Christie's Decorative Art

The Story of Jewelry 1973 by J. Anderson. Introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith Black Hardcover Book. Translate from Italian. J. Anderson Black - Storia dei gioielli English text. Documents jewelry's history from the primitive ornaments of prehistoric times to the abstract simplicity of modern design. This book offers a unique way of exploring the world of vintage jewelry for experts, newcomers, and anyone with an interest in the topic. Every piece of jewelry tells a story. Each chapter is centered around a particular piece of jewelry and the way in which it is emblematic: a previous owner, an exemplary design or dominant material. From an array of historic pieces...

Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings, 1912-1913. Jack Cowart, Pierre Schneider, John Elderfield, Albert Grigor'evich Kostenevich, Marina Bes...

High Jewelry by Cartier Contemporary Creations Hardcover Large Book. 1st edition. A sumptuous tribute to Cartier’s creations with spectacular new photographs of unique pieces, many o...

Christie's hardback auction catalogue Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th October 1999 New York. In October of 1999, Anna Strasberg sourced Christie’s, the renowned auction company, to ...

Christie's Review of the Season 1990. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Printed in the Netherlands, 500 pages.

First Edition, published by Christie's Realty International, London, 2008. Accompanies the auction Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Tuesday 13th May, 2008. This beautif...

The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan. 1952 Hardcover 1st Edition. Mylar clear cover has been added at a later date.

Christie's Important Old Master Paintings catalog, New York January, 29 1999. This auction catalog consists of 206 lots, all color illustrations, with all lots described in detail. C...

Jewellery by Cartier Christie's Published by Christie's, Geneva, 1992, Auction Hardcover Book Catalog. The Art of Cartier Habsburg Feldman auction hardcover. 135 page catalog June 28...

"Je Suis Le Cahier" The Sketchbooks of Picasso hardcover book 1st Edition 1986 The Sketchbooks of Picasso "Je Suis Le Cahier". Pablo Picasso, "Picasso considered all of his works to be entries in his diary; he excluded nothing. The sketchbooks are generic chapters inextricable from his oeuvre. In Picasso's paintings the spontaneity of gesture is deceptive since the manner is which he leaves his tracks visible superficially suggests minimal preparation. Although most of Picasso's solutions appear to be immediately worked out on the canvas, this was far from the fact. Many paintings sprang fully formed as the fulfillment of preconscious models, but very often others were the product of the process of trial solution and discovery through drawing. There are eight sketchbooks for Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, five for the saltimbanques, four for the Luncheon on the Grass series, and two for The rape of the Sabines. In sketchbook No. 171, Picasso inscribed...

Fine Objects of Vertu, Faberge, American Paintings and Memorabilia from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Frank Sinatra. The New York Christie's Sinatra Hard Back Auction Catalogue. The ...

Impressionism and Post-impressionism: The Hermitage, Leningrad, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Vintage 1986...