Sale 2327
Amsterdam
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16 April 1997
Price realised
NLG 1,845
Estimate
THREE BALINESE MASKS Consisting of two white coloured female masks with a mild expression, one with a crown, the other with a rectangular headdress, jutting ears with tubular ear-ornaments, opened mouth showing upper teeth, details black, red and gilded, 19.5 cm high; and an ochre coloured female mask with an expression of amazement, crown set with mica, 20.5 cm high (3)
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Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art