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2 mai 2010

Rare Guercino Painting Acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum

Guercino, Christ and the Woman of Samaria, c. 1619–20. Oil on canvas, 38 1/4 x 49 1/8 in. (97.2 x 124.8 cm). Collection of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, acquired in 2010 in memory of Edmund P. Pillsbury, director of the Kimbell Art Museum, 1980–1998....

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Tags: 17th century, Kimbell Art Museum, Guercino

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2 mai 2010

Yongzheng and Qianlong monochromes @ Sotheby's Hong Kong

A fine blue-glazed vase. Mark and period of Yongzheng. photo Sotheby's the slender ovoid body surmounted by a tall waisted neck flared towards the rim, covered overall with a rich purplish-blue glaze leaving a white edge around the rim, the interior and...

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Tags: Qianlong, blue-glazed, Fanghu, stemcup, washer, ru-type, ge-type, qingbai-style, soft-paste

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2 mai 2010

Leading Works Light Up Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s , the world’s leading art business, will celebrate the leading lights of modern and contemporary art offering 49 seminal works in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale taking place on the evening of May 11. Led by extraordinary...

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Tags: Andy Warhol, Yves Klein, Roy Lichtenstein, Christopher Wool, Yayoi Kusama, Chris Ofili, Lee Bontecou, Neo Rauch

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1 mai 2010

Jean Schlumberger, Tiffany & Co jewelry @ Christie's. Jewels: The New York Sale

A multi-gem, diamond and gold brooch, by Jean Schlumberger. photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010 Designed as a floral cluster, set with pear, cushion and oval-cut amethysts, interspersed with sculpted gold blossoms, each centering upon a variously shaped...

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Tags: diamond, enamel, Jean Schlumberger, Tiffany Co, Dauphin

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1 mai 2010

Views of Venice @ Sotheby's. Old Master Paintings and British Paintings. 29 Apr 10. London

Follower of Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, 19th Century, Venice, the entrance to the grand canal with the dogana and the church of Santa Maria della Salute to the left. photo Sotheby's oil on canvas, 76.6 by 127 cm.; 30 1/8 by 50 in. Est. 25,000—35,000...

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Tags: 19th century, 18th century, Venice, Giacomo Guardi, Henry Pether

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1 mai 2010

Ming dyansty jade @ Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 13 May 2010

A pale green jade 'monkey and horse' group, Ming Dynasty. photo Bonhams Well carved in the round to depict a recumbent horse with his head turned sharply to the left over his body, looking at a small monkey clambering up his back, the stone of a greyish-green...

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, Jade, Teapot And Cover, dragon, qilin, brushwasher, Hound, goose, toad

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1 mai 2010

Romy Schneider - séance d'essayage pour Boccace 70 avec Coco Chanel !

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Tags: Coco Chanel, Romy Schneider, Boccace 70

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1 mai 2010

Interesting Survey of Key Artistic Schools at Sotheby's Sale

NEW YORK, NY.- On 12 May 2010 Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sale will offer works by some of the most important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and Brice Marden, among many others....

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Tags: Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Jean-Michel BASQUIAT, Maurizio Cattelan, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin

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30 avril 2010

Ming blue & white porcelains @ Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 13 May 2010

A rare blue and white double-gourd moonflask, bianping. Late Yongle. photo Bonhams Modelled after a Middle Eastern prototype, each domed face well painted illustrating the characterstic 'heaping and piling' with an eight-pointed lappet starburst, one...

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Tags: Blue and White, kraak, 'phoenix', dragon, Shunzhi, Wanli, Chongzhen, Jiajing, Yongle, bianping

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30 avril 2010

Jade jewelry @ Christie's. Jewels: The New York Sale

An art deco diamond, sapphire, jade and onyx bracelet. photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010 Designed as an old European-cut diamond band, enhanced by tapered jade blossoms with black onyx stems, spaced by three pierced French-cut sapphire geometric panels,...

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Tags: Jade, Coral, onyx, diamond, jadeite, art deco, sapphire, Tiffany Co, Henry Dunay, ruby glass

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