6 Press Releases
Tag: André Breton
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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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Auction Preview
Millea Bros. Sale Features Anthologie de l'Humour Noir by André Breton and Wilfred Owen’s Poems
Day 3 of the ABC: Estate Finds auction, presented by Millea Bros. Ltd., will feature important historical and literary books. Leading the event is André Breton's Anthologie de l'Humour Noir. Known as a founder of literary Surrealism, Breton started developing the book in the 1930s. Breton designed it to be an…
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Auction Industry
Notable Impressionist and Modern Art Pieces to be Sold at Christie's
While pushing the boundaries of traditional art, Impressionism began to emerge in Paris in the 1860s. It paved the way for several other modern art movements, including Surrealism, Fauvism, Expressionism, and abstract art. An upcoming Christie’s event will highlight 132 Impressionist and Modern art pieces from the late 19th century…
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Auction Industry
John Nicholson's to offer de Vlaminck's personal tribute to founder of Surrealism
Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), Figure walking on a tree-lined country road, signed, in a hand carved frame. Inscribed to the reverse: A André Breton, Amicalement, Vlaminck. 50 x 61cm. Estimate: £10,000-15,000. HASLEMERE.-John Nicholson’s will offer this landscape by Maurice de Vlaminck – dedicated by the artist to the poet and…
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Auction Industry
Ketterer Kunst announces auction of rarebooks, manuscripts, autographs
Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, London, J. Johnson 1798. Estimate: € 60,000. HAMBURG.- At the moment the exponential curve is on the tip of everyone‘s tongue. However, Thomas Robert Malthus explained this important principle in his acclaimed essay on the growth of population as early as…
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Exhibitions
Frida Kahlo at the Dali to Showcase 60 Works, Extend Outdoors to Avant-Garden
Self-Portrait with Small Monkey by Frida Kahlo, 1945 (oil on masonite) and Portrait of Alicia Galant, 1927 (oil on canvas). Collection Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City © 2016 Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico City. Photos © Erik Meza/Javier Otaola. Frida Kahlo at The Dali showcases…
