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Studio 2000 Art Gallery
theo van rysselberghe
Theo van Rysselberghe (Belgium, Ghent 1862-1926 Saint-Clair, France) Le ruban écarlate, 1906 Red chalk on paper 110 x 88 cm Signed with monogram and dated: Fev. 06 Provenance: private collection, Belgium; auction Christie’s, Amsterdam, 22 May 1991, lot 526; G. Gieseler (?), 1973; Galerie Druet, Paris Literature: A. Dreyfuss, Die Kunst fur Alle, 29, 1914, pp. 508-538; P. Fierens, TVR, Brussels, 1937; R. Feltkamp, Théo Van Rysselberghe. Catalogue raisonné, n° 1906-011 (ill.); R. Feltkamp, Théo Van Rysselberghe: Schilder van de zon, n° 59 (ill.). Exhibitions: Rotterdam, Rotterdamse Kunstkring, TVR (cat. n° 70) 23 October-21 November 1909; Groningen, Galerie Hofteenge, Picture TVR (cat. n° 56), 16 January–2 February 1910; Laren, Singermuseum, Théo van Rysselberghe. Schilder van de zon, 17 May–4 September 2022
Finch & Co
Headrest Kali Hahapo Patinated wood, sennet (coconut fibre), glass beads Tonga, late 18th-early 19th century H 19 x W 53 cm Provenance: Captain A.W.F. Fuller (1882-1961) given to Dr Roland Force, in recognition of Force’s work in cataloguing the Fuller collection (see below); Julian Harding collection; Wayne Heathcote; Patricia Withers collection (1934-1998), London; Sotheby’s London, 1988; Nasser Gallery, 2010; private collection Literature: The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection, 2010, p. 246, ill. 146; The Fuller Collection of Pacific Artefacts, Lund Humphries, London, 1971; Pierre Loos, Bayet et Caltaux, La tête dans les étoiles. Appuis-nuque d’Afrique et d’ailleurs, BRUNEAF, 2012, p. 157 Exhibition: BRUNEAF, Bruxelles, Belgium, La tête dans les étoiles. Appuis-nuque d'Afrique et d’ailleurs, 6-10 June 2012 A comparable example in the Tongan National Museum, Tofoa. Also several neck-rests part of the collections in the National Museum of Australia, Canberra (inv. Oz 347 and inv. Oz 348) Of elegant arching form and carved in one piece from a dense, fine grained wood, possibly ‘Intsia bijuga’. Neck-rests of this type were used in Tonga as pillows to ensure that the elaborate coiffure of the owner would not be disturbed during sleep. ‘Kali’ acquired ‘mana’ (the spiritual force) by repeated contact with the owner’s head and in the case of a chief became objects of great prestige. This example, from the renowned Captain Fuller collection, is exceptional for the elegance and purity of its form, especially evident in the strongly curved legs ending in subtle horizontal flange feet. To each end of the ‘cross-bar’ glass beads have been inserted to enhance the decorative appeal and importance of this piece. In the opinion of George Ortiz no civilisation has equalled the Pacific Islanders’ superb furniture and domestic objects. Writing of Tongan neck-rests the great connoisseur of Polynesian Art Edward Dodd said: ‘What wonderful springing forms!’ For a comparable neck-rest (no. 689) in the James Hooper collection. Of classic Tongan form, it was however collected at Mbau, Fiji, in 1865. Compare also two ‘kali’ previously in the Fuller collection ( n° 274498 and 274499) and now in the Field Museum, Chicago.
Galerie Dina Vierny
fernand léger
Fernand Léger (Argentan 1881-1955 Gif-sur-Yvette) Les nageurs or Les acrobates, 1950 Bronze H 49.5 x w 44 x D 7 cm Signed lower right: F.Léger, numbered 8/8 and stamped with the foundry mark 'C. Valsuani, fondeur cire perdue' Provenance: Dina Vierny, Paris; acquired directly from Nadia Léger; private collection, Paris Exhibitions: Tokyo, Malborough, Eighteen Bronzes by Fernand Léger, 1989-1990, n° 2, ill. of another cast p. 9; Saint-Tropez, Galerie Lucas Ratton; Saint-Tropez, XAIPE, 2023
Douwes Fine Art b.v.
henri fantin-latour
Henri Fantin-Latour (Grenoble 1836-1904 Bure) Fleurs d'Automne, 1861 Oil on canvas 46.4 x 36.5 cm Signed and dated lower left: Fantin Oct. 1861 Provenance: private collection, Europe; Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris, 2004; private collection, Belgium; Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam, 2023
Galerie de la Béraudière
jean fautrier
Jean Fautrier (Paris 1898-1964 Châtenay-Malabry) Les feuilles vertes, 1934 Oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm Signed lower left: Fautrier Provenance: collection Jean Paulhan, France; collection Dominique Aury, France; private collection, France (by descent); Tajan, Paris, November 2022, lot 44; private collection, Belgium This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné of Jean Fautrier’s painted work currently being prepared by Madame Marie-José Lefort Literature: Palma Bucarelli, Jean Fautrier, Pittura e materia, ed. Il Saggiatore, Milano 1960, Ill. 107, p. 306 Exhibition: 1974, Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Jean Paulhan à travers ses peintres, cat. 563, p. 218
Heutink Ikonen
The Ladder of Divine Ascent Russia (Vyg), circa 1800 Egg tempera with gold leaf on a wooden panel surfaced with gesso and linen 35 x 31 cm This rare iconography is based on the work 'The Ladder of Divine Ascent' by the hermit John Climacus, who lived in the Sinai Desert in the seventh century. The work was a major influence on Orthodox Christianity, comparable to 'The Following of Christ' by Thomas à Kempis in Roman Catholicism. The icon shows how monks may get closer to Christ through several stages of asceticism (steps on the ladder) and ultimately reach heaven. Angels encourage the monks and pray for succour, while to the left of the ladder demons are attempting to lure the monks into succumbing to earthly temptations. The steadfast monk who reaches the top of the ladder is welcomed with open arms by Christ in heaven. The monks who surrender to the temptations of the world fall into the devil's wide-open mouth. The icon was probably meant as a reminder and encouragement for monastics to live a virtuous life.
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.
Epoque Fine Jewels
cartier
Cartier Garland style diamond feather brooch In the shape of an ostrich feather with a bow, set with approx. 23 carats of diamonds, mounted in platinum with 'mille grains' finish. Several joints along the frame give flexibility to the feather. With detachable brooch fitting. Paris, 1914 11.7 x 6.8 cm Signed CARTIER PARIS LONDRES NEW YORK with maker's mark of Henri Lavabre According to the Cartier archives, this brooch was a special order, designed in the 'Style Guirlande' at the request of the buyer, even though Art Deco had already made its appearance at Cartier by that time
Kunsthaus Kende
hans bolek
Hans Bolek (Vienna, 1890-1978) An 800 grade silver coffee and tea service, Vienna, 1909-1912 Designed by Hans Bolek, executed by Franz Schediwy for Alfred Pollack silversmithy A five piece coffee and tea service Provenance: private collection, San Francisco Literature: In 1912, the Vienna Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) acquired the tea service, consisting of a teapot, a small milk jug and a sugar bowl on a tray. It is still in the museum’s collection under inventory number WI 1102. An identical composition can be found in the Bröhan Museum, Berlin and is ill. in: Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, D. von, Bröhan Museum, von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, D. & Kanowski, C. (2001). Metallkunst der Moderne: Bröhan-Museum, Landesmuseum für Jugenstil, Art Deco und Funktionalismus (1889-1939), Berlin. P. 521, cat. n° 464 Exhibition: This tea service was designed prior to 1909 and exhibited for the first time by the silversmith Alfred Pollack in 1910/11 at the winter exhibition in the Vienna Museum of Applied Arts (currently the Museum der angewandten Kunst, Vienna, known as MAK)
VKD Jewels
Angela Cummings (Austrian-American, 1944) Mother-of-pearl and 18k yellow gold necklace Composed of oval-shaped gold links inlaid with mother-of-pearl USA, circa 1980 Signed Angela Cummings Provenance: private collection Literature: Juliet Weir-de La Rochefoucauld, Women Jewellery Designers, pp. 134-139
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Francis Janssens van der Maelen
henry van de velde
Henry van de Velde (Belgium, Antwerp 1863-1957, Oberägeri, Switzerland) Art Nouveau flat desk (detail), circa 1898 Sycamore wood, double-sided, the top is covered with black leather in its centre 129.50 x 73 cm Certificate of authenticity from Professor Klaus-Jürgen Sembach This desk is a variation of a games table that was in the collection of Villa Esche Provenance: private collection, France Literature: Catalogue of the exhibition L'Art Nouveau en Belgique, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 19 December 1980-15 February 1981, p. 266 n° 143; Wolf D. Percher, Henry van de Velde - Das Gesamtwerk, Edition Factum, p. 94, ref 1318, p. 151, ref. 3406, p. 229, ref. 1317. This desk will be presented in a book about Henry van de Velde written by Bea Maybach from the Bauhaus-Museum in Weimar in Germany Exhibition: L'Art Nouveau en Belgique, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 19 December 1980-15 February 1981
Giammarco Cappuzzo Fine Art
Giuseppe Vermiglio (Milan, circa 1587-circa 1635/1636) The sacrifice of Isaac, circa 1610-1618 Oil on canvas 132 x 162 cm Provenance: private collection, Italy Literature: Alessandro Morandotti, Gli anni romani di Giuseppe Vermiglio, in Giuseppe Vermiglio. Un pittore caravaggesco tra Roma e la Lombardia, exhibition catalogue Campione d’Italia, Galleria Civica, 10 September-3 December 2000, ed. by D. Pescarmona, Milan 2000, p. 45, fig. 23; Ferdinando Bologna, Tre note caravaggesche, Prospettiva, 33-36, 1983-1984 (Studi in onore di Luigi Grassi), pp. 204-207, fig. 5; Mina Gregori, Il Sacrificio di Isacco: un inedito e considerazioni su una fase savoldesca del Caravaggio, Artibus et Historiae, X, 1989, p. 141, note 16
Floris van Wanroij Fine Art
adriaen van ostade
Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem, 1610-1685) Interior of a barn with peasants-An allegory of smell Oil on panel 17 x 24 cm Signed and dated middle centre: Av ostade 1637 Provenance: private collection; Floris van Wanroij Fine Art; private collection, Remscheid, Germany Literature: Krol, A.E., Musée de l’Ermitage. Peinture de l’Europe occidentale. Leningrad (Hermitage), 1981, vol. II, p. 155 In his charming and amusing painting Adriaen van Ostade, like his contemporaries David Teniers the Younger and Adriaen Brouwer, depicted a scene from the everyday life of the peasant classes. At the same time it forms an allegory, that of the sense of smell. A variation on this composition by Van Ostade is kept in the collection of the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg (inv. n° 999)
Mearini Fine Art
Bartolomeo di Giovanni D'Astore called Baccio da Montelupo (Montelupo Fiorentino 1469-1536 Florence) Crucifix, circa 1515 Wood, plaster and paper 81.5 x 81.5 cm Provenance: private collection, Italy Literature: David Lucidi, Baccio da Montelupo, Tau, 2022, pp. 154, 342, 343, 413, 414
A&R Fleury
alicia penalba
Alicia Penalba (1913-1982) Grande annonciatrice, 1965 Bronze with patina 90 x 140 x 70 cm Signed and numbered “APenalba 1/5” The work is referenced in the catalogue raisonné during the exhibition 'Alicia Penalba, escultora', MALBA, Buenos Aires, 2016-2017, under n° 48b p. 107
Giammarco Cappuzzo Fine Art
Willem Eversdijck (Dutch, circa 1620-1671) Unknown Zeeland family, circa 1665 Oil on canvas 138 x 194 cm Provenance: Horace Buttery, London; Christie's London, 20 November 1925, lot 97, bought by Frank Partridge London; (probably) Lady Bertha Schaul Baron (1899-1981); property of a Lady, Christie's London, 10 May 1935, lot 46, bought by W. Sabin, London; Christie's London, 24 February 1939, lot. 57, bought by Berendt; Christie's London, 17 March 1939, lot 23, bought by Suttle; Viorel Virgil Tilea C.B.E. (1896-1972) at Sotheby's London, 28 November 1951, lot 147; Antonio Roque' Rivero (1918-2015), Barcelona Literature: F. van der Ploeg, C.E. Zonnevylle-Heyning, Brave koppen en gladde aangesigten, Middelburg, 1999, pp. 112-114 & p. 136, n° WE5, ill. n° 107
Secher Fine Art & Design
karel appel
Karel Appel (Amsterdam 1921-2006 Zurich) The Cobra bird, 1950 Patinated bronze sculpture H 42 x W 51 x D 34 cm Signed and dated: K. Appel 1950 H. C. Edition of 6 plus 2 HC which this is one of the two Provenance: collection Karel van Stuijvenberg, Caracas, Venezuela Literature: Karel Appel, The Complete Sculptures 1936-1990, p. 242; Exhibition catalogue, El movimiento Cobra en la colección Karel van Stuijvenberg, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, 1984, cat. n° 23 ill. pp. 44-45; Exhibition catalogue, Cobra Liège 93, Coll. Karel P. van Stuijvenberg, Musée d'Art Moderne, Liège, Belgique, 1993, ill. p. 67 Exhibitions: Cobra en la colección Karel van Stuijvenberg, 1984, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela; Cobra, 9 avril-31 mai 1993, Musée d'Art Moderne, Liège, Belgique
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 Boulakia
pierre alechinsky
Pierre Alechinsky (Brussels, 1927) L'affaire du bois de Meillant, 1990 Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas 60 x 100 cm Signed and dated lower right: Alechinsky, signed, titled, and dated on the reverse: L’AFFAIRE DU BOIS DE MEILLANT 1990 Alechinsky Provenance: acquired directly from the artist Exhibitions: Alès, Musée Pierre André Benoit, Pierre Alechinsky, peinture - livres, June-October 1990, n° 42; Salzburg, Rupertinum, Pierre Alechinsky: Reisende Tusche, May-July 1991, n° 28 Born in 1927, Pierre Alechinsky moved to France in 1951 where he became a part of the CoBrA movement, sharing the same passion for the freedom of form and colour as other artists belonging to this group. After travelling around Japan in 1955, he became interested in Asian artistic techniques, ultimately adopting a style which incorporated the processes of Japanese calligraphy. The incorporation of calligraphic signage is apparent, set up against a blue border which elegantly frames the central composition. The title provides a playful backstory for the figures in the painting, whose wide eyes and claw-like hands draw us into a thrilling aesthetic narrative.
Cortesi Gallery
lucio fontana
Lucio Fontana (Argentina, Rosario 1899-1969 Comabbio, Italy) Concetto spaziale, Teatrino, 1965-1966 Waterpaint on canvas and lacquered wood 110 x 110 x 6.5 cm Signed and titled on the reverse: L. Fontana/Concetto spaziale; on the frame label of Galerie Bonnier, Genève, n° 73017 Provenance: Gallery Art Point, Tokyo; Galerie Pierre, Stockholm; Private collection, Milan; Private collection Literature: E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana, catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnement spatiaux, vol. II, La Connaissance, Bruxelles, 1974, pp.174-175, n° 65-66 TE 11; E. Crispolti, Fontana. Catalogo generale volume secondo, Electa, Miano, 1986, p. 615, n° 65-66 TE 11; E. Crispolti, Lucio Fontana. Catalogue raisonné des peintures, sculptures et environnement spatiaux, vol. II, in collaboration with N. Ardemagni Laurini, V. Ernesti, Skira editore, Milano 2006, p. 802, n° 65-66 TE 11; Sotheby’s, Aste: Londra, 27 giugno 1985, n° 540 Exhibitions: 1984, Lugano; 1990, Lucio Fontana, Spatial conception, Tokyo, Tama Art University Museum, 1 June-4 September 1990, cat. p. 55, n° 50; 1992, Lucio Fontana, la penetrazione dello spazio, mostra itinerante in giappone, April-November 1992, cat. p. 119, n° 88; 2014, Il fantasma dell'Opera. Grandi maestri tra mito e mistero, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Farsettiarte, December-January, ill. on the exhibition leaflet; 2014, Cinquant'anni di Farsettiarte a Cortina, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Farsettiarte, August 2014, cat. n° 31, ill.