The page reports on Sotheby’s Hong Kong auctions showing growth in the Chinese art market. It mentions a record sale for Zhang Xiaogang (1992) at the Contemporary Asian sale, realized 52,180,000 HKD, and notes other top results including Zeng Fanzhi, Zao Wou-Ki, and Wu Guanzhong with their respective estimates and realized prices (all in HKD).
Henri Matisse’s life-size bronze sculpture Back IV (Nu de Dos, 4eme etat), circa 1930, is expected to bring up to $35 million at Christie’s on November 3, sold by a private European collector. Christie’s notes the owner’s recognition of a strong market for modern sculpture, with Conor Jordan of Christie’s praising the work’s scope and significance in modernist sculpture.
Amedeo Modigliani's Nu assis sur un divan (La Belle Romaine) tops Sotheby’s 2 November 2010 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York with an estimate above $40 million. The painting is described as a definitive nude and is associated with Modigliani’s reputed stature in Sotheby’s history; the work will be shown in Sotheby’s Hong Kong and London galleries before exhibition in New York.
Amedeo Modigliani's Nu assis sur un divan (La Belle Romaine) is described as the finest painting by the artist to appear at auction in recent years and is set to lead Sotheby’s 2 November 2010 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York, with an estimated value in excess of $40 million.
Marc Chagall's 1969 oil painting Bestiaire et Musique sold for $4.18 million in Hong Kong, setting a new record for a contemporary Western painting sold in Asia. The work was auctioned by Seoul Auction to an unidentified Asian buyer during a Monday sale, aligning with Sotheby's biannual Asian sales in Hong Kong.
Gerhard Richter wird laut WELT bei Christie's in New York am 10. November eine Versteigerung seines Ölbildern „Zwei Kerzen“ angeboten. Der Schätzpreis liegt bei 12 bis 16 Millionen US-Dollar, mit Aussicht auf einen neuen Rekordpreis für Richter; der bislang höchste Preis für ein Richter-Gemälde liegt bei 15,8 Millionen US-Dollar.
Gerhard Richter’s Zwei Kerzen will be offered at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction in New York on November 10, 2010, with an estimated realized price of 12,000,000 to 16,000,000 USD; the work will be publicly exhibited at Christie’s London during Frieze Art Fair from October 11–15.
Gerhard Richter’s Zwei Kerzen will be offered at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction in New York on November 10, 2010, with an expected realization of $12,000,000–$16,000,000. The painting will be exhibited publicly at Christie’s in London from October 11–15 during Frieze Art Fair.
Jeff Koons’ Balloon Flower (Blue) is to be highlighted in Christie’s New York November 2010 Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale. The sculpture from 1995–2000 is estimated at $12,000,000 to $16,000,000; part of Koons’ Celebration series which includes a Magenta version that set a world auction record in 2008.
The UW–Madison news page reports the gift of the Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection, a private collection of more than 70 sculptures and 250 preparatory drawings by artists including Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, Pablo Picasso, and David Smith, to the Chazen Museum of Art. The collection spans 1915 to the mid-1980s and was first presented publicly in 1995 at the Chazen; it will be installed in the expanded facility opening in October 2011. The Lanes built the collection over four decades, acquiring works and related drawings, with notable pieces such as José de Rivera’s Construction #46, Lee Bontecou’s Bird, Seymour Lipton’s Cerberus, and John Storrs’ Forms in Space, along with numerous works by David Smith and others.
Carol Vogel reports that Titian’s Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child With Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria, dating to about 1560, will be shown at Sotheby’s in New York ahead of a January 27 auction with an estimated value of $15 million to $20 million.
Irma Stern's Bahora girl sold for £2.4m (€3.8m) at Bonhams London, setting a new world record for South African art. The sale totaled £6m for 151 works, with Mandela-related pieces among the lots.
Bloomberg-style? Not applicable. The page notes Bonhams announces the November 9, 2010 bi-coastal auction of Modern and Contemporary Art in New York and Los Angeles, featuring works from the School of Paris including four Fernand Léger paintings, plus pieces by Renoir, Poliakoff, Buffet, Archipenko and Rodin, among others; also highlights Eastern European artists and a notable Guston cover lot.