01 août 2009
Shopping of vintage broochs @ Primavera Gallery
Charming David Webb Emerald and Diamond Shell Brooch, USA, ca. 1960s
width/length: 5.08 cm (2 in.) Price $16,500
The 1960’s was a time of imaginative jewelry designs capturing the beauty of the natural world. This shell brooch by David Webb is a charming example, using an actual shell, with cabochon- cut emeralds - a beautiful accent to the diamond- speckled textured gold leaves representing seaweed. This beautiful brooch was featured in the book "Brooches: Timeless Adornment" by Lori Ettlinger Gross on... [Lire la suite]
01 août 2009
Clarence Sinclair Bull, Greta Garbo, 1930
Clarence Sinclair Bull, Greta Garbo, 1930
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches. It is an artist proof. Printed from the original vintage camera negatives. Stamped on the verso. Blind embossed Kobal Collection-Clarence Sinclair Bull, on recto. Estimate: from $700 to $900
This portrait of Greta Garbo was taken in 1930 for her film "Inspiration" by Clarence Sinclair Bull. Bull was Garbo's exclusive photographer and was to take all of Garbo's portraits for her movies with the exception of one film in 1930. Bull... [Lire la suite]
01 août 2009
Une collection de petits jades Qing aux enhères à Royan

01 août 2009
Joséphine Baker et Yves Montant par Louise Dahl-Wolfe aux enchères

01 août 2009
Sujet en corail rouge. École de Pékin Chine .vers 1920
Sujet en corail rouge de lagon à deux digitations principales représentant un souriant Dieu du bonheur et deux princesses impériales . École de Pékin Chine .vers 1920
Pas d'estimation.
MERCREDI 5 AOUT à 14 h 00. 6, rue Raymond Poincaré BP 10120 17206 Royan. GEOFFROY J.R. et BEQUET Yves - Email : contact@royanencheres.com
01 août 2009
Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Extases @ Avignon. Chapelle Saint Charles

01 août 2009
“The Golden Age of Dutch Seascapes” @ the Peabody Essex Museum
Embarkation of Spanish Troops. Andries van Eertvelt. Oil on canvas. 1493 x 2324mm © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK.
The Peabody Essex Museum presents The Golden Age of Dutch Seascapes, 70 works by Dutch masters of maritime art working in the time of Rembrandt and Vermeer. Painted during the peak years of Dutch artistic achievement between 1600 and 1700, these superlative, emotional works are the first in which European artists realistically depicted natural settings, rendering coastal atmospheres with... [Lire la suite]
01 août 2009
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Vietnamese Ceramics
Vietnam. Bowl with Lid, 13th-14th century, Glazed stoneware, 6 x 7 in. (15.2 x 17.78 cm) The Alan and Dena Naylor Southeast Asian Art Fund. 2000.82.3a,b. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts ©The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
While influenced by Chinese models, Vietnamese potters made their own innovations and added new elements to their designs. The domed lid of this bowl, for instance, has a scalloped rim that probably imitates the edge of a lotus leaf. The spontaneously brushed underglaze floral decor is executed with an iron... [Lire la suite]
01 août 2009
"De Byzance à Istanbul, Un port pour deux continents" au Grand Palais

01 août 2009
New acquisition from the J. Paul Getty Museum: a watercolor from Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, French, Roman Fleet Victorious over the Carthaginians at the Battle of Cape Ecnomus, about 1763. Watercolor, gouache, pen and India and brown ink over black chalk, 8 7/16 x 15 9/16 in. 2006.23. The J. Paul Getty Trust © J. Paul Getty Trust
The sea teems with a seemingly endless fleet of warships; a vast battle looms, ships crowd closer and closer to one another. Rows of oars froth up the sea, the frenzied water foreshadowing the impending combat. Standing at opposite ends of the two central ships... [Lire la suite]