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DIE GALERIE
max ernst
Max Ernst (Brühl 1891-1976 Paris) Corps enseignant pour une école de tueurs, 1967/2020 1967 - ensemble of sculptures in limestone (roche dure de Vilhonneur) 2020 - ensemble of sculptures in bronze Bronze, Susse Fondeur Paris Ex. 8/8 Ensemble consisting of: Big Brother, H 150 x W 100 x D 94 cm (without plinth) Séraphin le néophyte, H 198 x W 75 x D 75 cm (figure without eyes) Séraphine-Cherubin, H 200 x W 80 x D 75 cm (figure with eyes) Provenance: estate Max Ernst Literature: Werner Spies, Max Ernst-Skulpturen, Häuser, Landschaften, Köln, 1998, p. 192, p. 210ff, p. 273; Jürgen Pech. Max Ernst. Plastische Werke, Köln, 2005, p. 194-201
Douwes Fine Art b.v.
Paul Delvaux (Antheit 1897-1994 Veurne) Portrait of a young woman, 1966 Pen and watercolour 17 x 12 cm Signed and dated: P.DELVAUX 24-12-1966 stuck on a sheet of paper filigree Wattman England. Provenance: Sale Auction house L’homme, Liège, 24 September 2016, cat. n° 40 Expertise: Certificate of authenticity of the Paul Delvaux Foundation, St-Idesbald, June 10, 2016 Notes In the work of Paul Delvaux we frequently find the female figure, a favorite subject of the artist. He stages the body of the women in antique setting or in scenes of everyday life. Often calm and mysterious, the women Delvaux focusses to represent are the reflection of the complex relationship that he maintains towards them. Indeed, already at a young age, the possessive and authoritarian mother of the artist warned him against women. Since then, the artist nurtured a fascination with the women he places on a pedestal. The woman represented in his work, are the image of his feminine ideal. Always young and beautiful, they are often naked, draped or preciously dressed. They symbolize the fascination and intrigue that Delvaux feels towards them and their bodies. The female figure occupies different roles in his work, from femme fatale to the mythological creature. In the present watercolour Delvaux integrates a contradictory image of the woman as being dangerous, free and independent but also valuable and untouchable. The chosen tones, from the aubergine color of the dress to the blue of the background, are very lively. Part of the bodice remained white, as well as the lighting in the upper left corner, which allows the chiaroscuro effect of the composition. In the same year as he made this drawing, he had a retrospective at the Lille Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Ixelles. A few years before, in 1959, he executed the mural decoration of the Palais des Congrès in Brussels and in 1965 he received the Five-Year Award for the dedication of his career and is appointed President and Director of the Class of Fine Arts of the Royal Academy of Belgium. Delvaux’s love life has not been without complication and this reflected in his art. When Delvaux fell in love with his first and great love Anne-Marie De Martelaere, known as Tam, at the age of thirty, the mother of Delvaux fiercely opposed this relationship, and he married someone else. This great sorrow of a lost love will permeate the image of the woman Delvaux depicts in his work: she is inaccessible and very often the man is excluded. At the death of his mother, the sadness felt by the artist is great but her death was also liberating for the future of his work. Delvaux now represents the woman in a much more libertine way. In 1947 he met Tam again in Sint-Idesbald. This chance meeting leads the two lovers to get married. The following decade will then mark a loss of creativity of the artist, his beloved imposes some constraints on Delvaux. He can no longer use models or represent them the way he desires. Later, Delvaux marries Suzanne Purnal and maintains a platonic love towards her.
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.
Francis Maere Fine Arts
paul delvaux
Paul Delvaux (Antheit 1879-1994 Veurne) Femmes devant la mer, 1928 Oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm Signed and dated upper right: P. DELVAUX 28 Provenance: Jean Giron, Brussels; private collection, Belgium Literature: A. Eggermont, Les arts plastiques in Le Thyrse, Brussels, March 1931, p. 104; M. Butor, J. Clair, S. Houbart-Wilkin, Paul Delvaux-catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, Cosmos Monographies, Brussels, 1975, cat. n° 35, p. 156 Exhibitions: 1928 Brussels Galerie Manteau, Paul Delvaux et Robert Giron, 1931 Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paul Delvaux, 1969 Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs; 1974, Sint Martens Latem, Georges Buysse Gallery, Delvaux, Spilliaert, Pérot; 1985 Paris, Centre Culturel Wallonie-Bruxelles, Hommage à Paul Delvaux © Foundation Paul Delvaux, Belgium/SABAM, 2023-2024
Galerie von Vertes
sam francis
Sam Francis (San Mateo 1923-1994 Santa Monica) Untitled (SF52-015), 1952 Gouache and oil on paper 60.9 x 49.2 cm Signed twice, dated and inscribed on verso 'Sam Francis SF PARIS 1952' Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné of the Works on Paper, n° SFF5.134 Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London (1957); Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles; private collection, California (acquired from the above); Minami Gallery, Tokyo (October 1977); Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo (accession n° 3449, June 1978); Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 2018, lot 212; private collection, London Literature: Kodansha, Contemporary Great Masters: Sam Francis. Tokyo: Kodansha 1994, p. 89 (ill. in colour pl. 63) Exhibitions: Pavillon des Arts, Paris, L’oeuvre de Sam Francis dans les collections du Musée Idemitsu, 18 September-16 November 1986, n° 6 (ill. in colour), weitergereist nach: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, 29 November 1986-18 January 1987; Yayoi Gallery, Ogawa Art Foundation, Tokyo, 5 October–5 December 1987; Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, 10 August-16 September 2002, n° 10 (ill. in colour p. 35), travelled to: Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan, 28 September-10 November 2002; Museum of Art Ehime, Ehime, Japan,16 November-23 December 2002; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 5 April-25 May, 2003; Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan, 3 June-6 July 2003; Oita City Art Museum, Oita, Japan, 13 September-26 October 2003
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 Cento Anni
Philippe Wolfers (Brussels, 1858-1929) Eternelle idylle, circa 1911 Sketch in patinated bronze on a burgundy marble base H 30 cm Signed Philippe Wolfers with monogram Lost wax, Foundry Ateliers Wolfers Provenance: private collection, Belgium Literature: La Dynastie Wolfers, Ed. Pandora, p. 394 Exhibitions: Brussels 1911, n° 3; Milan 1926, n° 42; Brussels 1928, n° 31, Antwerp 1929, n° 30; Brussels 1972, n° 69
Franck Anelli Fine Art
Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot (Utrecht, 1586-1666) Village scene, 1643 Oil on panel 71.8 x 106.5 cm 93 x 129 cm - framed Provenance: With Hans Trojanski, Dusseldorf, 1957; Private collection of Baroness Viktoria Dagmar von Rochow (1931–2022); By descent, private collection, Switzerland This painting is registered at the RKD, The Hague as by the hand of Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot.
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau
Auguste Herbin (Quiévy 1882-1960 Paris) Le Vieux Pont à Bruges, 1906 Oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm Signed lower left Provenance: the artist’s studio; M. Rheims, Paris; Malborough Fine Art Ltd., London; private collection, Basel Exhibitions: 1914, Exposition Auguste Herbin, Galerie Clovis Sagot, 2 March–17 March 1914, n° 3; Bern 1963, Auguste Herbin, Kunsthalle Bern, 16 February–24 March 1963, n° 1 (ill.); Amsterdam 1963, Herbin, Stedelijk Museum, 7 June–22 July 1963, n° 2 (ill.); Zurich 1965, Auguste Herbin, City Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, 2 April–30 April 1965, n° 2; Paris 1975/76, Le Bateau-Lavoir, Musée Jacquemart-André, 31 October 1975-31 November 1976 (label on the back) Literature: Geneviève Claisse: Herbin. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris 1993, p. 291, n° 70 (ill.)
Artimo Fine Arts
alphons joseph strymans
Alphons Joseph Strymans (Belgium, 1866-1959) Le Vin, 1901 White Carrara marble H 130 cm Signed and dated: A. Jef. Strymans 1901 Provenance: 2001, Artimo Fine Arts Gallery; 2004, private collection, Belgium; 2021, Artimo Fine Arts Gallery Literature: Bénézit E. (1999), Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs et graveurs (J. Buysse, Ed.) (nouvelle édition entièrement refondue). Gründ. p. 322; Engelen, C., & Marx, M. (2006). La Sculpture en Belgique à partir de 1830 (Tome VI), Louvain: Engelen-Marx. pp. 3328-3331; Joseph, Prof. Dr. D. (1897). Die Elfenbeinplastik auf des Brüsseler Weltausstellung von 1897. Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst, 8, 281-288; Scherer, C. (n.d.). Monographien des Kunstgewerbes, Vol. 8, Elfenbeinplastik seit der Renaissance. pp. 122-141; Thieme, U., & Becker, F. (1999). Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (Vol. 31/32). E.A. Seemann. p. 222 The sculptural work, masterfully executed in white Carrara marble, presents a refined figurative composition that reveals three human figures in dynamic interaction. The nuances and meticulously chiselled anatomical details attest to the exceptional talent and expertise of the sculptor Alphons Joseph Strymans. This grouping, comprised of two women and a man, all three nude, intertwine in a choreography evoking an ecstatic dance. Each figure holds a cluster of grapes, reproduced with remarkable precision, evidently symbolising the making of wine. A particularly striking note is the unconsciously dominant placement of a woman’s foot on the head the male figure serving as a point of support for the decadent trio. This composition, both graceful and intense, eloquently illustrates the effects of wine on the soul and human interactions. The silhouettes of the figures merge harmoniously with the botanical motifs of vines, thus suggesting an intrinsic union between man and nature in their mutual inebriation. This masterpiece poetically evokes the idea that man and nature share a common essence - a profound origin. Alphons Joseph Strymans Born on July 24, 1866, in Turnhout, Alphons Joseph Strymans passed away in 1959 in Antwerp. He distinguished himself as a cabinetmaker, draftsman, and above all as a sculptor. Trained at the art school of Turnhout, Strymans also benefited from the expertise of his father, a renowned cabinetmaker specialised in the creation of church furniture. This education bestowed upon him an exceptional mastery of sculpture in both wood and stone. His quest for excellence led him to pursue studies at the Antwerp Academy from 1886 to 1990, and then at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Brussels under the tutelage of Master Thomas Vinçotte. From 1898 to 1935, he shared his knowledge as a drawing teacher at the art school in Berchem. During this period, he also collaborated with eminent sculptors such as Frans Joris, Jules Weyns, and Josué Dupon, among others. His artistic repertoire is vast. Throughout his career, he designed various ornaments for Art Nouveau furniture as well as sculptural works in bronze, ivory, and marble. From the beginning of the twentieth century, his works found their place in Antwerp, exhibited in museums and during prestigious events. Besides his artworks, Strymans left his mark through various commemorative monuments and busts of notable personalities. Among his major accomplishments are the statues for the fishermen's house in Antwerp, busts of the music critic Guy Davenel, the poet Max Elskamp, and the mayor of Berchem, Mr. Van Oombeek. Numerous prestigious institutions preserve his works. The Museum of Central Africa in Tervueren houses the ivory "The Daughter of Eve" and other remarkable pieces. The sculpture "Despair," in bronze, can be found at the Dinant Museum, while one of his marble busts is proudly displayed at the Antwerp Museum
Alexis Lartigue Fine Art
simon hantaï
Simon Hantaï (Hungary, Bia 1922-2008 Paris, France) Untitled, 1971 Watercolour on canvas 85 x 73 cm Monogrammed and dated Certificate from Daniel Hantaï Provenance: private collection, Paris This work on canvas is part of the series of watercolours presented by the Fournier gallery in 1971 in Paris. Simon Hantaï whitened the canvas beforehand with a filler, then he crumpled and pinched it. The visible parts were painted in several colours. Once deployed, we discover the whites held in reserve. The artist considered that the works must live, and undergo the onslaught of time and light, without particular protection and without frames. He went so far as to bury certain works in his garden, before taking them out and exhibiting them as they were, smeared with dust and organic waste. "The work exudes an aura of sensitive, sovereign light that is hard not to surrender rapturously to." Alain Delaunois
Galerie des Modernes
jacques doucet
Jacques Doucet (Boulogne-Billancourt 1924-1994 Paris) Untitled, 1955-1957 Oil on canvas 100 x 50 cm Signed lower right: doucet Dated and numbered on the reverse: CLXV-197 Provenance: Galerie Ariel, Paris; private collection, Paris Literature: Jacques Doucet Parcours 1960-1976, Catalogue raisonné, tome II, Additif aux œuvres du tome I, by Andrée Doucet, ed. Galilée, Paris, 1998, desc. p. 207 and repr. p. 13 under n° 258
Helene Bailly
marc chagall
Marc Chagall (Vitebsk 1887-1985 Saint-Paul de Vence) Au Cirque (Clown à la trompette), 1959-1968 Oil and gouache on paper mounted on canvas 63 x 47.5 cm Signed lower left: Marc Chagall and countersigned on reverse Certificate of authenticity issued by the Comité Marc Chagall Provenance: former Galerie Alex Maguy collection, label on reverse
Studio 2000 Art Gallery
theo van rysselberghe
Theo van Rysselberghe (Ghent 1862-1926 Saint-Clair, Var) Portrait of Mrs. H. Aubry, 1907 Oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm Signed and dated middle left with monogram 'April 07' Provenance: private collection, The Netherlands; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 13 December 1999; Campo & Campo, Antwerpen, 18 October 1998; Me Cousin, Les Andelys, France, 9 December 1990 Literature: Ronald Feltkamp, Théo van Rysselberghe Catalogue raisonné, Editions Racine, Brussels, 2003, p. 367, n° 032 (ill.); G. Van Zype, Notice Théo van Rysselberghe, in: Annuaire de l'Académie Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1932 Exhibitions: Théo van Rysselberghe, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 27 April-9 May 1908
Francis Maere Fine Arts
fernando botero
Fernando Botero (Medellin 1932-2023 Monaco) Lying nude, 1985 Bronze H 35 x W 60 x D 23 cm Signed and numbered: Botero 3/6 Provenance: collection Emile Veranneman, Kruishoutem; private collection, Belgium Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Botero, Emile Veranneman, Kruishoutem, 1990 Exhibition: 1990 Kruishoutem, Stichting Emile Veranneman, Fernando Botero
Harold t’Kint de Roodenbeke
Leopold Survage (Moscow 1879-1968 Paris) Surrealist composition, 1916 Gouache and pencil on paper 43 x 31 cm Signed lower right Survage, marked with his initials LS, stamped with the artist's studio stamp and dated 16 Anne-Marie Divieto has confirmed the authenticity of this work Provenance: Felix Landau, Paris; private collection, Germany (acquired from the above circa 1970)
Klaas Muller
joris van son
Joris Van Son (Antwerp, 1623-1667) Flower and fruit garland around a cartouche Oil on canvas 65 x 50 cm Provenance: Queen Desideria of Sweden (1777-1860) Joris Van Son was a seventeenth-century Antwerp painter who was strongly influenced by the work of Jan Davidsz. De Heem (a Northern Netherlandish painter who was active in Antwerp in the 1630'ies). Together with Nicolaes Veerendael, Jan Van Kessel and Daniël Seghers, he was one of the main protagonists of Flemish (Antwerp) floral still life art from the mid-seventeenth century. Amongst his pupils were Frans van Everbroeck, Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Younger, Cornelis van Huynen, Norbert Montalie and Abraham Herderwijn. Van Sons preferred two important categories in the genre of flower and fruit still lifes: garlands ('cartouches') and so-called 'pronkstillevens' ('showy still lifes'). The 'cartouche' was often filled with the image of a Saint or a portrait. This by another painter, usually specialised in figures (for example Cornelis Schut, Erasmus Quellinus or Frans II Francken). The fact that our 'cartouche' remained empty in the center indicates that Van Son created this work as a coastal work 'in itself'. The quality is excellent and Van Son not only shows off his in-depth knowledge of the flora and fruits, but also his great sense of sensitivity, detail and colour. Striking is the powerful sculpted cartouche (with a male head bellow) in grisaille, in contrast with the bright fruits and flowers. This work has an interesting provenance: in the early nineteenth century it was owned by Desideria, Queen of Sweden and Norway (1777-1860).