarlets. Late 15th/Early 16th Century
Including eight miniature jars painted with leafy sprays below a petal neck band; eight similar small jarlets decorated with bands of song birds amid foliate sprays; four ovoid jars girded by blossoming leafy sprays; and two squared jars with shaped floral reserves below a neck cloud-collar band. 1 1/2 and 2 7/8in (3.1 and 7.3cm) average heights - Estimate: $400 - 600
A selection of eighteen blue and white jars and jarlets. Late... [Lire la suite]