Art du XXème siècle/20th century art

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced further details on The Collection of Joan and Preston Robert Tisch, which will be offered as a central highlight of the Impressionist and Modern Art and Post-War and Contemporary Art Sales taking place in New York this May. Encompassing over 40 objects in total, The Collection of Joan and Preston Robert Tisch is expected to realize more than $80 million. Collection proceeds will go to the Tisch family foundations to continue the couple’s lifelong philanthropic mission. Conor... [Lire la suite]

Amedeo Modigliani, Nu couché (sur le côté gauche). Signed Modigliani (lower left). Oil on canvas, 35¼ by 57¾ in.; 89.5 by 146.7 cm. Painted in 1917. Estimate in excess of $150 million. Courtesy Sotheby’s. HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s unveiled Amedeo Modigliani’s stunning Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) to a packed audience of collectors and media, who are the first ever to view the masterpiece on exhibition in Asia. The painting is estimated to sell for in excess of $150 million in Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko, No. 7 (Dark Over Light), 1954, oil on canvas, 90 ⅛ x 58 ⅝ in. Estimate in the region of $30 million. © Christie’s Images Limited 2018. NEW YORK, NY.- Mark Rothko’s monumental canvas, No. 7 (Dark Over Light), 1954, will highlight the May 17 Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York (estimate in the region of $30 million). At nearly eight feet tall, No. 7 (Dark Over Light) belongs to a select group of canvases that were among the largest that Rothko ever painted. Its grand scale is matched only by... [Lire la suite]

Kazimir Malevich, Landscape, 1911. Gouache on paper laid down on board, 41 3/4 x 41 3/4 in. (106 x 106 cm.). Estimate: £7,000,000-10,000,000. © Christie’s Images Limited 2018 LONDON.- Kazimir Malevich’s Landscape (1911, estimate: £7,000,000-10,000,000) will be a major highlight of Christie’sImpressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 20 June 2018, part of ‘20th Century at Christie’s’, a series of auctions taking place from 15 to 21 June 2018. The monumental, square-format landscape is from ‘The Red Series’, a group of... [Lire la suite]

Francis Bacon, Study for Portrait, 1977, oil and dry transfer lettering on canvas, 78 x 58⅛ in. (198.2 x 147.7 cm.). Estimate on Request. © Christie’s Images Limited 2018.  NEW YORK, NY.- Francis Bacon’s Study for Portrait (1977, estimate on request) will star in Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, which will take place on 17 May 2018. The powerful large-scale eulogy to his great muse and lover George Dyer was painted in Paris in 1977 and was last exhibited in London the same year at... [Lire la suite]

Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale “ATTESA”, 1964–65, signed and titled on the reverse, waterpaint on canvas, pink, 46 x 38 cm, estimate €480,000–650,000. © Dorotheum VIENNA.- At Dorotheum, the 16th of May 2018 will be all about the international greats of contemporary art. Top lots include several excellent examples of the work of Lucio Fontana: two paintings from the nineteen-sixties – one pink, the other green – represent his „Concetto Spaziale“, cutting the canvas to open up the traditional panel painting to... [Lire la suite]

Cy Twombly, Coronation of Sesostris (Part V), 2000. Acrylic, wax crayon, and lead pencil on canvas, 81 x 61 1/2 inches (206 x 156.5 cm). Private Collection. © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Gagosian. NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian is presenting Coronation of Sesostris, Cy Twombly’s epic painting that was shown for the first time at Gagosian 980 Madison Avenue in 2000. The exhibition coincides with “In Beauty it is finished: Drawings 1951–2008,” at Gagosian 21st Street, the first career-spanning presentation of Twombly’s works... [Lire la suite]

Pablo Picasso, Le Marin, 28 October 1943, oil on canvas. Estimated in the region of $70 million. © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. NEW YORK, NY.- This spring, Christie’s will offer Pablo Picasso’s Le Marin, 28 October 1943 (estimate upon request), in the May 15 Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art. Executed at the height of Occupation, Le Marin, widely recognized as Picasso himself, clad in his iconic striped fisherman’s jersey, offers one of the most profound and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 20. Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, firmato l. fontana (in basso a destra); firma e titolo l. fontana "Concetto spaziale" (sul retro), olio e matita su tela, cm 73,5x60,5. Eseguito nel 1966. Estimate EUR 800,000 - EUR 1,200,000 (USD 990,376 - USD 1,485,564). © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Provenance: Donato direttamente dall’artista all’attuale proprietario nel 1966 "If any of my discoveries are important, the ‘hole’ is. By ‘hole’ I... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1070. Gerhard Richter (B.1932), Abstraktes Bild, signed, numbered 607-1 and dated 1986 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 70.5 by 100.3 cm; 27⅞ by 39½ in. Estimate 17,000,000 — 25,000,000 HKD (1,770,227 - 2,603,275 EUR). Lot Sold 20,520,000 HKD (2,124,322 EUR). © Sotheby's 2018 Provenance: Marian Goodman Gallery, New YorkChristie's, New York, 19 November 1992, lot 171Jason Rubell Gallery, Palm BeachChristie's, London, 22 April 1998, lot... [Lire la suite]