The Show Must Go On: The San Francisco Fall Show Goes Virtual
Daphne Alazraki Fine Art Emil Nolde A Still Life of Flowers with a Wooden Sculpture
Every October, COUPAR looks forward to attending The San Francisco Fall Show Opening Night Gala at Fort Mason Center, featuring the best in international art, antiques, and design but that, like so many other events this year, needed to be canceled. "It's a very different show from years past because it is virtual, but we are still just as excited to share our new pieces with designers and collectors, so it's like the Gala just minus the caviar and lamb chops," Eric Petsinger, owner of Epoca said. Petsinger and sixty other top dealers showcase their inventories in online booths via InCollect October 16 - 25, 2020. Although a different format, the Show maintains its excellent standards under the watchful eye of its chair designer Suzanne Tucker, principal of Tucker & Marks.
The Show attracts many New York-based dealers, including Daphne Alazraki Fine Art, concentrating on European paintings of the 17th through 21st centuries. Alazraki, a California native, is one of the few women dealers specializing in Dutch and Flemish Old Masters. However, the 1928 Expressionist painting by Emile Nolde, Still Life of Flowers with a Wooden Sculpture, caught our attention. Nolde was a German-Danish painter and printmaker and a member of the Expressionist group Die Brücke. His bold brushwork and intense colors depicting flowers, landscapes, and folklore remain fresh and contemporary.
Epoca A Stylish French 1940's Sycamore 2-Door Cabinet with Pewter Mounts
Epoca, located in the Design Center neighborhood of San Francisco, is characterized by its eclectic and esoteric offerings of furnishings and accessories. Known for an inventory ranging from the twentieth to eighteenth centuries that can be playful or serious, the gallery now shares space with another dealer Garden Court Antiques, a purveyor of English & French antique furniture. We will miss seeing Epoca's booth this year, where decorative artists paint the walls to match the show's theme. For virtual 2020, they have assembled new treasures, among them an elegant Hollywood Regency style French 1940's sycamore cabinet with pewter mounts.
Il Segno del Tempo Stuffed birds from a natural history cabinet. Siena, Tuscany. Italy 1880
Milan dealers Pier Angelo Marengo and Piero Luigi Carboni founded their gallery, Il Segno del Tempo, on the concept of transporting collectors into a modern Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities. With objects ranging from the 17th century to contemporary, encompassing natural history, taxidermy, geology, archeology, relics, and antiquities. Their booth is a popular annual destination at the Show for designers. This year visit them online to view their offerings, including a flock of Victorian stuffed bird specimens. From Siena, Tuscany, they perch on carved wood stands and are artfully displayed in a contemporary cage sculpture.
