London – Lucian Freud (1922 – 2011) was one of the most important and influential artists of his generation. Paintings of people were central to his work and this major exhibition, spanning over seventy years, is the first to focus on his portrait…
Christie’s to Sell Most Outstanding Group of Lucian Freud Drawings to Come to Auction
LONDON.- Christie’s will offer a selection of works from the collection of Kay Saatchi at the Post-War and Contemporary art auctions in London in June 2011. The collection features an outstanding and rare group of early works on paper by Lucian F…
Sotheby’s Three-Part Single-Owner Evill/Frost Sale Closes with Final Total of $69,343,051
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London, on June 16th, 2011, the final session of Sotheby’s three-part Single-Owner Sale of the greatest collection of 20th-Century British ever to come to the market, The Evill/Frost Collection, closed with a final combined…
Sotheby’s Three-Part Single-Owner Evill/Frost Sale Closes with Final Total of $69,343,051
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London, on June 16th, 2011, the final session of Sotheby’s three-part Single-Owner Sale of the greatest collection of 20th-Century British ever to come to the market, The Evill/Frost Collection, closed with a final combined…
Sotheby’s Evill/Frost Sale Closes with Final Total of :£42,484,639 /$69,343,051
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London, on June 16th, 2011, the final session of Sotheby’s three-part Single-Owner Sale of the greatest collection of 20th-Century British ever to come to the market, The Evill/Frost Collection, closed with a final combined…
Sotheby’s Breaks Auction Record for a Work by Stanley Spencer Twice in Same Sale
LONDON (REUTERS).- The auction record for a work by British artist Stanley Spencer fell twice in one sale at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, while a Lucian Freud picture on paper also set a new high. Seven works by Spencer, described by the auctioneer as one …
Sotheby’s London Offers the Greatest Collection of 20th-Century British Art
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announced the sale of the greatest collection of 20th-Century British Art ever to come to the market: The Evill/Frost Collection, a stand-alone three-part sale which launches with an Evening Sale on Wednesday 15th. This i…
Sotheby’s to Offer the Evill/Frost Collection of 20th-Century British Art in Three-Part Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London presents the sale of the greatest collection of 20th-Century British Art ever to come to the market: The Evill/Frost Collection, a stand-alone three-part sale which launches with an Evening Sale on Wednesday 15th June 201…
Sotheby’s to Sell Major Masterwork by Leading British Post-War Artist Francis Bacon
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by Crouching Nude, an important masterwork by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon (est. £7-9 million / $10-15 million)* which has never be…
Sotheby’s to Sell Major Masterwork by Leading British Post-War Artist Francis Bacon
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by Crouching Nude, an important masterwork by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon (est. £7-9 million / $10-15 million)* which has never be…