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F. Baulme Fine Arts
Claude-Marie Dubufe (Paris 1790-1864 La-Celle-Saint-Cloud) Expression Head: Modesty, circa 1827-1828 Oil on canvas 55.5 x 46.5 cm Provenance: private collection, England Literature: Emmanuel Bréon, Claude-Marie, Édouard et Guillaume Dubufe, Portraits d’un siècle d’élégance parisienne, exh. cat., Paris, Délégation à l’Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris, 1988 (engraving after the present painting, p. 70, repr.) Related work: Claude-Marie Dubufe, Modesty, 1828, engraving
Galerie Uzal
Josuë Dupon (Ichtegem 1864-1935 Antwerp) Pair of groups 'Panther and Serpent', circa 1900 Bronze, rich brown patina and ivory on one Griotte marble and one faux-marble base H 114.5 x W 104 cm Signed ‘Josuë Dupon' and bears foundry mark 'F. van Aerschodt Fondeur' Provided with the CITES document for both sculptures
Galerie Perrin
Odilon Redon (Bordeaux 1840-1916 Paris) Femme de profil, circa 1901-1905 Oil on paper mounted on panel 52 x 49.7 cm (unframed) 71 x 68 cm (framed) Signed lower right 'Odilon Redon' This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné currently in preparation by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute Provenance: collection Roger Imbert
Van Herck-Eykelberg
Jean Dubuffet (Le Havre 1901-1985 Paris) Personnage, 1964 India ink on paper 22 x 17.5 cm Signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'Mars 64' Literature: Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XX: L'Hourloupe I, Paris 1966, p. 139, n° 283, ill b/w Provenance: Galerie Beyeler, Basel; Artel Galerie, Geneva; private collection, France Exhibitions: Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume, L'Hourloupe di Jean Dubuffet, 15 June-13 September 1964, n° 48; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Jean Dubuffet: Tekeningen, gouaches, 26 November 1964-11 January 1965, n° 192; Basel, Kunstmuseum, Jean Dubuffet, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Collagen, 6 June-10 August 1970, p. 133, n° 132
Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud
Emile Monier (Paris, 1883-1970) Bust of a Peulh woman, 1930 Fine Swedish granite H 65.5 x W 43 x D 30.5 cm Signed ‘EMILE MONIER’, dated ‘1930’ and titled ‘KOUMBO’ Unique piece Provenance: private collection, France Exhibitions: Société coloniale des artistes français, 1930, n° 101; Office privée des colonies, 34 rue Pasquier, Paris 8th arrondissement, until 19 December 1930
Galerie Haesaerts-le Grelle
Gustave Serrurier-Bovy (Liège 1858-1910 Antwerp) Paravent, circa 1905 Padauk, brass and embroidered fabric H 146 x W 59 cm (each panel) Saint-Saëns series, produced by Serrurier et Cie Provenance: private collection, Liège Literature: F. Bigot du Mesnil du Buisson & E. du Mesnil du Buisson, Serrurier-Bovy-un créateur précurseur-1858-1910, Paris, Faton, 2008 p. 200; Jacques-Grégoire Watelet, Serrurier-Bovy, Ateliers Vokaer, Bruxelles, 1986, p. 102; Art Nouveau Belge: Vers l’idéal (tome 3), 2024, Les Éditions du Musée Horta, pp. 163-164
Virginie Devillez Fine Art
Jean Brusselmans (Brussels 1884-1953 Dilbeek) Le chemin creux, 1936 Oil on canvas 80 x 70 cm Signed and dated lower left 'Jean Brusselmans 1936' Provenance: Galerie de la Madeleine, Brussels; Dr H. Morlon collection, Brussels (acquired in 1962 from the above); private collection, Belgium; thence by descent to the present owner Literature: Robert-L. Delevoy, 'Jean Brusselmans' (Catalogue raisonné established by Gita Brys-Schatan), Laconti, Brussels, 1972, CR 419, pp. 252 & 373 (ill.)
Laurent Schaubroeck
Rick Owens (USA, Porterville, 1961) Small Plug Table, 2013 Black stained plywood H 41 x W 140 x D 75 cm Stamped Rick Owens 02/08 Edition of 8 + 4 AP Produced in France A monolithic composition in black plywood, the Plug Table reflects Rick Owens’ uncompromising approach to furniture: reduced geometry, architectural weight and an almost brutalist sense of proportion.
Gallery de Potter d’Indoye
Empire chandelier, circa 1810 Crystal, chiseled and gilded bronze H 117 x Ø 81 cm Chandelier with 18 lights in crystal and finely chiseled and gilded bronze. It is composed of two circles of fillets bordering a frieze of laurels and flowerets separated by eight arrows, joined at the centre by a blue enameled globe and scattered with gilt stars. The basket ends with a rose and a seed-shaped knob. A panache and small palm leaves crown the chandelier from which hang garlands of crystals. Crystal: by Ladoupède du Fougerais, entrepreneur and owner of the Manufacture de cristal du Mont-Cenis de leurs Majestés Impériales et Royales. Ladoupède du Fougerais delivered a very similar chandelier with 16 lights on 24 April 1810, for the small salon of the apartments of the Empress at the Petit Trianon in Versailles. This chandelier is illustrated in 'Versailles, le Petit Trianon', by Denise Ledoux-Lebard, published by Editions de l'Amateur, 1989, р. 95, n° 6l.
Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art
Manolo Valdés (Valencia, 1944) 'The Cartier', 2008 Oil and mixed media on canvas 188 x 188 cm H 200 x W 200 x D 10 cm (in artist's frame) Signed 'MAVALDES', dated '2008', titled 'The Cartier' and inscribed with measurements on the reverse Provenance: acquired directly from the artist's studio
Serge Schoffel - Art Premier
Pendant depicting a trophy head Konyak Naga Northeastern India, 19th century Wood and glass beads H 7 cm Provenance: Alain Schoffel, Paris, France; Philipp Konzett, Vienna, Austria Literature: Schoffel, Alain, Arts Primitifs de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Alain and Françoise Chaffin, eds., Meudon 1981, p. 30
Galerie Hurtebize
Marc Chagall (Vitebsk 1887-1985 Saint-Paul de Vence) Lumière du Cirque, 1969 Watercolour, pastel, gouache, coloured inks, and pencil on a black print lithograph M.566 38 x 52.3 cm Signed 'Marc Chagall' lower right Certificate of authenticity from the Comité Marc Chagall Provenance: private collection, France
Floris van Wanroij Fine Art
Saint John the Baptist England, Midlands, traditionally Nottingham Gothic, middle of the 15th century, circa 1420-1460 Alabaster carved in high relief with original polychrome and gilding H 41 cm Provenance: Jan Dirven Works of Art collection, Eindhoven, 19997; acquired by Dr. J. Smit collection, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands; thence by descent Literature: Cheetham, F. (2003), Alabaster images of Medieval England. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, p. 48, n° 205 (reference literature)
Galerie Hadjer
Fernand Léger (Argentan 1881-1955 Gif-sur-Yvette) Les Oiseaux dans les fleurs (mural composition), 1958 Aubusson tapestry, woven in wool 189 x 265 cm Signed 'F. LÉGER' Woven by the Pinton workshop, Aubusson, France Edition of 6 + 2 AP Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Fernand Léger Provenance: atelier Pinton, Aubusson, France; private collection, London Exhibitions: F. Léger, tapisseries, céramiques, bronzes, lithographies, Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice, 20 July-30 September 1962; F. Léger et les arts décoratifs, Biot & Aubusson, 2002-2003; Literature: F. Léger et les arts décoratifs, exhibition catalogue, Biot & Aubusson, 2002-2003, another example from the edition ill. p. 34; Georges Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, 1952-1953, Paris, 2013, n° 1492, the related painted version ill. p. 57.
Snackers Antiques & Fine Art
Pair of candelabra depicting Mercury and Fortuna Empire period, 1820 Gilded and patinated bronze H 100 x W 27 x D 27 cm Literature: Marie-France Dupuy-Baylet, L’Heure, Le Feu, La Lumière, Les Bronzes du Mobilier National 1800-1870, 2010, pp. 254-255 These impressive candlesticks are made of original gilded bronze and patinated bronze. An obelisk-shaped base with Mercury and Fortuna on it, symbolising trade and prosperity. This candlestick design is rare due to its dimensions, the beautiful detached bronze figure and the details in the form of RAM heads and claw feet.
Axel Vervoordt
William Turnbull (Dundee 1922-2012 London) Young Torso, 1981 Bronze 49 x 28.5 x 3 cm Edition of 6, AP 1/1 Provenance: the estate of the artist Literature: Amanda A. Davidson, The Sculpture of William Turnbull, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, 2005, cat. n° 205, ill. p. 154
De Jonckheere
Herri met de Bles (Dinant or Bouvignes-sur-Meuse circa 1510-active in Antwerp between 1533 and 1566) The Ascent to Calvary Oil on panel 41.5 x 69 cm Signed bottom right with the owl, the artist's symbol, on the drum of one of the peasants Provenance: Franz Haverda-Werlandt collection, Vienna; Count Filip Kolowrat-Krakowski collection, Vienna; Count Ernst Kolowrat-Krakowski collection, Vienna; Oscar Bondy collection, Vienna; confiscated in Vienna for the Kunstmuseum Linz, listed in the inventory of 31 July 1940; returned to the Republic of Austria on 25 April 1946; returned to Oscar Bondy in 1948; sold by Kende Galleries Inc, New York, 3 March 1949, n° 68; private collection, New York; Bob P. Habolt & Co., New York; De Jonckheere, Brussels-Paris, 1990; private collection, France Literature: M. J. Friedländer, Die Altniederlandische Malerei, Berlin, 1937, vol. XII, p. 131, n° 65; R. A. Koch, A Rediscovered Painting, 'The Road to Calvary', by Herri met de Bles, in Record of the Art Museum. Princeton University, 1955, vol. 14, n° 2, p. 37, note 4; M. J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting. Jan van Scorel and Pieter Coeck van Aelst, Leiden and Brussels, 1975, vol. XIII, p. 107; W. S. Gibson, 'Mirror of the Earth': The World Landscape in Sixteenth-Century Flemish Painting, Princeton, 1989, p. 101, n° 108, p. 103, n° 139; L. Serck, Henri Bles et la peinture de paysage dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux avant Bruegel, unpublished doctoral thesis, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1990, n° 33, p. 709, vol. II, p. 711, vol. III; De Jonckheere, Rencontre de Maîtres. XVIIIe exposition. Paysages et Natures mortes, spring 1992, n° 6; L. Serck, 'La Montée au Calvaire d'Henri Bles: Création et composition', in N. E. Muller (dir.), Herri met de Bles. Studies and Explorations of the World Landscape Tradition, exh. cat., Princeton University, 10 October 1995-10 November 1995], Princeton, 1998, p. 63, n° 5; J. Toussaint, Autour de Henri Bles, exh. cat., TreM.a-Musée des Arts anciens du Namurois, 13 May 2000-1 November 2000, Namur, 2000, p. 23, n° 23, repr.; C. Currie, L. Serck, La Montée au Calvaire d'Henri Bles du Musée de Namur, in Guide du visiteur, n° 11, TreM.a-Musée provincial des Arts anciens du Namurois, J. Toussaint (ed.), 2007, p. 39, fig. 23, repr.; B. Schwarz, Hitlers Museum. Die Fotoalben. Gemäldegalerie Linz, Horn, 2004, p. 97, album I/42a, p. 203 repr. Exhibition: New York, Colnaghi Gallery, in association with Alexander Gallery, New York, The Northern Renaissance: 15th and 16th Century Netherlandish Paintings, 6 April-14 May 1983, n° 13
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
Victor Servranckx (Diegem 1897-1965 Vilvoorde) Opus 20, (Calm Blocks Fallen from an Obscure Disaster), 1927 Oil on canvas 146 x 81 cm Signed and dated lower left Provenance: Félix Carlier, Watermael-Boisfort (purchased from Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels, 1929); Galerie J.-P. Alaerts, Brussels; London, Christie’s, 16 October 1990, lot n° 61 (ill.); Lokeren, De Vuyst, 6 October 2001, lot n° 489; private collection, Brussels; Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp Literature: La Nation belge (Brussels), 12th year, n° 48, 17 February 1929, ill. p. 3; Le Peuple (Brussels), 5th year, n° 48, 17 February 1929, ill. p. 1 Exhibitions: Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1929 (no catalogue); Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, Exhibition De Boeck, Flouquet, Gailliard, Servranckx, 1929, n° 33; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1947, n° 45 '146 x 92 cm'; Brussels, Musée d’Ixelles/Museum van Elsene, Retrospective Le Centaure. Homage to Walter Schwarzenberg, 1963, n° 117; Brussels, Musée d’Ixelles/Museum van Elsene, 1965, n° 107; Hasselt, Provinciaal Begijnhof, 1970, n° 57 (ill.) Thanks to a photograph showing the artist during his solo exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels) in January 1929, we know that the painting was exhibited there. Félix Carlier acquired the work at the group exhibition (featuring works by De Boeck, Flouquet, Gailliard, and Servranckx) at Galerie Le Centaure in Brussels in 1929. Jacques Lipchitz (Lithuania, Druskininkai 1891-1973 Capri) Sitting figure, 1915 Bronze H 87 cm Signed 'JLipchitz' and numbered 2/7 (on base) Provenance: the estate of the artist; acquired from the above mentioned in 1989 by current owner Exhibition: Musée des Années 30, 'Lipchitz, Les Années Françaises de 1910 à 1940', 2005-2006, n° 10, pp. 16-17, ill. in colour
