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The 2020 edition of TEFAF New York Fall might be absent from Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory, but its digital embodiment, TEFAF Online New York, features far more top-flight international dealers than its traditional venue could ever hold. From Sunday, November 1, through Wednesday, November 4, the 300 galleries will be presenting a single star treasure online, each one a top-notch offering that serves as a tempting portal to the dealers’ own websites. At TEFAF’s invitation, AD PRO is highlighting a dozen offerings—works of art, decorative objects, jewels, and more—that represent the depth and breadth of the fair. Register online to attend the fair, see the covetables, have discussions with the dealers, and enjoy TEFAF Talks, a series of insightful aesthetic conservations.
A Chair to Remember
Carved with pearl-like beading and stylized flowers that drift down its curling arms, this early 1920s oak armchair is signed by Armand-Albert Rateau. He designed it as part of his influential decors for the glamorous Paris residence of French fashion designer Jeanne Lanvin and her journalist husband, Xavier Melet. It is being offered by Vallois.
One Floral Still Life
Gladstone Gallery’s TEFAF Online New York star is Azalea on Lilac, a large new oil-on-linen work by the nonagenarian American artist Alex Katz.
A Mysterious White Door Painting
Danish art star Vilhelm Hammershøi couldn’t remember precisely when he created his first interior painting—the moody, melancholy works for which he is best known. Pressed on the subject, he believed it might have been in 1888, when he visited the suburban Copenhagen residence of Thora and Karl Madsen, a fellow artist and art historian. The resulting work, called The White Door and labeled on the reverse by the artist, the oil-on-canvas work can be found at Agnews.
