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Christie’s in London Sells Monet Masterpiece for $ 80.5 Million A Record for the Artist

LONDON.- Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale took place this evening (24 June 2008) and realised £144,440,500 / $283,970,023 / €182,428,352 - the highest ever total for an art auction held in Europe. The top lot of the auction was Le bassin aux nymphéas, a masterpiece painting by Claude Monet which realised £40,921,250 / $80,451,178 / €51,683,539, a world record price for the artist at auction.

34 works of art sold for over £1 million (44 for over $1 million), and buyer activity at the auction (by lot) was 62% Europe including United Kingdom, 34% Americas, 3% Asia and 1% other. The auction saw a total of 8 artist records established, including for Claude Monet, Henry Moore and Natalia Goncharova.

Olivier Camu, Director and Head of Impressionist and Modern Art, Christie’s London and Thomas Seydoux, International co-head of Impressionist and Modern Art at Christie’s: “This evening’s auction realised the highest total for any art auction ever held in Europe, and illustrates the continuing strength and confidence of the art market. We saw particularly strong bidding for works of the highest quality which were fresh to the market. The leading lot of the auction was ‘Le bassin aux nymphéas’, a masterpiece painting by Claude Monet which witnessed a bidding battle involving many international collectors, before selling to a client in the saleroom for £41 million, a new world record price for the artist at auction. A further highlight was ‘Danseuse a la barre’, an extremely rare early masterpiece in pastel by Edgar Degas, which also drew bidding from a number of international clients and far exceeded its pre-sale estimate, selling for £13.5 million, the second highest price for the artist at auction.”

The top 5 prices of the evening were:

- Le bassin aux nymphéas, a masterpiece painting by Claude Monet which was offered from the Estate of J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller and which realised £40,921,250 / $80,451,178 / €51,683,539, a world record price for the artist at auction.

- Danseuse a la barre, an extremely rare early masterpiece in pastel by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) which realised £13,481,250 / $26,504,138 / €17,026,819 far exceeding its pre-sale estimate of £4,000,000 to £6,000,000.

- Les Fleurs, circa 1912, a rare and powerful work by Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) which sold for £5,529,250 / $10,870,506 / €6,983,443, a world record price for the artist at auction, and a world record price for a work by a female artist at auction.

- Draped Reclining Woman by Henry Moore (1898-1986) which was also offered from the Estate of J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller and which realised £4,297,250 / $8,448,394 / €5,427,427, a world record price for the artist at auction.

- The Portrait of Yanaihara by Alberto Giacometti (1906-1966) which was painted in 1958 and which sold for £4,297,250 / $8,448,394 / €5,427,427.

Property from the Estate of J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller

The auction was led by a selection of seventeen works from the Estate of J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller. J. Irwin Miller, an industrialist from Columbus, Indiana, and his wife Xenia Simons Miller, who were major philanthropists and patrons of the arts and who were instrumental in turning the American city of Columbus, Indiana, into a showcase for modern architecture. The seventeen Impressionist and Modern works together realised £67,540,050 / $132,783,738 / €85,303,083, and was led by Claude Monet’s Le bassin aux nymphéas which realised £40,921,250 / $80,451,178 / €51,683,539, a world record price for the artist at auction.

Works from the Collection of the late Simon Sainsbury

A selection of 7 works from the collection of Simon Sainsbury were sold this evening for a total of £10,424,750 / $20,495,059 / €13,166,459, led by Collioure. Les Balancelles, 1887, an early Pointillist picture by Paul Signac (1836-1935) which sold for £2,953,250 / $5,806,090 / €3,729,955. One of Britain’s most generous philanthropists and discerning collectors, the late Simon Sainsbury assembled throughout his lifetime one of the finest private British collections of the 20th century, from which a selection of furniture, ceramics and art was sold at a landmark auction on 18 June 2008 at Christie’s in London for £16,512,025 / $32,214,961 / €20,772,127, bringing the total to £26,936,775 / $52,710,020 / €33,938,586. Proceeds from the sale of the collection as a whole will benefit the charity established by Simon Sainsbury in 1965, The Monument Trust.

Works from a Distinguished European Collection

A selection of 11 works from a Distinguished European Collection assembled nearly half a century ago realised £9,494,550 / $18,666,285 / €11,991,616, and was led by Les Sapins, Varengeville, a luminous coastal landscape by Claude Monet (1840-1926) which was painted in the Summer of 1882, when the artist was staying at Pourville on the Norman coast in France and which sold for £3,177,250 / $6,246,474 / €4,012,867.

The Hoh Collection

The auction sold 7 works from the impressive collection of 20th century avant-garde works assembled by Alfred and Elisabeth Hoh, which toured various German institutions between 1998 and 2000 as the ‘Languages of Art’ exhibition and which realised £12,816,750 / $25,197,730 / €16,187,555. Leading the selection was Les Fleurs, circa 1912, a rare and powerful work by Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) which sold for £5,529,250 / $10,870,506 / €6,983,443, a world record price for the artist at auction, and a world record price for a work by a female artist at auction.

ARTIST RECORDS:

Claude Monet (1840-1926), Le bassin aux nymphéas, 1919
Sold: £40,921,250 / $80,451,178 / € 51,683,539
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR A WORK OF ART SOLD BY CHRISTIE’S IN EUROPE

Natalia Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962), Les Fleurs
Sold: £5,529,250 / $10,870,506 / €6,983,443
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR ARTIST
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR A WORK BY A FEMALE ARTIST AT AUCTION

Henry Moore (1898-1986), Draped Reclining Woman, 1957-1958
Sold: £4,297,250 / $8,448,394 / €5,427,427
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

Vladimir Baranoff-Rossiné (Russian, 1888-1944), The Rhythm (Adam and Eve), 1910 Sold: £2.729.250 / $5.365.706 / €3.447.143
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

Vera Rockline (Russian, 1986-1934), The Card Player
Sold: £2,057,050 / $4,044,554 / €2,598,307
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

Oscar Dominguez (1906-1957), Machine à coudre électro-sexuelle
Sold: £1,497,250 / $2,943,594 / €1,891,027
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

Leo Gestel (1881-1941), Gladiolen
Sold: £505,250 / $993,322 / €638,131
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

Frits Van Den Berghe (Belgian, 1883-1939), Bloemen over de stad (Fleurs sur la ville) Sold: £241,250 / $474,298 / €304,699
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

source: www.artknowledgenews.com

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Art, as this blog also, is about sharing.

Artists paints artworks, finish it, make exhibition, offer them,… that’s the usual way,…

But…

Here at this page you are in the possibility to see my longterm artworks in process of creation, in process of revealing them, and in every phase of creation.

When the artwork is finished? When artist say or feel it’s enough, but…
What if You think or wish it’s enough for that artwork in the current state of creation?!

If You are interested, I’m inviting You to post with Your comments Your offers also

What if…Again?

Oil on canvas, 80X120cm

This painting I’ve started few years ago!!!
Now I’m ready to continue with painting!

What it is about? By the bible first people on the Earth was Adam & Eve… you probably know the story.. Eden, snake, apple,…

And here my painting goes… Present day at the earth, or somewhere in the sky, in front of the gates of Heaven Eve is still young, and Adam is old, after all those years of healthy  Earth life, with wrinkles, hair loss,…

What If he had this experience, or knows what will happen, consequences, … WOULD HE TOOK THIS APPLE?! WOULD HE HAVE THAT TEMPTATION? WOULD HE?

On my painting they are inforont of the gates of Heaven, Eves hand becomes snake, and in fact Eve/Snake are offering this apple again. In the middle is Holy Grail (represents eternal life)… Will he take in, will he grab it?

Sketches

Drawings on paper.

Current state… underpainting-second layer

White Angel

Oil on canvas, 50X70cm

Orthodox Icon reproduction, original in monastery Mileseva-Serbia

Why am I news presenter?

Yes besides everything I do, I read news. Yes, I’m presenter at the regional TV station Panonija here in my hometown Novi Sad Why?

I’m constantly working on myself, on improvements, to achieve better artistic technique, or to try to catch happiness in life.

To be news presenter good look and voice are not enough! You need something more to be completely here in that single moment. That’s easy someone would say, but it’s not! You are almost never here, in your mind you are usually somewhere out there, with your family, ideas, problems, hopes,… Everyone should learn how to clear mind, how to be completely here. Only than you will be in the possibility to work with 100%, to finish it, and to proceed further Some of the philosophy schools are teaching us that to be present now, here, at the moment is the key, or one of them. If I say don’t think about the elephant, what’s in your mind… elephant Clean your mind, clean your self, and at the end try to catch that tiny moment between breath in and breath out! That will be then only the beginning.

Just spread your wings, and fly

Sotheby’s Summer 2008 Sales of Impressionist & Modern And Contemporary Art Realizes $497 Million

LONDON - Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern and Contemporary Art Sales series concluded, having achieved a remarkable total of £251,047,957 ($497,450,648) –the highest total for any series of Summer Sales ever staged by the company in Europe. 15 new artist records were set (including many for works by leading artists such as Richard Prince, Bridget Riley, Anthony Gormley and Anish Kapoor.)

Robin Woodhead, Chairman Sotheby’s International, said: “Sotheby’s two weeks of sales demonstrated the enormous appeal of quality works in today’s market place, as bidders cast aside pre-sale estimates to pursue the artworks that they found desirable. Our total for sales of Impressionist & Modern and Contemporary Art this year in London and New York is up 22% on the first half of last year and our average sold lot value has increased to $762,961, from $643,757 established in our equivalent sales series in 2007. Sale on sale we are seeing that the art market has continuing strength, which is being bolstered through determined bidding by new and established collectors from all corners of the world.”

The total for sales of Impressionist & Modern and Contemporary Art this year in London and New York is up 22% on the first half of last year. Our Summer Sales average sold lot value has increased to $762,961, from $643,757 in June 2007. 52 lots sell for over £1 million / 102 sell for over $1 million. Seven lots sold for over £5 million / 20 lots for over $5 million. Two lots sell for over £10 million / seven lots for over $10 million.

Contemporary Art - Record total for any series of Contemporary Art sales ever held in Europe (Total: £121/$242.3 million). Sotheby’s worldwide sales of Contemporary Art for the first half of 2008 are up 43.6% on the same period in 2007. Marlene Dumas’ the visitor, from 1995, realized a record £3.17 ($6.3) million, making it the most expensive work by a living female artist at auction. The Evening Sale of Contemporary Art saw an average sold lot value of £1,330,824, which is an increase of more than £200,000 on last June’s average sold lot value of £1,097,403. The Contemporary Art Day Sale achieved £26.8 ($53.5) million – the highest ever total for a Day Sale of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s London. The Lauffs Collection has so far realized a total of $140,243,980 (£71,557,401), against a presale estimate of $57,632,500 – 79,092,000.

Impressionist & Modern Art - The average sold lot value in the Evening Impressionist & Modern Sale was £2,044,930. In the Evening Auction, more lots found buyers than ever before in a various owners sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London: 90% sold by lot (50 sold out of 55 offered). The Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale made £8.9 million - the highest total for any such sale ever held by the company in Europe. The Collection of Haaken A. Christensen commanded a total of £15,246,350 against a presale estimate of £7,103,000-10,655,000.

source: www.artknowledgenews.com