Jean-Michel Picart (Flemish c.1600 - 1682)Still life with spring flowers on a ledge. Oil on pane l63 x 47cm (24 3/4 x 18 1/2in.) We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer of the RKD/The Hague for confirming the present attribution on the basis of photographs (Private correspondence, May 2016) Jean-Michel Picart was born in Antwerp in 1600 where it is believed he trained in the Franken family studio from the age of 15. In 1635 he moved permanently to Paris. He specialised in depicting realistic still lifes, particularly of luxurious flowers, and in 1640 Picart became a member of the Saint Luke’s guild and worked both as a painter and a dealer in the city of Paris. He opened a workshop for young Netherlandish artists who made the move to Paris to start their careers and influenced the work of French artists Francois Garnier (c.1600-1672) and Augustin Bouquet (fl. 1625-1660). Picart’s style was influenced by the simplicity of Flemish realism and the extravagance of the floral motifs that decorated the court of Versailles for King Louis XIV. Flower paintings immortalised the beauty of nature. Flowers were appreciated for their beauty and fragrance. Tulips, in particular, were a great fascination for the Dutch. Arriving in the 1570s they remained a luxurious rarity until the mid-1630s. The Netherlands seized the opportunity and began trading in tulip bulbs. Speculation drove the market and the price paid for a single tulip bulb could purchase a house with a garden. The Semper Augustus tulip, famous for being the most expensive tulip bulb is finely painted in Picart’s still life. However, the two colours that dramatically spread across the petals is in fact caused by the Tulip Break Virus, it was this dramatic effect that caused great speculation on the tulip market.
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Ernest Fedarb (British, b.1905, exh. 1928-1936), Still life of a Lily, signed lower right "Ernest Fedarb", watercolour, 55 x 37 cm Ernest Fedarb's first exhibition, when he was just 21, was with the Royal Society of British Artists in 1926, after which he showed regularly in London. In 1985 he was made President of the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers. Joint exhibitions of his and his wife Daphne's work were held at the Fine Art Society in 1932 and the Sally Hunter Gallery in 1986. A little loss of colour.
A pair of diamond and sapphire scroll earrings by Rubel Frères, c.1935, each with nine curved branches, set with baguette-shaped diamonds and terminating with an invisibly-set oval-shaped sapphire, the hinged clips with baguette-shaped diamond semi circles with circular-cut diamond borders, French platinum control marks, partially obscured maker's mark in lozenge RFrs.. 29.9g, 4.2cm For a similar pair of earrings by Van Cleef and Arpels see Van Cleef Arpels: The Art of High Jewellery (Paris: Les Arts Décoratifs, 2012), p. 106. Rubel Frères John and his brother Robert opened a workshop on Rue Vivienne in Paris, 1915. The Rubel Frères were producing jewellery that soon caught the eye of the great jewellery houses, such as Van Cleef & Arpels. The quality of their workmanship for the great houses was recognised to the extent that they were allowed to sign some of their pieces with their own maker's mark RFrs. With the outbreak of the war, the brothers followed Van Cleef & Arpels to New York in 1939. They instantly took to the lavish night life. Tradition holds that whilst at the El Chico club, John sketched a flamenco dancer that developed into the first iconic Van Cleef & Arpels ballerina brooches. However, when the rights to produce these pieces could not be agreed, the rift that ensued between the brothers and Van Cleef & Arpels was irreparable. 'Mystery Set' refers to the unique technique associated with Van Cleef & Arpels, which they patented in 1933. The mystery is how rows of gemstones could be so perfectly set whilst no metal to hold them in place could be seen; no claws, collets or mounts were visible. The free-standing illusion is formed by a delicate lattice of rails slotting into grooves cut into the pavilion of each calibré-cut gemstone. The process takes hundreds of hours and could only be undertaken by a very small number of jewellers. Similarly set jewellery by anyone but Van Cleef & Arpels is referred to as 'invisibly-set'. The oval-shaped sapphires in lot 1409 are invisibly-set. Mystery-set pieces are extremely rare. Rarer still are invisibly-set oval stones. The sapphires in lot 1409 slot into the collet rather than a neighbouring stone, as with typical invisible settings, and use screws to their reverse enabling no fittings to be visible when worn.
§ Fred Yates (British, 1922-2008). Still life, oil on board, signed lower right. 14.5 x 19cm. Framed. Provenance: from a private UK collection. Please note that Artists Resale Right may be additionally payable on this lot up to a maximum of 4% on top of the hammer price (visit www.dacs.org.uk for more information). .
Don Mckinlay (1929-2017), Floral still life, initialled and dated '99, titled on verso, oil on canvas, 60 x 50cm, 23.75 x 19.75in. * His painting one-man shows have been held at the Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, the Rosengalerie, Amsterdam, Ayling Porteous Gallery, Chester, Bede Gallery, Jarrow, Liverpool Cathedral (Amnesty International), Liverpool Academy, Merseyside Arts, Merkmal Gallery, Liverpool and Salford Art Gallery. His work has been included in mixed shows at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, Cornerhouse, Manchester, Liverpool Academy, Williamson Art Gallery, and Birkenhead. A member and regular exhibitor at the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, he is undoubtedly one of the most talented artists to come from the North-West of England in the past generation. Artists' Resale Right ("droit de suite") may apply to this lot. Condition Report: The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is framed but not glazed.
Gordon Radford (1936-2015), Floral still life with daffodils, signed, oil on canvas, 39 x 29cm, 15.5 x 11.5in. Artists' Resale Right ("droit de suite") may apply to this lot. Condition Report: The painting is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The painting is framed but not glazed.
Russian School, 20th century, Still life with owl and bugle, signed in Cyrillic script and dated 1955 on verso, with original receipt from Liberty, London, oil on canvas, 87 x 65cm, 34.25 x 25.5in. Condition Report: The painting is in good, original condition. There is some cracking of the paint across the surface of the painting and one small chip of paint loss. The painting is framed but not glazed. The frame has the odd minor knock and scuff commensurate with age.
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R&B LPs - Authentic collection of 18 x LPs. Artists/titles are Authentic R&B (Stateside UK 1964 comp - VG/VG+), The Mighty Clean and Mickey Baker - Let The Good Times Roll (Polydor 2460-185 - Ex+ very clean record/VG+), Bo Diddley - S/T (UK Pye NPL 28026 - neat Ex/Ex) and Hey! Bo Diddley (NPL 28025, very unusual to see Ex+ condition record/Ex neat sleeve too), Big Mamma Thornton, Ray Agee, Larry Darnell, Floyd Dixon, Curtis Jones - Now Resident In Europe (Blue Horizon S 7-63207- Ex/VG+), H-Bomb Ferguson - Life Is Hard, Al Kooper, The Yardbirds inc. Five Live (Charly), Remember and Featuring Eric Clapton and introducing 'Spider' John Koerner - Spider Blues (EKL 290 original pressing from 1965 - Ex+ very clean record/Ex), The Return Of Ray & Glover, Blues, Rags And Hollers and Running Jumping Standing Still. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
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