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Jasper Johns, Flags I, a 1973 colour screenprint, is donated to the American Friends of the British Museum by Leslie and Johanna Garfield and acquired by the British Museum. The work is numbered 7/65 and has been valued at over $1 million in recent comparable sales.
algemeiner.com
A Jewish family seeking the return of a $35 million painting stolen during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands accuses the Netherlands’ restitutions committee of bias after it ruled against them. Lawyers for the heirs to Robert Lewenstein claimed there was an appearance of partiality and a conflict of interest in the committee that advises on art restitution.
news.artnet.com
The article concerns Camille Pissarro's La bergère rentrant des moutons (Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep), looted during the Nazi era. Léone Meyer reached a settlement with the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art that would split the painting’s display between the U.S. and France, but Meyer now seeks to alter those terms and has filed a lawsuit in France to bar the painting’s return to the United States. The involved institutions include the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (University of Oklahoma) and the Musée d’Orsay, with legal comments from Ron Soffer and statements from university leaders.
antiquesandthearts.com
Giorgio de Chirico's Ariadne’s Afternoon sold for $15.9 million in the Impressionist & Modern evening sale, a new auction record for the artist. A Carlo Mollino dining table sold for about $6.18 million in the Contemporary Art evening sale. Sotheby’s total for the evening across Contemporary, Impressionist and Modern art was $283.9 million.
olivershuttleworth.com
The page covers Sotheby’s New York Impressionist, Modern & Contemporary Evening Auctions on 28 October 2020, noting strong overall results with notable sales such as Frank Stella’s Concentric Squares (over 8m USD with premium) and Matthew Wong’s Dialogue (1.7m USD with premium), while Brice Marden’s ‘3’ and Clyfford Still’s ‘1957-G’ were withdrawn from the Contemporary sale and a Rothko remained unsold at 25m USD; the author comments on market vitality and the role of back-guarantee bids.
thecollector.com
Two Joan Mitchell paintings, Untitled (1953–54) and Two Pianos (1979), are expected to fetch more than $19 million at a Phillips auction in New York on December 7, 2020. The sale also includes works by Ruth Asawa, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, René Magritte, Barkley Hendricks, Mickalene Thomas, and Amy Sherald, as part of Phillips’ 20th Century and Contemporary Art Evening Sale.
straussart.co.za
Strauss & Co’s NORTH/SOUTH sale, held in Cape Town and Johannesburg, achieved R98.6 million with 628 lots sold and a 70% sell-through. World records were set for Sydney Kumalo, Mustafa Maluka, and Neil Rodger; Irma Stern was among top lots. The sale highlighted new buyers and emerging artists in the secondary market.
theartnewspaper.com
Camille Pissarro’s La Bergère Rentrant des Moutons (1886) is at the center of a dispute after Léone-Noëlle Meyer, the French heiress who agreed in 2016 to share the painting with the University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art, changed her mind and sought to prevent the work from returning to Oklahoma for three years. US museum groups including the AAM and AAMD expressed concern that the settlement provisions be honored to avoid undermining Nazi-era restitution efforts.
theartnewspaper.com
The Art Newspaper reports that David Ross, Carphone Warehouse co-founder and chair of the Royal Opera House board, purchased David Hockney's Portrait of Sir David Webster for £12.8 million (with fees) at Christie's. The portrait will be loaned back to the Royal Opera House immediately and then to the National Portrait Gallery for its 2023 reopening exhibition before returning to ROH on long-term loan.
knoxnews.com
Nuria Martinez-Keel reports that a federal judge ruled a Nazi-looted painting should be returned to the University of Oklahoma and that Leone Meyer must stop litigating in France. The 1886 painting “Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep” by Camille Pissarro, which Meyer agreed to share with OU in 2016, is alternated between the Musee d’Orsay and OU’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The court ordered Meyer to comply with the 2016 settlement and cease litigation in France.
brisbanetimes.com.au
Brett Whiteley’s Henri's Armchair from the Lavender Bay series sold at Menzies Art Auctioneers in Kensington for 6.136 million including premium, surpassing the previous Australian art record of 5.4 million for a Sidney Nolan Ned Kelly painting. The painting was auctioned by Justin Turner to a private Sydney collector for 5 million prior to premium.
press.christies.com
Christie’s reports that its Heritage and Taxation experts negotiated the Acceptance in Lieu for Marc Chagall’s L Écuyère (1949–53), which has been allocated to the National Galleries of Scotland’s collection.
reuters.com
Brett Whiteley’s Henri’s Armchair sold for A$6.25 million ($4.6 million) at auction in Sydney, surpassing the previous Australian record of A$5.4 million. The sale underscores strong interest in art as an investment during the pandemic, with Coralie Stow of Menzies Art Brands noting increased bidding as people spend more time at home.
auctiondaily.com
Helen Frankenthaler’s Hermes, a 1989 color Mixografía, sold for $47,500, a record for the print. The sale also set records for Dorothea Rockburne’s Locus at $42,500 and Lee Krasner’s Special Blue at $17,500.
economictimes.indiatimes.com
The artwork Henri’s Armchair by Brett Whiteley sold for A$6.25 million (about $4.6 million) at auction in Australia, setting a new national record. Coralie Stow of Menzies Art Brands commented on the bidding surge as art investment gains prominence during the pandemic.
Phillips
Phillips’s preserved release documents Phillips Announces Highlights from December 20th Century & Contemporary Art Sales and details the principal works, sale terms, or market results.
Christie’s
Christie’s documents the market development behind RELEASE | Quentin Blake: 200 Drawings Sold to Benefit House of Illustration – Online, 2 to 16 December 2020 - Christie's. Its account reports that lONDON: Christie’s Classic Week presents Quentin Blake: 200 Drawings, open for browsing from 25 November and bidding from 2 to 16 December.