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Click here to subscribeA Victorian porcelain tazza, having a floral hand painted centre, surrounded by a cobalt blue and gilt border with enamelled dots, together with a Grainger, Lee & Co Imari pattern plate, a 19th century porcelain cabinet plate with a floral centre surrounded by a turquoise and gilt border, a floral painted plate marked Dresden, a Coalport Indian Tree pattern plate, and a Spode Copeland Imari pattern plate
Richard Snyder (American, born 1951), 'The Cabinet of 3 7/8 Wishes', 1992, mahogany veneered plywood, with accompanying postcard from the artist confirming completion and the title of the work, dated 1992213 x 71 x 70cm Provenance: Purchased directly from the artistFootnote: American designer, Richard Snyder, was one of a group of artists who created furniture for Rick Kaufman’s New York gallery, Art et Industrie. Initiated in the late 1970s by cultural impresarios Kaufman and Tracy Rust, the Art et Industrie collective brought together exceptionally gifted artists, designers, and craftspeople to produce unique, often handmade, items in extremely limited runs. Rather than being purely functional, the pieces executed under the auspices of Kaufman and Rust aimed to create a new language of ‘art furniture’ and to interrogate the boundaries between the disciplines. In a postcard addressed to the current owners of the present lot, Snyder joked that he had titled the piece “The Cabinet of 3 7/8 Wishes”, a deviation from the official title “The Cabinet of 4 Wishes”, as he had to adapt the piece to fit their home. A very similar example of the present lot can be found at The Art Institute of Chicago (item 1990.399).
Shiro Kuramata (Japanese, 1934-1991) for Cappellini, Furniture in Irregular Forms, Side 1, designed 1970, black stained ash and white laminate, numbered 55 from an unknown edition, with certificate of authenticity dated 29 September 1988170.5cm high Literature:The Work of Shiro Kuramata: 1967-1974, Kuramata, ppg. 45-47 Shiro Kuramata: 1967-1987, Isozaki, ppg. 17-18 Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara et al., ppg. 45, 48, 130 Shiro Kuramata and Ettore Sottsass, 21_21 Design Sight exhibition catalog, ppg. 30, 169 Shiro Kuramata, Sudjic, ppg. 154, 255 Footnote: Described as a ‘poet of material and form’, Shiro Kuramata is internationally regarded as one of the most influential and innovative Japanese designers of the 20th century. Born in Tokyo in 1934, Kuramata graduated from Tokyo Technical College before training as a cabinet maker at the Kuwasawa Institute of Design in Tokyo. By 1965, Kuramata had established his own design studio, Kuramata Design Office, where he worked alongside leading Japanese creative figures such as Jiro Takamatsu andTadao Ando. In 1981, Kuramata was invited by the pioneering Italian designer and architect, Ettore Sottsass, to be a founding member of the Memphis Group. Combining traditional Japanese aesthetic principles, with distorted and subverted tropes of Western design, Kuramata’s playful and neoteric designs elevate objects of the everyday, creating unexpected and often humorous forms. Condition report: In good condition, a few minor scuffs and marks from use, a little grubby but in good overall condition.
French school, ca. 1700."Portrait of a gentleman.Oil on canvas. Re-coloured in the 19th century.Frame of later period.Measurements: 76 x 59 cm; 83 x 68 cm (frame).The knight is portrayed with a long bust, with his body turned in three quarters and looking directly to the spectator. Both his erect, disciplined demeanour and his clothing (metal armour, collar with delicate embroidery and a fashionable powdered wig) show all the signs of belonging to the high nobility. The mastery of execution and detailing allows the viewer to appreciate a large number of secondary elements such as the qualities of the armour and the sobriety of his demeanour.As in the rest of Europe, portraiture became the genre par excellence in French painting during this period, as a consequence of the new social structures that were established in the Western world during this century, embodying the ultimate expression of the transformation in the taste and mentality of the new clientele that emerged among the nobility and the wealthy gentry, who were to take the reins of history during this period. While official circles gave precedence to other artistic genres, such as history painting, and the incipient collectors encouraged the profusion of genre paintings, portraiture was in great demand for paintings intended for the more private sphere, as a reflection of the value of the individual in the new society. This genre embodies the permanent presence of the image of its protagonists, to be enjoyed in the privacy of a studio, in the everyday warmth of a family cabinet or presiding over the main rooms of the house.
Collection of Pink & White Decorative China, comprising Wedgwood 1950s 'Woodlands' Teapot, Coffee Pot by Royal Homes of Britain 'Windsor Castle' by Wedgwood, Mason's small coffee pot, five assorted dinner plates, three cups, two saucers, four small side plates, and a large platter (cracked). Together with a collection of twelve Wedgwood cabinet plates, mostly American images and sailing ships, some blue and white, and three others.
German School, 18th CenturySeven small landscapes from a cabinet seven of a set, oil on board (five laid down on panel)5.1 x 7.8cm (2 x 3 1/16in).all unframed (7)Footnotes:It has been suggested that these pictures were made for use in an 18th century baby or dolls' house.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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