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benningviolins.com
Cellist Jeffrey Ho of Santa Monica is the latest owner of a cello crafted by Los Angeles violinmaker Eric Benning. The instrument, a Stradivarius model, was recently completed by Eric Benning and will be taken by Ho to the Heifetz International Music Institute in Staunton, Virginia this summer.
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Christie’s and Adelson Galleries announced a 40-work exhibition spanning more than two decades of Stephen Scott Young’s watercolors and drawings.
sandiegouniontribune.com
Childe Hassam’s painting In the Sun and Gustave Courbet’s The Shore of Lake Geneva are scheduled to be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York in May 2012 after resurfacing from a 1976 theft in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The works were among three stolen during a break‑in; the Hamilton painting, Lady as Shepherdess, remains with heirs of the Persky estate. The Hassam work is estimated at $1.5 million to $2.5 million, and the Courbet work is estimated at $200,000 to $300,000.
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Aimee Mitchell reports for ABC Tropical North about sixteen-year-old Isaiah Howell retracing his Anzac relative Ernest Pilcher's World War I footsteps after learning about a violin carved from a chocolate box made by Ernest in the trenches of Gallipoli.
artinvestment.ru
Frantisek Kupka, the Czech abstractionist noted, saw his work Blue Form (1913) fetch 57.42 million CZK / 2.5 million EUR at a Prague auction, with hammer price 55.75 million CZK. The buyer was rumored to be a Russian collector; the sale set a Czech market record for Kupka and Czech art. Previous world record for Kupka was 1.5 million pounds for Movement in London.
latimes.com
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art purchased seven works totaling $2.5 million during its Collectors Committee weekend, including a 60-foot Robert Rauschenberg screenprint and a nearly 10-foot-tall Louis Sullivan elevator surround. Other acquisitions include a Durer print, two Nicolas Enriquez oil-on-copper paintings, a 12th‑century Zelkova wood sculpture, a Shirin Neshat photograph, and Bruce Conner's Three Screen Ray. The event featured gala activities, donor engagement, and a fundraising total of about $1 million for specific works.
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The NPR piece discusses Amnon Weinstein, a violin maker in Israel, who has spent more than two decades assembling the Violins of Hope collection, instruments used by Jews during the Holocaust. The collection will be displayed in the United States for the first time and featured in a series of concerts.
standard.co.uk
Andre Paine reports for the Evening Standard that a £66,000 250-year-old Carcassi cello, dating to 1752, was stolen from a north London home. The theft involved multiple instruments valued at almost £100,000, with the Carcassi associated with the Allegri Quartet. Pal Banda and Susie Meszaros, both professional musicians, discovered the loss upon returning from a performance, and more instruments including a 14,000-pound cello and Meszaros's 1759 viola were taken.
standard.co.uk
Monet Waterlilies, a 1919 work, sold at Christie's in London for £40.1 million, setting a record for Monet and for an Impressionist painting in dollars; the auction involved multiple bidders and was led by Tania Pos of Arts and Management International.
auctionpublicity.com
Edvard Munch’s The Scream is announced for Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York on 2 May 2012. The work, dated 1895 and one of four versions, is the only version still privately held and will be shown publicly in London before the sale; the consignor is Petter Olsen. The estimate suggests the price could exceed $80 million.
standard.co.uk
Francis Bacon's Triptych 1976 sold for £43 million in New York, surpassing the previous records set for Bacon works and marking a new peak in the artist's market. The sale at Sotheby's exceeded estimates and featured a bidding war between two telephone bidders, with a mystery European buyer acquiring the work.
standard.co.uk
Paul Cezanne's Nature Morte au Melon Vert, a watercolour dating from 1902–06, sold at Sotheby’s New York for £11.4 million, exceeding the expected £7–9 million. The painting measures 18.75 by 12.35 inches and is noted as a record for a work on paper by the artist at auction.
standard.co.uk
The article reports Sotheby’s achieving a record £24.68 million for Egon Schiele's Houses With Washing Lines (1914) in London, part of a decade-long dispute over a painting looted by the Nazis. It discusses ownership claims by Lea Jaray and the related court judgments over Portrait Of Wally and compensation to the Jaray heirs, with references to Rudolf Leopold and his collection.
standard.co.uk
Francis Bacon’s Triptych 1974-77 sold for £26,340,500 (including fees) at Christie’s London to an anonymous buyer. The sale set a record for a Bacon work and for a post-war/contemporary artwork in Europe, with two bidders in the room and an American buyer among them.
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The article describes a public exhibition in San Francisco of a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin titled the ‘Baron von der Leyen’ circa 1705, organized by Tarisio. Bidding for the instrument starts at $2 million, with a related video linked and a forthcoming online auction at tarisio.com.
benningviolins.com
Eric Benning crafted a Stradivarius-model cello is completed and available for examination and trial at J & A Beare Fine Violins in New York. The instrument has been created by Los Angeles violin-maker Eric Benning and is part of Beare Violins' promotion in NY. The page notes that the Beare studio in NY can be contacted to try the cello in person.
benningviolins.com
Michael Garcia, a Los Angeles-based violinist, purchased Eric Benning's first violin, the instrument known as the ex Raymond Wurfl. The article notes Garcia studied with Sidney Szathmary and includes Garcia's performances with the Symphony of the Verdugos, the West Valley Symphony, and the Los Angeles folk group The Storytellers; it also describes Eric Benning as a violin maker active in Los Angeles.
benningviolins.com
Gahyun Cho, playing a Tomaso Balestrieri-model violin crafted by Los Angeles maker Eric Benning, reached the finals in the Berlin International Max Rostal Competition for viola and violin.
benningviolins.com
Eric Benning's latest Stradivarius model violin is now available in New York, at the studio of Julie Reed. Reed Yeboah Fine Violins, LLC lists the New York address and contact information for inquiries about availability.
internationalentertainmentnews.blogspot.com
International Entertainment News reports that the New York-based auction house Tarisio will exhibit the ‘Baron von der Leyen’ Stradivarius (c. 1705) in San Francisco ahead of an online instrument auction. Bidding for the violin will begin at $2 million, and a video of the instrument is linked.
esm.rochester.edu
The Eastman School of Music hosts the 40th International Viola Congress from May 30 to June 3, featuring hundreds of violists, world premieres, and performances by renowned artists including Wolfram Christ, Kim Kashkashian, Paul Neubauer, Atar Arad, and others. The event includes more than 40 discussions, lectures, and master classes and will feature a live broadcast of an evening concerto by WXXI 91.5 FM.