Oil Painting, 1790, French.
By Jean-Laurent Mosnier.
Portraying the Marquise de Grécourt in a red dress, with a white fichu and headscarf.
Christie’s.
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Chris Foss, Shot-up Pirate Ship Spilling Spice, ca. 1975. Concept art for Alejandro Jodorowsky's movie adaptation of Dune. Montage of line drawing with ink and acrylic paint on art board, with use of collage and airbrush, 495 x 650 mm.
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For #Feathersday:
Caroline Conyers (British, 1768 - 1848)
Study of Four Feathers with White Currants, n.d.
pencil, watercolor and bodycolor
22.3 x 18.4 cm (8.75 x 7.25 in.)
private collection
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Philippe and Elisabeth Dufour entrust Christie’s HK with the sale of their "pièce unique Philippe Dufour", specially created to support their "Philippe & Elisabeth Dufour" Foundation.
It’s THE Philippe Dufour. A “Pièce Unique”. A highly symbolic watch for the Dufour family. The one Philippe Dufour made to benefit the Foundation he created this Spring with his wife Elisabeth Dufour.Mr. and Mrs. Dufour have entrusted their watch to Christie’s, who will auction it in Hong Kong during the Live sale on November 26th. The watch is a striking, unique ‘Simplicity’ watch, made from the…
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Marchesa Luisa Casati spent recklessly and, beyond the sums she lavished on her wardrobe, she hosted parties of astounding extravagance. Many were held at the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, but the one that entered Venetian folklore was the 18th-century costume ball for which Luisa took over the whole of Piazza San Marco, hiring 200 black servants, all dressed by Leon Bakst, to hold back the watching public.
Christie’s
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The Mysterious Mr Quin from the Charlie Watts collection
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A tinted plaster bust of Napoleon Bonaparte as first consul by Joseph Chinard (Lyon, 1756-1813)
In the background, it gives the definition of Revolution:
noun
1. a sudden, radical, or complete change
2. a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something
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Oil Painting, ca. 1795, French.
Portraying a woman in a green silk dress, and a man in a dark blue coat and buff waistcoat.
Christie’s.
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JACOB CATS (ALTONA 1741-1799 AMSTERDAM)
A winter landscape with peasants cutting wood
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E.ON Sonntags-Matinée ART TALK
Der angesehene Düsseldorfer Fotograf Robert Freund und die in Amerika bekannte Künstlerin Hildegard Christina Risse folgten der Einladung der Presseagentur TEXTSCHWESTER Düsseldorf und nahmen an der ersten Kunstveranstaltung des Jahres 2024 teil – dem ART Talk in der E.ON Hauptzentrale in Essen.
Dieses Foto zeigt die in Amerika bekannte Malerin Hildegard Christina Risse gemeinsam mit Fotograf…
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