17 mars 2010

Richard Prince (American, 1949), 'Madame Butterfly', 2006. photo courtesy Bonhams signed and numbered '35/60' verso, c-type print, 50 x 40.5cm (19 11/16 x 15 15/16in).- Sold for £840 Bonhams. Vision 21, 17 Mar 2010. Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com

Hervé van der Straeten, a 'Miroir Nid No. 187' mirror, circa 2005. photo courtesy Bonhams bronze and mirrored glass - height 118cm - Sold for £6,000 Bonhams. Vision 21, 17 Mar 2010. Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com

Marc Quinn (British, born 1964), 'Orchid', 2001. photo courtesy Bonhams signed, titled, dated and numbered '23/25' to the underside of the base, steel with photo laminate - 58.5 x 32.5cm (23 1/16 x 12 13/16in).- Sold for £4,320 Bonhams. Vision 21, 17 Mar 2010. Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com

Louis Jammes (French, born 1958), Photograph of Andy Warhol, 1986. photo courtesy Bonhams signed, dated and inscribed 'Pour Brion', gelatin silver print, unframed - 30.5 x 23.8cm (12 x 9 3/8in).- Estimate: £500 - 800 - Unsold. Bonhams. Vision 21, 17 Mar 2010. Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com

Nobuyoshi Araki (Japanese, born 1940), Untitled, photo courtesy Bonhams signed, polaroid - 10.5 x 8.8cm (4 1/8 x 3 7/16in).- Estimate: £400 - 600 - Unsold Bonhams. Vision 21, 17 Mar 2010. Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com

Banksy (British, born 1975) 'Christ With Shopping Bags', 2004. photo Bonhams signed, dated and numbered '37/82' in pencil, screenprint - 69 x 49cm (27 3/16 x 19 5/16in). Sold for £8,400 Bonhams. Vision 21, 17 Mar 2010. Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), "Veduta dell Interio dell Ansiteatro Flavio" and "Altra Veduta del Tempo della Sibilla in Tivoli" photo Bonhams copper engravings, the latter trimmed and laid down. 44 x 67cm. (2) - Sold for £624 Bonhams. Pictures, Furniture & European & Oriental WOA, 17 Mar 2010. Oxford www.bonhams.com

Giovanni Battista Brustolon (Italian, 1712-1796) Die Jovis postrema Bacchanaliorum Serenisimus Princeps e ducali Palatio; Habita a Serenisimo Duce in Basilica D.Marci, after Canaletto. photo courtesy Bonhams engravings, 48 x 60cm - in maple frames. (2) - Sold for £780 Bonhams. Pictures, Furniture & European & Oriental WOA, 17 Mar 2010. Oxford www.bonhams.com

BOSTON (ETATS-UNIS) [17.03.10] – Une nouvelle campagne menée par le Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sollicite le public via des panneaux publicitaires pour avancer dans l’enquête sur le vol d’œuvres d’art de l’Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum de Boston, l’un des plus grands vols d’œuvres d’art des Etats-Unis. Vingt ans après les faits, les enquêteurs ont lancé une nouvelle initiative pour essayer de retrouver les œuvres volées à l’Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Après avoir soumis de nouveaux échantillons aux tests ADN,... [Lire la suite]

A very rare rhinoceros horn cup, 17th/early 18th century. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2010 Finely carved with the poet Tao Yuanming admiring a chrysanthemum sprig while seated beside a wine jar in a setting of bamboo and rocks, some forming the handle at one end below a pine branch that continues over the rim - 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) long - Estimate $200,000 - $300,000 Provenance: Phillips, London, 18 December 1996, lot 196. Notes: This extremely fine rhinoceros horn cup is very skillfully carved with a subject that has... [Lire la suite]