Curators, connoisseurs and wealthy collectors from around the globe will descend on Maastricht for The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) this month. The fair, renowned for its magnificent displays of rare works, runs from March 15 to March 24. One of many highlights this year is a loan exhibition of 15 masterpieces from the drawings collection at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam . These works are rarely exhibited because they are fragile. The 265 dealers from 20 countries who will exhibit at TEFAF Maastricht 2013 constantly search for rare pieces to bring to the fair that defines excellence in art. Here is a selection of masterworks on offer at TEFAF.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for January 2, 2013).
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Painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with ‘sank?cho’ (birds of paradise) and a gnarled ‘matsu’ (pine tree) overgrown with ‘tsuta’ (Virginia creeper. Japan, 17th century, Edo periodExhibitor: Gregg Baker Asian Art
Sakvador Dali (1904-1989)La Crótalos-Carmen (The castanet player-Carmen). Exhibitor: Michele Beiny
JuditReigl (born in 1923)
Ecriture en masse. 1965. Exhibitor: Galerie Berès.
The Kiss by Auguste Rodin (Paris 1840-1917 Meudon) . Exhibitor Bowman Sculpture.
Leda and the Swan. Exhibitor: Altomani & Sons
Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938)Jeune fille au chat.Exhibitor: Daphne Alazraki
A garniture of three Sevres Vases. Ormolu Mounts by Thomas Duplessis fils Circa 1780-85. Exhibitor: Michele Beiny
Cabinet, Vienna 1906-10, inspired by Josef Hoffmann’s designs for Sanatorium Purkersdorf and Kunstsalon Miethke. Exhibitor: Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna.