TEFAF 2011 – Dealer Sales Information
A. Aardewerk Antiquair-Juwelier (240)
Exceptional rare pair of silver tea caddies, Hendrick Swierinck, Amsterdam, 1751
Albrecht Neuhaus, Kunsthandel (218)
Major interest by museums from Berlin and Washington for the following piece:
Leonhard Kern (1588-1662) bound Slave, carved pearwood, 1640/1650
22.9 cm high
Asking price: 800.000 Euro
Alessandro Cesati (186)
Devotional plaque in coral and gilted bronze and enamel, 17 th century
Antiquariaat Forum BV (703)
Book, Beschrijving der nieuwlijks uitgevonden en geoctrooijeerde Slang-Brand-Spuiten etc.
Jan van der Heijden, Amsterdam 1690, rare first edition on groundbreaking technique for fire fighting.
Arnoldi-Livie (339)
Sold various important drawings and paintings including:
Wilhelm Heinrich Truebner (1851-1917), Frauenchiemsee, 1891
Oil on canvas, 62,3 x 77 cm
Signed lower right "W. Truebner" to an American museum.
Aronson Antiquairs (106)
Sold many pieces, including;
Delftware plaque with a maritime scene.
56 cm high,
Delft circa 1750
Asking price: € 70.000
Axel Vervoordt (422)
El Anatsui (1944 Anyako, Ghana), Flag for a New World Power
Aluminum and copper wire, 500 x 550 cm, 2004
Asking price € 600.000
El Anatsui's jaw-dropping installations have provoked a frenzy of international attention in recent years, with institutions and audiences clamoring for these sumptuous, mesmerizing cloths made from thousands of aluminum liquor bottle tops
Beck & Eggeling GmbH (436)
Had a very good fair and has reservations by works of art from the following artists: Picasso,
Heinz Mack, Heribert c. Ottersbach, Jawlensky. The Museum Frieder Burda from Baden-Baden reserved two paintings by the ZERO-artist Heinz Mack.
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna (604)
Galerie Bel Etage, Vienna, sold 50% from the works of art offered in the catalogue the gallery has published for TEFAF 2011.
Mistletoe Chandelier
Designed and executed in Vienna, around 1900, brass and bronze, patinated and cold enamelled, eight bulbs
H: 82 cm, Diameter: 60 cm
Rare extraordinary chandelier designed by Leopold Bauer, Vienna, 1902 and executed by E.
Bakalowits & soehne, Vienna brass, chased and hammered, gilt, cut glass prisms and glass balls, eight colouries glass shades with heart pattern, remains of gold plating, newlz wired
H: approx. 130 cm; diameter 70,5 cm
A pair of rare secessionist flower stands designed and executed in Vienna, around 1903, iron, forged and hammered, one table top has been replaced, very good original condition
H: 96,5 cm, Diameter: 34,5 cm
Sold four side chairs designed by Josef Hoffman, Vienna 1901 and executed by J. & J. Kohn, model no. 330, Vienna, from 1901.
Bent beech and plywood, stained and polished, brass cuffs, surface restored, renewed red leather upholstery
H: 96 cm; W: 45 cm; Diameter 55 cm
Sold an exceptional silver vegetable tureen with saucer designed by Koloman Moser, Vienna,
1904 and executed by Wiener Werkstaette, model no. S 281, Vienna 1906, silver; lapislazuli.
Ben Brown Fine Arts (504)
Sold four works to European and American private collectors on Thursday and Friday, including:
Ron Arad, Blo-Void 1, woven and polished aluminum sculpture: €110,000
Miguel Barcelo, ‘Sgraie Vertical’, (2005), mixed media on canvas. €300,000.
Vik Muniz, ‘Vertumnus (Portrait of Rudolf II) After Arcimboldo’, 2009, a digital chromogenic print. €38,000.
Ben Janssens Oriental Art Ltd (202)
Amongst the most important objects in his stand he sold a pair of white jade table screens,
China, Qianlong Period, 1736-1795 which sold to an American collector for € 500,000
A mother of pearl inlaid lacqueur incense box from the Ryukyu Islands (between China and
Japan), 17 th – 18 th century, to a European private collector for in excess of $100,000 (US).
Four pieces of jade on the opening night including one to a new client from China.
A dozen 20 th century Japanese bronzes for €2,000 to €20,000 each.
Black pottery amphora from China 3 rd or 2 nd century BC to a new European client for around
€50,000.
Schist panel of Dipankara-Jataka, Gandhara, 1 st century, to a European private client for in the region of €40,000.
Berko Fine Paintings (361)
White Lotus (1902) of Jan Bogaerts sold to a Swiss resident
Bernard de Grunne Tribal Fine Arts (122)
Two Bongo funerary posts/figures. Price range of €30,000 to €150,000
Blain| Southern (502)
Blendlauf by Jonas Burgert, oil on canvas, 2011. Sold to private collector for in the region of
€200,000.
Yellow Phantasmagoria by Tim Noble and Sue Webster. Yellow silicone, rubber, steel, wood, light projector, 2009. Sold to a foundation for a price in the region of €200,000.
Borzo modern & contemporary art (440)
Two crate chairs designed by the important Dutch designer Gerrit Rietveld, wood, 60 x 56,5 x
72 cm. Gift of Rietveld to the artist friend.
Charles Ede Ltd (424)
Reservation for the rose granite head of the young Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun from the late 18 th Dynasty (1361-1352BC) with a price in the region of £550,000.
Sold 14 pieces on the opening night, including:
2 nd century AD Roman marble statue
1 st century BC Hellenistic marble statue.
Egyptian sculpture of a kneeling offerant, 1000BC.
All to private buyers for six figure sums.
Crijns & Stender bv (140)
French mechanical clock, directoire period circa 1800, Paris
Maker Mr. Fillon
Daniel Katz Ltd (120)
Juno and Jupiter by Giuseppe Piamontini (1664-1742)
Marble, 100cm high
Sold to an to an American collector.
Asking Price €1.6 million
Daxer & Marschall Kunsthandel (337)
Had one of the best fair in the history of the company. They sold to the Fondacion Custodia in
Paris 3 oil sketches by various artists from the 19 th century. The Pommersche Landesmuseum in
Greifswald has bought a painting by Carl Gustav Carus depicting the ruins of Eldena with an abbey near Greifswald thatched cottage by moonlight, oil on canvas, 43 x 33.2 cm.
Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books AG (118)
Mayor institutions like the National Gallery in Washington and the Metropolitan Museum New
York reserved important objects.
Epoque Fine Jewels (271)
Art Nouveau glass, enamel, gold and diamond wood anemone pendant by Rene Lalique.
Circa 1900. Sold to a collector in France.
Galeria Caylus (377)
Alonso Cano (1601-1667): Vision of St. Anthony of Padua, oil on canvas, 136 X 111cm, Circa
1660. Asking price 1.3 m euros
Galerie Daniel Blau (466)
Reservations by European museums on works of art by Dinos and Jake chapman and Ansel
Adams.
Galerie Eric Philippe (606)
Table by Christen Emanuel Kjær Monberg (1877-1938) and Axel Salto (1889-1961)
Blue lacquered wood and gilt highlights, painted ceramic tiles top, 73 x 98 cm, 70 cm high
Denmark, 1923
This set was designed in 1923 for the residence of Mr. Maggard, President of the Danish
Shipowners association.
Galerie Johannes Faber (716)
Had a very good fair. He has sold photographs by Herbert List, Heinrich Kuehn and Dennis
Hopper to new clients.
Galerie Tanakaya (711)
Thursday at 12h10, the gallery sold its first piece:
Kitano Tsunetomi "Sagi Musume''.
Galerie Thomas
Galerie Ulrich Fiedler
(437)
Still life with bouquet , Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky, 1908
(602)
Henry van de Velde
Drawing cabinet
Designed for the Baron of Munchhausen in Weimar, 1911
167 x 100 x 49
Ghezelbash Antiquities (Ancient Art) (Showcase B)
The gallery has met new collectors and museum buyers. So far the gallery sold :
Cameo of a dog
Brown and beige agate.
Roman, 1 st century A.D.
A museum in construction bought this Cameo.
Grace Tsumugi Fine Art (263)
Inlaid silver and copper incense burner of Raiden (the Thunder God) seated on his drums above clouds. Signed by Shoami Katsuyoshi, Meiji Period, c1890. To a US private collector on the opening day for in the region of €500,000.
A set of lacquer document and writing boxes with a view of a Chinese landscape. With the original storage box signed by Heian Zohiko. Meiji Period c1870. Sold to an European private collector for an amount in the region of €70,000.
Gregg Baker Asian Art (261)
”This has been the best opening I have ever had at any fair” said Gregg Baker. He sold 10 pieces at the opening including a screen for €25,000.
H. Blairman & Sons Ltd (183)
Shelves designed by William Burges, England 1870, to English private collector
Hall stand, designed by Christopher Dresser 1870, to American collector
Haboldt & Co. (343)
Drawing from Dick Ket
Giovanni Sasso Ferrato, The Virgin and Child, oil on canvas 47.8 x 38 cm, sold over € 200,000 to
American collector
Haunch of Venison (523)
Important work of Frank Stella Nowe Miasto III 1973, Tilted planer relief 251 x 228.6 x 15.2 to an important European collector
Jacqueline Simcox Ltd.
A large bolt of yellow silk brocade
Jan van Kranendonk Duffels (245)
(276)
Several pieces from Angela Cummings
Janssens van der Maelen Francis (266)
A silver-gilt travel set in its original box
Augsburg, 1748-1750, Johann Martin I Satzger
Sold to a collector from Paris
Art deco silver centerpiece to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh
Antwerp 1930, Raymond Ruys
Jaski Art Gallery (510)
Constant, serie La Guerre
Karel Appel, Tête et Femme, Oil on canvas, 130 x 195 cm, 1961. To Greek collector.
John Endlich Antiquairs 233
Sold two silver plaques with scenes from Ovidius’ Metamorphoses . One with Juno and
Jupiter, Dutch, 1620-’50, attributed to Hans Lieuwens. The other plaque with Mercury and Io.
Kicken Berlin (506)
Sold to new and known clients in Europe e.g. a group of five portraits by Man Ray from
Georges Braques, Andre Breton, Luis Bunuel, Kurt Schwitters and himself, 1925 - 1936, gelatin silver contact prints.
Koetser Gallery Ltd (340)
Willem van de Velde the Younger
A states yacht and other vessels in light air.
Oil on canvas, 75 x 106 cm to private collector
Asking price: € 3 mln
Koopman Rare Art (152)
Unique set of four George III candelabra, silver, 56 cm high, London 1794,
Makersmark of Willam Pitts & Joseph Preedy
Kukje Gallery (505)
Anish Kapoor , Untitled, 2008, stainless steel and lacquer
150 x 150 x 21
Sold to a Korean collector
Kunstgalerij Albricht bv
Willem Roelofs
Piet van der Hem
Kunsthandel A.H. Bies
(360)
(314)
Sold up to eight 19 th -century paintings on the opening day. Isaac Israëls, Marius Bauer, Philip
Sadee e.a. The buyers were collectors from Europe, Asia and the USA.
Kunsthandel Glass (237)
Gilt leather wall hangings, The Four Elements, The Netherlands circa 1720, 193 x 1158 cm, sold to a Russian collector
Kunsthandel P. de Boer bv (345)
Abraham Storck, A Statenjacht and vessels, coast beyond, oil on canvas, 30 x 45.5 cm, asking price €125,000. Sold to a Dutch collector
Daniel de Blieck, Interior of a church in Middelburg, oil on panel, signed and dated 1654, asking price €130,000. Sold to an English collector
Anamorphose Flemish or Dutch, showing a blind hurdy gurdy player, Oil on panel, 1613
Kunsthandel Rueb (528)
Geer van Velde, Composition, Oil on canvas, 107 x 104cm, circa 1948-1949
Kunsthandel S. Mehringer OHG (206)
Sculpture depicting the tumble of an angel, alabaster, Naples, around 1690 to 1700. A comparable piece is in the Getty Museum. Sold to a new American private collector
Kunstkammer Georg Laue (206)
A coral altar, Trapani, c. 1720.
The companian piece is in the Museo civico Trapani.
To a German collector
Renaissance Vanitas head, ivory, end of 16 th century.
To an American museum
Kunstzalen A. Vecht (150)
Tryptich with Madonna, St. Jacob, St. Catherina and donors, Spain, Burgos school, ca 1500.
Ex- collection Goldschmidt. Sold to an English collector
Landau Fine Art, Inc. (414)
Oiseau Lunaire by Miró, asking price $5 milion
Grande Table Cariatide by Henri Laurens
Malcolm Fairley Ltd (263)
An ormolu mounted inlaid wood study of a boy seated on the back of an elephant. Meiji period c1870. Sold at the opening to a US private collector for just over €120,000.
Fairley sold four pieces to Chinese collectors including a late 19 th century hardwood
Japanese vase for about €40,000.
“What has been interesting today is that we have had mainland Chinese collectors and they bought mid-priced range Japanese pieces,” said Fairley. “They are beginning to realize that there are some extraordinary Japanese works of art. It is our first TEFAF and we are very pleased. We had no idea that it was going to be so good.”
Marcel Nies Oriental Art (146)
Java Buddha Amitara (big and important) Borobudur style, central Java 9 th century,
Andesite, 109 cm high
Marlborough Galerie GmbH (412)
Brought five works of Clive Head to the fair, they were all sold already on Tuesday.
Three midsize works on paper from 2000 and 2010 and two larger oil on canvas paintings, both from 2010.
The gallery explains this by the very successful exhibition Clive Head had last fall in the
National Gallery in London and the catalogue raisonné that was published in that same period.
Nicolaas Teeuwisse OHG (708)
Very pleased. Has 20 reservations, mainly by institutions from The Netherlands, France and the
USA.
Noortman Master Paintings (349)
Salomon van Ruysdael, Ferry boat with the river Vecht, oil on panel, 58 x 84, signed and dated 1649, asking price €2.5 million
Gerrit Berckheyde, View of Haarlem, oil on panel, 42.5 x 60.4 signed and dated 1671, asking price €4.5 million
Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Dora Maar Pensive, pencil on paper , 31 x 40.2 cm, dated 28 january ’32, Asking price €2 million
Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with silver Tazza and a Roemer, oil on panel, 40 x 56 cm, oil on panel, 40 x 56 cm, signed and dated 1631, asking price €3 million
Otto Jakob (244)
Taking part for the 4th time in the fair and conducted very good sales. His clients come from all over Europe and from the US.
Röbbig MünchenFrühe Porzellane Kunsthandel (116)
An ormolu Louis XV- clock with the meissen group of Scaramouche and Colombine
Bronze, cast, chased and fire-bilded
54 cm high
Modeled by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706-1775), Meissen, circa 1744.
Signed "Gille L'aine paris' Louis XV, circa 1750
Sold to European collector
Robert Bowman Ltd (168)
Man with a Broken Nose by Auguste Rodin, rare lifetime cast bronze, sold to a private collector for in the region of €180,000.
Said Abdullah and Venus Africaine, pair of sculptures by Charles Henry Cordier, c1855. Sold to a private collector for price in the region of €85,000.
Royal-Athena Galleries (464)
Italian polychrome terracotta half-min figure of a young triton, 16 th century, 27.5 cm, asking price € 235.000.
Rupert Wace Ancient Art (430)
Roman marble ornamental cinerary urn, Augustan 1 st century AD. Recently rediscovered after having been adapted for use as a lamp in an English country house. Sold to the
Mougins Museum of Classical Art in southern France for a price in the region of €1 million.
Egyptian Wood and bronze goose, Ptolomaic period, 2 nd to 1 st century BC. A rare example of one of the manifestations of the god Amun. Three people tried to buy this. It sold for in the region of €400,000.
Sebastian + Barquet (608)
Donald Judd
Seat/table/shelf #57/58
1984-1989
Red enamelled aluminium
75 x 100 x 50
Asking price $40.000
Senger Bamberg Kunsthandel (265)
Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), The Virgin and child with the infant Saint John,
Oil on beech wood, 38.8 x 26.2 cm
Signed lower left with the evice of a winged serpent,
Circa 1540. Prov.: Grand Duke of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, formerly Wartburg, Inv.No. 351
Price: € 2,9 million
Sladmore Gallery (134)
Several bronze animals
Studio 2000 Art Gallery Blaricum
Painting by Gustave De Smet
The Fine Art Society (386)
(529)
Three contemporary glass jellyfish by the Danish artist Steffen Dam to different European clients for just under €2,000 each.
The Weiss Gallery (350)
Really good fair, sales included four portraits by Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661) of Sir Robert
Heath (1575-1649), Lord Chief Justice of England, his wife, Margaret, Lady Heath and their sons Edward and John to a new Italian client.
Ulf Breede (166)
Sold various pieces of jewelry to European clients. Including a French art nouveau ring with a diamond.
Waterhouse & Dodd (355)
Raoul Dufy, Le dome a Florence, 1922 watercolour. Sold to a German private collector for
€70,000.
Suzanne Valadon, Nature morte sur tulips et compoter de fruits, 1924, sold to a US buyer
€130,000.
Albert Gleizes, Juliette a la toque, 1921. Three private buyers wanted it. Sold for €220,000.
Wienerroither & Kohlbacher (706)
Very pleased with the fair; reservations on works of art by Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and
George Minne by European collectors. Also sold a drawing from Egon Schiele.
Wijermars Fine Art (158)
Several works, for example from Maillol and Pompom
Fantastic story about a Chinese couple that was very interested in Flora & Zephyr sculpture by
Benzoni. They did not buy it at the fair but regretted that so much that they called 15 minutes before opening time the next day to wanted to buy it anyway. The asking price was € 400.000
Flora and Zephyr dancing by Giovanni Maria Benzoni (Sognavazzo 1809 - 1873 Rome)
White marble, sculpture 170 cm high, total 236cm high
Carved by the artist circa 1870
William Weston Gallery (509)
Reported an extremely good fair. Sold well to new clients - sales included rare early Liz, lithograph printed in colours, signed and dated in blue ballpoint, ed. 300, 1964 by Andy
Warhol (1928-1987) to a Dutch television personality. This was printed at the start of Warhol’s interest in icons when he was still unknown and few copies survive in good condition.
Yves Macaux (603)
Table by Josepf Hoffmann
Limed oak, solid and veneered sycamore veneer, white metal
78.5 x 69.5 x 69.5 cm
Executed for the Wiener Werkstätte
Silver mustardpot by Josepf Hoffmann
12 cm high, 1902