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Category: Works on Paper
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
Auction Industry
Bronze sculptures and works on paper by Erté and Louis Icart will be sold online by Neue Auctions on Saturday, Oct. 24
All are from a private local collection. Also offered will be a smattering of additional lovely Art Deco pieces by other artists, 92 lots in all, at 11 am EDT. Pair of cold patinated and parcel gilt bronzes by Erté titled Zeus and Hera (1989), both signed by Erté and…
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Rago’s Upcoming Sale Explores Modern and Contemporary Art
“Art is a simplification of life,” American artist James Brooks told The New York Times in 1975. “A distillation of life with fewer impurities in it. Fewer elements, perhaps.” Brooks used these principles to develop his distinct paintings challenging calligraphy, color, and form. Two examples of his work, respectively titled…
Auction Industry
Newly-launched Greenhouse Auctions announces inaugural sale this December
Shai Azoulay, Time Table, 2020. Courtesy of Shai Azoulay. NEW YORK, NY.-Greenhouse Auctions, a new model for supporting and discovering artists, today announced its inaugural sale to be held this December and the launch of a new art history scholarship through the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). Consigning solely from…
Exhibitions
New Gagosian Gallery in Athens opens with exhibition featuring Brice Marden
Brice Marden, Years 3, 2011. Oil on marble, 17 3/8 x 31 1/2 x 7/8 in. 44.1 x 80 x 2.2 cm © 2020 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian. ATHENS.-Gagosian is presenting Marbles and Drawings, an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by…
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Post War and Contemporary Art
Alexander Calder, Mel Ramos, and Bob Thompson are just a few of the artists highlighted in the upcoming Post War and Contemporary Art auction, presented by Hindman. At the top of the sale is a sculpture by Alexander Calder, an American artist known for his abstract hanging sculptures made with…
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Museum of Wisconsin Art - SILENT Auction
American contemporary artist Beth Lipman’s works address themes associated with materiality and temporality. Referencing the work of 16th and 17th-century European painters, she combines traditional glass-working techniques with conceptual themes. One of the highlighted lots in the upcoming Museum of Wisconsin Art Silent Auction, presented by the Museum of Wisconsin…
