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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 In 1936, the French-language premiere of Arnold Schoenberg’s monodrama Erwartung was staged at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, with Jean Brusselmans commissioned to design the sets. 'Decor for Erwartung' is a study for the fourth scene of the drama. In this scene, the female protagonist, desperately searching for her lover, comes across a road in the middle of a forest. To her horror, she discovers his lifeless body lying beside a lonely house. Brusselmans’ distinctive painting style, characterised by its return to simplicity and its deliberately alienated figures, makes it remarkably easy to imagine what the stage sets must have looked like during the actual performance. The work offers the viewer an endless source of imagination. Combined with the fascinating history behind its creation, these qualities make 'Decor for Erwartung' an absolute masterpiece.
Stoppenbach & Delestre
Raoul Dufy (Le Havre 1877-1953 Forcalquier) Nu aux papillons, 1930 Watercolour on paper 26 x 51 cm Signed lower left Provenance: sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 28 February 1951, lot 31; thence by descent to the previous owner, France Literature: F. Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, Vol. II, Editions Louis Carré & Cie, Paris, 1982, n° 1853, repr. b/w
Stoppenbach & Delestre
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges 1841-1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer) Nature morte aux pommes et à poire, circa 1889 Oil on canvas 22 x 31 cm Signed ‘Renoir’ lower right The work is included in the Renoir digital catalogue raisonné project, n° 20411 Provenance: Ambroise Vollard, Paris, acquired from the artist before 1919; Madame de la Chapelle, Paris; Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 30 March 1938; Dr Albert & Elvira Charpentier, Paris, by whom acquired from above on 14 March 1939; Roberto & Elena Germain-Ribon, by descent from the above; Jacqueline Pizarro, by descent from the above; Sale, Christie’s, London, 22 June 2005, n° 110 (ill. colour); private collection, The Netherlands Literature: Ambroise Vollard, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paintings, pastels, and drawings. Tableaux, pastels et dessins, rev. ed. (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1918), p. 306 (ill. fig. 1489); G.-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. II, 1882-1894, Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, 2009, n° 721, p. 26 (ill. p. 26 dated circa 1889)
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 inued 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, p. 28 Exhibition: Henri Hayden, Soixante ans de peinture 1908-1968, Musée National d'Art Moderne de Paris, 3 May-2 June 1968
La Galerie URBAN
Maurice Denis (Granville 1870-1943 Saint-Germain-en-Laye) Bucolique d’Automne or L’Heureux Verger Pouldu, 1906 Oil on canvas 82 x 117 cm Signed and dated lower left 'MAVRICE DENIS 1906' This work is listed in the artist’s catalogue raisonné under n° 906.0016 Provenance: Baron Eberhard von Bodenhausen, Berlin (acquired from the artist, 1906-1908); Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1908-1919); Miss Edwards (1919); Brooklyn Museum, New York (1927); Galerie Philippe Reichenbach, Paris; Walter P. Chrysler Jr., New York (1960); Stuart Pivar, New York (2004-2021); private collection, Switzerland; La Galerie URBAN, Paris Exhibitions: Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Grand Palais, 15 April-30 June 1906, p. 19, n° 389 (ill.); Fünfzehnten Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Berlin, spring 1908, n° 46; Internationale Kunstschau, Vienna, Gebäude der Secession, May-October 1909, n° 15; Nus, Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 17-28 May 1910, n° 30; Ausstellung Französischer Kunst des 18., 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig, Leipziger Kunstverein, October-November 1910, n° 55; Internationale Kunstausstellung der Münchener Secession, Munich, Kgl. Kunstausstellungsgebäude am Königsplatz, 16 May-31 October 1911, n° 36; Exposition d'Art contemporain, Paris, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, 12-31 October 1912, n° 44; Ausstellung französischer Kunst, Zurich, Zürcher Kunsthaus, 16 February-26 March 1913, n° 93; A XIX. Szàzad nagy francia mesterei, Budapest, Ernst-Muzeum, September 1913, n° 78; Le Paysage du Midi, Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 8-16 June 1914, n° 26; Exposition de peinture, série C, Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 19-30 June 1916, n° 13; French Paintings 1789-1929 from the collection of Walter P. Chrysler Jr., Dayton Art Institute, 25 March-22 May 1960, p. 102, n° 94 (ill.) Painted in 1906, Bucolique d’Automne is one of the most eloquent expressions of Maurice Denis’s vision of a modern Golden Age. Set in an orchard at Le Pouldu, on the Breton coast so closely associated with the Nabis, the composition brings together a nursing mother, a reclining nude and a group of children gathering fallen apples beneath a laden tree. Beyond the foliage, a glimpse of the sea opens onto a landscape bathed in golden light. The painting belongs to Denis’s so-called ‘classical moment’, a period marked by increasingly rigorous compositions and a more luminous, vibrant palette, at times recalling the intensity of Matisse’s Fauvist colours. Here, ochres, vermilions and deep greens combine in a shimmering, almost mosaic-like interplay. The garden becomes an emblem of fertility and motherhood: the fruit-bearing tree echoes the nurturing female body, while the children reinforce the image of nature as a source of life and renewal. Modelled by Denis’s wife Marthe, the nude combines quiet sensuality with a vision of feminine beauty, lending the scene an atmosphere of serenity. First exhibited at the 1906 Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, alongside Denis’s monumental Baigneuses au petit temple or Plage au bonnet rouge (Pouldu), now in Lausanne, Bucolique d’Automne subsequently featured in some of the most significant international exhibitions of its time: the 15th Exhibition of the Berlin Secession (1908), the Internationale Kunstschau in Vienna (1909), and the International Art Exhibition of the Munich Secession (1911). Its provenance is equally distinguished. Acquired directly from the artist in 1906 by Baron Eberhard von Bodenhausen, co-founder of the influential art journal PAN and a prominent collector of contemporary French painting, the work later passed through the galleries of Bernheim-Jeune and Philippe Reichenbach before entering the collection of Walter P. Chrysler Jr. A remarkable synthesis of Nabi modernity and classical idealism, Bucolique d’Automne marks a defining moment in Denis’s career, bringing together the decorative freedom of his early years and his enduring pursuit of compositional harmony and timeless beauty.
Finch & Co
Devotional crucifix of Christ Portuguese Goa, 17th century Coromandel wood, gilded ivory, silver mounts H 107 x W 26 cm Christ height: 32 cm Provenance: private collection, Ireland Belgium CITES: 2025/BE01024/CE A fine and large Portuguese Goa devotional Crucifix. The polychromed and gilded ivory of Christ crucified on a Coromandel wood cross, ornately embellished with Baroque silver mounts, stands on an integral Coromandel plinth. The agonising Christ on the cross has his head falling to his right, with closed eyes and mouth open in his call to God. His long hair is carved in undulating locks falling to his shoulders. The well-defined torso has flexed muscles and a pronounced rib cage, while the arms have veins threaded along their length. His hands and feet are pierced by silver nails, his wounds are polychromed red, and the edges of the perizonium are gilded.
Axel Vervoordt
William Turnbull (Dundee 1922-2012 London) Young Torso, 1981 Bronze 49 x 28.5 x 3 cm Edition of 6, AP 1/1 Provenance: the estate of the artist Literature: Amanda A. Davidson, The Sculpture of William Turnbull, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, 2005, cat. n° 205, ill. p. 154 William Turnbull (1922–2012) was one of the most distinctive sculptors and painters of post-war Britain. Throughout his career, he explored the enduring power of ancient and archaic art, seeking an elemental visual language that connects the distant past with the present. In Young Torso, Turnbull revisits the archetypal figures and totemic forms that fascinated him from the 1950s onwards. The simplified silhouette evokes prehistoric figurines and ancient idols, yet belongs to no specific culture or belief system. Both familiar and mysterious, the sculpture seems to speak a universal language whose meaning remains elusive. The warm brown patina and irregular surface suggest weathered stone, while delicate incisions recall tattoos or fragments of an unknown symbolic language. These markings animate the figure, hinting at lost rituals and traditions. Reflecting Turnbull’s sensitivity to surface, line and colour, the textured bronze combines tactile richness with formal simplicity. Neither an imitation of an ancient artefact nor a purely abstract form, Young Torso occupies a space between recognition and mystery. Through the encounter between archaic references and modern expression, Turnbull evokes humanity’s enduring desire to create forms that transcend time and preserve traces of our existence.
Galerie Berès
Fernand Léger (Argentan 1881-1955 Gif-sur-Yvette) 'Composition pour les Illuminations d'Arthur Rimbaud', 1949 Gouache and ink on paper 33 x 24 cm Monogrammed and dated lower right 'F.L.49' Certificate of authenticity by the Comité Fernand Léger Certificate of authenticity by Irus Hansma Provenance: private collection, Paris
Willow Gallery
Eugène Boudin Honfleur 1824 – Deauville 1898 Bordeaux, le port Oil on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed 'E. Boudin 74 Bordeaux' Canvas size: 16 x 25in / 41 x 64cm Frame size: 22 x 31in / 56 x 79cm Provenance: Louis Bernard Collection; its sale, Me Chevallier, Paris, May 11, 1901, lot 19. Jules Chédeville, Paris and Honfleur. Michel Durnerin, Paris (by descent). Then by descent Literature: R. Schmit, Eugène Boudin, Paris, 1973, vol. I, p. 347, no. 978. G. de Knyff, Eugène Boudin raconté par lui-même, Sa vie, son atelier, son œuvre, Paris, 1976, p. 130 (illustrated). R. and M. Schmit, Eugène Boudin, Premier supplément, Paris, 1984, p. 150, no. 978 (illustrated)
Thomas Deprez Fine Arts
Gabrielle Montald (born Canivet) (Brussels, 1867-1942) Decorative bird, 1929 Gouache and ink over gold ground on paper 61.5 x 46 cm (sheet) 64 x 48 cm (framed) Signed and dated lower right ‘G. Montald 29’ Provenance: private collection, Belgium Related works: Among Gabrielle Montald’s most significant autonomous bodies of work, the so-called 'Oiseau décoratif series' occupies a central position. Although the motif appears as early as 1914, the majority of these works were produced between 1925 and the early 1930s. Following her international recognition at the 1925 'Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris', where her imaginative bird drawings were prominently exhibited, the series expanded in both scope and refinement. In 1927, three of the works shown in Paris were acquired by the Belgian government, marking the beginning of an institutional recognition that endures to this day. Rarely appearing on the market, a large part of Gabrielle Montald’s known oeuvre, including her textiles and bookbindings, is now preserved in Belgian museum collections.
Ars Antiqua
Santi di Tito (Florence, 1536-1603) Portrait of Domenico di Lorenzo Passerini with his son Lorenzo Oil on panel 115 x 82.5 cm 130 x 100 cm (framed) Passerini family seal on the reverse Literature: Capolavori che si incontrano. Bellini, Caravaggio, Tiepolo e i Maestri della pittura toscana e veneta nella collezione della Banca Popolare di Vicenza, exhibition catalogue edited by Fernando Rigon, Geneva-Milan, 2014, pp. 168-69, 171-72; L. Scanu, Santi di Tito e l’arte del ritratto. Una nuova effige e una possibile serie dei senatori fiorentini, 'Bollettino Telematico dell’Arte', 11 September 2025, n° 983; N. Bastogi, Due ritratti femminili di Santi di Tito, 'Paragone Arte', 60, 2009, pp. 58-66
Herwig Simons Fine Arts
Blue John urn England, late 18th century Square base with alabaster and Ashford marble, pedestal clad in Blue John, foot partially clad in blackened brass, ovoid bowl with transverse fluting in Blue John H 40 cm Engraved on the base with inventory n° 890126-0821 and inscribed Hedvig Piper (1746-1812) Born Hedvig Katharina Ekeblad, she married Count Carl Gustaf Piper in 1769 and she held senior positions at the Swedish Royal Court, including chief Lady-in-waiting from 1795-1805.
Mearini Fine Art
'In visceribus Christi' type crucifix Sicilian wax modeller, late 17th-early 18th century Polychromed wax H 30 x W 26 x D 3 cm Comparative literature: T. De Giorgio, L’invenzione dell’iconografia in visceribus Christi. Dai prodromi medievali della devozione cordicolare alla rappresentazione moderna delle viscere di Cristo, 'Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz', LXI, 2019, 1, pp. 74-103; F. M. Gerbino, Civiltà plastica tra arte e manufatto: la ceroplastica in Sicilia tra ’700 e ’800, PhD thesis, Università degli Studi di Palermo 2013, pp. 147-156
Galerie Alexis Bordes
Louis Welden Hawkins (Esslingen am Neckar 1849-1910 Paris) Portrait of Valentine Marcolini, a Young Violonist, circa 1900 Red chalk, black pencil and oil on prepared canvas Signed and dedicated lower right ‘à Mlle Marcolini L.W. HAWKINS’ 52 x 46 cm This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Cécile Alves Convert and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist under reference LWH.D.1900.1. Provenance: private collection, France Literature: Cécile Convert, La figure féminine dans l'œuvre de Louis Welden Hawkins 1849-1910, research dissertation, supervised by Ms Alice Thomine-Berrada, Mr Pierre-Henry Frangne, Paris, France, École du Louvre, 2017, cat n° 32
