NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced its upcoming Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on May 4 will include Pierre Bonnard’s Le petit déjeuner, an important interior scene from the artist’s last decade, a significant period of mode…
Sales of Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby’s this Week Total £140m /$225m /165m
LONDON.- Sotheby’s series of Impressionist & Modern Art sales in London this week realised a combined total of £140,156,325 / $225,190,077 /€165,107,883 – surpassing the pre-sale estimate* for the series (£95,924,000 – £136,388,000). Helena Ne…
Picasso’s La Lecture Sells at Sotheby’s for £25.2 Million in Sale Totalling £68.8 Million
LONDON.- Tonight, Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Evening sale was led by Pablo Picasso’s iconic 1932 painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter, La Lecture, which sold to a round of applause for £25,241,250 /$40,711,612 / €29,744,296, more th…
Did Art Dealer Guy Wildenstein "Gather" a Multimillion-Dollar Cache of Stolen Art?
PARIS – Artworks worth tens of millions of dollars registered as “disappeared” or “stolen” — including some by Degas and Manet — have been seized from a world renowned art institute run by one of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s closest friends. …
Major Picasso Portrait of His Mistress and Muse to Lead Sotheby’s Sale in February
LONDON.- Sotheby’s forthcoming Evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art, to be held in London on Tuesday, 8th February 2011, will be led by a major painting by Pablo Picasso, depicting Marie-Thérèse Walter, the woman who transformed both his…
Major Picasso Portrait of his Mistress and Muse to Lead Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s forthcoming Evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art, to be held in London on Tuesday, 8th February 2011, will be led by a major painting by Pablo Picasso, depicting Marie-Thérèse Walter, the woman who transformed both his…
Bolstered by Strong Results, Art Experts Upbeat About London February Auctions
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Bolstered by strong results last year, leading auction houses are hoping sales in London next month will ride an art market recovery after the sharp decline that sent prices tumbling in 2009. Art experts at Sotheby’s said they are …
Bolstered by Strong Results, Art Experts Upbeat About London February Auctions
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Bolstered by strong results last year, leading auction houses are hoping sales in London next month will ride an art market recovery after the sharp decline that sent prices tumbling in 2009. Art experts at Sotheby’s said they are …
Bonhams Appoint Deborah Allan Departmental Director of Impressionist & Modern Art
LONDON.- The Bonhams announced the appointment of Deborah Allan as Director of Impressionist and Modern Art. For the past three years, 2007-2010, she has been, Head of Department and Auctioneer, and recently Director of the Impressionist & Modern Art, …
Bonhams Appoint Deborah Allan Departmental Director of Impressionist & Modern Art
LONDON.- The Bonhams announced the appointment of Deborah Allan as Director of Impressionist and Modern Art. For the past three years, 2007-2010, she has been, Head of Department and Auctioneer, and recently Director of the Impressionist & Modern Art, …