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  • Massive, 44-Foot-Long David Hockney Print to Headline Christie’s Spring Prints Season in London

    A massive print by David Hockney is slated to headline Christie’s London spring prints season. Titled Autour de la maison, été (2019) and measuring almost 40 feet, it carries a high estimate of £300,000 ($400,000). The work is printed on a single sheet of paper. Not only is it among Hockney’s largest prints but also read more

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    Massive, 44-Foot-Long David Hockney Print to Headline Christie’s Spring Prints Season in London

  • Works by Auerbach, Chadwick, and Hepworth to Spearhead Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art Sale in London

    After taking an impressive £197.5 million ($265 million) from its marathon, three-pronged modern and contemporary evening sale last week, Christie’s London is now preparing for its modern British and Irish art sale on March 18. Frank Auerbach, Lynn Chadwick, and Barbara Hepworth spearhead the tightly curated auction of 26 works. Among the top lots is read more

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    Works by Auerbach, Chadwick, and Hepworth to Spearhead Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art Sale in London

  • Christie’s Nabs $450 M. S.I. Newhouse Cache, Led by Pollock, Picasso, and Brancusi Masterworks

    Treasures priced at $100 million by 20th-century masters Jackson Pollock and Constantin Brancusi will lead Christie’s New York’s marquee May art sales, coming from the collection of media magnate S. I. Newhouse, Artnet News has revealed. While Christie’s has yet to confirm Artnet’s report, those two estimates, if met, would far exceed those artists’ current read more

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    Christie’s Nabs 0 M. S.I. Newhouse Cache, Led by Pollock, Picasso, and Brancusi Masterworks

  • Jeff Koons’s Winter Bears Sells for $7.6 M. at Christie’s, Highest Price Ever Achieved for an Artwork in a Mid-Season Sale

    If the $7.6 million paid for a four-foot-tall set of smiling wooden bears has anything to do with it, the price point for the mid-season sales at the major auction houses might be about to go up. Last Thursday, Christie’s sold Jeff Koons’s 1988 sculpture Winter Bears (1988) with a pre-sale estimate of $3.8 million–$5 read more

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    Jeff Koons’s Winter Bears Sells for .6 M. at Christie’s, Highest Price Ever Achieved for an Artwork in a Mid-Season Sale

  • Wassily Kandinsky Painting Estimated at $21.3 M. to Headline Christie’s 20/21 Spring Evening Sale in London Alongside Henry Moore Work

    Wassily Kandinsky’s Le Rond Rouge (1939) will headline Christie’s 20th/21st Century evening sale in London on March 5. The house put a £15.5 million high estimate, or about $21.3 million, on the Russian modernist heavyweight’s painting, which measures 35 inches by 45.7 inches. It was painted when Kandinsky lived in Paris with his wife Nina read more

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    Wassily Kandinsky Painting Estimated at .3 M. to Headline Christie’s 20/21 Spring Evening Sale in London Alongside Henry Moore Work

  • Henry Moore Sculpture Worth £15 M. to Headline Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London this Spring

    A sculpture by English artist Henry Moore that’s fresh to the auction block is headlining Christie’s 20th/21st Century evening sale in London on March 5. Titled King and Queen (1952-53), the 64-inch-tall bronze has a £15 million ($20.5 million) high estimate. Katherine Arnold, Christie’s vice chairman of 20th/21st century art and head of post-war and read more

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    Henry Moore Sculpture Worth £15 M. to Headline Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London this Spring

  • Drawing of Foot Recently Discovered as Authentic Michelangelo Work Sells for $27.2 M. at Christie’s, Sets New Record

    Last March, a person who now wishes to remain anonymous submitted a photograph of a small, framed drawing of a foot to Christie’s online “Request an Auction Estimate” portal. Just under a year later—and after months of authentication research—the work, newly identified as an authentic drawing by Michelangelo, sold for $27.2 million on a $1.5 read more

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    Drawing of Foot Recently Discovered as Authentic Michelangelo Work Sells for .2 M. at Christie’s, Sets New Record

  • Christie’s Set to Sell Ringo’s Drumset, Kurt Cobain’s Guitar, and Jack Kerouac’s Famed ‘On the Road’ Scroll in $30 M. Irsay Sale

    This week,highlights from Jim Irsay’s famed collectionof film, music and sportsmemorabiliaand Americana go on view at Christie’s Los Angeles ahead of theirauctionin March. It’s a 10-minute drive from the Beverly Hills Hotel where the billionaire owner of the Indianapolis Colts died last May at age 65 from an apparent cardiac arrest. Irsay took the HVAC read more

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    Christie’s Set to Sell Ringo’s Drumset, Kurt Cobain’s Guitar, and Jack Kerouac’s Famed ‘On the Road’ Scroll in M. Irsay Sale

  • Record-Breaking Koch Sale at Christie’s Signals Renewed Interest in American Art

    Christie’s record-breaking sale of works from William I. Koch’s Western art collection may look like a one-off, but recent data suggest it fits into a wider, if uneven, revival of historical American art. According to theObserver, the two-part auction realized $84.1 million with fees, more than tripling the previous record for a single-owner Western art read more

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    Record-Breaking Koch Sale at Christie’s Signals Renewed Interest in American Art