Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Daniel Ridgway Knight’s “Madeleine & Maria on the Terrace”
Source: Madeleine & Maria on the Terrace – we just added this incredible two figure painting by Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924) to our available online inventory. This particular work was created at the height of his artistic career (c.1899-1905) and features … More…
Picasso & Giacometti Each Top $100 Million
Last night’s sale was expected to bring in about $500M and with the auction’s commission, the total eclipsed $700M ($705.9M). It is important to note that of the 35 lots offered, more than half had some sort of guarantee … … More…
Cohen, Solow Among Sellers as $2.3 Billion Art at Auction
The amount of art coming to the market this week is amazing … and their values have hit mindbogglingly levels. Steve Wynn is selling a Picasso ($55M), Sheldon Solow is parting with a Giacometti valued at $140M and Steven Cohen is selling … More…
Painting of the Day (SOLD archives): Julien Dupre’s “La Faneuse”
Source: La Faneuse – a powerful work by the 19th century French Realist artist Julien Dupré (1851-1910) that passed through our hands in the early 1990s. This particular painting was done during the 1880s … the height of Dupré’s career. … More…
Buyer of Goldwyn Picasso Is a Chinese Movie Mogul
Pablo Picasso’s Femme au Chignon un Fauteuil was acquired at the recent sale by Chinese movie tycoon Wang Zhongjun for $29.9M (he was also the buyer of the van Gogh still life that sold last November for $61.8M). Guess the … More…
Painting of the Day (AVAILABLE): Tito Lessi’s “A Game of Chess”
Source: A Game of Chess – here is a real gem by the 19th century Italian artist Tito Lessi (1858 – 1917) that we just added to our available online inventory. This particular work dates from 1886 (a time when the artist … More…
Van Gogh Painting Is Star During Last Night’s Auction
Last night’s Impressionist and Modern sale brought in $368M … not a bad total considering more than 20% of the works offered did not sell (64 works offered and 50 sold). The top lot for the evening was Vincent … More…
Controversial Art Show in Texas Turns Deadly
Art shows are a place of freedom, a place to express yourself; more so, they are supposed to be a safe place to express your ideas… Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Approximately 200 people were in attendance at … More…