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Christie’s espera vender Le Buffle, una obra de Yves Klein, por más de 10 millones de dólares en una venta anunciada para el 11 de mayo. La obra es de la serie Anthropométrie (1960-61) y es parte de la primera salida a la venta de esa pieza, con giras y retrospectivas mencionadas, incluyendo la exposición en el Hirshhorn Museum in Washington.
artinvestment.ru
The article discusses Christie’s May auction predicting a major Yves Klein piece from the Anthropometry series, titled ANT 93, bison, dating to 1960–1961, expected to bring about $10 million. It notes the work was created using Live Brush with a naked model and International Klein Blue, and that it has appeared at public auction only once before.
nytimes.com
Carol Vogel reports that Christie’s will auction the Frances Lasker Brody collection in New York in May, worth well over $150 million, including Picasso’s 1932 painting Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur (Nude, Green Leaves and Bust); other works by Giacometti, Matisse, and Braque are also included. The sale is backed by a guarantee to the sellers, and proceeds partly benefit the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.
artnews.com
The article discusses Fisk University’s involvement in a 30 million dollar art-sharing agreement with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, tied to a 50 percent interest in a collection originally gifted by Georgia O’Keeffe to Fisk University. The dispute centers on terms of the O’Keeffe gift and standing of the O’Keeffe Foundation, with prior court rulings affecting the arrangement.
thenationalnews.com
The article discusses the Armory Show in New York with record attendance and notable sales, including Zou Cao's East Is Red sold for 130,000 and Henri Matisse's Oceanie, Le Ciel listed at 2.5 million dollars; it notes a rebound in the American contemporary art market after a period of uncertainty.
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The article reports that Christie’s won the bid to auction the $150 million Brody collection, previously battled with Sotheby’s. Included is Picasso’s 1932 Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur (Nude, Green Leaves and Bust) expected to fetch over $80 million, along with works by Giacometti, Matisse, and Braque.
latimes.com
Michael Crichton’s art collection, including works by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Pablo Picasso, will be auctioned by Christie’s in May, comprising about 100 works (roughly 80% of his personal collection). The sale is expected to yield around $100 million and will benefit Crichton’s widow, children, other heirs, and estate taxes; Crichton was known for his novels such as Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, and his involvement in art collecting is highlighted by a rarely shown encaustic American flag by Johns.
fineartpublicity.com
The page reports that on March 28 Leslie Hindman Auctioneers will offer property from the Estate of Ronald C. Sloter in a single-owner auction benefitting the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD). The collection includes paintings and prints by Theodore Earl Butler, Robert Henri, George Wesley Bellows, Mary Cassatt, Charles Burchfield, and Childe Hassam, with highlighted works such as George Wesley Bellows, Lady in a Green Dress, estimated at $70,000 to $90,000, and two Butler paintings estimated at $30,000 to $50,000 each. Proceeds will create a named scholarship in Sloter’s parents’ name at CCAD.
artinvestment.ru
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem commissioned two new installations by Anish Kapoor and Olafur Eliasson. Kapoor will present a variant of Cloud Gate titled Prime Minister, a five-meter mirrored sculpture dedicated to Teddy Kollek, while Eliasson will install a wall-adjacent piece consisting of 300 monochrome paintings representing the color spectrum. The project aligns with Kapoor and Eliasson's reputation for monumental works in public and museum spaces.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation is selling Picasso Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto (The Absinthe Drinker) from Picasso’s Blue Period; the painting was bought at Sotheby’s in 1995 for $21.9 million and is now expected to fetch about $60.9 million after a settlement following a prior dispute over sale under duress during the Nazi era.
nytimes.com
The article reports that hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen privately purchased Jasper Johns’s early Flag painting, acquired from Jean-Christophe Castelli, with terms confidential and estimated around $110 million; the work had hung at the Castellis’ Manhattan home and was lent to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art before the sale.
artnews.com
El Anatsui’s large sculptures Intermittent Signals (2009) and Depletion (2009) were shown in a solo exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York and were purchased by private collectors. The seven works in the show reportedly sold for between $450,000 and $1 million, with smaller works averaging $450,000 to $650,000. Anatsui’s practice centers on found metal pieces strung with copper wire, and his rise in visibility comes from gallery representation in Europe and major museum acquisitions.
artnews.com
Martin Kippenberger’s Dinosaurierei sold for €1.1 million ($1.5 million) topping Sotheby’s Amsterdam sale of the BAT ArtVenture Collection. Other top lots included Karel Appel’s Tête tragique at €492,750 ($671,150) and Simon Hantai’s M.C.2 (Mariale) at €480,750 ($654,806). Zero artists Jan Schoonhoven and Günther Uecker also featured among leading works; the auction realized €13.6 million ($18.6 million) with 97.5 percent sold by lot and 99.6 percent by value.
reuters.com
The family of Princess Diana plans a clearout sale valued at $30 million, including a Rubens painting titled A Commander being armed for Battle (1613 or 1614) that could fetch 8-12 million pounds, and a second Rubens work, The Massacre of the Innocents. Also included is Il Guercino's King David; the sale is conducted by Christie's in London and is part of the Althorp estate’s financial arrangements.
theartnewspaper.com
The article discusses Prince Hans-Adam II and the Liechtenstein princely collection, now on display in Vienna's Liechtenstein Garden Palace, described as the world’s greatest royal collection after Britain’s and noting its extensive holdings and long history.
Christie’s
Christie’s announced sales of selected works from Althorp and Spencer House to fund reinvestment in the estate. The group included two Old Master paintings, furniture, porcelain, works of art and carriages, with combined expectations of about £20 million.
Christie’s
Christie’s announced the first auction appearance of Yves Klein’s monumental ANT 93, Le Buffle, with an estimate around $10 million. The release linked the consignment to renewed market interest after Klein works realised £16.36 million across recent London sales.