30 April 2018
Fiona Rae. Figment 2d, 2015 (Buchmann Galerie, Berlin).
Oil on canvas: 61 x 49.5 cm.
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Visit > Fiona Rae at: Buchmann Galerie, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Galerie Nathalie Obadia.
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28 April 2018
Auguste Herbin. Good (‘Bien’), 1952 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 124 x 84 cm. Auctioned at Grisebach Berlin, June 2001. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, November 2002. Auctioned at Sotheby’s Paris, December 2009.
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26 April 2018
Edvard Munch. Two Women under the Tree in the Garden (‘To kvinner under treet’), 1919 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).
Oil on canvas: 120 x 160 cm. Photo credit: Ove Kvavik.
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24 April 2018
Firmin Baes. Tranquillity (‘Quiétude’), ca. 1920 (private collection).
Pastel on canvas: 98 x 80 cm. Auctioned at Hôtel de Ventes Horta Brussels, December 2012.
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Gustav Klimt. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907 (Neue Galerie, New York).
Oil and gold on canvas: 138 x 138 cm. Confiscated by the Nazi regime in 1939 from the estate of widowed husband Ferdinand Bloch. Transferred to the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in 1941 (in accordance with Adele Bloch-Bauer’s will). In 2006 an arbitration panel judged the painting should be returned to the Bloch-Bauer estate (ic. Maria Bloch-Altmann, niece of Adele Bloch-Bauer). The painting left Austria in March 2006 and was sold at auction at Christie's New York in November 2006. Bought by cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder. Now on display at his Neue Galerie in New York City.
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23 April 2018
Giorgio Morandi. Still Life ('Natura morta'), 1949 (Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).
Oil on canvas: 26 x 35 cm.
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21 April 2018
Paul Sieffert. Sleeping Girl (‘Jeune fille endormie’), 1934 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 97 x 162 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, February 2018. Ass-man Sieffert left quite a repetitive oeuvre, but this work kind of stands out for its limited palette.
More > Paul Sieffert at Wikipedia (French).
19 April 2018
Van Limbourg brothers. Book of Hours of the Duke of Berry - June ('Très riches heures du Duc de Berry - Juin'), ca. 1415 (Musée Condé, Chantilly).
Manuscript illumination/ miniature on vellum: ca. 22.5 x 13.6 cm(!). Detail.
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18 April 2018
Petrus Christus. Portrait of a Young Woman (‘Bildnis einer jungen Frau’), ca. 1470 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Oil on oak: 29 x 22.5 cm(!). The unexpected beauty of extensive craquelure.
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17 April 2018
Julie Heffernan. Self-Portrait with Scroll II, 2017 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on canvas: 200.7 x 142.3 cm.
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15 April 2018
Peter Paul Rubens. Union of Earth and Water, ca. 1618 (State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg).
Oil on canvas: 222.5 x 180.5 cm. Cybele, with the horn of plenty, represents earth. Neptune, resting on the trident, represents water. The union is blessed by the goddess of victory descending from mount Olympus. Oil on panel study at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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14 April 2018
Gari Melchers. The Communicant, ca. 1900 (Detroit Institute of Arts).
Oil on canvas: 160.7 x 109.2 cm. Have a look at the elaborate frame at the DIA site.
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12 April 2018
Jocelyn Hobbie. Chrysanthemums and Stars, 2017 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on canvas: 61 x 76.2 cm.
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Visit > Jocelyn Hobbie at Fredericks & Freiser Gallery.
11 April 2018
Winfred Gaul. Four little Roses X, 1966 (Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau/ Stuttgart).
Polyvinyl acetate on canvas: 120 x 140 cm.
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More > Winfred Gaul at Wikipedia (German).
9 April 2018
Liu Xiaodong (刘小东). Pink Phoenix, 2011 (Faurshou Foundation, Beijing).
Oil on canvas: 200 x 200 cm. Update (2020): Auctioned at Christie’s Online, July 2020.
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Visit > Liu Xiaodong at: Lisson Gallery, Eslite Gallery, Massimo de Carlo.
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7 April 2018
Greta Freist. The Dancer (‘La danseuse’), 1938 (Albertina, Vienna).
Oil on canvas: 99.2 x 72.2 cm. A self-portrait. Collection Österreichische Nationalbank.
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Visit > Greta Freist at: Kunsthandel Widder, Galerie bei der Albertina Zetter.
4 April 2018
Piet Mondriaan/ Mondrian. Composition No. II, 1913 (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo).
Oil on canvas: 88 x 115 cm.
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3 April 2018
Edward Hopper. Hotel Room, 1931 (Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).
Oil on canvas: 152.4 x 165.7 cm.
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2 April 2018
Agnolo Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo). Cosimo I de’ Medici in Armour, ca. 1545 (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney).
Oil on poplar: 86 x 67 cm. A work that exists in many replicas and copies. Other versions at: Gallerie degli Uffizi, Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana.
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