He would return to the same subjects again and again: forests and trees, fruit and faces, bathers in and out of water. For the renowned French artist Paul Cézanne, it was all about the effort: "I can't seem to express the intensity which beats in upon my senses," he said. "If you look closely at these works, you see the way he moves a ...
A collection of Impressionist paintings procured by the late Texas businessman and philanthropist Edwin Lochridge Cox is expected to amass in excess of $200 million when it goes to auction at Christie’s in the fall.Described by the auction house as “one of the greatest American collections to ever appear on the market,” the 25-peice art assemblage will feature masterpiece works by Caillebotte, Cézanne and ...
A collection of Impressionist masterpiece artworks from late Dallas businessman and philanthropist Edwin L. Cox is expected to fetch more than $200 million at auction through Christie's this fall. The Cox Collection: The Story of Impressionism — which Christie's calls "one of the greatest American collections to ever appear on the market" — will feature works by Caillebotte, Cézanne, and Van Gogh, among others. Twenty-five works ...
Sotheby’s has unveiled four paintings by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas and Claude Monet, all from the same private collection, that will take center stage at the house’s upcoming Impressionist and modern art sale on May 12 in New York. Together, the works are expected to fetch a collected price of $45 million. Leading the group is Cézanne’s Nature morte: pommes et poires, which carries ...
Significant pieces by Paul Cézanne, Wassily Kandinsky, and more are heading to London’s Courtauld Gallery as part of a transformative gift of modern drawings. The 25 works on paper were assembled by the late British collector Howard Karshan, and donated in his memory by his wife, the artist Linda Karshan. The Courtland gallery’s renowned collection includes masterpieces like Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear ...
On Tuesday, 280,000 viewers tuned into the first major auction of the fall season live-streamed from Christie’s Rockefeller center headquarters. The evening sale, which combined modern and contemporary art with the fossilized skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, generated $340.8 million with buyer’s fee across 46 lots. Hammering at $294 million, below the pre-sale low estimate of $305.9 million, it realized a solid sell-through rate ...
Following its global relay “ONE” sale in July, Christie’s will hold the first major sales run by the house’s newly merged modern and contemporary departments this October instead of the traditional November. The hybrid live format day and evening sales will take place at the house’s Rockefeller Center location on October 6 and 7. “We’re giving consignors and buyer multiple opportunities this fall to ...
