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Pelgrims de Bigard
Anthonie Verstraelen (Gorinchem 1594-1641 Amsterdam) Winter landcape with ice skaters by the city edge Oil on panel 43 x 71 cm Provenance: with kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1937-1938; collection Ir. J. Th. Berkemeijer, Rotterdam, 1938; collection F.N. Meuter, 1972 (according to the label of P. de Boer attached to the reverse); with kunsthandel Waterman, Amsterdam, by 1982; with Palm Court Galleries, Baarn, 1999; private collection, the Netherlands Literature: Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, ‘Meesterwerken uit vier eeuwen 1400-1800, tentoonstelling van schilderijen en teekeningen uit particuliere verzamelingen in Nederland bijeengebracht gedurende de veertigjarige regeering van H.M. Koningin Wilhelmina’, 25 June-15 October 1938, cat. n° 160, ill. 57; Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Waterman, ‘Hendrick Avercamp 1585-1634, Barent Avercamp 1612-1679, Frozen silence, paintings from museums and private collections’, 1982, n° 32, ill. p. 149; and ill. in Tableau, 15 February 1982 Exhibitions: Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, ‘Meesterwerken uit vier eeuwen 1400-1800, tentoonstelling van schilderijen en teekeningen uit particuliere verzamelingen in Nederland bijeengebracht gedurende de veertigjarige regeering van H.M. Koningin Wilhelmina’, 25 June-15 October 1938; Amsterdam, Kunsthandel P. de Boer, ‘Nederland water/land, de relatie tussen land en water in de Nederlandse schilderkunst van 1500 tot nu’, 13 January-19 February 1972, n° 38 (label attached to the reverse); Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Waterman, ‘Hendrick Avercamp 1585-1634, Barent Avercamp 1612-1679, Frozen silence, paintings from museums and private collections’, 1982, n° 32
Galerie Alexis Bordes
Constant Montald (Ghent 1862-1944 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert) View of Houses in Spring, 1917 Gouache on paper laid down on cardboard 70 x 88.5 cm Signed and dated lower right 'C. Montald 17' Provenance: private collection, Belgium (acquired at public auction in 1993); private collection, France
HELENE BAILLY MARCILHAC
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges 1841-1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer) Les colettes à Cagnes Oil on canvas 27 x 46 cm Signed lower right 'Renoir' This work will be included in the forthcoming digital catalogue raisonné currently in preparation by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. Notice of inclusion dated 14 March 2000
Galerie Flak
Okvik 'Madonna' Okvik culture, Old Bering Sea, 250 BC-100 AD Archaic Eskimo, St. Laurent Island (Sivuqaq), Alaska Marine ivory 15.9 cm Provenance: Perry J. Lewis collection, USA; collection Galerie Flak, 2021; private collection, acquired from the above Exhibition & Literature: 'Espíritus del Agua', Fundación La Caixa, Madrid & Barcelone, 1999-2000, pl. 2, p. 76; Arctic Dreams, Parcours des Mondes, 2021 (Galerie Flak)
Stone Gallery
Woolly mammoth original skull Mammuthus primigenius Origin: Siberia 50 thousand years old H 173 x W 162 x D 193 cm Casted tusks of the world famous Jarkov Mammoth This is an original skull of the extinct woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), an extinct relative of the modern-day elephant. The skull fragment is exceptionally well preserved and of outstanding quality. The original skull was discovered in the permafrost of northern Yakutia, Russia. The tusks are casts taken from the world-renowned Jarkov Mammoth, discovered in Siberia. The geological age of the original skull and the original tusks of the Jarkov Mammoth dates to the Late Pleistocene, approximately 20,000 to 25,000 years ago. At the time of its death, this mammoth is estimated to have been approximately 53 years old (± 2 years).
Grusenmeyer-Woliner
Figure of a winged atlas Gandhara, ancient Greco-Buddhist region Pakistan or Afghanistan, 3rd-4th century Grey schist H 34.3 cm Provenance: Shirley Day, New York, 30 January 1992; collection of Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Rhode Island, USA; Christie’s, Paris, property from the Joukowsky collection (sale), 27 September 2023
Stern Pissarro Gallery
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges 1841-1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer) Coco mangeant sa soupe, 1905 Oil on canvas 46.3 x 37.9 cm Signed lower right 'Renoir' Provenance: Ambroise Vollard, Paris; private collection, Zurich, circa 1930; Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, March 1942 (on loan from a private collection); Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, 1943-1949; Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York, 1953; Chapin and Mary Alexander Riley, Malibu/Worcester, acquired in 1953; Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts (inventory n° 1991.238) (one third gifted in 1992 and a second third gifted in 1997) Literature: Principales acquisitions des musées en 1992, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1993, p. 65; Guy-Patrice Dauberville and Michel Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. IV, 1903-1910, n° 3415, p. 435 Exhibitions: Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vincent van Gogh en zijn Tijdgenooten, 1930, n° 269; San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery, 1942; Los Angeles, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Renoir (1841-1919), 1943, n° 5; Los Angeles, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, A Superb Exhibition: Modern French Masters, 1949, p. 5 (travelled to New York, Barbizon Plaza Hotel); Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Renoir: Intimidad, 18 October 2016-22 January 2017, p. 149 (travelled to Bilbao, Museo de Gellas Artes de Bilbao, 7 February-15 May 2017) Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Coco mangeant sa soupe (1905) is an intimate portrait of the artist’s youngest son, Claude, known as Coco, aged four, painted at Cagnes-sur-Mer in the South of France. Built from soft, flowing brushstrokes in warm oranges, pinks and reds, it shows Renoir’s late style at its most affectionate. The painting was exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, in Vincent van Gogh en zijn Tijdgenooten (1930) and at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Renoir: Intimidad (2016–17). Its provenance includes Ambroise Vollard and the Worcester Art Museum. A tender, closely observed portrayal of family life, it offers an intimate glimpse into the final chapter of Renoir’s career.
LUDORFF
Serge Poliakoff (Moscow 1900-1969 Paris) Composition abstraite, 1964-1965 Oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm Signed lower left The authenticity of this work is confirmed by Thaddée Poliakoff and the works is registered in the Archives Serge Poliakoff, Paris 2026 Literature: Alexis Poliakoff, 'Serge Poliakoff-Catalogue Raisonné', vol. II, 1955-1958, Paris 2010, n° 64-68 Provenance: Galerie Cavalero, Cannes; private collection, Europe (-1996); Sotheby's, London (26 June 1996, Lot 38); private collection (1996-2025)
Dei Bardi Art
Kneeling donor figure South Netherlandish, second half of the 16th century Limestone 67 x 22 x 37 cm Provenance: ancient collector's label on the reverse This rare limestone portrait of a Renaissance donor, kneeling in prayer and remarkably well preserved. Carved in the Southern Netherlands in the second half of the 16th century, the figure combines exceptional quality of execution with a richly detailed costume. The woman wears a huik, the characteristic outer garment of the women of the Low Countries, over a ruff with figure-of-eight pleats. This combination places the work in the last decades of the 16th century, c. 1560-1590. Beneath, a bodice with a central busk and cuffs incised with fine ornament complete an ensemble rendered with great precision. Familiar from painted portraits, such dress is only rarely preserved in such detail in sculpture. The face, with its heavy eyelids and marked features, favours a faithful likeness over an idealized type and lends the figure a quiet gravity and a strong sense of individual presence. The sculptor worked the piece fully in the round, and the crispness of the ruff, the incised cuffs, the hands and the drapery points to an important private commission, most likely from a family of considerable means and standing. The figure bears witness to those families who, in the Renaissance, could commission skilled sculptors to perpetuate their memory. Such images also conveyed the power of their patrons. This secular tradition, so different in spirit from religious sculpture, helped shape the stylistic evolution of Renaissance art. An old collector’s label on the reverse attests to the figure’s long history in collections.
Stern Pissarro Gallery
Pablo Picasso (Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins) Guitare, 1923 Pastel on paper 21 x 14 cm Signed upper right 'Picasso' Provenance: Galerie István Schlégl, Zurich; private collection, acquired from the above in 1988 Literature: C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso Oeuvres de 1923 à 1925, Vol. V, Editions Cahiers d'arts, Paris, 1952, n° 70 (ill. in b/w)
Dalton Somaré
Chokwe chair Angola, late 19th century Wood, metal, and leather H 68 x W 31 x D 38 cm Provenance: collection of Joyce and Donald Doyle, diamond mine directors for the Compagnie de la Forminière in the Belgian Congo in the 1920s. The majority of their collection was donated to the Princeton University Art Museum. Thence by descent to their daughter Suzanne "Sue" Miers, née Doyle (1922–2016), Africanist historian and professor at Ohio University. Thence by descent to her children Charles Miers and Caroline Farrington, New York Literature: Narrative Wisdom and African Arts (Exhibition catalogue), St. Louis Art Museum, 19 October-16 February, 2025, pp. 74, 75, 81 Exhibition: Narrative Wisdom and African Arts, St. Louis Art Museum, 19 October-16 February, 2025 This leather-seated chair belongs to a tradition of Chokwe seats of authority, commonly described as ngundja. Its refined decoration transforms a functional furnishing into a visual expression of chiefly prestige. Such seats formed part of a wider repertoire of objects associated with leadership, alongside ceremonial weapons, staffs and elaborately carved pipes. The combination of a backrest, a leather-covered seat and metal tacks reflects the adaptation of European furniture encountered through trade from the seventeenth century onward. Chokwe artists reworked these features within their own sculptural language, making the chair an expression of local political and spiritual values. At the centre of the back is a sculpted female face, which must be identified as Pwo. Pwo honours female ancestors and has particular significance within a society that traces descent through women. Her imagery also belongs to the wider world of masquerade and initiation. The lower stretchers carry small sculptural groups as musicians playing handheld drums and a slit drum, and a mounted pombeiro, or long-distance trader. It must be noted the unusual prominence of a female subject in these carved scenes. These scenes can be read within the broader Chokwe tradition of presenting ritual and everyday activities as aspects of the social world entrusted to a leader. Extremely sophisticated geometric carving and rows of metal studs enrich the back and supports, contrasting with the leather seat and the varied tones of the wood. The combination of carved figures, the monumentality of the composition and the rigour of the geometric decoration in high relief lend this sculpture the dignity and authority of a true throne.
Marjan Sterk Fine Art Jewellery
Cartier A coral and diamond ring, circa 1960 Platinum, carved coral and diamonds Signed Cartier Paris and numbered Provided with the original case A platinum ring of bombé design, the upper part one half set with carved coral and the other half pavé set with briljant cut diamonds, on a ribbed shank.
Alexis Lartigue
Pablo Picasso (Malaga 1881-1973 Mougins) Le peintre et son modèle IV, 1970 Pencil on paper 31.6 x 49 cm Signed and dated upper right Provenance: Sala Gaspar, Barcelona; Galerie Louis Leiris, Paris; private collection, Barcelona Literature: Zervos, Christian. Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1970. Vol. 32. Éditions Cahiers d’Art, París, p. 71, n° 214; Wofsy, Alan. The Picasso Project. Picasso’s Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: The Final Years. 1970-1973. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, San Francisco 2002, p. 71, fig. 70-245
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
Dries Criel
EOS Earrings Sandblasted 18kt yellow gold and natural white diamonds Inspired by Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn. The earrings radiate a soft, sunlit warmth. Their matte surface captures light with subtlety, creating a gentle and enduring glow. At the heart of each piece rests a natural, white, step-cut diamond. Framed by flowing lines and delicate pavé diamonds, its architectural brilliance recalls the moment dawn first appears on the horizon: quiet, luminous and full of promise.
Van Herck-Eykelberg
Paul Delvaux (Antheit 1897-1994 Veurne) Hôtel de Ville, 1953 Watercolour and pen and ink on paper mounted on board 69.5 x 50.5 cm Signed and dated 'P. Delvaux 4.53' Provenance: Albert and Georges Niels, Brussels; Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels; private collection, Belgium Literature: Jean Stengers, Bruxelles: Croissance d'une capitale, Anvers, 1979, ill. in colour on the cover Exhibitions: Brussels, Le Cercle Royal Gaulois, Bruxelles vu par les artistes, 1959, n° 46, listed (titled L'Hôtel de Ville); Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot and Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot, Paul Delvaux: dessins, aquarelles et encres de Chine, 1987-88, n° 48, ill. in colour (titled L'Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles)
Galerie Berès
Henri Hayden (Warschau 1883-1970 Paris) Le banjo, circa 1920 Gouache on paper 28 x 36.7 cm Signed lower left 'Hayden' Certificate of authenticity by Pierre Célice dated 15 April 2012 This work will be included in the forthcoming Henri Hayden catalogue raisonné currently in preparation Literature: Henri Hayden (1883-1970), Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris, 12 June-12 July 2013, pp. 28 Exhibition: Henri Hayden, Soixante ans de peinture 1908-1968, Musée National d'Art Moderne de Paris, 3 May-2 June 1968
Desmet Fine Art
Odoardo Fantacchiotti (Rome 1809-1877 Florence) Musidora, Firenze, 1859 Inspired by James Thomson’s poem ‘Summer’, originally published in 1727 Marble H 167.6 x W 49 x D 49 cm Plinth: H 95.3 x D 63 cm (at base) Total height: 262.9 cm Signed 'Per commis del meritis / ... / Odoardo Fantachiotti / Scolpiva in Firenze / l'anno 1859 Art Loss Register: S00258863 Provenance: commissioned by August Belmont (1813-1890) USA; Randall family, Clarendon Court (Newport, USA) Literature: Ricordi fotografici degli artisti contemporanei in Toscana: ‘La Musidora’(Firenze-1858); V. Lia Bernini, G. Moradei, Odoardo Fantacchiotti scultore (1811-1877): atti delle giornate di studio nel bicentenario della nascita 1811-2011, (Toscana 2021), Volume 227, pp. 37-41 Two subsequent versions were made: the first in 1862 for Baron Belper, Edward Strutt (Israele collection); the second one in 1865 for the then King of Portugal, Luis I, now kept in the collections of Lisbon’s Palacio Nacional da Ajuda (inv. n°179). This sculpture is the first version of Fantacchiotti’s most acclaimed sculpture, Musidora, realised in 1859. Drawing inspiration from James Thomson’s poem ‘Summer’, the monumental marble depicts the moment in which the nymph, bathing in a secluded stream, realises that she has been observed by her admirer Damon. Engaging both with the legacy of Neoclassicism and the emerging sensibilities of Romanticism, Fantacchiotti stands as one of the representatives of mid-nineteenth century Florentine academic sculpture, receiving high praise by his contemporaries. This version was commissioned by August Belmont, a central figure of New York’s social elite, and founder and director of one of the country’s leading private banking firms, reflecting the American appetite for Italian marble sculpture, and the enduring influence of Florentine sculpture in the transatlantic taste.
