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economictimes.indiatimes.com
The artwork Henri’s Armchair by Brett Whiteley sold for A$6.25 million (about $4.6 million) at auction in Australia, setting a new national record. Coralie Stow of Menzies Art Brands commented on the bidding surge as art investment gains prominence during the pandemic.
auctiondaily.com
Helen Frankenthaler’s Hermes, a 1989 color Mixografía, sold for $47,500, a record for the print. The sale also set records for Dorothea Rockburne’s Locus at $42,500 and Lee Krasner’s Special Blue at $17,500.
komonews.com
Alistair James, a Bellevue musician, had his $40,000 cello stolen three years ago. The instrument was recovered after a neighbor showed a different cello from his collection, and investigators verified markings indicating it belonged to James.
reuters.com
Brett Whiteley’s Henri’s Armchair sold for A$6.25 million ($4.6 million) at auction in Sydney, surpassing the previous Australian record of A$5.4 million. The sale underscores strong interest in art as an investment during the pandemic, with Coralie Stow of Menzies Art Brands noting increased bidding as people spend more time at home.
press.christies.com
Christie’s reports that its Heritage and Taxation experts negotiated the Acceptance in Lieu for Marc Chagall’s L Écuyère (1949–53), which has been allocated to the National Galleries of Scotland’s collection.
brisbanetimes.com.au
Brett Whiteley’s Henri's Armchair from the Lavender Bay series sold at Menzies Art Auctioneers in Kensington for 6.136 million including premium, surpassing the previous Australian art record of 5.4 million for a Sidney Nolan Ned Kelly painting. The painting was auctioned by Justin Turner to a private Sydney collector for 5 million prior to premium.
Phillips
Phillips’s preserved release documents Phillips Announces Highlights from December 20th Century & Contemporary Art Sales and details the principal works, sale terms, or market results.
knoxnews.com
Nuria Martinez-Keel reports that a federal judge ruled a Nazi-looted painting should be returned to the University of Oklahoma and that Leone Meyer must stop litigating in France. The 1886 painting “Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep” by Camille Pissarro, which Meyer agreed to share with OU in 2016, is alternated between the Musee d’Orsay and OU’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The court ordered Meyer to comply with the 2016 settlement and cease litigation in France.
theartnewspaper.com
The Art Newspaper reports that David Ross, Carphone Warehouse co-founder and chair of the Royal Opera House board, purchased David Hockney's Portrait of Sir David Webster for £12.8 million (with fees) at Christie's. The portrait will be loaned back to the Royal Opera House immediately and then to the National Portrait Gallery for its 2023 reopening exhibition before returning to ROH on long-term loan.
vietthanh.vn
The page discusses the Eastman Frederich Wyss VL703 professional violin, size 4/4, made with high-quality German wood. It lists the product as VL703SBC, notes it is in stock in Ho Chi Minh City, and describes the full kit including a CA1506 case, Eastman BL90 bow with Brazil wood and horsehair, and Eastman rosin. A free shipping offer applies to orders over 2 million VND within the inner city area.
theartnewspaper.com
Camille Pissarro’s La Bergère Rentrant des Moutons (1886) is at the center of a dispute after Léone-Noëlle Meyer, the French heiress who agreed in 2016 to share the painting with the University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art, changed her mind and sought to prevent the work from returning to Oklahoma for three years. US museum groups including the AAM and AAMD expressed concern that the settlement provisions be honored to avoid undermining Nazi-era restitution efforts.
straussart.co.za
Strauss & Co’s NORTH/SOUTH sale, held in Cape Town and Johannesburg, achieved R98.6 million with 628 lots sold and a 70% sell-through. World records were set for Sydney Kumalo, Mustafa Maluka, and Neil Rodger; Irma Stern was among top lots. The sale highlighted new buyers and emerging artists in the secondary market.
Christie’s
Christie’s documents the market development behind RELEASE | Quentin Blake: 200 Drawings Sold to Benefit House of Illustration – Online, 2 to 16 December 2020 - Christie's. Its account reports that lONDON: Christie’s Classic Week presents Quentin Blake: 200 Drawings, open for browsing from 25 November and bidding from 2 to 16 December.
preview-www.nature.com
The article discusses two sixteenth-century violins by Andrea Amati in Cremona, which bear faded heraldic emblems. Using in situ X-ray fluorescence imaging, the study reconstructs the original heraldic shields and colours, linking the symbols to a period 1559–1568 in the life of Elisabeth (Isabel) of Valois, wife of Philip II of Spain. The approach combines imaging spectroscopy and geometrical analysis to enhance readability of signs on artefacts.
thecollector.com
Two Joan Mitchell paintings, Untitled (1953–54) and Two Pianos (1979), are expected to fetch more than $19 million at a Phillips auction in New York on December 7, 2020. The sale also includes works by Ruth Asawa, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, René Magritte, Barkley Hendricks, Mickalene Thomas, and Amy Sherald, as part of Phillips’ 20th Century and Contemporary Art Evening Sale.
olivershuttleworth.com
The page covers Sotheby’s New York Impressionist, Modern & Contemporary Evening Auctions on 28 October 2020, noting strong overall results with notable sales such as Frank Stella’s Concentric Squares (over 8m USD with premium) and Matthew Wong’s Dialogue (1.7m USD with premium), while Brice Marden’s ‘3’ and Clyfford Still’s ‘1957-G’ were withdrawn from the Contemporary sale and a Rothko remained unsold at 25m USD; the author comments on market vitality and the role of back-guarantee bids.
antiquesandthearts.com
Giorgio de Chirico's Ariadne’s Afternoon sold for $15.9 million in the Impressionist & Modern evening sale, a new auction record for the artist. A Carlo Mollino dining table sold for about $6.18 million in the Contemporary Art evening sale. Sotheby’s total for the evening across Contemporary, Impressionist and Modern art was $283.9 million.
news.artnet.com
The article concerns Camille Pissarro's La bergère rentrant des moutons (Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep), looted during the Nazi era. Léone Meyer reached a settlement with the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art that would split the painting’s display between the U.S. and France, but Meyer now seeks to alter those terms and has filed a lawsuit in France to bar the painting’s return to the United States. The involved institutions include the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (University of Oklahoma) and the Musée d’Orsay, with legal comments from Ron Soffer and statements from university leaders.
theviolinchannel.com
The article profiles Santiago Cañón-Valencia, a 25-year-old cellist from Colombia, highlighting his major prize wins at the Queen Elisabeth and Tchaikovsky International Cello Competitions. It notes his studies with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt at Kronberg Academy, past major prizes at several competitions, and recent debut engagements with various orchestras. It also lists his management representation with Diamond Artists and Calma.
algemeiner.com
A Jewish family seeking the return of a $35 million painting stolen during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands accuses the Netherlands’ restitutions committee of bias after it ruled against them. Lawyers for the heirs to Robert Lewenstein claimed there was an appearance of partiality and a conflict of interest in the committee that advises on art restitution.
fadmagazine.com
Jasper Johns, Flags I, a 1973 colour screenprint, is donated to the American Friends of the British Museum by Leslie and Johanna Garfield and acquired by the British Museum. The work is numbered 7/65 and has been valued at over $1 million in recent comparable sales.