Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Winter persisted into this week with temperatures in the 30’s and 40’s for the most part. Monday it absolutely poured down rain, several inches according to the reports, and the winds were ferocious. Yesterday the winds were very strong as well. As I approached my house after my morning walk I watched as my neighbor’s garbage cans blew completely down my block and across the street. I retrieved them as if I hadn’t they certainly would have been lost for good. It’s in the 60’s today with the sun shining but it was in the 30’s when I went for my walk and I’m anxiously looking forward to the day I can retire my winter coat for the season. I’m being optimistic that this will eventually happen.
This week I visited Christie’s to see the Old Masters, European, Japanese and Korean art auction previews. There were some nice things in the Old Masters and European but there was hardly any Japanese or Korean art which surprised me as the listing on the web was extensive. I particularly wanted to see the three dozen woodblock prints up for bid. So I called Christie’s to ask and the agent told me that the woodblock prints were on the second floor in a room I had gone through but they were in the drawers of a glass case rather than displayed on the walls. That’s certainly something I never would have expected and I was annoyed, mostly at myself, for not asking one of the people walking around.
These are items from the Old Masters and European preview that I enjoyed.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Virgil Reading from the Aeneid – Not the usual Ingres portrait or what he considered his real legacy, the religious paintings, but a depiction of the ancient Greeks. There is a very long essay on the website about Ingres’ obsession with this topic. He created something on the topic in many different mediums throughout his life with this being his final rendering.
https://tinyurl.com/y8bqacjd Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. - Harewood Castle from the south east – Again, there’s a long essay on the site about this painting, an early oil that was the impetus for Turner’s tour of the North of England. He was invited by the 1st Earl of Harewood to Yorkshire to make a series of views of the House, Castle and grounds
https://tinyurl.com/y9h3y9df Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain - A landscape with Tivoli and the Temple of Vesta, hunters and an artist sketching in the foreground. – The essay says this is his only hunting scene but that the figures are a small part of the idealized landscape.
https://tinyurl.com/ya2ffshc Sir Anthony van Dyck - François Langlois, called Chartres (1588-1647) – Langlois was a print dealer and also a friend of Van Dyck. It was painted as a gift and Van Dyck subsequently made another copy for himself. It’s said that his best portraits were of his friends. – Surprising to see that it went for below the low estimate..
https://tinyurl.com/yd2eeoez Sir Peter Lely - Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Mary 'Moll' Davis (c. 1651-1708), three-quarter-length. – Lely is new to me, he was a contemporary of Van Dyck and renowned as the court painter for Charles II. I thought it was influenced by Van Dyck and to my mind resembles the self-portrait of Van Dyck as a young man that hangs in the Met. That painting is the second link. Once again this picture has disappeared from the Christie’s site. It occurs to me that perhaps it was withdrawn prior to the auction.
https://tinyurl.com/ydcfvoco https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436258 Francesco Guardi - The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, with the Punta della Giudecca – The essay said this was a favorite view of Guardi’s, one he visited many times, with this being one of the best. My brother and I agreed this was one of the nicest things in the auction.
https://tinyurl.com/y7foxt9f Sir Peter Paul Rubens - A satyr holding a basket of grapes and quinces with a nymph – This is a wonderful painting and is probably the star of the auction, it’s estimate is $5M -$7M, although it sold just below the mid-range. The literally devilish grin is priceless. Images of satyrs were a favorite subject for Rubens and the artists in his circle.
https://tinyurl.com/y8nepdnp Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian - Double portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1514-1574), and his son, Francesco Maria II (1549-1631), full-length – I wasn’t overwhelmed by this one, I think it looks better on the web than it did on the wall. I thought it could use a good cleaning and some touch-up and I clicked on the condition report to see if I could find anything out. But when I did the site requested a phone number so they could chat with me if anything changed and I felt that would be going a step to far. The essay says this one of small handful of full-length portraits by Titian, who, more than any other artist, redefined the status of portraiture in the 16th century and influenced that of subsequent centuries. I see it went well below the low end estimate.
https://tinyurl.com/yaue63me There were many more which you can see at the links below to all the objects in the different auctions.
19th Century European Art
https://www.christies.com/salelanding/index.aspx?lid=1&intsaleid=27602&dt=174201816452&saletitle= Old Masters Part I
https://www.christies.com/salelanding/index.aspx?lid=1&intsaleid=27466&dt=174201816472&saletitle= Old Masters Part II
https://www.christies.com/salelanding/index.aspx?lid=1&intsaleid=27467&dt=174201816472&saletitle= Several days later I went back to Christie’s for the Prints and Multiples preview and also to try and see the Japanese wood block prints. This time I asked where the Japanese wood block prints were and I was escorted by a young woman over to a table and asked to sit down. Then she unlocked the glass case next to me and pulled out a pile of them telling me that when I was through she would give me the second pile. She also asked me if I wanted the catalog and paper both of which I declined. I confess to feeling a little like a fraud but after I had finished the first batch a woman approached and the agent gave them to her and I had the impression she was no more a buyer than I was. The prints were marvelous.
EDWARD HOPPER - Evening Wind – This was a much nicer etching than the one I wrote about seeing at Sotheby’s. I note that it didn’t sell.
https://tinyurl.com/y88zjxvf VINCENT VAN GOGH - The Potato Eaters – A real treat, I haven’t seen many of his lithographs. This went in the midrange of the estimate, I think due to its repaired condition.
https://tinyurl.com/y9lyycqtWINSLOW HOMER - Perils of the Sea - Very nice, went far above the high estimate.
https://tinyurl.com/yd664vat JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER - The Doorway, from Venice, a Series of Twelve Etchings – I’ve seen many of the Venice etchings, one at the Swann’s auction a few weeks ago.
https://tinyurl.com/y84wwave MARY CASSATT - In the Omnibus – Charming, sentimental engraving with tinting. Two women and a baby in the foreground while there’s a nice still life in the background showing a bridge.
https://tinyurl.com/yaqdhfku HENRI MATISSE - Odalisque au magnolia – The first is a lithograph drawing while the second is the painting which wasn’t up when I visited but will be when the Rockefeller collection goes on the block. Christie’s clearly expects a big return on the painting as instead of a bid range you have to request the estimate.
https://tinyurl.com/y7e9qjg8 https://tinyurl.com/ycrgw6sa RICHARD ESTES - Holland Hotel – Estes creates these remarkable screenprints based on oil paintings done in this photorealistic style. They’re really brilliant, one of this series hangs in the Tate in the UK. Several years ago I saw an exhibition of his work and it was filled with large scale prints similar to this. You really have to look closely to see that it’s not a photograph.
https://tinyurl.com/ybwxx879 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE - ASAKUSA TAMBO TORI NO MACHI MODE (ASAKUSA RICE FIELDS DURING THE COCK FESTIVAL), FROM THE SERIES MEISHO EDO HYAKKEI (ONE HUNDRED VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES OF EDO) – I chose this example as I love the cat. I think I must have mentioned this one before as I know I’ve seen it before but I can’t remember exactly where. You can see all of the wood block prints, as well as the other items in the Japanese/Korean auction, at the second link.
https://tinyurl.com/ybajkkjw https://tinyurl.com/yacqv3slThis is a link to all the objects in Prints and Multiples.
https://www.christies.com/salelanding/index.aspx?lid=1&intsaleid=27671&dt=174201816472&saletitle= Now, the Flickrs.
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