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To provide the most complete overview of the investment opportunities offered by the international art market Lot-Art has added, aside to our auctions database, the opportunity to search artworks from trusted art collectors and galleries. Lot-Art Gallery presents direct sales from selected galleries, artists and private collectors.

Proposing an innovative financial approach to art collecting, we can assist art Investors in identifying and acquiring quality artworks and valuable assets for their collection or for a pure purpose of portfolio diversification from standard financial products. This service will better serve private investors and institutions who wish to invest in art as an asset class but don’t have the expertise to identify and select the best deals in the primary or secondary markets worldwide.

Here a selection of Lot-Art Gallery newly added pieces:


^{David De Coninck - Still Life with Animals surrounding the Medici Vase, 17th Century}

David De Coninck (Antwerp 1642 – Bruxelles 1702) - Still Life with Animals surrounding the Medici Vase, 17th Century
The present painting depicts a gathering of animals around the famous Medici vase, until the 18th century in the villa of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany at the Pincio in Roma. The painting is closely related to Stefano Della Bella'setching, as shown by the presence of the obelisk in the background (see picture). However, for this painting, De Coninck preferred a three-quarter view. De Coninck was a pupil of Pieter Boel, from whom he faithfully reproduced many figures, and was strongly influenced by Jan Fyt. Once he arrived in Rome in 1671, he was able to enjoy very wide popularity that allowed him to be admitted to the Academy of San Luca in 1686. Oil on canvas. Size of canvas 61,5x72,5 cm. In a gilded frame. See Price...

^{Left: Fabergé Visionnaire I Flying Tourbillon; Right: Louis Vuitton Watch, Diamond Tambour Forever}

Fabergé Visionnaire I Flying Tourbillon
A fine, rare and unworn platinum hand-wound wristwatch. Designer/Maker: APRP (Audemars Piguet Renaud et Papi). Model: Visionnaire I. Limited Edition: No.02/15. Movement: APRP Cal.TOF14, Flying Tourbillion Complication, 29 jewels, 72-hour power reserve (ARP movement no.021). Dial: Signed, segmented dial, black PVD treated outer 5-minute track, luminescent hour markers and hands. Case: Signed, platinum and black PVD coated titanium, sapphire crystal, exhibition case back displaying a power reserve indicator. Strap: Signed, black Alligator, 18K white gold and black PVD treated titanium double deployment buckle. Size: 44mm. See Price...

Louis Vuitton Watch, Diamond Tambour Forever
"Tambour Forever" features a patent leather wrist strap, quartz movement, a shell dial, a diamond-studded face encased in stainless steel hardware. Material: Metal x Stainless Steel (Silver) x Leather (Black). Model: Q12M50. Length: 12.3 cm. Width: 2.3 cm. Depth: 2 cm. See Price...

^{Left: Breitling Navitimer Stainless Steel Automatic; Right: Omega Olympic Speedmaster Stainless Steel Automatic}

Breitling Navitimer Stainless Steel Automatic
Features a stainless steel case and bracelet, and an automatic movement. Model: AB0120
Face: 3.8 cm. Case: 4.3 cm. Belt width: 1.7 cm. Bracelet: 19 cm. Water Resistance: 30 m. See Price...

Omega Olympic Speedmaster Stainless Steel Automatic
Features a stainless steel case and strap, and automatic movement. It has a round shape face, chronograph, date, small seconds subdial, tachymeter dial and has hand Arabic numerals style markers. It is completed with a stainless steel band that opens and closes with a fold-over clasp with single push-button safety. Model: 3513.20.00. Face: 3.4 cm. Case: 3.9 cm. Belt width: 1.7 cm. Bracelet: 16 cm. See Price...

^{Left: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Stainless Steel Automatic; Right: IWC Schaffhausen Aquatimer Stainless Steel Automatic}

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Stainless Steel Automatic
Features a stainless steel case and strap, and automatic movement. Model: 67230. Face: 1.9 cm. Case: 2.4 cm. Belt width: 1.7 cm. Bracelet: 1.7 cm. Movement: Automatic Winding. Movement Details: Oyster Perpetual. Case: Stainless Steel case with an engine-turned bezel. Bracelet: Stainless Steel Oyster bracelet. See Price...

IWC Schaffhausen Aquatimer Stainless Steel Automatic
Features a stainless steel case and strap with automatic movement. Watch specifications: Face: 3.7 cm. Case: 4.2 cm. Belt width: 1.7 cm. Bracelet: 15 cm. See Price...

^{Left: Jonathan Guaitamacchi - Imaginary Land / Ending; Right: Jonathan Guaitamacchi - Imaginary Land / Invisible Sun}

Jonathan Guaitamacchi - Imaginary Land / Ending
Jonathan Guaitamacchi’s work is well established in Italy and well represented in public and private collections. His work has appeared also in public exhibitions on Modern and Contemporary Italian Art, such as Urban Sceneries at Villa Olmo in Como and Landscapes at Villa Giulia, Lake Maggiore. Mixed Media on Canvas. Year 2018. Size 30x45 cm. See Price...

Jonathan Guaitamacchi - Imaginary Land / Invisible Sun
Born in London in 1961, Jonathan Guaitamacchi graduated in painting at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. From the ‘90s he devoted himself entirely to painting, producing mainly urban landscapes in black and white, whose unique and evocative bird’s eye views are a hallmark of his work in the eyes of the public. His paintings explore the uncontainable expansion of the urban landscape, with a rigorous formal research, immediately recognizable for its use of monochromatic mixed media and a strongly defined mark-making with writings. Mixed Media on Canvas. Year 2018. Size 30x45 cm. See Price...

^{Left: Jonathan Guaitamacchi - British Black “TARGET”; Right: Araki Nobuyoshi - Yakuza Copulating}

Jonathan Guaitamacchi - British Black “TARGET”
In 2018, Milan Polytechnic dedicates to Jonathan Guaitamacchi an exhibition covering two decades of his work on urban landscapes: Jonathan Guaitamacchi – Bovisa – From ’97 to ’17, recognizing the value of his artistic vision in the urban evolution of the city. Mixed Media on Canvas. Year 2014. Size 200 x 135 cm. See Price...

Araki Nobuyoshi - Yakuza Copulating
From the series: TOKYO COMEDY) 1998. The stage-like produced shot of a couple during intercourse occupies a particular position in Araki's work. Not only the absence of any accessories which place the scenery in a spatial or narrative context, as is usual for Araki, but also the presence of a male actor which presets something extraordinary in Araki's pictorial cosmos. It is striking that this man, who, like a demon, leans over the body of a woman sunk to the floor in ecstasy, is distinguishable by an impressive full body tattoo. Gelatin silver print 46 x 57.6 cm (50.7 x 60.5 cm). Matted and framed. Signed in pencil on the verso. See Price...

^{Left: Gucci Leather Bamboo Daily; Right: Bottega Veneta Intrecciato Leather Weekender}

Gucci Leather Bamboo Daily
Features a leather body, a flat top handle, a front flap with a bamboo bullet twist-lock closure, and interior zip, slip, and open pockets. Length: 27 cm; Width: 20 cm; Depth: 9 cm. Fabrics: Leather & Other. See Price...

Bottega Veneta Intrecciato Leather Weekender
Features a woven leather body, rolled leather handles, a top zip closure, and an interior zip pocket. Category: Travel Bag. Length: 40 cm; Width: 50 cm; Depth: 30 cm. See Price...

^{Left: Dior Lady Dior Cannage Leather Ruffle-Trimmed; Right: Chanel Matelasse Hemp Tassel Chain Bag}

Dior Lady Dior Cannage Leather Ruffle-Trimmed
Features a leather body, flat leather handles, flat strap, a top zip closure, and interior zip pockets. Length: 20 cm; Width: 23 cm; Depth: 12 cm. See Price...

Chanel Matelasse Hemp Tassel Chain Bag
Features a quilted hemp body, exterior front flap pocket with twist-lock closure, gold-tone chain strap with tassel, top zip closure, and interior zip and open pocket. Category: Shoulder Bag. Length: 16.5 cm; Width: 22.5 cm; Depth: 7 cm. See Price...

Left: Chanel Caviar Coco Case Trolley Right: Louis Vuitton Epi Neverfull MM Tote Bag

Chanel Caviar Coco Case Trolley
Features a quilted chevron body, a top leather handle, a retractable handle, four multidirectional wheels, a zip-around closure, and an interior zip pocket. Category: Travel Bag. Length: 50 cm; Width: 35 cm; Depth: 20 cm. See Price...Louis Vuitton Epi Neverfull MM Tote Bag
Features an Epi leather body, flat straps, open-top with a lobster claw clasp, and side drawstrings. Category: Tote Bag; Length: 32 cm; Width: 29 cm; Depth: 19 cm. See Price...

Art & Auction News

Burning Man Festival Starts This Sunday

The festival, which draws almost 70,000 people each year to the Nevada desert, distributed £1 million in art grants this year to ensure many new participants will get the chance to join established artists with work on display. This year’s installations are set to be some of the most outrageous ever with a giant jellyfish, a heart that pulsates in time with the viewer’s heartbeat and a life-size recreation of a Boeing 747 airplane among those to be displayed. The event ends every year with the symbolic burning of a wooden man sculpture and of many of the art pieces that had been specially created and displayed on the festival. Dates: Sun, Aug 25, 2019 – Tue, Sep 3, 2019. [The Independent]


^{Left: Burning Man 2019 Theme; Right: Vasily Klyukin's Pulsating Heart sculpture ( Vasily Klyukin )}

After 30 Years, the Stolen Masterpiece 'Madonna and Child' by Pinturicchio Returns to Italy

The Italian police’s cultural heritage protection unit found the painting, which was stolen from a private home in 1990, but has revealed little about its whereabouts since. It will soon be returned to its owners, but first, it’s going on view at the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria in Perugia, Pinturicchio’s hometown. The work is going on view from August 8, 2019–January 26, 2020. [artnet news]


^{Left: Pinturicchio, Madonna and Child. Photo courtesy of the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria. Right: Pinturicchio’s Madonna and Child being unveiled the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria. Photo courtesy of the Italian Ministry of Culture.}

A ‘Worthless’ Sculpture Sold for $612,000

Last fall, authentication experts on the BBC reality show Fake or Fortune debated whether or not a broken sculpture had been made by Alberto Giacometti as its owners claimed. Ultimately, the hosts were unable to prove the Swiss master’s authorship and determined that it was likely “worthless.” But then in February that same sculpture sold for £500,000 ($612,000) at Christie’s “Art of the Surreal” sale in London. The episode had ended with Bruce and her colleague, Philip Mould, sending the sculpture to the Giacometti Committee in Paris for further review. In a re-aired version of the episode last night, an updated segment revealed that, after removing layers of paint applied to the work decades ago, the committee uncovered Giacometti’s signature and confirmed its authenticity. [artnet news]


^{Left: Alberto Giacometti, Tête qui regarde (Gazing Head) (1928). Courtesy of Christie's. Right: Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould, host of BBC’s Fake or Fortune, meet the owners of a potential sculpture by Alberto Giacometti. Courtesy of the BBC.}

The custom-made “Happy Birthday Mr. President” dress worn by Marilyn Monroe is expected to fetch up to $3m at auction.

The sultry actress wore the barely-there dress at Kennedy's 45th birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962, is being put up for sale and is expected to fetch up to $3m at auction. Julien's Auctions is offering the sequined stunner at a sale in Los Angeles on November 17.
Made of silk gauze and covered in thousands of rhinestone beads and sequins, the Jean Louis dress was so form-fitting that Monroe had to be sewn into it. The gown will be showcased at MANA Contemporary in Jersey City, New Jersey, as part of an exhibition focusing on Monroe as an artist, from September 25 until October 22. It will also travel outside of the United States for the first time for an exhibition at the Museum of Style Icons in Newbridge, Ireland, at the end of October. [The Independent]


^{Left: 'Happy Birthday Mr President' gown (Julien's Auctions via AP); Right: Marilyn Monroe sings to President Kennedy in 1962 ( Rex )}

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