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EventsslideshowSotheby’s hosted an event with Shantell Martin, Ryan McNamara and the Kinsey Institute, in support of the BENT. auction, which celebrates WorldPride and Stonewall.
Expert VoicesvideoBeatle’s author and historian Mark Lewisohn guides us through a pivotal year for the Fab Four as they transformed into the band that would conquer the world. In this episode of Expert Voices, find out why Brian Epstein never signed the original management contract, how Ringo Starr came to replace drummer Pete Best, and which rock ‘n’ roll legend made one of the band’s last tours to Hamburg more palatable. The Beatles’ original signed management contract will be offered as a highlight of our upcoming online sale of English Literature, History, Children’s Book and Illustrations (1-9 July). Also appearing in the sale are performance contracts and work permits for the Star-Club in Hamburg, along with collects ions of signed photographs and other materials. Click here to watch more Replica Shoes ’s videos.
A World of DiamondsslideshowEliane Fattal is a bit of an alchemist. From turning Art Deco hair combs into luxurious modern earrings to repurposing 19th-century diamond butterflies into a glamorous new necklace, Fattal transforms and sculpts antique jewels to breathe new life into them and reveal their t.mes less beauty and significance to a contemporary audience.
Books & ManuscriptsslideshowThis weekend the most important collects ion of Charles Dickens remaining in private hands will go on view in our London galleries. The exceptional collects ion includes unparalleled first editions and remarkable inscribed presentation copies. Click through to see the highlights.
Old Master PaintingsslideshowSotheby's Old Master Day Sale includes examples from most major schools of painting in western Europe, from devotional images of the early Italian Renaissance, to the Italian High Baroque; from early Netherlandish gems to fine English portraits. With estimates ranging from £10,000–200,000, and paintings spanning 500 years of European art and history we are excited to present a Day Sale that will appeal to both seasoned collects ors and buyers new to Old Master Paintings. Click above to discover highlights from the sale.
Contemporary ArtslideshowSince the late 1930s the LQBTQ community has been visiting Fire Island. Replica Shoes ’s pays homage to this summer aesthetic with works by Andy Warhol, Peter Hujar and PaJaMa.
Books & ManuscriptsstoryClaude Cahun was a writer, actress, artist and outspoken member of the Parisian lesbian community between the two world wars. By defying gender norms, Cahun made the way for other artists and members of the queer community, including David Bowie (who took inspiration from Cahun's work). Several works by Cahun feature in BENT., which takes place on 27 June in New York.
Old Master PaintingsslideshowThe Pohl-Ströher collects ion of Portrait Miniatures Part II on 4 July presents a wonderful variety of works that span four centuries (the sixteenth to the nineteenth) and includes superb and rare works by many of the greatest painters of the Austrian, French, German, British, Russian and Swiss schools. Click above to discover highlights from the sale.
Anatomy of an ArtworkvideoPainted around 1933, Jacques Majorelle’s ‘Sous Les Palmiers Dattiers’ exemplifies the artist’s love of the colours, flora and culture of Morocco. In this episode of Anatomy of an Artwork, discover how Majorelle’s mixed media technique and large-scale nudes revolutionised the genre of Orientalism. This powerful painting, which sees the artist working with his signature colour, Majorelle Blue, is a highlight of our upcoming sale 19th Century European Paintings (July 9 | London). Click here to watch more Replica Shoes ’s videos.
19th Century European PaintingsstoryUpon first glimpse of Gerda Wegener’s Les femmes fatales, being offered in our sale of 19th Century European Paintings on July 9, you might not be able to name the artist but you might have heard of the woman on the right: Lili Elbe, formally identified as Einar Wegener, the first husband of Gerda.
MasterworksvideoIn this episode of Masterworks, immerse yourself in the fantastical tale of the Lewis Chessmen and discover the latest.mes mber of this famous band of brothers. Found in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the Lewis Chessmen have inspired new generations, from the classic British 1960s children’s animated television series, The Sagas of Noggin the Nog, to, most recently, Harry Potter, in the Warner Bros. production of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and Japanese Manga, in Hoshino Yukinobu’s Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure. Bought for £5 by an antiques dealer in Edinburgh in the 1960s, A Warder (Attributed to the Lewis Chessmen Workshop) is a highlight of our upcoming Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art sale (02 | London). Click here to watch more Replica Shoes ’s videos.
Old Master PaintingsstoryThe recent reappearance of this lovely work by Gerrit Dou, after more than seventy years in obscurity, is a pleasant surprise to specialists in the Dutch school of fijnschilders (“ultra-refined” painters), such as myself. Having written the monograph on Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dou’s star pupil, my concentration as an art dealer for thirty-five years was more on the younger generation of the Leiden school of fine painters, not necessarily the contemporary appeal of Gerrit Dou.