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Monet’s Canal Painting, Works by Pablo Picasso and René Magritte at Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction
Claude Monet’s visit to Venice with his wife was initially intended to be a vacation from painting. Indeed, upon arrival, Monet reportedly declared Venice too beautiful to paint. But within a week, Monet was back at the canvas and set about on work that eventually produced nearly 40 oils of…
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Christie’s and Sotheby’s Compete in London Art Sales Amid Market Uncertainty
In a string of London art sales this March, Christie’s and Sotheby’s competed to collect unprecedented prices at auction. Their efforts were not wasted. Christie’s brought in a record USD 334 million during its 20th/21st Century Art series, and Sotheby’s bagged $297.2 million during its modern and contemporary sales in…
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A Historical Document and Important Pieces of Contemporary Art Fetch Record Prices During Sotheby’s New York Marquee Week
Roy Lichtenstein, Two Paintings, 1983, from the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. A series of major auctions during Sotheby’s New York marquee week offered some of the most prized and valuable assets in the auction industry. The historic week totaled a record USD 1.33 billion in…
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A Collection of Impressionist Paintings Will Go Under the Hammer With Sotheby’s
The upcoming Impressionist & Modern Art Evening sale, presented by Sotheby’s, highlights four important Impressionist paintings. Held on May 12th, 2021 starting at 8:30 PM EDT, the sale will include two rare pieces from Claude Monet, a still-life work from Paul Cézanne, and an oil painting by Edgar Degas. The…
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19th & 20th Century Art at Swann March 4
Pablo Picasso, Nu debout; Nature marte et Étude d’Homme, pencil on paper, double-sided, 1914. Estimate $60,000 to $90,000. New York—19th & 20th Century Art is at auction on Thursday, March 4 at Swann Galleries. The sale will feature exceptional prints, drawings, paintings and sculpture from Modernists, New York artists, and…
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Works of Ukiyo-e Master Utagawa Hiroshige Come to Auction
Utagawa Hiroshige was a prominent ukiyo-e master known for his woodblock prints. The artist was born in Edo and took up painting at the age of 14. In 1811, Utagawa Hiroshige started learning painting under artist Utagawa Toyohiro. His early works mainly featured typical ukiyo-e subjects like kabuki actors. After…
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Baltimore Museum of Art Halts Deaccession of Artworks After Controversy
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has pushed several art institutions to financial discomfort. As the pandemic threatens their very existence, some museums have decided to make noted artworks available for sale in an attempt to cover the large drop in revenue. The Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) created a brief…
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Paintings, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Rugs
John Singer Sargent was a portrait painter known for his work with Edwardian royals. His landscape paintings often explored the Impressionist style, unlike the more traditional approach used in his portraits. Many of these landscapes were influenced by Claude Monet, who painted around the same period. The upcoming auction, offered…
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ART MASTER GAME FILLS THE VOID FOR ART LOVERS DURING COVID-19
Art Master, a free art trivia game for Android and iOS, has launched to help art enthusiasts and collectors reconnect with the art world during a time when art galleries, museums, art fairs, and artist studios are closed due to the growing threat of COVID-19. The ultimate art quiz, Art…
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Fine autographs and artifacts featuring Civil War to be auctioned
The racing saddle of George A. Custer (Estimate: $30,000+). BOSTON, MASS.- With over 1,000 lots up for bidding, RR Auction's May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is the biggest thus far in 2020, with online bidding through May 13. Highlights include a book boldly signed by Mao Tse-Toung; Oeuvres Choisies de Mao…
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Fine Autographs And Artifacts Featuring Art Up For Auction
Claude Monet letter. Estimate: $2,500+. BOSTON, MASS.-RR Auction's April Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a great selection of material from renowned artists, including Marc Chagall, Claude Monet, Georges Braque, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Charles Schulz. Headlining the sale is an original hand-inked four-panel Peanuts daily…
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Mississippi Museum of Art presents "Van Gogh, Monet, Degas, and Their Times: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts"
The Mississippi Museum of Art is presenting a special exhibition of 74 masterworks by seminal French artists of the 19th and 20th centuries including Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau, and Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). Daisies, Arles, 1888.…
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Impressionist painting by Frits Thaulow to headline Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers sale
Impressionist oil on canvas painting by Norwegian artist Frits Thaulow (1847-1906), depicting a young woman by the edge of a river with her home in Norway behind (est. $15,000-$25,000). CRANSTON, RI.- An Impressionist oil on canvas painting by Norwegian artist Frits Thaulow (1847-1906), depicting a young woman by the edge of…
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Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
Sotheby’s will present the upcoming Highlights from Impressionists & Modern Art Evening Sale in November of 2019, featuring artists such as Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Auguste Rodin, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Monet was a French painter and a founder of the French Impressionist movement. Featured in this auction…
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Global Art Auction Sales Plummet 20% Over Same Period in 2018
Auction houses such as Sotheby's have taken a financial hit during the first half of 2019 over the same period in 2018, according to a new art sales report. (Getty Images) The latest financial report for global art sales is in and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture. Sales at…
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$36.4 M. Monet, $14.2 M. Schiele Lead Solid Sotheby’s Imp-Mod and Surrealist Sales in London
Claude Monet, Le Palais Ducal, 1908, sold for $36.4 million.COURTESY SOTHEBY’S At its salesroom on Tuesday evening in London, Sotheby’s sold £87.7 million (about $116.3 million) worth of art in a doubleheader: an Impressionist-modern sale that flowed into one of Surrealism. The auctions offered the first major chance to assess the…
