Installation views of “The Decay of Beauty. The Beauty of Decay.” at Colnaghi London. 9 October through 8 November 2024.

Ferdinand Hodler, Portrait of Clara Pasche-Battié, 1914, oil on canvas; Strut with figures, Nepal, late 15th, early 16th century; Hubert Robert, Architectural Capricci, 1797

Large Scholar’s Rock, Taihu, China, 17th to early 18th century; Catherine Murphy, Swept Up, 1999, pencil on paper; Bust of Chamunda, Central India, Chandela period, 10th century; Luis de Morales, Pietà, 16th century, oil on panel.

Shivakami Uma, Southern India, late Chola period, mid-12th century, bronze; Angelo Caroselli, Vanitas, 16th century, oil on canvas

Emma-O, Japan, Kamakura period, first quarter of 13th century, wood with coloured pigments; Ferdinand Hodler, Portrait of Clara Pasche-Battié, 1914, oil on canvas

Sarcophagus face, Egypt (Thebes), 22nd Dynasty, c. 942-715 B.C., wood; Head of a bearded man, Roman, 1st century, marble; Head of Hathor, Egypt, 21st-24th Dynasty, c. 1069-715 B.C., wood and bronze; Head of a Young Man, Roman Imperial, 2nd century A.D., marble

Maria Lassnig, Memento Mori, 2002, oil on canvas; Massive choir stall brutally defaced with chisels and axes, Central France, c. 1475, oak

The Colnaghi Library with Charles LeDray, Buttons, 2000-2002, 130 human bone buttons; Maria Lassnig, Memento Mori, 2002, oil on canvas; Massive choir stalls brutally defaced with chisels and axes, Central France, c. 1475, oak

Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour (Grenoble 1836 - Buré 1904), Étude de femme, oil on canvas; Statue of Asclepius, Roman, c. 100 - 150 A.D., marble

Catherine Murphy, Harry’s Nipple, 2002, oil on canvas; Louis-Léopold Boilly, Trompe-l-oeil, c. 1785-1788, oil on canvas.

Installation photo: Norwood Fine Arts in the Residenz (Palais Royal), Munich, long single vaulted gallery with African, Oceanic and Indian sculptures

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” at HVB Kunst Palais, 2005 with Lembruck sculpture, Khmer torso and early Egyptian sculpture

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” at HVB Kunst Palais, 2005 with Lembruck sculpture, Khmer torso and early Egyptian sculpture

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” with ancient Egyptian bronze sculpture, a Roman marble head and a Markus Lüpertz painting

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” with ancient Egyptian bronze sculpture, a Roman marble head and a Markus Lüpertz painting

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” vitrines containing ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman sculptures, a Greek vase and Oceanic objects

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” vitrines containing ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman sculptures, a Greek vase and Oceanic objects

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” at HVB Kunst Palais, 2005 with large Indian “Kartikeya on peacock” sculpture

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” at HVB Kunst Palais, 2005 with large Indian “Kartikeya on peacock” sculpture

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” with Khmer torso, Oceanic masks and a fern figure, an Oceanic Imunu figure and an Indian 13th century bronze plus paintings by Olav Christopher Jenssen and Ouattara Watts

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” with Khmer torso, Oceanic masks and a fern figure, an Oceanic Imunu figure and an Indian 13th century bronze plus paintings by Olav Christopher Jenssen and Ouattara Watts

view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” at HVB Kunst Palais, 2005 with Otto Freundlich sculpture

view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” at HVB Kunst Palais, 2005 with Otto Freundlich sculpture

view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” with Penck bronze sculptures and a female Songye fetish figure

view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” with Penck bronze sculptures and a female Songye fetish figure

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” with André Masson “Dans la Forêt” bronze sculpture, Khmer torso, Oceanic fern figure and Indian bronze sculpture

partial view of “Atlas: World Cultures in Dialogue” with André Masson “Dans la Forêt” bronze sculpture, Khmer torso, Oceanic fern figure and Indian bronze sculpture

Walter de Maria “Pure Polygon Series” and Lobi sculptures at Frankfurt Art Fair 1989 with daily changing shows (Robert Rauschenberg “Surface Series from Currents”, 1980 + Boliw shrine figures of the Bamana; Dieter Roth, selected drawings and prints …

Walter de Maria “Pure Polygon Series” and Lobi sculptures at Frankfurt Art Fair 1989 with daily changing shows (Robert Rauschenberg “Surface Series from Currents”, 1980 + Boliw shrine figures of the Bamana; Dieter Roth, selected drawings and prints + African sculptures; Brice Marden and Sol Lewitt, prints + African ceramics; James Rosenquist, F-111 prints +)

partial view of exhibition “The Desire of the Line: drawings by Bonnard, Vuillard, Malevich, Kupka, Gris, Dali, Delvaux, Dubuffet and Beuys” and an Oceanic Maprik Mosquito mask in the double-vaulted gallery of Norwood Fine Arts in the Munich Residen…

partial view of exhibition “The Desire of the Line: drawings by Bonnard, Vuillard, Malevich, Kupka, Gris, Dali, Delvaux, Dubuffet and Beuys” and an Oceanic Maprik Mosquito mask in the double-vaulted gallery of Norwood Fine Arts in the Munich Residenz (Royal Palace)

partial view of Robert Rauschenberg, “Selected Sculptures From the Eighties” at Galerie Alfred Kren, Cologne, Dec 1992 through Jan 1993 (Photo: Martin Müller, Berlin)

partial view of Robert Rauschenberg, “Selected Sculptures From the Eighties” at Galerie Alfred Kren, Cologne, Dec 1992 through Jan 1993 (Photo: Martin Müller, Berlin)

partial view of Al Taylor “Pet Stains” exhibition at Galerie Alfred Kren, Cologne 1989 (Photo: Martin Müller, Berlin)

partial view of Al Taylor “Pet Stains” exhibition at Galerie Alfred Kren, Cologne 1989 (Photo: Martin Müller, Berlin)

view of Robert Rauschenberg “Surface Series from Currents”, 1980 and selected Boliw shrine figures of the Bamana, Mali at the Frankfurt Art Fair, 1989

view of Robert Rauschenberg “Surface Series from Currents”, 1980 and selected Boliw shrine figures of the Bamana, Mali at the Frankfurt Art Fair, 1989

partial view of “Out of Africa: An Important Selection of Historic African Ceramics and Textiles from Private Collections In Europe and Texas” at Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2010

partial view of “Out of Africa: An Important Selection of Historic African Ceramics and Textiles from Private Collections In Europe and Texas” at Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2010

partial view of exhibition “Robert Rauschenberg: Selected Paintings from the Borealis and Night Shade paintings” at Galerie Alfred Kren, Cologne with “Parliment (Borealis)”, 1991, 246 x 307 cm (Photo: Martin Müller, Berlin)

partial view of exhibition “Robert Rauschenberg: Selected Paintings from the Borealis and Night Shade paintings” at Galerie Alfred Kren, Cologne with “Parliment (Borealis)”, 1991, 246 x 307 cm (Photo: Martin Müller, Berlin)