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 During the exhibition "Mois du dessin" in Paris, the gallery Tarantino presents " Paint in Rome: pictures and drawings from the 17th and 18th centuries". Among the exposed works, a rare drawing of Giovanni Guerra uses introduction to the chronological journey. Our expert analyzes this drawing recently discovered and publishes for the first time in this exposition, opened until April 21 2011.
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 Three artists, Edouard Traviès, Leon Danchin and Boris Riabouchinsky said RIAB, dominate the market of engraving and the lithography with hunting topic today. Each one, in a distinct style, transmits the art of hunting to us through his perception of the animal. The man is always absent from these works and their talent lies in the perfection of the animal representation.
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Symbol of elegance, refinement, luxury and smoothness, the porcelain was in the centre of all covetousness’s during the 18th century. Jealously envied by Europeans Eastern, the porcelain exerted an immense fascination lasting of the centuries.
It is at the end of 13th century, in 1295, that the first porcelain parts make their appearance in Occident. Imported from China to Venice by Marco Polo, the “porcella” causes a passion growing in Europe.
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 Chez Cax gallery was a former butchery and became a retro flea market, in Angouleme, where you can find very atypical items and furniture, from the 20th century and especially from the 50’s to the 70’s.
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 One of the most important early XXth century Decorative Arts private collections will be on sale, at the end of March, at Christie’s. Estimated between €40 and 60 million, the Chateau de Gourdon collection contains the most wonderful pieces of Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
A private museum to sell
Overhanging the Gorges du Loup, this magnificent medieval castle near Grasse sheltered since 2003 a Modern and Decorative Arts assortment worthy of a national museum.
Jean Dunand (1877 – 1942), elements of panelling, lacquered wood engraved with stylised palms motifs, constituting the four sides of a room; H: 323 cm, L: 393 cm, Long: 620 cm. Estimate: €3 000 000 - €4 000 000. Ordered circa 1928 – 1929 for the smocking room of the apartment rue Monceau by Madame Colette Aboucaya.
The furniture collection and the 30 000 books of the library are not visible anymore. They will be sold at auction by Christie’s in a place representing modernity: the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. You will have the opportunity to attend their last demonstration before final dispersal during the four days of exceptional exhibition.
500 Decorative Arts masterpieces
“ It is an extraordinary collection. The only one that brings together as a whole the different movements, successive and sometimes contradictory that constituted Art Deco, from Rulhmann and Dunand’s classicism to Eileen Gray, Chareau and Francis Jourdain’s modernism” declared Francois de Ricqles, president of Christie’s France.
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 Friday, February 11, Art Valorem will auction the collection of Mrs. R. This sale includes a large collection of silverware of the 18, 19 and 20th centuries. We draw your attention to estimates that are particularly reasonable. Lets have a look on some lots that we spoted through the catalogue.
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