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Stars like Audrey Hepburn and Sean Connery, as well as all the great royal families have found in Marbella Club Hotel the perfect retreat. Their rooms witnessed lavish parties, steamy love affairs, and even state decisions.

On April, Setdart is proud to offer up for auction a selection of pieces, the scene of an entire era. Two of the most special places in the complex are without a doubt, the iconic Champagne Room and the Villa del Mar . The last one was built by an eccentric millionaire and playboy Argentine, who dazzled his guests with unique works of art and antiques. Those who want to relive a mythical evening in one of the most spectacular properties on the Costa del Sol, can purchase the original chairs of the Villa del Mar dining room or a Louis XV clock in gilt bronze and tortoiseshell with almost three at the next Setdart sale. centuries.

The spirit of modernity that underlies each of RàfolsCasamada’s works has managed to prevail over any passing fad, fitting almost organically into any setting. Whether in interiors with a minimalist character or in those with a more classic look, his creations act as skylights in which the harmonious shapes and colors conquer our gaze and the space that surrounds them. An example of this is the monumental canvas that will be auctioned on the 15th in our modern and contemporary art auction. “Crepuscular” made in 1992, belongs to the series of large-format works that RàfolsCasamada, under his particular poetic vision of reality, dedicated to representing the different phases of the day.

Considered by international critics as one of the great creators of Spanish art in the last decades of the 20th century, Víctor Mira reflected in his different artistic facets the existential torment that accompanied him throughout his life . Called transgressor, eccentric, visionary, rare, mystical and enlightened, Mira was above all an artist who delved through his art into the depths of the human being. His work, as heartbreaking as poetic, acquires a violent spirituality whose feeling is reflected in this revealing statement: ” as a man happiness is desired, as an artist I am not interested and I am dominated by the artist ” . Denying a happiness that he considered childish and sterile, Víctor Mira transformed pain into a philosophy of life that would undoubtedly be his everlasting source of inspiration. And it is precisely this aspect that moves us in his work: the brutal and sincere contemplation of a soul, that of the artist, in which loneliness, inner ordeal and death are revealed to us as the only and unappealable certainties of life.

The beauty of the female figure in all its registers has been the object of representation from the beginning of art history to the present . However, from the eighteenth century, its presence was accentuated, especially from a new, more realistic perspective away from the prototypical images until then associated with the appearance of the Virgin Mary, a saint or heroine. With the arrival of realism and impressionism, artists became interested in achieving a greater effect of naturalness in their works through genre scenes in which women became the undisputed protagonist . An example of this are the two pieces by José Ramon Zaragoza that will be put out to tender on April 15th in our modern and contemporary art auction in which the Asturian painter represents the splendor of feminine beauty. These two monumental pieces, in addition to being exhibited in the exhibition held in Madrid “A century of Spanish art 1856-1956” in 1956, were part of

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At a time of profound transformations, the field of art began in the twentieth century an evolutionary dynamic of styles that occurred chronologically with increasing speed, and that led to the artistic avant-gardes, with an atomization of styles and currents that coexisted and met. they oppose, influence and confront each other. The freedom and plurality that characterized contemporary artistic practice stars in our next auction on the 16th, in which, through the more than 100 collected works, we enter the creative effervescence that revolutionized the art world forever. In the first decades of the century, through the development and evolution of some of the trends that originated at the end of the 19th century, the way of conceiving and understanding Art changed radically and definitively. And so, while the different “isms” succeeded and overlapped at a dizzying pace, there was a progressive and irreversible break with the academic artistic tradition.

A lot of Before Andy Warhol became the dazzling pop art star, the artist created more than 300 drawings during the 1950s that, in their entirety, represent a true ode to male beauty . To this fascinating group belongs the work “Unknow nude male” that on the 16th we will bid in our contemporary art auction. Showing off his daring character, a young Warhol dares to portray and celebrate the male nude at a time when sexual freedom in the United States, far from being conquered, was persecuted, stigmatized and punished. Despite the resounding popularity of his work, drawings like this one become true jewels that reveal the lesser-known side of Andy Warhol, projecting us on a journey towards the first steps that led the artist to become an icon of modernity. .

The anthropomorphic figures of the Buddha have their origin in the north of India and the present countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan in the 1st century AD During the following centuries, the representations of the Buddha and his teachings spread in practically every culture from Afghanistan to Japan and they are objects of contemplation, meditation and veneration in homes and temples.

Setdart auctions presents on the 11th, an outstanding set of pieces that cover an extensive time frame that began during the Romanesque period and that extends until the arrival of 18th century. Through them, we can travel through some of the most exciting periods of the history of art following its plastic, aesthetic and thematic evolution over the centuries.

Among more than 90 pieces in bidding, this “San Esteban” of Catalan School of the second half of 15th century stands out, in which we can already detect an important advance with respect to the international Gothic style thanks to an incipient naturalism and detail. continues to maintain its leading role, a more naturalistic representation of the volumes begins to be sought, and attention is paid to details and qualities that respond to a direct flamenco influence.

The immense artistic legacy of Josep Guinovart has transcended as one of the great references of the Catalan avant-garde of the second half of the 20th century . His intense career bears the mark of the nonconformist spirit that characterized a whole generation of artists marked by a conflictive historical context that, as a catalyst, opened the way to new artistic horizons. With the end of World War II and guided by the absolute freedom of his creative impulse, Guinovart reflected in art the need and commitment to build a new world on the ashes of the previous one.

The Arabs, centuries after the decline of Egypt, created an ancient proverb that defines very well the subject at hand: “man fears time, but time fears pyramids.” Not without reason the saying reveals a reality and that is that the pyramids of Gizeh are the only one of the monuments of the famous ancient seven wonders that has survived to this day. The survival of these colossi is due to the unique and unprecedented effort of an entire people united under the same idea, eternity.

Jaime Tresserra’s designs are proof of the triumph of talent over any trend In a specialty such as design born with a universal and austere vocation, geographical and cultural factors ended up being determining factors in its evolution and identification. The first steps of this discipline within the national scope began by supplying the scarcity of means, with large doses of inventiveness, craftsmanship and ingenuity, giving way to a time of splendor of which Jaume Tresserra is undoubtedly one of its great exponents. Faithful to an aesthetic commitment in which beauty prevails over profitability and industrial production, Tresserra brings its designs to life with the same delicacy with which a jeweler sets his precious stones, acquiring the status of true pieces in his hands. of art

Salvador Dalí directed to Joan Rebull one of the greatest praises that the surrealist genius ever dedicated to one of his contemporaries, referring to him as “the greatest sculptor in the world.” Belonging to the so-called Generation of 17, educated in the Noucentisme, he promoted, together with his contemporaries, the renewal of expressive models more in line with the new concerns of his time. As a sample of his artistic legacy Setdart presents “allegory to the Mediterranean” (lot 35185438) a monumental marble sculpture in which Rebull reveals to us what were the two cornerstones of his production: primitivism and new realism.

Why some Rolex watch models earned these peculiar nicknames.

Rolex “Paul Newman”

Joanne Woodward gave her husband this Rolex chronograph model when he started out in motorsport. After appearing on the cover of an Italian magazine with the wristwatch, “Paul Newman” was born. The legendary actor is said to have worn Ref. 6239 in the 1969 auto racing film “Winning,” which his wife also starred in. The Art Deco font and square end indicators on the subdials differentiate the “Paul Newman” from other Daytonas.

Iconic Dalí-designed jewelry, deliciously non-traditional wearable art pieces, will be auctioned at Setdart on February 10th.

Lost in the melting clocks and twisted figures of Salvador Dalí’s warped reality, one must remember not to take the artist’s fantastic work at face value. Like his paintings and sculptures, Dalí’s jewels are undoubtedly a reflection of his eccentric and ambitious creator, but the artist himself once warned viewers not to consider them a mere whim. “Illusory! Dalinian jewels are totally serious. I am glad that people smile at the phone earrings. A smile is something nice. But these earrings, like all my jewels, are serious. They represent the ear, symbol of harmony and unity, they connote the speed of the modern media; the hope and danger of an instantaneous change of thought. ”

Dalí, who is no stranger to experimentation with form, began designing jewelry in 1941, applying his idiosyncratic, symbolic approach to traditional objects and art to wear. The Catalan artist was a leading figure in the surrealist movement, however his work had been expelled from the shows of the genre in the late 1940s. Dalí began to see himself as a multidisciplinary artist, much like the Italian Renaissance masters he admired.

Throughout the history of art there have been many artists who, after their death, have been raised to the category of myth. In this sense, Amadeo Modigliani represents the archetype of a bohemian artist with a tormented life, whose early death only increased his legend until he became one of the most sought-after artists, as well as forged artists of all time. The long shadow of what was one of the great misunderstood of the avant-garde period, played a decisive role in the vital and artistic career of his only daughter, Jeanne Modigliani.

In the context of Franco’s dictatorship and cultural effervescence that his native Valencia was experiencing at that time, Anzó founded, together with Andreu Alfaro, Rafael Solbes and Manolo Valdés the group”Estampa Popular de Valencia” . As a result of his activity within the group, Anzo will stand out in the development of an aesthetic based on American Pop Art and will become the forerunner of this current within Valencian artistic culture. However, the richness of his work escapes the limits imposed by any label in which the true plastic dimension of this artist is intended to be circumscribed, whose creative genius is born from the incessant search for new answers. Without a doubt, his artistic legacy deserves to recover the space he occupied in life as one of the most original and visionary creators of postwar Spain.

From Setdart we want to contribute to the dissemination and revaluation of his work by presenting on the 26th the first monographic auction dedicated entirely to the production of the Valencian artist. The set of unpublished pieces, from the artist’s private collection, allows us to trace a journey through the plastic evolution of what he has been, with his ability to assume and interpret the social reality of his time, one of the architects who paved the way towards the modernization of contemporary Spanish art.

Our people have a habit of summarizing great foundations of our character. Temperament, tradition and culture are reflected in sayings and set phrases, ready to be used loudly at the appropriate moment, as if it were a sentence. “The eyes are the mirror of the soul” is perhaps one of the most weighty. If we apply this sentence to our art, it is capable of revealing one of the fundamental reasons why we can affirm that Spanish art is overwhelming.

Under the unmistakable style with which we instantly identify the work of Joan Miró, hides the universal character of one of the most unique and groundbreaking creators that the artistic avant-gardes gave us. The personal language that the artist reached by diving into the fertile sea of isms, gave birth to a completely new form of expression, which he developed through multiple artistic techniques. In this sense, the facet as an engraver and lithographer in which Miró will turn from the middle of the century, constitutes one of the largest and richest contributions to the world of graphics of the last century.

The famous portrait of the British monarch Henry VIII, painted by Hans Holbein the Younger around 1537, was reinterpreted by Manolo Valdés in 1991, daringly subjecting it to a painstaking process of plastic purification.

In those years, Valdés was in a particularly fruitful stage, in which he made a series of tributes to Renaissance and Baroque artists, focusing on the portraits of kings and courtiers that they commissioned. In this case, we recognize Holbein’s painting, despite the fact that the monarch’s features disappear under synthetic brushstrokes aimed at economizing forms and abstracting the essential. The chromatic reduction, with a palette in which earthy tones predominate, accompanies the formal synthesis. In this way, the figure is endowed with a spectral intensity, as an archetype loaded with symbolism. The chamber painters recorded a long history of formalities in the representation of power, which particularly interested Valdés

Ever since, as a child, he accompanied his father to see bullfights in his native Malaga, Picasso was fascinated by bullfighting. Such fascination will complement all of Picasso’s work, manifesting itself in emblematic series of aquatints and drawings.

The ink drawing that Setdart will be auctioned belongs to a period when Picasso spent long periods in Vallauris. In those years, the genius from Malaga was a regular at the Nimes bullfighting fair, which he attended for the first time in 1947, invited by his good friend André Castel, a bullfighting chronicler. “Nimeño” celebration then brought together important personalities from the world of art and literature. Celebrities such as the writer and ethnographer Michel Leiris and the painter Jean Cocteau came together in such an emblematic arena, establishing an intense friendship with Picasso that lasted throughout the years.

Setdart brings together a selection of selected lots in painting and sculpture, ranging from the most cutting-edge artists of nowadays (like Damien Hirst), to key names from the 20th century (Picasso, Dalí, Chillida …) and from the late 19th century (Sorolla).

The collection embraces a diversity of movements and styles. On the one hand, we have the work of the emblematic figure of the renewal of the constructivist tradition, Joaquín Torres García with his “abstract composition” from 1942, an oil painting belonging to his last period (see lot 35130766), referenced in the Uruguayan artist’s reasoned catalog. From Eduardo Chillida, another figure who from another perspective renewed the minimalist and constructivist heritage, a collage dated 1967 can be purchased (lot 35217448), from the gallery Maeght. The famous sculptor always considered paper as “the first thing an artist has access to, the way to enter an art territory”. In his collages, he made the most of materials, even using burnt paper as a method of artistic expression, thus recalling the oxidized tonality of the materials he used in his sculptures.

The next auction on the 21st will host a selection of works made in Spain and America between the 17th and 18th centuries. This auction aims to show the relations between the two and make us aware of the important vice-royal legacy in our country.

Court artists would be instrumental in the expansion of art in the new world. The cosmopolitan tastes of the nobles and clergy of the king’s environment were imitated in the new cities by the incipient class, each day more wealthy. The artistic production that we find in Mexico or Peru, for example, would not only reflect the tastes of the court, but all the influences of the native culture and also the oriental world, whether it was Hindu, Chinese or Japanese. Cultures that reached the Pacific coasts in America and that crossed the entire continent leaving their mark before embarking again for Europe. (35216887

At the dawn of the 20th century, a generation of artists gathered around the “Els 4 Gats” tavern gave birth to one of the most splendid stages of Catalan art. The emblematic venue promoted by Ramón Casas, Santiago Rusiñol and Miguel Utrillo became the meeting point of Barcelona’s bohemia, where the most prominent artists, writers and musicians of the moment, were imbued with a new cultural spirit that, from Paris end of the century would settle forever in Barcelona.

Felix Labisse’s name appears associated with the Parisian surrealist circle, but his heterodox spirit did not conform to the somewhat dogmatic guidelines of the group led by André Breton.

However, since his arrival in Paris, after living for a period in Belgian city of Ostend (where he was a disciple of Ensor), he had the support and recognition of Christian Dotremont, Robert Desnos, Paul Eluard, Philippe Soupault and Jacques Prévert.

A young woman sitting on the steps of the door of an old whitewashed house mends some nets with a thoughtful and patient attitude . He occupies the foreground of a perspective that shows us, behind him, other women carrying out the same work, sitting in groups next to their houses. In this magnificent painting by Joaquín Sorolla, we recognize the Basque topography, specifically the fishermen’s houses that made up the Hondarribia fish market.

A limpid sky diffuses a clear light that highlights the vivid colors of the women’s clothing, which in the distance are reduced to chromatic impressions, both they and the clothes hung in the sun before the vaulted walls of the farthest from the mansions. Behind him, you can see the line of the sea. A few boats rest on the sand. The scene conveys the calm atmosphere of the afternoon, when the fishermen have already returned from fishing. Despite showing a studied composition, it does not lose the air of spontaneity that characterized the Sorrollesque work.

Maurice Utrillo, son of the painter Suzanne valadon , came to art to overcome boredom and give meaning to his existence. In it, the figure of the bohemian artist with a tormented life who grew up in the midst of the artistic and intellectual effervescence that flooded the streets of the Parisian district of Montmartre comes to life. Alcoholism and insanity marked his life and his artistic career which, despite being highly valued today, in his day, barely allowed him to earn just enough to live. The work “Sacre Coeur de Montmartre et Square Saint Pierre”, from 1938 that will be auctioned on the 23rd in Setdart, illustrates the importance that its streets acquired in the artistic production of the French painter to the point of being considered the painter of Montmartre par excellence .