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  • La Gazette Drouot

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    Fanno Messan, Forgotten Sculptor and Confident Tomboy

    The Couple, which has never come up for auction before, reintroduces us to an astonishingly modern artist, who was part of the 1920s Paris art scene. Fano Messan (1902–1998), The Couple, c. 1930, concrete sculpture, finished with a tool after modeling, signed “F. MESSAN”, h. 58 cm/ 22.83 in. Estimate: €2,000/3,000 Fano…

  • La Gazette Drouot

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    The Edmonde and Lucien Treillard Collection: Man Ray and His Fellow Surrealists

    In this second sale of the Treillard Collection, photos, screen prints and Surrealist objects by Man Ray will go hand in hand with pictures by several of his artistic collaborators, including Jacques-André Boiffard. Man Ray (1890-1976), Self-Portrait, 1932, silver gelatin print, original vintage contact, solarization, 8.5 x 5.5 cm/3.3 x 2.2 in.Estimate:…

  • AuctionDaily

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    Quinn’s to host Jan. 29 Fine & Decorative Arts Auction featuring elite consignments from Mid-Atlantic region

    International art selection includes portraits of nobles, contemporary works, Picasso and Marblehead pottery, Asian antiques, elegant furniture, Trist family silver FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Quinn’s Auction Galleries will conduct its first Fine & Decorative Arts Auction of 2022 on Saturday, January 29, starting at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. While gallery…

    Quinns to host Jan. 29 Fine & Decorative Arts Auction featuring elite consignments from Mid-Atlantic region

  • AuctionDaily

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    Artist to Know: Berenice Abbott

    Barridoff Galleries Offers Three Vintage Photos of a Changing New York After settling in Paris, pioneering photographer Man Ray started looking for an assistant. He specifically sought a candidate with no previous experience in photography who could learn his distinct style. Ray eventually hired a young journalism dropout who had…

    Artist to Know Berenice Abbott1

  • AuctionDaily

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    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…

    Stair Brings the Art of the Exquisite Corpse to Auction3

  • AuctionDaily

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    Masters on the Market: Georges Braque

    Dane Fine Art Brings Works by the First Cubist in November Sale Before Cubism had a name, a following, or Pablo Picasso, it was associated with a French painter named Georges Braque. In 1908, several radical new paintings by the artist had just been rejected by the Salon d’Automne. Responding…

    Masters on the Market Georges Braque1

  • AuctionDaily

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    Artist to Know: Imogen Cunningham

    Three Flower and Portrait Prints Available in Swann Auction Galleries Sale Imogen Cunningham, Self Portrait with Korona View, 1933. Image from the Imogen Cunningham Trust. Imogen Cunningham, a photographer who rose to prominence in the early 20th century, was faced with the challenge of establishing herself in a traditionally male-dominated…

    Self Portrait with Korona View, 1933

  • Artsy.Net

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    Man Ray Made Iconic Surrealist Photographs—and so Much More

    Man Ray Le Violon d'Ingres, 1924 Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Man Ray Self-portrait, 1943 Finarte Man Ray’s name is synonymous with moody, seductive black-and-white photographs from the interwar era. The famous 1924 shot Le Violon d’Ingres (Ingres’s Violin) features a woman’s bare back adorned with two elegant f-holes, connecting her body…

    Le Violon d'Ingres, 1924 Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

  • The Art Newspaper

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    Charismatic Oliver Hoare's eclectic collection makes £1.5m at Christie's

    Timurid manuscript, estimated at £1m-£1.5m, from the late dealer's collection, failed to sell but many other pieces go over estimate A mille-fleurs tapestry of The Lady and the Unicorn (around 1500) was the top lot of the sale Though occasionally controversial—and sometimes sailing close to the wind—the late dealer Oliver…