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Artworks

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Galleries
Galleries Galerie AB - Agnès Aittouarès Franck Anelli Fine Art Ars Antiqua d'Arschot & Cie Art et Patrimoine - Laurence Lenne Arte-Fact Fine Art Artimo Fine Arts Galerie Ary Jan Galerie BA - Berthet Aittouarès HELENE BAILLY MARCILHAC Véronique Bamps Barbara Bassi Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art Galerie de la Béraudière Galerie Berès Bernier/Eliades Galeria Bessa Pereira Galerie BG Arts Boon Gallery Galerie Alexis Bordes Bernard Bouisset Galerie Boulakia Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud Brame & Lorenceau Cabinet of Curiosities - Honourable Silver Objects Galerie Capazza Giammarco Cappuzzo Fine Art Carlucci Gallery Galerie Jean-François Cazeau Galerie Cento Anni Chambre professionnelle belge de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne (CLAM) Citadelles & Mazenod CKS Gallery Claes Gallery Collectors Gallery COLNAGHI Costermans Dalton Somaré De Brock De Jonckheere Galerie Bernard De Leye Galerie Oscar De Vos De Wit Fine Tapestries De Zutter Art Gallery Dei Bardi Art Thomas Deprez Fine Arts Patrick Derom Gallery Desmet Fine Arts Virginie Devillez Fine Art DIE GALERIE Douwes Fine Art b.v. Epoque Fine Jewels Finch & Co Galerie Flak A&R Fleury Galerie La Forest Divonne Galerie Christophe Gaillard Galerie des Modernes Gilden's Art Gallery Grusenmeyer-Woliner Galerie Hadjer Galerie Haesaerts-le Grelle Philippe Heim Heutink Ikonen Galerie Hioco Hoffmans Antiques Huberty & Breyne Galerie Hurtebize rodolphe janssen Francis Janssens van der Maelen Kunsthaus Kende Harold t’Kint de Roodenbeke Florian Kolhammer Hartford Fine Art - Lampronti Gallery Alexis Lartigue Lemaire Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge Francis Maere Fine Arts Maison D'Art Maisonjaune Studio Martins&Montero Martos Gallery MARUANI MERCIER MassModernDesign Galerie Mathivet Mearini Fine Art Galerie Greta Meert Meessen Galerie la Ménagerie Mulier Mulier Gallery Jan Muller Antiques Klaas Muller NARDI VENEZIA Nosbaum Reding Dr. Nöth kunsthandel Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels Objects With Narratives Galeria Jordi Pascual Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach Pauline's Jewellery Box Pelgrims de Bigard Galerie Alexis Pentcheff Christophe Perlès Galerie Perrin Guy Pieters Gallery Gallery de Potter d’Indoye Galerie de la Présidence Pron Van Pruissen Asian Art QG Gallery Maison Rapin Almine Rech Stéphane Renard Fine Art Repetto Gallery robertaebasta Romigioli Antichità Laurent Schaubroeck Serge Schoffel - Art Premier Segoura Fine Art Edouard Simoens Gallery Herwig Simons Fine Arts Stern Pissarro Gallery Stone Gallery Galerie Taménaga TASCHEN TEMPLON The old Treasury Galerie Patrice Trigano unforget Decorative Arts Univers du Bronze Vagabond Antiques Gallery Sofie Van de Velde Van Herck-Eykelberg Galerie Raf Van Severen Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery Maurice Verbaet Gallery Galerie von Vertes Axel Vervoordt Galerie Dina Vierny VKD Jewels Galerie Florence de Voldère N. Vrouyr Floris van Wanroij Fine Art Galerie Watteeu by Edouard & Andrea de Caters Victor Werner WHITFORD Willow Gallery
 

Univers du Bronze

roger godchaux

Roger Godchaux (Vendôme 1878-1958 Paris) Toomai des éléphants or Le Retour de chasse au tigre (1928 or earlier) Circa 1932 H 57.5 x W 70.5 x D 22.7 cm Lifetime bronze signed 'Roger Godchaux' and numbered '2/15' Old edition by 'Susse Frères Éditeurs Paris' (mark and seal), inscribed 'cire perdue'

 

Galerie Raf Van Severen

philippe vandenberg

Philippe Vandenberg (Ghent 1952-2009 Brussels) Composition, 1987 Oil on canvas 160 x 210 cm Signed and dated at the back Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist Provenance: private collection, Antwerp

 

Ars Antiqua

pieter van lint

Pieter van Lint (Antwerp, 1609-1690) Allegory of Labor rewarded by Peace and Abundance, in the presence of Minerva and Time Oil on copper 104 x 130 cm Authenticated by Professor Carlotta Venegoni Published on RKD

 

Virginie Devillez Fine Art

gustave de smet

Gustave De Smet (Ghent 1877-1943 Sint-Martens-Latem) Nu couché, 1928 Pencil, pastel and oil on paper 35 x 43 cm Signed lower right 'Gust. De Smet' Provenance: Walter Schwarzenberg, Brussels (Georges Giroux sale, Brussels, 1-2 February 1932, lot 43); Tony Herbert, Kortrijk; private collection, Belgium (by descent to the present owner) Literature: Piet Boyens, Gust. De Smet. Chronicle et Analysis of the Work, Antwerp, Fonds Mercator, 1989, CR 744 (p. 386); The Tony Herbert Collection, Deurle, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, 2011, p. 39 (ill.) Exhibitions: Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, Gust. De Smet, 1928, cat. n° 69; Brussels, Galerie George Giroux, Gust. De Smet, 1929, cat. n° 160; Luxembourg, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire; Tony Herbert Collection, 1963-1964, cat. n° 38

 

Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels

laure prouvost

Laure Prouvost (France, Croix 1978) We Will Keep Cool (Theatre Cornwall), 2025 Tapestry, thread (Provenance : Flanders Tapestries BVBA) 215 x 290 cm Edition of 3 + 1 AP Provenance: the artist's studio, Belgium

 

Guy Pieters Gallery

yves klein

Yves Klein (Nice 1928-1962 Paris) La Terre Bleue, 1957 IKB Pigment H 41 x Ø 29 cm Provenance: Galerie Bonnier, Geneva; private collection, Sweden Literature: P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne, 1969, p. 109, n° RP7 (another example ill.); P. Restany, Yves Klein, New York, 1982, p. 226 (another example ill.); J.P. Ledeur, Yves Klein: Catalogue of Editions and Sculptures Edited, Belgium, 1999, p. 242 (another example ill.); N. Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris, 2000, p. 230 (another example ill.); H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein: International Klein Blue, Cologne, 2001, p. 83 (another example ill.) Exhibitions: Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou Musée National d'Art Moderne, Yves Klein, March-May 1983, p. 109, n° 56 (another example exh.); Nice, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain and Museo Pecci Prato, Yves Klein: Long Live the Immaterial!, April 2000-January 2001, p. 184 (another example exh. and ill.); Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, Marie Raymond, Yves Klein, November 2004-February 2005, p. 190 (another example exh. and ill.)

 

Lemaire

Chinese porcelain centerpiece Kangxi period, 18th century Two shells in Chinese Famille verte porcelain, early 18th century Mounted in gilt and chiseled rococo bronze, mid-18th century H 17 x W 41 x D 22.5 cm

 

Galerie de la Présidence

andré lanskoy

André Lanskoy (Moscow 1903-1976 Paris) Composition, 1947 Charcoal on paper 108 x 74 cm Signed lower right Provenance: Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Paris; Galerie Renou & Poyet, Paris; private collection, The Netherlands

 

Galerie Haesaerts-le Grelle

Gustave Serrurier-Bovy (Liège, 1858-1910) Grandfather clock, circa 1906 Oak, brass, and blue faience H 238 x W 56 x D 32 cm Provenance: Private collection, Liège

 

Christophe Perlès

Ormolu mounted Saint-Cloud porcelain figures, presumably showing actors in Asian costumes Circa 1740 A similar pair is visible in the 'Musée des Arts décoratifs' in Paris

 

Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

wassily kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky (Moscow 1866-1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine) Kleine Welten, 1922 The Little Worlds consists of twelve prints, including six colour lithographs, four etchings (drypoint), and two woodcuts on Japanese paper, accompanied by a title page and a colophon page Each print is signed and numbered on the colophon page 30/30 (12 prints) 36.4 x 27.8 cm (sheet size) Produced in 1922, this is one of 30 deluxe copies on Japanese paper, published by Propyläen Verlag, Berlin, and printed at the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar Literature: Hans Konrad Roethel, 'Kandinsky: Das Graphische Werk', Dumont, Cologne, 1970, ill. pp. 164-175; Helmut Friedel et Annegret Hoberg, Kandinsky. 'Das druckgraphische Werk, Complete Prints, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau', Munich, 2008-2009, ill. pp. 225-23

 

Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge

david vinckboons (mechelen 1576 - 1629 amsterdam)

David Vinckboons (Mechelen 1576-1629 Amsterdam) The Triumph of Bacchus Pen and brown ink and grey wash over black chalk, within brown ink framing lines on laid paper 68 x 114 mm Provenance: Dr. Einar Perman (1893-1976), Stockholm; by descent to the previous owners; sale, New York, Sotheby's, 31 January 2024, lot 104 Literature: Laren, Singer Museum, Oude Tekeningen uit de Nederlanden. Verzameling Prof. E. Perman, Stockholm, 1962, cat. n° 121 (as Adriaen van de Venne)

 

VKD Jewels

Angela Cummings (Austria, Klagenfurt 1944) Set of earrings and matching brooch, USA, circa 1980 18K yellow gold, mother of pearl and rock crystal Signed Angela Cummings, marked 18k

 

Galerie Perrin

oskar bergman

Oskar Bergman (Stockholm 1879-1963 Saltsjöbaden) The Lagan from Laholm, 1925 Watercolour and gouache on paper 19 x 30.5 cm Signed and dated lower right: Oskar Bergman, Lagan Fran Lahollni, April 1925 Provenance: private collection There are artists who throw themselves wholeheartedly into the various currents during the course of their lives, following the frenetic rhythm of fashions, becoming the icons of an historical moment or a particular group. Others, conversely, take a vow of fidelity to their nature, far removed from the ephemeral unfolding of art, working and meditating as if in a kind of reclusion on a subject to which they devote their entire work. Oskar Bergman belongs to the latter category. His long and prolific career was nothing more than a variation on the theme of landscape, interpreted in a highly personal style that is instantly recognisable, the result of his self-taught training and few outside influences.

 

Patrick Derom Gallery

Léon Spilliaert (Ostend 1841-1946 Brussels) White Box, Bottle, Shells and Books, 1904 Pencil, India ink wash, brush, coloured pencil, pastel, gouache on paper 41.5 x 27.5 cm Signature lower left: L. Spilliaert

 

d'Arschot & Cie

Perfume bottle and case Germany, circa 1620 Anonymous silversmith Chased, engraved, and partially gilded silver. Case in boiled leather. H 9 cm – Weight: 58 g This elegant perfume bottle stands out for the exceptional preservation of its original boiled leather case, a testament to the care taken in protecting and transporting such precious objects in the 17th century. The bottle features a finely engraved vegetal motif enlivened with small exotic birds, typical of the work of silversmiths from southern Germany during the first third of the century. At a time when the distillation of essences was still in its infancy, such bottles accompanied the daily life of the elite, allowing the frequent application of fleeting perfumes. This model, fitted with a screw cap ensuring perfect sealing, illustrates both the practical function and the symbolic value of perfume as a marker of social distinction.

 

Art et Patrimoine - Laurence Lenne

Reliquary 'in the form of a sarcophagus with a hinged roof' Limoges, mid-13th century Gilt copper plates, champlevé enamels H 11.8 x W 27.5 x D 9.5 cm Literature: Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France. Emaux limousins du Moyen Age. Correze/Creuse/Haute-Vienne, under the direction of Paul-Édouard Robinne, Éditions de l’Inventaire, Images du Patrimoine, 1995; Emaux de Limoges XIIè-XIXè siècle, under the direction of Jacques Toussaint, Museum of Ancient Arts of Namur, 1996; Valérie & Thomas Becket, De l'influence des princes Plantagenêt dans l'Oeuvre de Limoges, Municipal Museum of the Bishop’s Palace-Museum of Enamel, Limoges, 1999 A reliquary, without a wooden core, taking the shape of a sarcophagus with a hinged roof. It is made of gilt copper plates and decorated with champlevé enamels depicting sixteen half-length angels emerging from clouds against a white enamel background. The decoration consists of two superimposed registers of three engraved gilt angels set within round medallions. The medallions stand out against a blue enamel ground adorned with gilded Gothic foliage and interlace patterns. This reliquary belongs to a series of standardised reliquaries known from the Limousin region, all dating from the 13th century. Its dimensions make it one of the largest examples of this 'sarcophagus with movable roof' type. It is closely related to the exceptional large reliquary of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, classified as part of the Treasure of the French Historic Monuments.

 

Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

René Magritte (Lessines 1898-1967 Brussels) La Gorgone, 1943 Coloured pencil on paper 14 x 18.8 cm Signed lower right. With certificate of the Comité René Magritte CM 2021/2/18 dated 26 October 2021

 

Thomas Deprez Fine Arts

george minne

George Minne (Ghent 1866-1941 Sint-Martens-Latem) Baigneuse I, 1899 Boxwood (composite) H 40 cm Signed on the base: ‘G. MINNE’ Provenance: private collection by family descent, Belgium Exhibitions: La Libre Esthétique, Brussels, 1902, cat. 139, as: ‘Figure de femme. boxwood.' Related literature: Arthur Roesler, George Minne, in: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1910, 14th year, IV, 2, ill. article frontispiece, p. 240 (cf. Waerndorfer marble); Léo Van Puyvelde, George Minne, Brussels : Edition 'Cahiers de Belgique', 1930, cat. n° 31, p. 78, ill. pl. 31 (bronze); Robert Hoozee et al., George Minne en de kunst rond 1900, Gent: Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 1982, cf. cat. 95 & 96 (bronze and alabaster). Related exhibitions: Berliner Secession V, Berlin, 1902, cat. 319, as: ‘Badende’ (plaster); Wiener Secession XIV, Vienna, 1902, as: ‘Badendes Mädchen’ (plaster); Tento. Jozef Israëls & George Minne, Rotterdam, 1903, as: ‘Badende vrouw’ (marble); Berliner Secession XI, Berlin, 1906, cat. 332, as: ‘Junge Frau’ (plaster); Mücsarnok, Teli, Nemzetkozi Kiallitas, Budapest, 1908-09, cat. 285 (marble); Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Venice, 1909, cat. 3, as: ‘Bagnante’ (marble); Sonderbund westdeutscher K., Dusseldorf, 1910, cat. 237, as: ‘Die Badende’ (marble); Leipziger Jahresaustellung, Leipzig, 1912, cat. 895c, as: ’Baigneuse’ (bronze); Sonderbund internationale Kunstaustellung Köln, 1912, cat. 611, as: ‘Badende’ (marble). Related works: It has been said that George Minne, with the present sculpture, directly influenced Gustav KLIMT (1862-1918) for the painting 'Wasserschlangen I' (1904/07), cf. Hoozee. Its appeal, however, has never faded, as can be seen in several variations on the pose which have been an integral part of the famous Belgian contemporary choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s so-called 'Attitudes'. Note on versions: Van Puyvelde mentions editions in marble, wood and bronze. In addition, several fine plaster casts with family provenances can be identified, amongst others at the MSK Gent and at the Museum Gevaert-Minne. Among the early collectors of bronze versions we find Hélène Kröller-Müller and Karl Ernst Osthaus, partly due to the fact that Minne’s ‘Baigneuse I’ has been a favourite for the inclusion in decorative settings designed by Henry Van de Velde (1863-1959). Versions in marble are held at the Royal Museums of Art & History and at the Belvedere in Vienna. We have been unable to find records of any other versions of Minne’s ‘Baigneuse I’ in wood. Executed in a fine composite of boxwood, it is likely a unique piece in the material and can therefore be identified as entry n° 139 at La Libre Esthétique in 1902; where both a bronze version and a version in boxwood of Minne's 'Baigneuse' were exhibited under the title 'Figure de femme'. Interestingly, the 1902 exhibition of La Libre Esthétique in Brussels also marked the model's public debut, ranking the present version as one of the earliest in existance and one of the first two shown publicly.

 

CKS Gallery

Salvador Dalí (Spain, Figueras 1904-1989) Nude ascending the staircase, 1973 Brown patina bronze sculpture H 212 × W 139 × D 117 cm - Height with the base: 297 cm Signed & numbered 'Dalí 2/8', Foundry mark 'Fratelli Bonvicini, Italie' on the shell Certificate of authenticity by M. Robert Descharnes and listed in the Descharnes Archives under the n° 0-264 Provenance: private collection

 

Galerie de la Béraudière

joan miró

Joan Miró (Barcelona 1893-1983 Palma de Majorque) Femme, oiseaux, 1976 Oil, gouache and oil stick on scratched board 65.1 x 50.2 cm Signed lower right 'Miró' Signed, dated and titled on the reverse:  MIRÓ., 20/IV/76., Femme, oiseaux Provenance: estate of Joan Miró; Sotheby's, Madrid, 42 works by Joan Miró, 9 December 1986, lot 4 (in aid of the Fundaciò Pilar i Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca); Quitana Fine Arts, New York; Ramis Barquet Gallery, Mexico City; private collection; Christie's, New York, 9 November 2000, lot 460; Waddington Galleries, London; private collection, Portugal (acquired from the above in 2004); Phillips, New York, 8 November 2015, lot 14; private collection, Europe Literature: Jacques Dupin, Ariane Lelong, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné. Paintings, vol. VI: 1976-1981, Paris, Gallery Lelong and the Miró Succession, 2004, ill. n° 1737, p. 49 Exhibitions: 2018, Brussels, Galerie de la Béraudière, Calder, Miró et leurs rencontres parisiennes; 2017, Brussels, Galerie de la Béraudière, La figure animalière; 2016, Brussels, Galerie de la Béraudière, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la galerie et Surréalisme In Woman, Birds, Joan Miró unfolds a free and vibrant universe, where colour and line become forces in motion. Against a deep black background, reds, yellows and whites burst forth with an almost musical intensity. The artist condenses the essence of his language into this work: the spontaneity of gesture, the simplicity of form and the poetry of symbolism. The woman and the bird, emblematic motifs in his work, merge into a space that is both controlled and spontaneous. Created at the end of his life, this composition expresses the supreme freedom of an artist at the height of his powers.

 

Floris van Wanroij Fine Art

jan josefsz. van goyen

Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague) Winter landscape with skaters, elegant figures and kolf players on the ice in a village Oil on panel 13.6 x 26.8 cm Signed and indistinctly dated lower left ‘I.V. GOYEN. 162.‘ Provenance: anonymous sale, Drouot, Paris, 21 March 1874, lot 23 (Frs. 510), erroneously as a pendant to the consecutive lot; collection Comte de Camondo, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1 February 1893, Lot 6 (Frs. 1.700), were acquired by W. Gretor; anonymous sale, Drouot, Paris, 18 February 1895, Lot 13 (Frs. 750), were acquired by Lange; collection G. Forbes, London (according to Dayot and Hofstede de Groot); sale Jules Cronier, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11 March 1908, Lot 88 (Frs. 1,200); with Kleinberger, Paris; collection Eugène Max, Paris, from 1911 to 1927; Grange, Paris; private collection, Paris, from 1965; anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 1 March 1992, lot 36 (£ 101,200); John Mitchell, London, from 1993; anonymous sale, Christie’s, Amsterdam, 20 November 2012, lot nr. 68 (211.000 Euro); Johnny van Haeften Ltd., London, from 2014 (ref. VP4577), acquired from the previous owner; private collection, The Netherlands Literature: Dayot, A. (1911), Grands & petits maîtres hollandais, exhibition publication, Paris, n° 42; Martin, W. (1918), Alt-Holländische Bilder, Berlin, p. 51, fig. 25; Hofstede de Groot, C. (1927), A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, London, Vol. VIII, p. 294, n° 1170; Beck, H.-U. (1972), Jan van Goyen 1597-1656, Amsterdam, Vol. II, p. 46, n° 88 (illustrated, erroneously as a pendant to n° 244) Exhibitions: Paris, Salle du Jeu de Paume, Grands & petits maîtres hollandais, 28 April-10 July 1911, n° 40 bis; TEFAF Maastricht, 2014

 

robertaebasta

Alessandro Mendini (Milan, 1931-2019) 'Libreria scultura' prototype of modular bookcase/display for Swatch, Italy 1994 Lacquered wood, coloured, laminated, chromed and satin steel H 214 x W 250 x D 40 cm Unique piece Certificate of authenticity by Mrs Elisa Mendini and Mrs Fulvia Mendini Provenance: private collection, Italy

 

Martos Gallery

keith haring

Keith Haring (USA, Pennsylvania 1958-1990 New York) Untitled, May 23, 1981 Marker on plastic 53.3 x 57.3 cm Provenance: Ellen Meyer collection, acquired directly from the artist; New York; Christie’s Auction, 1 May 1991, lot 313; private collection, Italy; Martos Gallery, New York Exhibition: Keith Haring: Surface to Air, Martos Gallery, New York, 6 May–25 July 2025

 

Galerie Cento Anni

andré lanskoy

André Lanskoy (Moscow 1903-1976 Paris) Un cas suspect, 1964 Oil on canvas 97 x 146 cm Signed and dated 'Lanskoy 64' Provenance: Galerie de Seine; private collection, Paris Certificate of authenticity from the Comité Lanskoy dated 4 April 2025 This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné currently in preparation

 

Galerie AB - Agnès Aittouarès

jean-paul riopelle

Jean-Paul Riopelle (Montréal 1923-2002 Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues) Composition, 1964 Gouache on paper 46 x 67 cm Signed and dated lower right Provenance: French-Canadian private collection; private collection, Paris Literature: Pierre Schneider, Riopelle. Signes mêlés, Maeght éditeur, Paris, 1972, no. 124, p. 119; Catalogue of the exhibition 'Les Très riches heures de Jean Paul Riopelle', Musée Le Chafaud, Percée, 2000, reproduced on p. 23; Yseult Riopelle, Jean-Paul Riopelle. Catalogue raisonné, volume 3, Hibou Éditeurs, Montreal, 2004, p. 302, reproduced in colour under reference 1964.010P.1964 Exhibitions: Riopelle. Mixed Signs, Maeght Gallery, 1972; The Very Rich Hours of Jean Paul Riopelle, Le Chafaud Museum, Percée, 2000

 

Arte-Fact Fine Art

chen yanning

Chen Yanning (Guangzhou, 1945) Portrait of two cheerful girls, 1994 Oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm Provenance: commissioned via Portraits Inc., Park Avenue, New York; private collection, USA; private collection, Belgium Chen Yanning is internationally celebrated; his works have been shown at the Guggenheim, the Paris Salon and beyond. In 1999, he painted Queen Elizabeth II, a portrait so well-received that it was later chosen for a postage stamp to mark the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002. This tender and joyful portrait of two young sisters, commissioned in New York, is rendered with sparkling realism and warmth. The painting illustrates Yanning’s extraordinary international career and ability to infuse his portraits with life: a Chinese-born artist building a global reputation, bringing his distinctive sensitivity to subjects across cultures.

 

Galerie Capazza

georges jeanclos

Georges Jeanclos (Paris, 1933-1997) Kamakura, 1991 Terracotta H 30 x W 45 x D 40 cm Provenance: the artist's studio Exhibition: Georges Jeanclos, Élévation, Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, 25 November 2023-4 March 2024 The Kamakura series was inspired by Georges Jeanclos' trip to Japan, which took him to the country's ancient medieval capital, home to the oldest Japanese Zen gardens. Jeanclos was deeply moved by the beauty and serenity that emanated from these meditative and contemplative landscapes. Upon his return to Paris, these characters were born, sculptures of resilience, ‘monks in meditation, spectators of their inner gardens’ (Tzvetan Todorov). Georges Jeanclos (1933–1997) was one of the great French sculptors of the 20th century. His work was inspired by the traumatic events of the Second World War. To escape the roundups threatening Jews in France, his family had to hide in the woods; he himself, aged around ten, learned to live with the danger of death. In the aftermath of the Liberation, he saw the bodies of former collaborators hanging from lampposts; shortly afterwards, he discovered the skeletal beings who had survived the camps. Decades later, Jeanclos would respond to this formative experience: not by withdrawing into his own experiences, but by opening himself up to the universal, listening to all suffering, past and present; not by depicting horror, but by finding within himself the strength to create beauty. Jeanclos transforms the earth he works with into thin sheets, which he uses to form figures with similar faces, both children and adults, men and women. They are sleepers lying under a sheet of earth; beings enclosed in urns stamped with Hebrew letters taken from prayers for the dead; figures loaded onto boats bound for the other world; kamakuras, meditating monks. Later, he would add Pietàs, Adam and Eve in love, couples brushing against or embracing each other. Jeanclos' images reveal both the insignificance of our person and the indomitable strength of our love; by their mere existence, they help us to live. Tzvetan Todorov

 

Gallery Sofie Van de Velde

Fernand Léger (Argentan 1881-1955 Gif-sur-Yvette) Chandelier sur fond jaune, 1950 Gouache on paper 23 x 31 cm Certificate of Authenticity by the Comité Léger dated 24 March 2021

 

MARUANI MERCIER

ross bleckner

Ross Bleckner (New York, 1949) Pushing Daisies, 1995 Oil on linen 213.4 x 182.9 cm

 
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