"Among the Tiffany lamps and dazzling jewelry on display at this year's Winter Show, one booth stands out like a dark star. I keep thinking about its wondrous cache and twilight baroque curation. Amid French and Company 's eclectic offerings are two Old Master still lifes as well as a portrait of a gorgon and another of ghoulish grave robber in the midst of desecration. Another treasure is a majestic, life-size Victorian-era ceramic peacock."
"It was evident in works from Georg Scholz's 1926 Depression-era special Dead Chickens ($650,000) to Willem Kalf's 1644 askew tablescape Still Life with a Chafing Dish ($3.5 million). There is a lot of action packed into both of the Old Masters shown-was there a feast or a food fight? Is there some kind of chaos theme to French and Company's booth? The disorder just fell into place."
The Winter Show runs through February 1 at the Park Avenue Armory and presents decorative arts, paintings, and jewelry. French and Company's booth pairs two Old Master still lifes with a gorgon portrait, a ghoulish grave robber image, and a life-size Victorian-era ceramic peacock priced at $1.5 million. Galerie Gmurzynska showed a cadmium yellow and rose 1963 Roberto Matta (one of two works, sold at prices between $250,000 and $450,000) alongside canvases by Sonia Delaunay and Natalia Goncharova. The booth also includes Georg Scholz's 1926 Dead Chickens ($650,000), Willem Kalf's 1644 Still Life with a Chafing Dish ($3.5 million), and Willem Claesz Heda's Still Life with a Fruit Pie (1644), notable for expansive empty space and monumentality.
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