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Tag: Marc Chagall
Auction Industry
Christie’s Private Sale Explores the Human Figure in Contemporary Art
"Framing the Figure" by Christie’s is an attempt to commemorate contemporary arts and boost its private sales platform. The sale highlights the prominence of human figures in contemporary work. The online sale will be live until 12th March, with auction lots on view at Christie’s headquarters in New York. Image…
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Cain Modern Auctions Brings Milo Baughman Furniture, Art, and Decor
In 1953, Milo Baughman began his career-defining collaboration with Thayer Coggin, the North Carolina-based furniture manufacturers who continue to produce his furniture today. Together, they created classic pieces that married creativity and functionality. The upcoming Cain Modern Auctions sale highlights a vintage sectional sofa by Milo Baughman. Created for Thayer…
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Marc Chagall Lithograph Leads Clarke Auction Gallery’s Upcoming Auction
A Marc Chagall lithograph will be available in Clarke Auction Gallery’s upcoming Fine Art, Jewelry, Antiques, Asian, & Midcentury Auction. Titled Daphnis and Chloe: Chloe is Carried Off by the Methymneans, this piece shows a vibrant scene with human figures riding horses and carrying war instruments. At the center, two…
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Mantel Clocks, Timepieces, and Decorative Art on Offer from Akiba Antiques
The story of Atala and Chactas was an 1801 literary success that propelled its author, François-René de Chateaubriand, to both fame and political appointments. It told of a Native American man who was freed from his kidnapping by a compassionate Christian woman named Atala, who was the daughter of a…
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Prints and Multiples
Beginning in the early 1960s, American artist, film director, and producer Andy Warhol became a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. He was best-known in his early career for his depictions of Campbell’s soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles. Warhol’s fame grew from there until he died in 1987. Highlighted…
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Prints & Multiples
One of the featured artists in the upcoming Bonhams Prints & Multiples auction is cultural icon Andy Warhol. A leading figure of the Pop Art movement, Warhol photographed boxer Muhammad Ali in 1977 as part of his Athletes series. The complete set of four Ali screenprints (numbered 2 of 150)…
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Fine Prints & Photographs
One of the most famous photographers of America, Ansel Adams, once said, “You don't take a photograph, you make it.” Adams believed the technique of capturing a photograph is in itself a fine art. This belief would later help throw light on the significance of conserving wilderness areas such as…
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Ketterer Kunst announces highlights included in its Rare Books Auction
More than 300 original watercolors by Pieter Joseph de Pannemaeker for “Originaux de publications d´horticulture et d‘arboriculture“ come from the ownership of Comte de Kerchove de Denterghem. The works which the Belgian painter and lithographer made between 1878-1887 served as models for color plates released in various magazines on plants,…
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Shannon's fall auction on September 17th features 230 quality artworks dating from the 19th century through contemporary
The auction be presented in a 180-page color catalog filled with important paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture. Online bidding will be via Invaluable.com Acrylic on paper by Adolph Gottlieb (American, 1903-1974), Untitled, #30 (1970), signed, dated and numbered, 23 ¾ inches by 18 ¾ inches (est. $80,000-$120,000). MILFORD, CT, UNITED…
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Exceptional Estates Auction
Henri Matisse continuously defied the conventional rules of the art world. Matisse, along with a few fellow artists, helped lead art movements such as Fauvism and Modernism in the early 20th century. Hosted by Blackwell Auctions, the upcoming Exceptional Estates Auction features a Matisse lithograph titled Portrait de Claude. It…
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Blackwell Auctions selling scarce 1850s lithograph of Black musician
Artist’s depiction of African-American man unusual for the period. CLEARWATER, FLA.- On September 12, Blackwell Auctions is offering an antebellum lithograph of an African-American musician. The original, titled “The Bone Player,” was painted by New York artist William Sidney Mount (American, 1807-1868) in 1856, only a few short years before the Civil War…
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An Eclectic Collection and Mid Century Sale
“When I held a lithographic stone or a copperplate in my hand I thought I was touching a talisman,” Marc Chagall once expressed. An early Modernist artist, Chagall worked in mediums ranging from prints and lithographs to paintings and drawings. Chagall started making lithographs in 1922 to create dreamy scenes…
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Modern Art & Design Auction
Offered in Los Angeles Modern Auctions’ upcoming sale is Carole Feuerman’s 1998 resin sculpture titled Neptune along with the books From Studio to Foundry: Three Decades of Sculpture (2000) and Carole A. Feuerman: Sculpture (1999). Carole Feuerman is an American hyperrealist artist known for her sculptures of swimmers and bathers.…
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Multiples and Master Prints | On view Palm beach
Findlay Galleries is proud to present a collection of Multiples and Master Prints from our modern masters and contemporary artists using various techniques such as lithographs, linocuts, and aquatints. This collection celebrates a select group of Findlay Galleries acclaimed artists; Tadashi Asoma, Marc Chagall, Noe Canjura, Salvador Dali, Robert Indiana, Lee Krasner, Joan Miró,…
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Dialogues: Modern and Contemporary Art
Described by The Art Story as “part jazz-age femme fatale, libertine, and social climber, and part canny self-promoter, self-styled experimental artist,” Tamara de Lempicka spent a lifetime challenging social norms. She was a Polish painter traditionally associated with the Art Deco movement, a style she combined with Italian Renaissance themes. Lempicka’s…
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Artcurial announces highlights included in the Modern & Contemporary Art auction in Paris
Chaïm Soutine, Les Figuiers, Céret © Artcurial. PARIS.- Important works by major 20th century artists will be presented by Artcurial in the prestigious sales of Impressionist & Modern Art and Post-War & Contemporary Art, to be held on the evening of Wednesday 8 July and the afternoon of Thursday 9 July. The Modern…
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Abington Auction’s Late Spring Sale
Abington Gallery Inc.’s upcoming sale features fine art from artists such as Andy Warhol and Marc Chagall, watches from Vacheron & Constantin, and a set of cognac bottles designed by Erté, along with jewelry, decorative arts, and furniture. Showcased in the auction is a yellow diamond ring. This three-stone ring…
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Fine Prints & Photographs Online
Roy Lichtenstein was commissioned to paint the Oval Office as part of the Artists for Freedom of Expression project, which benefited the Democratic National Committee during the 1992 Clinton/ Gore campaign. Lichtenstein studied the interior of the Oval Office in the White House to include as many details as possible.…
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Toomey & Co. to offer 17 Oak Park Art League paintings in 'Interiors' auction on May 6
Linen Fold desk lamp: octagonal shade on a Graduate base, #558. Estimate $3,000-5,000. OAK PARK, IL.- During the Interiors auction on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, Toomey & Co. Auctioneers will offer over 600 lots of fine and decorative artwork, sculpture, early 20th century and modern furniture, art pottery, lighting, silver, jewelry, and more…
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Fine Art Assortment, Collectible Glass, And Jewelry
Available in the upcoming Auction Kings sale is a mixed media painting from Jean-Michel Basquiat. The piece is 22 inches high and is signed “SAMO” below Basquiat’s three-pointed crown. During his street art days, he collaborated with Al Diaz under the shared SAMO© moniker. This experience with underground graffiti helped…
