EditorialRiches and marvels of Hawaii; a charming description of her unique history, strange people, exquisite climate, wondrous volcanoes, luxurious productions, beautiful cities, corrupt monarchy, revolution, provisional government and annexation : Stevens, J...
EditorialManuscript Leaf with the Crucifixion, from a Missal, ca. 1270?80, Made in Paris, France, French, Tempera and gold on parchment, Overall (folio): 8 3/4 x 5 7/8in. (22.2 x 14.9cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, An exquisite example 'of that art which, a...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a veiled dancer, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Greek, Pontic, Terracotta, H. 7 7/8 in. (20.0 cm), Terracottas, This statuette is of similar scale and related type to the bronze veiled and masked dancer in the adjoining Hellenis...
EditorialMadonna and Child with Angels, ca. 1445?50, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with shaped top and engaged (modern) frame, 31 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (80.6 x 50.2 cm); painted surface 25 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. (63.8 x 34.3 cm), Paintings, Sassetta (Stefano di G...
EditorialMadonna and Child, ca. 1483?84, Tempera, oil, and gold on wood, 32 x 23 1/2 in. (81.3 x 59.7 cm), Paintings, Filippino Lippi (Italian, Prato ca. 1457?1504 Florence), This exquisite Madonna and Child was painted about 1483?84 for the wealthy Florentine ...
EditorialThe Reclining Headless Body of Holofernes; Study of Female Semi-Nude Figure (on a small separate, unrelated sheet of blue paper, pasted onto the lower left of the large sheet) .
Editorial'A girl dancing with shell clappers under her feet', Japan, Edo period, c1784. A little girl dressed in an exquisite kimono decorated with the lucky treasure pattern dances on half clam-shell 'hooves', fixed to her feet with silk cords which she pulls ...
EditorialExquisite Corpse. Andr? Masson (French, 1896-1987); Max Ernst (American and French, born Germany, 1891-1976); Max Morise (French, 1900-1973). Date: 1927. Dimensions: 200 ? 155 mm. Graphite and colored crayons on ivory wove paper. Origin: France.
EditorialExquisite Corpse. Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) (American, 1890-1976); Joan Mir? (Spanish, 1893-1983); Yves Tanguy (American, born France, 1900-1955); Max Morise (French, 1900-1973). Date: 1928. Dimensions: 362 ? 231 mm. Pen and black ink, and graphite ...