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    EXTRAORDINARY PORTRAIT OF THE MAHARAJAH OF INDORE

    Monday, January 25th, 2016

    An extraordinary oil portrait of the Maharajah of Indore is included in the collection of French artist Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1881-1949) at Sotheby’s in Paris on April 5 and 6. A painter, engraver, sculptor, decorator, an illustrator for Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, Boutet de Monvel was one of the most celebrated portraitists of his day. His clients included great names of  international high society.  The sale will present portraits of the Maharajah and Maharani of Indore, William Kissam Vanderbilt Jr, the Duchess of Brissac, together with stunning depictions of the artist’s wife Delfina and his daughter Sylvie.  The Maharajah is wearing the Indore Pearls, diamonds weighing 47 carats each mounted on a pearl necklace by Chaumet for this portrait.  The 300 lots on offer also comprise the contents of his “Hotel particulier” and studio in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Art Deco pieces, furniture designed by Boutet de Monvel himself and fashion illustrations.

    Described as “the most handsome man in Europe” by the US press, Bernard Boutet de Monvel lived a life worthy of a Fitzgerald novel. A war hero during WWI, he was posted in Morocco in 1917-19 and spent the rest of his life between Paris, New York and Palm Beach. He died in 1949 in the same plane crash as Edith Piaf’s great love and  boxing champion, Marcel Cerdan.  Highlights will be shown in London from February 26 to March 1.

    Bernard Boutet de Monvel The Maharadjah of Indore (300,000-500,000)

    Bernard Boutet de Monvel
    The Maharadjah of Indore (300,000-500,000)

    Bernard Boutet de Monvel Self-portrait, place Vendôme (200,000-300,000)

    Bernard Boutet de Monvel
    Self-portrait, place Vendôme (200,000-300,000)

    Bernard Boutet de Monvel A mirror dining table, circa 1927 (20,000-30,000)

    Bernard Boutet de Monvel
    A mirror dining table, circa 1927 (20,000-30,000)

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    FRENCH GILT CONSOLE TABLES AT WOODWARDS

    Sunday, January 24th, 2016

    A pair of French gilt console tables with mirrors are a feature lot at Woodwards in Cork on January 27.  The auction offers a variety that extends from grapevine garden urns to a Regency style window seat to a selection of Waterford Crystal.   There is furniture, art including hunting prints, and collectibles.  The catalogue is online and live bidding will be available through easyliveauctions.com  Here is a taster:

    A Regency style window seat (100-150)

    A Regency style window seat (100-150)

    A pair of marble topped console tables (1,500-2,500)

    A pair of marble topped console tables (1,500-2,500)

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    ADARE MANOR CLOSES AND AUCTIONS ITS CONTENTS

    Saturday, January 23rd, 2016
    An aerial shot of luxurious Adare Mano

    An aerial shot of luxurious Adare Mano

    A two day on the premises auction at Adare Manor Hotel will take place on January 28 and 29. The hotel and golf resort shut down yesterday for a refurbishment which will take an estimated 18 months to complete. Limerick buainessman JP McManus, his wife Noreen and the McManus family bought the hotel for a reported 30 million a year ago. Doneraile based auctioneer Aidan Foley will offer 1,400 lots from the manor and the golf clubhouse over the two days.  This is a sale with something for all collectors, from the 19th century walnut reception desk in the hotel lobby to about a dozen stuffed deer and antelope heads.

    Estimates are reasonable for glass and brass chandeliers, three baby grand pianos, desks, dining tables, chairs, dining room equipment and furniture, all the pairs of wing back armchairs from the oak drawing room, coffee tables,  glassware, serving dishes, large silver plated candelabra, kitchen contents and all the clubhouse bar furniture.  This includes about 45 red tub armchairs. There are curtains, carpets, lamps, lighting, mirrors, paintings and prints. The contents of about 30 bedrooms were purchased by another hotel in a private deal, but the sale will include entire contents from bedrooms like the State Room and the Presidential Suite.  The sale will be live on the internet at easyliveauctions.com  Here is a small selection:

    The heavily carved late 19th century walnut reception desk.

    The heavily carved late 19th century walnut reception desk.

    The contents from this State bedroom at Adare are to be sold.

    The contents from this State bedroom at Adare are to be sold.

    Contents from this bedroom will be sold

    Contents from this bedroom will be sold

    A Natural history specimen stags head.

    A Natural history specimen stags head.

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    OUTSIDER ART COMES IN FROM THE COLD

    Friday, January 22nd, 2016
    William Edmondson (1874-1951) - Boxer, realized $785,000

    William Edmondson (1874-1951) – Boxer, realized $785,000

    There was a signal that Outsider Art is to come in from the cold at Christie’s in New York today when William Edmondson’s Boxer sold for  $785,000. This is a new world record for Outsider Art and tripled the previous auction record for a work by the artist.  There was a bidding war which lasted for nearly five minutes.  This tightly curated sale of 50 lots included works across various media—sculpture, painting, works-on-paper, and gelatin silver print photographs—from preeminent Outsider artists, including James Castle, Martin Ramirez, William Edmonson, and Bill Traylor.

    The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut, a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture.

    The inaugural various owner Outsider Art sale was held under the title Liberation Through Expression: Outsider and Vernacular Art.

     

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    PROPERTY FROM COLLECTION OF THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE

    Friday, January 22nd, 2016

    Property from the collection of Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire (1920-2014) will be offered at Sotheby’s in London on March 2.  An instinctive entrepreneur, patron of the arts, author, countrywoman and – famously – a great poultry enthusiast, the Duchess spent the last ten years of her life at The Old Vicarage, a charming 18th-century house in Edensor, a village on the Chatsworth Estate. Over 450 lots of personal belongings and chattels from her home, attesting to her remarkable life, will be offered for sale with estimates ranging from £10 – 40,000. Together they are estimated to realise £500,000-700,000.

    Objects offered in the sale range from furniture to objets d’art and artworks. There are two sketches by Jacob Epstein (from a set of four, one of which Lucian Freud had used as a coal shovel); photographic portraits of the Mitford sisters; and a clock given to her by Prince Ali Khan. Personal jewellery includes a diamond heart-shaped brooch designed by her husband Andrew, the 11th Duke of Devonshire, and given to her to mark their Diamond wedding anniversary, as well as myriad butterflies, beetles, spiders and caterpillars rendered as brooches in diamonds, gold and gems. Over 130 paintings, drawings and prints attest to her lifelong patronage of the arts, including works by the artists Lucian Freud, Duncan Grant and Jo Self (former artist-in-residence to His Holiness the Dalai Lama).  Her collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia is included along with a rare pre-publication copy of Brideshead Revisited from 1944 inscribed by her friend Evelyn Waugh and estimated at £15,000-20,000.

    A view of the interior of the Vicarage.

    A view of the interior of the Vicarage.

    A signed prepublication copy of Brideshead Revisited.

    A signed prepublication copy of Brideshead Revisited.

    A matched pair of large Continental earthenware.

    A matched pair of large Continental earthenware.

    An interior view of The Old Vicarage at Edensor.

    An interior view of The Old Vicarage at Edensor.

    The collection of Elvis memorabilia.

    The collection of Elvis memorabilia.

     

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    EASTER RISING EXHIBITION AND VALUATION DAY IN DUBLIN

    Friday, January 22nd, 2016
    Dublin after the Rising.

    Dublin after the Rising.

    An exhibition and valuation of Easter Rising memorabilia will take place at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin on January 31.  Sponsored by The Irish Independent and Whyte’s it will include an original example of The Proclamation of The Irish Republic, Joseph Plunkett’s 1916 Rising Service medal, Pádraig Pearse’s newsletter War News No. 1, letters and autographs from the leaders including Pearse, Connolly, MacDonagh and others, a collection of newspapers published during the Rising, photographs and picture postcards of the fighting and aftermath, weapons and militaria from the period.

    Whyte’s valuers Ian Whyte and Stuart Purcell will be on hand to value  items associated with the Rising, the War of Independence, and other historic events.   Whyte’s will hold a special auction of 1916 memorabilia and other historical collectibles on March 13.

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    JAMES BOND’S ASTON MARTIN AT CHRISTIE’S

    Thursday, January 21st, 2016
    Aston Martin anyone?

    Aston Martin anyone?  UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR £2,434,500

    To mark the 24th James Bond film there is to be a charity online auction with 24 lots at Christie’s.  Christie’s, EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will offer memorabilia from Spectre to celebrate its release on Digital HD, Blu-rayTM and DVD. A live auction and an online-only sale will together present 24 lots of Spectre memorabilia direct from the archives of EON Productions, with unique donations from Daniel Craig, Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Jesper Christensen and Sam Smith.

    The online-only sale will offer 14 lots and open for bidding from February 16 to to February 23 at christies.com/spectreonline. The invitation-only live auction will be held on February 18 in London with ten lots accessible by internet and telephone bids. The live auction will be highlighted by the Aston Martin DB10, one of a series designed for the James Bond films.  Most were modified for filming, but two were kept back for show purposes. This is one of them and it is estimated at £1-1.5 million. All proceeds from the auctions will benefit Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), other charitable organisations and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS).

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    DAVID HOCKNEY AT CHRISTIE’S IN FEBRUARY

    Thursday, January 21st, 2016
    David Hockney - The Sea at Malibu, (1988) at the Post War and Contemporary sale on February 11 (£600,000-800,000). Courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2016.

    David Hockney – The Sea at Malibu, (1988) at the Post War and Contemporary sale on February 11 (£600,000-800,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016.

    Major British artists David Hockney and Barry Flanagan and art by Joan Miró and Andy Warhol from the Miles and Shirley Fiterman collection will feature at Christie’s sales in London in February.  Eleven works will be offered at The Art of the Surreal Evening sale on February 2 and the Post-War and Contemporary Art evening auction on February 11.  This follows the successful sale of work from the  collection in New York in November.

    From Minnesota to Palm Beach, New York, and beyond, the Fitermans held a lifelong and deeply shared affinity for fine art, and built a collection that featured artistic pioneers such as Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Miró, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. Their collection was founded on not only the appreciation of scholarship and visual flair but also an understanding of the importance of establishing longstanding connections with artists.

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    WINTER ANTIQUES SHOW SIGNALS A CHANGE IN LINE WITH MARKET TRENDS

    Wednesday, January 20th, 2016

    THE global definition of antiques in changing in line with international market trends.  The venerable Winter Antiques Show in New York, which runs from January 22 to 31 with a preview evening on January 21, is allowing certain contemporary objects.

    The 1969 dateline has been discarded at the show, now in its 62nd season.  Among the 18th and 19th century furniture and collectibles can be found pre-vetted contemporary works.  These are only allowed under stringent regulation. It is stipulated, amongst other things, that an artist or designer whose work is included must be represented in major museum collections.  This is the premier American fair, and it is regarded as both conservative and traditional.   Most of the 73 exhibitors, if they choose to include modern items, will weave them among more traditional pieces. This is in line with contemporary interior design, which does not observe strict datelines and often combines antique and contemporary pieces. Here are some items from the show:

    A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS MOUNTED DINING ROOM URNS ON PEDESTALS PROBABLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE AT RONALD PHILLIPS

    A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS MOUNTED DINING ROOM URNS ON PEDESTALS PROBABLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE AT RONALD PHILLIPS

    Workshop of Jasper van der Borcht (d.1740)., The Triumph of Flora, from the Triumph of the Gods and Goddesses AT KASHISHIAN

    Workshop of Jasper van der Borcht (d.1740)., The Triumph of Flora, from the Triumph of the Gods and Goddesses AT KASHISHIAN

    Sasaki Shodo, Saika (Bringing the Flower of Universal Understanding) Cast Bronze 19 inches Japan, Showa 34 (1959) AT KAGEDO JAPANESE ART

    Sasaki Shodo, Saika (Bringing the Flower of Universal Understanding)
    Cast Bronze 19 inches
    Japan, Showa 34 (1959) AT KAGEDO JAPANESE ART

    AN ELABORATE FAMILLE ROSE TUREEN, QIANLONG C1740 AT COHEN AND COHEN.

    AN ELABORATE FAMILLE ROSE TUREEN, QIANLONG C1740 AT COHEN AND COHEN.

    A C1790 MAHOANY AND ASH ARMCHAIR AT BERNARD AND S. DEAN LEVY

    A C1790 MAHOANY AND ASH ARMCHAIR AT BERNARD AND S. DEAN LEVY

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    LANDMARK U.S. SHOW AT IRELAND’S GREAT HUNGER MUSEUM

    Wednesday, January 20th, 2016
    The Cork artist Daniel MacDonald is the focus of an exhibition at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University, Connecticut from January 20 to April 17.   “Into the Lion’s Den: Daniel MacDonald, Ireland and Empire” is  a landmark in Irish and Irish-American cultural and social history.
    Daniel MacDonald exhibited a number of pictures at the RHA from 1842-44 and painted a portrait of Fr. Matthew. He moved to London in the mid-1840’s and exhibited at the British Institution in 1847 and again from 1849-51. In a catalogue note the museum point out that MacDonald was the only Irish artist audacious enough to paint the famine while it was happening.  His painting, An Irish Peasant Family Discovering the Blight of their Store, was displayed in London in 1847. His work is in the Crawford Gallery in Cork, the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin and the British Museum.  He died in 1853 aged just 32. The exhibition is curated by Professor Niamh O’Sullivan.

    Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum is home to the world’s largest collection of art related to the Great Hunger. There is work by contemporary artists and a collection of 19th century paintings by some of the most important artists of the period.

    Daniel MacDonald - An Irish Peasant Family discovering the potato blight, 1847.

    Daniel MacDonald – An Irish Peasant Family discovering the potato blight, 1847.

    Daniel MacDonald - Courtship

    Daniel MacDonald – Courtship

    Daniel MacDonald - Sidhe Gaoithe?

    Daniel MacDonald – Sidhe Gaoithe?

    Daniel MacDonald - The Eviction

    Daniel MacDonald – The Eviction

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