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Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge
NICOLAAS STRUYCK (AMSTERDAM 1686 - 1769) INSECT STUDIES bodycolour, watercolour and pencil on laid paper 445 x 282 mm PROVENANCE "Verschyden Uyt-lansche Insecten, getekeent na het cabinet van Hn. Seba, J. ten Kate, & C, versamelt door N. Strüyck, Junior", 1719 (an album of drawings by Struyck, disassembled in the XIXth century); Private collection, Belgium.
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau
Armand Fernandez, known as ARMAN (1928–2005). ‘La grande nuit’, 1994 Acrylic and brushes on canvas, eight panels, signed on the edge, unique piece. Height: 292 – Width: 413 cm Provenance: Artist's studio Given by Arman to his daughter Anne Fernandez. Exhibitions: - Arman, "La Nuit Etoilée", Château Notre-Dame des Fleurs, Winter 1994/1995, Galerie Beaubourg, featured on the cover of the catalogue, illustrated across a double-page spread (pp. 28–29), illustrated on page 32 behind Arman. - "Arman s’installe aux Baux de Provence", 4 June to 16 October 2011, organised by the A.R.M.A.N Foundation, illustrated on page 22 of the catalogue. Bibliography: Illustrated in the Catalogue general of the official Arman website, Arman-Studio.
Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud
MEESTER Raymond de (1904–1995) Yawning Leopard Bronze with a nuanced brown patina, signed ‘Rd de Meester de B’, titled ‘Yawning Leopard’ and dated ‘1928–29’ Batardy cast, numbered I/III, bearing the stamp ‘BATARDY CIRE PERDUE BRUXELLES’, and the inscriptions ‘Épreuve d’Artiste’ and ‘cire perdue’ H. 45.2 x W. 41.6 x D. 15.5 cm. Circa 1928–1929 Bibliography: Léonard Dieleman, Raymond de Meester de Betzenbroeck, Animal Sculptor, Gallery Dieleman, Brussels 1989, reproduced under number 5 Xavier de Ghellinck Vaernewyck, ‘de Meester de Betzenbroeck’, Nouvelle Biographie Nationale, Part 6, Royal Academy of Belgium, Brussels, 2001, pp. 133–135
Maison D'Art
SANTI DI TITO (Borgo San Sepolcro, 1536 - Florence, 1603) Holy Family with Saint Joseph Reading and the Young Saint John the Baptist Oil on wood panel 93.4 x 68.3 cm Provenance: Property sold by Order of the Trustees of Mrs. Hue-William Property Settlement and The Executors of. Mrs. Hue-Williams Estate Sotheby's Old Master Paintings, 20th April 1994, as Florentine School, 16th Century, The Holy Family, lot 138.
Snackers Antiques & Fine Art
Flemish art or collection cabinet with paintings of Biblical scenes. Belgium, circa 1650. Flemish Cabinet on later base with torsted legs. Biblical scenes. A flap at the top with a mirror in the middle. Behind the door a tiled floor and pillars of ivory and mirrors. This art or collection cabinet is a good example of a luxury piece of furniture such as that manufactured in Flanders and especially in Antwerp in the 17th century. In these types of cabinets were collectibles such as coins, perfume bottles, shells, jewelry etc. keep. Many of these art cabinets not only have many drawers but also a so-called ‘aedicula’. This Latin word means "little house" or " House of God." Made from native fruit wood, probably pear wood which is then polished to make it black and look like Ebony. The paintings on the doors and drawers represent the following New Testament stories or persons: (behind the relevant story there is always one reference to a gospel text; in some cases the same story is in several Gospels) if there is no textual reference, this means that the scene in question is a biblical concept but not a story in a certain chapter. The base of the art cabinet was manufactured in the 19th century. Provenance: Private collection, The Netherlands With CITES document. H. 127 cm W. 63 cm D. 38 cm
Desmet Fine Arts
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
Dei Bardi Art
Saint Peter Circle of Daniel Mauch Upper Rhine, circa 1490 Walnut bust 39,2 x 49,5 x 26 cm (with base) Provenance: private Rhenish collection Literature: Antlitz des Mittelalters Mittelalterliche Bildwerke aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, ed. Reinhard Karrenbrock and Claudia Lichte, with technical studies by Michael Rief and Ulrike Villwock, Rottweil/Aachen, 1999, n° 33, pp. 108–110 Exhibitions: Dominikanerforum, Rottweil, 31 October 1999 – 6 January 2000; Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, 4 March – 21 May 2000
Stern Pissarro Gallery
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841 – 1919) Coco mangeant sa soupe Executed in 1905 Oil on canvas 46.3 x 37.9 cm Signed lower right, Renoir. Provenance: Ambroise Vollard, Paris Private collection, Zürich, circa 1930 Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, March 1942 (on loan from a Private collection) Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, 1943-1949 Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York, 1953 Chapin and Mary Alexander Riley, Malibu/Worcester, acquired in 1953 Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts (inventory no. 1991.238) (one third gifted in 1992 and a second third gifted in 1997) Literature: Principales acquisitions des musées en 1992, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1993, p. 65 G.-P & M. Dasuberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux pastels, dessins et aquarelles, no. 3415 Exhibitions: Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vincent van Gogh en zijn Tijdgenooten, 1930, no. 269 San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery, 1942 Los Angeles, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Renoir (1841-1919), 1943, no. 5 Los Angeles, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, A Superb Exhibition: Modern French Masters, 1949, p. 5 (travelled to New York, Barbizon Plaza Hotel) Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Renoir: Intimidad, 18 October 2016 - 22 January 2017, p. 149 (travelled to Bilbao, Museo de Gellas Artes de Bilbao, 7 February - 15 May 2017)
Galerie Hurtebize
Marc CHAGALL (Belarus, Vitebsk 1887-1985 Saint-Paul de Vence, France) Lumière du Cirque 1969 Watercolor, pastel, gouache, colored inks, and pencil on a black print of lithograph M.566 38 x 52.3 cm Signed “Marc Chagall” at the bottom right Certificate of authenticity from the Comité Marc Chagall Provenance: Private Collection, France
Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud
MONIER Emile (1883–1970) Bust of a young Koumbo girl, 1930 Black veined marble, signed ‘EMILE MONIER’, dated ‘1930’ and titled ‘KOUMBO’ H. 65.5 x W. 43 x D. 30.5 cm. Circa 1930 Unique piece Possibly a Lobi girl from Burkina Provenance: public auction, Paris, 6 June 1984 Bibliography: E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, vol. 9, Paris, 1999, p. 756
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau
Niki de SAINT PHALLE (1930-2002) La Force (Strenght), 1987 Painted polyester resin Edition of 10, numbered 3/10 Artist's signature and number « 3/10 Niki de Saint Phalle » (on a plaque affixed to the underside) 35 x 53.3 x 29.2 cm Provenance: Artist's studio Gallery Gimpel Fils, Londres Private collection, acquired in 1989 Private collection, France
Galerie Flak
Okvik “Madonna” An exceptional, large female figure Okvik culture, Old Bering Sea I Archaic Eskimo St. Laurent Island (Sivuqaq), Alaska Marine ivory 250 BC – 100 AD Height: 6 ¼ in. – 15.9 cm Provenance Collection Perry J. Lewis, USA Collection Galerie Flak, 2021 Private collection, acquired from the above Exhibition & Publication: “Espíritus del Agua”, Fundación La Caixa, Madrid & Barcelone, 1999 – 2000, planche 2, page 76 “Arctic Dreams”, Parcours des Mondes, 2021 (Galerie Flak)
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
Cy Twombly (1928 Lexington US – 2011 Rome IT) Untitled, Captiva Island, Florida, 1974 Signed, dated, and inscribed “Captiva ‘Feb 74’” on the reverse. Gouache and pastel on a collage of paper and graph paper, on paper. 750 × 1060 mm Provenance Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris Collection of Pierre Horay, Paris Heiner Bastian Fine Art, Berlin Acquired from the above by the present owner Exhibitions Paris, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Cy Twombly, April–May 1974 Seattle, Richard Hines Gallery, Cy Twombly: Paintings and Drawings, July–August 1980 Literature Y. Lambert, Cy Twombly: Catalogue raisonné des œuvres sur papier, vol. VI, 1973–1976, Milan, 1979, no. 110 (illustrated p. 115) N. Del Roscio, Cy Twombly Drawings, Catalogue raisonné, Vol. 6, 1972–1979, Munich, 2016, no. 114 (illustrated in colour p. 108)
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau
Yayoi Kusama (1929 - 2026) Uchu/Universe, 1994 Acrylic on canvas 91 x 73 cm 35 7/8 x 28 3/4 in. Signed, titled and dated in Japanese on the reverse, « Yayoi Kusama 1994 » Provenance Ota Fine Art, Tokyo Private collection Sotheby’s Londres, 2022, Lot 318 Acquired by the current owner at Sotheby’s London Collection privée, France This work is registered in the Archives of Yayoi Kusama Studio as N° 1518.
Stern Pissarro Gallery
PABLO PICASSO (1881 – 1973) Guitare Executed in 1923 Pastel on paper 21 x 14 cm Signed upper right, Picasso Provenance: Galerie István Schlégl, Zürich Private collection, acquired from the above in 1988 Literature: C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso Oeuvres de 1923 à 1925, Vol. V, Editions cahier d'art, Paris, 1952, no. 70 (illustrated in black and white)
