LONDON.- Bonhams announced that a 19th century roiro lacquer four-case inro by Shibata Zeshin has made the world record price for on inro in an international sale, selling for £162,000 in Part 1 of the Edward Wrangham collection, one of Europe’s…
Guercino’s "King David" and "The Cumaean Sibyl with Putto" Displayed Together at the National Gallery
LONDON.- Guercino’s King David (1651) has come to the National Gallery to join Guercino’’s The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto (1651) on display from November 5 2010 until November 21 2010. This is the first time the pair have been seen together since …
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…
Christie’s Presents the Landmark Lowry Sale from the Collection of Selwyn Demmy
LONDON.- Christie’s presents the landmark sale of 21 works by the iconic British artist Laurence Stephen Lowry, R..A. (1887-1976) to be offered at auction on Thursday 11 November 2010 from the private collection of Selwyn Demmy (b. 1932), renowned book…
Christie’s Presents the Landmark Lowry Sale from the Collection of Selwyn Demmy
LONDON.- Christie’s presents the landmark sale of 21 works by the iconic British artist Laurence Stephen Lowry, R..A. (1887-1976) to be offered at auction on Thursday 11 November 2010 from the private collection of Selwyn Demmy (b. 1932), renowned book…
Sales of Russian Art at Sotheby’s Total $14.4 Million, Important Russian Enamels and Fabergé Sold
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s autumn 2010 auctions of Russian Art in New York brought a total of $14,397,064. The day began with an inaugural sale of Important Russian Paintings that achieved $10.6 million and set several new auction records. The highl…
Made in Holland: Old Masters from a Private Collection in America at the Mauritshuis
THE HAGUE.- A selection of highlights from the remarkable art collection of Eijk and Rose-Marie de Mol van Otterloo will be on display at the Mauritshuis in The Hague this autumn. The exhibition Made in Holland: Old Masters from a private collection in…
A Collection of New Works by Pierre Marie Brisson at Franklin Bowles Galleries
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Franklin Bowles Galleries presents an important collection of new works by Pierre Marie Brisson. The idea for the show came about when André Liatard, the curator of the Musée Faure in Aix-les-Bains, France, asked Pierre Marie to …
1970 Masterpiece by Wifredo Lam to Lead Sotheby’s November Latin American Art Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announced that the highlight of the 16 and 17 November sales of Latin American Art will be Wifredo Lam’s 1970 masterpiece Les Abalochas Dansent Pour Dhambala, dieu de l’unité (est. $1.75/2.25 million). The painting w…
19th Century Dutch and Belgian Paintings from the Rademakers Collection at the Hermitage
ST. PETERSBURG.- The exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum showcases 70 works from the collection of Jef Rademakers, one of the largest private collections of nineteenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings in Europe. Today it includes over 100 pictu…