"In America" 1939
2nd plate A8. 4 H.T. Colors. Small image stuck grey guards 20…

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"In America" 1939 2nd plate A8. 4 H.T. colors. Small image stuck grey guards 20th mile. The adventures of Tintin on the 1st plate (double mention of Tintin) Pagination 4 to 123 Reversal of the strips on page 93 Spine slightly cracked on 7 cm Hergé/Tintinimaginatio 2023

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"In America" 1939 2nd plate A8. 4 H.T. colors. Small image stuck grey guards 20th mile. The adventures of Tintin on the 1st plate (double mention of Tintin) Pagination 4 to 123 Reversal of the strips on page 93 Spine slightly cracked on 7 cm Hergé/Tintinimaginatio 2023

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Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Tintin = Tintin in America, 1939 black & white edition (A8). Very good condition.

Estim. 1 400 - 1 600 EUR

ALCEU RIBEIRO (Artigas, Uruguay, 1919 - Palma de Mallorca, 2013). "Figura", 1992. Assemblage in painted wood. Signed, titled and dated on the back. Measurements: 46.5 x 23.5 cm. Painter, sculptor and muralist, Alceu Ribeiro trained with Joaquín Torres-García starting in 1939, thanks to a scholarship that allowed him to settle with his brother, also an artist, in Montevideo. He studied with the master for ten years, until his death in 1949, and during his student years his work was already recognized with several prizes at the National Salon of Montevideo, in 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1945. The following year, in 1946, he became known in Paris through the Muestra de Pintura Moderna Uruguaya held there. In 1949 he founded the workshop El Molino, which he converted into the center of Montevideo's intelligentsia, and that same year he carried out his first commission for mural painting for the Palacio de la Luz in the Uruguayan capital. Shortly afterwards, in 1953, he held his first individual exhibition at the Faculty of Architecture of the same city. He also continued to participate in official exhibitions with great success, and carried out important mural projects, both pictorial and sculptural. In 1962 he becomes a professor at the Universidad del Trabajo in Montevideo, and the following year he makes a long working trip to Europe, where he leaves after holding several exhibitions on tour in South America, among other places at the Zea Museum in Medellin (Colombia). In 1964 he returns to Montevideo, and three years later he holds his first solo exhibition in the United States, at the Mayfair Gallery in Washington D.C. From then on Ribeiro exhibited his work in museums and galleries in South America, the United States and Europe, finally settling in 1979 in Palma de Mallorca. He is currently represented in the National Museum of Fine Arts and the Juan Manuel Blanes Museum in Montevideo, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid, the National Museum of São Paulo and other public and private collections in Europe and America.

Estim. 150 - 300 EUR

A JADE ‘SILKWORM’ PENDANT, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD TO SHANG DYNASTY A JADE ‘SILKWORM’ PENDANT, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD TO SHANG DYNASTY China, c. 1300 BC or earlier. The pendant pierced vertically and carved in the form of a silkworm, incised at one end with its head, detailed with large rounded eyes and slightly open mouth, the body with stylized ‘comma-scrolls’. The translucent stone is of a pale celadon tone with few dark inclusions and patches of opaque creamy-white calcification. Provenance: Collection of Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) and thence by descent to his widow Irene Beasley. Collection of Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964), acquired from the above c. 1939 and thence by descent in the same family. Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) was a British anthropologist and museum curator who developed an important ethnographic collection during the early 20th century that is now held in various British museums. With his wife Irene, Beasley set up the Cranmore Ethnographical Museum which eventually held more than 6,000 objects of ethnographical interest. The Beasleys collected objects from across Europe, buying from auction houses and local museums to expand the collection, which contained material from the Pacific, Asia, Africa, and Northwestern America. Beasley wrote numerous articles for anthropological journals and was considered an expert in his field. He died in 1939 and his collection was stored with the British Museum collections during the war, which was fortunate, as the Cranmore Museum was destroyed by bombing. After the war, substantial portions of the collection were passed to the British Museum, the Royal Museum in Edinburgh, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the University of Cambridge, the Pitt Rivers Museum, and the Merseyside County Museum. Other pieces, such as the present lot, were sold by his widow and, after her death in 1974, by their daughters. Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964) was a contributor to the Cranmore Museum and became good friends with Harry Beasley. Shortly after Harry Beasley’s death, he acquired a number of objects from Irene Beasley, including the present lot. Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, minor nibbling, small chips, some of which have smoothened over time, signs of weathering and erosion. The stone with natural fissures, some of which have developed into small hairline cracks over time. Weight: 5.4 g Dimensions: Length 4.5 cm

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

A JADE ‘BIRD’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY A JADE ‘BIRD’ PENDANT, LATE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY China, 11 th-8 th century BC. The thick flattened plaque finely carved in the form of a recumbent bird in profile, detailed with incised feathers, sharp beak with pierced aperture for suspension, and round eyes. Opaque stone of a mottled greenish-brown tone with russet veins. Provenance: Collection of Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) and thence by descent to his widow Irene Beasley. Collection of Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964), acquired from the above c. 1939 and thence by descent in the same family. Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) was a British anthropologist and museum curator who developed an important ethnographic collection during the early 20th century that is now held in various British museums. With his wife Irene, Beasley set up the Cranmore Ethnographical Museum which eventually held more than 6,000 objects of ethnographical interest. The Beasleys collected objects from across Europe, buying from auction houses and local museums to expand the collection, which contained material from the Pacific, Asia, Africa, and Northwestern America. Beasley wrote numerous articles for anthropological journals and was considered an expert in his field. He died in 1939 and his collection was stored with the British Museum collections during the war, which was fortunate, as the Cranmore Museum was destroyed by bombing. After the war, substantial portions of the collection were passed to the British Museum, the Royal Museum in Edinburgh, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the University of Cambridge, the Pitt Rivers Museum, and the Merseyside County Museum. Other pieces, such as the present lot, were sold by his widow and, after her death in 1974, by their daughters. Alfred William Cowperthwaite (1890-1964) was a contributor to the Cranmore Museum and became good friends with Harry Beasley. Shortly after Harry Beasley’s death, he acquired a number of objects from Irene Beasley, including the present lot. Condition: Good condition with expected old wear, minuscule nibbling, small losses, tiny nicks, minor signs of weathering and erosion. Weight: 8.6 g Dimensions: Length 4.6 cm Literature comparison: Compare a related jade bird, dated to the Western Zhou dynasty, 5.1 cm long, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 50.46.247. Compare a related jade bird pendant, dated to the Western Zhou dynasty, 4.3 cm long, in the British Museum, registration number 2022,3034.111. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 April 2019, lot 3446 Price: HKD 75,000 or approx. EUR 9,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A celadon jade ‘bird’ plaque, Shang dynasty Expert remark: Compare the related form and incision work. Note the smaller size (4.7 cm).

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