MUNICH.- The collectors Walter and Brigitte Kames are handing over their collection containing over 3000 lithographs by Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) to the ‘Collective Foundation of Bavarian State Museums’. The Staatliche Graphische Samml…
The Kunsthaus Zürich Presents Franz Gertsch ~ Hyper-realistic Paintings
Zurich.- The Kunsthaus Zürich is pleased to present “Franz Gertsch. Seasons. Works 1983 to 2011”. The exhibition is currently on view and runs through to September 18th. The Kunsthaus Zürich exhibition is a major retrospective featuring round 30 l…
First Edition of One of Earliest Printed History Books for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- A fine first edition of one of the earliest printed histories, the Nuremberg Chronicle (or Liber chronicarum) of July 1493, is for sale at Bonhams Printed Books and Manuscripts sale in London on 7 June. It is estimated at £25,000-30,000. The…
Record for Any Paul Gauguin Print Sold at Auction Established Today at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- This morning at Sotheby’s in London , ten prints by Paul Gauguin from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, sold for £1.54 million ($2.47 million), almost four times the pre-sale low estimate for the group. A new auction record for a prin…
Record for Any Paul Gauguin Print Sold at Auction Established Today at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- This morning at Sotheby’s in London , ten prints by Paul Gauguin from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, sold for £1.54 million ($2.47 million), almost four times the pre-sale low estimate for the group. A new auction record for a prin…
Earliest Printed Star Charts by Albrecht Dürer to Headline Sotheby’s London Prints Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Sale of Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, on Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, will present for sale the earliest printed star charts, in the form of a pair of extremely rare woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer depicting A Map o…
Earliest Printed Star Charts by Albrecht Dürer to Headline Sotheby’s London Prints Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Sale of Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, on Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, will present for sale the earliest printed star charts, in the form of a pair of extremely rare woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer depicting A Map o…
Alan Cristea Gallery Presents German Artist Christiane Baumgartner: Reel Time
LONDON.- German artist Christiane Baumgartner combines the centuries-old technique of woodcut with the contemporary technology of video to reflect on subjects we often take for granted. She asks us to take a moment to stop and pause in a world of ever-…
Alan Cristea Gallery Presents German Artist Christiane Baumgartner: Reel Time
LONDON.- German artist Christiane Baumgartner combines the centuries-old technique of woodcut with the contemporary technology of video to reflect on subjects we often take for granted. She asks us to take a moment to stop and pause in a world of ever-…
Milwaukee Art Museum Frames a Decade with Newest Exhibition
MILWAUKEE, WIS.- The Milwaukee Art Museum’s newest exhibition, Framing a Decade: Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings, 2001–2011, highlights a selection of the nearly three thousand works new to the Museum’s prints and drawings collection…