A rare and charming painting by one of the 20th century’s most famous modern abstract painters, Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), has surfaced at auction in London for the first time in years, after spending decades in a private collection. Lot 35 – “Au bord de la mer” – is expected to fetch £100,000-150,000 [Read More]
Daily Archives: November 13, 2008
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A West Country landmark is up for sale when two Sherborne train station signs go under the Charterhouse hammer in their specialist sale of trains and railwayana at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne on Thursday 11th December. “The signs, which graced the station for many years, have, not surprisingly, been entered for [Read More]
Sotheby’s Milan will hold an auction on Monday 17 November 2008, 6.00 p.m. The catalogue – consisting of over 140 lots – opens with a pictorial group of Fondo oro panels among which is a striking gold-ground painting by Salomone de’ Grassi, The Trinity, commissioned by the Visconti family. Salomone, a renowned [Read More]