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Record-breaking Lichtenstein leads $272 million Christie's sale
ArtfixDaily / November 10th, 2010
Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie's Nov. 10 evening sale in New York garnered an impressive total of $272.8 million for 75 lots (5 passed). Pop Art from the 1960s secured the hefty prices realized. The leading lot of the night was Roy Lichtenstein's (1923-1997) comic-style painting ...
Contemporary art totals $222 million at Sotheby's; Louise Bourgeois' Spider among stars
ArtfixDaily / November 9th, 2010
Several intruiging works, not neccessarily the top billed lots, soared above estimates at Sotheby's Nov. 9 evening sale. Contemporary Art brought in a sizable $222.4 million total for a small auction of 55 lots. Five lots went unsold. One surprise performer was a sculpture that questioned the ...
Penn. county considers value of library's prized Hassam painting
ArtfixDaily / November 9th, 2010
A public library in Erie County, Pennsylvania, may have a painting worth $5 million within its extensive art collection. Last summer, a New York City art dealer, who saw the artwork in person, wrote a letter to an Erie County councilman suggesting that he might be able to sell Blasco Library's ...
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema masterpiece fetches record $35.9 million
Sotheby's / November 8th, 2010
At Sotheby’s in New York on Nov. 4, The Finding of Moses, a 19th century masterpiece by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, sold for a remarkable $35,922,500, more than seven times its high estimate, in a sale of 19th Century European Art which brought a total of $61,536,125. This highly sought-after ...
Diamond brooch portrayed in Sargent painting at auction
Telegraph / November 8th, 2010
From the collection of the Dukes of Portland comes a gorgeous 1870 diamond and natural pearl brooch once belonging to Winifred, Duchess of Portland (1863-1954). The great beauty, a leading society figure in her time, wore the exquisite brooch, featuring large and desirable natural pearl ...
High Museum receives significant gift of 19th-century American paintings and sculptures
ArtfixDaily / November 8th, 2010
The High Museum of Art has received a major gift of 90 paintings and sculptures from the Atlanta-based West Foundation’s nineteenth-century American collection. The donated works include 49 paintings and 41 sculptures, establishing the High as a major resource for nineteenth-century American art. ...
“Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time” at the Whitney
ArtfixDaily / November 7th, 2010
Edward Hopper's art delivers a soulful take on living in the industrial age. “The inner life of a human being is a vast and varied realm,” he wrote, “and does not concern itself alone with stimulating arrangements of colour, form and design.” In the current exhibition at the Whitney Museum of ...
Art world news briefs
ArtfixDaily / November 4th, 2010
SALE STYMIED: British authorities have stalled the sale of J.M.W. Turner's 1839 painting "Modern Rome — Campo Vaccino" to the J. Paul Getty Trust. At a Sotheby's auction in London last July, California's Getty placed the high bid of $44.9 million for the work. Yet on Wednesday, Great Britain's ...
Matisse, Gris lead modern masters at Christie's sale
New York Times / November 3rd, 2010
At Christie's on Wed. night, bidders were competitive for top-tier examples by Henri Matisse and Juan Gris while average works by other leading Impressionists and modern masters were left bidless. Matisse’s 6-foot bronze sculpture of a woman’s back — “Nu de Dos, 4 État (Back IV)” brought on ...
Modigliani nude nets nearly $70 million
ArtfixDaily / November 3rd, 2010
A compelling nude painted by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) garnered $68.96 million at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale on Tuesday. This first sale in the series of auctions in New York brought in $227 million, soundly within the $195 million to $266 million ...
Old Masters attract new buyers at Ketterer Kunst
ArtfixDaily / November 2nd, 2010
An astonishing 41 percent of bidders were new customers at the Ketterer Kunst auction of Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century on October 29 in Munich, Germany. The successful sale pushed figures to an overall result of nearly € 3 million for all three of the firm's October auctions. “The ...
New York auction series may reap record $2 billion
ArtfixDaily / November 1st, 2010
Perhaps emboldened by two over $100 million prices for modern masters in the past year, the upper echelon of the art market is seemingly far removed from the global recession. Impressionist, modern and contemporary art sales scheduled over a two-week period in New York City this November may ...
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice fetches auction record
Daily Echo / October 29th, 2010
A rare first edition of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice sold for a world record price of £139,250 at auctioneers Sotheby’s in London last Thursday. Retaining its orignal covers, the book was estimated to sell between £75,000 and £100,000. A US dealer was the buyer. The enduring ...
Chateau Lafite leads international wine market
ArtfixDaily / October 29th, 2010
Three bottles of Chateau Lafite’s 1869 vintage each sold for a world record price of HK$1.8 million ($230,000) at a sold-out Sotheby's wine sale in Hong Kong on Thursday. Asian buyers battled for the top ten lots, including a 12-bottle case of the Lafite 1982 vintage that went for a steep HK$1 ...
Fisk University rejects latest proposal for Stieglitz collection
ArtfixDaily / October 28th, 2010
On Monday, Fisk University in Nashville told the state attorney general that it is not interested in displaying the art collection of Alfred Stieglitz. An alumna recently proposed a gift of funds to maintain the art at the financially troubled school. The school says the maintenance of the ...
“In Giacometti’s Studio – An Intimate Portrait:” Unprecedented Loan from Giacometti Family in Eykyn Maclean’s First Public Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / October 27th, 2010
(New York, NY) - For its inaugural exhibition, Eykyn Maclean is presenting a unique overview of Alberto Giacometti’s artistic achievement. Dating from 1919 to 1965, the works on view – nearly 100 sculptures, paintings and drawings, as well as photographs and documents – have been selected ...
Upcoming movie, auction celebrate Wyeth legacy
ArtfixDaily / October 26th, 2010
Ranking among America's most beloved 20th-century artists, Andrew Wyeth, who died in 2009, remains so popular today that his life and art warrant a motion picture, a fundraising auction, and even a couple of museums centered on his work. From November 8 through November 29, Adelson Galleries in ...
Diamonds demand soaring prices at fall auctions
ArtfixDaily / October 25th, 2010
Anticipation is high that a world record price will be achieved next month for a fancy, intense pink, 24.78 carat stone, purchased from jeweler Harry Winston about 60 years ago. The rare pink diamond comes to market with an estimate of 27,000,000 to 38,000,000 million CHF (US $27,855,000 - ...
ArtMiami returns to lead Miami Art Week in Dec.
ArtfixDaily / October 24th, 2010
Art Miami (www.art-miami.com), Miami’s longest running contemporary art fair, will once again electrify the city from December 1 – December 5, 2010. As the anchor art fair to the city of Miami, the fair will return with a compelling array of modern and contemporary artwork from over 100 ...
Sanctions lifted from National Academy Museum
ArtfixDaily / October 21st, 2010
The Association of Art Museum Directors has suspended punishing sanctions on the National Academy Museum & School in New York City. An important repository of American art, the academy was barred from loans and other collaborative programs with association members. Sanctions were imposed in ...