05 mai 2011
Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale Sets Records, Realizes $155,995,500
Christie's employee poses with artist Claude Monet's "Les Peupliers" at Christie's auction house. The piece, estimated to fetch up to $30 million (18.4 million pounds), was auctioned in New York on May 4, 2011. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale achieved $155,995,500 (£93,597,300/€104,516,985), demonstrating the continuing appeal of this category among collectors worldwide. Three works sold for over the US$20 million mark, and two new artist records were set for the... [Lire la suite]
04 mai 2011
Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale Brings $170.5 Million in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Tonight’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s New York achieved $170,478,000, within the overall pre-sale estimate ($158.9/229.7 million). The auction was 74.6% sold by lot, and saw a total of 37 works sell for over $1 million. Pablo Picasso’s Femmes lisant (Deux personnages) was the top lot of the night, achieving $21,362,500, and auction records were established for the Surrealist artist Paul Delvaux and for a sculpture by Paul Gauguin. “This evening’s sale saw solid bidding activity from... [Lire la suite]
10 février 2011
Christie’s auctions of Impressionist and Modern Art and Art of The Surreal realise £84.9 million/$136.3 million/€99.9 millions
A Christie's employee poses with Paul Gauguin's "Nature morte a 'L'esperence'" at Christie's auction house in London. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor.
LONDON. A painting by Paul Gauguin, billed as the top lot at Christie's auction of modern and impressionist works in London, failed to find a buyer on Wednesday. The tribute to the artist's friend Vincent Van Gogh, in the form of a still life with sunflowers called "Nature morte a 'L'Esperance," had been expected to fetch up to 10 million pounds ($16 million).... [Lire la suite]
09 février 2011
Picasso's La Lecture Sells at Sotheby's for £25.2 Million in Sale Totalling £68.8 Million
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973), La Lecture, painted in January 1932, signed Picasso (upper right); inscribed 11 decembre M.CM.XXXII. on the reverse, oil on panel, 25 3/4 by 20 1/8 in. Estimate 12,000,000—18,000,000 GBP. Sold 25,241,250 GBP. photo Sotheby's
LONDON.- Tonight, Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Evening sale was led by Pablo Picasso’s iconic 1932 painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter, La Lecture, which sold to a round of applause for £25,241,250 /$40,711,612 / €29,744,296, more than double the low estimate (est.... [Lire la suite]
20 janvier 2011
PICASSO, MIRÓ, DALÍ, Angry Young Men: the Birth of Modernity @ Palazzo Strozzi, Florence

15 janvier 2011
Major Picasso Portrait of His Mistress and Muse to Lead Sotheby's Sale in February

02 janvier 2011
"Picasso: Peace and Freedom" @ Albertina

10 décembre 2010
Le Surréalisme triompha à la galerie Charpentier

14 novembre 2010
(After) Pablo Picasso, Nature morte au crâne, circa 1960
(After) Pablo Picasso, Nature morte au crâne, circa 1960. photo Philips de Pury & Co
Aquatint in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins (deckle on all sides), I. 16 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (42.5 x 62.2 cm); S. 22 3/8 x 30 in. (56.8 x 76.2 cm) signed and numbered 32/150 in pencil, with the Atelier Lacourière, Paris blindstamp, very minor soiling and occasional soft creasing in the margins, a foxmark at upper right margin, otherwise in very good condition, unframed.
ESTIMATE $15,000-20,000
LITERATURE see... [Lire la suite]
14 octobre 2010
Picasso @ Kunsthaus, Zurich
Pablo Picasso,The Yellow Belt: Marie-Thérèse, 1932. Courtesy Nahmad Collection, Switzerland © 2009 ProLitteris, Zurich
ZURICH - La première rétrospective au monde de Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) eut lieu en 1932. Le peintre espagnol avait personnellement arrangé l'exposition qui fut montrée de septembre à novembre au Kunsthaus Zurich. On n'avait encore jamais vu qu'un artiste, et non un directeur, décidât lui-même des oeuvres à montrer dans un musée et cela fut vécu comme une révolution. Le public accueillit avec grand intérêt le... [Lire la suite]