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Auction Industry, Press Release
Turner Auctions + Appraisals Presents Artworks From The Estate Of Eleen Auvil, Noted California Artist
Over 120 Lots – Sculpture, Paintings & More – To Be Sold on Saturday, September 17 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 29, 2022 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present The Art of Eleen Auvil (1927-1922), a noted California artist, on September 17, 2022, at 10:30 am PDT.…
Auction Industry, Press Release
American Friends of Museums in Israel Fine Art Online Benefit Auction hosted by Artsy May 10-24, 2022
Beatriz Milhazes, Pink Sunshine, 2021 Lithograph on Fabriano Disegno 5 paper 18 3/4 × 23 inches Edition of 100 NEW YORK (May 10, 2022) – The American Friends of Museums in Israel's Fine Art Online Benefit Auction hosted by Artsy is now live and closes on May 24, 2022, at…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Lark Mason Associates Announces Spring Asian, Ancient, and Ethnographic Works of Art Opens for Bidding on iGavelAuctions.com
New York: Having just wrapped up Asia Week New York with a successful round of exhibition previews in their New York salesroom, Lark Mason Associates is pleased to announce that their Spring sale of Asian, Ancient, Ethnographic Works of Art will open for bidding on April 7th through April 26th…
Art Industry
Money Laundering: Art Dealers Appeal to Europe
An American report that minimizes the risks of money laundering in the art market rekindles the controversy in Europe. February 2022 Following the release of a rather cautious official American report on the risks of money laundering, the International Confederation of Art & Antique Market Professionals (CINOA) has called for a…
Auction Industry
Underappreciated Contemporary Artists in the Limelight at Stair’s December Auction
Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith (With Neck Brace), 1978. Image courtesy of Stair. Stair’s early December art auction will put underappreciated contemporary artists on the global map this season. Stair is summing up 2021 with an amalgamation of works spanning the 20th and 21st centuries. The sale offers paintings, works on…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Quinn’s to auction boutique selection of rare and collectible posters, prints and works on paper, July 15
Featured: Works by James Montgomery Flagg, Grant Wood, Patrick Nagel, Philip Pearlstein; plus six Dali lithos and three Erte serigraphs James Montgomery Flagg (American, 1870-1960), ‘I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY’ poster, 1917, published by Leslie Judge Co., N.Y. Framed: 42 x 31½ in. Estimate $4,000-$6,000 FALLS CHURCH, Va. –…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Chic And Antique: Nye & Company’s Online Auction, April 21st-22nd, Offers A Scintillating Blend Of Chic Contemporary Furnishings And Stellar Fine Art From The 17th Through The 21st Century – Around 600 Lots In All
The Wednesday-Thursday auction starts at 10 am Eastern both days. Included is a large selection of modern furniture, rugs and lighting from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Long Island. Oil on canvas maritime scene by Emile A. Gruppe, titled The Yankee (est. $5,000-$7,000). BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Nye & Company…
Artists, Auction Industry
Masters on the Market: Elizabeth Catlett
‘Glory’ Sculpture by American-Mexican Artist Available at Wright After completing her undergraduate work at Howard University, a young Elizabeth Catlett pursued a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Iowa. She studied under American Gothic painter Grant Wood, whose advice changed the direction of her life. “Do something…
Auction Industry
Stair Brings the Art of the Exquisite Corpse to Auction
This March, Stair will offer an unusual auction that borders on the macabre. Collectors will find drawings of the human body in every style imaginable, from the realist to the absurd. The auction, held live on March 3rd, 2021, highlights the ‘Exquisite Corpse’ game of the Surrealists. Annette Lemieux, Doug…
Auction Preview
Christie’s Presents Works on Paper by Vincent van Gogh and René Magritte
Eight works on paper will come to auction with Christie’s this March. Leading the catalog is a pen drawing by Vincent van Gogh based on his La Mousmé oil painting. Inspired by Japanese art in the 1880s, van Gogh was fascinated by a young Provençale girl who lived near his Yellow…
Auction Preview
Rare Sketches by Sir Anthony van Dyck Offered at Sotheby’s
Sir Anthony van Dyck was a well-known court painter and Baroque artist. The son of a Belgian silk merchant, he developed an early interest in painting. He became a teacher at 19 years old and worked in Antwerp. Van Dyck also trained and collaborated with Peter Paul Rubens, another influential…
Auction Preview
Sotheby’s Presents 16th-Century Old Master Drawings
Old Master drawings, most of which have not appeared in the art market for at least 40 years, will be available in Sotheby's upcoming auction. The event features the Old Master drawings collection of Dr. John O’Brien. It will offer 16th- to 18th-century Italian drawings that Dr. John O’Brien has…
Auction Preview
Jean-Etienne Liotard’s Pastel Work Available in Upcoming Christie’s Auction
A work from Jean-Etienne Liotard, titled Portrait of Philibert Cramer, will be available in an upcoming Christie's sale. Often described as porcelain-like, Swiss painter Jean-Etienne Liotard’s pastel portraitures exemplified his attention to detail. Explaining his method of painting, Neil Jeffares writes in the lot essay: “To achieve his highly enameled…
Auction Result
Preliminary Auction House Results for 2020 Show Industry's Resilience
Christie’s “relay” auction, held on July 10th, 2020, simultaneously in Hong Kong, Paris, London, and New York. Photo from Christie’s. Auction houses spent much of 2020 adapting to global lockdowns, like most industries. There were concerns in the spring about the dramatic shift towards online bidding and the prospect of…
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Spin Art, Sketches, and Sculpture at Rago
The Cuban artist collective known as Los Carpinteros dismissed individual authorship to embrace the ideals of artisans and laborers. To Los Carpinteros, art is always a collaborative effort. Several of the collective’s works are up for bid in the upcoming 20 | 21 Art auction, offered by Rago. Also in…
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Diverse Fine Art Sale Aims to Benefit the SMFA at Tufts University
Mixed-media photographs by twin brothers Doug and Mike Starn highlight this buy-now sale benefitting the SMFA at Tufts University. The brothers’ work combines photographs with nontraditional materials to create three-dimensional-looking prints. Highlights from Doug and Mike Starn in this auction include The No Mind Not Thinks No Things Ribrin. With…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Works from the Collection of Founder of New York’s Chiron Press Feature in Contemporary Art at Swann
Featuring Works by Louise Nevelson from the Collection of Albert Argentieri & Works from the Collection of Stephen Poleskie, Founder of Chiron Press New York—Contemporary Art is at Swann Galleries on Thursday, November 19 offering a selection of works on paper and multiples from the mid-twentieth century through the present.…
Auction Preview
Bidsquare-Exclusive Auction Connects Contemporary and Historical American Art
British painter David Shepherd was working as an aviation artist when he visited Kenya for the first time in the 1960s. The trip prompted the development of his now-iconic depictions of African wildlife. Available in Coeur d’Alene Art Auction’s upcoming sale is Serengeti Skies, a 1977 painting from Shepherd. “Although…
People, Press Release
Swann Appoints Nigel Freeman & Rick Stattler as Vice Presidents
Alexandra Mann-Nelson Appointed Chief Marketing Officer New York—As fall marks the beginning of a new auction season, Swann Galleries, a family-owned firm founded in 1942 and New York’s preeminent specialized house for books and works of art, appoints Nigel Freeman and Rick Stattler as Vice Presidents, and Alexandra Mann-Nelson as…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Quinn’s October 29 auction packed with rare signed books, works on paper, documents and Americana
Featured: JFK-signed baseball, Chuck Close photo of Kate Moss, Letter from Gen. Grant to Abraham Lincoln, Dali-illustrated ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ First U.S. six-volume edition of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, translated from the French and published in 1862 by Carleton (New York), estimate, $700-$900 FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Quinn’s Auction…
