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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, May 5, 2011
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Vlaminck, Monet lead Christie's sale
Bloomberg - May 5th, 2011 01:18
Christie’s Impressionist and modern art sale on Wed. night was boosted by a boldly-colored fauve landscape. Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)'s Paysage de banlieue soared to $22.5 million, almost double the artist's previous auction record of $10.8 million. Hedge fund manager Steve Cohen was the owner of the 1905 painting which had a pre-sale estimate of $18 million to $25 million. Also fetching about $22.5 million was Claude Monet’s 1891 painting of poplars, “Les Peupliers”, which ...
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$170 million Sotheby's sale begins Spring series
Wall street Journal - May 4th, 2011 17:14
A Picasso-packed Sotheby's sale with 44 paintings, drawings and sculptures brought in $170 million for Impressionist and modern art on Tuesday evening in New York. Hefty pre-sale estimates and choosy bidders kept the sale subdued while it fell soundly within the overall pre-sale estimate ($158.9/229.7 million). The top lot, Picasso's colorful, cartoonish "Women Reading," went for $21.3 million, which was more than 20% below its low estimate. The buyer was a Chinese man in the salesroom. ...
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American Folk Art Museum executive director quits
American Folk Art Museum - May 4th, 2011 16:33
Maria Ann Conelli, executive director of New York's American Folk Art Museum, announced on the museum's website on May 3 that she would be leaving in July to return to academia. The financially-troubled institution missed $3.7 million in payments to a debt service fund connected to bonds issued to construct a new building, it said in a January filing. Attendance and revenue figures fell short over the past decade even with the success of several of the museum's exhibitions. For one, Conelli ...
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RECENTLY DISCOVERED RARE SALOR ENSI TO HIGHLIGHT GROGAN RUG AUCTION
Release Date: 04 May 2011
Dedham, MA - Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers are pleased to announce The May Auction, Sunday, May 22nd at 12 noon, will include an assortment of Fine and Rare Collector’s Oriental Rugs. The highlight of the offerings is an extremely rare Ensi, ...
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African Art Showcase Event
Release Date: 04 May 2011
African Art @ Madison, MAY 10 - 15, 2011, 5 Dealers - 4 Special Events - 1 Location In celebration of TRIBAL ART WEEK NYC 2011 we are pleased to offer 100 objects from traditional cultures of West, Central, South and East Africa on three floors of an elegant East Side townhouse near Madison ...
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