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Giammarco Cappuzzo Fine Art
Giuseppe Vermiglio (Milan, circa 1587-circa 1635/1636) The sacrifice of Isaac, circa 1610-1618 Oil on canvas 132 x 162 cm Provenance: private collection, Italy Literature: Alessandro Morandotti, Gli anni romani di Giuseppe Vermiglio, in Giuseppe Vermiglio. Un pittore caravaggesco tra Roma e la Lombardia, exhibition catalogue Campione d’Italia, Galleria Civica, 10 September-3 December 2000, ed. by D. Pescarmona, Milan 2000, p. 45, fig. 23; Ferdinando Bologna, Tre note caravaggesche, Prospettiva, 33-36, 1983-1984 (Studi in onore di Luigi Grassi), pp. 204-207, fig. 5; Mina Gregori, Il Sacrificio di Isacco: un inedito e considerazioni su una fase savoldesca del Caravaggio, Artibus et Historiae, X, 1989, p. 141, note 16
Segoura Fine Art
charles revel
Charles Revel (France, 1829-1880) Allégories de la Force et du Droit, circa 1872 Oil on canvas 66 x 54.5 cm Signed lower right Provenance: private collection, France With this painting, Charles Revel illustrates the words given to the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck: 'Strength prevails over Law'
Galerie Christophe Gaillard
stéphane couturier
Stéphane Couturier (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1957) Angers - Chant de l'Apocalypse n° 1, 2022 Tapestry: mixed technique - rag, wool, cotton, hemp, linen, acrylic, string, onion and citrus threads, sewing thread, nylon thread, sequins... 205 x 277 cm Edition of 3 Provenance: the artist's studio; Galerie Christophe Gaillard
Bailly Gallery
henri le sidaner
Henri Le Sidaner (Maurice, Port Louis 1862-1939 Paris) Petite place au soleil couchant, 1901 Oil on canvas 57 x 80 cm Signed lower left: Le Sidaner Certificate of authenticity issued by Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, dated January 10th, 2023 Provenance: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris; private collection, Canada Literature: Notice of inclusion in the forthcoming supplément du catalogue raisonné, Le Sidaner-L'Oeuvre peint et gravé, currently being prepared by Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner De son langage poétique à la musicalité feutrée de ses compositions, Henri Le Sidaner puise une grande partie de son inspiration dans les paysages ruraux. Au travers de pavés dorés par le coucher du soleil ou encore de toitures rougeâtres, l'artiste transforme des environnements architecturaux et domestiques en des portraits intimistes et mystérieux. « Petite place au Soleil couchant » en est un parfait exemple. Les nuances d'une lumière vécue au crépuscule s'imprègnent dans cette scène afin d'en ressortir les qualités oniriques et mystiques. Un langage visuel distinct, dans lequel Le Sidaner rend hommage à sa racine symboliste. Le traitement de la matière reste, quant à lui, fidèlement attaché aux techniques néo-impressionnistes. Les paysages qui l'entourent ont offert à Le Sidaner une inspiration considérable pour ses compositions. En mai 1900, le peintre rentrant du Bruges, se laisse influencer par les conseils d'Auguste Rodin, et s'installe au milieu de l'été à Beauvais. Il affirme alors sa conception de l'intimisme par des paysages d'évocation où la figure humaine n'a pratiquement plus sa place. C'est dans cette même période, le 21 avril 1901, Le Sidaner élabore les premiers motifs du tableau présenté et débuta la composition sur toile quatre jours plus tard. L'oeuvre est un hommage à la noblesse des bâtisses, ainsi qu'à la statue du docteur Ernest Gérard, ainsi maire de Beauvais. Achevée le 23 mai 1901, cette toile est livrée par l'artiste le 2 juin à son marchand Georges Petit pour un montant de 500 francs. Les paysages de Le Sidaner sont des manifestations intimes de l'artiste, qui possèdent une luminosités étonnante grâce à ses harmonies subtiles et l'application picturale des pigments. Une incroyable maitrise qui lui permet encore aujourd'hui d'être grandement reconnu par de nombreuses collections privées et institutionnelles. "Toute son oeuvre est influencée par un goût des atmosphères tendres, douces et silencieuses". (Y. Farinaux, Le Sidaner, L'oeuvre peint et gravé, Milan, 1989, p. 31)
Douwes Fine Art b.v.
Paul Delvaux (Antheit 1897-1994 Veurne) Portrait of a young woman, 1966 Pen and watercolour 17 x 12 cm Signed and dated: P.DELVAUX 24-12-1966 stuck on a sheet of paper filigree Wattman England. Provenance: Sale Auction house L’homme, Liège, 24 September 2016, cat. n° 40 Expertise: Certificate of authenticity of the Paul Delvaux Foundation, St-Idesbald, June 10, 2016 Notes In the work of Paul Delvaux we frequently find the female figure, a favorite subject of the artist. He stages the body of the women in antique setting or in scenes of everyday life. Often calm and mysterious, the women Delvaux focusses to represent are the reflection of the complex relationship that he maintains towards them. Indeed, already at a young age, the possessive and authoritarian mother of the artist warned him against women. Since then, the artist nurtured a fascination with the women he places on a pedestal. The woman represented in his work, are the image of his feminine ideal. Always young and beautiful, they are often naked, draped or preciously dressed. They symbolize the fascination and intrigue that Delvaux feels towards them and their bodies. The female figure occupies different roles in his work, from femme fatale to the mythological creature. In the present watercolour Delvaux integrates a contradictory image of the woman as being dangerous, free and independent but also valuable and untouchable. The chosen tones, from the aubergine color of the dress to the blue of the background, are very lively. Part of the bodice remained white, as well as the lighting in the upper left corner, which allows the chiaroscuro effect of the composition. In the same year as he made this drawing, he had a retrospective at the Lille Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Ixelles. A few years before, in 1959, he executed the mural decoration of the Palais des Congrès in Brussels and in 1965 he received the Five-Year Award for the dedication of his career and is appointed President and Director of the Class of Fine Arts of the Royal Academy of Belgium. Delvaux’s love life has not been without complication and this reflected in his art. When Delvaux fell in love with his first and great love Anne-Marie De Martelaere, known as Tam, at the age of thirty, the mother of Delvaux fiercely opposed this relationship, and he married someone else. This great sorrow of a lost love will permeate the image of the woman Delvaux depicts in his work: she is inaccessible and very often the man is excluded. At the death of his mother, the sadness felt by the artist is great but her death was also liberating for the future of his work. Delvaux now represents the woman in a much more libertine way. In 1947 he met Tam again in Sint-Idesbald. This chance meeting leads the two lovers to get married. The following decade will then mark a loss of creativity of the artist, his beloved imposes some constraints on Delvaux. He can no longer use models or represent them the way he desires. Later, Delvaux marries Suzanne Purnal and maintains a platonic love towards her.
Montagut Gallery
Jukun figure Jukun people, Nigeria, 17th century Wood, metal H 96 cm Provenance: Roger Azar collection, Paris; private collection, USA; Adrian Schlag collection, Brussels; Dr. Tibor Kiss collection, Vienna Literature: Liliana Albertazzi, Roger Azar. Galeries Magazine, nº 30, April-May 1989; Kevin Conru, Anonymous Collectors, Brussels, 2007; Exhibition catalogue: Suintante, Adrian Schlag, Brussels, 2015
Galerie Cento Anni
philippe wolfers
Philippe Wolfers (Brussels, 1858-1929) The garland or frieze of garlands, circa 1928 Bronze sketch on marble base H 28 cm Signed Philippe Wolfers Lost wax, Foundry Ateliers Wolfers Provenance: private collection, Belgium Literature: La Dynastie Wolfers, Ed. Pandora, p. 425 Exhibitions: Brussels 1928, n° 197; Antwerp 1929, n° 69
Galerie Berès
Bernar Venet (Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, 1941) Combinaison aléatoire de lignes indéterminées, 1992 Gouache and pencil on paper 43 x 54 cm Signed, titled and dated on the back: Combinaison aléatoire de lignes indéterminées, Venet Bernar 1992 Referenced in the artist’s records under the number bv092d27
Galerie Dina Vierny
robert couturier
Robert Couturier (France, 1905-2008) Hommage à Millet, 1994 Bronze H 75.5 x W 27.5 x D 14.5 cm Signed: Couturier, numbered 5/6 and inscribed with the Coubertin foundry mark on the base Provenance: Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris Literature: V. Da Costa, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté de Robert Couturier, vol. III, 1998, n° 422, ill. p. 383; V. Da Costa, Robert Couturier, Paris, 2000, ill. p. 182; F. Horvat, Horvat photographie Couturier, Paris, 2005, ill. p. 93 Exhibitions: L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Campredon, Robert Couturier, 1996, ill. p. 62; Paris, Musée Maillol, Robert Couturier fête ses 100 ans au Musée Maillol, 2005; Saint-Tropez, Galerie Lucas Ratton; Saint-Tropez, XAIPE, 2023
Studio 2000 Art Gallery
theo van rysselberghe
Theo van Rysselberghe (Ghent 1862-1926 Saint-Clair, Var) Portrait of Mrs. H. Aubry, 1907 Oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm Signed and dated middle left with monogram 'April 07' Provenance: private collection, The Netherlands; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 13 December 1999; Campo & Campo, Antwerpen, 18 October 1998; Me Cousin, Les Andelys, France, 9 December 1990 Literature: Ronald Feltkamp, Théo van Rysselberghe Catalogue raisonné, Editions Racine, Brussels, 2003, p. 367, n° 032 (ill.); G. Van Zype, Notice Théo van Rysselberghe, in: Annuaire de l'Académie Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1932 Exhibitions: Théo van Rysselberghe, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 27 April-9 May 1908
Stéphane Renard Fine Art
alessandro oliverio
Alessandro Oliverio (Bergamo or Venice, ante 1500-post 1544) Christ Carrying the Cross, 1505-1510 Oil on poplar panel H 49.5 x W 41.5 cm Provenance: collection Count Hubert Ludwig de la Fontaine and d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt (1789-1846), from 1826 at Hrotovice Castle, Trebic, Czech Republic; purchased in 1836 with the entire collection and the castle by Georg Simon von Sina (1783-1856); transferred around 1847 by his son Simon Sina to Mysliborice Castle, Trebic, Czech Republic; by inheritance, in 1876, to Simon's daughter Iphigenie Sina (1847-1914), Duchess of Castries, sold in 1882 to Baron Anton Dreher of Schwechat; Mysliborice Castle; Antiqua auction sale, Prague, 1921, n° 12 (Italian Master of the 16th century)
Galerie Cento Anni
Philippe Wolfers (Brussels, 1858-1929) Eternelle idylle, circa 1911 Sketch in patinated bronze on a burgundy marble base H 30 cm Signed Philippe Wolfers with monogram Lost wax, Foundry Ateliers Wolfers Provenance: private collection, Belgium Literature: La Dynastie Wolfers, Ed. Pandora, p. 394 Exhibitions: Brussels 1911, n° 3; Milan 1926, n° 42; Brussels 1928, n° 31, Antwerp 1929, n° 30; Brussels 1972, n° 69
Willow Gallery
Marc Chagall (Vitebsk 1887-1985 Saint-Paul de Vence) Flûtiste jaune et bouc dans l’arbre en fleurs, circa 1960-1964 Gouache, pastel, oil pastel and Indian Ink on paper 51 x 34 cm - framed: 70 x 53 cm Stamped with artist’s signature This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Marc Chagall Provenance: estate of the artist; thence by descent
Tobogan Antiques
machauld (né en 1835) et eug. cornu (1827-1899)
Machauld (France, born in 1835) and Eugène Cornu (France, 1827-1899) Bust of a Greek goddess, circa 1867 Silvered and gilded bronze, enamel, red marble H 64 cm; base 22 x 21 cm Signed: Machauld et Eug. Cornu, G. Viot et Cie Fondeurs The tiara and collar necklace that adorn the bust are finely decorated with stylised floral motifs of polychrome champlevé enamel. It rests on a molded base and square plinth made of Antique red marble Literature: Rapport du Jury International, Exposition Universelle de 1867 à Paris, 1868, t. III, groupe III, classe XV, chapitre II, § 2, pp. 45-46; 1851-1900, Le arti decorative alle grandi esposizioni universali, Daniel Alcouffe, Marc Bascou, Anne Dion-Tenenbaum et Philippe Thiébaut, Idealibri, 1988, pp. 136-138; Les merveilles de l’Exposition de 1878, Paris, p. 561
Galerie Raf Van Severen
fernand léger
Fernand Léger (Argentan 1881-1955 Gif-sur-Yvette) Le Cordage Jaune, 1935 Oil on board 39 x 53 cm Signed and dated bottom right: F. Léger, 1935 Provenance: collection Robert Guiette; private collection, Belgium Literature: Zervos, C., Fernand Léger. Cahiers d'Art, Paris, 1935, n°1-4, repr. pp. 65 and 67; Bauquier, G., Fernand Léger. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint 1932-1937, 1996, repr. pp. 870-871
Galerie Boulakia
karel appel
Karel Appel (Amsterdam 1921-2006 Zurich) Untitled, 1960 Oil on canvas 81 x 116 cm Signed and dated lower right Written confirmation of the work's authenticity Provenance: private collection Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, avid sculptor, and one of the founders of the avant-garde CoBrA movement in 1948. Born in the Netherlands, he began painting at the age of fourteen. Recognised for his ironic imagery, bold brushstrokes and energetic use of colour, Appel’s work received both broad critical acclaim and unfavourable criticisms. Known for his figurative abstractions and expressive colours, Appel found inspiration in the artwork of children and the rejection of sophisticated aesthetic tastes. He was drawn to the animated, primitive style of Jean Dubuffet in the years following the isolated, repressive environment of WWII in Amsterdam. In a childlike manner, painted in thick, black lines against a background of primary colours, Appel's unique style is immediately discernible in Untitled, 1960.
Galerie Dina Vierny
judit reigl
Judit Reigl (Kapuvár 1923-2020 Marcoussis) Mass Writing, 1958 Oil on canvas 80 x 114.5 cm Signed: Reigl and dated lower right: 1958 Provenance: Galerie Kléber, Paris; private collection, Paris; Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris Exhibition: Paris, Galerie Dina Vierny, Judit Reigl, Panta rhei, 2023, ill. p. 30
Galerie des Modernes
jacques doucet
Jacques Doucet (Boulogne-Billancourt 1924-1994 Paris) Untitled, 1955-1957 Oil on canvas 100 x 50 cm Signed lower right: doucet Dated and numbered on the reverse: CLXV-197 Provenance: Galerie Ariel, Paris; private collection, Paris Literature: Jacques Doucet Parcours 1960-1976, Catalogue raisonné, tome II, Additif aux œuvres du tome I, by Andrée Doucet, ed. Galilée, Paris, 1998, desc. p. 207 and repr. p. 13 under n° 258