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press.christies.com
The press release reports three Paul Cezanne paintings, Fruits et pot de gingembre, Quatre pommes et un couteau, and La mer à L’Estaque, highlighting Christie’s New York 20th Century Evening Sale on November 9, 2023. The lead piece, Fruits et pot de gingembre, is estimated at $35 million to $55 million and comes from the Museum Langmatt in Baden, Switzerland.
nbcboston.com
The NBC Boston article reports that a viola valued at $70,000 was stolen in Allston, Boston, between 2 a.m. and 3:50 p.m. on August 27. The instrument, about 16.5 inches, was in a black BAM Black Panther HighTech case valued at $1,300. Police release a description of a male suspect and request tips from the public.
martincid.com
The painting is Claude Monet’s Le bassin aux nymphéas, an oil on canvas circa 1917-1919, highlighted by Christie’s for the 20th Century Evening Sale on November 9, 2023. It is estimated to realize in excess of $65 million and has been in the same family collection for over fifty years.
Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s presented Chara Schreyer’s post-war and contemporary art collection ahead of sales beginning in New York in November 2023 and continuing through 2024. The collection spans hundreds of works, from Marcel Duchamp and Minimalism to Conceptual art and later contemporary practices.
press.christies.com
Claude Monet Le bassin aux nymphéas, an oil on canvas painted circa 1917-1919, is highlighted for Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale on November 9, 2023 in New York. The work is estimated to realize in excess of $65 million and has been in the same family collection for over fifty years.
Christie’s
Christie’s reports on Property from: The Mougins Museum of Classical Art. Its source account states that london and New York – Christie’s invites the world to delve into A Collecting Odyssey: Property from The Mougins Museum of Classical Art which will be offered across 6 sales over 12 months, in London, New York and Online, starting in London during Classic Week in December 2023 and closing a year…
wealth.hket.com
The page reports that Sotheby/For Arts? Actually it is Fa? The article states Fos Asia (Fu Yisi/Fo Yee Si) Hong Kong autumn sale will be held at their Asia headquarters in West Kowloon, with Evening and Day sales on Oct 6 and 7, pre-sale from Sept 28 to Oct 6. The flagship work is Nara Yoshitomo 2006 No Means No, estimated at HK$72 million. Additional Asian masters and other contemporary artists are mentioned.
republicanherald.com
The Gabriel Chamber Ensemble opens its 34th season with a program featuring Zoltan Kodaly's Duo for violin and cello and Franz Schubert’s string quintet, performed by Simon Maurer, Dana Allaband, Agnes Maurer, Ai-Lin Hsieh, and Sara Male at Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Schuylkill Haven. Ai-Lin Hsieh, a noted cellist, is highlighted among the performers; tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, and free for students.
artouch.com
在上海举行的2023年佳士得上海拍卖十周年活动中，二十及二十一世纪艺术晚拍共推出42件拍品，售出40件，成交率95%，总成交额超过12,400万人民币。前五高价拍品包括赵无极的《16.02.64》、赵无极的《莲花》、草间弥生的《野》、爱因斯坦手稿《新旧场论》以及毕加索的《男子头像》
neihutnews.com
The Lorenzo Carcassi violin, made in Florence in 1740, was stolen from the Marquess Tavern in North London on Feb 18, 2025. Violinist David Lopez Ibanez had the instrument on loan for a performance with London's Philharmonia Orchestra. Ahmed Sami Madour, 46, has been charged with two counts of theft and pleaded not guilty; his trial is scheduled for May 10, 2027.
hyperallergic.com
Egon Schiele works recovered include pieces once held by MoMA and the Morgan Library and Museum, with seven artworks returned or surrendered from multiple institutions to the descendants of Fritz Grünbaum. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced the return, valued at nearly $10 million, involving MoMA, the Morgan, SBMA, the Ronald S. Lauder Collection, and the Vally Sabarsky Trust.
theartnewspaper.com
Egon Schiele works are returned to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, a Jewish cabaret artist killed at Dachau in 1941. Seven drawings were seized from public and private collections in the United States, including MoMA, the Morgan Library & Museum, and the Neue Galerie collection of Ronald Lauder, and were valued collectively at more than $9.5 million. The ceremony honoring the return took place at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on 20 September.
abirpothi.com
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office organized the restitution of seven Egon Schiele works to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, who died in a concentration camp in 1941. The ceremony took place at the New York Supreme Civil Court on September 20, 2023. Each recovered artwork is estimated to be worth between $780,000 and $2.75 million.
Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s profiled Karen Wang’s collection of modern Chinese paintings ahead of its October 2023 Hong Kong offering. The group combines works inherited from her parents with her own acquisitions, reflecting the connoisseurship she developed alongside her father, Wong Nan-ping.
tarisio.com
This article discusses a viola by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume that was acquired by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation and was originally part of a quartet commissioned by Count Dmitri Nikolaevich Sheremetev.
news.artnet.com
The article reports that seven artworks by Egon Schiele, previously looted from Fritz Grünbaum, have been returned to his heirs. The ceremony was organized by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, highlighting a precedent-setting restitution in Nazi-looted art. Among the seven pieces, four were relinquished by MoMA, the Morgan Library & Museum, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; one by Ronald Lauder; and two by the Serge Sabarsky Foundation.
artnews.com
Seven Egon Schiele drawings and paintings were returned to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum. The returns followed an investigation coordinated by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and a ceremony at the New York Supreme Civil Court on September 20.
thetimes.com
The article reports that a Moroccan musician recognized a viola that had been stolen three years earlier on sale in Marrakesh and contacted its American owner.
theguardian.com
The Guardian reports that three drawings or paintings by Egon Schiele, previously owned by Fritz Grünbaum, have been seized from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and another museum in three states by New York authorities. Grünbaum, a cabaret performer and songwriter, died at Dachau in 1941. The events concern artworks tied to Holocaust-era looting.
news.artnet.com
Egon Schiele works seized include Russian War Prisoner (1916) at the Art Institute of Chicago, Portrait of a Man (1917) at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and Girl With Black Hair (1911) at Oberlin College’s Allen Memorial Art Museum, in a case involving Fritz Grünbaum’s heirs and alleged Nazi looting during World War II.
Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s profiled Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei’s collection of Chinese, modern and contemporary art before an October 2023 Hong Kong sale. The article describes holdings numbering in the thousands and the couple’s role in building Shanghai’s Long Museum into a major private institution.
theartnewspaper.com
Pablo Picasso, Femme à la montre (1932), is highlighted as the leading work with an estimated over $120m. Ed Ruscha’s Securing the Last Letter (Boss) (1964) is also included among the sale works, part of Emily Fisher Landau’s collection estimated to fetch more than $400m at Sotheby’s New York on 8 and 9 November.
martincid.com
Pablo Picasso, Femme à la montre, 1932, oil on canvas is noted with an estimate in excess of $120 million. The article discusses Emily Fisher Landau as a major collector and patron, detailing her collecting history and the scope of her collection including Picasso, Matisse, Mondrian, Arp, Rothko, Kline, Klee, and Nevelson, among others, in advance of Sotheby’s sale this November.
Christie’s
Christie’s reports on CHRISTIE’S TO OFFER DANCING OSTRICHES FROM WALT DISNEY'S 'FANTASIA' AT AUCTION FOR THE FIRST TIME. Its source account states that london – Christie’s will offer Paula Rego’s masterpiece Dancing Ostriches from Walt Disney's 'Fantasia' (1995, estimate: £2,200,000-3,200,000) for the first time at auction in the 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale on 13 October 2023.
abc.net.au
Arthur Brand recovered the stolen 1884 Van Gogh painting The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, valued between 3 and 6 million euros. The work was burgled from the Singer Laren Museum in March 2020 and Brand, with police cooperation, obtained it at his Amsterdam home. The painting’s amnesty was announced by Dutch police and Brand described the moment as one of the greatest of his life.
artforum.com
Vincent van Gogh, The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, 1884, was stolen in 2020 and returned in an Ikea bag to Dutch private art detective Arthur Brand in Amsterdam; the painting’s authentication was described by Brand as a major moment. The thief, identified as Nils M., stole other works and was later arrested and sentenced.
Phillips
Phillips details September Dropshop at Phillips to Feature Iconic Photographs from Renée Cox, including the artists, works, estimates, and sale context documented in the release.
Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s announced that works from gallerist and curator John Cheim’s collection would be offered across its November 2023 Contemporary Evening and Day auctions. The group was led by Joan Mitchell’s Sunflowers and included works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louise Bourgeois, Lynda Benglis and Alice Neel.
tass.com
The article reports that a cello made by Giovanni Battista Rogeri, a pupil of Nicola Amati, was seized by Italian authorities at the request of the Russian Interpol National Central Bureau. The instrument, valued at $100,000, was involved in a criminal investigation and has a history including theft in 1995 and its inclusion in the State Collection of Unique Musical Instruments in 1956, later becoming part of the Russian National Museum of Music in 2010.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that a viola valued at $70,000 by the owner has gone missing in Brighton, Boston. The theft occurred on August 27, 2023, between 2:00 AM and 3:50 PM, with the instrument described as Chinese-made, about 16.5 inches, in a black BAM Black Panther HighTech viola case valued at $1,300. The case bears Boston University and Vivant Vintage stickers. Police are investigating, and tips can be called in or texted.