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Feather with Bird’s Bone by O’ Keeffe, Works from Picasso, Calder, and Tamayo lead Sotheby’s Modern-Day auction
A feather is light and signifies life, whereas a bone is heavy and signifies death. Feather with Bird’s Bone (circa 1942) is a painting by Georgia O’Keeffe available in this Modern Day Auction at Sotheby’s. As a little girl, Georgia O’Keeffe collected wildflowers and fruits to paint. O’Keeffe was born…
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Old Monumental Paintings and Antiques in Helmuth Stone Gallery auction
The upcoming auction by Helmuth Stone Gallery will offer more than 400 lots of Important Old Masters, Fine Art, and Antiques. Leading the event is a collection of almost human-sized paintings by eminent artists. A key piece available for sale is a monumental oil on canvas painting by Antonio Zanchi,…
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Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Clown Portrait Comes to Auction With Sotheby’s
Explaining the concept behind her famous Clown series, photographer Cindy Sherman said, “When I started doing this series I started thinking of clowns as a whole race of people, but people just like anyone else. I thought I should do a housewife clown, a clown at the gym... I was…
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Abstract Expressionist paintings lead Shannon's fall fine art auction, which totaled over $3.3 million; 82% of lots sold
Leading the auction was the highly-anticipated sale of Abstract Expressionist art from the Jeanne and Carroll Berry Collection. The results did not disappoint. Untitled, #30 (1970), an acrylic on paper by Adolph Gottlieb (American, 1903-1974), signed, dated and numbered, 23 ¾ inches by 18 ¾ inches ($162,500). MILFORD, CT, UNITED…
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Items from the estate of oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens will be auctioned online, Sept. 12-15, by J. Garrett Auctioneers
Outstanding items from the Pickens estate, plus exceptional pieces from the R.L. Thornton Chateau mansion home and other prominent estates, will be sold. Outstanding items from the estate of the late oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens will be part of a huge, four-day Texas Billionaires auction event, online-only, Sept. 12-15,…
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Charles Ede reopens its gallery space with ancient art due to have been shown at Masterpiece Art Fair
Roman statue of a draped goddess, 1st century BC- 1st century AD. Marble. Height 70cm. LONDON.-Charles Ede announced the reopening of its gallery space. The occasion is being celebrated by a new exhibition showcasing much of the ancient art due to have been shown at this summer’s Masterpiece Art Fair. Covering…
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Virtosu Art Gallery Museum of Art Receives a Huge Donation of Modernist Paintings
Virtosu Art Gallery Museum of Art Receives a Huge Donation of Modernist Paintings 38 paintings Virtosu Art Gallery Museum of Art has made some interesting acquisitions over the past decade, but the art institution was recently handed a particularly excellent collection of Modernist works that will draw plenty of new and…
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Evolve or perish: Virus reshaping art auction market
In this file photo Amedeo Modigliani’s 1917 painting, “Nu Couché (Sur Le Côté Gauche)” is displayed at right as "Tete de Femme (Lorette)," a 1916 painting by Henri Matisse, is auctioned at Sotheby's in New York on Monday night, May 14, 2018. Karsten Moran/The New York Times. by James Pheby…
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Auction House Aguttes Announces A Rediscovered Masterpiece By Sanyu
Sanyu, Potted peonies in a blue and white jardiniere, 1950s Oil on hardboard, signed lower right 43 1/4 x 31 3/8 in. Estimate: €2,500,000-3,500,000. PARIS.-Aguttes announced the auction of a masterpiece by renowned Chinese painter Sanyu (1901-1966). The painting is from a private collection assembled from the late 1930s and was…
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Asian, Continental, Decorative & Fine Arts
The works of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux contain both Realism and rhythm. His sculptures depicting a Chinese man are among his most famous works. The upcoming Asian, Continental, Decorative & Fine Arts auction, presented by Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, offers a version of Carpeaux’s Le Chinois figure in terracotta. Conceived in 1872, the…
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Spain court doubles jail term for Picasso-smuggling banker
A tourist takes pictures of the yacht Adix, owned by Spanish Santander banking group and flying a British flag, which sails off Testa beach on August 4, 2015, in Pianottoli Caldarello, Corsica, four days after French customs seized a Picasso on board considered a national treasure by Spain. AFP PHOTO…
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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…
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RELEASE: Christie's to Auction the Collection of Broadway Producer Terry Allen Kramer
Terry Allen Kramer on the grounds of her Palm Beach residence. Photo: © Lauren Lieberman / LILA PHOTO New York – Christie’s announces a series of sales from the Collection of Terry Allen Kramer, a philanthropist and esteemed producer who lived as colorfully as the celebrated shows she brought to the…
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Picasso Prints and Ceramics Online
One of the most influential artists of all time, Pablo Picasso created hundreds of works of art throughout the 20th century including such renowned works as The Old Guitarist and Les Demoiselles D’Avignon. Now, Sotheby’s offers 51 of his works in the upcoming Picasso Prints and Ceramics Online auction. This…
