Art and its echo
This year’s Hamburg Fine Art Fair offers visitors an unrivalled opportunity to compare themes in art across the centuries, writes Claudia Herstatt.
Claudia Herstatt, Monday, 25th August 2008
Figures
1 Vanité et Objets de Musique by Guido Mocafico (b. 1962), 2007. Chromogenic print, 73 x 57.4 cm. Bernheimer Fine Old Masters
2 Still Life with Lute by Willem van Odekerken (1610-77), 1642. Oil on panel, 79 x 61.5 cm. Bernheimer Fine Old Masters
3 Meditation by Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941), 1934. Oil on paper, 17.6 x 12.7 cm. Salis & Vertes
4 Gräfin von Armin by Anton Graff (1736-1813), c. 1750. Oil on canvas, in its original frame, 105 x 84 cm. Hubertus Erfurt Kunsthandel
5 A half-globe table from Vienna, c. 1805. Patinated bronze and ormolu mounted burrmaple and ebonized wood, ht 76.5 cm. Otto von Mitzlaff Kunsthandel
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