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The Van Abbemuseum painting View of Murnau with church by Wassily Kandinsky, deemed looted during the Nazi era, will be returned to the heirs of Johanna Margarethe Stern-Lippmann following a Restitutions Committee ruling in The Hague. The decision marks the first major restitution under a new Dutch policy, following years of investigation and correspondence that uncovered new facts.
nzherald.co.nz
Colin McCahon's 1982 Is There Anything of Which One Can Say, Look, This Is New? sold for $2.39m, setting a New Zealand auction record. Other McCahon works, including O Let Us Weep, sold for $926,125, while Town Boundary by Brent Wong and The Fugitive by Tony Fomison fetched $472,025 and $1.82m respectively. The sale totaled more than $13.5m in part one, with notable artists Rita Angus, Gordon Walters, Toss Woollaston, Gretchen Albrecht, Milan Mrkusich, Don Binney, and Ralph Hotere also represented.
artforum.com
Wassily Kandinsky View of Murnau with Church, 1910, which had been at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven since 1951, is being transferred to the heirs of Johanna Margarethe Stern-Lippmann, a Berlin-based modern art collector killed at Auschwitz in 1944. A Dutch restitution committee reversed its 2018 decision, citing new details from correspondence and inventory lists, marking the first major restitution under the country’s restitution policy.
press.christies.com
Artists mentioned include Jan Brueghel the Younger, J. M. W. Turner, Edouard Manet, Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, Gustav Klimt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Francis Bacon, and Lucian Freud. The artwork collection is Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection and the sale is part of highlights from the collection ahead of two live auctions in New York City, with proceeds supporting philanthropy.
sothebys.com
Pablo Picasso’s Femme assise à la galette des rois, 1965, oil on canvas (100 x 73 cm), leads Sotheby’s Hong Kong Modern Art Evening Auction on 7 October with an estimated HK$60-80 million / US$7.7-10 million. The work depicts Jacqueline Roque, Picasso’s wife and muse, and will be shown unseen in public for more than 30 years. The press release notes Picasso’s relationship with Jacqueline and references the artwork’s royal imagery and the galette des rois motif.
jta.org
The Wassily Kandinsky painting View of Murnau with Church, owned by Johanna Margarethe Stern-Lippmann, is being returned to her descendants after a 2022 decision by the Dutch Restitutions Committee reversing a 2018 ruling and citing new evidence. The painting had been in Eindhoven’s art museum since 1951 and is titled Blick auf Murnau mit Kirche or View of Murnau with Church.
news.artnet.com
The article discusses Willem de Kooning’s Woman-Ochre (1954–55), stolen from the University of Arizona Museum of Art in 1985 and recovered in New Mexico in 2017 before returning home. It notes the painting’s current estimated value at $100 million, the restoration by the Getty, and statements from Getty conservator Ulrich Birkmaier.
news.artnet.com
David Solinger’s collection, including an early de Kooning collage and a painted Giacometti bronze, may bring in $100 million at Sotheby’s with 90 lots across four sales in New York and Paris. The sale features pieces from the late art patron Solinger, who died in 1996, with sales in November in New York and Paris.
news.artnet.com
Joan Miró, Peinture poème (Musique, Seine, Michel, Bataille et moi) (1927) was offered at Christie’s with an estimate of $8–$12 million but failed to meet the reserve. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam later raised about $8 million to acquire the work, which is now part of its collection.
smithsonianmag.com
Whistler’s Peacock Room opened after months of restoration at the Freer Gallery of Art, part of the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. The room was originally painted by James McNeill Whistler for a London patron, with controversy surrounding its creation and its patron, Frederick Richards Leyland. The centerpiece is Whistler’s Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, featuring Rose and Silver: the Princess from the Land of Porcelain.
Christie’s
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["Christie's New York Announces The Roger Sant Collection - Christie's", "Christie's New York Announces The Roger Sant Collection"]. Its account reports that new York— Christie’s is honored to announce The Roger Sant Collection will be sold during the Fall Marquee Week of sales taking place this November in New York.
Christie’s
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["TRACEY EMIN TO OFFER LIKE A CLOUD OF BLOOD (2022) TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PIONEERING STUDIO COMPLEX IN MARGATE: TKE STUDIOS - Christie's", 'TRACEY EMIN TO OFFER LIKE A CLOUD OF BLOOD (2022) TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PIONEERING STUDIO COMPLEX IN MARGATE: TKE STUDIOS']. Its account reports that \- One of the first paintings that Tracey Emin created following her cancer treatment, Like a Cloud of Blood , will be offered by the artist to raise funds for her innovative new artist’s studio complex in Margate.
Christie’s
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["Christie's New York Announces The Roger Sant Collection - Christie's", "Christie's New York Announces The Roger Sant Collection"]. Its account reports that new York— Christie’s is honored to announce The Roger Sant Collection will be sold during the Fall Marquee Week of sales taking place this November in New York.
Christie’s
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["CONTEMPORARY ARTIST ANDREA BONACETO TO AUCTION HIS LATEST NFT WORK “AB INFINITE 1” DURING CHRISTIE’S 20TH / 21ST CENTURY EVENING SALE IN LONDON ON THE\xa0\xa013TH OF OCTOBER 2022 - Christie's", 'CONTEMPORARY ARTIST ANDREA BONACETO TO AUCTION HIS LATEST NFT WORK “AB INFINITE 1” DURING CHRISTIE’S 20TH / 21ST CENTURY EVENING SALE IN LONDON ON THE\xa0\xa013TH OF OCTOBER 2022']. Its account reports that “I’m humbled to see AB Infinite 1 included in the prestigious Evening Sale hosted by Christie’s next to traditional art masterpieces,” said artist Andrea Bonaceto.
Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s documents the market development behind The Huntington acquires British Works of Art | Old Master Minute. Its account reports that the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California have announced their recent acquisition of several British works of art.
Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s documents the market development behind A Legacy of Innovation: Works from the William S. Paley Collection Sold to Benefit The Paley Foundation and The Museum of Modern Art and Other Charitable Organizations. Its account reports that this fall, 21 works acquired by William S.
Phillips
Phillips’s preserved release documents Phillips to Offer Photographs from the Peter C. Bunnell Collection and details the principal works, sale terms, or market results.
Christie’s
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["Online Contemporary Art July Sales Total $11.7 Million\xa0 - Christie's", 'Online Contemporary Art July Sales Total $11.7 Million\xa0']. Its account reports that prints & Multiples sale Contemporary Edition closed Tuesday, July 19, totaling $1,588,230, and selling 138% hammer above low estimate.