The fourth Sargent is at Berry-Hill Galleries, a classic work that pictures a towering American beauty bedecked in a pink shirtwaist. Hill, who is only in his second year at Maastricht, has already snared a reserve by an American on a serene Winslow Homer oil of a young girl. Illuminated manuscripts penned in nunneries and monasteries are also selling briskly. It has an impressive 190 miniatures by the Master of Etienne Sauderat. Titled Miroir de humaine salvation, the costly tome had once been owned by the Getty Trust.
Antiquities are also prominent.
At the stand of Cologne dealer Weber Kunst Handel is a monumental marble relief of two winged Nikes in flowing drapery with the requisite halos of olive branches. He led the preparation of a comprehensive art-market report detailing the size and scope of the business. All rights reserved.