June Auction Alert
T i m e – s e n s i t i v e a u c t i o n a l e r t s
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At Auction June 2013
JOHANN WILHELM PREYER
(German 1803-1889)
STILL LIFE WITH CHAMPAGNE FLUTE AND GRAPES
Signed in ligature and dated ‘J.W. Preyer 1859’ bottom right, oil on canvas
14 1/8 x 13 in. (35.9 x 33cm)
provenance:
Private Collection, Florida.
Estimate $50,000-80,000
AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY DRUM TABLE
20TH CENTURY
26½in. (67.3cm.) high, 30½in. (77.5cm.) diameter
$1,000 – $1,500
Federal inlaid mahogany secretary bookcase, possibly Massachusetts circa 1810
shaped crown with brass finials, over molded Gothic arch and glazed panel doors, above tambour slides opening to fitted interiors of drawers, doors and pigeonholes, lower part with hinged writing surface above three drawers, on splayed legs and shaped skirt.
H79″ W39″ D19″
Provenance: Maryland private collection
Estimate $ 3,000-5,000
Pair George III inlaid mahogany cutlery urns first quarter 19th century
stepped dome top with acorn finial, inlaid with bellflower decoration, on square base with brass feet.
H27 1/2″ Dia.11″ (2pcs)
Provenance: Prescott, Arizona private collection
Estimate $ 3,000-5,000
George III mahogany chest on chest circa 1800
architectural molded broken-arch pediment with spiral-carved finial, over two short and three long drawers flanked by fluted chamfered corners, the lower part with brushing slide and three long graduated drawers, on bracket feet.
H80″ W47″ D21″
Provenance: Estate of Richard D. Sears III, Aiken, South Carolina
Estimate $ 3,000-5,000
Pair Chinese famille rose porcelain covered urns
lotus finial on domed cover and baluster vessel, decorated with court scenes.
H15 3/4″ (2pcs)
Provenance: Charlotte, North Carolina private collection
Estimate $ 300-500
Christie’s is proud to announce that they will offer a long unseen masterpiece by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898) in the Victorian & British Impressionist Art sale on 11 July 2013 where it is expected to realise £3 million – £5 million.
Love among the Ruins is the most important work by the artist to come to auction since Laus Veneris was sold to the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle in 1971, and the painting has not been seen in public for over fifty years. A highly-significant work in the artist’s oeuvre, it has been much celebrated since it was first exhibited in 1873, at the Dudley Gallery in London. It went on to be shown at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878, where it established the artist’s international reputation, and was also shown at the exhibition which inaugurated the Birmingham Art Gallery in 1885-6 (the artist’s hometown), the Royal Jubilee Exhibition at Manchester in 1887, an annual loan exhibition at the Guildhall, London, in 1892, and in the Burne-Jones’s retrospective exhibition at the New Gallery, London later that year.
Harriet Drummond, Senior Director & International Department Head of British Drawings and Watercolours: One of the most important works by the artist ever to come to auction, ‘Love Among the Ruins’ is arguably the artist’s most Italianate, most intensely romantic, beautiful, and significant work to remain in private hands. This work dates to the same period as Burne-Jones’ celebrated Briar Rose series. We are proud to have been instructed to handle the sale which could set a new auction record for the artist.
Peter Brown: Department Head & Director of Victorian Pictures: The market for Victorian art has expanded and seen increased international bidding from the US, Russia and Asia. Following the success of the Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at Tate London, which has opened in Washington before it moves to Moscow in June 2013, there could not be a more propitious time to bring this picture to the market.
