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عرض الكل

<div>Claude Monet’s <em>Le bassin d’Argenteuil</em> (1875) is a luminous example from one of the most pivotal periods of his career, painted in the late spring or summer of 1875, just one year after the groundbreaking first Impressionist exhibition. Set along the Seine at Argenteuil, the composition captures a quiet basin animated by small boats, figures, and reflections, rendered with loose, expressive brushwork that conveys the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere. The gentle diffusion of water and sky creates a shimmering surface, perfectly suited to Monet’s plein air practice and his desire to record perception in the moment. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Argenteuil was central to the crystallization of Impressionism, marking a time when its ideas, subject matter, and collaborative spirit fully coalesced. Between 1871 and 1878, Monet’s presence there drew fellow artists including Renoir, Manet, Sisley, and Caillebotte, fostering an environment of shared experimentation and innovation. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The painting’s early provenance further enhances its significance. It was owned by Oscar A. H. Schmitz, the German writer and intellectual known for his writings on Jungian psychology and his discerning collection of 19th-century art. Following Schmitz’s unexpected death in 1933, the collection was sent to the Kunstmuseum Basel. In 1936, the art dealer Wildenstein & Co. took over 62 works from the collection and organized a major exhibition and sale in Paris and New York.<em> Le bassin d’Argenteuil</em> is included in the Daniel Wildenstein catalogue raisonné (1996), vol. II, p. 153, as no. 371, and is published in eight books. </div>

كلود مونيه

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"><em>Argenteuil, l’Hospice</em> from 1872 belongs to one of the most formative chapters in Claude Monet’s career, painted during his early years in Argenteuil where he created nearly one hundred eighty canvases between 1871 and 1878. First owned by Paul Durand Ruel, Monet’s dealer and the most important champion of the Impressionists, the painting is included in the Wildenstein catalogue and was featured in the National Gallery London’s landmark exhibition <em>Monet and Architecture </em>in 2018. Created in the same year as his breakthrough <em>Impression, Sunrise</em>, the work reflects the moment when Monet’s vision for modern landscape took shape and laid the foundation for the movement that would soon be known as Impressionism.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">Monet settled in Argenteuil in late 1871, determined to renew his artistic direction after the upheavals of war and exile. The town offered an enticing blend of historical architecture, modern industry, rustic gardens, and the ever-shifting Seine, all within easy reach of Paris. The Aubrey House, where Monet lived, became a gathering place for Renoir, Manet, Sisley, Caillebotte, and later Pissarro, a setting that fostered both artistic exchange and the planning of the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874. As scholar Paul Hayes Tucker has noted, Argenteuil offered Monet a rare diversity of motifs that he encountered daily, ranging from the charmingly old to the strikingly new.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">In this painting Monet set his easel on rue Pierre Guienne, with his back to the Aubrey House, and painted the seventeenth century building that served at the time as the hospice of the Porte Saint Denis. The structure appears at right, viewed from the Seine, rendered with a quiet clarity that captures the atmosphere of an early spring day. The palette reflects both a reverence for the site’s history and an appreciation for Eugène Boudin, the friend and mentor who had encouraged Monet to paint the play of air and light years earlier and who joined him for a housewarming at Argenteuil on January 2, 1872. The hospice later became the Musée du Vieil Argenteuil, further reinforcing the historical resonance of the site.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"><em>Argenteuil, l’Hospice</em> stands as one of Monet’s earliest paintings from this crucial period and offers a faithful, atmospheric interpretation of a place deeply intertwined with the origins of Impressionism. Its blend of gentle tonalities, soft spring light, and direct observation reveals the artist’s growing confidence in painting the world as he perceived it, moment by moment, as a new vision for modern landscape art emerged.</font></div>

كلود مونيه

<div>Paul Signac’s "Pilote de la Meuse" (1924) is a refined late masterpiece that unites his devotion to color theory with his lifelong love of sailing. The composition is rigorously constructed around a highly structured framework of verticals and horizontals—the horizon line, the river’s surface, and the upright masts establish a sense of order and clarity. This geometry is gently softened by subtle diagonals: the angled masts, the slanted smokestack of a distant tugboat, and the wind-filled sails introduce movement and visual counterpoint without disrupting the overall balance.</div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Executed in predominantly blue and green tones, the painting exemplifies Signac’s evolved Neo-Impressionist technique. While he and Georges Seurat pioneered pointillism as a scientific, color-theory-driven alternative to Impressionism, Signac’s later works from the 1910s and 1920s mark a decisive shift. Here, the earlier tight dots give way to broader, rectangular “mosaic strokes,” allowing color to carry greater physical presence and expressive freedom. The water in the foreground becomes a vibrant checkerboard of shifting hues, conveying turbulent weather, moving light, and wind-driven currents.</div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>A single prominent sailboat dominates the scene, accompanied by a few smaller vessels and the tugboat in the distance, whose swirling smoke animates the sky. This restrained yet dynamic marine subject reflects Signac’s deep personal connection to sailing—he owned 32 boats and traveled extensively by water.</div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Similar maritime scenes from this mature period are held in major institutional collections, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Musée d’Orsay, underscoring the significance of this composition within Signac’s final artistic phase.</div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The painting is accompanied by exceptional archival material: nine typed onion skins by Edmond Sussfeld; three autograph letters signed by Paul Signac; two autograph letters and the original invoice from the merchant Léon Marseille; and a certificate of authenticity from Mrs. Marina Ferretti-Bocquillon, providing outstanding historical context and provenance.</div>

بول سيجناك

خلال أوائل سبعينيات القرن التاسع عشر ، رسم وينسلو هومر في كثير من الأحيان مشاهد من البلاد التي تعيش بالقرب من قرية صغيرة تشتهر لأجيال لمواقفها الرائعة من القمح ، وتقع بين نهر هدسون وكاتسكيلز في ولاية نيويورك. يشتهر هيرلي اليوم بإلهام أحد أعظم أعمال هوميروس ، Snap the Whip الذي رسمه صيف عام 1872. من بين العديد من اللوحات الأخرى المستوحاة من المنطقة ، فإن Girl Standing in the Wheatfield غنية بالمشاعر ، ولكنها ليست عاطفية للغاية. يتعلق الأمر مباشرة بدراسة رسمت عام 1866 في فرنسا بعنوان ، في حقول القمح ، وأخرى رسمت في العام التالي بعد عودته إلى أمريكا. لكن هوميروس كان بلا شك أكثر فخرا بهذا. إنها صورة ، ودراسة أزياء ، ولوحة من النوع في التقليد العظيم للرسم الرعوي الأوروبي ، وجولة ذات إضاءة خلفية دراماتيكية ، وجولة في الغلاف الجوي غارقة في ضوء الساعة الكئيب الذي يتلاشى بسرعة والمدعوم بنوتات لامب ومنمقة ولمسات سنبلة القمح. في عام 1874 ، أرسل هوميروس أربع لوحات إلى معرض الأكاديمية الوطنية للتصميم. واحد كان بعنوان "فتاة". قد لا يكون هذا؟

وينسلو هومر

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Booksellers by the Seine</em> (1888) emerges from a pivotal moment in Childe Hassam’s early career, created during his period of study in Paris when he was absorbing the influence of the French Impressionists while already demonstrating the skill of an accomplished academic painter. In this finely observed scene along the banks of the Seine, Hassam turns his attention to everyday urban life, depicting Parisians as they browse the open air bookstalls that have lined the river for generations.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The painting reflects Hassam’s gift for portraying people interacting naturally with their surroundings, a hallmark of his finest works. Here he captures not only the activity of the booksellers but also the shifting atmosphere of the city itself, conveyed through soft dabs of paint that suggest autumn leaves floating gently through the air and settling along the foreground. This delicate blending of human presence, weather, and light reveals Hassam’s deep interest in the transient beauty of urban life and marks <em>Booksellers by the Seine</em> as an evocative example from an essential period in his artistic development.</font></div>

CHILDE HASSAM

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">As the idea of using drawings, whether in pencil or pastel to prepare a painting was at odds with Monet’s publicised creative process, he tended to downplay its importance in his work. However, after his death eight folios containing over four hundred drawings came to light as well as many pastels. This convenient and lightweight medium allowed him to experiment with composition and colour and develop ideas for his oil paintings at speed. He also used pastel to produce finished pictures, as in this example.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">During the 1880s Monet returned to the Normandy coast. He found inspiration in the sparkling light and famous limestone cliffs, as had Delacroix and Courbet. As well as working directly in oils, he followed Boudin’s example and used black chalk and pastel to study the effects of light and colour on the sky, sea and land.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">In this seascape at Etretat, twenty miles round the coast to the north of Le Havre, Monet has chosen an unusual composition, dividing the landscape down the centre with the vertiginous cliffs; the left half of the picture composed of earthy greens and browns, the right half a sun dappled sea that dissolves into the sky, the horizon only suggested by the lightest touch of charcoal. This picture has a marked difference in atmosphere to another pastel of the nearby Porte d’Aval, dateable to the same period, whose late afternoon sky shows the range of expression that could be achieved with pastel. By the summer of 1885 the year he made this pastel Monet had largely abandoned urban subjects, and was more drawn towards natural phenomena. He painted many views along the coast under different light conditions. As noted in the catalogue raisonné on Monet, this pastel is not a preparatory study for an oil painting, but a wholly original composition. It demonstrates how well the painter understood and enjoyed the versatility of the medium when trying to capture such variable weather.</font></div>

كلود مونيه

<div>Alfred Sisley’s Cavalier en lisière de forêt (Horseman on the Edge of the Forest), from 1875, is a luminous painting depicting a tranquil road near Marly-le-Roi, where Sisley found creative renewal after moving from Paris’s Batignolles quarter. This work, included in the 2021 catalogue raisonné of the work of Alfred Sisley prepared by Francois Daulte with Galerie Brame & Lorenceau and the Comité Alfred Sisley as no.196, showcases his unrivaled commitment to plein-air painting, even compared to Impressionist peers like Monet and Pissarro. Likely executed entirely outdoors, it captures the immediacy of a summer morning with feathery brushstrokes of muted greens, ochres, and blues, rendering a path winding into a forest, a lone horseman, and two figures—one with a parasol. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Sisley’s move to Marly-le-Roi, driven by a love for greenery and the need to support his young family amid financial strain post-Franco-Prussian War, shaped this work. Painted after the 1874 Impressionist exhibition’s disappointing sales, it reflects resilience. The diffused light and geometric composition—path and trees anchoring a vast sky—evoke the region’s gentle haze. Camille Pissarro, a close colleague, hailed Sisley as “a great and beautiful artist, in my opinion he is a master equal to the greatest” (Pissarro, quoted in C. Lloyd, ‘Alfred Sisley and the Purity of Vision’, pp. 5-33, M. Stevens (ed.), Alfred Sisley, exh. cat., New Haven and London, 1992, p. 8). The 2021 Brame and Lorenceau catalogue notes 360 of Sisley’s 1,013 oil paintings reside in museums, affirming his legacy. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>This concise yet evocative piece offers collectors a rare glimpse into Sisley’s mastery, blending nature’s beauty with Impressionist innovation. </div>

ألفريد سسيلي

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Widely recognized as one of the most consequential artists of our time, Gerhard Richters career now rivals that of Picasso's in terms of productivity and genius. The multi-faceted subject matter, ranging from slightly out-of-focus photographic oil paintings to Kelly-esque grid paintings to his "squeegee" works, Richter never settles for repeating the same thought- but is constantly evolving his vision. Richter has been honored by significant retrospective exhibitions, including the pivotal 2002 show,  "Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting," at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.    "Abstraktes Bild 758-2" (1992) comes from a purely abstract period in Richter's work- where the message is conveyed using a truly physical painting style, where applied paint layers are distorted with a wooden "Squeegee" tool. Essentially, Richter is sculpting the layers of paint, revealing the underlayers and their unique color combinations; there is a degree of "art by chance". If the painting does not work, Richter will move on- a method pioneered by Jackson Pollock decades earlier.    Richter is included in prominent museums and collections worldwide, including the Tate, London, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among many others.</font></div>

غيرهارد ريختر

<div>Alfred Sisley’s <em>Le Lavoir de Billancourt</em> (1879) is a superb example of the artist’s lifelong devotion to painting directly before nature, and to the quiet drama of landscape in flux. Often described as the “purest” plein air painter of the Impressionist circle, Sisley maintained an almost exclusive relationship with landscape, attending to the subtlest changes of season, weather, and time of day. His river scenes in particular have long been compared to Monet’s for their sensitivity to water—its shifting reflections, softened edges, and the way light dissolves form into atmosphere. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Painted along the Seine at Billancourt—an industrial town west of Paris—this work belongs to the sequence of views Sisley produced after the upheavals of 1871, when he moved his family first to Louveciennes and later to nearby Marly-le-Roi. The Seine valley offered him an ever-renewing motif: looping river bends, villages threaded along the banks, and a landscape marked by both history and modern life. Here, the floating washing house (a lavoir) sits low on the water, a practical structure where locals could wash clothes directly in the river for a small fee. Sisley transforms this everyday subject into an evocation of lived place, where human activity is integrated seamlessly into the broader rhythms of sky and current. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The 1870s are widely recognized as Sisley’s “golden period”—when his work speaks in a distinctly personal voice rather than under the overt influence of Corot, Courbet, or even early Monet. After ceasing to exhibit at the Salon after 1877, his compositions grew more complex and less dependent on traditional recession and linear perspective, shifting instead toward interlocking patterns and the expressive energy of his brushwork. In<em> Le Lavoir de Billancourt</em>, layers of pigment are built up in quick, multidirectional strokes, creating a richly textured surface saturated with color and air. This heightened spontaneity aligns with contemporary praise for Sisley’s ability to seize passing moments—clouds, breeze, and trembling foliage—so that space and light feel inseparable, and the scene remains vibrantly in motion. The painting is recorded in the François Dault<em> Alfred Sisley: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint</em> (1959) as no. 315. </div>

ألفريد سسيلي

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>The Isle of Shoals</em> reflects one of the most personal and sustained subjects in the career of Childe Hassam, remaining in the artists own collection for twenty years. Hassam first visited the Isles of Shoals in 1884, returning regularly until 1915, and the rugged beauty of this small island group off the Gulf of Maine became a central source of inspiration throughout his life. The shifting light, scattered wildflowers, and crystalline waters offered a constant supply of visual poetry, and the islands became the setting for many of his most luminous and celebrated landscapes and coastal scenes.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Similar views of the Isles of Shoals now reside in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art, underscoring the importance of the subject within Hassam’s oeuvre. The significance of this body of work was further affirmed in 2016 when the Peabody Essex Museum organized a major exhibition devoted entirely to his Shoals paintings.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>In <em>The Isle of Shoals</em>, Hassam captures the clear northern light and the quiet splendor of the rocky coast, presenting a scene that reflects both the serenity of the islands and the artists deep connection to them.</font></div>

CHILDE HASSAM

The frame of reference for Irish American Sean Scully’s signature blocks and stripes is vast. From Malevich’s central premise that geometry can provide the means for universal understanding to Rothko’s impassioned approach to color and rendering of the dramatic sublime, Scully learned how to condense the splendor of the natural world into simple modes of color, light, and composition. Born in Dublin in 1945 and London-raised, Scully was well-schooled in figurative drawing when he decided to catch the spirit of his lodestar, Henri Matisse, by visiting Morocco in 1969. He was captivated by the dazzling tessellated mosaics and richly dyed fabrics and began to paint grids and stipes of color. Subsequent adventures provided further inspiration as the play of intense light on the reflective surfaces of Mayan ruins and the ancient slabs of stone at Stonehenge brought the sensation of light, space, and geometric movement to Scully’s paintings. The ability to trace the impact of Scully’s travels throughout his paintings reaffirms the value of abstract art as a touchstone for real-life experience.<br><br><br>Painted in rich, deep hues and layered, nuanced surfaces, Grey Red is both poetic and full of muscular formalism. Scully appropriately refers to these elemental forms as ‘bricks,’ suggesting the formal calculations of an architect. As he explained, “these relationships that I see in the street doorways, in windows between buildings, and in the traces of structures that were once full of life, I take for my work. I use these colors and forms and put them together in a way that perhaps reminds you of something, though you’re not sure of that” (David Carrier, Sean Scully, 2004, pg. 98). His approach is organic, less formulaic; intuitive painter’s choices are layering one color upon another so that contrasting hues and colors vibrate with subliminal energy. Diebenkorn comes to mind in his pursuit of radiant light. But here, the radiant bands of terracotta red, gray, taupe, and black of Grey Red resonate with deep, smoldering energy and evoke far more affecting passion than you would think it could impart. As his good friend, Bono wrote, “Sean approaches the canvas like a kickboxer, a plasterer, a builder. The quality of painting screams of a life being lived.”

شون سكولي

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Painted during John Singer Sargent's trip to the Austrian Tyrol in the summer of 1914, this work captures a moment of profound historical tension as Austria declared war on Serbia that July, placing Sargent at the threshold of the First World War. The painting offers a strikingly intimate and unexpected view of the Alpine landscape, framed from within a sheep pen with the mountain itself largely cropped from sight. This choice of vantage point shifts the viewers focus to the meeting point of the valley and the rising slope, where deep verdant greens anchor the composition and an overcast sky suggests a subtle sense of unease beyond the tranquil pastoral foreground.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>The work is included in the Sargent catalogue raisonne by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, confirming its secure place within the artists documented production. Sargent created several related works during his 1914 stay in the Tyrol across both oil and watercolor, including <em>Tyrolese Interior </em>at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, <em>Woodsheds Tyrol</em> at the Art Institute of Chicago, and <em>Trout Stream</em> <em>in the Tyrol</em> at the de Young Museum. Together these works demonstrate Sargent's sustained engagement with the region and its distinctive light, atmosphere, and rural architecture during this pivotal year.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>This painting also carries distinguished provenance, having been previously held in the collection of Henry Clay Frick, the American industrialist and founder of the Frick Collection, before being given as a gift to his friend and lawyer Louis Cass Ledyard, who also served as counsel to J P Morgan. Its rarity within Sargents mature Tyrolean subjects is further underscored by the small number of comparable works that have reached the market, with only one closely related painting from this period, A Tyrolese Crucifix from 1915, having appeared at auction in recent decades.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>Sargents work continues to receive major institutional recognition, including the forthcoming exhibition Sargent Dazzling Paris at the Musee d Orsay in 2025 to 2026, reaffirming the ongoing relevance of his mature European landscapes within the broader narrative of early twentieth century art.</font></div>

جون سينجر سارجنت

Tom Wesselmann will undoubtedly be remembered for associating his erotic themes with the colors of the American flag. But Wesselmann had considerable gifts as a draftsman, and the line was his principal preoccupation, first as a cartoonist and later as an ardent admirer of Matisse. That he also pioneered a method of turning drawings into laser-cut steel wall reliefs proved a revelation. He began to focus ever more on drawing for the sake of drawing, enchanted that the new medium could be lifted and held: “It really is like being able to pick up a delicate line drawing from the paper.”<br><br>The Steel Drawings caused both excitement and confusion in the art world. After acquiring one of the ground-breaking works in 1985, the Whitney Museum of American Art wrote Wesselmann wondering if it should be cataloged as a drawing or a sculpture. The work had caused such a stir that when Eric Fischl visited Wesselmann at his studio and saw steel-cut works for the first time, he remembered feeling jealous. He wanted to try it but dared not. It was clear: ‘Tom owned the technique completely.’<br><br>Wesselmann owed much of that technique to his year-long collaboration with metalwork fabricator Alfred Lippincott. Together, in 1984 they honed a method for cutting the steel with a laser that provided the precision he needed to show the spontaneity of his sketches. Wesselmann called it ‘the best year of my life’, elated at the results that he never fully achieved with aluminum that required each shape be hand-cut. “I anticipated how exciting it would be for me to get a drawing back in steel. I could hold it in my hands. I could pick it up by the lines…it was so exciting…a kind of near ecstasy, anyway, but there’s really been something about the new work that grabbed me.”<br><br>Bedroom Brunette with Irises is a Steel Drawing masterwork that despite its uber-generous scale, utilizes tight cropping to provide an unimposing intimacy while maintaining a free and spontaneous quality. The figure’s outstretched arms and limbs and body intertwine with the petals and the interior elements providing a flowing investigative foray of black lines and white ‘drop out’ shapes provided by the wall. It recalls Matisse and any number of his reclining odalisque paintings. Wesselmann often tested monochromatic values to discover the extent to which color would transform his hybrid objects into newly developed Steel Drawing works and, in this case, continued with a color steel-cut version of the composition Bedroom Blonde with Irises (1987) and later still, in 1993 with a large-scale drawing in charcoal and pastel on paper.

توم ويسلمان

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Hans Hofmann's <em>Baal</em> channels the charged energy of its evocative title, rooted in ancient Semitic tradition. The name refers to a lord or master but also carries associations with primal forces of nature, chaos, and creation. Hofmann's work reflects this duality, blending structured design with the untamed vitality of gestural abstraction to create a composition oscillating between entropy and order.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Painted at age 65, <em>Baal</em> also showcases Hofmann's willingness to revisit earlier disciplines while addressing the challenges of mid-century abstraction. Its vibrant palette and bold use of complementary colors, particularly the juxtaposition of red and green, heightens the painting's dynamism. His muscular brushwork also reflects his lifelong experimentation with the tension between form and freedom; undulating lines and biomorphic forms evoke the surrealist influence of Miró and the spiritual resonance of Kandinsky's gestural abstractions. Like these predecessors, Hofmann sought to translate "inner necessity" into visual expression, guided by his fertile imagination. Yet the planal elements and curvilinear shapes of <em>Baal</em> also reflect the influence of improvisational painting, a hallmark of Abstract Expressionism as practiced by contemporaries like Arshile Gorky, among others. It is a composition that teems with movement and energy, suggesting a cosmos in flux—chaotic yet deliberate.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Exhibited the same year at Betty Parsons Gallery in New York, <em>Baal</em> signals Hofmann's evolution as a master and innovator. With its vivid dynamism and symbolic title, the painting epitomizes Hofmann's ability to infuse abstraction with elemental power, crafting a deeply personal exploration of form and color.</font></div>

هانز هوفمان

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Hans Hofmann's "<em>Astral Image #1"</em> of 1947 captures a pivotal moment in his artistic evolution as he wrestled with the competing forces of linearity and painterly abstraction. Exhibited in the same year at Betty Parsons Gallery in New York—Hofmann's first show with Parsons — the painting represents a phase of intense experimentation in which Cubist-inspired linear elements took center stage. Lines arc and stretch across the canvas, creating a dynamic framework that opens into areas filled with flatly applied alizarin crimson. These contrasting forces give the work a sense of tension and vitality.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>During this period, Hofmann's reliance on linearity provided a departure from the more fluid, painterly dynamism of his earlier works. From 1944 to 1951, this linear impulse permeated his practice, signaling a prolonged exploration of modes of expression in which he grappled with reconciling abstraction and structure. While some viewed this phase as a retreat from the energetic breakthroughs that defined American art's rise to global prominence, others recognized the distinctiveness of these paintings. <em>Astral Image #1</em> challenged the framework of Hofmann's singular vision, blending Cubist discipline with the vibrant, unruly energy that remained a hallmark of his oeuvre.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The work's flat planes of bright alizarin crimson, contrasted with the angular momentum of the lines, evoke a cosmos of restless energy, hinting at the celestial themes suggested by its title. This painting reflects Hofmann's deliberate explorations during the late 1940s that underscore his unique ability to create works that resist easy categorization, standing apart as deeply personal explorations of form and color.</font></div><br><br><div> </div>

هانز هوفمان

<div>"Planting (Spring Plowing)", a vibrant watercolor and graphite on paper by Thomas Hart Benton, circa 1939-40, embodies the artist’s signature Regionalist style. The work depicts a rural scene where two figures toil in a field, one guiding a plow pulled by a donkey, the other carrying a bucket, sowing seeds under a bright, cloud-streaked sky. The rolling, richly hued earth, painted in warm browns and oranges, contrasts with the lush green foliage and distant trees, while a small structure sits at the horizon, grounding the composition in everyday life. Benton’s dynamic lines and fluid brushwork capture the rhythm of labor and the vitality of spring, infusing the scene with a sense of movement and purpose. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The reverse image of this artwork was transformed into a lithograph in 1939, with notable examples housed in prestigious museum collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Chazen Museum of Art. This print adaptation underscores the piece’s cultural significance, reflecting Benton’s influence on American art during the Depression era and the resonance of this particular subject celebrating the resilience and harmony of its people with nature. Created with a keen eye for detail and a deep connection to the land, "Planting (Spring Plowing)" showcases Benton’s ability to blend realism with his hallmark muscular style. It is accompanied by two letters written by Thomas Hart Benton to Lon Ramsey, its original owner, and bears an inscription by the artist on the verso.  </div>

توماس هارت بنتون

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Paul Signac’s <em>Saint-Briac. D’une fenêtre</em> (1885) captures the quiet beauty of the Breton landscape at a pivotal moment in the artist’s evolution from Impressionism to Neo-Impressionism. Painted during one of his frequent stays in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, a coastal village in Brittany, this work reflects Signac’s early fascination with the play of light, color, and atmosphere before his full embrace of </font><font<br>face=HelveticaNeue size=3 color="#191919">Pointilist </font><font face=Lato<br>size=3 color=black>technique. The composition, framed as if viewed from a window, balances structured geometry with painterly spontaneity, suggesting the artist’s growing concern with order and harmony in nature.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The work once belonged to the French composer and conductor Jules Rivière and has been discussed in major art historical texts, including <em>Connaissance des Arts</em> (1956), Sophie Monneret’s <em>L’Impressionisme et son époque</em> (1980), and Françoise Cachin’s <em>Signac: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint</em> (2000), where it is illustrated as entry no. 102. Comparable examples from the same Saint-Briac series are housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Collectively, these works reveal Signac’s transition toward the structured luminosity that would soon define Neo-Impressionism and secure his place among the leading innovators of modern painting.</font></div>

بول سيجناك

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Hans Hofmann's <em>The Zoo</em> (1944) brims with playful energy, its abstract forms suggesting a whimsical exploration of animalistic shapes and gestures. Dominated by a vivid blue field punctuated by bold strokes of red, green, and yellow, the formal elements and composition provide a lively interplay of color. While the title invites the viewer to seek out zoo-like references, the forms are ambiguous yet evocative: sweeping red arcs might suggest the curve of a tail, while the triangular green shape evokes the profile of an enclosure or a cage. The painting captures not the literal essence of a zoo but the dynamism and movement one might associate with such a space.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Heavily influenced by Surrealist automatism and the biomorphic forms of Joan Miró, the organic shapes and bold colors seem to pulse with life, blurring the boundary between abstraction and figuration. Yet, unlike Miró's delicate dreamscapes, Hofmann's brushwork carries a muscular energy, grounding the composition in his signature gestural style.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>The Zoo</em> reflects Hofmann's ability to balance spontaneity with deliberate compositional choices. The result is a vibrant, joy-filled work that celebrates the world's visual complexity and the boundless creative freedom of abstraction during this pivotal phase of his career.</font></div>

هانز هوفمان

<div><font face=Calibri size=3 color=black>Camille Claudel's life story reflects an era when societal constraints often dimmed the brilliance of women; their genius was viewed as a threat to the male-dominated world. Most introductions to Claudel are steeped in misleading biographical details related to her as Rodin's assistant, mistress, or lover, associations that diminish her achievements as a first-rate sculptor whose work borrows little from Rodin in style or subject matter. Despite these challenges, Claudel's legacy has endured, celebrated through exhibitions, biographies, and films since her rediscovery in 1982. </font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Calibri size=3 color=black><em>“La Vague (The Wave),”</em> a remarkable sculpture of three women frolicking joyfully, embodies Claudel's passion for art and connection to nature. The women, their hair unruly like the sea, are depicted in a moment of freedom and abandon, yet the looming wave hints at the inevitable sorrow to come—a metaphor for Claudel's life, shadowed by fate. This piece, initially shown in plaster and later cast in bronze with an onyx marble wave, draws direct inspiration from Hokusai's <em>“The Great Wave,”</em> reflecting the Parisian fascination with Japanese art at the time. While <em>“La Vague”</em> showcases Claudel's technical mastery and the influence of Japanese aesthetics, it also poignantly symbolizes her acceptance of the overpowering forces of nature and the tragic course her life would ultimately take. This bronze, cast in 1997, is one of only two not held in a museum, further emphasizing the rarity of and reverence for Claudel's work.</font></div>

كاميل كلوديل

A major figure in both the Abstract Expressionist and American Figurative Expressionist movements of the 1940s and 1950s, Elaine de Kooning's prolific output defied singular categorization. Her versatile styles explored the spectrum of realism to abstraction, resulting in a career characterized by intense expression and artistic boundary-pushing. A striking example of de Kooning's explosive creativity is Untitled (Totem Pole), an extremely rare sculptural painting by the artist that showcases her command of color. <br><br>She created this piece around 1960, the same period as her well-known bullfight paintings. She left New York in 1957 to begin teaching at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and from there would visit Ciudad Juárez, where she observed the bullfights that inspired her work. An avid traveler, de Kooning drew inspiration from various sources, resulting in a diverse and experimental body of work.

إلين دي كونينغ

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Kenneth Noland’s <em>Gray Reflection</em> (1978) comes from the late 1970s, when the artist was deeply engaged with shaped canvases and the refinement of surface and form. The cool slate ground is animated by faint tonal shifts and angled color bands that cut across the polygonal field, creating both balance and quiet momentum.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>This period was far less prolific than his celebrated 1960s circle paintings, making works such as <em>Gray Reflection </em>comparatively rare. While not part of a named series, it resonates with other late-1970s explorations like <em>Burnt Beige </em>at the Cranbrook Art Museum.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Noland, a central figure of post-painterly abstraction alongside Morris Louis and Helen Frankenthaler, is represented in major museum collections including MoMA, Tate, and the National Gallery of Art.</font></div>

كينيث نولاند

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Houghton Farms (Girls Strolling in an Orchard)</em> belongs to a pivotal moment in Winslow Homers career, created during the late 1870s as he transitioned from the wartime subjects that first brought him acclaim to the watercolor medium and domestic pastoral themes that would secure his place in the American canon. This period marked Homers sustained engagement with Houghton Farm in Mountainville in the Hudson Valley, where he spent extended time with his childhood friend and patron Lawson Valentine. Over these visits Homer produced approximately fifty watercolors, forming one of the most important bodies of early work in the medium. The significance of this output was later celebrated in the 2009 exhibition at Syracuse Art Galleries, <em>Winslow Homers Empire State: Houghton Farm and Beyond</em>.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>This watercolor is included in the artists catalogue raisonne and relates closely to other early examples from Houghton Farm, including <em>Fresh Air</em> from 1878 in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Its serene orchard scene, rendered with a soft and muted palette, reflects the themes of nostalgia, calm, and peace that define Homer's Restoration period. The transparency of the watercolor medium allows Homer to create a delicate, atmospheric impression of a misty morning, animated by touches of bright color in the figures dress patterns, the bow on a hat, a headwrap, and the bluebird perched on a branch.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The continued importance of Homer's watercolor practice is affirmed by the current exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, <em>Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor</em>, which underscores the enduring resonance of works from this transformative period. <em>Houghton Farms (Girls Strolling in an Orchard)</em> stands as a beautifully preserved example from the moment when Homer embraced watercolor as his primary mode of expression, illuminating the quiet lyricism that came to define his mature art.</font></div>

وينسلو هومر

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Afternoon</em> is a rare early painting by George Inness, created when the artist was only twenty one and actively shaping the foundations of his career. Although largely self-taught, Inness was immersed in a transformative period during the mid-eighteen forties, studying at the National Academy of Design in New York where he closely observed the work of Hudson River School painters such as Thomas Cole and Asher Durand. This moment marked his first public exhibitions at the Academy in 1844, followed by the opening of his own studio in 1848, placing <em>Afternoon</em> squarely within the formative years in which his artistic voice began to emerge.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The painting also reflects the subtle influence of French landscaper Regis Francois Gignoux, under whom the young Inness studied before making his first trip to Europe in 1851. This early training helped shape the atmospheric sensitivity and poetic naturalism that would later define his mature style.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Afternoon</em> carries distinguished provenance, having passed through the collections of several important nineteenth and early twentieth century New Yorkers, including politician Cornelius Gardiner, financier and philanthropist Emerson McMillian, and later the philanthropist Agnes Ladson Dana. This lineage, combined with the paintings exceptional early date, makes it an especially significant example from the beginning of Innesss enduring contribution to American landscape painting.</font></div>

جورج إنيس

Under the Tang China experienced a period of great cultural flowering, remarkable for its achievements across all areas of the arts and sciences. The tolerance of the Tang Imperial Court to outside influence and the free movement along the East- West trade route known as the Silk Road saw major urban centres become thriving cosmopolitan cities, with the Chinese capital, Chang’an (modern Xian) expanding to reach a population of over one million.<br><br>In keeping with centuries of tradition, funerary rites remained very important. A separate government department existed with responsibility for overseeing the manufacture of funerary wares. Officially there were limits on the number of grave goods and restrictions on the size of the objects which could accompany the deceased, according to rank – the highest ranked officials were meant to have a maximum of 90 figurines, no more than 30cm tall while members of the Imperial family were allowed several hundred up to about one meter tall. However, these rules were frequently broken. The deceased’s relatives believed they could improve their ancestor’s status in the afterlife by providing mingqi in excess of necessity, thereby ensuring their own good fortune. Tang Dynasty figurative ceramics share particular characteristics. The forms are animated and life-like, the subject matter covers all aspects of social and ritual life and the scale of the figures was reasonably small with the exception of some magnificent larger works commissioned for the tombs of the elite. Figures of courtiers and entertainers, polo players and the exotic travelers who now regularly arrived in the Chinese cities with their great pack camels became common place, illustrating the cosmopolitan nature of the times. The variety of forms tells us that craftsmen had scope for individual innovation and were not controlled by rules regarding particular styles. Now the funerary wares spoke not only of power and military strength, but also of the sophistication and intellectual achievements of the deceased.

الصينية

عشب ALPERT - أروهيد - البرونزية - 201 × 48 × 48 في.

عشب البير

<div><font face=Calibri size=3 color=black>Standing at an impressive 103 inches, this elegantly spare “Sonambient” sculpture by Harry Bertoia allows us to marvel at one of the finest artisans of his generation. This piece, the tallest in the series currently available here at Heather James Fine Art, features a precise arrangement of 36 slender tines in a 6 x 6 grid. This arrangement's uniformity and symmetry are visually captivating and crucial for the sculpture's acoustic properties. The rods, austere and uncapped by finials, have an aged patina with copper undertones, suggesting Bertoia's use of copper or a similar alloy known for its resonant qualities and distinctive coloration. Given the outstanding length of these rods, the attachment method is particularly noteworthy. Bertoia meticulously inserted each rod into individual holes in the base plate using precision drilling and securing techniques such as welding that ensured the rods were firmly anchored and stable, maintaining the structural integrity essential for consistent acoustic performance.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Calibri size=3 color=black>Beyond his uncompromising nature, Bertoia's work draws significant inspiration from natural elements. This sculpture's tall, slender rods evoke images of reeds or tall grasses swaying gently in the wind. This dynamic interaction between the sculpture and its environment mirrors the movement of plants, creating an immersive, naturalistic experience. Yet when activated or moved by air currents, the rods of this monumental work initiate metallic undertones that confirm its materiality without betraying its profound connection to the natural world.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Calibri size=3 color=black>Integrating technical precision and natural inspiration depends on exacting construction that ensures durability and acoustic consistency, while its kinetic and auditory nature imbues the piece with a sense of vitality. This fusion invites viewers to engage with the sculpture on multiple sensory levels, appreciating its robust craftsmanship and evocative, naturalistic qualities. Bertoia's ability to blend these elements results in a work that is both a technical marvel and a tribute to the beauty of the natural world.</font></div>

هاري بيرتويا

After disappointing sales at Weyhe Gallery in 1928, Calder turned from sculpted wire portraits and figures to the more conventional medium of wood. On the advice of sculptor Chaim Gross, he purchased small blocks of wood from Monteath, a Brooklyn supplier of tropical woods. He spent much of that summer on a Peekskill, New York farm carving. In each case, the woodblock suggested how he might preserve its overall shape and character as he subsumed those attributes in a single form. There was a directness about working in wood that appealed to him. Carved from a single block of wood, Woman with Square Umbrella is not very different from the subjects of his wire sculptures except that he supplanted the ethereal nature of using wire with a more corporeal medium.<br>© 2023 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

ألكسندر كالدر

<div>Camille Pissarro’s<em> Paysannes assises </em>(c. 1880) is a richly colored, large-scale pastel that distills the artist’s humanism and modernity into an intimate, everyday encounter. Two peasant women sit in quiet conversation, their bodies described with confident contour and softened planes of color that feel both immediate and tender. The warm tone of the paper becomes an active field, allowing passages of blue, green, and rose to breathe around the figures, while Pissarro’s unmistakably painterly strokes—alternately feathered and emphatic—give the scene texture, light, and lived presence. Bright yet restrained, the work is iconically Pissarro: direct, unsentimental, and deeply attentive to rural life. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Often called the backbone of Impressionism, Pissarro was the movement’s most consistent, experimental, and unifying force. He was the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and his generosity as a mentor shaped the next generation—Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Signac among them. In pastel, a medium prized for its speed and chromatic intensity, Pissarro found an especially apt vehicle for capturing fleeting effects and the immediacy of observation, without sacrificing structure or psychological nuance. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The enduring importance of his work is underscored by recent museum attention, including the Denver Art Museum’s major exhibition positioning him as “the first Impressionist” (<em>The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism</em>, October 26, 2025 – February 8, 2026), the first significant U.S. survey of the artist in four decades. <em>Paysannes assises</em> also resonates with closely related figure studies in major collections, such as examples at LACMA and The Morgan Library, affirming the centrality of these pastoral subjects within Pissarro’s practice and within Impressionism itself. </div>

كاميل بيسارو

إيرفينغ نورمان - كيف الحال - لوحة زيتية على قماش - 90 × 60 بوصة.

إيرفينغ نورمان

ROLAND PETERSEN - شكل انتظار - لوحة زيتية على قماش - 68 × 56 بوصة.

رولاند بيترسن

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Lee Krasner’s "<em>Water No. 5</em>" channels water's fluid, ever-changing energy into a luminous abstraction, demonstrating her deep sensitivity to the natural world and unparalleled skill in transforming it into art. As part of her "Water" series of some twenty works, "<em>No. 5"</em> reflects Krasner's fascination with the rhythms of nature, inspired by her life on Long Island's East End. Living along the shoreline, she experienced its tidal flows, reflective light, and the expansive motion of water—elements that found their way into this series' fluid brushstrokes and layered washes.</font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Cataloged as "gouache on paper," the patent transparency in works like “<em>Water No. 5</em>” suggests Krasner used traditional watercolor techniques to create the denser, opaque effects often associated with gouache. Artists can achieve such opacity in watercolor by increasing the pigment-to-water ratio, layering translucent washes for depth, or using pigments naturally prone to granulation and saturation. Krasner's choice of Howell paper, known for its medium-to-rough "tooth," also enhanced these effects, as its texture scatters light to give pigments a more solid appearance. These techniques demonstrate Krasner's mastery of her materials and her intuitive, practical approach to experimentation, allowing her to expand the expressive possibilities of watercolor without relying solely on gouache. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Krasner was not alone in finding inspiration in the Long Island landscape. Her neighbor, Willem de Kooning, similarly responded to the shoreline's vitality, translating its undulating rhythms into his work of the 1960s. For Krasner, however, the "Water" series lacks figurative references, resting solely on her ability to capture nature’s transformative energy through abstraction. With "<em>Water No. 5",</em> Krasner achieved a profound synthesis of technique and vision, merging the meditative power of her surroundings with the dynamic energy of her artistic practice, underscoring her position as a pioneering force in postwar American art.</font></div>

لي كراسنر

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Dancing Girl</em> dates from 1881 to 1882, a dynamic and exploratory moment in William Merritt Chase’s career when he was actively engaging with European subjects and broadening the expressive range of American painting. The work is included in the Chase catalogue raisonne and reflects the artists fascination with Spanish themes, which many American painters of the period encountered firsthand while studying the masters in the Prado and absorbing the culture, costume, and movement of Spain. Although the painting was later mislabeled by an early owner as an Italian street scene, Chase was in Spain during the summer when this work was created, firmly situating it within his Spanish period.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The animated single figure captures a woman in motion, a subject that is notably rare within Chases oeuvre and distinct from the more contemplative female figures that dominate his most valuable works. His auction record painting, <em>I Think I Am Ready Now</em> from around 1883, shares the focus on a single female figure from the same period, underscoring the importance of this moment in his artistic development. The present work also relates closely to important institutional examples, including <em>Carmencita</em> from 1885 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and <em>A Tambourine Player</em> in the Montclair Art Museum, both of which highlight Chases sustained interest in dancers and Spanish costume.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The painting was held on long term loan to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston from 1906 to 1922, affirming its early institutional recognition. Chase’s Spanish works should be viewed in dialogue with those of John Singer Sargent, whom he met in 1881 while Sargent was developing studies for <em>El Jaleo</em>, as both artists looked to Velázquez for inspiration. <em>Dancing Girl</em> stands as a spirited and uncommon example of Chase portraying a woman at play, capturing movement, rhythm, and cultural immediacy at the height of his European engagement.</font></div><br><br><div> </div>

ويليام ميريت تشيس

تشارلز جوزيف فريدريك سولاكرو - شاي بعد الظهر - زيت على قماش - 34 × 25 3/4 بوصة.

تشارلز جوزيف فريدريك سولاكرو

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Maurice de Vlaminck’s <em>Le Viaduc de Saint-Germain-en-Laye</em> (circa 1910-1911), an arresting oil on canvas framed in ornate gold, captures the industrial elegance of a viaduct west of Paris. This work, set to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, reflects Vlaminck’s fascination with the Saint-Germain area. Known for painting its urban landscapes and Seine-side scenes, he infused this particular scene with angular Cubist elements gaining traction in early 20th-century art. The viaduct, built in the 1880s to carry the Paris-Saint-Germain railway line, looms with golden arches against a turbulent gray sky, its unyielding structure juxtaposed with the fractured rooflines of quaint village houses. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>Vlaminck’s bold brushstrokes and muted palette create a textured, almost sculptural effect, with trees and rooftops rendered in dynamic, faceted shapes. The overcast sky enhances the scene’s ambient intensity, while the viaduct’s arches dominate, symbolizing modernity amid rural charm. This work exemplifies his early Fauvist roots evolving into Cubist influences, showcasing a pioneering style. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>A resident of the region, Vlaminck frequently depicted its evolving landscape, blending tradition with innovation. "Le Viaduc de Saint-Germain-en-Laye" offers collectors a rare glimpse into his transformative period. Its striking composition and historical context make it a compelling addition to any collection, celebrating Vlaminck’s contribution to modern art’s development. </font></div>

موريس دي فلامنك

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Leon Polk Smith’s "Constellation Blue Violet Green Red" (1968) is a striking example of the artist’s radical exploration of form and color in postwar abstraction. Executed in acrylic on canvas, the work consists of four rounded-square panels arranged in a diamond formation. Each panel bears a crisp division of color: black at the outer edge, paired with one of four luminous hues—blue, violet, green, and red—creating a rhythmic interplay of symmetry and variation. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>Smith was a central figure in the development of hard-edge painting and geometric abstraction, aligned with contemporaries such as Ellsworth Kelly and Carmen Herrera. His "Constellation" series, begun in the 1960s, was groundbreaking for its use of multiple shaped canvases installed directly on the wall, eschewing traditional frames in favor of compositions that expand dynamically into surrounding space. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>While Smith was highly prolific in both works on paper and monumental single-panel paintings, multi-panel "Constellation" works remain less common within his oeuvre. Today, his paintings are represented in major institutions including The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. In "Constellation Blue Violet Green Red", the clarity of Smith’s vision is on full display—color and geometry united in a constellation that feels both precise and expansive, disciplined yet alive with visual energy. </font></div>

ليون بولك سميث

"A drawing is simply a line going for a walk."<br>-Paul Klee<br><br>A significant draftsman, Paul Klee's works on paper rival his works on canvas in their technical proficiency and attention to his modern aesthetic. As an early teacher at the Bauhaus school, Klee traveled extensively and inspired a generation of 20th Century Artists. <br><br>Klee transcended a particular style, instead creating his own unique visual vocabulary. In Klee's work, we see a return to basic, geometric forms and a removal of artistic embellishment. "Der Hafen von Plit" was once owned by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., the First Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

بول كلي

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Girl in White (Seated Figure)</em> from 1896 is an elegant example of Frank Bensons gift for intimate portraiture, rendered with a refined palette and a masterful command of light and texture. The painting was originally a personal gift from Benson to his friend and fellow American artist Frederick P. Vinton, remaining in the Vinton family before later entering the distinguished collection of Paul Magriel, a renowned collector and scholar of American art. This early provenance underscores the works longstanding appreciation among artists and connoisseurs alike.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The portrait relates closely to similar half-figure studies held in major institutional collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Farnsworth Art Museum, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., all of which highlight Bensons importance within the American Impressionist tradition. In this work, the sitter is shown in profile against a simple, reduced background that allows the subtleties of color and drapery to command full attention. The warm, luminous modeling of the skin and the delicate, gossamer like fabric of the dress are heightened by Benson's economical use of tone, creating a sense of quiet focus and graceful restraint.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Together, these qualities reveal the depth of Bensons skill during the 1890s and affirm <em>Girl in White (Seated Figure)</em> as a beautifully preserved and emotionally resonant example of his portrait practice.</font></div>

فرانك ويستون بنسون

كان مانويل نيري شخصية محورية في الحركة التصويرية لمنطقة الخليج في الستينيات. بدلا من الأشكال المجردة، أكدت المجموعة العاطفة من خلال قوة الشكل البشري. يستكشف العمل الحالي، "بدون عنوان" (1982)، الشكل الأنثوي على نطاق بحجم الحياة. فضل نيري العمل مع عارضة أزياء واحدة فقط طوال حياته المهنية التي استمرت 60 عاما، ماريا جوليا كليمينكو. غياب وجه في العديد من المنحوتات يضيف عنصر الغموض والغموض. محور التكوين في "بدون عنوان" هو هيكل وشكل الشكل. مانويل نيري ممثل في العديد من مجموعات المتاحف في جميع أنحاء العالم، بما في ذلك معرض أديسون / أكاديمية فيليبس. مجموعة أندرسون في جامعة ستانفورد؛ معهد الفنون في شيكاغو؛ مركز كانتور للفنون، جامعة ستانفورد؛ متحف سينسيناتي للفنون; متحف كروكر للفنون، ساكرامنتو، كاليفورنيا؛ متحف دنفر للفنون، متحف إل باسو للفنون، تكساس؛ متاحف الفنون الجميلة في سان فرانسيسكو; متاحف الفنون بجامعة هارفارد; متحف هيرشهورن وحديقة النحت، واشنطن، .C. متحف هونولولو للفنون، ومتحف متروبوليتان للفنون، نيويورك، والمعرض الوطني للفنون، واشنطن العاصمة.

مانويل نيري

<div><font face=Aptos size=3 color=black>Born in 1881, the same year as fellow Spaniard Pablo Picasso, María Blanchard carved her distinct path within modernist art, blending Cubist influences with emotional depth. <em>"La Comida" </em>demonstrates Blanchard's evolution towards a more figurative style while retaining explicit Cubist references. This shift aligns her work with the “<em>Retour à l'ordre”</em> movement, a tendency many fellow artists embraced at the time. Thematically, “<em>La  Comida</em>” recalls van Gogh's early works, particularly "<em>The Potato Eaters</em>" (1885), in both palette and subject matter. Like van Gogh, Blanchard draws attention to the simplicity of rural life, using muted tones of browns, reds, and ochres to convey the grounded, almost austere nature of the figures around the table.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Aptos size=3 color=black>Blanchard’s work after 1921 progressively bridged the gap between the rigid forms of early Cubism and a more emotive, personal representation of her subjects. Geometric rigors are present, but the scene's naturalistic light and volumetric composition echo Cézanne's influence. The sharp brushstrokes and angular figures evoke a sense of protection, reflecting Blanchard's intention to shield the inner spirit of her characters from the gaze of others. Yet, her sensitive portrayal invites viewers to connect emotionally with her work, engendering a sense of intimacy and quiet communion. Despite the somber palette, there is a subtle warmth, with the figures' inner spirit shielded from judgment, much like those in van Gogh's painting. Yet in synthesizing elements of Cubism, Blanchard added emotional complexity to the rural themes van Gogh explored, making her contribution distinct yet reflective of earlier artistic traditions.</font></div>

ماريا بلانشارد

<div><font face=Aptos size=3 color=black>María Blanchard, born in 1881, initially emerged as a committed Cubist painter, heavily influenced by her friendships with Juan Gris and other avant-garde figures. Her work in the 1910s showcased rigorous geometric abstraction, yet by the early 1920s, she began to transition toward a more figurative style. This shift aligned her with the “<em>Retour à l'ordre”</em> movement, in which many artists returned to more classical forms after the upheavals of war and early avant-garde experimentation. Blanchard's increasing focus on emotional depth and human subjects became a defining feature of these later works, culminating in pieces like "<em>Fillette à la pomme</em>."</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Aptos size=3 color=black>Blanchard's Cubist roots, prominent in the angular treatment of the hands and apple, are softened throughout the girl's modest attire, suggesting a spiritual or religious significance. The model's pious countenance and the muted palette of browns, grays, and blues further reinforce that the painting continues a thread of religious themes, as seen in Picasso's early masterwork, "<em>The First Communion</em>," and Blanchard's own "<em>Girl at her First Communion</em>." The apple held in hand introduces layers of symbolism, often representing knowledge, innocence, or temptation, an association that suggests an emotional transition, bridging childhood and deeper awareness.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Aptos size=3 color=black>Blanchard's ability to fuse Cubist form with symbolic narrative and emotional complexity makes this painting a poignant reflection of her evolution as an artist. She humanizes the rigid forms of Cubism while imbuing her subjects with depth and inner life.</font></div>

ماريا بلانشارد

The Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) was a prosperous period that helped shape Chinese history's foundations for future centuries. This era was marked by notable technological and cultural advances, including gunpowder and printing. Among artistic advances during this period was the perfection of the sancai glaze technique, which was a prominent attribute of sculpture during this period. Sancai (tri-colored) glazing used the three glaze-colors were ochre or brown, green and clear. Glazed wares were much more costly to produce than other terracotta wares, and were therefore only reserved for the wealthiest patrons. <br><br>This Sancai-Glazed Horse would have been an incredible status symbol for its owner and many have been lost to time. This sculpture is comparable to examples held in museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

الصينية

The Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) was a prosperous cultural period that helped shape Chinese history's foundations for future centuries. This era was marked by notable technological and cultural advances, including gunpowder and printing. Among artistic advances during this period was the perfection of the sancai glaze technique, which was a prominent attribute of sculpture during this period. Sancai (tri-colored) glazing; the three glaze-colors used were ochre or brown, green and clear. Glazed wares where much more costly to produce than other terracotta wares, and were therefore only reserved for the wealthiest patrons. <br><br>The Sancai-Glazed Earth Spirit offered here depicts a "Zhenmushou." These are mythical hybrid creatures whose bodies are a combination of dogs, lions, boars and other animals. These fierce looking beasts would be found in pairs guarding the entrance of Tang Dynasty tombs.

الصينية

وليد بيشتي - لوس كابالوس إن لا كونكويستا - بقايا زلة سيراميكا سورو مصبوبة من السيراميك والزجاج وصفيحة الحرق - 9 1/2 × 32 1/4 × 21 1/2 بوصة.

وليد بيشتي

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919"><em>The Road to the Harbor, Gloucester, Massachusetts</em> is a vibrant and characteristically bold example of Jane Peterson’s celebrated views of the Massachusetts coast, a subject that remains among the most sought after in her work. Previously held in the collection of the artist and her estate, the painting reflects the period when Peterson was producing her finest New England scenes, distilling the atmosphere and color of Gloucester with a confident and expressive hand. Gloucester was one of her most beloved subjects, and comparable paintings of the area have exceeded expectations at auction, often more than doubling their high estimates, underscoring both the desirability of the theme and the competitive value of the present work.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">This large canvas captures a quiet coastal afternoon, with a dirt road leading toward Gloucester Harbor as suggested by the title. Peterson uses saturated colors and broad, lively brushstrokes to animate the scene, from the touches of blue on the rooftops to the shifting interplay of blue and grey in the retreating sky that suggests a moment just after rainfall. The painting relates closely to other Gloucester works in major museum collections, including <em>Old Road, Gloucester</em> at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.</font></div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color="#191919">Peterson was known for choosing subjects beyond the conventional expectations for women artists of her time, favoring street scenes, travel, public life, and even wartime experience. <em>The Road to the Harbor, Gloucester, Massachusetts </em>embodies this outward looking spirit, revealing her ability to transform everyday coastal paths into scenes of vivid immediacy and enduring charm.</font></div>

جين بيترسون

ماري فيليكس هيبوليت-لوكاس - سالومي - زيت على قماش - 77 × 38 1/8 بوصة

ماري فيليكس هيبوليت-لوكاس

ويليام ميريت تشيس - صورة الفنان ألبرت بيك وينزيل - زيت على قماش - 20 × 16 بوصة.

ويليام ميريت تشيس

<div>"House in the Countryside," a rare early oil on canvas by Piet Mondrian circa 1898, offers a window into the artist’s pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one of approximately 47 works from this phase across various media, showcases Mondrian’s early dedication to capturing the essence of place. The composition features a modest house set within the landscape, rendered with soft, earthy tones and a delicate interplay of light and shadow, reflecting his youthful passion for naturalistic depiction. Unlike his later abstract works, which began after he turned 40 following the 1911 Picasso exhibition that inspired his Cubist turn, these early pieces reveal a confident realism that laid the groundwork for his iconic style. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The works from this period, prior to Mondrian’s shift toward coastal scenes, boats, and floral subjects, highlight his penchant for landscape, a theme that subtly persisted in his later abstractions, particularly those inspired by the grid-like layout of New York City, such as "Broadway Boogie Woogie" (1942-43) and “New York City I” (1942). With early landscapes offering a more accessible price point yet holding immense academic importance, they attract museums and savvy, thoughtful collectors. Comparable works reside in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and The Art Institute of Chicago.  This piece stands as a rare testament to Mondrian’s evolving genius and the foundational role of landscape in his oeuvre. The painting’s most recent owner is Nicholas Fox Weber, the distinguished art historian, scholar, and president of the Josef Albers Foundation. </div>

بيت موندريان

موريس دي فلامينك - زهور في مزهرية - زيت على قماش - 21 1/4 × 15 بوصة.

موريس دي فلامنك

ألفريد طومسون بريشر - إيسوبوس كريك - زيت على قماش - 20 × 40 بوصة

ألفريد طومسون بريشر

أوضح ريتشارد ديبنكورن ذات مرة، "تبدأ جميع اللوحات من مزاج، من علاقة مع الأشياء أو الناس، من انطباع بصري كامل". اشتهر ديبنكورن بدوره المميز في حركة الفن التصويري لمنطقة الخليج، وهو مضاد للتجريد الذي يهيمن على مدينة نيويورك بعد الحرب، وغالبا ما كان يتأرجح بين التجسيد والتجريد. في عام 1952، تولى منصب هيئة التدريس في جامعة إلينوي في أوربانا لمدة عام دراسي واحد. هناك، درس الرسم بداية لطلاب الهندسة المعمارية واستخدم واحدة من غرف النوم في منزله واستوديو. كانت هذه الفترة من 1952-1953 ، والمعروفة باسم سلسلة أوربانا ، وقتا مثمرا ومحوريا في تطوير أسلوب ديبنكورن. بدأ استكشافه المبتكر للتجسيد من خلال التجريد في هذه السنوات المبكرة الحاسمة وسيتجه إلى التحقيق الكامل في سلسلة أوشن بارك الشهيرة على نطاق واسع في أواخر الستينيات والثمانينيات.

ريتشارد ديبينكورن

وليام WENDT -- لاغونا هيلز -- النفط على قماش -- 25 × 30 في.

ويليام ويندت

<div><font face=Lato size=3>"Study for Three Sisters," a 1954 mixed media drawing by Balthus, offers an intimate glimpse into the artist’s preliminary creative process. Executed in pencil with subtle blue watercolor accents, this sketch captures two figures—a reclining woman and a seated child—arranged with a spontaneous yet deliberate energy on a couch. The loose, expressive lines and minimal detailing reveal the immediacy and personality of the subjects, contrasting with the more formal and structured compositions of his final paintings. As a study for the major work "Three Sisters" within a series of significant canvases by the same name, it provides a window into Balthus’ evolution, showcasing how he refined his subjects over time and approached their portrayal with careful consideration. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>Balthus, like many avant-garde artists of the early 20th century such as Paul Gauguin, Edvard Munch, and Pablo Picasso, saw children as vessels of raw, unformed spirit, untouched by societal constraints, and viewed adolescent themes as a potent source of psychological depth and uninhibited expression. This perspective infuses the drawing with a tender yet enigmatic quality. The provenance includes Nicholas Fox Weber, the acclaimed Balthus biographer, adding historical weight to the piece. A related "sister drawing" is held in the Art Institute of Chicago’s permanent collection, further affirming its significance. This work not only highlights Balthus’ mastery of mixed media but also serves as a compelling study of youth and intimacy, inviting viewers to explore the artist’s thoughtful development of his iconic themes. </font></div>

بالثوس

<div>John Marin’s "Sea Movement, Maine" (1937) exemplifies his dynamic approach to watercolor, a medium he transformed into one of the most expressive vehicles of early American modernism. Painted during his mature period, the work captures the restless energy of the Maine coast—a subject Marin returned to repeatedly as a source of inspiration. Quick, gestural strokes convey the surging sea and jagged rocks, while washes of deep blue, gray, and black evoke both immediacy and atmosphere. Marin’s hallmark ability to fuse abstraction with observation is evident here: the composition is at once faithful to the rhythms of the natural world and liberated in its expressive freedom. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The significance of this work is underscored by its inclusion in Sheldon Reich’s 1970 catalogue raisonné (no. 37.19) and its exhibition history in two museum shows, affirming its place within Marin’s celebrated body of Maine seascapes. "Sea Movement, Maine" stands as a vivid testament to the artist’s lifelong pursuit of translating nature’s vitality into painterly form. </div>

جون مارين

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Andy Warhol’s <em>Campbell’s Soup I: Vegetable Soup</em> (1968) is part of his first screenprint portfolio dedicated to the iconic soup cans, produced in an edition of 250 with additional artist’s proofs. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3>The speed with which the art world embraced Warhol was remarkable: in July 1962, his thirty-two <em>Campbell’s Soup Cans</em> paintings debuted at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, quickly cementing his reputation. Those early canvases, among his last hand-painted works, appeared almost mechanically produced, but Warhol soon abandoned the brush in favor of silkscreen, a commercial process that allowed for both endless repetition and striking variations of his chosen subjects. </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3> </font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3><em>Vegetable Soup</em> was one of the original thirty-two varieties and remains a pop culture phenomenon, continually reappearing on everything from plates and mugs to t-shirts, neckties, and even surfboards. Warhol’s transformation of an everyday supermarket staple into an enduring icon underscores his genius for elevating the ordinary into the realm of high art. With its crisp outlines and industrial precision, <em>Vegetable Soup</em> embodies the artist’s most radical contribution: the merging of consumer culture with fine art. </font></div>

أندي وارهول

إدغار ألوين باين - قوارب البندقية في سوتو مارينو - لوحة زيتية على قماش - 23 3/8 × 26 1/4 بوصة.

إدغار ألوين باين

جوانا بوسيت دارت - بدون عنوان (دراسة الصحراء الحمراء) - أكريليك على لوح خشبي - 33 1/2 × 42 × 3/4 بوصة.

جوانا بوسيت-دارت

هاري Bertoia في الصفصاف النحت يتردد صداها كتعبير عن النعمة والحساسية; الصفات التي هي في حد ذاتها الجمعيات المعتادة لدينا مع الخصائص الجوهرية للسبائك التي يتم إجراؤها. هذا الإصدار مع وقف التنفيذ - النسخة النادرة من الصفصاف - يبدو أن لها وجود الذاتي علم; واحد أن المسرات في هذا التباين من الخصائص. ومع ذلك فإنه لا يدعو إلى شيء أكثر من المتعة الوجودية في مشاهدته. التفكير في الصفصاف كإصدار مفصل بجرأة من كالدر إذا كان سيد الأخير أكثر العضوية أو استحضار corporeal في الاعتبار. علقت, هو يأمر منطقته بعد يحترم علاقته مكانيّة إلى محيطه. الضوء، والشكل، والفضاء – هذه هي الأدوات المفاهيمية للنحات. ولكن من آخر سوف نفكر في استخدام المواد العاكسة المرتبطة بسهولة أكبر مع عدم المرونة وقوة الشد لخلق باقة من خيوط المتتالية من الفولاذ المقاوم للصدأ، معلقة في الفضاء، مثل النباتات وجميلة جدا برشاقة؟

هاري بيرتويا

يحتل كارل بنيامين وأقرانه لورسر فيتلسون وفريدريك هامرسلي وجون ماكلولين مكانة مميزة في تاريخ الفن التجريدي الأمريكي. يشتهرون بأشكالهم الهندسية الدقيقة وحوافهم النظيفة التي تؤكد على التسطيح ، وهم رسامو كاليفورنيا الذين ظهروا في أواخر خمسينيات القرن العشرين. على عكس Ellsworth Kelly ، على سبيل المثال ، يعكس عملهم سطوعا ووضوحا ولوحة تشير إلى البيئة الطبيعية والمبنية في كاليفورنيا بدلا من التأثيرات الحضرية والصناعية التي يشعر بها الساحل الشرقي. علاوة على ذلك ، مقارنة بالمشهد الفني التنافسي على الساحل الشرقي ، كانت مجموعة كاليفورنيا مجتمعا صغيرا نسبيا ومتماسكا من الفنانين الذين لديهم شعور بالتعاون والاستكشاف المشترك الذي ساهم في حركة متماسكة ذات هوية مميزة.

كارل بنجامين

The Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) was a prosperous cultural period that helped shape Chinese history's foundations for future centuries. This era was marked by notable technological and cultural advances, including gunpowder and printing. Among artistic advances during this period was the perfection of the sancai glaze technique, which was a prominent attribute of sculpture during this period. Sancai (tri-colored) glazing; the three glaze-colors used were ochre or brown, green and clear. Glazed wares where much more costly to produce than other terracotta wares, and were therefore only reserved for the wealthiest patrons. <br><br>The Sancai-Glazed Earth Spirit offered here depicts a "Zhenmushou." These are mythical hybrid creatures whose bodies are a combination of dogs, lions, boars and other animals. These fierce looking beasts would be found in pairs guarding the entrance of Tang Dynasty tombs.

الصينية

ليونيد لام-قوه الدولة-النفط علي قماش-68 3/8 × 66 × 1 في.

ليونيد لام

روبرت NATKIN-أبولو XL-الأكريليك علي قماش-88 x 116 1/4 في.

روبرت ناتكين

جان بيرو - La Parisienne - زيت على قماش - 13 3/4 × 9 5/8 بوصة

جان بيرو

ألفريد ستيفنز - الخبير - زيت على لوح خشبي - 8 7/8 × 6 7/8 بوصة.

ألفريد ستيفنز

إدغار ألوين باين - جبال سييرا نيفادا - زيت على قماش - 9 3/4 × 13 1/2 بوصة

إدغار ألوين باين

فيليبي كاستانيدا - موخيري كون جيتاريرا - رخام - 16 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 10 في.

فيليبي كاستانيدا

الذكاء الاصطناعي WEIWEI - "حكاية" الكراسي - الخشب - 49 × 45 × 17 1/2 في.

الذكاء الاصطناعي ويوي

لويس فالتات - Allée d'arbres - زيت على قماش - 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 بوصة

لويس فالتات

فرانك مايرز بوغز - الميناء - زيت على قماش - 15 1/4 × 22 بوصة

فرانك مايرز بوغز

جيمس ماكدوغال هارت - منظر طبيعي 1884 - زيت على قماش - 17 × 24 1/8 بوصة

جيمس ماكدوغال هارت

الاستشاريون

مونتانا-جديد-2018

مونتانا ألكسندر

رئيس مجلس الإدارة، المدير العالمي
بالم ديزرت، كاليفورنيا

[email protected]

ج: 917 588 4599

س: 8926 346 760

تُعد مونتانا ألكسندر رائدة متميزة في عالم الفن الدولي، حيث تشغل منصب رئيس مجلس الإدارة والمدير العالمي لشركة هيذر جيمس. من مقرها في المعرض الرئيسي في بالم ديزرت، كاليفورنيا، تشرف مونتانا على عمليات الشركة بأكملها وتقود رؤيتها العالمية. يمثل انتقالها إلى بالم ديزرت في عام 2025 من مدينة نيويورك إلى بالم ديزرت خطوة مدروسة لتعميق الروابط داخل المشهد الفني الصحراوي المزدهر ولتعزيز تأثير هيذر جيمس في الساحل الغربي.

منذ انضمامها إلى هيذر جيمس في عام 2013، لعبت مونتانا دوراً أساسياً في توسيع نطاق وصول المعرض إلى سوق الفن الثانوي العالمي وتشكيل استراتيجية الشركة على مستوى الشركة وإقامة علاقات مع قائمة من نخبة جامعي الأعمال الفنية - من الأعضاء الرئيسيين في مجلة ArtNews 200 إلى رعاة الفن الناشئين. وقد قادت عينها الفطنة وشغفها بالتميز عمليات استحواذ كبيرة على أعمال لفنانين مبدعين مثل لويز بورجوا وآندي وارهول وإد روشا وكلود مونيه ومارك برادفورد.

كان لقيادة مونتانا دور محوري في تأمين الاستحواذ التاريخي على المجموعة الفنية لما بعد الحرب والفن المعاصر من مجموعة الأعمال الفنية للشركات التابعة لشركة جنرال إلكتريك - وهي واحدة من أهم مجموعات الشركات التي دخلت السوق الثانوية. كما كانت وراء المعارض التي نالت استحسان النقاد مثل معرض "النظرة الأنثوية" الذي يضم فنانات سرياليات من بينهن فريدا كاهلو وليونورا كارينغتون، ومعرض "لوحات السير ونستون تشرشل"، وهو معرض متجول تم تطويره بالتعاون مع تركة عائلة تشرشل.

حاصلة على بكالوريوس الآداب في تاريخ الفن وإدارة الأعمال من جامعة كونيتيكت وشهادة الدراسات العليا في الأعمال الفنية من معهد سوثبي في نيويورك، تمزج مونتانا بين الدقة الأكاديمية والخبرة العملية. تستمر قيادتها الحكيمة في تشكيل هيذر جيمس لتصبح قوة مهيمنة على الساحة الفنية العالمية، بينما يشير انتقالها الأخير إلى بالم ديزرت إلى فصل جديد وجريء لنمو المعرض وتأثيره.

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إريك أرتشي

استشاري الفنون الجميلة
بالم ديزرت، كاليفورنيا

[email protected]

س: 8926 346 760

يعمل إريك أرتيش مستشاراً للفنون الجميلة لدى هيذر جيمس للفنون الجميلة في بالم ديزرت، كاليفورنيا، ويتمتع بخبرة تزيد عن 10 سنوات من الخبرة في مجال المبيعات مع كبار العملاء والشركات المدرجة على قائمة فورتشن 500. تتضمن خلفية إيريك بكالوريوس الآداب في العلوم الاجتماعية والتاريخ من كلية ويستمونت وماجستير العلوم في المجتمعات المرنة والمستدامة من كلية الجبل الأخضر. قادت الرغبة الدائمة في التعلم والنمو إريك إلى عالم الفن، بدءاً من البحث والعمليات والآن يتعاون مباشرةً مع العملاء لإيجاد القطع المثالية لمجموعاتهم. خارج المعرض، يحب إريك قضاء الوقت مع عائلته واستكشاف المطاعم الجديدة والقيام برحلات برية وتحميص قهوته الخاصة.

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الفن المميز

Cottonwood Tree (Near Abiquiu), New Mexico (1943) by celebrated American artist Georgia O’Keeffe is exemplary of the airier, more naturalistic style that the desert inspired in her. O’Keeffe had great affinity for the distinctive beauty of the Southwest, and made her home there among the spindly trees, dramatic vistas, and bleached animal skulls that she so frequently painted. O’Keeffe took up residence at Ghost Ranch, a dude ranch twelve miles outside of the village of Abiquiú in northern New Mexico and painted this cottonwood tree around there. The softer style befitting this subject is a departure from her bold architectural landscapes and jewel-toned flowers.<br><br>The cottonwood tree is abstracted into soft patches of verdant greens through which more delineated branches are seen, spiraling in space against pockets of blue sky. The modeling of the trunk and delicate energy in the leaves carry forward past experimentations with the regional trees of the Northeast that had captivated O’Keeffe years earlier: maples, chestnuts, cedars, and poplars, among others. Two dramatic canvases from 1924, Autumn Trees, The Maple and The Chestnut Grey, are early instances of lyrical and resolute centrality, respectively. As seen in these early tree paintings, O’Keeffe exaggerated the sensibility of her subject with color and form.<br><br>In her 1974 book, O’Keeffe explained: “The meaning of a word— to me— is not as exact as the meaning of a color. Color and shapes make a more definite statement than words.” Her exacting, expressive color intrigued. The Precisionist painter Charles Demuth described how, in O’Keeffe’s work, “each color almost regains the fun it must have felt within itself on forming the first rainbow” (As quoted in C. Eldridge, Georgia O’Keeffe, New York, 1991, p. 33). As well, congruities between forms knit together her oeuvre. Subjects like hills and petals undulate alike, while antlers, trees, and tributaries correspond in their branching morphology.<br><br>The sinewy contours and gradated hues characteristic of O’Keeffe find an incredible range across decades of her tree paintings. In New Mexico, O’Keeffe returned to the cottonwood motif many times, and the seasonality of this desert tree inspired many forms. The vernal thrill of new growth was channeled into spiraling compositions like Spring Tree No.1 (1945). Then, cottonwood trees turned a vivid autumnal yellow provided a breathtaking compliment to the blue backdrop of Mount Pedernal. The ossified curves of Dead Cottonweed Tree (1943) contain dramatic pools of light and dark, providing a foil to the warm, breathing quality of this painting, Cottonwood Tree (Near Abiquiu). The aural quality of this feathered cottonwood compels a feeling guided by O’Keeffe’s use of form of color.

جورجيا أوكيف

Between Île-de-France and Burgundy and on the edge of the Fontainebleau Forest lies the medieval village of Moret-sur-Loing, established in the 12th century. When Alfred Sisley described its character to Monet in a letter dated 31 August 1881 as “a chocolate-box landscape…” he meant it as a memento of enticement; that its keep, the ramparts, the church, the fortified gates, and the ornate facades nestled along the river were, for a painter, a setting of unmatched charm. An ancient church, always the most striking townscape feature along the Seine Valley, would be a presence in Sisley’s townscape views as it was for Corot, and for Monet at Vétheuil. But unlike Monet whose thirty views of Rouen Cathedral were executed so he could trace the play of light and shadow across the cathedral façade and capture the ephemeral nature of moment-to-moment changes of light and atmosphere, Sisley set out to affirm the permanent nature of the church of Notre-Dame at Moret-sur-Loing. Monet’s sole concern was air and light, and Sisley’s appears to be an homage keepsake. The painting exudes respect for the original architects and builders of a structure so impregnable and resolute, it stood then as it did in those medieval times, and which for us, stands today, as it will, for time immemorial.<br><br>Nevertheless, Sisley strived to show the changing appearance of the motif through a series of atmospheric changes. He gave the works titles such as “In Sunshine”, “Under Frost”, and “In Rain” and exhibited them as a group at the Salon du Champ-de-Mars in 1894, factors that suggest he thought of them as serial interpretations. Nevertheless, unlike Monet’s work, l’église de Moret, le Soir reveals that Sisley chose to display the motif within a spatial context that accentuates its compositional attributes — the plunging perspective of the narrow street at left, the strong diagonal recession of the building lines as a counterbalance to the right, and the imposing weight of the stony building above the line of sight.

ألفريد سسيلي

خلال أوائل سبعينيات القرن التاسع عشر ، رسم وينسلو هومر في كثير من الأحيان مشاهد من البلاد التي تعيش بالقرب من قرية صغيرة تشتهر لأجيال لمواقفها الرائعة من القمح ، وتقع بين نهر هدسون وكاتسكيلز في ولاية نيويورك. يشتهر هيرلي اليوم بإلهام أحد أعظم أعمال هوميروس ، Snap the Whip الذي رسمه صيف عام 1872. من بين العديد من اللوحات الأخرى المستوحاة من المنطقة ، فإن Girl Standing in the Wheatfield غنية بالمشاعر ، ولكنها ليست عاطفية للغاية. يتعلق الأمر مباشرة بدراسة رسمت عام 1866 في فرنسا بعنوان ، في حقول القمح ، وأخرى رسمت في العام التالي بعد عودته إلى أمريكا. لكن هوميروس كان بلا شك أكثر فخرا بهذا. إنها صورة ، ودراسة أزياء ، ولوحة من النوع في التقليد العظيم للرسم الرعوي الأوروبي ، وجولة ذات إضاءة خلفية دراماتيكية ، وجولة في الغلاف الجوي غارقة في ضوء الساعة الكئيب الذي يتلاشى بسرعة والمدعوم بنوتات لامب ومنمقة ولمسات سنبلة القمح. في عام 1874 ، أرسل هوميروس أربع لوحات إلى معرض الأكاديمية الوطنية للتصميم. واحد كان بعنوان "فتاة". قد لا يكون هذا؟

وينسلو هومر

<div><font face=Lato size=3>Widely recognized as one of the most consequential artists of our time, Gerhard Richters career now rivals that of Picasso's in terms of productivity and genius. The multi-faceted subject matter, ranging from slightly out-of-focus photographic oil paintings to Kelly-esque grid paintings to his "squeegee" works, Richter never settles for repeating the same thought- but is constantly evolving his vision. Richter has been honored by significant retrospective exhibitions, including the pivotal 2002 show,  "Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting," at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.    "Abstraktes Bild 758-2" (1992) comes from a purely abstract period in Richter's work- where the message is conveyed using a truly physical painting style, where applied paint layers are distorted with a wooden "Squeegee" tool. Essentially, Richter is sculpting the layers of paint, revealing the underlayers and their unique color combinations; there is a degree of "art by chance". If the painting does not work, Richter will move on- a method pioneered by Jackson Pollock decades earlier.    Richter is included in prominent museums and collections worldwide, including the Tate, London, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among many others.</font></div>

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The frame of reference for Irish American Sean Scully’s signature blocks and stripes is vast. From Malevich’s central premise that geometry can provide the means for universal understanding to Rothko’s impassioned approach to color and rendering of the dramatic sublime, Scully learned how to condense the splendor of the natural world into simple modes of color, light, and composition. Born in Dublin in 1945 and London-raised, Scully was well-schooled in figurative drawing when he decided to catch the spirit of his lodestar, Henri Matisse, by visiting Morocco in 1969. He was captivated by the dazzling tessellated mosaics and richly dyed fabrics and began to paint grids and stipes of color. Subsequent adventures provided further inspiration as the play of intense light on the reflective surfaces of Mayan ruins and the ancient slabs of stone at Stonehenge brought the sensation of light, space, and geometric movement to Scully’s paintings. The ability to trace the impact of Scully’s travels throughout his paintings reaffirms the value of abstract art as a touchstone for real-life experience.<br><br><br>Painted in rich, deep hues and layered, nuanced surfaces, Grey Red is both poetic and full of muscular formalism. Scully appropriately refers to these elemental forms as ‘bricks,’ suggesting the formal calculations of an architect. As he explained, “these relationships that I see in the street doorways, in windows between buildings, and in the traces of structures that were once full of life, I take for my work. I use these colors and forms and put them together in a way that perhaps reminds you of something, though you’re not sure of that” (David Carrier, Sean Scully, 2004, pg. 98). His approach is organic, less formulaic; intuitive painter’s choices are layering one color upon another so that contrasting hues and colors vibrate with subliminal energy. Diebenkorn comes to mind in his pursuit of radiant light. But here, the radiant bands of terracotta red, gray, taupe, and black of Grey Red resonate with deep, smoldering energy and evoke far more affecting passion than you would think it could impart. As his good friend, Bono wrote, “Sean approaches the canvas like a kickboxer, a plasterer, a builder. The quality of painting screams of a life being lived.”

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Tom Wesselmann will undoubtedly be remembered for associating his erotic themes with the colors of the American flag. But Wesselmann had considerable gifts as a draftsman, and the line was his principal preoccupation, first as a cartoonist and later as an ardent admirer of Matisse. That he also pioneered a method of turning drawings into laser-cut steel wall reliefs proved a revelation. He began to focus ever more on drawing for the sake of drawing, enchanted that the new medium could be lifted and held: “It really is like being able to pick up a delicate line drawing from the paper.”<br><br>The Steel Drawings caused both excitement and confusion in the art world. After acquiring one of the ground-breaking works in 1985, the Whitney Museum of American Art wrote Wesselmann wondering if it should be cataloged as a drawing or a sculpture. The work had caused such a stir that when Eric Fischl visited Wesselmann at his studio and saw steel-cut works for the first time, he remembered feeling jealous. He wanted to try it but dared not. It was clear: ‘Tom owned the technique completely.’<br><br>Wesselmann owed much of that technique to his year-long collaboration with metalwork fabricator Alfred Lippincott. Together, in 1984 they honed a method for cutting the steel with a laser that provided the precision he needed to show the spontaneity of his sketches. Wesselmann called it ‘the best year of my life’, elated at the results that he never fully achieved with aluminum that required each shape be hand-cut. “I anticipated how exciting it would be for me to get a drawing back in steel. I could hold it in my hands. I could pick it up by the lines…it was so exciting…a kind of near ecstasy, anyway, but there’s really been something about the new work that grabbed me.”<br><br>Bedroom Brunette with Irises is a Steel Drawing masterwork that despite its uber-generous scale, utilizes tight cropping to provide an unimposing intimacy while maintaining a free and spontaneous quality. The figure’s outstretched arms and limbs and body intertwine with the petals and the interior elements providing a flowing investigative foray of black lines and white ‘drop out’ shapes provided by the wall. It recalls Matisse and any number of his reclining odalisque paintings. Wesselmann often tested monochromatic values to discover the extent to which color would transform his hybrid objects into newly developed Steel Drawing works and, in this case, continued with a color steel-cut version of the composition Bedroom Blonde with Irises (1987) and later still, in 1993 with a large-scale drawing in charcoal and pastel on paper.

توم ويسلمان

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Irving Norman conceived and created <em>The Human Condition</em> at a time when he must have reflected deeply on the totality of his life. Given its grand scale and cinematic treatment, it impresses as a profound culmination of his artistic journey, synthesizing decades of themes, insights, and experiences into a single monumental work. A man of great humility and an artist of uncommon skill, he translated a horrendous war experience into impactful allegories of unforgettable, often visceral imagery. He worked in solitude with relentless forbearance in a veritable vacuum without fame or financial security. Looking to the past, acutely aware of present trends, he knew, given the human predicament, he was forecasting the future. As one New York Times reviewer mused in 2008, "In light of current circumstances, Mr. Norman's dystopian vision may strike some…as eerily pertinent," an observation that recalled recent events.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Irving Norman's figures, manipulated by their environment and physical space, are of a style that exaggerates the malleability of the human form to underscore their vulnerability and subjugation. This literal and symbolic elasticity suggests that these figures are stretched, compressed, or twisted by the forces of their environment, emphasizing their lack of autonomy and the oppressive systems that govern their existence. While these figures reflect vulnerability, Norman's structural choice in <em>The Human Condition</em> creates a stark juxtaposition that shifts attention toward the central tableau. A commanding female figure, rising above the calamitous failures and atrocities of the past, is joined by a man, forming a symbolic "couple,” suggesting the unity and shared responsibility of a new vision. Their hands, magnified and upturned, present these children as a vision offering hope and renewal for the future. The gesture, combined with the futuristic clothing of the diminutive figures, reinforces the idea of an alternative path—a brighter, forward-looking humanity. The central tableau acts as a metaphorical offering, inviting the viewer to consider a future untouched by the weight of darkness from which these figures emerge.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Here, Norman underscores a hopeful, if not optimistic, vision for generations ahead. The structural decision suggests a deliberate shift in focus: the darker scenes relegated to the sides represent the burdens, past and present. At the same time, the central figures embody the potential for a future shaped by resilience and renewal. This juxtaposition distinguishes <em>The Human Condition</em> as a reflection of Norman's later years, where a tempered hope emerges to claim the high ground over the war-mongering, abject corruption, frantic pleasure-seeking, and the dehumanizing effects of modern society.<br><br></font></div><br><br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Throughout his long career, Norman stood tall in his convictions; he turned, faced the large, empty canvases, and designed and painted complex, densely populated scenes. As for recognition, he rationalized the situation—fame or fortune risked the unsullied nature of an artist's quest. Ultimately, <em>The Human Condition</em> is a summation of Norman's life and work and a call to action, urging us to examine our complicity in the systems he so vividly depicted. Through meticulous craftsmanship and allegorical intensity, it is a museum-worthy masterwork that continues to resonate, its themes as pertinent today as they were when Norman painstakingly brought his vision to life.</font></div>

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