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Highlights of TEFAF Fall New York 2019

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  'Book of Hours', Master Edward IV

  Circa 1480
  
  This book, made for the knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Claude de Toulongeon, circa 1480 (when he was elected to the Order), is one of the greatest Flemish manuscripts of the time: in folio size (larger than the Bedford Hours or the Très Belles Heures of the Duke of Berry), painted by a renowned master in the excessively rare grisaille style with 20 large and 10 likewise smaller beautiful miniatures, it is in near-mint condition and complete.
  
  Exhibited by Heribert Tenschert - Antiquariat Bibermuehle AG.
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  Goblet with Lid ('Doppelkopf')

  Germany, potentially Nuremberg - early 16th century.
  
  Exhibited by the Blumka Gallery.
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  'White Wisteria Table Lamp', Tiffany Studios

  New York, circa 1902-03.
  
  Designed at the turn of the twentieth century by Clara Driscoll, head of the Women's Glass Cutting Department at Tiffany Studios and perhaps the most famous of the "Tiffany Girls," the intricate Wisteria lamp, comprised of over 1,000 hand-cut pieces of Tiffany glass, was one of the most popular "Tiffany Lamps" produced by the firm. Prized just as highly by today's Tiffany collectors, the Wisteria lamp remains an iconic example of Tiffany's design.
  
  Exhibited by Lillian Nassau LLC.
  
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  'Jeune Fille Dormant (Young Girl Sleeping)', Gustave Courbet

  1874
  
  Executed in 1847 and exhibited at the Salon of 1848, Young Girl Sleeping is one of Courbet’s earliest paintings to explore the theme of a woman asleep. He would return to this subject time and again choosing to portray a variety of female types, where their only shared trait was that they were shown sleeping. The subjects were diverse, ranging from a spinner (1853) to a corseted Parisienne on the banks of the Seine (1856) to the Greek goddess, Psyche (1864). This theme would culminate in The Sleepers (1866), a large-scale painting of two nude women entwined in an embrace on a large bed.
  
  Exhibited by Gallery 19C
  
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  'Man with a Brush Cut', Karel Appel

  1954
  
  Exhibited by Galerie de la Béraudière
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  'Small Desk in Suspension and its Chair', André Sornay

  Circa 1938
  
  André Sornay developed his first patent in 1932: the concept of “cloutage” that evokes aeroplane rivets. This new assembly technique involved attaching veneered panels onto a structure using small nails (“clous”). The alignment of these nails became both an element of decoration and a trademark. This patent led to the manufacture of limited series of furniture that remained financially accessible.
  
  Exhibited by Galerie Alain Marcelpoil
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  'The West Wind', Thomas Ridgeway Gould

  Modeled circa 1869-70, executed 1874
  
  The West Wind, completed in 1870, just two years after the artist’s arrival in Florence, is Gould’s most famous work. It was shown to great popular acclaim at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, resulting in orders for at least seven replicas in two sizes. Gould's immediate inspiration for The West Wind was likely the opening of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, which for the first time connected the railroads of the West Coast with the existing railroad network east of the Mississippi River. The figure of The West Wind bears a star-studded belt around her waist, an overt iconography representing the United States. It is also possible that Gould had in mind “Ode to the West Wind,” the famous poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley of 1819, in which the west wind is an allegory of the word of change and revolution. It was also suggested at the time that Gould had created a personification of the wind from the poem “Three Fanciful Supposes” by the Scottish poet, William Motherwell (1797–1835).
  
  Exhibited by Hirschl & Alder Galleries
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  'A Pair of Six-Fold Screens with Cherry Trees and Chrysanthemums on a Gold Ground', Hasegawa School

  Japan – Momoyama period, 16th-17th century
  
  Exhibited by Gregg Baker
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  'Head of Bacchus'

  Roman – 2nd century AD
  
  Exhibited by Galerie Chenel
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  'Study for the Leveson-Gower Children', George Romney

  England – 1776-1777
  
  Exhibited by Hazlitt