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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2h

Fair enough.

Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 3h

Just learned through @artherstory.bsky.social that the Met will exhibit "Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck". I have recently seen a few of her works in Finland, and am quite certain that this will be a treat for many of you. Great artist! www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is the first major U.S. exhibition of Helene Schjerfbeck, featuring 60 works that highlight her unique voice in modernism.

www.metmuseum.org

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 3h

There's also an exposition about Marthe Donas ("Donas, Archipenko & La Section d'Or") at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp, opened a few days ago. kmska.be/nl/donas-arc...

Donas, Archipenko & La Section d'Or. Betoverend modernisme

kmska.be

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 3h

Makes me curious: would your library ever consider swapping such doubles with another library to enrich both collections? I know many incunables have minor differences in one print run, but do these outweigh e.g. acquiring a local title you are still missing completely?

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 4h

Renson sale, 1924, lot 51: Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886), "Young women and greyhounds" (10000Fr), 20*30cm (small panel). Typical example (making it harder to search), and I can't find further traces of it. Popular but not my taste.

Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 8h

Ooooh, I've never had such a nice compliment, why thank you! Cranach can have the same serial effect, though better of course. Sometimes it seems that every museum has the same two Cranachs :-)

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 8h

#MusicChallenge
#KillerTunes
10/8
Button Mother – Coraline

The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu3F...

"World, the time has come to (push the button!)"

Probably the second most obvious choice after "The Hardest Button to Button"...

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 8h

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 8h

"And the winner is... Donald... T... usk!" Met een live cam gericht op Trumps gezicht natuurlijk.

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 8h

More or less daily image from my visit to the Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp: Master of the Female Half Figures, "Mary Magdalen", first half of the 16th c. The Master is a prime example of the highly specialized serial production of very similar good but not outstanding works for the market.

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 9h

Love, hate, lunacy, submission, and hunger. Sounds like one good day and the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 23h

As expected, no time to visit the "regular" Bruges museums, closing at 5. But the cathedral was open till 6 (mainly dark baroque paintings), and in its treasury is a quite good collection of 15th c. paintings. Will show some of them in a few months time, here some teasers...

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 1d

Probably no time for more posts today, work to do, but the view compensates a lot. Won´t be able to do any museums probably though...

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2d

Renson sale, 1924, lot 50: Constantin Meunier (1831-1905), "Resting miners", 1887, 88*70cm. Unsold or withdrawn. Meunier was best known as a sculptor but also made many social realist paintings. I can find no later trace of this work.

Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2d

"Joseph Knight (1829-1907), drama critic and author of some 375 entries in the Dictionary of National Biography. He devoted his leisure to literature, collecting and reading, firstly in Leeds and then in London, where he lived at 27 Camden Square. " Text from www.georgebayntun.com/antiquarian-...

Iacobi Philippi Tomasini Patauini ... Petrarcha Redivivus, TOMASINI (Giacomo Filippo). — George Bayntun

JOSEPH KNIGHT'S COPY Iacobi Philippi Tomasini Patauini ... Petrarcha Redivivus, Integram Poetæ celeberrimi Vitam Iconibus ære celatis exhibens. Accessit Nobilissimæ Foeminae Lauræ Brevis Historia....

www.georgebayntun.com

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2d

It has the purity of a good Hergé drawing, with the familiarity of "yeah, that's how I damage my books as well", and the old frame and slightly faded look make it appear as vintage as it is :-) Tintin still isn't my favourite comic, but few are better in striking, efficient drawing (he worked in ad)

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2d

#MusicChallenge
#KillerTunes
10/6
Shark - Jaws

John Cale - Shark-Shark
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNQk...

Everyone who posted the Baby Shark Song will be blocked, obviously.

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2d

I wanted this poster for a long time already, but not at those prices. It won't leave my house any time soon ;-)

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2d

Slightly faded, but better than it looks on the photo (was also true on auction site, may have helped me acquire it for a good price). One in mint condition has sold for 6000 Euro! A somewhat soiled one went for 380 Euro in 2020... www.bdencheres.be/records/ coutaubegarie.com/lot/102279/1...

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2d

First auction win of the season, this classic mid-1940s Tintin poster. 70 Euro all costs included, bargain!

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2d

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2d

Daily image (with annoying reflection) from my visit to the Museum Mayer van den Bergh. Antoine de Lonhy or Martino Spanzotti, ca. 1460, Nativity, 107*60cm. Better image at the Museum website search.museummayervandenbergh.be/Details/coll...

Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 2d

Tom Lanoye kreeg (terecht) de Driejaarlijkse Vlaamse Gemeenschapsprijs voor Toneelletterkunde voor "Ten Oorlog", zijn zeer grondige hervertelling van de koningsdrama's van Shakespeare. Een goede hervertelling doet het origineel niet verdwijnen maar verrijkt het. letterenhuis.be/nl/content/d...

DO THE SHAKE. Over (het begin van) Ten Oorlog | Letterenhuis

Zaterdag 22 november 1997. Met drie slagen op een aambeeld slaat Wim Opbrouck in de persoon van Richaar Deuzième – kaalgeschoren, met ontbloot bovenlijf en gehuld in een lange rok – de theatermarathon...

letterenhuis.be

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 4d

#MusicChallenge
#KillerTunes
10/4
The Wicked Witch of the West – The Wizard of Oz

Kansas - Dust in the Wind
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNp6...

Obvious choice, I know. Live version, didn't expect those clothes. But what a beautiful, gentle, timeless song.

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Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social · 5d

Wij hebben tenminste de keuze tussen TS en P :-)

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