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theartwolf.com
The page discusses Sotheby’s plan to offer Edgar Degas’s Petite danseuse de quatorze ans in its Impressionist and Modern Art sale in London on February 3, 2009, with an estimated price of £9–12 million. It includes details on the sculpture, its creation around 1879–81, its cast history, the model Marie van Goethem, and related works by Degas such as Danseuse au repos.
reuters.com
Lucio Fontana painting from Venezia series, titled Concetto spaziale, estimated at 5-7 million pounds, is highlighted in Sotheby’s London contemporary evening sale on February 5. The sale is expected to total 16.6-23.1 million pounds, down from last year, with works by Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Roy Lichtenstein also featured.
interviewmagazine.com
Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent began amassing a large art collection, and Bergé is selling it; the collection includes modern and antique works and is valued at 200 to 300 million euros. Notable works mentioned include four Mondrian paintings, a Brancusi sculpture, works by Léger, a Cézanne watercolor, and a Duchamp Dada piece.
nytimes.com
The article discusses Eugene V. Thaw and Clare Thaw donating 135 oil sketches to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Morgan Library & Museum, highlighting works from about 1780 to 1850 by artists such as Camille Corot, John Constable, and Thomas Jones; the donations are described as a collaboration between two major institutions to broaden public access to artworks.
Christie’s
Christie’s announced a 31-work Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale led by Francis Bacon’s Man in Blue VI, estimated at £4–6 million. The house expected the London auction to exceed £15 million.