SAM FOGG, ONE OF THE GREATEST DEALERS IN MEDIEVAL ART, IS BRINGING TO NEW YORK A RARE EXHIBITION OF PRECIOUS OBJECTS. THE PROJECT IS UNDERTAKEN IN COLLABORATION WITH RICHARD L FEIGEN & CO. IT IS TITLED 'MEDIEVAL ART AND THE CONTEMPORARY SPIRIT' AND WILL BE HELD FROM 29.OCTOBER.2009 THROUGH 5.FEBRUARY.2010. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ORIENT MEDIEVAL OBJECTS TO CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTS AND SPACES. THE WORKS OF SAM FOGG HAS SELECTED, WITH RICHARD L FEIGEN & CO, ARE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, SPANNING FROM THE 12th TO THE EARLY 16th CENTURIES AND ORIGINATING IN FRANCE, ITALY, BURGUNDY AND GERMANY. THE EXHIBITION WILL INCLUDE SCULPTURE, WORKS OF ART, MINIATURES AND MANUSCRIPTS. AMONG THE EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE A GILDED AND POLYCHROMED WALNUT FIGURE OF SAINT PETER ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUS DE WERVE AND INTENDED FOR THE ALTER FRONTAL OF THE 'CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN' AT CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF THEULEY, FRANCHE-COMTE; AND EXTRAORDINARY LATE 12th CENTURY CARVING OF BELIAL, THE EMBODIMENT OF EVIL, PROBABLY FROM THE CATHEDRAL PULPIT AT CALVI VECCHIA, NEAR CAPUA; AND A MONUMENTAL GRADUAL MADE FOR THE BENEDICTINE OLIVETANS OF LOMBARDY, ILLUMINATED BY THE OLIVETAN MASTER AND THE MASTER OF THE LODI CHOIR BOOKS PRESERVED IN ITS ORIGINAL EARLY 15th CENTURY BINDING.
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