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Florian Kolhammer
franz hagenauer
Franz Hagenauer (Vienna, 1906-1986) Pair of head sculptures, circa 1981 Designed by Franz Hagenauer and executed by Werkstatte Hagenauer Wien Cast, soldered, nickel-plated and polished brass H 46 x W 49.5 x D 11 cm Each sculpture is marked 'FRANZ', 'Handmade', 'HAGENAUER/WIEN', 'MADE IN/AUSTRIA' and 'wHw' in the circle Literature: Photograph of the female head in the Archiv Hagenauer in the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, inv. n° HAF 1188
Heutink Ikonen
Deesis and Apostle row (four panels) Asia Minor, possibly Smyrna (now Izmir), 17th century Egg tempera with gold leaf on a wooden panel surfaced with gesso and linen 28 x 59 cm, 27.5 x 92 cm, 27 x 102 cm, 27.5 x 67.5 cm A very rare and monumental Deësis ('intercession'), originally a Byzantine composition, in which Christ is depicted centrally as a judge while a number of selected saints are facing him in supplication. In this case, Christ is flanked by the Mother of God and John the Forerunner (the Baptist), with the Apostles at some distance from them. Remarkably, the apostles are not all positioned adjacent to each other, but are interspersed with ornamentation. The panels formed a part of the templon of a modest iconostasis of a church in the region of Asia Minor, possibly from the vicinity of Smyrna (present-day Izmir), where they were displayed directly above the royal doors.
Galerie Christophe Gaillard
stéphane couturier
Stéphane Couturier (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1957) Angers - Chant de l'Apocalypse n° 1, 2022 Tapestry: mixed technique - rag, wool, cotton, hemp, linen, acrylic, string, onion and citrus threads, sewing thread, nylon thread, sequins... 205 x 277 cm Edition of 3 Provenance: the artist's studio; Galerie Christophe Gaillard
Cabinet of Curiosities-Honourable Silver Objects
Circle Gerard Opstal (1605-1668) Carved relief with bacchanal scene, Bachus and five putti Ivory, tropical wood (frame) Southern Netherlands/Flanders, late 17th century 6.3 x 6.3 cm (relief) 11 x 11 cm (frame) Provenance: Stodel, Amsterdam Literature: Les Ivoires, Evolution décorative du Ier siècle à nos jours. Avec la collaboration de M. l'abbé P. Bidault, H. Levasseur, J. Joire, et de MM. les Conservateurs des Musées européens, Paris, Tardy, 1966, pp. 104-106, 109, 128; Elfenbein, Otto Pelka (Bibliothek für Kunst und Antiquitäten Sammler), p. 73, n° 262; Ivoires du Musée du Louvre 1480-1850, une collection inédite (Dieppe: Editions d’Art/Château-Musée de Dieppe, 2005), pp. 56, 220, n° 38; L’amour des ivoires, E. Mannoni, éd. Ch. Massin, Paris
De Brock
antoni tàpies
Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona 1923-2012) Ocre Amb Cinc Entallats, 1964 Marble dust and oil on canvas 162 x 130 cm Signed and dated on the reverse: Tàpies 1964 Provenance: the artist's studio, Barcelona, Spain; Galerie Stadler, Paris, France; private collection, Madrid, Spain; Josep Suñol Soler collection, Barcelona, Spain; Christie’s, London, UK; private collection; De Brock, Knokke, Belgium Literature: A. Cirici, Tàpies: Witness of Silence, Barcelona, 1972, p. 273, n° 268 (ill. and titled 'Ochre with five incisions'); A. Agustí, ed., Antoni Tàpies: The Complete Works, vol. 2, 1961-1968, Barcelona, 1996, p. 211, n° 1301 (ill. in colour); Fundació Josep Suñol, Col·lecció Josep Suñol Catàleg raonat, Barcelona, 2004, p. 110, n° 736 (ill. in colour); Fundació Josep Suñol, Col·lecció Josep Suñol Les Escales, Barcelona, 2004, pp. 79 and 164 (installation view ill. in colour) Exhibitions: Cannes, Galerie Jacques Verrière, Tàpies. Oeuvres récentes, September 1966, n° 6; Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tàpies; Valencia, Institut Valencià d’art Modern Centro Julio González; London, Serpentine Gallery, Tàpies. Comunicació sobre el mur, January-August 1992; Barcelona, Fundació Suñol, Col·lecció Josep Suñol 1915-1995, May 2007-January 2008
Osborne Samuel Gallery
henry moore
Henry Moore (Castleford 1898-1986 Much Hadham) Reclining Woman N° 2, 1980 Bronze H 15 x W 29 x D 15 cm Edition of 9 + 1, cast by Morris Singer Foundry Provenance: the artist's studio; The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 1981; private collection, London (acquired from the above); Osborne Samuel, London Literature: John Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision: The Sculpture of Henry Moore, Collins & Brown, London, 1998, p. 224, cat. n° 685 (ill. col. p. 245); A Bowness (ed), Henry Moore: Volume 6 Complete Sculpture 1980-86, Lund Humphries, London, 1988, p. 40, cat. n° 811 (ill. b&w p. 41)
Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery
tom wesselmann
Tom Wesselmann (Cincinnati 1931-2004 New York) Study for great American nude #90, 1966 Liquitex on paper 46.4 x 55.2 cm Signed and dated Provenance: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York; David Janis Gallery, New York; Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York Literature: Tom Wesselmann: a Pop Art Legend, Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery, Knokke, 2023, ill.
Nosbaum Reding
Manuel Ocampo (Philippines, 1965) Don't give them any puzzle, 2002 Oil on canvas 196 x 248 cm Provenance: the artist's studio Literature: Slow Paintings, ed. Markus Heinzelmann, Museum Morsbroich, Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2009; Manuel Ocampo. Fear of a Kitsch Existence, ed. Menene Gras Balaguer, Casa Asia, Barcelona, 2017, p. 215; Manuel Ocampo, Wunderkammer, Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst e. V., Augsburg, Munich, 2003, pp. 24-25 Exhibitions: Group exhibition, Slow Paintings, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany, 24.11.2009-7.2.2010; Solo exhibition, Sprüth Magers Projekte, Munich, Germany, 2003; Solo exhibition, Wunderkammer, Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst e. V., Augsburg, Germany, 7 May-15 June 2003
Marc Heiremans
ercole barovier
Ercole Barovier (Italy, 1889-1974) Zaffiro, gemmata series for Ferro Toso Barovier-Vetrerie artistiche riunite, Murano, 1936 Free-blown colourless glass with enclosed raw colouring oxides. Applied colourless details H 29.5 x W 21.5 cm Provenance: private collection, Paris Literature: Dorigato A. Ercole Barovier 1889-1974, vetraio Muranese. Venice 1989; Barovier M. L’arte dei Barovier, vetrai di Murano 1866-1972. Venice 1993; Heiremans M. Art glass from Murano. Stuttgart 1993; Heiremans M. Twentieth century Murano glass, from craft to design, Stuttgart 1997 Exhibitions: XXa Biennale internazionale d’arte, Venice 1936; Ercole Barovier 1899-1974, vetraio Muranese, Venice 1989; L’arte dei Barovier, vetrai di Murano 1866-1972, Venice 1993; Twentieth century Murano glass-From craft to Design, Ghent 1996
Gallery de Potter d’Indoye
Piat-Joseph Sauvage (Tournai, 1744-1818) and Sormany, Optician Empire oil on panel with barometer and thermometer, early 19th century Oil on panel, gilded bronze H 87 x W 112 cm Signed: Sauvage et de Sormany, Palais Égalité Provenance: collection of Hubert de Givenchy; Galerie Moatti, Paris, 1994 The rectangular panel painted in trompe l'oeil depicts the allegories of the four seasons beside a sheath surmounted by a globe flanked by two putti, the dial of the enamelled barometer is signed Sormany Palais Egalité, the thermometer inscribed in the sheath is signed Sormany Palais / Egalité n° 260, signed SAUVAGE in the plinth of the sheath, the frame is decorated with stars and stylised palmettes. This barometer-thermometer is a work of collaboration between Piat-Joseph Sauvage, painter and Sormany, optician. Piat-Joseph Sauvage, born in Tournai in Belgium, made a specialty of trompe-l'oeil paintingsat the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century. As a painter and decorator, he provided ornamentation for royal residences at the end of the reign of Louis XVI, such as Compiègne and Fontainebleau and the Hamlet of Marie Antoinette in Versailles, before turning to painting on porcelain and marble, working for the manufacture of Dihl and Guérhard then for that of Sèvres under the Empire. His compositions often represent friezes of putti, bacchanalia, mythological or allegorical scenes. The iconography of the Seasons developed here naturally refers to the function of this object, as a barometer and thermometer. Sormany was an optician installed in the Galerie de Bois of the Royal Palace (Palais Egalité under the Revolution and the Empire), as indicated by the inscriptions on the barometer and the thermometer. The old labels of this Sormany make it possible to describe its activity: "Palais Égalité n° 260 galerie de bois. / N° 260 Sormany opticien successeur de Catanyo vends toute sorte de lunettes (spectacle et autres) et tout ce qui concerne l’optique, mathématique physique et autres objets de curiosités, baromètres, thermomètres et pèse liqueurs. / Le tout à juste prix Paris." He seems to have been particularly recognised for his research on thermometers.
Galerie Oscar De Vos
emile claus
Emile Claus (Sint-Eloois-Vijve 1849-1924 Astene) Return from school/Girls in the field, 1892 Oil on canvas 132 x 99 cm Signed lower left: Emile Claus Provenance: collection Mrs. G.C., Brussels; Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, 1929, n° 28; collection Mrs. F. Soethoudt, Brussels; auction Guillaume Campo, Antwerp, 1982, n° 25; Galerie Oscar De Vos, Sint-Martens-Latem; private collection, Belgium Literature: G. Giroux, Catalogue de la collection de Madame G.C. (Brussels: Galerie Georges Giroux, 1929), n° 28, ill. n° 12 (ill.); P. Eeckhout, Retrospectieve tentoonstelling Emile Claus 1849-1924, cat. (Gent: MSK, 1974), p. 49, n° 49; R. Bombeke, e.a., Schilders van het Leieland, cat. (Deinze: MuDeL, 1991), n° 144; P. Boyens, Sint-Martens-Latem. Kunstenaarsdorp in Vlaanderen (Tielt: Lannoo, 1992), 535 (ill.); M. Ruyters, Campo 1897-1997 (Antwerpen: Stefan Campo, 1997), p. 85, n° 11 (ill.); J. De Smet, e.a., Emile Claus en het landleven, cat. (Gent: MSL, 2009), p. 145, p. 93 (ill.); R. Hoozee, e.a., Lights of Flanders. Images of a beautiful Belgian village, cat. (Tokyo: The Mainichi Newspapers, 2010), p. 71, n° 36 (ill.); J. De Smet, e.a., Emile Claus and Belgian Impressionism, cat. (Kobe: The Kobe Shimbun, 2013), p. 46, n° 6 (ill.) Exhibitions: 1929, Brussels, Galerie George Giroux, n° 28; 1974, Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Retrospective Exhibition Emile Claus 1849-1924, n° 49; 1982, Antwerp, Guillaume Campo, 1982, n° 25; 1991, Deinze, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Schilders van het Leieland, n° 144; 2009, Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Emile Claus and Rural Life, n° 93; 2010-2011, Himeji, City Museum of Art; Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Miyoshi, Okuda Genso Museum, Light of Flanders. Images of a beautiful Belgian village, n° 36; 2013, Himeji, City Museum of Art; Tokyo, Station Gallery; Ishikawa, Prefectural Museum of Art; Hekinan, City Tatsukichi Fuji Museum of Contemporary Art, Emile Claus and Belgian Impressionism, n° 6; 2021, Mechelen, Heilige Geestkapel, Het Kunstuur
Segoura Fine Art
charles revel
Charles Revel (France, 1829-1880) Allégories de la Force et du Droit, circa 1872 Oil on canvas 66 x 54.5 cm Signed lower right Provenance: private collection, France With this painting, Charles Revel illustrates the words given to the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck: 'Strength prevails over Law'
Zebregs&Röell Fine Art and Antiques
A Mammoth ivory figure of an African Amor Flanders or Southern Germany, 17th century H 17.3 cm Provenance: private collection, United Kingdom; with Peter Petrou, London This figure has many iconological meanings. With the bow and arrows, it is an Amor, but since the bow, the quiver of arrows and one single arrow are lying on the ground together with a shield, they may symbolise unsuccessful or fended-off love. The Amor playing with his penis and blowing a whirligig together may be symbols of the fickleness and transitoriness of love. The chain with a cross around his neck is a Roman Catholic symbol and may point to a Catholic country of origin, probably South Germany or Flanders.
Pauline's Jewellery Box
Edwardian fancy yellow cushion cut diamond ring Ring set with a fancy yellow cushion cut diamond weighing 7.80 carats. Clarity is VS2. Surrounded by bright and lively white diamonds and mounted in platinum. Accompanied by a GIA certificate Provenance: private collection, London
Ralph Gierhards Antiques / Fine Art
Marie Tassaert (Antwerp, 1642-after 1665) A garland of fruit surrounding a bust of Bacchus in a stone niche, 17th century Oil on canvas within a carved giltwood frame 85 x 69.5 cm Provenance: private collection, Namur (Belgium) Related works: A comparable oil on canvas of similar size (63.5cm x 53.5cm) and subject entitled 'A still life with a garland of fruit suspended from blue ribbons and a goblet in a niche', signed by Marie Tassaert, has recently been acquired by an important international Museum from the Rafael Valls gallery in London. It is interesting to note the similar composition of fruit garlands surrounding a central niche. The fruits and leaves on both paintings are identical and clearly painted by the same hand, as is the stone niche, up to and including the identical 'trompe l’oeil' cracks in the stone.
