Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts sale in New York on 13th December 2011, will include The Jean-Vounder Davis Collection of the Raymond Chandler Library – a unique group of books from the collection of one of America’s greatest detective fiction writers. Many of the titles are personalized by the author and offer [Read More]
Daily Archives: November 26, 2011
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Wright are to auction The Kenneth Laurent House and Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright as part of their Important Design sale on 15 December 2011. The Kenneth Laurent House In 1948 Kenneth Laurent commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to build a home that integrated his needs as a wheelchair-bound disabled veteran with Wright’s [Read More]
Phillips de Pury & Company will present a pop-up shop of unique works, limited-editions and prints by artists and designers such as Max Lamb, Martino Gamper, Michael Anastasiades, Tauba Auerbach, Faye Toogood, Bethan Laura Wood, DavidDavid, Snarkitecture, Brunno Jahara, Humans Since 1982, Victoria Wilmotte, Jonathan Muecke, Oeuffice, and Ben Adams at at [Read More]
At Koller Geneva autumn auction on 18 November over 70 % of the objects found new owners. The top lots were successfully auctioned. Good results were achieved especially for the 20th century painters from the West of Switzerland, large format sculptures and design objects made of gold and silver. As ever, classic [Read More]
Wright auctions Important Design is comprised of a number of works from prominent collectors and distinguished interiors as well as exceptional forms by the 20th century’s leading artists and designers. The sale includes more than two dozen sculptures by Harry Bertoia, including an excellent Gong and an unparalleled selection of sculptures from [Read More]
Mademoiselle Dryden, a portrait by the Scottish Colourist J.D. Fergusson, painted in Paris in the golden period before World War I, leads Bonhams 19th and 20th Century Pictures and Prints sale in Edinburgh on 8 December. It is estimated at £50,000-70,000. Paris before the First World War was the centre of the [Read More]
Christie’s will present an auction, in London offering the strongest selection of Russian paintings and works of art on the market this season, on 28 November. The sale will offer rediscovered treasures by many of the most celebrated artists in the field, including Natalia Goncharova, Vasily Vereshchagin, Boris Grigoriev, Filipp Maliavin and [Read More]