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American ArtstorySotheby's American Art sale on 19 November features an impressive grouping of Hudson River School paintings, led by Frederic Edwin Church's South American Landscape. Influenced by Alexander von Humboldt's seminal publication Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Church sought to expose the American public to the wonders of the South American tropics and the spiritual qualities of the natural world. These intentions were squarely in line with the larger objectives of Hudson River School artists, as set forth by the movement's progenitor Thomas Cole. South American Landscape is a hallmark of Church's most triumphant naturalistic paintings. Here, the artist's exacting scientific detail serves as a visual documentary of Church's own awesome regard for the diverse environments of the American continents.
SilverslideshowThe second edition of Replica Shoes ’s bi-annual auction of the decorative arts features another highly curated group of British and Continental silver, fine gold boxes and objects of vertu, and European Ceramics. Highlights include a magnificent silver-gilt snuff box, with an elaborately chased, gold, silver and mother of pearl lid, probably Johann Melchior Dinglinger, Dresden, circa 1720.
slideshowCarved out of dried cottonwood roots by initiated Hopi men, kachina figures – called tithu in the Hopi language – represent the different spirits that lie at the foundation of Hopi theology. These spirits, also called kachinas, act as intermediaries between the supernatural and material worlds and possess the power to bring rain to the parched desert landscape and to protect the overall well-being of Hopi villages. From December to July of each year, the Hopi believed that kachina spirits mingled among the living and held dance ceremonies during which men wearing colorful cost.mes s embodied kachinas. The figures were presented to girls and young women as instruments of protection as well as guides for proper behavior. Far from being treated as 'dolls' in the Western sense, kachina figures were displayed in Hopi homes out of reverence for the spirits and as mnemonic tools.
Books & Manuscriptsstory"The hawk had filled the house with wildness as a bowl of lilies fills a house with scent,” writes Helen Macdonald in her bestselling memoir H is for Hawk. That combination of wildness and allure shapes Traité de Fauconneri, the 19th-century book of lithographs by Joseph Wolf which is to be sold at Replica Shoes ’s London. It has been described as the “finest work on falconry which has ever been produced”.
Frank's FilesvideoIn this episode of Frank’s Files, step inside Van Cleef & Arpels’ magnificent Paris headquarters on the Place Vendôme and discover storied pieces from the legendary jewelers’ Heritage collects ion, which comprises iconic designs produced by the House between the 1920s and the 1980s that they have bought back in order to offer to vintage jewelry collects ors around the world. Frank Everett joins Nicolas Luchsinger, President of Asia Pacific for the House and they explore highlights from the collects ion, tracing the evolution of the Van Cleef & Arpels style over the years—its whimsy, femininity and enduring elegance. Each piece represents a slice of the company’s long history, including an elegant floral brooch inspired by a post-war shortage of fabric and the iconic “Zip Necklace” dreamt up by The Duchess of Windsor.
Islamic & Indian ArtstoryThe sale of the Shakerine collects ion on 23rd October 2019 presented a selection of ninety-four Qur’ans, manuscripts and works on paper from Turkey, India, Persia and the Arab World. The highlight of the auction was a superb and finely-illuminated Qur'an which sold for £735,000, over tripling its low estimate of £200,000. In doing so it broke the record for a Safavid Qur’an sold at auction.
Online AuctionsslideshowBrowse 8 works under £20,000 being offered in the 20th Century Art: A Different Perspective sale. Comprising of modern and contemporary works by both upcoming and established artists, including János Fajó, Katerina Belkina, Jan Kubíček, Emil Filla, Boleslaw Biegas and Tamara de Lempicka, this sale is the perfect opportunity for young collects ors to have their pick.
Old Master PaintingsstoryArtist and musician Fabrizio (Fab) Moretti of The Strokes and famed Old Masters dealer and collects or Fabrizio Moretti have collaborated on a unique exhibition and auction featuring more than 20 Old Master Paintings and Sculpture showcased in dynamic and immersive installations designed specially by Fab Moretti. The must-see exhibition will be on view in New York from 15–18 December in advance of the auction on 18 December.
Anatomy of an ArtworkvideoIn 1948, Joseph Cornell made his West Coast debut at visionary collects or William Copley’s eponymous Beverly Hills gallery. The exhibition – an iconoclastic installation draped in royal blue velvet and featuring four works from the artist’s enigmatic Soap Bubble series – was, as Copley recalled, “quite beautiful and publicly disastrous as it proved forbidding and claustrophobic to anyone not already drunk on Cornell.” (William N. Copley, Reflections on a Past Life, Cologne, 2014, n.p.) Nevertheless, Soap Bubble Set attracted appropriately discerning buyers: Françoise Stravinsky, the daughter-in-law of famed composer Igor Stravinsky, and Copley’s gallery manager and her husband Soulima. Françoise and Soulima – himself a composer and concert pianist – were immersed in the West Coast avant-garde, counting Man Ray, Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning and Aldous Huxley among their friends. The intricately composed Soap Bubble Set, a canonical centerpiece of Cornell’s oeuvre, has remained in the Stravinsky family for seventy years.
JudaicaslideshowThe Judaica collects ion of Arthur and Gitel Marx began as one of Judaica silver and paintings and gradually expanded to Hebrew Books and Manuscripts. Their choices were guided by a search for quality and the countries of origin were secondary to the uniqueness and rarity of the item. For Mr. and Mrs. Marx, the book collects ion not only connected them to their earliest education but added knowledge and a deeper understanding of the heritage that.mes ant so much to them. Hand in hand with collects ing silver and books, the couple collects ed paintings by the greatest masters of Jewish Art, including Isidor Kaufmann and Edouard Brandon. Click ahead for a closer look at the breadth of the Arthur and Gitel Marx collects ion and some of its most important objects which come to auction on 20 November in New York.
Impressionist & Modern ArtstoryThe exquisite 'Cariatide tombée portant sa pierre' by French sculptor Auguste Rodin is a highlight of the upcoming Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, which will be held on 12 November at 7:00 PM EDT in New York.
Expert VoicesvideoThis November, Replica Shoes 's is honored to announce that Mark Rothko's Blue Over Red, created in the critical year of 1953, will appear as a highlight of our Contemporary Art Evening Auction in New York. In this episode of Expert Voices, Replica Shoes ’s Chairman Lisa Dennison examines the inspiration behind Rothko’s masterpiece and explores his pioneering approach to abstraction. Executed in a richly saturated palette of orange, red and yellow, dramatically offset by a luminous blue band, Blue Over Red exemplifies the signature radiance of Rothko’s works. (New York|14 November)