What the Art Market has to say about Georges BRAQUE (1882-1963)

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René Gimpel’s Derain scandal [01 Dec 2020]

Lawsuits with theatrically artistic names are a regular feature of the art world and they occasionally spill over into mainstream media: Pissarro’s Shepherdess (since 2016), The despoiled porcelains of the Manufacture de Sèvres (returned to Lucie Jonquet’s beneficiaries in 2020) and – just recently (30 September ) – a successful appeal concerning René Gimpel’s Derain […]

After Basel… London [19 Jun 2018]

The high-end art market’s last major rendez-vous before the summer has begun: London’s Impressionist & Modern Art sales. Artprice takes a look at the catalogues and the prices. Both Christie’s and Sotheby’s are hoping to finish the first half of 2018 in style… and both have prepared large selections of high quality works. Between June […]

Flash news: Impressionist and Modern Masterpieces – Ross Lovegrove – Magdalena Abakanowicz [12 May 2017]

Impressionist and Modern Masterpieces in New York This is one of the most anticipated auctions of the year: the prestigious sale of Impressionist and Modern artworks at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York takes place on May 15th and 16th, 2017. The giants of Modern art are represented in a hundred lots, of which artprice […]

Flash News : The Kann Collection – Art Basel Hong Kong – Art KARLSRUHE [17 Feb 2017]

The Kann Collection A watercolour in light tones. On one side, Georges BRAQUE (1882-1963) drew a still life with grapes and, on the other, a beautiful nude woman lying down. This artwork bears the Kann inventory number 1116: seized in October 1940 by the intervention team of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR), it was stored at the […]

Flash News: Focus on Guggenheim Bilbao – Richard Serra – Hermann and Margrit Rupf – Francis Bacon [06 Jan 2017]

2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, one of the five museums of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, located in the Spanish Basque Country. Famous for its flexible architecture in glass and titanium designed by Frank Gehry, the museum attracts visitors both for the quality of its monumental […]

The best sales in Spain [16 Sep 2016]

Discover the best sales every Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week, the ten best results recorded in Spain during the first half of 2016 are reviewed. The best sales in Spain Rank Artist Hammer Price Artwork Sale 1 Joaquín SOROLLA Y BASTIDA (1863-1923) $421,989 Monte Ulía, san Sebastian (1917) […]

Latest New York summits [17 May 2016]

Traditionally a crucial month for big auction houses, May sees the art market’s major dealers and collectors converge on New York for the Frieze (5-8 May 2016), which acts as a prelude to the much anticipated prestige sales of Modern and Contemporary art

The year’s first results from London [10 Feb 2015]

Sotheby’s and Christie’s held their first major sales of the year in London on February 3 and 4, each hosting sessions dedicated to Impressionist / Modern Art and Surrealism.

Flash News: Giuseppe Penone – An alchemist in Grenoble — Claude Rutault exhibiting in New York — Braque – Gris – Léger – Picasso [29 Dec 2014]

Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: Giuseppe Penone – An alchemist in Grenoble — Claude Rutault exhibiting in New York — Braque – Gris – Léger – Picasso

Small sizes [29 Mar 2013]

Friday is tops! Every other Friday, Artprice offers you the bid ranking for each category. This week: the top ten sales prices for small-format art in 2012.

Impressionist & Modern sales in London: the right balance? [15 Feb 2011]

The results of the Impressionist & Modern February sales in London were respectable compared with the results of the same sales a year earlier, although somewhat less spectacular.

Impressionist & Modern Art sales in London: maintained confidence [31 Jan 2011]

As usual, the first major dates in the global auction calendar are the prestigious sales organised by Christie’s and Sotheby’s in London.

Return of market effervescence [17 May 2010]

With a large number of major collectors clearly back in acquisitive mode, the results of the big sales in New York during May amply covered the price expectations and were a far cry from those posted in May 2009.

Cubist sculpture [28 Aug 2006]

As a Fine Art segment, the price index for Cubist sculpture contracted in 2005, but seems to be growing again this year.

Fauvists at the National Gallery of Art [14 Dec 2004]

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fauvism, the National Gallery of Art (Washington) will be hosting a major exhibition of the works of this movement from December 12 2004 to May 30 2005.

Star turns at the Impressionism & Modern Art auctions in New York [16 Apr 2003]

Sotheby’s and Christie’s are taking similar approaches to the evening auctions to be held on 6 and 7 May. Both are banking on Renoir and Degas from the impressionists, dropping Picasso, and hoping to continue selling Giacometti sculptures in bulk. Some of the works on offer may seem oddly familiar…

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