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02 paintings, The amorous game, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Welcome Footsteps and A Foregone Conclusion, with Footnotes #103

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1836 - 1912

Welcome Footsteps (The Well-Known Footsteps), c. November 1883

Oil on panel

16 by 21¾ in.; 40.6 by 55.2 cm

Private collection

Sold for 252,000 USD in January 2023

Welcome Footsteps, also known as Well-Known Footsteps, was painted in November 1883 and debuted the following month at the inaugural exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Oil Colour, founded in London the previous year. The present painting relates to a later painting, A Forgone Conclusion, commissioned by Sir Henry Tate (1819-1899), founder of the Tate Gallery (See Below) where it remains, as a wedding present for his second wife, Amy Hislop (1850-1919). More on this painting

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1836–1912

A Foregone Conclusion, c. 1885

Oil paint on wood

311 × 229 mm

TATE BRITAIN

Set in the time of the early Roman Empire, Alma-Tadema depicts a man bringing an engagement ring to his girlfriend in the hope that she will become his fiancée. The expectant look of the lady and her attendant holding hands at the top of the stairs reveals that the result of his proposal will be ‘a foregone conclusion’. Barrow has examined many of Alma-Tadema’s courtship scenes in the light of Roman law and practice. During this period women of high birth often married while they were young for political alliance and social advantage. ‘Love interests’, Barrow remarked, ‘developed through the illicit acquisition of lovers after marriage’ (Barrow, p.102). It is unlikely, however, that Henry Tate, a self-made businessman, would have taken the painting to mean anything other than that which was clearly intended, a compliment to his wife’s affection. Amy Hislop, who was 31 years his junior, was married to Tate in 1885, the year of this painting. More on this painting

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA (8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter of special British denizenship.

Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean Sea and sky.

Though admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, his work fell into disrepute after his death, and only since the 1960s has it been re-evaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century English art. More on Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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01 Photograph, Albert Watson's Linda at The 75th season for the Yankees, with Footnotes

Albert Watson (Scottish, b. 1942)

Detail; Linda, New York, c. 1977

Albert Watson (Scottish, b. 1942)

Linda, New York, c. 1977

Gelatin silver print

12 x 9-7/8 inches (30.5 x 25.1 cm)

Private collection

The 1977 New York Yankees season was the 75th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 100–62 and won the World Series. The series victory was the 21st title in franchise history and the first under the ownership of George Steinbrenner. New York was managed by Billy Martin and played at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx. The season was brought to life years later in the book and drama-documentary The Bronx is Burning. The Yankees also hosted the 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. To date, this is the most recent time the All-Star Game host team has won the World Series the same year. More on the 1977 New York Yankees season

Albert Watson OBE (born 1942) is a Scottish fashion, celebrity and art photographer. He has shot over 100 covers of and 40 covers of since the mid-1970s, and has created major advertising campaigns for clients such as , and . Watson has also taken some well-known photographs, from the portrait of that appeared on the cover of his biography, a photo of holding a plucked goose, and a portrait of a nude taken on her 19th birthday.

Watson's prints of his photography are exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide. named him one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time, along with and , among others. Watson has won numerous honors, including a , a , and . He was awarded in recognition of a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography in 2010. awarded Watson an in June 2015 for 'services to photography'. More on Albert Watson

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01 painting, The amorous game, Le Pho's Idylle (Idyll), with Footnotes #101

Le Pho, (1907-2001)

Idylle (Idyll), c. 1940

Ink and gouache on silk

42 x 29 cm. (16 1/2 x 11 3/8 in.)

Private collection

Sold for HKD 2,000,000 in Nov 2017

Idylle is the term used in music to refer generally to a work evocative of pastoral or rural life, and more specifically to a kind of French courtly entertainment of the baroque era where a pastoral poem was set to music, accompanied by ballet and singing. Examples of the latter are Lully's Idylle sur la Paix set to a text by Racine and Desmarets' Idylle sur la naissance du duc de Bourgogne set to a text by Antoinette Deshoulières. More on Idylle

Le Pho was a French-Vietnamese painter best known for his stylized depictions of nudes, gardens, and floral still lifes. His work succeeded in merging Impressionism, Surrealism, and traditional Chinese painting into a sensual yet disconcerting vision of Eden, reminiscent of both Odilon Redon and Pierre Bonnard. Born on August 2, 1907 in Hanoi, Vietnam, he went on to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Hanoi before attending the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris on a scholarship in 1932, studying under Victor François Tardieu. Pho briefly returned to Hanoi to teach painting before settling in Paris permanently, and today his works are held in the collections of the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris and the Oklahoma Arts Center, among others. The artist died on December 12, 2001. More on Le Pho

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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Harry Kernoff's July Morn, Place du Tertre, Paris, with footnotes, Part 88

Harry Kernoff, R.H.A. 1900 - 1974

A July Morn, Place du Tertre, Paris, c. 1937

Oil on board

63.5 by 94cm.; 25 by 37in.

Private collection

Sold for 50,800 EUR in May 2023

We see Kernoff's artistic focus reflected in name of the café on the left of the present work: Jeune Peinture. Discreetly sat underneath it - between two cloth capped locals - is Kernoff himself, wearing his customary trilby hat. In the lower right corner, an elderly figure stands with a portfolio under his arm, another artist beginning his day. Restauranteurs prepare their tables, while a few early patrons have taken their seats. Colourful umbrellas stand in front of ‘Maison Catherine’ – a sign still visible today. Located above in a window overlooking the square, a lady stands on her balcony. In the foreground, two girls and a dog loiter idly. More on this painting

The Place du Tertre is a square in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Only a few streets away from Montmartre's Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and the Lapin Agile, it is near the summit of the city's elevated Montmartre quarter. Place du Tertre was the heart of the prestigious Benedictine Montmartre Abbey, established in 1133 by King Louis VI. Montmartre Abbey thrived through the centuries and until the French revolution under the patronage of the Kings of France. Place du Tertre was opened to the public in 1635 as Montmartre village central square. From the end of the 18th century until World War One, the whole Montmartre Boheme could be seen here: painters, songwriters and poets.

With its many artists setting up their easels each day for the tourists, the Place du Tertre is a reminder of the time when Montmartre was the mecca of modern art. At the beginning of the 20th century, many painters including Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, and Maurice Utrillo were living there, some at the nearby Le Bateau-Lavoir. The Musée de Montmartre, the former home and studio of Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Suzanne Valadon, and the L'Espace Salvador Dalí, a museum principally dedicated to the sculpture and drawings of Salvador Dalí, can be found near Place du Tertre. More on The Place du Tertre

Henry Kernoff (1900-1974) was born in London and was not only a talented painter, but also a wood cutter and lithographer. His family moved to Dublin in 1914 where he studied at Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and won the Taylor Scholarship. He was employed as a woodworker for a time which led to his production of woodcuts, but also took influence from Seán Keating, painting Irish landscapes, genre scenes and portraits.

He exhibited regularly with the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1926, the Water Colour Society of Ireland and a variety of international and Irish galleries throughout his life. He had published multiple woodcuts in his own books and illustrated a number of other publications, including Patricia Lynch’s A Storyteller’s Childhood (1947) and Tinker Boy (1955). He was made a member of the United Arts Club in Dublin (1974) and a memorial exhibition was held in his honour at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery (1976). More on Henry Kernoff

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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Lucien Laurent-Gsell's Suicidée, with footnotes, Part 87

Lucien Laurent-Gsell, French 1860–1944

Suicidée!

Oil on canvas

113 ½ by 83 ½ in.; 288.2 by 212 cm

Private collection

Estimate for 30,000 - 50,000 USD in June 2023

The painting, which is larger than life-size, may be «Suicidée!» which Laurent-Gsell exhibited at the 1888 Salon de la Société des Artistes Français. A young woman has been pulled from the Seine by two strapping men, wearing workman’s boots and blue trousers, with water still dripping from her skirt and pooling beneath her hair. Her limp right hand hangs lifelessly by her side, her eyes are closed, her skin is turning green, and her mouth is slightly ajar. A modestly dressed young woman standing nearby–wearing a gold ring on her right wedding finger—bends towards the body with concern, while a policeman and other passersby arrive on the scene at left between mounds of sand dredged up from the river. Looking at the Pont des arts, the Academie des Beaux-Arts is visible across the Seine at right with the steeples of Sainte Chapelle at center and the Cathedral of Notre Dame at left. Stanislas Lepine realized a similar view of the Pont des arts, seen from the Pont Royal, which gives a fuller sense of the working activity along the Seine. More on this painting

Lucien Laurent-Gsell was born on November 19, 1860, in Paris. His father Gaspard is renowned for his stained-glass windows and the quality of his restorations. The name of Laurent is attached to Gsell, the name of his mother, daughter of Emile Laurent, a famous glassmaker. Lucien Laurent-Gsell entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he was a pupil of Gaspard Gsell, his father and Alexandre Cabanel. Both of their teachings gave him a passion for the rendering of light in colors, combined with remarkable technical virtuosity in the mastery of drawing. He painted numerous Orientalist scenes as well as scenes of the genre, where the female characters were overflowing with vitality and sensuality. His works are included in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay. Laurent-Gsell died in 1944 in Paris. More on Lucien Laurent-Gsell

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01 Etching, The amorous game, Gene Kloss' Chance Encounter, with Footnotes #101

Gene Kloss (American, 1903-1996)

Chance Encounter, c. 1965

Etching and drypoint on paper

11-3/4 x 15 inches (29.8 x 38.1 cm)

Private collection

Estimate for $700 - $1,000 in June 2023

Gene Kloss (Born Oakland, CA 1903-died Taos, New Mexico 1996) grew up in the Bay Area. She attended the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied with Perham Nahl, her instructor in life class and anatomy, who also gave a course in etching. Amazed by the first print she pulled from the press, Nahl predicted she would be an etcher. Kloss spent two additional years of study at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. In 1925 she married Phillips Kloss, a poet, and they made a honeymoon journey to New Mexico. It was a decisive point in Kloss's career, initiating a lifelong fascination with the the landscape of the Southwest and the Native American peoples who inhabited the region. More on Gene Kloss

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01 Painting, Streets of Paris,Victor Gabriel Gilbert's A flower seller on les grands boulevards, with footnotes, Part 86

Victor Gabriel Gilbert

A flower seller on les grands boulevards, Paris

Oil on panel

18 by 14 3/4 in., 45.8 by 37.5 cm

Private collection

Estimate at 60,000 - 80,000 USD in June 2023

Filled with concert venues, theatres, cafés and restaurants, the Grands Boulevards area has long been popular with Parisians as a place of enjoyment and relaxation. There are many treasures to be uncovered: grand architecture, places steeped in history, covered passages that have retained their old-world charm, and unusual museums.

Victor Gabriel Gilbert, born in Paris the 13 February 1847 and died in the 21 July 1933. He was a French painter. He is buried in Montmartre cemetery in Paris. In 1860 he apprenticed to a painter and decorator. He followed with evening art classes under the direction of Father Levasseur, the School of the City of Paris. In the late 1870s, his taste for naturalism is developed and he turned to genre painting with scenes of streets, cafes, markets, especially that of Halles . He obtained a second class medal at the Salon of 1880 and a silver medal at the 1889 World Fair . It becomes a member of the French Society of Artists in 1914.

Victor Gilbert was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1897, and received the Prix Léon Bonnat in 1926. More on Victor Gabriel Gilbert

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01 painting, The amorous game, Hans Makart's Richard III Courting Lady Anne, with Footnotes, #99

Hans Makart, Austrian, 1840 - 1884

Richard III Courting Lady Anne, c. 1869

Oil on panel

78.5 by 59cm., 31 by 23¼in.

Private collection

Estimated at 15,000 - 20,000 GBP in December 2022

Richard of Gloucester, the brother of King Edward IV, is determined to gain the crown of England for himself, no matter what. His plot begins as he romantically pursues Lady Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick and a widow. He woos her as she accompanies the funeral procession of her father-in-law, King Henry VI (whom Richard murdered). He confesses the murder, and she spits at him. He offers himself to her sword, but she drops it. He offers to kill himself at her order, but she accepts his ring and becomes Duchess of Gloucester. Richard exults at having won her over so and tells the audience that he will discard her once she has served his purpose. More on this painting

Hans Makart (28 May 1840 – 3 October 1884) was a 19th-century Austrian academic history painter, designer, and decorator. Makart was a prolific painter whose ideas significantly influenced the development of visual art in Austria-Hungary, Germany, and beyond.

Both celebrated and condemned for his sensual, historical and legacy paintings, Hans Makart produced richly colored and atmospheric works that had an extraordinary impact on late-nineteenth century Viennese culture. Markart was so popular, in fact, that he gave his name to the so-called Makartstil - or Makart-Style - a virtual school of art and design that helped decorate many of the public places in Vienna in the second half of the nineteenth century. Makart's art was condemned however by academics who took exception to the artist's general lack of regard for factual accuracy and for denigrating important historical events by featuring gratuitous female nudity. In the public sphere, meanwhile, he was known as much for the outrageous society parties as for his art. His sumptuously decorated Venetian studio was where royalty, politicians, artists and writers came to mingle and to "be seen". Such was his celebrity in fact that he has be referred to by several commentators as the Andy Warhol of his day. More on Hans Makart

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01 painting, The amorous game, Simon de Vos' An interior scene, with Footnotes, #98

Simon de Vos, Antwerp 1603 - 1676

An interior scene with elegant figures playing musical instruments and merrymaking

Oil on marouflaged panel

49.5 x 63.9 cm.; 19½ x 25⅛ in.

Private collection

Sold for 16,380 GBP in December 2022

The scene is a delight for the ears as well as the eyes, as it features remarkably lively depictions of musicians playing bagpipes, fiddles, traverso flutes, clavichords, theorbos, not to mention a pair of singers at the front right. In this particular gathering the delights of music are joined by the ever-present temptations of drink. These themes are brought to life by finely dressed courtiers proudly showing off their courtly trappings and birds of prey. More on this painting

Simon de Vos (20 October 1603 in Antwerp – 15 October 1676 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and art collector. He started his career making small-format cabinet pictures of genre scenes, in particular of Caravaggesque merry companies. Later he switched to history painting, working on larger formats in a Flemish Baroque style which was influenced by Rubens and van Dyck. More on Simon de Vos

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3 Paintings by Pol Mara; Caryatides, Gun and The Poet, with footnotes

POL MARA (1920-1998)

Caryatides, 1969

Oil on canvas.

114 x 114 cm

Private collection

Sold for €3,380 EUR in December 2022

A caryatid is a stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building.

POL MARA (1920-1998)

Gun, 1962

Oil on canvas.

146 x 114 cm

Private collection

Sold for €1,500 EUR in June 2022

POL MARA (1920-1998)

The Poet, 1967

Watercolor on paper.

110 x 73 cm

Private collection

Sold for €1,560 EUR in Dec 2022

Pol Mara (Antwerp 1920-1998) was a major guru of the new guration and Belgian Pop Art. In the 1950s, after a figurative start with surrealist connotations, Pol Mara became a widely acclaimed abstract artist. In 1955, he won the Prix Jeune Peinture Belge and a few years later participated in the foundation of the G58 group in Antwerp. His works were then aimed at making visible certain details of daily life and were once again filled with figurative details. At the beginning of 1963, Pol Mara opted for new forms of expression reminiscent of American or British art, but unlike critical and protest Pop Art, he placed the emphasis on human emotions.He practiced an art that, inspired by advertising and photographic images of consumer society, would be significant within the new guration and European Pop Art. During his lifetime he benefited from important retrospectives in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the United States. More on Pol Mara

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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Valery Tsarikovsky's Pont Neuf, with footnotes, Part 97

Valery Tsarikovsky (Val Tsar) (B. 1952)

Pont Neuf, c. 1997

Oil on canvas

63 x 73 cm (24 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.)

Private collection

Estimate at $400-$600 in June 2023

The Pont Neuf ("New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, the birthplace of Paris, then known as Lutetia and, during the medieval period, the heart of the city.

The bridge is composed of two separate spans, one of five arches joining the left bank to the Île de la Cité, another of seven joining the island to the right bank. Old engraved maps of Paris show that the newly built bridge just grazed the downstream tip of the Île de la Cité; since then, the natural sandbar building of a mid-river island, aided by stone-faced embankments called quais, has extended the island.

The name Pont Neuf was given to distinguish it from older bridges that were lined on both sides with houses, and has remained after all of those were replaced. Its name notwithstanding, it has long been the oldest bridge in Paris crossing the Seine. It has been listed since 1889 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. More on The Pont Neuf

Born in 1952 in Kiev (Ukraine), Valery Tsarikovsky (Val Tsar) is a naturalized American citizen and has lived for about 30 years in Brooklyn, New York. A figurative genre and marine painter, he also creates landscapes, bringing to his art a powerful rugged sense of individualism, true to the spirit of impressionism. He starts and finishes his work on location, including in rain and snow, picking up the essence of a particular view.

Self taught, he abandoned a career in architecture and got involved in art with his first exhibition at Altos De Shavon (Dominican Republic) as artist in residence.

In 1987 he joined the Salmagundi Club and won the first Art Club Award that same year. Many more awards followed.

From the beginning of his art career, Tsar exhibited on a regular basis at some major New York galleries and shows, like Hilde Gerst Gallery on Madison Avenue.

His work has also been published in Great Britain - limited edition and he has been included in the Who's Who in American Art since 2000.

His work is at the Metropolitan Opera, the White House, the World Economic Forum, and others. More on Valery Tsarikovsky

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