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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 Raf Van Severen
Elena Laverón (Spain, Ceuta, 1938) Pareja Sentada (Seating Couple), 1975 Cast bronze with dark patina H 170 x W 193 x D 116 cm Edition of 3 + 2 AP Literature: Antonio Abad, 'Elena Laverón, The flight of forms', 1987, p. 168; Juan Ibáñez Plaza (com.), 'de Elena Laverón', Roquetas de Mar (Almería), Ayuntamiento de Roquetas de Mar, 2008, p. 115; Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Telmo de Málaga, Anuario 2016 (n° 16), Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Telmo, 2016, p. 389; Tania Fernández de Toledo, Raya Fayad, Sotheby's France, 'UNESCO : La collection d'art', 2017, p. 431 Reference: In 1993, Pareja Sentada was installed at UNESCO's Bonvin building
Desmet Fine Art
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
Galerie de la Présidence
Geer van Velde (Lisse 1898-1977 Cachan) Composition, circa 1953 Oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm Signed with the initials 'GvV' lower right Signed on the reverse 'G. van Velde' Certificate of authenticity issued by Pierre François Moget This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Geer van Velde Painted Work currently in preparation by Pierre François Moget son of Piet Moget, under the n°118 059 Provenance: Michel Guy collection, Paris; private collection, Paris; private collection, France
Harold t’Kint de Roodenbeke
Jane Graverol 60 x 73 cm Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1949 Provenance Collection of his friend and artist Tom Gutt Exhibited Le surréalisme en Belgique, Musée de Mons, march-august 2007 Histoire de ne pas rire, Bozar, Bruxelles, fev-june 2024, illustrated p. 221 An important work by Jane Graverol, created in the very year she met the painter René Magritte. In it, she depicts herself as if trapped in a cage, like a bird. Yet the door is open, like a breath of freedom and hope offered to the artist.
Argento Gallery
Jacob Fransz. van der Merck ('s-Gravendeel circa 1610-1664 Leiden) Portrait of a man with a skullcap, 1646 Oil on panel 72.5 x 56.5 cm Signed and dated upper right Provenance: private collection; Chorley’s Auctioneers, Cotswolds, 26 November 2025, lot 993 A portrait of an older man with a grey moustache, goatee and a skullcap. The painting is identified as a work by Jacob van der Merck on the basis of its style and signature. It closely resembles his signed male portraits from 1642-1648, painted during the period when he was principally based in The Hague.
Univers du Bronze
Rembrandt Bugatti (Milan 1884-1916 Paris) Deux antilopes Goudo or 'Deux Amis, circa 1911 Bronze, dark brown patina H 23.1 x L 43.2 x D 11.9 cm Signed 'R. Bugatti' Original cast and edition by 'A.-A. Hébrard cire perdue Paris' (seal and inscribed in the wax 'Fondu en 1925'), engraved '(13)' Edition cast in 1925
Thomas Deprez Fine Arts
Josuë Dupon (Ichtegem 1864-1935 Antwerp) Flandria, 1914 (model), pre-1916 (cast) H 66 x W 71 x D 25 cm Patinated bronze, sand-cast Signed on the base ‘Josuë Dupon’ Titled on the front end of the base ‘FLANDRIA’ Stamped along the backside of the base: 'Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes’. Provenance: anonymous sale, Pictura, Ghent, 5 January 2007; former collection K. D., bought in the sale; thence by descent Exhibition: studio of the artist, March, cf. press, 1914; Exhibition Henry Luyten et Josué Dupon, April 1914; Salon Triennale, Brussels, 1914 as: n° 1001. 'Flandria (plaster)'; Salon Triennale, Antwerp, 1920 as: 'Flandria (bronze)'; Salon Triennale, Ghent, 1922 as: 'Flandria (bronze).' Related documents: A letter from Dupon to art historian and collector Max Rooses, dated to 30 March 1914, discusses the sale of a bronze version for 1,800 francs as a special offer at a reduced price. Rooses passed away some 100 days later on 15 July 1914. (Letterenhuis, Antwerpen, D922) Press (Full print available on request): René Sancy 'Flandria chez M. Josué Dupon', in: Le Matin, 25 March 1914, p. 3; René Sancy, 'Exhibition Henry Luyten et Josué Dupon', in: Le Matin, 16 April 1916, p. 7; Arnold Goffin, 'De driejaarlijksche tentoonstelling te Brussel, II Beeldhouw- en penningkunst', in: Onze Kunst; Geïllustreerd maandschrift voor beeldende en decoratieve kunsten, Brussel, 13de jaargang, 1914, p. 103: D. Visu. 'Driejaarlijksche Tentoonstelling (vervolg en slot)', in: Het Handelsblad, 20 July 1920, p. 1; 'Beeldende kunsten: Driejaarlijksche Tentoonstelling', in: Gazette van Antwerpen, 8 August 1920, p. 2; 'Kunstkroniek: 42e Driejaarlijksch Salon te Gent, XVIII', in: Vooruit, 4 August 1922, p. 7; Karel Van de Woestyne, 'Het driejaarlijksch salon te Gent. V.', in: N.R.C., 20 September 1922
LUDORFF
Heinz Mack (Lollar, 1931) Vibration des Lichts, 1971 Aluminium on wood 101 x 140.5 cm Signed and dated on the reverse '71' Provenance: the artist’s studio; private collection Southern Germany (gift from the artist, family-owned until 2026) Literature: Galerie Ludorff, 'Neuerwerbungen Herbst 2026', Düsseldorf 2026, S. 90; Dieter Honisch, 'Mack. Skulpturen 1953-1986', Düsseldorf 1986, n° 777 Exhibitions: Galerie Ludorff, 'Neuerwerbungen Herbst 2024', 4 October-16 January, Düsseldorf 2026
CKS Gallery
Edwin Lord Weeks (Boston 1849-1903 Paris) A game of chess on a cairo street, 1879 Oil on canvas 72 x 100 cm (unframed) 110 x 137 cm (framed) Signed and dated lower left 'E.L. Weeks 1879' Letter of authentification issued by Mrs Ellen K. Morris, dated 20 May 2010 This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist currently in preparation by the Edwin Lord Weeks’ expert, Mrs Ellen K. Morris
Galerie Oscar De Vos
Frits Van den Berghe (Ghent, 1883-1939) The companions, 1932 Oil on canvas 150 x 130 cm Signed lower right 'FVBerghe 32' Provenance: Alla and Bénédict Goldschmidt collection, Brussels Literature: Langui, Frits Van den Berghe en de jongere generatie, in: Kunst-Kultuur, yr. 1, 1940, p. 4; Van Hecke, Frits Van den Berghe, in: Les Peintres Contemporains, 1948, pp. 99-110, cat. 55; Van Hecke, A propos des deux expositions de Frits Van den Berghe, in: Les Arts plastiques, n° 5-6, 1948, pp. 240-242, pl. 55; Haesaerts, Sint-Martens-Latem. Gezegend oord van de Vlaamse kunst, 1965, n° 689; Langui, Frits Van den Berghe. Catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre peint (Bruxelles: Laconte, 1966), n° 396; Langui, Het Expressionisme in België, 1970, pl. 81, p. 128; Hoozee, Tahon-Vanroose & Bown-Taevenier, Frits Van den Berghe, 1983, p. 164; Boyens, Frits Van den Berghe, 1999, pp. 161, 233, n° 132; Boyens, Frits Van den Berghe, 1999, p. 290, n° 753; Pauwels, Als een fonkelenden spiegel, 2019, pp. 296-297 Exhibitions: Frits Van den Berghe en Joseph Cantré, 1933, Ghent, n° 6; Belgisk Konst, 1934, Stockholm, n° 204; Belgisk kunst - Belgisk utstillung av moderne kunst i Norge ordnet ved L'art contemporain i Antwerpen, 1934, Oslo, n° 204; Hedendaagse Belgische Kunst, 1937, Moscow & Leningrad, n° 9; Les Compagnons de l'Art, 1938, Brussels, n° 187; Deurle 6 July 1997 (The Deurle Conversation), 1997, Deurle; 1999, Ostend, Retrospectieve Frits Van den Berghe, n° 132
WHITFORD
Joseph Lacasse (Tournai 1894-1975 Paris) Dominante Rouge (Dia 385), 1948-1950 Oil on canvas 130 x 89 cm Signed and dated upper left Signed, dated and inscribed on reverse Lacasse estate inventory Dia n° 385 Certificate of authenticity issued by Mme Joostens-Koob Provenance: the estate of the artist
Galerie Flak
Goli Glin Buffalo Mask Baule, Ivory Coast, early 20th century Carved wood and pigments H 65.5 cm Provenance: Frank Crowninshield collection, New York, acquired before January 1936, presumably with the assistance of John D. Graham, New York; Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York; collection of the Surrealist artist Enrico Donati (1909-2008), New York, acquired in the 1940s Exhibitions: Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, 'Exhibition of Sculptures of Old African Civilizations', 4-22 January 1936; Brooklyn Museum, New York, 'African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield', 20 March-25 April 1937
Galerie Uzal
Jean Delville (Louvain 1867-1953 Forest) La Libération, 1936 Oil on canvas 188.5 x 240.5 cm (framed) Signed and dated Exhibition: Brussels, Salon de la Société des Beaux-Arts-Salon de Printemps 1936 In a letter addressed to the former owner and dated 1 July 1947, Jean Delville described the work as follows: 'Man, in flight, frees himself and escapes towards broader horizons and spaces of freedom, while the forces of evil hold him back in the lower spheres of the world, where the inert mass of beings remains imprisoned by their prejudices, desires, passions and selfishness.'
Mearini Fine Art
Corinthian capital (variation on a Roman type from the 3rd/4th century) Central-southern Italy, late 12th - early 13th century Greek Marble H 52 x W 50 x D 50 cm In this unusual variation on the Corinthian there are three orders of acanthus leaves, finelly indented with drill holes in evidence, which reach up to the top of the kalathos. Already in ancient times this type of capital was exported to Aquileia (Udine) a city destroyed by Attila in 452 and temporarily abandoned upon the arrival of the longboards in 568, as shown by a fragmentary example in the national Archeological Museum datable between the 3rd and 4th century.
Dr. Nöth kunsthandel
Armand Guillaumin (Paris 1841-1927 Orly) Bords de l'Orge à Epinay, 1890 Oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm Signed lower right Certificate of authenticity from the Comité Guillaumin This work will be included in the second volume of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné currently in preparation. Provenance: Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris; Clara de Plessis Whelan, New York; Sale Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 7 November 1946, lot 65; Mr. Jussaume, Buenos Aires; Mr. Foret, Buenos Aires; private collection, France (acquired from the above in 1956); Christie's London 7 February 2001, lot 127; private collection, Texas
Univers du Bronze
François-Xavier Lalanne (Agen 1927-2008 Ury) Lampe pigeon, circa 1991 Copper with patinated bronze, polished glass H 21.1 x W 26.5 x D 13.5 cm Monogramed 'FXL' on the right side of the tail, stamped 'Artcurial' and numbered '539/900' on the left side of the tail Edition produced circa 2000
Caretto & Occhinegro
The Master of Antwerp Adoration (Active in Antwerp first decades of the 16th century) The Annunciation to Saint Anne, circa 1525 Oil on panel 59 x 62 cm Expertise by Peter van den Brink Literature: Van den Brink 1997, pp. 32, 35 note 22, fig. 5; Van den Brink 2007, pp. 168, 175, 179 note 38, fig. 16b; Cécile Scailliérez, in Paris 2017, pp. 84, 86, fig. 32