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…