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Thursday 03rd May, 2012
image HELMUT NEWTON, SELF PORTRAIT WITH WIFE Christies 16th May 2012 London, King Street. Lot 61 is the brilliantly choreographed 'Self-Portrait with Wife and Models', 'Vogue' Studios, Paris, 1980 by Helmut Newton. Gelatin silver print, signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso). Image 46½ x 47 5/8in. (118.1 x 121cm.) Sheet approximately 55 x 57in. (139.7 x 144.8cm.) Direct link
http://www.christies.com/lotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5551801
Wednesday 18th April, 2012
image HISPAN-MORESQUE PLATE 1430-70 25th April sees the 'Arts of the Islamic World' sale at Sotheby's. Lot 549 is this very pretty plate from Manises, Valencia decorated in cobalt blue and ochre lustre. Diameter: 48.2cm. Direct link
http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2012/arts-of-the-islamic-world#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.L12220.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.L12220.html/549/
Wednesday 28th March, 2012
image GIRLS AT THE POOL 3rd April sees 'Photographs' at Sotheby's New York. A tight and tidy sale. Lot 201 caught our eye -'Girls At The Pool' (still from the video 'The Rape of the Sabine Women') by Eve Sussman. digital chromogenic print, flush mounted, framed, 2005, no.3 from an edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs. 100.3cm by 121.9cm. Direct link
http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2012/photographs-n08841#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.N08841.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.N08841.html/201/
Friday 23rd March, 2012
image BLACKSTOCK'S ROTTEILERS Gregory Blackstock 'The Rottweilers' (color) 18 x 35, 2006. Crayon, marker, pencil on paper. Direct link
http://www.garde-rail.com/artists/greg/a_11.html
Wednesday 29th February, 2012
image MOTHER AND CHILD Untitled (Mother and Child) by Jamini Roy (1887-1972), gouache on board, signed and dated lower right, circa 1960. 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm.) Direct link
http://www.bonhams.com/usa/auction/20176/lot/1241/
Friday 24th February, 2012
image 14TH CENTURY PAINTED FIGURE OF CHRIST An Italian painted wood figure of Christ, 14th Century. Repainted and lightly restored 35 in. (89 cm.) high. Direct link
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/an-italian-painted-wood-figure-of-christ/5536163/lot/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5536163&sid=4f4a0684-75e3-4498-9960-dda84b93130e
Monday 20th February, 2012
image UNTITLED, C. 1971-1973 Sale 2642 on March 12th at Christies (20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York) is the 'Photographic Masterworks' by William Eggleston sold to Benefit the Eggleston Artistic Trust. There are only 36 lots but they're all very desirable. Some of the pieces are so iconic it seems strange that they're actually for sale. We've picked this one: Untitled, c. 1971-1973. Pigment print signed in ink and Eggleston Artistic Trust copyright reproduction limitation on label affixed (on the reverse of the mount); number 1 from an edition of 2. 44 x 60in. (112 x 152cm.). Direct link
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/william-eggleston-untitled-c-1971-1973/5536836/lot/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5536836&sid=44d04967-1f0a-4875-8710-3f61d40b09e3
Tuesday 31st January, 2012
image CANAL AND ROAD KYOTO 'Canal and Road Kyoto' by David Hockney. Photographic collage, 1983, on grey card, signed, dated and titled in white ink, numbered 7, generally in good condition. Size: 1485 x 1920 mm. Direct link
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/david-hockney-canal-and-road-kyoto/5532677/lot/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5532677&sid=3c1e626d-7507-4a58-b424-a727d6cc62e7
Wednesday 25th January, 2012
image PAUL PFEIFFER Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (28), (2007) by Paul Pfeiffer. Fugiflex digital c-print 60 x 40 in. Direct link
http://www.thomasdane.com/artist.php?artist_id=12
Tuesday 24th January, 2012
image WHITNEY EXHIBITION POSTER, 2001 Exhibition poster from the 2001 'Mies in America' show at the Whitney Museum. The posters uses the brilliant photograph of Mies van de Rohe with Philip Johnson by Irving Penn in front of a model of the seminal Seagram Building. Direct link
http://www.barewalls.com/pv-470500_Mies-van-der-Rohe-and-Phiip-Johnson-with-the-model-of-the-Seagram-Building.html
Friday 13th January, 2012
image A BRIEF LIBATION A Brief Libation by Richard Hamilton, 1988. Etching, burin engraving and aquatint on Hahnemüle paper, edition of 12. Size:paper 32 x 25.5 cm / image 12 x 14 cm. Direct link
http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426070597/138083/richard-hamilton-a-brief-libation.html
Wednesday 04th January, 2012
image ROBERT VINCENT POSTER, 1939 'Luchon-Superbagneres' by Robert Vincent. Lithograph in colours, 1938, condition A-, backed on linen 39 x 25in. (99 x 64cm.). Offered for sale at The Ski Sale, Christies, 25 January 2012 London, South Kensington. Direct link
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/robert-vincent-luchon-superbagneres/5526198/lot/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5526198&sid=95b4d190-b536-49b1-8030-277abcc462a0
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