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Willow Gallery
Maurice de Vlaminck (Paris 1876-1958 Rueil-la-Gadelière) Village près de la Rivière, 1911-1912 Oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm - framed: 93 x 112 cm Signed Provenance: Ambroise Vollard, Paris; Galerie Alex Maguy, Paris; Galerie de l'Elysée (Alex Maguy), Paris (1961); sale, Mes Ader, Picard et Tajan, Paris, 20 June 1974, lot E. Georges Bernheim, Paris; Galerie Urban, Paris; Mildred J. Langston, Rumson, New Jersey; private collection, USA (by descent); sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 19 October 1977, lot 37 (titled 'Bougival'); private collection (acquired at the above); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 November 1990, lot 398 (titled ‘Bougival’); collection of Nancy Lee and Perry B. Bass Exhibition: Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass, March-May 2015, p. 72, n° 35 (ill. in colour p. 73; titled 'Bougival'; dated 'circa 1910') This painting is sold with a certificate of inclusion, ref. n° 20124 from the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, and will be included in the forthcoming digital catalogue raisonné.
Galerie Montanari
Italian frame Fine gold gilded and carved frame Venice, late 16th century 91 x 71/15 cm Decoration of half leaves, underlined by a berkley and framed by pirouette beads. Floral decoration with birds and bunches of grapes, all carved in the round in a convex manner. A groove is entirely gilded with fine gold to bring out the sculpture. This is accompanied by a frieze of flat, burnished leaves, which is itself framed by carved half leaves. We end with a berkley which recalls the one placed at the "vue" of the frame
Whitford Fine Art
Clive Barker (Luton, 1940) Twin Cokes, 1968 Polished aluminium H 24.8 x W 15 x D 10 cm Ed. 3/3 Signed, dated, titled and numbered underneath Provenance: private collection, New Zealand Literature: A. J. Fermon, M. Livingstone, Clive Barker: Sculpture. Catalogue raisonné 1958-2000. Milan, 2002, cat. n° 64, ill. p. 92; G. Portelli, Modern British Sculpture, 2005, ill. p. 105; Clive Barker Pop Art Sculpture 1961-1982: An Individual Story, exhibition catalogue with texts by A. J. Fermon and M. Nugent, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, cat. n° 13, ill. p. 39
Epoque Fine Jewels
rené lalique
René Lalique (Ay 1860-1945 Paris) Art Nouveau dragonfly pendant Gold, enamel and aquamarine Paris, circa 1903-1904 Signed: Lalique Depiction of two dragonflies with green and blue enamel legs and wings with complex gold veining set with green and blue 'plique-à-jour' enamel, set in the center with a lozenge-shaped aquamarine, suspending a drop-shaped aquamarine, mounted in 18 karat gold
Chiale Fine Art
santi buglioni
Santi Buglioni (Santi di Michele Viviani, Florence 1494-1576) Christ Carved and painted walnut Florence, circa 1520 82 x 82 cm Technical record made by Phd. Giancarlo Gentilini and Phd. David Lucidi, 2021 Provenance: private collection, Belgium Literature: G. Poggi, Il Duomo di Firenze, Firenze 1909, ristampa anastatica a cura di M, Haines, Firenze 1988; A. Marquand, Giovanni della Robbia, Princeton 1920; A. Marquand, Benedetto and Santi Buglioni, Princeton 1921; M. Lisner, Holzkruzifixe in Florenz und in der Toskana, Monaco di Baviera 1970; A. Paolucci, Il Sacro Monte di San Vivaldo, in 'Antichità Viva', 14, 1975, pp. 27-40; B. Boucher, The sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino, 1991; A. P. Darr, New documents for Pietro Torrigiani and other early Cinquecento Florentine sculptors active in Italy and England, in Kunst des Cinquecento in der Toskana, München 1992, pp. 108-138; G. Gentilini, I Della Robbia, Firenze 1992; I Della Robbia e 'l’arte nuova' della scultura invetriata, catalogo della mostra (Fiesole, Museo Diocesano), a cura di G. Gentilini, Firenze 1998; L. Lorenzi, Agnolo di Polo: scultura in terracotta dipinta nella Firenze di fine Quattrocento, Ferrara 1998; L. Lorenzi, La scultura toscana in terracotta: il maestro del Bigallo e la bottega di Andrea del Verrocchio, in 'Ceramica Antica', 11, 2001, pp. 50-65; G. Gentilini, Proposta per Michelangelo giovane: un piccolo crocifisso in legno di tiglio, in Proposta per Michelangelo giovane, catalogo della mostra (Firenze, Museo Horne), a cura di G. Gentilini, Firenze 2004, pp. 11-39; La Gerusalemme di San Vivaldo, a cura di C. Caneva, Firenze 2006; G. Perusini, 'Descaviglietur corpus totum et detur in gremio Mariae': i crocifissi mobili per la liturgia drammatica e i drammi liturgici del triduo pasquale; nuovi esempi dal nord-est d’Italia, in In Hoc Signo: il tesoro delle croci, catalogo della mostra (Pordenone e Portogruaro), a cura di P. Goi, Milano 2006, pp. 191-205; T. Mozzati, Giovanfrancesco Rustici, Firenze 2008; I Della Robbia. Il dialogo tra le Arti nel Rinascimento, catalogo della mostra (Arezzo, Museo d’Arte Medievale e Moderna), a cura di G. Gentilini, Milano 2009; A. Butterfield, A 'Virgin and Child’ attributed to Andrea Sansovino, in 'The Burlington magazine', 152, 2010, 1292, pp. 723-726; La Raccolta delle robbiane, a cura di B. Paolozzi Strozzi, I. Ciseri, Firenze 2012; G. Amato, Crocifissi lignei toscani fra tardo Duecento e prima metà del Cinquecento. Linee di sviluppo e diffusione territoriale, Tesi di Dottorato, Università degli Studi di Napoli 'Federico II', aa. 2012-2013; A. Bellandi, Dal naturalismo quattrocentesco all’intensità patetica barocca: crocifissi; restaurati in legno dipinto e cartapesta nell’Ospedale di Santa Matia Nuova a Firenze, in Una famiglia di scultori. I Sangallo, catalogo della mostra [Pontassieve (FI), Centro di Documentazione per la Storia e l’Assistenza della Sanità], a cura di E. Diana, Firenze 2013; G. Amato, I 'Crocifissi' lignei di Giuliano, Antonio e Francesco da Sangallo, in 'Prospettiva', 147/148, 2014, pp. 62-123; A. Bellandi, Leonardo del Tasso, Parigi 2016; D. Lucidi, Contributi a Baccio da Montelupo scultore in terracotta, in 'Nuovi Studi', 19, 2013, pp. 51-101; 'Fece di scoltura di legna e colorì'. La scultura del Quattrocento in legno dipinto a Firenze, catalogo della mostra (Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi), a cura di A. Bellandi, Firenze 2016; Il Crocifisso di Benedetto da Maiano, a cura di T. Verdon, Firenze 2017; Verrocchio il maestro di Leonardo, catalogo della mostra (Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi), a cura di A. De Marchi, F. Caglioti, Firenze 2019; D. Lucidi, Baccio da Montelupo, scultore 'eccellente e raro' del Rinascimento, Todi 2021 (c.d.s.)
Xavier Eeckhout
Jan et Joël Martel (Nantes 1896-1966 Lille et Nantes 1896-1966 Paris) Pigeon à queue plate White marble H 24.5 x W 28 x D 12.5 cm Signed, model made and cast in 1925 Provenance: former collection Florence Langer Martel, Jan’s daughter Exhibitions: Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Union des Artistes Modernes, 1931; La Roche-sur-Yon, Hôtel du Département de la Vendée, Joël et Jan Martel Sculpteurs 1896-1966, 1996, n° 40, not repr. Related works: two others exemplars in wood and rosewood
Galerie Berès
fernand léger
Fernand Léger (Argentan 1881-1955 Gif-sur-Yvette) Nature morte aux vases, 1928 Oil on canvas 34 x 46 cm Signed and dated lower right F. Léger 28 Provenance: Galerie Louis Leiris, n° 10496 photo 6595, seal on the back, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm; private collection, Sweden; Galerie Bonnier, Switzerland; private collection, France Literature: G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné, 1925-1928, Maeght éditeur, 1990, p. 244, black and white repr.
AV Modern & Contemporary
Louis Valtat (Dieppe 1869-1952 Paris) Le Viaduc de Fréjus, circa 1905-1906 Oil on canvas 81.3 x 100.5 cm Signed lower right: L. Valtat Provenance: Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris; sale Maurice Rheims, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 29 November 1972, lot n° 89; private collection, Paris (acquired at the above sale); private collection (since 2009) The authenticity of the work has been confirmed by Julien Valtat, Louis Valtat’s great grandson, with a certificate n° 460/1624, delivered in Choisel on January 30 2007. Literature: This work will be included in the forthcoming Louis Valtat catalogue raisonné, which is being prepared by Julien Valtat (under the archive n° 2981); Louis Valtat, Ed d'Art Somogy, Paris Exhibition: Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Louis Valtat, n° 50, 21 March-11 April 1963
Galerie Dina Vierny
Serge Poliakoff (Moscow 1900-1969 Paris) Untitled, 1955 Oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm Signed and dated lower center: Serge Poliakoff 55; signed on the reverse Provenance: Galerie Ariel, Paris; Galerie Romanet-Rive Gauche, Paris; Galerie Cats, Brussels; private collection (acquired from the above); private collection (by descent from the above; sale: Bonhams London, 1 July, 2015, lot 27); private collection, France (acquired at the above sale); Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (acquired from the above) Literature: A. Poliakoff, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Serge Poliakoff, Volume V 1966-1969, Paris & München, 2016, vol. V, n° 55-118, ill. p. 58
Librairie Jean-Claude Vrain
Henri Matisse (Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869-1954 Nice) JAZZ. [Paris], Tériade, [1947] First edition. Binding by Paul Bonet Large in-4 (42.5 x 32.8 cm). 154 pp., cover ill. in black, frontispiece in colour, 19 plates in colour, ill. table of contents. Print: 250 copies on Vélin d'Arches paper, numbered from 1 to 250 (this one is numbered 230, signed by the artist). Stencilled plates based on Henry Matisse's collages and cut-ups by Edmond Vairel, who used the same Linel gouaches as the artist. Cover and pages of the manuscript engraved by Draeger frères. Binding signed by Paul Bonet. Black box; on each side, a background of concentric circles of different sizes in a white box, with on top, three silhouettes on the first plate and two on the second that seem to dance, mosaic in pastel-coloured box; title mosaic on the back. (Carnets n° 1696)
Art et Patrimoine - Laurence Lenne
Jardinière Pastoral scene after Boucher, the three other sides represent landscapes Sèvres soft-paste porcelain H 14 x W 10.5 x D 10.5 cm Date-letter M for 1765, painter mark of Fritsche. Painter of figures (active 1763-1765) Provenance: former collection of Alfred de Rothschild Literature: Charles Davis, A description of the Works of Art forming the collection of Alfred de Rothschild, vol II, 1884, n° 91 (right)
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Rueb Modern and Contemporary Art
william degouve de nuncques
William Degouve de Nuncques (Monthermé 1867-1935 Stavelot) Côte aux Baléares (Majorque, Cala San Vicente) Oil on panel 20 x 47 cm Signed with initials and dated 00 Provenance: Suzanne Degouve de Nuncques (born Poulet; the artist's widow); by descent from the above to the previous owner, the grandson of A. de Gerlache, the polar explorer, Suzanne's first husband Literature: N. Bos, L. Brogniez, V. Carpiaux, William Degouve de Nuncques, Maître du mystère, Brussels, 2012, ill. pp. 58-59; H. Wijgergangs, R. Feltkamp and Th. Galle, William Degouve de Nuncques, online catalogue raisonné, n° 3.1900.006, ill. Exhibitions: Namur, Musée Félicien Rops; Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum; William Degouve de Nuncques, Maître du mystère, 2012
Rueb Modern and Contemporary Art
bill viola
Bill Viola (New York, 1951) Ablutions, 2005 Colour video diptych on 2 plasma displays H 101 x W 122 x D 10.8 cm This work is number 2 from an edition of 7, plus 1 artist's proof Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity Provenance: James Cohan, New York; private collection, New York Exhibitions: New York, James Cohan, Bill Viola, November-December 2005 (ed. n° unknown); Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern and Cathedral of Bern, Bill Viola: Passions, April-July 2014 (ed. n° unknown); Uppsala, Uppsala Cathedral, Bill Viola, Visitation Reformation, September-November 2017 (ed. no. unknown); Philadelphia, Barnes Foundation, I do not know what it is I am like: the art of Bill Viola, June-September 2019 (ed. n° unknown)
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Opera Gallery
jean dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet (Le Havre 1901-1985 Paris) Pendule IV (Flamboiement de L'Heure), 1966 Acrylic on canvas 130.8 x 161.9 cm Signed and dated lower right J. Dubuffet 66 Provenance: Galerie Beyeler, Basel; Pace Gallery, New York; private collection, New York; Pace Gallery, New York; private collection Literature: Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXI: L'Hourloupe II, Lausanne 1968, p. 129, no. 216, ill. and p. 208 (text); Renato Barillo and Ezio Gribaudo, Dubuffet: oggetto e progetto, il ciclo dell'Hourloupe, Milan 1976, p. 47, n° 56, ill.
Galerie Theunissen & de Ghellinck
Etienne Doirat (Paris, 1675-1732) Chest of drawers with four drawers (known as 'tombeau') Veneer and frieze of amaranth, richly ornamented with chiseled and gilded bronzes and topped with its royal red marble France, Regency period H 85 x W 130 x D 67 cm Provenance: private collection Paris, France
