Impressionist & Modern Art

The sale was led by Henri Matisse’s Bouquet pour le quatorze juillet, which climbed to $28,642,500 (est. $18/25 million). This EPA/YM YIK NEW YORK, NY.- Tonight at Sotheby’s, the spring Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art brought a total of $195,697,000, nearly reaching the high end of the presale estimate (est. $141/204 million). Forty-three works achieved prices over $1 million, ten works exceeded $5 million, four works brought prices over $10 million, and two works sold for over $15 million. The sale was 87.7% sold... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso's 1932 'Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust' is seen at Christie's auction house in New York. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton. NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A 1932 Pablo Picasso painting of his mistress has sold for $106.5 million, a world record price for any work of art at auction. "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust," which had a pre-sale estimate of between $70 million and $90 million, was sold at Christie's auction house on Tuesday evening to an unidentified telephone bidder. There were nine minutes of bidding involving eight... [Lire la suite]

Félix Ziem (1821-1911), Voile jaune et gondole sur le grand canal. photo Mercier & Cie Huile sur toile signée en bas à droite. 52 x 72 cm - Estimation : 40 000 / 50 000 €Provenance : Collection privée.L'Association Félix Ziem représentée par Messieurs Mathias Ary Jan et David Pluskwa a confirmé l'authenticité de cette œuvre.Un certificat pourra être délivré à la demande de l'acquéreur. Charles-Clément Calderon (1864-1906), Venise, gondoles sur le Grand Canal. photo Mercier & Cie Huile sur toile. Signée en bas... [Lire la suite]

Rembrandt Bugatti, Babouin Sacré Hamadryas. Bronze. Conceived circa 1909-10 and cast between 1909 and circa 1934 in an edition of 11. Length: 17 1/4 in (44 cm). Est. $2/3 million. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- This spring, Sotheby’s will offer, as part of its May 5 and 6 Impressionist and Modern Art Evening and Day sales, Property from the S. Joel Schur Collection, perhaps the finest collection of masterpieces by Rembrandt Bugatti in private hands. Bugatti was a singular figure whose vision was devoted to unique and... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973), "Erotic Scene", 1902 or 1903. Oil on canvas, 27 5/8 x 21 7/8 inches. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982. (1984.433.22) ©2010 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A painting disowned by Pablo Picasso is expected to have its U.S. debut in a major exhibit of his work at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, though it's unlikely to be a highlight of the show. Questions have been raised about the... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso, "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust", 1932. Estimate upon request. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 NEW YORK (REUTERS).- One of the most valuable private art collections ever offered at auction, led by an $80 million Picasso, will be sold in May in a sign that the art market might soon flirt with the record levels seen before the financial crisis struck in 2008. The sale of more than 50 works at Christie's from the estate of Mrs. Sidney Brody, a Los Angeles philanthropist who died in November, is... [Lire la suite]

The painting by Swiss artist Paul Klee that was stolen from a New York gallery more than 20 years ago. AP Photo/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A painting by Swiss artist Paul Klee that was stolen from a New York gallery in 1989 been recovered after a Montreal gallery owner became suspicious and turned it over to U.S. authorities. Robert Landau turned the 1930 painting, "Portrait in the Garden," by the neo-impressionist artist over to U.S. authorities after a Florida art dealer tried to... [Lire la suite]

Walter Richard Sickert (MUNICH 1860 - 1942 BATHAMPTON), Vue du Palazzo Montecuccoli, dit aussi Palais Polignac, Venise. photo courtesy Sotheby's Huile sur toile. Signé en bas à droite Sickert - 61,5 x 50 cm ; 24 1/4 by 19 3/4 in. Est. 40,000—60,000 EUR. Lot Sold 264,750 EUR LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Wendy Baron, Sickert, Paintings and drawings, Yale University Press, 2006, pp.272-273, n°174.3 (cité). NOTE: Le Palais Montecuccoli se trouve au sud du Grand Canal de Venise. Egalement appelé Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, il... [Lire la suite]

Pauline Mamicheva-Nurenberg, "Still Life with a Green Bottle". NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will offer a unique grouping of works by the ‘Society of Independent Artists,’ or ‘Odessan Parisians,’ as one critic called them—an avant-garde group of Ukrainian artists who painted in the early years of the twentieth century. Eighty-six works will be offered as a single lot in the Russian Art auction on 22 April 2010 in New York. The collection was compiled by Yakov Pereman, a patron of the arts in Southern Ukraine (then Russia)... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), 'Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto (The Absinthe Drinker), 1903. LONDON.- Christie’s announced that they will offer an exceptionally important and highly celebrated masterpiece by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) in the evening auction of Impressionist and Modern Art in London on 23 June 2010. Painted by the most influential artist of the 20th century, Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto, 1903 comes from the artist’s celebrated Blue Period, arguably the greatest period in Picasso’s career. The painting... [Lire la suite]