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starkwhite.co.nz
Andreas Gursky's Rhein II (1999) sold at Christie's for $4.34 million, setting a new auction record for a photograph, surpassing the previous record of $3.89 million held by a Cindy Sherman photograph.
baltimoresun.com
The article describes a landscape thought to be by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, titled Paysage Bords de Seine, a 6-inch work purchased by a Baltimore-born woman at a West Virginia flea market for $7 and later slated for auction on Sept. 29.
rlalique.com
Rene Lalique Vase World Records Fall: R.Lalique Cire Perdue Vase Makes $555,000 reports on the R. Lalique Cire Perdue vase, a 1922 Rene Lalique glass piece, and notes its auction-record context.
observer.com
Jean-Michel Basquiat artwork, untitled (1981), acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 78 by 68 inches, is highlighted as Christie’s prepared to offer a large untitled painting depicting a fisherman for around $20 million in November. The piece is tied to prior records of $20.1 million at Christie’s London and $16.3 million at Phillips in New York for large 1981 works; Loic Gouzer is cited as the specialist, with Patrick Demarchelier named as the seller. Basquiat’s rise in stature and the market’s strength are noted.
theartwolf.com
Mark Rothko No.1 (Royal Red and Blue), 1954, estimated at $35/50 million, was announced to lead Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sale in New York on 13 November 2012. The painting, from Rothko’s landmark 1954 show and long in a stable collection, measures 113¾ x 67½ in (288.9 x 171.5 cm).
prnewswire.com
Jeff Koons and Erik Bulatov will be honored by the Hermitage Museum Foundation at its 3rd Annual Gala co-hosted with Phillips de Pury & Company in New York. Neil K. Rector will be recognized for his donation of Oleg Vassiliev's Artistic Vision 2009 to the Hermitage Museum’s Contemporary art collection in St. Petersburg. The event also features works donated for the gala by Damien Hirst, Michal Rovner, Martin Mull, and Ingrid Dee Magidson, with Simon de Pury as host and Martin Mull serving as Master of Ceremonies.
artnews.com
Christie’s will auction Yves Klein’s Accord Bleu (Sponge Relief), formerly in the Brooklyn Museum collection, at the November 14 postwar and contemporary art sale in New York. The relief, created in 1958, is estimated to bring $7 million to $10 million; Klein’s Le Rose du Bleu (RE22), 1960, holds the artist’s world auction record at $36.7 million. The work uses sponges painted in International Klein Blue with a resin medium to preserve wet pigment, reflecting Klein’s interest in immaterial sensibility.
cbsnews.com
The article reports that two men were arrested in connection with the theft of valuable paintings from financier Jeffrey Gundlach. Police recovered most of the artwork, with arrests of Jay Jeffrey Nieto and Wilmer Bolosan Cadiz linked to recovered pieces and ongoing investigations.