11 mai 2010

Edouard Manet, Self-Portrait with a Palette, est: £20-30 million. Photo: Sotheby's LONDON.- On June 22, 2010, in its evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London, Sotheby’s will offer a masterpiece by the father and a key figure of Impressionism, Edouard Manet: Self-Portrait with a Palette, estimated at £20–30 million*. Charles Moffett, Sotheby’s Executive Vice President and co-curator of the 1983 landmark Manet exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, describes the... [Lire la suite]

La Jeune fille de profil en robe de la Renaissance, Allemagne, XIXe siècle a été renommée depuis cette découverte La Bella Principessa (La belle Princesse) - 24 × 33 cm - Portrait présumé de Bianca Sforza attribué à Léonard de Vinci. NEW YORK (ETATS-UNIS) – L’ancienne propriétaire d’un tableau qui s’avère être de la main de Léonard de Vinci porte plainte contre la maison de vente aux enchères Christie’s pour négligence et réclame des indemnités. La propriétaire initiale – Jeanne Marchig, présidente d’une fondation... [Lire la suite]

The Cigarette Girl. Estimate: £20,000 – 30,000. Photo: Bonhams LONDON.- A stunning and provocative Art Deco statuette, ‘The Cigarette Girl, (£20,000 – 30,000) once owned by Elton John is coming up for auction at Bonhams ‘Design from 1860’ sale on Wednesday 16 June. During the 1970s, the singer amassed a high quality art deco collection, sparking a fashion among the rich and famous for work of this period – Barbra Streisand was another deco fan. Much of John’s art deco collection was dispersed at auction in 1988. The bronze and... [Lire la suite]

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