IFAE Newsletter December 2005

PALM BEACH TOWN

& COUNTY

Arts & Cultural Newsletter December 2005

Exhibitors for Palm Beach! 2006

Illiad Antik, Art Deco Sideboard, c. 1940 – 1945

Celebrating our 10th anniversary!

Palm Beach! America’s International Fine Art & Antique Fair has evolved into one of the finest art and antique fairs in the world. As in the past, many museum directors, curators, and advancement officers will bring groups or met up with wintering patrons at the Fair. They find a visit to Palm Beach! to be an ideal setting in which to cultivate relationships, spend relaxed time exploring common interests, guide patrons in their collecting, and spot acquisitions for their museum!

This year Palm Beach! is offering interested museums the following options: complimentary admission, guided tours, lectures, the opportunity to arrange a luncheon or reception at the Fair, and invitations for the Vernissage, the exclusive opening night gala preview of Palm Beach!

Additionally, art-specialist travel agency Turon Travel has been designated as the travel agency partner for Palm Beach! Turon will provide arrangements for individuals as well as groups.

Turon will also negotiate hotel accommodations with special rates in the area during a 20-day period around the fair. Special attention will be paid to the needs of museum professionals.

For more information or to make arrangements, please contact Sarah Howell, Events Coordinator, at 561.209.1310, or sarah@ifae.com. Please note that invitations will be provided but tickets must be purchased for the Vernissage.

Adelson Galleries Afrodit Evelyn Aimis Anderson Galleries Apollo-Pierce Galleries Arcature Fine Art Archeus Fine Art Austin/Desmond Ariadne Vèronique Bamps Franz Bausback Julian Beck Fine Paintings Berko Fine Paintings Berry-Hill Galleries Lars Bolander Joanna Booth Buccelatti Rita Bucheit Cazeau-Bèraudière Cohen & Cohen Oriental Art. Colnaghi Bernheimer Thomas Colville Fine Art E & R Cyzer Galerie de Jonckheere Simon Dickinson Pierre M. Dumonteil Martin du Louvre Galerie du Post-Impressionnisme Eaton Fine Art Peter Finer N & I Franklin Marilyn Garrow Michael Goedhuis Graff Richard Green Guarisco Hancocks & Co. Donna Heinley Fine Arts Historical Portraits Iliad Antik Imperial Fine Books Imperial Oriental Art John Jaffa Antique Enamel Co.

Kentshire Galleries Jack Kilgore & Co. L’Antiquaire and the Connoisseur A.B. Levy Levy-Alban Linares Antiguadades MacConnal-Mason Macklowe Gallery Marks Mallett Mary Helen McCoy Messum’s Fine Art Moretti David Morris 19th Century Shop Nelson and Nelson Antiques Noortman Master Paintings Numisart Phoenix Ancient Art Richters Royal Athena Galleries Sabbadini William Secord Schillay Fine Art William Siegal Galleries Silver Fund Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art Spanierman Gallery Somlo Antiques Lawrence Steigrad Fine Art Steinitz Sylvia Powell Hollis Taggart Tai Gallery M.F. Toninelli Traum Safe N.P. Trent Valerio Axel Vervoordts Voena Milano Waterhouse & Dodd Whitford Fine Art Harry Winston

General Information for Palm Beach! America’s International Art & Antique Fair Dates: February 3 – 12 Time: Monday - Saturday, 12:00noon – 7:00pm Sundays, 12:00noon – 6:00pm Location: Palm Beach County Convention Center Website: www.palmbeachfair.com For more information contact Hillary Hunter 561.472.8778

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The Vernissage Palm Beach! announces the creation of Mosaic – a philanthropic endowment at The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties. The fund is dedicated to supporting non-profit programs in the Arts and Arts Education. Proceeds from the Palm Beach! Vernissage, an exclusive preview gala, will benefit the fund. The Vernissage is one of the most prestigious events in the international arts community, attended by leading art dealers, collectors, interior designers, philanthropists and art experts. The invitation-only event will be held on Thursday evening February 2, 2006 from 5:30 – 9pm at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

Shannon Sadler-Hull, President and CEO of The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties commented, “Palm Beach! has made an important contribution to our communities over the past decade by offering unprecedented access to excellence in fine arts and antiques. Each person attending the Vernissage will not only participate in this elite event, but they will add to a permanent endowment from which grants will be made for important arts projects. The arts play a key role in our quality of life, and the Mosaic Fund of the Community Foundation will make a difference in this area.”

Art Loss Register Palm Beach! America’s International Fine Art and Antique Fair is pleased to announce the continuing participation of The Art Loss Register. The Art Loss Register (ALR) is the world’s largest private computerized database of stolen and missing works of art and antiques. As well as the registration of losses, The Art Loss Register provides a search service to collectors, dealers and museums. Since beginning operations in 1991, the ALR has developed a database of over 160,000 items, including paintings, silver, furniture, rugs, tapestries, antiquities, Asian art, ceramics, clocks, musical instruments, and other unique items. The addition of The Art Loss Register to the vetting process will give the public extra confidence in regard to the provenance of the pieces they purchase.

Anderson Galleries, Henri Martin, Le Bassin Principal de Marquayrol, plain ete

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For more information contact Hillary Hunter 561.472.8778

T HE V ERNISSAGE , V ETTING P ROCESS & C OMMITTEE

VETTING

Palm Beach!

supports a rigorous vetting process to maintain the highest standards of excellence for its clients. During the vetting process a group of independent experts spends two days considering the items to be offered at the fair in respect to date, condition and authenticity. More than 35 museum professionals and experts in their respective fields form the 2006 Palm Beach! Vetting Committee. Among them are: OLD MASTERS /EARLY EUROPEAN Edgar Peter Bowron, The Audrey Jones Beck Curator of European Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (also represents European 19th and 20th Century Art)

CLASSICAL ART Dr. Jasper Gaunt, Curator of Greek and Roman Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, Georgia Dr. J. Michael Padgett, Curator of Ancient Art, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Ian Kennedy, Lewis L. and Adelaide C. Ward Curator of European Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri

FURNITURE Jean Dominique Augarde, Art Historian and Expert, Partner S.C.P. Jean Ronfort, Paris, France

Dr. Mitchell Merling, Paul Mellon Curator, Head of Department of European Art, Virginia Fine Art Museum, Richmond, Virginia

Cynthia Duval, Curator, Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida

Scott Schaefer, Curator of Paintings, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

Gary Libby, Director Emeritus, Daytona Beach Museum of Art and Sciences, Daytona Beach, Florida

Peter Sutton, Susan E. Lynch Executive Director, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut John Wilson, Director of Curatorial Affairs, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska Eric Zafran, Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut EUROPEAN 19th AND 20th CENTURY ART Angelica Daneo, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado J. Patrice Marandel, Chief Curator, Center for European Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Robert Mowry, Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Asian Art and Head of the Department of Asian Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts William Sargent, Curator, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts WORKS ON PAPER Walker Y. Ronaldson, Jr., Fine Art Appraiser, St. Charles Gallery, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana Barry Walker, Curator of 20th Century Art and Prints & Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

Bill Pallot, Sworn Expert for the Court of Appeal, Paris, France

TRIBAL, OCEANIC, AFRICAN ARTS John Nunley, The Morton D. May Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

Kevin W. Tucker, Margot B. Perot Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

Gillette Griffen, Curator Emeritus of the Olmec / Maya Collection, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey

Dr. John Wilson, Director of Curatorial Affairs / Curator of European Art, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

CARPET, TEXTILES Dilys Ellen Blum, Curator of Costume and Textiles, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DECORATIVE ARTS Donna Climenhage, Curator, Morse Museum of Art, Winter Park, Florida Guillaume Dillee, Expert in Meubles and Objets d'Art, Etude Dillee, Paris, France

Anita Ellis, Director of Curatorial Affairs Patrick Noon, Curator of Paintings, & Decorative Arts, Cincinnati Art Museum, Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota Cincinnati, Ohio AMERICAN ART Pat Halfpenny, Director of Museum Collections, Kara Broderick, President, Select Fine Art, Winterthur Museum and Gardens, Palm Beach, Florida Winterthur, Delaware Emily Neff, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas Dr. Geza von Habsburg, Expert Appraiser, William Rudolph, Ph.D., Associate Curator Faberge and Russian Art, New York, New York of American Art, Dallas Museum of Art, (also represents Jewelry) Dallas, Texas ASIAN ART MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART Ronald Fuchs, Associate Curator of Museum Joseph Jacobs, Independent Art Historian, Collections, Winterthur Museum and Gardens, New York, New York Winterthur, Delaware

Patricia Ewer, Treatment Conservation Manager, Historic Royal Palaces, Surrey, England Elisabeth Floret, Expert for the Court of Appeals for Versailles, Paris, France Dr. Ulrich Schneider, Direktor des Museums, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany CONSERVATION Jim Swope, Conservator, Fine Art Conservation, West Palm Beach, Florida Steve Tatti, Conservator of Fine Art, SAT, Inc., New York, New York JEWELRY Joyce Jonas, President, Joyce Jonas and Associates, New York, New York Janet Zapata, Author and Independent Scholar Specializing in Jewelry, Short Hills, New Jersey

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FOCUS KONRAD O. BERNHEIMER Colnaghi, London – Bernheimer, Munich Mr. Bernheimer belongs to the fourth generation of one of the foremost art dealing families of Europe. The Bernheimer firm was founded in 1864 by his great-grandfather, Lehmann Bernheimer. Konrad O. Bernheimer took over the business in 1977, opening a branch in London eight years later. By 1900 the family had become purveyors to the Court of Bavaria and included members of the European aristocracy and American magnates, such as William Randolph Hearst, among their clients. An expert of international repute, Konrad Bernheimer is regarded today as Germany’s premier dealer in Old Master paintings – recently he was elected chairman of Colnaghi, London – Bernheimer, Munich, Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld, The Augustan bridge on the Nera River, near the town of Narni, Italy Pictura in Maastricht. The Bernheimer gallery occupies two floors of a neoclassical mansion on Munich’s prestigious Brienner Strasse.

Colnaghi, London – Bernheimer, Munich, Henri Danger, Artist’s Studio

In 2002 Bernheimer acquired P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd. in London. Both galleries continue to conduct business under their own names, with Konrad Bernheimer as the sole owner and chairman of both companies. Bernheimer Fine Old Masters and Colnaghi specialize in fine Old Master paintings from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, which are presented in annual exhibitions.

ROBERT C. NOORTMAN Noortman Master Paintings

“It’s more desirable to own one great master piece instead of ten average paintings.”

Mr. Noortman established himself as an art dealer in 1968. He opened his first gallery in Hulsberg (Netherlands) and has had galleries in London’s Old Bond Street and New York’s Madison Avenue; Noortman moved his Dutch office to Maastricht in 1980.

Noortman Master Paintings, Alfred Sisley, Saint Mammès

From the outset, Noortman focused on Impressionism and Dutch and Flemish seventeenthcentury pictures, providing paintings to international private collections as well as major museums worldwide. The museums include the J.P. Getty Museum, The National Gallery of Washington, The Metropolitan Museum, The Rijksmuseum, The Mauritshuis and The National Gallery of London, where The Noortman Room of Dutch cabinet paintings is on view to the public. Furthermore, Noortman has close ties with leading art museums and the scholarly world.

Noortman Master Paintings, Abraham Mignon, A Still Life with Flowers and Insects on a Stone Ledge

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Robert Noortman was one of the founding members of The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in 1975. In addition to this fair, Noortman Master Paintings participates in the Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris, the pAn in Amsterdam and Grands Antiquaires in Brussels.

For more information contact Hillary Hunter 561.472.8778

F OCUS

PHILIP MOULD

S ELECT E XHIBITORS

for British Art, not to mention the National Trust, English Heritage and numerous other museums in Great Britain and the United States.

Historical Portraits Ltd, Thomas Gainsborough, A portrait of Mr. Philip Ditcher

In Britain Philip Mould is well known as a broadcaster and author.

He is currently an expert on The Antiques Road Show, and his book, ‘Sleepers – In Search of Lost Masters’, has been published in many languages across the world. As an official Art adviser to both the House of Commons and House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster he has helped form one of Britain’s pre-eminent portrait collections. In recognition of his expertise and contribution to portrait heritage he was created OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list 2005.

JACK KILGORE Jack Kilgore & Company Located in New York, Jack Kilgore & Co. specializes in Dutch and Flemish sixteenth and seventeenth century paintings. Established in 1992, the gallery is mainly known for history paintings: serious works with religious, mythological or historical subject matter. In addition, a variety of other genres such as landscapes, portraits and still lifes are in stock.

Besides selling to private collectors, Jack Kilgore & Co. has placed works in over sixty museums, in the United States, Europe and Asia, during the past ten years of operation.

Some of the museums who have acquired works from the gallery are: The J.P. Getty Museum, Los Angeles; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Musée du Louvre, Paris; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit; and The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.

Jack Kilgore & Co., Dirch Christiaensz. Van Delen, Fantastical Palace with Elegant Couple Walking

Jack Kilgore & Co., Francois-Andre Vincent, Presumed Portrait of Pierre-Adrien Pâris

Historical Portraits Philip Mould is one of the world’s foremost authorities on British portraiture, and is well known for his numerous discoveries of lost and unrecognized paintings. He established Historical Portraits in 1985, and his gallery is now recognized as the leading source for British Portraiture. He has built up many private collections of British portraits on both sides of the Atlantic, and across America. Historical Portraits has acquired works of art for national museums and institutions across the world, such as the National Portrait Galleries of England, Scotland, Ireland and America, the Tate Gallery, the Huntington Museum in California, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in Texas, and the Yale Centre

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Jack Kilgore & Co. participates in both The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht in March and The International Fine Art Fair in New York in May. Mr. Kilgore is a board member of the Art Dealers Association of America.

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TESTIMONIALS

“Over the last decade, I have attended every single one of the Palm Beach Fairs. They get better and better, and this last one was the best of all. The quality of the works of art, the range of centuries and cultures and media available, the new space in the convention center, the warmth and efficiency of the operation itself – all of these factors add up to a wonderful experience for the visitor.”

– Franklin W. Robinson, The Richard J. Schwarz Director, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University

Mary Helen McCoy, Pair of walnut figures, c. late 16th century or early 17th century

Cohen & Cohen, Pair of Jardinières, c. 1735

“This was my first time at Palm Beach! fair and I did not know what to expect, but the refined atmosphere you and your staff were able to create was inviting for the visitor… I was impressed by the high level of the exhibitors and the patrons I was touring around were amazed by the richness of the artworks available… (and) stayed longer than they had anticipated. My group kept talking about the incredible experience and I am sure it will not be difficult to convince them to come back next year.”

Angelica Daneo, Assistant Curator, Dept. of Painting and Sculpture, Denver Art Museum Hollis Taggart Galleries, Mark Rothko, Untitled

“I am writing you at this late date to congratulate you on the professionalism of organisation and the high level of international fine arts representation you achieved at the Palm Beach Fair this year.

Indeed, as a specialist in old master paintings, who also was “scouting” works for the Montreal Museum ranging from antiquity to the early 20th century, I was impressed by the number of distinguished European dealers, whom I normally associate with the Maastricht Fair, that were represented.

Besides my participation as a vetter, together with the director, I ushered three groups of museum patrons about the fair, which provided an excellent opportunity to introduce several of them to the leading and most reputable dealers in their fields. I appreciate your efforts to retain and continue building a high level of representation at the Fair.”

– Hilliard Goldfarb, Associate Chief Curator and Curator of Old Masters, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal

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For more information contact Sarah Howell 561.209.1310

T ESTIMONIALS – PALM BEACH! 2005

Berry-Hill Galleries, Winslow Homer, After the Rain, Prouts Neck

“During our all too brief visit, we ran into many long time friends and dealers. It was like old home week. We were especially happy that the Fair opened in the early afternoon – so there was plenty of time to see everything.”

Mary Emerson, The Frick Museum, New York City Kentshire Galleries, Antique Diamond Flower Brooch, c. 1850

Mark’s Antiques, Boucheron, French Silver Ewer and Cover, c. 1889

“Palm Beach! American’s International Fine Art & Antique Fair delivers! Whether you’re an experienced collector or first time visitor to a major exposition, you will be dazzled by the scope and quality of this show. As the travel coordinator for the museum I am charged with developing interesting and marketable destinations for our members… Feedback from our participants on this trip was A++++!”

Betty Turco, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL

Jack Kilgore & Co. – New York. Carlo Portelli da Loro, Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Anne (Detail), Oil on panel

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Cultural Highlights from February 2 - 12, 2006 Armory Art Center West Palm Beach www.armoryart.org Jim Dine 1/11-3/3 Colorful, large-scaled sculptures by one of America’s top artists will inaugurate the newly renovated sculpture garden on the Armory’s campus.

Kiki Smith 2/7-3/12 Print images by one of America’s most recognized multi-talented artists, whose dramatic interpretations of the body have earned her shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Boca Raton Museum of Art Boca Raton www.bocamuseum.org December 7 – April 2; James McNeil Whistler: Selected Works from The Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland.

January 11 – April 2; Toulouse-Lautrec and Friends: The Birth of the Modern Poster The Flagler Museum Palm Beach www.flagler.org Tiffany at the World’s Columbian Exposition 1/17 – 4/16 This exhibit is the first time that Tiffany’s magnificent pieces designed exclusively for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition have been brought together since their original display, and the first time that they will be exhibited with their design drawings.

The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale www.moafl.org Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs 12/15 – 4/23 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs brings an extensive exhibition of more than 130 treasures from the tomb of the celebrated pharaoh, other Valley of the Kings tombs, and additional ancient sites.

The exhibit includes 50 major artifacts excavated from Tutankhamun’s tomb, and more than 70 artifacts from other royal graves of the 18th dynasty.

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Museum groups attending Palm Beach! America’s International Fine Art & Antique Fair will receive free audio tours to the exhibition. Please contact the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Group Sales office at 954-462-0222 for more information.

Norton Museum of Art West Palm Beach www.norton.org French Impressionism and Boston: Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts 11/19 – 3/5 French Impressionism and Boston presents fifty-three paintings including twelve Monets and masterpieces

by Degas, Corot, Manet, Renoir and John Singer Sargent Matisse in Transition: Around Laurette - 1916-1919 1/28-2/18 The first in-depth examination of this fascinating period of the artist’s career when he began to paint in series.

The Palm Beach Photographic Center Delray Beach www.fotofusion.org JAPAN with Michael Kenna 1/12 – 2/18 Barren seascapes, abandoned fishing nets, fragmented piers, mysterious horizons, and trees submerged under water dominate Michael Kenna’s recent work from Japan. The viewer is invited to explore a landscape both remote and intimate, and experience a solitude that speaks volumes about humanity.

The Society of The Four Arts Palm Beach www.fourarts.org American Cornucopia: Treasures from the Philadelphia Museum of Art 1/21 – 2/26 Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s outstanding American collections introduce three centuries of creativity, from colonial portraits and folk art to cosmopolitan modernism. Celebrated examples from the Museum’s superb holdings of decorative arts, including furniture, silver, ceramics, and jewelry, range from Philadelphia’s vibrant revolutionary era to the exquisite crafts of today.

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