Notable Sales

  • ELENA LUKSCH-MAKOWSKY, (St Petersburg 1878 – 1967 Hamburg)

    ELENA LUKSCH-MAKOWSKY

    (St Petersburg 1878 – 1967 Hamburg)
    Self-Portrait of the artist during pregnancy, 1901
     
    Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist in pencil (lower left): Elena Luksch-Makowsky 1901 Wien.
    Watercolour, charcoal and opaque white
    54.5 x 35.1 cm
    21 1/2 x 13 3/4 in

    ACQUIRED BY THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM IN 2024
  • EDGAR DEGAS, (Paris 1834 - 1917)

    EDGAR DEGAS

    (Paris 1834 - 1917)
    Danseuse rajustant son collant, c. 1885-1888
     
    Stamp of the vente Degas (lower right)
    Pastel and charcoal on paper
    24.2 x 31.9 cm
    9 ½ x 12 ½ in
     
    ACQUIRED BY a private collection
     
  • MAGDA NACHMAN, (St Petersburg 1889 – 1951 Bombay)

    MAGDA NACHMAN

    (St Petersburg 1889 – 1951 Bombay)
    Portrait of a Man in a Turban
     
    Old label on the reverse: Magda Nachman / Bombay 1936
    Pastel and watercolour on paper
     
    Acquired by the Asmolean Museum in 2023
  • JEAN BERNARD DUVIVIER, (Bruges 1762 – 1837 Paris)

    JEAN BERNARD DUVIVIER

    (Bruges 1762 – 1837 Paris)
    Head of a Bearded Man
     
    Signed and dated lower right: JB Duvivier. inv 1790
    Coloured chalk and pastel on paper
     
    Acquired by the Groeningemuseum, Bruges
     
  • ORAZIO SAMACCHINI, (Bologna, 1532 – 1577)

    ORAZIO SAMACCHINI

    (Bologna, 1532 – 1577)
    The Flight of Daedalus and Icarus
     
    With inscriptions '55' and 'del/Francesco Salviati' in pen and brown ink on the recto of the mount and 'Expertius vacuum. Aedalus aera/
    Pennis non homini datis. Hor. Lib. I Ode 3.v.34' on the verso of the mount
    Black chalk, heightened with white on blue paper, partially squared in black chalk
     
    AcQuired by a European Private Collection