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artobserved.com
Paul Cézanne, Card Players, Qatar, via Vanity Fair; the royal family of Qatar announced its $250-$300 million purchase of Card Players by Paul Cézanne, with related notes about previous owner and bids by William Acquavella and Larry Gagosian.
museumpublicity.com
Catherine Wiley (1879-1958) painting Untitled, 1913, oil on canvas, 28 1/2 x 32 3/4 inches was acquired by the Knoxville Museum of Art. The work was purchased at Case Antiques in Knoxville on January 28, 2012, with about $120,000 pledged by donors to cover hammer price, premium, cleaning, and conservation.
vanityfair.com
The Vanity Fair article reports that Qatar purchased Paul Cézanne's The Card Players for more than $250 million, setting a record for the highest price paid for a work of art. It notes that the purchase doubles the previous auction record and mentions there are four other Card Players works in major collections.
artinvestment.ru
Qatar’s royal family reportedly acquired Paul Cezanne's Card Players (Card Players, circa 1892-1895) for 250 million dollars in a private transaction. The sale established a new high price in art history, far above the previous public auction record, and positions Qatar among a select group of institutions that hold major masterpieces.
independent.co.uk
A painting by Paul Cézanne of two peasants playing cards sold for a record price of £158.4 million. The sale to the Qatari royal family broke the previous painting record set in 2006 by a Jackson Pollock work. Cézanne painted The Card Players as part of a series of five oil paintings from 1890 to 1895.
independent.co.uk
The Card Players by Paul Cézanne was sold for £158m to the Qatari royal family, reportedly the highest price for any artwork and signaling Qatar’s prominence in the market; the sale followed rumours and comparisons to Jackson Pollock’s £88.7m No 5, 1948.
observer.com
Joan Miró Painting-Poem (1925) set a new artist record at Christie’s Impressionist & Modern sale in London with a hammer price plus buyer’s premium of £16.6 million ($26.6 million). The painting from 1925 contains the etched words “le corps de ma brune puisque je l’aime comme ma chatte habillée en vert salade comme de la grêle c’est pareil,” and came from a private New York collection; it sold well over its high estimate of about $14 million. The prior Miró record was La caresse des étoiles, which sold for $17,065,000 in 2008 at Christie’s (per Artnet).
bbc.com
Vincent Van Gogh, Edgar Degas, and Claude Pissarro artworks from Elizabeth Taylor's collection sold at Christie's in London for £13.7m; Van Gogh Vue de l'asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy sold for £10.1m, Degas self-portrait sold for £713,250, and Pissarro Pommiers a Eragny sold for £2.9m. The total exceeded the £6.2m estimate; a further sale of 35 works is planned, and a December sale of Taylor's personal items raised £94m.
auctionpublicity.com
Elizabeth Taylor paintings from her collection, including a Van Gogh Vue de l’asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Rémy selling for £10,121,250 ($15,991,575 /€12,165,743), helped Christie’s London achieve £13,787,750 ($21,784,645 /€16,572,876) for the top three Impressionist and Modern works. Edgar Degas self-portrait and Claude Pissarro landscape also sold for £713,250 and £2,953,250 respectively, as part of the Elizabeth Taylor collection tour.
m-news.artron.net
Elizabeth Taylor’s painting collection sold for $21.9 million at Christie’s in London, led by a Vincent van Gogh work that achieved £10.1 million ($16 million) with fees. Other notable sales included Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro pieces, and a Henry Moore sculpture that set a record at £19.1 million; part of proceeds to ETAF. The rest of her collection previously fetched $157 million at Christie’s New York in December.
bbc.com
Francis Bacon's nude portrait of Henrietta Moraes sold for £21m at Christie's in London, with the work having been in private hands for 30 years and not seen publicly for 15 years. The sale price was among the highest for post-war contemporary art at Christie's, and Christie’s Francis Outred commented on the painting as highly seductive and sexually charged.
luxartasia.com
Chu Teh-Chun and Zao Wou-Ki are featured in a Bonhams sale in Hong Kong on May 27, including 15 major works and 12 rare Imperial Chinese works of art; highlighted pieces include Zao Wou Ki, La Mer, 2004 and Chu Teh-Chun, Diffractions Alertes, 1983, among others.
archive.nytimes.com
Edvard Munch’s The Scream (1895, pastel on board, from the late 19th century) is set to be sold at Sotheby’s in New York on May 2. The painting is being sold by Petter Olsen and could fetch more than $80 million; Sotheby’s announcement notes there are four versions of The Scream, with this one being the only version still in private hands.
abc.net.au
Henri Matisse’s Oceania, the sea, and its companion Oceania, the sky have been reunited at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. The gallery purchased Oceania, the sky in 1990 and bought Oceania, the sea (1946) from the Matisse family with funds donated by Timothy Fairfax.