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Galerie Dina Vierny
Aristide Maillol (Banyuls-sur-Mer, 1861-1944) Léda, 1900 White terracotta H 27.5 x W 12.8 x D 12.5 cm Inscribed with the artist's monogram on the base Provenance: private collection, France (sale: Sotheby's Paris, May 30, 2011, lot 29); Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (acquired at the above sale) Literature: J. Rewald, Maillol, Paris, 1939, ill. of another terracota pl. 110; W. George, Aristide Maillol, London, 1965, ill. of another terracota, p. 137; W. George, Aristide Maillol et l'âme de la sculpture, Neuchâtel and Paris, 1977, ill. of another copy p. 139; À. Susanna, Maillol-Horvat, Turin, 2015, cover illustration, ill. pp. 37-41; U. Berger and J. Zutter, Aristide Maillol, Munich & New York, 1996, n° 42, p. 206, ill. of another copy p. 97; Exh. catalogue, Maillol Rodin, face à face, Perpignan, Musée Hyacinthe-Rigaud, 2019, cover illustration, ill. p. 72; Exh. catalogue, Maillol, la forme libre, Paris, Galerie Dina Vierny, 2021, ill. p. 102
Brame & Lorenceau
alexander calder
Alexander Calder (Lawnton 1898-1976 New York) Composition, 1956 Gouache and ink on paper 68.6 x 103.5 cm Signed and dated lower right Calder 56 Provenance: Galleria Brera, Milan; private collection (acquired from the previous in 1963) Literature: 2017, 24 juin-29 octobre, Musée Soulages, Rodez, Calder, forgeron des géantes libellules, repr. p.126. 2019-2020, 26 septembre-5 janvier, Zagreb, The Art Pavillon, Alexander Calder, The magic of sculptural movement, n° 15, p. 68 repr. coul.
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)
Galerie Eberwein
Vulture stamp seal Ancient Near East-Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Uruk IV-III., ca. 3200-2900 BC Calcite H 3.4 x W 5.3 x D 1.35 cm Provenance: private collection, New York City; Sotheby's, New York City, 2008, sale 8452, lot 66, private collection 1980, France Literature: P. Amiet, Glyptique Mésopotamienne, n° 163, and Au Pays de Baal, n° 80 (Aleppo Museum, G47) CMP, pl. XLVI n° 461/470, CNRS Paris 1980 Carved calcite stamp seal in the form of a vulture devouring a hare, the beak grooved and the eye drilled, the long ears and one eye of the hare indicated. Five animals are bow-drilled on the base and there is a vertical piercing for suspension. This seal may have served as both an amulet and a stamp seal.
Brun Fine Art
Eugenio Bellosio (Milan 1847-1927 Magreglio) Baptismal set, 1901 Silver H 48 cm (ewer) Ø 44.5 cm (plate) Signed Eugenio Bellosio The set bears the alliance coat-of-arms of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869-1947) and Princess Elena of Montenegro (1873-1952) and it was made for the baptism of their first child, Princess Yolanda (1901-1986). At its neck, the ewer also bears the coat of arms of the House of Savoy, which ruled the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946 Provenance: collection of King Victor-Emmanuel III of Italy, 1901
Gilden's Art Gallery
marc chagall
Marc Chagall (Vitebsk 1887-1985 Saint-Paul de Vence) Sketch for the Bastille, 1954 Oil on linen mounted on panel 27 x 34.9 cm Signed and dated lower right Provenance: private collection, Jerusalem since 1999 The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Chagall Committee; dated October 8th, 1999
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Willow Gallery
pierre-auguste renoir 1841-1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges 1841-1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer) Portrait de femme (Gabrielle Renard), circa 1912 Oil on canvas 51 x 41 cm - framed 76 x 66 cm Signed This work is accompanied by an attestation of inclusion from the Wildenstein Institute, and it will be included in the forthcoming Renoir digital catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute Provenance: Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1919); Mrs. Dübi-Müller, Solothurn, Switzerland; private collection (sold: Christie's, New York, 12th May 1987, lot 35); Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona; the Estate of Elizabeth Green Romano (acquired from the above in 2003) Literature: Guy-Patrice & Michel Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Paris, 2014, vol. V, n° 4100, illustrated p. 276
Bailly Gallery
Emile-Othon Friesz (Le Havre 1879-1949 Paris) Le port d'Anvers, 1906 Oil on canvas 60 x 81 cm Signature stamp lower left: E Othon Friesz Literature: Robert Martin, Odile Aittouarès, Emile Othon-Friesz L'œuvre peint, Ed. Aittouarès, Paris, 1995, desc. and repr. under the n° 26, p. 58 Exhibitions: Othon Friesz, Musee Galliera, Paris, October-November 1959, n° 10; Le Fauvisme français et les débuts de l'Expressionnisme allemand, MNAM, Paris, January-March 1966, Haus der Kunst, Munich, March-May 1966; n° 52; Matisse et ses amis-Les Fauves, Hamburg, 24 May-10 July 1966; Othon Friesz, Galerie Drouant, Paris, May-June 1973; E. Othon Friesz, La Roche-sur-Yon, March-April 1979, La Rochelle, May-June 1979, n° 12; The Fauve Landscape, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990, pl. 217 repr.
Rosenberg & Co.
Albert Gleizes (Paris 1881-1953 Avignon) Danseur, 1915 Oil on board laid on canvas 68.5 x 49.7 cm Signed and dated lower right: Alb Gleizes 15 Provenance: Walter Pach, New York; acquired directly from the above; Nikifora Iliopolus, Athens, Greece (his wife); private collection, New York This work comes from a certificate of authenticity from Anne Varichon, co-author with Albert Gleizes of ALBERT GLEIZES: CATALOGUE RAISONNE, dated 28 May 2011
Cabinet of Curiosities-Honourable Silver Objects
Engine-turned lidded pot Turned with faceted wall, lid turned in concentric rings, scale and flower motif (engine-turned rose) Ivory South Germany, 17th century H 12 cm Ø 8 cm Provenance: private collection, Germany Literature: Eugen von Philippovich, Elfenbein (München, 1982); Elfenbeinkunst (Wiesbaden: Emil Vollmer Verlag, 1974); Klaus Maurice, Der Drechselnden Souverän (Zürich: Verlag Ineichen, 1985); Gedrehte Kostbarkeiten (München: Kunstkamer Georg Laue, 2004)
Artimo Fine Arts
charles-auguste fraikin
Charles-Auguste Fraikin (Herentals 1817-1893 Brussels) The Cradle of Love Carrara marble H 65 x W 79 x D 58 cm Model dating from 1850 Signed C.A. Fraikin This sculpture was made for the Baron de Rothschild and then made in marble in 1855 for the Paris World Fair where the sculpture was bought by the Empress Eugenie, wife of Emperor Napoléon III and placed in her room at the Tuileries. Fraiken was considered to be one of the greatest Belgian neo-classical sculptors. The original plaster cast is currently in the museum bearing his name in Herentals, Belgium Provenance: private collection
Opera Gallery
pierre soulages
Pierre Soulages (Rodez, 1919) Peinture 100 x 81 cm, 16 avril 1975 Oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm Provenance: M. Henri Diaz, France; private collection, France Literature: Soulages, Complete Work, paintings, Vol. II, 1959-1978, Pierre Encrevé, Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1994, n° 734, p. 292
Galerie Eberwein
Statuette of a recumbent dog Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2050-1780 BC Blue faience with black details H 5.5 x W 9.7 cm Accompanied by Art Loss Register certificate S00127419 Provenance: former private collection, France circa 1987 Literature: F. Dunn Friedman, Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience –Thames and Hudson, London, 1998, p. 160, 149; W. C. Hayes, Sceptre of Egypt I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1959; J. Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals : Egyptian Art in The Middle Kingdom, University Press Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 1988 The dog in lying on a rectangular base with its head turned sideways. His right foreleg is crossed over the left. The eyes, eyebrows, snout and other details are painted black on the bright blue faience. The body is also covered with large black spots. Parallel: Entdeckungen, Ägyptische Kunst in Süddeutschland, Philipp von Zabern, 1985, p. 50
Galerie des Modernes
andré lhote
André Lhote (Bordeaux 1885-1962 Paris) Le Petit-déjeuner, 1914 Oil on canvas 35.2 x 27 cm Signed upper left: A. LHOTE Provenance: the artist's estate; private collection, France Literature: this work will be included in the catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint d’André Lhote in preparation by Mrs. Dominique Bermann-Martin
Librairie Jean-Claude Vrain
Pierre Soulages (Rodez, 1919) Painting 55 x 46 cm, 13 July 1986 Oil on canvas signed, titled and dated on the back 55 x 46 cm ‘I was working with colors on which I superimposed black paint, which I would then scrape out so that the initial color would reappear, seemingly oozing from the canvas, underneath the black paint — this gave the color in question a particular quality.’ Pierre Soulages Literature: Pierre Soulages, the complete works, volume III, Pierre Encrevé, Seuil, Paris, 1998, repr. as n° 910, p. 181 Exhibition: A contemporary art circuit, Campredon Art Association and Culture, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, 1993
Galerie Oscar De Vos
gustave van de woestyne
Gustave Van de Woestyne (Ghent 1881-1947 Brussels) The blind man, 1914 Gouache and watercolour on paper 32 x 25 cm Signed lower right: G. Van de Woestyne Literature: Boyens, P., Sint-Martens-Latem. Kunstenaarsdorp in Vlaanderen (Tielt/Sint-Martens-Latem: Lannoo/Art Book Company, 1992), pp. 257-293, 636 (ill.); De Geest, J. e.a., Gustave Van de Woestyne 1881-1947 (Gent: Snoeck-Ducaju/ Pandora, 1997), pp. 114-128; Hoozee, R. & C. Verleysen, Gustave Van de Woestyne, exh. cat. (Gent: MSK, 2010), p. 92, n° 32 (ill.); Gepts, G., Gustave Van de Woestyne 1881-1947, exh. cat. (Antwerpen: KMSKA, 1981), pp. 39-41; Pauwels, P.J.H., Als een fonkelenden spiegel (Sint-Martens-Latem: Galerie Oscar De Vos, 2019), p. 160 (ill.) Exhibition: Ghent, Museum of Fine Arts, Gustave Van de Woestyne, n° 92, 27.03-27.06.2010
Galerie Berès
edouard vuillard
Edouard Vuillard (Cuiseaux 1868-1940 La Baule-Escoublac) Zinnias sur la table à Vaucresson, 1921-1923 Pastel on paper laid down on cardboard 50 x 51 cm Provenance: David David-Weill, Paris; Galerie Schmit, Paris, 1973; private collection, Paris; Pierre Louis-Dreyfus collection; William Louis-Dreyfus collection; Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York Literature: Antoine Salomon, Guy Gogeval et Mathias Chivot, Vuillard, catalogue critique des peintures et pastels, 1st edition New York, Rizzoli Int. by St. Martin Press, 2003, vol. III, n° XI-36, p. 1315
