Painting of the Day (SOLD archives) – Joseph Caraud’s “The Pet Canaries”
The Pet Canaries. Here is a great paintings by Joseph Caraud (1821-1905) that we had the pleasure of selling twice. The painting is titled The Pet Canaries and was done in 1875 … the quality, condition, subject matter and period … More…
Duchess Portrait Missing Since WWII Returns to Her Heirs
Duchess Portrait Missing Since WWII Returns to Her Heirs – It is always nice to read when another ‘missing’ work of art turns up and is returned to the rightful owner’s family. This Angelica Kauffmann went missing in Poland during WW … More…
Basquiat Sells for $29 Million, Contemporary Sales Start
Basquiat Sells for $29 Million, Contemporary Sales Start – here is Scott Reyburn’s take on last night’s Contemporary sale in London. Like I said yesterday, the sale was very selective; but when the right work appeared it made a strong price … More…
Final Post for Tonight’s London Sale
Lots 54 – The End: More of the same for the remainder of the sale. In this group the top lot was the Chillida at £3.6M (it carried one of those ‘estimate on request’ estimates) and only one of the … More…
More on The Post-War & Contemp Sale in London
Lots 26 – 42 saw some ups and downs. A de Kooning hit the upper end of its estimate at £2.5M, while a little Lucien Freud blew past its estimate of £120K-£180K to sell for £420K. on the flip side an Auerbach and … More…
Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale – So Far
The action started off real strong with the first 11 lots either meeting or beating their estimate — Peter Doig’s Jetty made £6.5M (hammer – est £4-£6M) and de Stael’s Marseille bringing £2.7M (est. £1-£1.5M). Then the water began to … More…
Louis Aston Knight – Alain Fleischer | Normandy Impressionist Festival
Louis Aston Knight – Alain Fleischer | Normandy Impressionist Festival. The Louis Aston Knight exhibition opened this week at the Musee d’Art, Historie et Archeologie, Evreux. The gallery was able to secure 10 works for this exhibition — 6 from … More…
Bacon Model, $23 Million Basquiat Top Contemporary Sales
Bacon Model, $23 Million Basquiat Top Contemporary Sales – yes, the auction action in London continues this evening with the Contemporary sales. The press has noted that another $1B worth of art may change hands in the UK this month … … More…
Hedge Fund Nomad (Kashya Hildebrand) Turns Art Dealer, Opens Her U.K. Gallery
Hedge Fund Nomad Turns Art Dealer, Opens Her U.K. Gallery – After you make BIG bucks in the financial world what else is there to do? I know, become an art dealer … as we all know, these days you need … More…
Tween LA artist aims high in NYC with his anti-gun, Pollack-inspired art
This kid is clearly doing something right. Charles Gitnick, 11 (yeah, 11 years old!), is an artist from LA who decided to expand his market and took to the streets of New York this past weekend. You could have seen … More…
American Paintings, American History at the New York Historical Society
American Paintings, American History – Currently on view at the New York Historical Society: From Colony to Nation: 200 Years of American Painting. Featured at works by Thomas Buttersworth, Gilbert Stuart, Benjamin West, Thomas Cole, Edwin White, John S. Sargent an … More…