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Verdini Antiques
Vincenzo Raffaelli Rome, Via del Babuino 93 Performed between 1835 and 1845 ca. Round top in colored marbles "pebble" samples 200 ca. Diameter 91.2 cm = 3 Roman feet Thickness 5.2 cm = 2 Roman inches The round top in colored marble that we are dealing with, is a real "pebble" sample made of ancient "excavation" marble and modern marble, that is, used after the sixteenth century such as Malachite, Portoro or Napoleonic Orbicular Granite etc. The particularity and rarity of this table is given by the fact that the samples of marbles used, in addition to being rare then (and even more so today), were worked differently from all the other types of samples that were made between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The sample tables of this period generally have a frame in black marble from Belgium or other fine marbles, which contains all the rare colored samples committed.
Desmet Fine Arts
Egidius Van den Vliete, called Egidio della Riviera (Mechelen, circa 1535-1602, Rome) (Workshop of) Allegory of Sleep (Morpheus, Phobetor and Phantasos, the Oneiroi of Greek myth) Rome, late 16th - early 17th century Marble H 25,4 x W 64,8 x D 59,7 cm Provenance: the Estate of Stanley Moss, New York; Related versions: Galleria Borghese, Rome, inv. n° CLXXXIV (acquired by Cardinal Scipione Borghese by 1609); Formerly Giustiniani collection, Rome; Formerly Palazzo Colonna, Rome A further group of this subject, photographed under the same title in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Bernardini Milano
Patek Philippe, Genève. Rare waterproof chronograph in rose gold, 1945 Extremely rare and well preserved waterproof Patek Philippe Ref. 1463 chronograph in rose gold, made in 1945, bearing a uniquely spotless two-tone rose dial. The reference 1463, known in the collector’s community as “Tasti Tondi” (round pushers). This is a very sought after version of Patek’s chronograph produced between the early 40’s and mid 60’s. This watch is complete of its appropriate extensible Gay Frères bracelet. This example is one of the conditions ever appeared in the last years. [05/08/26, 16:39:03] Max bernardini: Patek Philippe, Geneve. Extremely rare and well preserved waterproof chronograph in rose gold, made in 1945, bearing a uniquely spotless two-tone rose dial. The watch is complete of its appropriate extensible Gay Frères. Previously unknown to the market. [05/08/26, 16:45:19] Max bernardini: Ref. 1463, known in the collector’s community as “Tasti Tondi”(round pushers) This is a very sought after version of Patek’s chronograph produced between the early 40’s and mid 60’s. This example is one of the conditions ever appeared in the last years.
Edouard Simoens Gallery
Pierre Alechinsky Le trou du souffleur , 1997 Signed and dated on the back Acryl and ink on paper laid on canvas 146 x 113 cm 57 1/2 x 44 1/2 in Provenance "Pierre Alechinsky: Olie, acryl, aquarel, ets, litho..." Atelier 22, Schilde 2004 Literature/Press Wordt opgenomen in de oeuvrecatalogus in voorbereiding door de heer Frédéric Charron onder nr. 3216
Laurent Schaubroeck
PAUL EVANS & PHILLIP LLOYD POWELL Monumental Wall Unit Unique piece ORIGIN: USA DATE: c. 1960 MATERIALS: Steel, wood, gold leaf DIMENSIONS: W236 × D51 × H282 cm PROVENANCE: Martin Brooks, Doylestown Extraordinary wall-mounted cabinet by Paul Evans and Phillip Lloyd Powell, two key figures in American postwar design. This one of a kind piece combines carved wood, torch-cut and enameled metal, and gold leaf. Features four floating shelves and a two-door lower cabinet with concealed storage. Rare in both scale and collaboration.
Galerie Flak
U’u Club Marquesas Islands, Polynesia 18th or 19th century Carved wood and fibers Height: 138.5 cm – 54 ½ in. Provenance Collection David Petty, London Collection Pierre-Richard Royer, Paris Collection Alexandre Bernand, Paris Private collection, acquired from the above in September 2016 Exhibition TEFAF 2024, Maastricht, Serge Schoeffel, catalogue T3, p. 28
Willow Gallery
Georges Mathieu Boulogne-sur-Mer, France 1921 - Boulogne-Billancourt, France 2012 Forêts attentives Alkyd on canvas, signed. Inscribed verso. Painted 1989 Canvas size: 58 x 45in / 147 x 115cm Frame size: 63 x 50in / 160 x 128cm Provenance: Galerie Guy Pieters, Brussels Private Collection, Brussels Private Collection, Savoie Sale, Maison R&C, France, 17 July 2021, Lot 93 Private Collection, Europe This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mr. Jean-Marie Cusinberche
Galerie bei der Albertina ▪ Zetter
Vally Wieselthier Female Head with Green Flower, 1928 Manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte, model number 494 Red pottery, polychrome glaze H 28.5 cm, W 13.5 cm, D 14.5 cm Marks: monogram VW, WW, MADE IN AUSTRIA, 494, I Hörmann WV-K 587 Minor chips professionally restored Exhibitions: Kaiserslautern, Museum Pfalzgalerie, "Vally Wieselthier - Golden Girls No. 2", 2022/23 New York, Austrian Cultural Forum, Vally Wieselthier, Sculpting Modernism, 15. 10. 25 - 09. 02. 26 Literature: cf WW-Archives, MAK Vienna, Photo-Archives WWF 110-42-3 cf Marianne Hörmann, Vally Wieselthier, Wien 1999, ill. p. 165, no 77f and p. 286, WV-K 587
Rueb Modern and Contemporary Art
Jan Sluijters (Hertogenbosch 1881-1957 Amsterdam) Greet van Kooten with headband, 1910 Oil on canvas 35,5 x 42 cm Signed and dated Provenance: Collection Salomon Beffie, Amsterdam; collection Willem Beffie, New York; Galerie van Voorst van Beest, The Hague; collection Reens, Amsterdam; collection A.J. van Hillegondsberg, Blaricum; private collection, Amsterdam Literature: On-line Catalogue Raisonné Jan Sluiters-www.rks.nl/images/100130 Exhibition: The Hague, Pulchri Studio, Paintings, drawings and pointes-sèches of Jan Sluijters and Lodewijk, Schelfhout, 3 July - 25 July 1915 n° 40
Snackers Antiques & Fine Art
A pair of large bronze Empire candelabra depicting Mercury and Fortuna Period: Empire, 1820 A pair of large bronze Empire candlesticks. These impressive candlesticks are made of original gilded bronze and patinated bronze. An obelisk-shaped base with Mercury and Fortuna on it, symbolizing 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. H. 100 cm W. 27 cm 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
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
Georges Vantongerloo (1886 Antwerp BE – 1965 Paris FR) Spiral with Certain Spots, 1946 Signed and dated: “Spirale avec certaines taches Paris 1946 G. Vantongerloo” (title / verso) Oil on masonite 738 × 588 mm Provenance: The artist Georges Baines Collection (acquired directly from the artist) Bernard Baines Private collection, Switzerland Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp Exhibitions: Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, 1st Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. Abstract Art, Concrete Art, Constructivism, Non-Figurative, July 1946 Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Antoine Pevsner, Georges Vantongerloo, Max Bill, 15 October – 13 November 1949, no. 78 Washington, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Georges Vantongerloo. A Traveling Retrospective Exhibition, 22 April – 17 June 1980, no. 176 (later shown in Dallas and Los Angeles) Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Georges Vantongerloo 1886–1965, 23 January – 16 March 1981, no. 176 Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Georges Vantongerloo, 3 April – 17 May 1981, no. 176 Antwerp, Ronny Van de Velde, Georges Vantongerloo 1886–1965, 15 December 1996 – 31 March 1997, OCNO no. 176 Barcelona, MACBA – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic, 19 April – 18 June 2000, no. 232 (later at the Hayward Gallery) Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Musée Matisse, Georges Vantongerloo 1886–1965, A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture, 28 October 2007 – 2 March 2008 (later at Mu.ZEE) Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Georges Vantongerloo: A Longing for Eternity, 3 November 2009 – 22 February 2010 Literature: Georges Vantongerloo, Paintings, Sculptures, Reflections, in Problems of Contemporary Art No. 5, New York, 1948, no. 176, Wittenborn, fig. 44 Georges Vantongerloo: A Traveling Retrospective Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art / Dallas Museum of Fine Arts / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Loiseau, Brussels 1980, p. 146 Jan Ceuleers, Ronny Van de Velde, Georges Vantongerloo 1886–1965, Antwerp, OCNO, 1996–1997, no. 176, p. 157 illustrated Serge Lemoine, Georges Vantongerloo (1886–1965). A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture, Musée Matisse, 2007, p. 148 illustrated Larkin Erdmann, Five Years, Zurich, 2019, pp. 83–84 Ostend, Mu.ZEE, Belgium–Argentina. Transatlantic Modernisms, 1910–1958, 2022
Galerie Taménaga
Jean Fautrier (1898–1964) Tête 1927 Oil on canvas 35 x 27 cm Signed upper right: “Fautrier” Provenance Jean-Paul Ledeur, Paris Exhibitions Hamburg, Kunstverein, Jean Fautrier, 19 May–17 June 1973, no. 16. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum / Zurich, Kunsthaus, Jean Fautrier, 11 January–4 May 1986, no. 35, illustrated p. 25. Paris, Galerie Jeanne Castel, 1986. Bibliography Marcel-André Stalter, Recherches sur la vie et l'œuvre de Jean Fautrier (1898–1964) de leurs commencements à 1940. Essai de catalogue méthodique et d'interprétation, doctoral thesis, Université de la Sorbonne, Paris IV, 1982, no. 319. Marie-José Lefort, Fautrier. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Éditions Norma, Paris, 2023, no. 256, illustrated p. 199.
Univers du Bronze
Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827-1875) LES TROIS GRÂCES (Trial example, variant). (1873-1874) Bacchant crowned with ivy, Bacchant with roses et Bacchant with laurels. Terracotta with pinkish patina, "Atelier-Dépôt à Auteuil, 71 rue Boileau, Paris". H. 79,2 cm L. 44,5 cm D. 36 cm Trial example, earlier version prior to the final composition, signed ‘J B-te Carpeaux’ and dated “1873” with "Propriété Carpeaux" seal : variations in the respective positioning of the Bacchantes with laurel and ivy, and a variation in the right leg of the latter; vibrations in the particularly subtle modelling of the figures; sketch-like modelling, rough indications in the central plant stem, the quiver, and the laurel, ivy and rose leaves crowning the Bacchants, with an improvised rose in a different position than the edited examples. Artist’s intervention. Kilned in 1873
Galerie Raf Van Severen
Rik Wouters (1882, Mechelen - 1916, Amsterdam) "Portrait de Rik Wouters, Chemise Blanche", dated 1912 oil on canvas on panel, 51.5 x 61.5 cm Annotated at the back: "Nr 99 Portrait de Rik Wouters par lui même toile collee sur panneau"; "Mme V: Rik Wouters"; "Portret van Rik Dhr Mevr. De Carnière" Provenance: Private collection, Brussels; Collection Leten, Ghent; Anc. collection Nel Wouters Literature: Roger Avermaete, Rik Wouters, Editions Arcade, Brussels, 1965
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau
Armand Fernandez, known as ARMAN (1928–2005). ‘La grande nuit’, 1994 Acrylic and brushes on canvas, eight panels, signed on the edge, unique piece. Height: 292 – Width: 413 cm Provenance: Artist's studio Given by Arman to his daughter Anne Fernandez. Exhibitions: - Arman, "La Nuit Etoilée", Château Notre-Dame des Fleurs, Winter 1994/1995, Galerie Beaubourg, featured on the cover of the catalogue, illustrated across a double-page spread (pp. 28–29), illustrated on page 32 behind Arman. - "Arman s’installe aux Baux de Provence", 4 June to 16 October 2011, organised by the A.R.M.A.N Foundation, illustrated on page 22 of the catalogue. Bibliography: Illustrated in the Catalogue general of the official Arman website, Arman-Studio.
Repetto Gallery
Artist: Christo (1935 - 2020) Title: The Pont Neuf, Wrapped (Project for Paris) Dates: 1985 Medium: graphite, charcoal pastel, wax crayon, fabric, photograph collage on cardboard mounted on a stretcher Dimensions: 144,5 × 165 cm Upper element: 38 x 165 cm; lower element 106,5 x 165 cm Signed, dated and titled lower on the upper element The artwork’s details have been reviewed and confirmed by the Foundation Christo and Jeanne-Claude Provenance: Michael Cullen, London Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt (acquired from the above in 1985)
Almine Rech
Tom Wesselmann (b.1931, Cincinnati, OH, US. d.2004, New York, NY, US), 'Long Beach Seascape', 1991/95. Signed and dated on the back. Alkyd oil on cut-out aluminum, 99.1 x 190.5 cm - 39 x 75 in. Provenance: The Estate of the Artist. © 2026 The Estate of Tom Wesselmann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Tom Wesselmann’s creative approach was in constant evolution throughout his long and productive career. Never one to follow artistic convention, he continually sought new materials and formats. His fascination with innovative surfaces and technologically advanced techniques drove him to push aesthetic and formal frontiers, as seen in 'Long Beach Seascape'. In the 1980s, Wesselmann developed a laser cutting technique that opened up a new world of creative possibilities. Using this novel method, the artist delighted in transposing his bold visual vocabulary into works that challenged the boundaries between painting, drawing, and sculpture. Speaking to the New York Times in 1985, Wesselmann couldn’t contain his enthusiasm for the new medium: “I've just had the best year of my life [...] I always work in a kind of near ecstasy, anyway, but there's really been something about the new work that grabbed me.'' Centering dynamic line and vibrant color, 'Long Beach Seascape' demonstrates the artist’s endless pursuit of radical forms of creative expression.