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Galerie Jean-François Cazeau
Victor Vasarely (Pecs 1908-1997 Paris) EG-2, 1965 Acrylic on canvas 160 x 160 cm Signed in the centre Countersigned, titled and dated on the reverse Certificate of authenticity issued by Pierre Vasarely dated 26 July 2020 Provenance: the artist’s studio; Galerie Denise René, Paris; private collection, France
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau
Niki de Saint Phalle (Neuilly-sur-Seine 1930-2002 La Jolla, USA) La Force (Strength), 1987 Painted polyester resin 35 x 53.3 x 29.2 cm Edition of 10, numbered 3/10 Artist's signature and number '3/10 Niki de Saint Phalle' (on a plaque fixed at the bottom) Provenance: the artist's studio; Gallery Gimpel Fils, Londres; private collection, acquired in 1989; private collection, France
Dr. Nöth kunsthandel
Armand Guillaumin (Paris 1841-1927 Orly) Les hauteurs de la Sedelle, Crozant, 1910 Pastel on paper 48 x 63 cm Signed lower left Certificate of authenticity from the Comité Guillaumin This pastel will be included in the second volume of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné currently in preparation Provenance: Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris (label on the reverse); collection F., Paris
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.)
Maison d'Art
Santi di Tito (Borgo San Sepolcro 1536-1603 Florence) Holy Family with Saint Joseph reading and the Young Saint John the Baptist Oil on wood panel 93.4 x 68.3 cm Provenance: property sold by Order of the Trustees of Mrs. Hue-William Property Settlement and The Executors of. Mrs. Hue-Williams estate; sale Sotheby's Old Master Paintings, 20 April 1994, as Florentine School, 16th century, The Holy Family, lot 138
F. Baulme Fine Arts
Nicolas Vleughels (Paris 1668-1737 Rome) King Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols, 1721 Oil on canvas 38 x 52.5 cm Monogrammed and dated lower left 'N.V.F 1721' Provenance: Paris, de Troy sale, 9 April 1764, n° 123; Pierre Rémy collection, 1764 Literature: Bernard Hercenberg, Nicolas Vleughels, directeur de l’Académie de France à Rome, 1668-1737, Paris, Léonce Laget, 1975 (cat. n° 93, p. 89; engraving, fig. 100, repr.) Related works: Edme Jeaurat, after Nicolas Vleughels, King Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols, 1723, engraving; Nicolas Vleughels, King Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols, 1720, oil on panel, 21.5 x 30 cm, private collection; Nicolas Vleughels, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, 1728-1729, oil on copper, 39 x 50.7 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre (RF 1992 412)
Galerie des Modernes
Pierre Alechinsky (Brussels, 1927) Signes, 1951 Oil on canvas 19.5 x 30 cm Signed lower right, countersigned, dated and titled on stretcher A CoBrA-period work executed in May 1951 Certificate of authenticity inued by Myriam Prévot-Douatte, director of Galerie de France This document bears the following handwritten note by Pierre Alechinsky: 'P. Alechinsky, who would like to be able to borrow this small painting for a forthcoming retrospective' To be included in the Pierre Alechinsky catalogue raisonné, currently in preparation by the artist and Frédéric Charron, under n° 110 Provenance: Galerie de France, Paris; private collection, France
Galerie Patrice Trigano
Pablo Picasso (Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins) Trois personnages et un oiseau, 1969 Ink on paper 30 x 53 cm Signed and dated 23 March 1969 Certificate of authenticity issued by Maya Widmaier Picasso, dated 23 November 2001 Provenance: private collection, Geneva Literature: reproduced in the Zervos catalogue raisonné, volume 31, n° 111
Galerie Cento Anni
Philippe Wolfers (Brussels, 1858-1929) La source, 1908 White marble and green marble for the base H 60 cm Signed 'Ph. Wolfers' Provenance: Wolfers' family Literature: Werner Adriaenssens and Raf Steel, The Wolfers Dynasty, pp. 154 and 392, n° 223 Exhibitions: Brussels, 1908; Brussels, 1928; Ghent, 1979
F. Baulme Fine Arts
Godfried Maes (Antwerp, 1649-1700) Ceres transforming the old woman’s son into a lizard Black chalk, pen and black ink, grey and brown wash on paper 18 x 24 cm Provenance: Maes’s widow sold to Jacob de Wit before 1717; Jacob de Wit sale, Amsterdam, 10 March 1755, n° 87; Cronenburgh sale, 22 March 1762, n° 1; anonymous sale, Mak van Waay collection, Sotheby’s, 15 January 1974, n° 1273; Dr. A. Dreesmann sale, Christie’s, 11 April 2002, n° 668-670 Related works: Engravings by Bernard Picart and Peter van Gunst for the 1732 edition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses translated and annotated by Abbé Banier, a member of the French Academy
Brame & Lorenceau
Victor Vasarely (Pecs 1908-1997 Paris) Sian, 1953-1957 Oil and pencil on paper mounted on cardboard mounted on panel 39.5 x 26 cm Signed lower center 'Vasarely' Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the reverse '031/Sian/1953-57/Vasarely' The authenticity of this work is confirmed by Pierre Vasarely and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné currently in preparation
Verdini Antiques
Giacomo Raffaelli (Rome, 1753-1836) (attributed to) Neoclassical black marble vase decorated with micromosaics depicting the allegories of the hours of day and night Rome, circa 1810 Belgian black marble and polychrome glass micromosaics H 66 cm An exceptional and monumental Neoclassical vase, finely carved from Belgian black marble and lavishly embellished with polychrome micromosaic decoration, attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1836), one of the most celebrated masters of Roman micromosaic art. The vase is distinguished by its elegant ovoid body, rising from a finely moulded circular foot resting on a square plinth. The lower section is enriched with deeply carved fluting, while the shoulders are adorned with two imposing sculptural ram’s heads, their magnificent curling horns forming the handles. This striking decorative feature derives from ancient Greek and Roman prototypes and reflects the archaeological revival characteristic of the Neoclassical period. The polished black marble provides a dramatic background for an extraordinary series of female figures executed in exceptionally fine polychrome micromosaic. Depicted in graceful, floating attitudes, the figures wear flowing classical draperies in delicate shades of blue, pink, yellow, green and red, their movements conveying a remarkable sense of lightness and vitality. The compositions are inspired by the celebrated Allegories of the Hours of Day and Night by the Roman painter Michelangelo Maestri (1741–1812), whose elegant interpretations of classical subjects became particularly fashionable among European aristocratic collectors during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The female figures, some carrying torches, wreaths and other symbolic attributes, represent the passing hours and the cyclical succession of day and night. Their arrangement around the circumference of the vase creates a continuous visual narrative, revealed progressively as the viewer moves around the object. Above the figures runs a magnificent continuous frieze of micromosaic decoration, composed of scrolling foliage, delicate flowers, fantastic birds, butterflies and classical ornamental motifs. The extraordinary precision of the minute glass tesserae creates subtle chromatic transitions and an almost painterly effect, contrasting beautifully with the deep, lustrous surface of the black marble. cm 66