More million-dollar paintings sell in London this week
Posted on Jun 26 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
As we wrote about it before, both Christie’s and Sotheby’s have large, multi-day modern art sale events this week in London. New results are in from the latest auctions and many masterpieces went for around a million dollars. Below is the selection of some of the recent sales:
“Idylle” by Henri Martin - 541,250 GBP ($1,064,098)
“Les deux fusils” by Fernand Léger - 481,250 GBP ($946,138)
“La dame en rose” by Raoul Dufy - 577,250 GBP ($1,134,874)
“MARCHÉ À LA VOLAILLE À GISORS” by Camille Pissarro - 577,250 GBP ($1,146,245)
“JEUNE FEMME À L’OMBRELLE” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - 505,250 GBP ($1,003,274)
“L’ARAIGNÉE VERTE” by Fernand Léger - 481,250 GBP ($955,618)
The highest prices at Christie’s and Sotheby’s were paid for the paintings below, respectively.
“Nu sur fond rouge” by Marc Chagall - 881,250 GBP ($1,732,538)
“Danseuse” by Gina Severini - 15,049,250 GBP ($29,910,384)
Le bassin aux nymphéas by Monet sold for over $80 million
Posted on Jun 24 - Filed Under Arts | 2 Comments
Several amazing paintings were sold today in the million dollar price range in London, during the “Impressionists and modern art” auction at Christie’s.
“Nature morte. Poissons et poêle” by Pablo Picasso - sold for £577,250 ($1,134,874)
“Chaumières au flanc de la Montagne Sainte-Marguerite” by Paul Gauguin
- sold for £577,250 ($1,134,874)
“Frau mit erhobenem Bein und lila Strümpfen” by Egon Schiele - sold for £481,250 ($946,138)
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“Gladiolen” by Leo Gestel - sold for £505,250 ($993,322)
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The record price was paid for Claude Monet’s “Le bassin aux nymphéas”. “Le bassin aux nymphéas is one of the great rarities of Impressionist and Modern art: a painting of Monet’s beloved water lilies, forming part of his final painting campaign, that was signed, dated and sold by the artist soon after its execution.”
A record price of £40,921,250 ($80,451,178) was paid for this masterpiece. Twice the pre-auction estimate.
The total sale price for all items in this lot was £144,440,500 ($284,258,904) - Unbelievable. See the evening results at Christie’s. The auction continues tomorrow. This is one of the most amazing set of paintings on the block I’ve ever seen.
Sotheby’s has its own Impressionists auction tomorrow so we will be covering that as well. Tune in through our RSS feed
Tags: Arts, Christie's, Claude Monet, Egon Schiele, Gladiolen, Impressionists, Leo Gestel, London, modern art, Nature morte, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Rarities, Sainte Marguerite, Water LiliesMonet Painting Expected To Sell For Over $36 Million Next Week
Posted on Jun 19 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
Paintings from impressionists and modern artists will hit the auction scene in London next week. Among them are Monet, Picasso, Degas, Schiele,Matisse, Miro, Goncharova, Kandinsky and many others. This is expected to be a major event with pre-auction estimates of $10M-$40M in some cases.
We’ll be covering the million-dollar sales as soon as the hammer prices are in and also the record breakers. Tune in through our RSS feed.
Tags: Arts, Degas, Goncharova, Impressionists, Kandinsky, London, Matisse, Miro, modern art, Monet, Picasso, Schiele“Tableau autobiographique - Ultratableau biosensible” by Victor Brauner sold for $993,000
Posted on May 24 - Filed Under Arts | Leave a Comment
Victor Brauner’s painting was sold for $993,000 as part of the Sotheby’s sales of impressionists and modern art in New York, on May 7.
Other notable sales at the auction was Fernand Léger’s Cubist painting, the “Étude pour La Femme en Bleu” which sold for $39,241,000. Munch’s “Girls on a Bridge” also broke record for the artist with the hammer price of $30,841,000
Tags: Arts, Cubist, Fernand Léger, Impressionists, modern art, New York, Sotheby, Sotheby's, Surrealism, Surrealist art, Victor Brauner
