Art & Design - Peter Woodward
30 September – 5 October 2014
Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ
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Market News: A suitcase full of Dine
A once-in-a-lifetime haul of Jim Dine artworks goes on sale while Fairground art comes under the spotlight as Colin Gleadell rounds up this week’s art market news
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 07:30
The contents of a suitcase full of artworks by American artist Jim Dine, found in a dustbin in upmarket Chester Square, in London’s Belgravia, in 1970, is to go on sale at the Lapada Art & Antiques fair in nearby Berkeley Square next week. The case was rescued by the artist’s then landlady, Princess Sylvia Guirey and put into storage, where it stayed until 2012 when it was rediscovered and purchased by antiques dealer Peter Woodward.
“This collection is a once-in-a-lifetime find,” says Woodward. “It allows us to look behind the scenes, not at finished works on gallery walls, but at Dine’s working practices, his thought processes and his life in a wider sense.”
Departing from some of the styles and subjects that characterise Dine’s earlier output, the works – mainly working sketches for print blocks – represent a turning point in the artist’s career, moving towards the quieter more controlled techniques seen in the Sixties and Seventies. Included is an initialled sketch believed to be a working drawing relating to Dine’s infamous London exhibition at the Robert Fraser Gallery in 1966 which was raided by police who deemed the artworks “indecent”.
There will also be photographs, letters and postcards, poems and manuscripts personally dedicated to Dine from poets Adrian Henri and Ron Padgett, as well as objects such as used brushes and pencils. The suitcase and its contents are to be offered for £100,000.
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/colin-gleadell/
In September we will be exhibiting for the second year at LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair Berkeley Square 2014
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The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair in Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London is this Autumn’s must-visit event for sourcing and buying fine art and antiques. Among the exceptional works on offer are furniture, jewellery, carpets, tapestries, antiquities, clocks, ceramics, silver and fine art. The Fair will take place from Wednesday 24th September until Sunday 28th September 2014.
Find out more about the fair on www.lapadalondon.com
Opening Hours:
Collectors’ Preview: Tuesday 23th September 2014: 11am – 9pm (invitation only)
Wednesday 24th September 2014: 11am – 5.30pm
Thursday 25th September 2014: 11am – 9pm
Friday 26th September 2014: 11am – 7pm
Saturday 27th September 2014: 11am – 7pm
Sunday 28th September 2014: 11am – 5pm
29 April – 4 May 2014
Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ
3details Ltd requests the pleasure of your company at The Spring Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair, the leading antiques and 20th century design event for interior decoration.
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Born in London in 1714 Thomas Johnson was a woodworker and carver particularly known for his whimsical mixture of rococo, Chinese, and rustic motifs. He was one of the most successful exponents of the rococo style in England, giving it a vitality not seen in the work of other designers.
In the 1750s he published several books of designs which were widely influential. These books included ‘Twelve Girandoles’ in 1755, ‘The Book of the Carver‘ in 1758 and monthly between 1755 and 1758, ‘One hundred and fifty New Designs’. from which our mirror is illustrated on plate 6 (see attached)
Giltwood mirror, carved with scrolls, plants, rocks icicles, architectural motifs and a figure in the Chinoiserie … May be based upon designs by Thomas Johnson.
Mirror Attributed to Thomas Johnson (1714- about 1778) by Helena Hayward England (London) 1758-60. Pier glass, carved and gilded wood. Museum no.
Thomas Johnson 1714-1778. … Contact · Home > Makers > Thomas Johnson 1714-1778 … Contact Add to portfolio. – A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR …
