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Boon Gallery
paul delvaux
Paul Delvaux (Belgium, Antheit 1897-1994 Veurne) La ville lunaire, 1944 Oil on canvas 144 x 200 cm Signed lower right Provenance: Private Collection, Europe; Jan Krugier Gallery, Geneva, 1976; Alex Salkin Collection, New York; G. Van Extergem Collection Literature: BATAILLE, G., Les larmes d’Eros, Paris, 1961, p. 202, ill.; BOSMANT, J., Trésors communaux : Cinquante peintures, Brussels, 1960, p. 297, ill.; BUTOR, M., Delvaux : catalogue de l’oeuvre peint, Brussels, 1975, p. 203, n° 134 ,ill.; DE BOCK, P.-A., Paul Delvaux, Brussels, 1967, pp. 292-293, n° 64, ill.; DE RIDDER, A., De levende kunst gezien te Venetië, Brussels, 1958, p. 295, ill.; JEAN, M., Histoire de la peinture surréaliste, Paris, 1959, p. 275, ill.; ROMBAUT, M., Paul Delvaux, Ediciones Poligrafa, 1999, n° 51, ill.; SOJCHER, J., Paul Delvaux, Ars Mundi, 1991, n° 42, ill.; SPAAK, C., Paul Delvaux, Antwerp, 1948, ill.; SYLVSTER, A., Architecture in Modern Painting, Vol. CIX, London, 1951, p. 83, n° 650, ill. Exhibitions: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paul Delvaux, Brussels, 1944, n° 58; René Drouin Gallery, Paul Delvaux, Paris, 1948, n° 13; Venice Biennale, Biennale XXVII, Venice, 1954; Isy Brachot Gallery, Hommage à Paul Delvaux, Art Basel, 1977, n° 4 © Foundation Paul Delvaux, Belgium/SABAM, 2023-2024
Ralph Gierhards Antiques / Fine Art
A pair of Turkish-style perfume vaporisers Paris, Louis XVI period, circa 1780-1785 Finely chased gilded bronze, glass, enamel. Over stepped base. Openwork cover with drapery decoration and foliage ornaments in the Turkish style. Removable lid. Azure transparent lacquer on copper alloy body (bronze or brass), white marble H 42.5 cm
Galerie de la Béraudière
pablo picasso
Pablo Picasso (Malaga 1881-1973 Mougins) Le Bandillero, 1959 Colour linocut on Arches wove paper 53.4 x 66.3 cm Printed by Arnéra, Vallauris, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris 1960 Signed in pencil lower right: Picasso Numbered lower left: 40/50, edition 40/50 Provenance: Galerie Michael Hertz, Bremen; private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (until 2013); private collection, Germany (since 2013, inherited from the above); Ketterer Kunst, June 12, 2022, lot 469; private collection, Belgium Literature: Enrique Mallen, ed., Online Picasso Project, Sam Houston State University, 1997-2023, OPP.59:076; Bernhard Geiser, Brigitte Baer, Picasso peintre graveur, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et des monotypes, Berne, Kornfeld, 1986-1994, n° 1225 IV B a; Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso, catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié, 4 vol., Berne, Kornfeld and Klipstein, 1968-1979, n° 940 (titré Les Banderilles)
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
Van Herck-Eykelberg
james ensor
James Ensor (Ostend, 1860-1949) Roses, tanagras and boot, 1917 Oil on canvas 46.5 x 66 cm Signed and dated lower right Literature: G. Le Roy, James Ensor, G. Van Oest, Bruxelles/Paris 1922, p. 195; F. C. Legrand, Ensor cet inconnu, La Renaissance du Livre, Bruxelles 1971, n° 238; X. Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue raisonné of the paintings. II, 1902-1941, Wienand, 1992 Anvers, n° 484; X. Tricot, James Ensor, Catalogue Raisonné of the paintings. Mercator, 2009, n° 495 Exhibition: XV Exposizione Internationale d’Arte della Cittá di Venezia (Venice Biennale), 1926; Partially legible label on the back: ‘XIVieme Exposition Internationale des Beaux-Arts’
robertaebasta
André Sornay (France, 1902-2000) Pair of armchairs in black lacquered wood with brass details, upholstered seat and backrest covered in silk velvet France, circa 1935 H 72 x W 62.5 x D 78 cm Provenance: Galerie Alain Marcelpoil, Paris Literature: Alain Marcelpoil, Annik Béras Sornay, Olivier Lassalle, André Sornay designer d'avanguardia, Edizioni, Galerie Alain Marcelpoil, Paris, 2010
Galerie Oscar De Vos
gustave van de woestyne
Gustave Van de Woestyne (Ghent 1881-1947 Brussels) Christ in the spring garden, 1907 Oil on board 58 x 40 cm Signed and dated top right: GUSTAVE / VAN DE WOESTYNE 1907 Provenance: René Van Herrewege, Ghent; André Vyncke-Van Eyck, Ghent; Galerie Vanlangenhove, Ghent; Galerie Oscar De Vos, Sint-Martens-Latem; private collection, Belgium Literature: Borchert e.a., Van Eyck. Een optische revolutie (2020), pp. 456-457, p. 497, cat. n° 19.9 (ill.); Boyens, Sint-Martens-Latem. Kunstenaarsdorp in Vlaanderen (1992), pp. 265-266; Boyens, Een zeldzame Weelde (2001), pp. 24-25, p. 69, p. 211, cat. n° 77 (ill.); Boyens, Symbolisme in Vlaanderen (2022), p. 70, n° 60 (ill.); De Geest e.a., Gustave Van de Woestyne 1881-1947 (1997), p. 107, cat. n° 7 (ill.); Gepts, Gustave Van de Woestyne 1881-1947 (1981), p. 76, cat. n° 6 (ill.); Haesaerts, L'Ecole de Laethem-Saint-Martin (1945), p. 162; Hoozee e.a., Gustave Van de Woestyne (2010), pp. 62-63, cat. n° 8 (ill.); Langui, Gustave Van de Woestyne (1967), cat. n° 10; Pauwels e.a., De eerste groep van Sint-Martens-Latem 1899-1914 (1988), p. 101, p. 176, cat. n° 52 (ill.); Pauwels, Als een fonkelenden spiegel (2019), 178 (ill.); Schoonbaert, Religieuze thematiek in de Belgische Kunst 1875-1985 (1986), p. 147, cat. n° 47 (ill); Stubbe, De Vlaamse schilderkunst van Van Eyck tot Permeke (1953), pp. 364-365; Van de Woestyne e.a., Gustave Van de Woestyne 1881-1947 (1970), p. 24, cat. n° 13; Van de Woestyne, Gustave Van de Woestyne (1929), p. 3, cat. n° 7; Van den Abeele, Albijn Van den Abeele (1993), p. 187 (ill.); Vanbeselaere, Vlaamse schilderkunst 1850-1950 (1960), p. 39, cat. n° 112 Exhibitions: 1929, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Gustave Van de Woestyne, n° 7; 1953, Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Schilderijen uit Gentse Verzamelingen; 1960, Laren, Singer Museum, Vlaamse schilderkunst 1850-1950, n° 112; 1967, Mechelen, Cultureel Centrum, Gustave Van de Woestyne, n° 10; 1981, Antwerp, KMSKA, Gustave Van de Woestyne 1881-1947, n° 6; 1986, Brussels, Galerij ASLK, Religieuze thematiek in de Belgische kunst (1875-1985), n° 47; 1988, Brussels, KMSKAB, De eerste groep van Sint-Martens-Latem, n° 52; 1997, Deinze, MuDeL, Gustave Van de Woestyne 1881-1947, n° 7; 2001, Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Een zeldzame weelde n° 77; 2010, Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Gustave Van de Woestyne, n° 8; 2012, Deinze, MuDeL, Ecce Homo: de Heilige Bloedprocessie van Meigem; 2020, Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Van Eyck. Een optische revolutie, n° 19.9
Zebregs&Röell Fine Art and Antiques
Indo-Portuguese colonial mother-of-pearl veneered casket with silver mounts India, Gujarat, 2nd half of the 16th century, the silver mounts Goa or probably Lisbon H 16 x W 24.6 x D 16.1 cm An exceptional Gujarati casket with a rectangular box and truncated pyramidal lid (with slopes on each side and a flat top) made from exotic wood, probably teak (Tectona grandis), covered with a mother-of-pearl mosaic. The tesserae, cut from the shell of the green turban sea snail (Turbo marmoratus, a marine gastropod) in the shape of fish scales, are pinned to the wooden structure with silver ball-headed nails. The casket is set on bracket feet on the corners. The masterfully engraved decoration of the silver mounts follows the most refined and erudite Mannerist repertoire of rinceaux and ferroneries dating from the mid-sixteenth century. The high quality and refinement of the silver mounts and, likewise, the silver nails that replaced the original brass pins used to hold the mother-of-pearl tesserae in place indicate the work of a silversmith probably working in Lisbon in the second half of the sixteenth century. The Indian origin of this production, namely from Cambay (Khambhat) and Surat in the present state of Gujarat in north India, has been consensual and fully demonstrated for the last three decades, not only by documentary and literary evidence - such as descriptions, travelogues and contemporary archival documentation - but also by the survival in situ of sixteenth-century wooden structures covered in mother-of-pearl tesserae. A fine example is a canopy decorating the tomb (dargah) of the Sufi saint, Sheik Salim Chisti (1478-1572) in Fatehpur Sikri in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, north India. This is an artistic production, geometric in character and Islamic in nature, where usually the mother-of-pearl tesserae form complex designs of fish scales or, similar to the dishes also made using the same technique with thin brass sheets and pins, stylised lotus flowers. The truncated pyramidal shape corresponds, like their contemporary tortoiseshell counterparts also made in Gujarat, to a piece of furniture used in the Indian subcontinent within the Islamic world prior to the arrival of the first Portuguese. This shape is very old and specific to East-Asian caskets, chests or boxes used to contain and protect Buddhist texts, the sutras. A similar chest is the famous and large reliquary chest from Lisbon Cathedral that once contained the relics of the city's patron saint, Saint Vincent. Both match in shape, having the same kind of pedestal and bracket feet, and in their engraved silver mountings, featuring the same type of refined, erudite decoration. Their differences lie in the silver borders that frame the entire length of the edges of the chest (both the box and the lid), pinned with silver nails, and on the lock plate, shaped like a coat of arms in the Lisbon example. Given the exceptional dimensions of the reliquary casket from Lisbon Cathedral (48 x 65 x 42 cm), the goldsmith responsible for its mounting opted to place two bracket-shaped side handles instead of a top handle, as in our casket. Another similar example, probably mounted in the same Lisbon workshop as the other examples from this small group, belongs to the Seville Cathedral and still needs to be discovered. It shares many features in common with the one in the Lisbon cathedral, namely the use of engraved silver borders running along the edges, protecting the casket. An aspect that distinguished it from the others is the use of tesserae cut from Turbo marmoratus, which show a higher iridescence but also cut from the shell of the pearl oyster, probably Pinctada radiata or Pinctada maxima, given the whitish hue of the base colour. Nevertheless, the type of square-like lock plate is similar to our casket. Another example, slightly larger but with fewer silver mounts, is in the collection of the Kunstkammer Wien in the Kunsthistorischen Museums in Vienna (inv.no. GS Kap 5) and belonged to the Habsburger Family. The same type of large silver ball-headed nails seems to be characteristic of this small, rare and important group, of which the present example is the second known example in private hands, given that the others have been in their current place since the time they entered their collections in the late sixteenth century or the first years of the seventeenth century.
Galerie Cento Anni
philippe wolfers
Philippe Wolfers (Brussels, 1858-1929) The garland or frieze of garlands, circa 1928 Bronze sketch on marble base H 28 cm Signed Philippe Wolfers Lost wax, Foundry Ateliers Wolfers Provenance: private collection, Belgium Literature: La Dynastie Wolfers, Ed. Pandora, p. 425 Exhibitions: Brussels 1928, n° 197; Antwerp 1929, n° 69
Stern Pissarro Gallery
auguste herbin
Auguste Herbin (Quiévy 1882-1960 Paris) VENUS I, 1945 Oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm Titled, signed and dated lower left, vénus-herbin 1945 Provenance: private collection, Stockholm; Galerie des Etats-Unis, S. Stoliar, Cannes; Sotheby's London, 2002; Dorval Gallery, Lille; private collection, France Literature: Geneviève Claisse, Herbin, Catalogue raisonné de l'Œuvre Peint, Paris, 1993, n° 846, (ill. in black and white p. 429) Exhibition: Cannes, Galerie des Etats-Unis, 1965, n° 29
Dr. Lennart Booij Fine Art & Rare Items
emile gallé
Emile Gallé (Nancy, 1846-1904) Vase, circa 1895 Aquamarin enamelled and hand etched vase with applied handles H 25 cm Provenance: private collection, France Literature: Alistair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, vol. IV, p. 228 for a similar model
Galerie Bertrand de Lavergne
Set of seven Chinese pendants for Court Ladies Turquoise, agate, amethyst, carnelian, smoked and citrinated rock crystal, jadeite and bi-colored tourmaline depicting a goddess, different animals, fruits or aquatic plants, some with their original mounts China, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912) From 4 to 5.5 cm
Galerie Kaléidoscope
fernand teyssier
Fernand Teyssier (Paris, 1937-1988) X-ray and breathing-sheep, circa 1966-67 Acrylic, graphite pencil, stampo and ink on canvas 98.4 x 81.5 cm Provenance: estate Fernand Teyssier Exhibition: Konstanz/FRG, 1968, Bilder, Graphik, Objekte, Der Asta-Konstanz Universität
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.