Die Helfer by Neo Rauch sells for $980,378
Posted on Mar 7 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
The oil painting by Neo Rauch titled “Die Helfer” sold during Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction on February 12 for £623,650 ($980,378), over 2 times the pre-auction estimate.
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Two pieces of Tyeb Mehta sell at Christie’s South Asian and Modern Art auction in the million dollar range
Posted on Sep 27 - Filed Under Arts | 2 Comments
Two paintings of Tyeb Mehta were bought in the million dollar range at Christie’s South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art event in New York on September 16.
Mahishasura – sold for $1,280,900
Two Figures – sold for $926,500
A sad actuality of this event is Tyeb Mehta recent passing on July 2, 2009. You can learn more about him on Wikipedia or through this editorial of the New York Times
Wayne Thiebaud’s painting titled “Ripley Street Ridge” was bought for $1,022,500 during Christie’s Post-War And Contemporary Art auction in New York on May 14. I for one love this painting a lot. As the lot note describes it well, Thiebaud captures something very uniquely Californian so well on this painting. And it’s more than the obvious, the landscape and lights.
Eshgh (Love) by Farhad Moshiri sells for $1,048,000 in Dubai
Posted on May 2 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
Iranian artist, Farhad Moshiri’s painting “Eshgh (Love)” was sold for $1,048,000 during Bonhams “Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian, Indian & Pakistani Art” auction in Dubai.
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Contemporary art million-dollar sales: Warhol, Fanzhi, Dubuffet
Posted on Feb 20 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
Recent million dollar contemporary art sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s
As usual, the competing auction houses were running similar events around the same time. February 5, London, New Bond Street and February 11, London, King Street respectively.
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