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    ADAM BUCK AT THE CRAWFORD GALLERY

    Saturday, February 6th, 2016
    The work of Cork born Regency period portraitist Adam Buck (1759-1833) is celebrated in an exhibition now on at the Crawford Gallery. One of Regency England’s most sought after portrait painters he worked in Cork and Dublin for 20 years before moving to London in 1795.  There he immediately gained a roster of star clients including the Duke of York and his scandalous mistress Mary Anne Clarke.

    The second of four surviving children Adam was born to a family of silversmiths in Cork. His younger brother Frederick (1765-1840) became an established miniature painter who worked in Cork.  The Adam Buck exhibition is a distilled version of the exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford last year entitled: An Elegant Society: Adam Buck, an artist in the age of Jane Austen. It contains works from the National Gallery of Ireland, the Royal Collections Trust and the Crawford Permanent Collection.  A monograph publication written by Peter Darvall will accompany the exhibition which is at the Crawford until April 9.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for July 17, 2015).

    Adam Buck - Mary Anne Clarke by statue ©Private Collection.

    Adam Buck – Mary Anne Clarke by statue ©Private Collection.

    Adam Buck - First Steps ©Private Collection

    Adam Buck – First Steps ©Private Collection

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    AN ASSURED START TO 2016 AT CHRISTIE’S

    Saturday, February 6th, 2016
    Max Ernst - The Stolen Mirror - was the top lot of the week at Christie's.

    Max Ernst – The Stolen Mirror – was the top lot of the week at Christie’s.

    RESULTS from the February auctions of Impressionist, Modern and Surreal art offer an assured start to 2016 according to  Christie’s.  The sales in London this week brought in £117.8 million.  The top lot of the week was The Stolen Mirror by Max Ernst which made £7.6 million.

    Christie’s report that demand continues across price levels, styles, media and periods. There were buyers from 35 countries across five continents for the week of sales.  There were new and established buyers at all price levels at King St. and South Kensington.  The Impressionist & Modern Art and Picasso Ceramics Sale realised the highest ever total for a various owner sale in the category at South Kensington.  No less than 46% of lots were either sold or directly underbid online.

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    ENDURING COLLECTORS IN RESILIENT GLOBAL MARKET

    Friday, February 5th, 2016
    Paul Delvaux - Le Miroir - sold for £7.3 million, an auction record.

    Paul Delvaux – Le Miroir – sold for £7.3 million, an auction record.

    Collectors were out in force as Sotheby’s recorded sales of £126.8 million in London this week.  The enduring appetite of collectors in a resilient global market was noted by Helena Newman, Global Co-Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Department.

    She said: “The outstanding result of today’s ‘Picasso in Private’ auction drew the week of sales to a close on a high note, with prices soaring above high estimate. Looking at the results across our first sale series of 2016, we have seen solid demand and activity at each level of the market across as broad an international spectrum of participants as ever. We saw 5 works selling for over £7 million / $10 million through to 19 works that sold over £1 million / 26 over $1million, and extraordinary strength in sculpture and Surrealist art this week. With a remarkable 543 lots offered over the course of the week at a sell-through rate of 78%, the sale results reflect the enduring appetite of collectors in a resilient global market.”

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    PICASSO’S PALETTE SELLS FOR £45,000

    Friday, February 5th, 2016
    Picasso's palette sold for £45,000.

    Picasso’s palette sold for £45,000.

    The first of Picasso’s paint palette’s ever to appear at auction sold for £45,000 at Sotheby’s in London today. Prices soared at the Picasso in Private sale of work from the collection of the artist’s grand daughter Marina.

    A glazed vase – Trois Visages – sold for £305,000 over a top estimate of £70,000 and Femme Debut – with the same high estimate – made £173,000. A bronze sculpture inspired by Marie Therese Walter sold for £425,000 over a top estimate of £180,000.  A pencil on paper work,   Études pour femme au chapeau, made £250,000 over a top estimate of £70,000.  The sale totalled £12 million.

    Visage

    Visage

    Étude d’un buste de femme, bras levé, sold for £221,000

    Étude d’un buste de femme, bras levé, sold for £221,000

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    AN ATTIC SALE AT JAMES ADAM ON MONDAY

    Friday, February 5th, 2016

    The Attic Sale at James Adam in Dublin on February 8 offers a variety of lots.  These range from an oil study of a man in a bowler hat estimated at just 50-100 to an Edwardian oak cased canteen of cutlery (80-120). An Edwardian inlaid chiffonier has an estimate of 300-400 and an Irish 19th century lowboy has an estimate of 400-600.  The catalogue lists 443 lots and is online.  Here is a small selection:

    AN EDWARDIAN ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID CHIFFONEER (300-400)

    AN EDWARDIAN ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID CHIFFONEER (300-400)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 180 AT HAMMER

    A VICTORIAN JACOBETHAN CARVED AND STAINED OAK UPRIGHT CABINET (300-500)

    A VICTORIAN JACOBETHAN CARVED AND STAINED OAK UPRIGHT CABINET (300-500)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 100 AT HAMMER

    AN EDWARDIAN OAK CASED CANTEEN CHEST (80-120)

    AN EDWARDIAN OAK CASED CANTEEN CHEST (80-120) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 160 AT HAMMER

    Study of a man in bowler hat (20th Century English School) (50-100).

    Study of a man in bowler hat (20th Century English School) (50-100).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 60

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    SOTHEBY’S IMPRESSIONIST, MODERN AND SURREAL SALES ACHIEVE £93.7 MILLION SO FAR

    Thursday, February 4th, 2016
    Auguste Rodin - Iris

    Auguste Rodin – Iris

    Impressionist, Modern and Surreal art brought in a total of £93.7 million at Sotheby’s in London last night.  The top lot was Pablo Picasso’s Tete de Femme which sold for£18.9 million.  It was a portrait of his muse Marie Therese Walter painted in 1935. A lifetime cast of Auguste Rodin’s Iris – once in the collection of Sylvester Stallone – sold for £11.6 million.  The Surrealist section was led by Le Miroir by Paul Delvaux which sold for £7.3 million, a new auction record for the artist.  Henri Matisse’s La Lecon de Piano sold for £10.8 million and  Claude Monet’s Le Palais Ducal vu de Saint Georges Majeur  sold for £11.6 million.

    La Lecon de Piano by Henri Matisse

    La Lecon de Piano by Henri Matisse

    There were participants from 35 countries, which was on a par with last year.  Helena Newman, Global Co-Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Department, said: “Tonight we saw continued market activity across all price levels, with depth of bidding from a broad international spectrum. Five lots selling for more than £7/$10 million and there was particular strength for sculpture and Surrealism – with record prices achieved for both Rodin and Delvaux.”

    Sales of Impressionist and Modern Art continue today.

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    A NIGHT OF STRONG SALES AT CHRISTIE’S IN LONDON

    Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016
    MAX ERNST (1891-1976) The Stolen Mirror

    MAX ERNST (1891-1976) The Stolen Mirror

    THE Stolen Mirror by Max Ernst was the top lot at Christie’s sales of Impressionist and Modern Art and The Art of the Surreal in London last night.  With registered bidders from 35 countries across five continents the sales realized £95.9 million.  There was strong participation from Asia, America and Europe.  The Stolen Mirror, a museum quality work, sold for £7.6 million.  A total of 27 works of art sold for over £1 million and there were artists records for George Scholz and Peter Rose Pulham and a record for a work on paper by Salvador Dali.

    Jay Vincze, International Director and Head of The Impressionist and Modern Art Department, Christie’s London, and Olivier Camu, Deputy Chairman, Impressionist and Modern Art, Christie’s commented afterwards: “We are pleased with the total realised this evening and with the high sell-through rate by value, accompanied by the solid sell-through rate by lot. We had strong interest across price levels and periods, from Paul Cezanne’s 1882 work ‘Ferme en Normandie, été (Hattenville)’, through to Joan Miró’s 1968 ‘Femme et oiseaux dans la unit .”

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for January 31 and January 13, 2016).

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    JOINT ACQUISITION OF TWO REMBRANDT PORTRAITS

    Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016
    rem husbandrem wifeThe first ever joint acquisition of two Rembrandt masterpieces by the French and Dutch states was facilitated through Christie’s private sale channel.  The acquisition cost the Louvre 80 million euro and is the largest ever made by a French museum.  They were acquired from the French branch of the Rothschild family. The portraits of Maerten Soolmans and his wife Oopjen Coppit were executed a year after the couple’s wedding in 1634.   They will always be shown together, alternately at the Louvre and the Rijksmuseum, but will be owned separately.  They will be exhibited publicly for the first time at the Louvre in a few weeks time.  They will then be shipped to Holland for restoration.

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    IMPRESSIONIST, MODERN AND SURREALIST ART AUCTIONS

    Sunday, January 31st, 2016

    An exceptional painting by Henri Matisse  is a highlight at Sotheby’s in London on February 3.  The Impressionist and Modern Art and Surrealist evening sales feature a variety of masterpieces.  The Matisse – entitled La Lecon de piano – has emerged after 85 years in a private collection and is estimated at £12-18 million. Here is a quick preview:

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for January 27, 2016 and December 23, 2015)

    Rene Magritte - Sheherazade (£500,000-700,000).

    Rene Magritte – Sheherazade (£500,000-700,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE £785,000

    Paul Signac - Voile dans la brume. Canal de la Giudecca (£850,000-1.2 million).

    Paul Signac – Voile dans la brume. Canal de la Giudecca (£850,000-1.2 million).  UPDATE: THIS  SOLD FOR £1,025,000

    Francis Picabia - Le Ventilateur (£1.8-2.5 million,

    Francis Picabia – Le Ventilateur (£1.8-2.5 million,  UPDTE: THIS MADE £2.3 MILLION

    Rene Magritte - L'usage de la parole (£500,000-700,000).

    Rene Magritte – L’usage de la parole (£500,000-700,000).   UPDATE: THIS MADE £965,000

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    THE BIG ART SALE SEASON IN LONDON IS ABOUT TO BEGIN

    Sunday, January 31st, 2016

    London’s big art sale season is upon us.  Christie’s kicks off on February 2 with a 50 lot sale of Impressionist and Modern evening sale led by a self-portrait by Egon Schiele.  It will be followed by a sale of Surrealist Art. The top pre-sale estimate for both sales is £129.1 million.  These sales open a week of five Impressionist, Modern and Surreal art sales at Christie’s King Street and South Kensington. With estimates starting from £300 up to £10 million, the auctions present new and established collectors with a wealth of opportunities to acquire rare and seminal examples by masters of the period.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for January 13, 2016)

    Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) Ferme en Normandie, été (Hattenville) (£4.5-6.5 million) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015

    Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
    Ferme en Normandie, été (Hattenville) (£4.5-6.5 million) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015  UPDATE: THIS MADE £5.1 MILLION.

    Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel (£4.8-6.8 million). © Christie’s Images Limited 2015

    Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
    Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel (£4.8-6.8 million). © Christie’s Images Limited 2015  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £7 MILLION.

    Fernand Léger (1881-1955) Le moteur (£4-6 million).

    Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
    Le moteur (£4-6 million). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd.  UPDATE: THIS MADE £5.2MILLION

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