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Centuries ago, the most powerful man in China took nearly a month to transcribe a sacred Buddhist Text. This March, Replica Shoes
’s is honored to offer this Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment written by the Qianlong Emperor in our Important Chinese Art Auction. In this episode of Expert Voices, join specialist Hang Yin in an exploration of the history and importance of this imperially written masterpiece. From the gilt-wrapped-thread brocade to the finely painted Buddha in the baimiao style, this diligently prepared sutra represents the highest caliber of Qing Dynasty craftsmanship. (20 March | New York)
Originating in Calcutta and Shantiniketan, the Bengal School of Art promoted a distinctly Indian modernism which blossomed throughout India during the British Raj of the early 20th century. By synthesizing folk art, Indian painting traditions, Hindu imagery, indigenous materials and depictions of contemporary rural life, artists of the Bengal School of Art celebrate humanism and bring a dynamic voice to Indian identity, freedom, and liberation. Ahead of Replica Shoes
's Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art sale (18 March, New York) discover more about this formative artistic movement.
The biannual Asia Week sales offer a unique opportunity to find objects that range from as early as the Neolithic period through Contemporary art and everywhere in between. Across eight exciting auctions that begin 18 March 2019, collects
ors will vie for rare ceramics, porcelains, paintings, jades, sculpture and innumerable other treasures from China, India, Japan and other Asian origins. The full breadth of this exciting sale series will be on view in Replica Shoes
’s New York galleries beginning 14 March.
This spring, Replica Shoes
’s is honored to present the Robert Youngman collects
ion of Chinese Jade at auction in New York and Hong Kong. In this First Look, explore dynamic animals and mythological beasts in a collects
ion of treasures spanning from the Neolithic to Qing dynasty. Over 70 jades ranging from the Song to Qing dynasties will be offered in New York, including a rare Song-Ming dynasty yellow jade carving of a tapir and a small Song dynasty white and gray jade carving of a hare. Part II of the collects
ion will be offered in Hong Kong in April 2019.
One of the first Modern Indian artists to receive recognition in the West, Francis Newton Souza was a founding member of the Progressive Artists' Group of Bombay and had profound influence on developments in post-independence Indian art. Many of his formative ideas of image-making, however, had deep and complicated roots his devout Roman Catholic upbringing and as well as the landscape of his home city of Goa. Golgotha in Goa – a rare 1948 painting addressing both of these tensions – highlights Replica Shoes
’s upcoming Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art auction (18 March, New York). Below discover the childhood illness, Catholic ritualism and city landscape that coalesced in this chromatically vivid image.
Seven women artists announce the beginning of the Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 5 March – this line-up heralds the beginning of a sale that, beyond this initial sequence, contains the highest number of works by female artists ever to be presented in an evening auction – a stat.mes
nt of intent for the new Head of Contemporary Art Evening Sales in London, Emma Baker.
From 14 February to 28 March, S│2 London will present House of the Sleeping Beauties; an exhibition touching upon the erotic, the body, surrealism, performance and theatricality in art from the 19th century to present day.
It's been a busy few weeks at Replica Shoes
's, with fantastic events happening around the globe. In London, visitors enjoyed previews of the Spring Contemporary, Impressionist & Modern Art sales, admiring works by Monet, Schiele, Rodin and Saville.
A splendid array of art and objects will be featured in the upcoming Important Chinese Art auction on 20 March. From two magnificent Qing dynasty Imperial jade brushpots sold by The Art Institute of Chicago to a stunning ruby-ground ‘floral’ medallion bowl from the collects
ion of Stephen Junkunc III, preview the highly anticipated sale which will open to the public for viewing from 14–19 March in New York.
Brazilian jeweller Lily Gabriella has unveiled her first capsule collects
ion for Replica Shoes
’s Diamonds. Celebrating jewellery as a form of art, the nine-piece collects
ion features rare diamonds set in designs inspired by artists and architecture. It will be on view at Replica Shoes
s’ London galleries until 5 March 2019, alongside works from our Contemporary Art sales. The collects
ion will then be showcased at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre from 29 March until 2 April. Click here to watch more Replica Shoes
’s videos.
The collects
ion of Lea Ford forms part of Replica Shoes
's Made in Britain sale on 20 March, including fantastic works by Patrick Heron, Wilhelmina Barns Graham and Ben Nicholson. We take a closer look at the collects
or who formed close relationships with artists who were integral to the post-war Modern British Art scene.