‘I’m against furniture,’ the Parisian designer Jean Royère once said… His minimalist vision and sense of humour are both on show in the ‘Ski’ floor lamp he designed around 1950. It consists mainly of a painted metal tube with a paper shade, the only ornamental feature being the base, made to resemble the end of a ski stick
Estimate: €60,000-80,000
26 November, Paris
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Going Once No. 457 – A Fabergé imperial Easter egg from 1913
A Fabergé imperial Easter egg from 1913, African American artists, Proust’s greatest muse, The Royal Blue sapphire necklace, Big names under $50k, 20/21 sculpture, The Quelle Idole, and more
This week’s stories
Gifted by Emperor Nicholas II to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna: the Winter Egg
One of the most lavish and artistically inventive of the 50 imperial eggs made by Fabergé was unveiled on Easter Day, 1913
Big names at surprising prices: buy a work by Matisse, Signac or Braque for less than $50k
What makes the Hermès Quelle Idole so irresistible? We explore the origins of a compact classic
Editor’s picks
To mark what would have been Wayne Thiebaud’s 105th birthday, here is his Mickey Mouse Cake. A pastel from 2000, it features an early version of the Disney icon, but with a strawberry for a nose. The artist’s interest in this aspect of American pop culture stemmed from his own CV: early in his career, he worked as an animation apprentice at Walt Disney Studios
Estimate: $300,000-500,000
20 November, New York
This 18th-century volume, The ‘Rabbit-Breeder’, contains a series of tracts… relating to Mary Toft, a woman who claimed to have given birth to rabbits…
Estimate: £4,000-6,000
10 December, London
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Estimate: £4,000-6,000
10 December, London
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Spotlight on
Abstract Expressionism: a guide to Franz Kline and his fellow post-war painters, whose influences ranged from Old Masters to jazz
Works on paper — drawings, collages and watercolours by Romare Bearden, Edgar Degas, Wifredo Lam, Jacob Lawrence and more
Line Vautrin: the brilliant French designer who applied her ingenuity to everything from Neo-Romantic jewellery to sunburst mirrors
The Sam Josefowitz Collection | London
Graphic Masterpieces by Rembrandt van Rijn — Part III
On view 27 November to 3 December
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