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Explore Old Master Works From the 16th Century at Christie’s
Christie’s upcoming auction will offer several Old Master works such as drawings, watercolors, and gouaches that date back to the 16th century. Among the collection of 75 lots is an illustration by Italian Baroque painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, also known as Guercino. Using pen and brown ink, this study shows…
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Old Master Drawings Spanning Five Centuries at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s upcoming auction of Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries will offer drawings, watercolors, and gouaches that span five centuries of European art. The selection of over 70 artworks captures the evolution and development of different facets of European art over time. This event is the second edition of…
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Around the Auction World: December 2021
Images from around the auction world in December of 2021. Image credit from left to right: Sotheby’s, Potter & Potter Auctions, and Phillips. Collage by Heemin Moon (Auction Daily). December offers a chance to relax during the holidays, look back on another year, or perhaps turn over a new leaf…
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Manuel Mendive drawing, Chinese Cloisonné and Rolex Watch Lead A Golden Affair by Akiba Antiques
As the auction industry prepares for 2022, Akiba Antiques starts the new year with its upcoming sale, A Golden Affair. The auction is set to take place on Jan 13th, 2022, and offers more than 700 lots of antique works of art, vintage watches, jewelry, and more. Live bidding will…
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Quentin Blake’s Illustrations Brought Colorful Characters to Life in Recent Christie’s Auction
Quentin Blake, Alternative detail for South Ken Kids Festival banner, 2014. Image courtesy of Christie’s. An introduction of Quentin Saxby Blake would be incomplete without talking about Roald Dahl, the British author who gave the world Willy Wonka, the Witches, and Matilda. Dahl’s books are mainly geared toward children, including…
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2021 Christmas Sale Highlights
2021 was a strong year in the auction industry for Christmas-themed artwork, illustrations, and books. Premier temptations from legacy artists and authors consistently shattered presale estimates and generated stunning results. Here are five Christmas sale results that prove the category remains merry and bright among collectors worldwide! Charles Addams, The…
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Karl Lagerfeld’s Fashion Drawings from Tiziani Archives Available With Palm Beach Modern Auctions
Karl Otto Lagerfeld was a German fashion designer and creative director renowned for his innovative designs and meticulous style statement. As a creative head of Fendi and Chanel, Lagerfeld breathed a new life into the fashion houses with his groundbreaking designs. In 1963, when the American designer Evans Richards set…
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Artist to Know: Yosl Bergner
Millea Bros. to Offer 1975 Sketch by Famed Israeli Painter While creating his allegorical works, Israeli painter Yosl Bergner drew from international sources of inspiration. Born in Vienna and raised in Warsaw, Bergner witnessed rampant anti-Semitism in his early years. He fled Europe for Australia as a young man. Bergner…
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Abstract Expressionist Paintings by James Havard Headline Dane Fine Art Sale
Though American artist James Havard was best known for his Abstract Illusionist paintings of the 1970s, he later embraced a distinct variant of Abstract Expressionism. He sampled from many different cultures for his works in the 1980s. Native American motifs, African masks, and Oceanic aesthetics appeared in Havard’s repertoire. Several…
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Seminal Roy Lichtenstein Screenprints and Frank Stella Lithographs Come to Auction with Christie’s
American painter Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997) was a founding practitioner of the Pop Art movement. He defined the concepts of the genre with images and techniques lifted from popular culture. Roy Lichtenstein’s Brushstroke (1965), a color screenprint on paper, is a key highlight of this timed Christie’s auction. In…
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Grandma Moses Folk Art Featured in Forthcoming Coeur d’Alene Art Auction
Commonly known as Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson was an American painter best known for her folk paintings. Engineer and art collector Louis Caldor discovered her work in 1938 when he saw her paintings displayed in a New York drugstore window. She then gradually rose to popularity. Coeur d’Alene Art…
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French Artists Dominate Freeman’s Upcoming Modern and Contemporary Art Sale
A broad selection of sculptures, paintings, and drawings will come to auction with Freeman’s on November 17th, 2021. The Modern and Contemporary Art sale particularly features the work of French artists, from François-Xavier Lalanne to Vũ Cao Đàm. David Weiss, Freeman’s Senior Vice President and Head of Sale for the…
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Hungarian Paintings by Mária Szánthó and Laszlo Neogrady Come to Auction
The upcoming Willow Auction House sale features the extensive fine art collection of Steve and Pauline Balogh. Over several decades, the couple built up their collection of European art with a particular focus on Hungarian artists whose works stand out in the auction catalog. Bidders can consider a semi-nude portrait…
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Sotheby’s and Bonhams Events Mark Opening of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped
Christo with a preparatory drawing for L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped in 2019. Image by Wolfgang Volz. © 2019 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation. L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped started as a simple question in 1962: what would the Arc de Triomphe look like if it was completely covered in fabric? Bulgarian artist…
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Around the Auction World: August 2021
Photos from around the auction world in August 2021. Image credit from left to right: Saffronart, Bonhams, and Morton Subastas. Collage by Heemin Moon (Auction Daily). The summer auction season drew to a gentle close in August 2021. The month offered many opportunities to encounter contemporary art and 20th-century collectibles,…
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LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History Auction Bests Itself for the Third Year in a Row
Auction Brings $1.3M and Records Abound New Record for Tom of Finland, Shattering Top Price Set by House Last Year Tom of Finland, Home – Secured, colored pencil on paper, 1982. Sold for $87,500, a record for the artist. LGBTQ+ ART, MATERIAL CULTURE & HISTORY Sale 2578; August 19, 2021…
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Artist to Know: Huang Binhong
DuMouchelles Offers Ink Painting by Chinese Literati Painter Who Advanced Modernism Huang Binhong spent the early days of his career lost in histories of the past. Huang was an early 20th-century Chinese painter, connoisseur, and art historian who unexpectedly found himself at the threshold of radical change later in life.…
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Contemporary and Historic Favorites in Santa Paula Art Museum’s 11th Annual Fine Art Auction
The Santa Paula Art Museum’s Eleventh Annual Fine Art Auction will feature 21 original works of art by some of the Museum’s favorite local artists— both historic and contemporary. Linda Brown is among the contemporary artists with work in the catalog. Dedicated to capturing the grandeur of the American landscape,…
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Masters on the Market: Manjit Bawa
Artist Manjit Bawa. Image from Sotheby’s. Like many in the mid-20th century, Indian artist Manjit Bawa traveled to Europe to work and study art. He found himself surrounded by the defining works of Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, and other increasingly popular movements. Unlike some of his contemporaries, though, Bawa was not…
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Art From the Edges: Folk, Outsider & Self-Taught Art + Americana With Toomey & Co.’s Aron Packer
Toomey & Co. will present its inaugural Folk, Outsider & Self-Taught Art + Americana auction on August 12th, 2021 at 1:00 PM EDT. The sale signals a growing industry awareness of Outsider Art and its place in the broader artistic canon. Auction Daily recently sat down with Aron Packer, Toomey…
