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Galerie Van den Bruinhorst
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (Utrecht, 1888-1964) Original ‘Red Blue chair’ Designed in 1919/1923 Executed by G.A. van de Groenekan, circa 1970, De Bilt, The Netherlands Frame; solid beech wood slats with beech wood dowels, stained dark brown/black, the ends finished with chromate yellow paint. Seat; plywood, finished monochrome with ultramarine blue paint. Back: plywood finished monochrome with vermilion red paint H 86 x W 65.9 x D 82.5 cm The chair is marked with the paper label of Rietveld’s regular cabinet maker, Gerard van de Groenekan Provenance: from the first owner Architect Ruud Wilmink from Amsterdam. At the end of his architecture studies, he personally ordered the chair from Gerard van de Groenekan in De Bilt around 1970 for the furnishing of his first home In 1919, architect Gerrit Rietveld joined the legendary ‘De Stijl’ group, an esthetic movement founded by Dutch artists and architects two years earlier. Inspired by the work of his fellow ‘De Stijl’ member Bart van der Leck, Rietveld started experimenting with the use of primary colors in the designs for furniture around 1921-1922. Probably about 1923 – a hundred years ago! – he made the first copy of his wooden-slat easy-chair using Red Yellow and Blue, the color scheme that would bring the chair its world fame as an icon of De Stijl movement.
Alexis Lartigue Fine Art
simon hantaï
Simon Hantaï (Hungary, Bia 1922-2008 Paris, France) Untitled, 1971 Watercolour on canvas 85 x 73 cm Monogrammed and dated Certificate from Daniel Hantaï Provenance: private collection, Paris This work on canvas is part of the series of watercolours presented by the Fournier gallery in 1971 in Paris. Simon Hantaï whitened the canvas beforehand with a filler, then he crumpled and pinched it. The visible parts were painted in several colours. Once deployed, we discover the whites held in reserve. The artist considered that the works must live, and undergo the onslaught of time and light, without particular protection and without frames. He went so far as to bury certain works in his garden, before taking them out and exhibiting them as they were, smeared with dust and organic waste. "The work exudes an aura of sensitive, sovereign light that is hard not to surrender rapturously to." Alain Delaunois
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
jean brusselmans
Jean Brusselmans (Brussels 1884-1953 Dilbeek) Les Roses, 1948 Oil on canvas 122.5 x 112.5 cm Signed and dated lower right: Jean Brusselmans 1948 Literature: La Collection Tony Herbert, Brussel, 1957, n° 51; Robert-L Delevoy, Jean Brusselmans, ed. Laconti 1972, p. 403 n° 568 ill.; Dirk De Vos, Retrospectieve Jean Brusselmans, Groeningenmuseum, 1980; Hans Janssen, Jean Brusselmans 1884-1953, Den Haag, 2018, p 115 ill. Exhibitions: Den Haag, Groningen, Charleroi, Oostende, Hasselt, Gent, Collection Tony Herbert, 1957; Luxemburg, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Collection Tony Hebert, 1963; Brussels, Paleis van Schone Kunsten, n° 53, 1979; Brugge, Groeningenmuseum, 1980, retrospectieve Jean Brusselmans, 1980; Den Haag, Jean Brusselmans 1884-1953, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2018
Marc Heiremans
Fulvio Bianconi (Padua 1915-1996 Milan) Pezzame (aka Spicchi) vase for Venini, Murano, 1951 Free-blown and hand-formed colourless glass with applied fused glass pieces H 22.5 x W 20.5 cm Provenance: private collection, Sweden Literature: Domus 272, August 1952; Bossaglia R. I vetri di Fulvio Bianconi, Allemandi 1993, n° 36; Heiremans M. Art glass from Murano 1910-1970; Arnoldsche 1993, n° 221 p. 268; Deboni F. Venini glass, Allemandi 1996, n° 109; Barovier M./Sonego C. Fulvio Bianconi at Venini, Skira 2015, p. 178 Exhibitions: IX Triennale di Milano in 1951; XXIV Biennale di Venezia 1952; Fulvio Bianconi at Venini, Venice 2015
Galerie Oscar De Vos
gust. de smet
Gustave De Smet (Ghent 1877-1944 Deurle) Landscape with church, 1930 Oil on canvas 66 x 81 cm Signed lower left: Gust. De Smet Provenance: Galerie Le Centaure, 1932, lot 76, bought by Théo Bogaerts for Mr. Nijkerk; collection M.B.B. Nijkerk, Amsterdam; collection Dr. K. Nijkerk, Amsterdam; private collection, Brussels Literature: Haesaerts, Gustave De Smet (1936), n° 115; Langui, Gustaaf De Smet. De mensch en zijn werk (1945), p. 239, n° 432; Van Hecke & Langui, Gustave De Smet. Sa vie et son oeuvre (1945), p. 249, n° 428; Vanbeselaere, Gustave De Smet. Retrospectieve tentoonstelling, cat. (1961), p. 75, n° 147; Kikkert, Gustave De Smet 1877-1943, cat. (1978), n° 32; Milo, Vie et survie du Centaure (1980), p. 105, n° 76; Boyens, Retrospectieve Gust. De Smet (1989), p. 166, n° 120 (ill.); Boyens, Gust. De Smet (1989), p. 229, p. 399, n° 846 (ill.); Denninger-Schreuder, Vlaamse expressionisten (1993), p. 31 (ill.); Boyens e.a. , De maat der dingen (2003), p. 30 (ill.) Exhibitions: 1936, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Gustave De Smet, n° 115; 1961, Antwerp, KMSKA, Gust. De Smet Retrospectieve, n° 147; 1973, Sint-Martens-Latem, Gemeentehuis, Latemse kunstenaars in Nederlandse verzamelingen, n° 13; 1978, Warmenhuizen, Oude Ursulakerk, Gustave De Smet, n° 32; 1989, Ostend, PMMK, Retrospectieve Gust. De Smet, n° 120; 1993, Kortenhoef, Kunst aan de dijk, Vlaamse expressionisten, 31; 2003, Deinze, MuDeL, De maat der dingen, n° 39
Thomas Deprez Fine Arts
gisbert combaz
Gisbert Combaz (Antwerp 1869-1941 Brussels) Poster project for the 75th anniversary of Belgian independence, 1905 Oil, gouache, pencil and ink on canvas 102 x 62 cm Signed and dated middle right: Gisbert Combaz 1905 Provenance: the artist's studio by his death in 1941 (?); former collection Wittamer-Descamps, Brussels; former collection Wéry, Brussels; private collection, Brussels Literature: Jane Block, Gisbert Combaz (1869-1941)-Fin de siècle Artist, Antwerp, Pandora, 1999, cf. p. 99, n° 141 & 142 Unpublished as a poster, the design was taken up by Octave Maus as a chromolithography for the frontispiece of the section 'L'Art Appliqué en Belgique' in the milestone publication: 'L'Art et La Vie en Belgique 1830-1905', Bruxelles & Paris: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, G. Van Oest & Cie, 1921, p. 117. The design was later also used as the cover for Th. Quoidbach, 'Le Chansonnier de la Jeunesse belge', Brussels, Schott, 1934
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Dr. Nöth kunsthandel + galerie
albert marquet
Albert Marquet (Bordeaux 1875-1947 Paris) Le Jardin à l'Estaque, 1918 Oil on board 32.8 x 41 cm Signed lower left: Marquet, titled and signed on the reverse: Jardin à l'Estaque d'Albert Marquet This work is accompanied by an original attestation of inclusion from the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, and it will be included in the forthcoming Albert Marquet Digital catalogue raisonné. WPI Reference n° 21.10.14/20934, 20 January 2022 Provenance: Galerie Druet, Paris; René Keller, Director of Galerie Druet, Paris; private collection, France, gift from the above; Galerie Couleur du Temps, Paris, circa 1944; Sale: Me Etienne Ader, Me Antoine Ader, Me Jean-Louis Picard, Me Jacques Tajan, Palais Galliera, Paris, Tableaux Modernes, Aquarelles et Dessins modernes, November 26, 1976, n° 104; private collection, Paris; Galerie Boulakia, Paris, acquired from the above, 1988; Galerie de la Présidence, Paris; private collection, Woodside, California, acquired from the above, 1989; thence by descent to the present owner, Carmel, California Exhibition: Galerie Couleur du Temps, Paris, Marquet et quelques maîtres contemporains [Exposition inaugurale], March 21-April 15, 1944, n° 6 (as Jardin de l'Estaque)
Zebregs&Röell Fine Art and Antiques
Jan van Mekeren (Tiel 1658-1733 Amsterdam) 't Blommenkabinet Dutch floral marquetry cabinet-on-stand Amsterdam, late 17th century H 206 x W 171 x D 61 cm The present and V&A cabinet were both possibly ordered by Jens Wijbergen, a Dutch merchant living in Copenhagen. According to the van Mekeren archives, an order was placed by Wijbergen in 1700, probably for two cabinets, because the price was comparable to other orders for a pair of van Mekeren cabinets. The previous owner of the present cabinet, living in Austria, is a descendant of a patrician family from Riga. Some members of the Danish Wijbergen family are known to have moved to Riga in the early eighteenth century. The cabinet and all its oak bases have been retained in their original state. The whole cabinet is covered with a floral marquetry veneer of various kinds of wood, including walnut, holly, laburnum, boxwood, satiné rubané, amaranth, tulipwood, barberry, elm, sycamore, olive wood, padouk and kingwood. A modest rectangular cornice over a frieze inlaid with marquetry of various flowers over two doors with marquetry depicting urns on a plinth issuing bouquets of tulips, bluebells, cornflowers, marigolds, irises, peonies, daffodils, crown imperials, roses, lilies, anemones, chrysanthemums and carnations; several different species of butterflies and moths, including Arctia caja, swallowtails, garden white, meadow brown, and a brimstone butterfly, at least three different bird species, including turtle dove, thrush, and warbler, and a garden snail, Cepaea hortencis. Jan van Mekeren, born in Tiel 1658, moved to Amsterdam in 1687, where he was recorded as ‘kabinetmaker’ or ‘kistenmaker’. Before moving to Amsterdam, he had been in London in 1682, where he had asked to be admitted to the Dutch Reformed Church. He apparently wanted to stay for some time in London, presumably to learn the art of furniture marquetry under Gerrit Jensen. In 1687, he was back and mentioned as a guildsman, a member of the St. Josef guild in Amsterdam. He was successful as a cabinetmaker because, in 1693, he bought a house in the expensive Kalverstraat and extended his business into the wood trade as well. Since the headquarters of the VOC was in Amsterdam, the city was the foremost European market for exotic woods in the seventeenth century. Despite a 1624 regulation stipulating that members of the Amsterdam cabinetmaker’s guild offer their wares for sale in the guild’s shop, furniture makers in seventeenth and eighteenth century Holland hardly ever marked their work. However, thanks to the inventory after Jan’s death, there is a good list of his workpieces with thorough descriptions, prices, and the names of his clientele. The estate included many finished and unfinished pieces of furniture, an extensive collection of cabinet woods, and, most interesting, a long list of claims with names of the debtors and the amounts due. Most debtors were well-known Amsterdam patricians; only a few were from outside Amsterdam, including Jens Wijbergen from Copenhagen, who still owed Jan van Mekeren fl. 33,13. Because of a very close resemblance, this cabinet possibly is the pendant of the Van Mekeren cabinet now in the Victoria & Albert Museum (W.5:1 to 14-1986). There are minor differences in the flower decorations on the doors and sides of the cabinet. Still, a pair of Van Mekeren cabinets in Amerongen Castle, ordered as a pair, look less like each other than the present cabinet and its possible pendant in the V&A. Only six other floral Van Mekeren cabinets are known: one in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (inv. R.B.K. 1964-12), one in the Metropolitan Museum New York (1995, 371a, b), one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, one in Charlecote Park, Warwickshire, and a pair in Amerongen Castle, the Netherlands.
Gilden's Art Gallery
alexander calder
Alexander Calder (Lawnton 1898-1976 New York) Eclipse, 1961 Gouache on wove paper 55 x 74.5 cm Signed and dated lower right: Calder 61 This work is registered in the archive of the Calder Foundation with the application n° A11010 Provenance: Nicholas Guppy (1925-2012); acquired directly from the artist; Sotheby's Parke Barnet, 3 December 1981, lot 535; Renton Family, Thaxted, Essex, United Kingdom (after 1981) Exhibition: Calder, 12 July-10 August 1980, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, cat. n° 17 (incorrectly titled Red moon)
F. Baulme Fine Arts
ermano stroiffi
Ermanno Stroiffi (Padua 1616-1693 Venice) Saint Peter and Saint John in adoration in front of the infant Jesus Oil on slate 48.5 x 26 cm Provenance: collection Lars Ericsson; Galerie Canesso, Paris This notable slate painting blends two iconographic traditions: the Virgin from a painting by Lelio Orsi, and the image of the profile of the Virgin receiving the blessing of the infant Jesus. The association of these two evangelists is quite unusual, linked to the devotion of the patron. The original figures of the two saints and the child’s traits connected this painting to Ermano Stroiffi’s work, a well-established artist from Padova. He worked under Bernardo Strozzi's guidance in his Venice studio. The researcher Cristante (1997, p. 109) states that he was Giovanni Stroiffi’s son, a renowned Flemish painter established in Padova.
Galerie Berès
Georges Mathieu (Boulogne-sur-Mer 1921-2012 Boulogne-Billancourt) Vaillance d’un Gantois à la bataille de Gaure, 1957 Oil on paper 25 x 50 cm Signed and dated lower right: Mathieu 57 Certificate dated May 30th 2022, by Marc Ottavi, vice-president of the Archives Jean-Marie Cusinberche on Georges Mathieu; this work is referenced in the Maurice d’Arquian Archives under n° 12 Provenance: galerie Helios Art, Brussels; collection Nyst, and thence by descent; Clavé Fine Art, Paris Literature: G. Mathieu, Cycle des Grands Ducs d'Occident, galerie Helios Art, Brussels, 8-30 November 1957, n° 12 Exhibition: G. Mathieu, Cycle des Grands Ducs d'Occident, galerie Helios Art, Brussels, 8-30 November 1957