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Rembrandt’s The Three Crosses and Other Golden Era Master Prints Come to Sale With Christie's
The Three Crosses was the most significant print by the Dutch Golden Age master Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. He used drypoint to create it by scratching onto a metal plate with a sharp tool. The displaced metal, known as “burr,” has a diffused tonal quality when it is printed. Rembrandt…
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Rare Lithographs by Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas Come to Sale with Dane Fine Art
Louis Icart, a French painter, was a well-known graphic artist and illustrator who began drawing very early in his life. He was influenced by 18th-century French masters such as François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard. His portrayal of women was marked by a combination of sensuality and humor. An original oil…
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500 Gallery Presents Holiday Season Select Artworks From Private Collections
The early American Modernist painter John Marin specialized in watercolor, developing a distinctive fusion of realism and abstraction in his bold, fluid style. A pioneer in the exploration of abstract techniques in American art, his compositions were always based on natural forms and rhythms. His exhibition at the Venice Biennale…
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Camille Pissarro’s Sought-After ‘Snow Effect’ Landscape Comes to Auction at Christie’s
Camille Pissarro was an Impressionist painter well-known for featuring rural landscapes. His work portrays changing seasons through the impressive utilization of light and color theory. The upcoming Christie’s auction features an oil painting by Camille Pissarro. Effet de neige à L'Hermitage, Pontoise depicts a winter scene at Pontoise. As per Katherine Rothkopf, “Pissarro…
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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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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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Louis Lozowick Leads Old Master Through Modern Prints at Swann
Louis Lozowick, New York, lithograph, circa 1925. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000. New York—Swann Galleries’ Old Master Through Modern Prints sale on Thursday, November 12 will include masters of printmaking from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries. The auction is led by Louis Lozowick’s scarce circa-1925 Art Deco lithograph New York,…
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Impressionist & Modern Art
Henry Moore was a prominent 20th-century sculptor known for his abstract bronze works. His style used organic curves and both animal and human forms to reflect the hills of his childhood home in Yorkshire. The upcoming Impressionist & Modern Art Auction, presented by Bonhams, offers a cast bronze piece by…
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Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
Painter Giorgio Morandi was known for his still-life paintings of simple objects in muted colors. Morandi’s paintings were influenced by the works of Giorgio de Chirico and often feature medieval Italian architecture. The upcoming Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale, presented by Sotheby's, highlights an oil painting titled Natura Morta by…
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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 & 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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Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale
A bronze cast of one of Edgar Degas’ signature ballerina figures will be available in the upcoming Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale offered by Christie's.Degas was a leader in Impressionist art around the turn of the century. The sculpture available in this auction is a 1952 bronze cast of…
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3rd Thursday Discovery Auction
The 3rd Thursday Discovery Auction, offered by Witherell’s, features a large collection of concert memorabilia, including handbills from the Family Dog/Avalon Ballroom and “Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco.” Many of the handbills match with separately listed posters. Two signed album covers will also cross the auction block: Cheap Thrills…
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American & European Works of Art: Fine Prints, Multiples & Photographs
American & European Works of Art: Fine Prints, Multiples & Photographs auction includes the artistic talents of Helen Frankenthaler, Andy Warhol, and Pablo Picasso. Skinner has put on a great auction, starting with a woodcut by Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011). “Tales of Genji III” is a beautiful gray woodcut with several…
