LONDON.- This morning at Sotheby’s London a rare and magnificent Yuan Dynasty Blue and White ‘Peony’ Jar, Guan sold for the exceptional sum of £2.6 million/$4.1 million, more than six times pre-sale expectations (estimate: £400,000-600,000), in …
Schiele’s ‘Procession’ Sells for euro4.4 Million at im Kinsky Kunst Auktionen GmbH Auction House
VIENNA (AP).- A painting by Egon Schiele sold for euro4.4 million ($6.1 million) on Tuesday, a sizable sum but below estimates of its worth. “Procession” depicts three women in different stages of their lives and dates back to 1911, when the Austrian …
Unseen for 100 Years: Georgios Jakobides’ Peek-A-Boo Comes to Light at Bonhams
LONDON.- A Munich School masterpiece by the Greek painter, Georgios Jakobides (1852-1932), which has been hidden from the public eye for over a century, and was recently discovered in a private collection in Athens, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond S…
Miami Art Museum Presents Susan Rothenberg’s First South Florida Exhibition
MIAMI, FL.- Miami Art Museum (MAM) presents Susan Rothenberg: Moving in Place, the artist’s first museum show in over a decade and first exhibition in South Florida. The exhibition features a select group of 25 paintings ranging from Rothenberg…
Martin-Gropius-Bau Shows the Work of One of the Most Important Exponents of Modernism
BERLIN.- L€szl‚ Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) is one of the most important exponents of Modernism. Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau has mounted an exhibition of his art as represented by over 200 works: paintings, photographs (black-and-white and…
Rare Mary Cassatt Painting on View at the Mint Museum Randolph Due to Long-Term Loan
CHARLOTTE, NC.- Visitors to the Mint Museum Randolph will soon have the unique opportunity to view an early masterpiece by American painter Mary Cassatt. The painting, Madame X Dressed for the Matinée (1878), comes from the collection of Charlotte and…
19th Century Masterpiece by by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Brings a Record $35.9 Million at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Today at Sotheby’s in New York, The Finding of Moses, a 19th century masterpiece by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, sold for a remarkable $35,922,500, more than seven times the presale high estimate of $5 million*. The monumental canvas w…
Rare Mary Cassatt Painting on View at the Mint Museum Randolph Due to Long-Term Loan
CHARLOTTE, NC.- Visitors to the Mint Museum Randolph will soon have the unique opportunity to view an early masterpiece by American painter Mary Cassatt. The painting, Madame X Dressed for the Matinée (1878), comes from the collection of Charlotte and…
Rare Mary Cassatt Painting on View at the Mint Museum Randolph
CHARLOTTE, NC.- Visitors to the Mint Museum Randolph will soon have the unique opportunity to view an early masterpiece by American painter Mary Cassatt. The painting, Madame X Dressed for the Matinée (1878), comes from the collection of Charlotte and…
Sotheby’s London November Sale of Scandinavian Art to Include Major Works by Leading Artists
LONDON.- Continuing Sotheby’s long tradition of specialist sales in Scandinavian art, the company will once again this year devote a section of its forthcoming sale of 19th Century European Paintings to Scandinavian works. Swedish, Norwegian, Finn…