Albert Bierstadt’s Mount Rainier, 1890, oil on canvas, 54 by 83 inches, sold for $2.1 million and Bierstadt’s Lander’s Peak, Wyoming, 1863, sold for $1.9 million at the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction in Reno, totaling $4 million. Charles M. Russell’s Water for Camp, 1892, and A Dangerous Sport, 1924, together brought nearly $3 million, and Maynard Dixon’s Sculptured Sandstone, 1944, sold for $351,000; overall sales exceeded $17 million at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino.
Daniel Garber’s oil on canvas of his daughter, titled “Tanis,” 1915, was purchased with funds from Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest. The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced acquisitions spanning from a 10th century Indian Chola bronze to Sean Scully’s triptych “Iona,” 2004, including Impressionist and Modern works and nearly 200 works by self-taught artists from a major private collection; gifts include works by Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, and Cassatt, and a bequest of Hubert Robert. The additions are supported by gifts, purchases, and pledged donations, with significant contributions from collectors Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz.
Leonardo da Vinci painting Salvator Mundi, or “Savior of the World,” authenticated by scholars and slated for exhibition at London’s National Gallery; the work is owned by a consortium of dealers led by Robert Simon, and was bought at auction in 2005.
Damien Hirst and Gagosian announce a catalogue of every spot painting to date, produced with Other Criteria, to accompany a six-week exhibition of spot paintings across 11 Gagosian locations worldwide. The show will feature around 300 paintings, spanning works from 1986 to the present, while White Cube prepares a separate catalogue raisonné.
Christie’s announced a three-day Cowdray Park country-house auction of approximately 1,200 lots, expected to realise about £5 million, following an £11 million group of works sold in July.