NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A poignant 1951 painting by American artist Thomas Hart Benton depicting a devastating flood in Kansas and Missouri sold for nearly $1.9 million on Thursday. The price for “Flood Disaster” exceeded its pre-sale estimate of $1.2 mill…
The Cat that Got the Cream at Bonhams Hockney Ceramic Sale Makes £34,000
LONDON.- A rare earthenware ceramic cat made by David Hockney in 1955 sold for an astonishing £33,600 at Bonhams today (20 April) against a pre sale estimate of £5,000 -7,000. Although Hockney experimented with ceramics in his youth, the works rarel…
Celia, the Most Beautiful Boy in the World (and Percy) Star in Bonhams Hockney Sale
LONDON.- A rare signed proof copy of David Hockney’s lithograph ‘An Image of Celia’ in the original frame hand painted by the artist is the star item in sale dedicated to Hockney’s work at Bonhams on 20 April. Dating from the mid-1…
Celia, the Most Beautiful Boy in the World (and Percy) Star in Bonhams Hockney Sale
LONDON.- A rare signed proof copy of David Hockney’s lithograph ‘An Image of Celia’ in the original frame hand painted by the artist is the star item in sale dedicated to Hockney’s work at Bonhams on 20 April. Dating from the mid-19…
‘Scream Collection Part II’ Featuring; Buffet, Dali, Dine, Jones, Miro, Jones and Vasarely
LONDON.- The collection features Spanish sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and painter Joan Miro, a key figure in the Surreailist movement. His exquisite 1960 etching with aquatint ‘Grand Vent’ are on display, as well as a 1974 lithograph Aff…
‘Scream Collection Part II’ Featuring; Buffet, Dali, Dine, Jones, Miro, Jones and Vasarely
LONDON.- The collection features Spanish sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and painter Joan Miro, a key figure in the Surreailist movement. His exquisite 1960 etching with aquatint ‘Grand Vent’ are on display, as well as a 1974 lithograph Aff…
Woman Pleads Guilty in Destruction of Artwork
LOVELAND (AP).- A Montana woman accused of entering a Colorado museum and destroying a piece of art, which she thought was obscene, pleaded guilty Friday to misdemeanor criminal mischief. Kathleen Folden, 56, a truck driver from Kalispell, Mont., origi…
Colorado Goodwill Auctions Purported Dali Print
GRAND JUNCTION (AP).- A Colorado Goodwill store is auctioning off a purported lithograph of a Salvador Dali work that it received from a mystery donor. But the Grand Junction shop says it doesn’t plan to verify the work’s authenticity. A customer at …
The Norton Simon Museum Presents an Artwork by John Cage
PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum presents an installation of Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel, an artwork by American composer and artist John Cage (1912–1992). Created in 1969 as a tribute to artist Marcel Duchamp, Not Wanting to Sa…
Collectors Compete for American Paintings at Swann Auction Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- Active bidding by private collectors resulted in a strong auction of American Art and Contemporary Art at Swann Galleries on June 8. The sale’s top lots, offered in the Contemporary Art section, were Louise Nevelson’s Maquette …