Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
It’s a freeform design, by Jouve
25 April 2022The toast of Briscadieu’s (23% buyer’s premium) sale in Bordeaux on April 9 was this freeform ceramic wall sculpture by the French ceramicist Georges Jouve (1910-40).
Gere’s taste for Le Gray
18 April 2022This 19th century albumen print is by the pioneering French photographer Gustave le Gray (1820-84).
Chinese and Japanese items from family collection bring strong demand in Chicago saleroom
18 April 2022Many of the Asian sales in the US held over recent weeks took place in New York as part of its Asia week celebrations but auctions were also staged in other cities.
Catering to the Victorian tourist
18 April 2022By the 1850s, tourist travel to Middle East created strong demand for photographs as souvenirs.
Simple Strawberries come to life
11 April 2022Paintings by Old Masters bear fruit as new artist auction highs are set in Parisian sales
Artist and mountaineer Loppé loved the grand Alps
11 April 2022This view of the Mer de Glace and the Grands Charmoz at Chamonix was one of two large-scale dramatic paintings of Alpine mountainscapes by Gabriel Loppé (1825-1913) offered in Artcurial’s (26/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) March 23 Old Masters sale. Both had remained with the artist’s family.
Bonnard and Vuillard friendship in focus
04 April 2022Bonnard – Vuillard une Amitié is an exhibition of 70 drawings celebrating the friendship and close association of these two French intimiste artists.
Castle view comes to Atlanta
04 April 2022This view of a Rheinish castle in a landscape is attributed to the 17th century Dutch landscape artist Herman Saftleven the Younger (1609-85).
Julius Caesar Märklin boat steams into saleroom
04 April 2022A collection of toy boats will be part of the toy auctions to be held by the Ivoire group’s Chartres saleroom on April 23-24.
Roberts in sketch and finished form
04 April 2022An oil on panel of a Spanish water carrier with his donkey in Granada by the Australian Impressionist Tom Roberts (1856-1931) accompanied by the artist’s pen and ink sketch for the work is to be offered in the sale at Smith & Singer in Sydney on April 12.
The man behind the tribal mask
04 April 2022Fang secret society relic comes with long provenance to French colonial governor
Popeye shows his strength at Ohio auction
04 April 2022A feature of Milestone’s spring toy sale in Willoughby, Ohio, on April 9 will be a collection of over 60 Popeye-related toys.
Louis XVI-style commode by François Linke offered in Cannes
04 April 2022This Louis XVI-style commode from c.1900 is by the Parisian ébéniste François Linke (1855-1946).
Karl doll comes to auction
28 March 2022This rare bisque socket head doll was made by Kämmer and Reinhardt as part of its art character series, c.1910.
Einstein doctorate certificate on offer at Bonhams
28 March 2022The original doctorate certificate awarded to Albert Einstein by the University of Zurich in 1905 will be a highlight offering at Bonhams in New York.
Seated figure of Chinese deity creates new top price for Chantilly porcelain at auction
28 March 2022A new high for a piece of Chantilly porcelain and two pre-emptions for paintings featured in a recent sale held by Daguerre (30% buyer’s premium) at Drouot in Paris.
Characteristic Rohlfs chair sets record
28 March 2022A characteristically elaborately pierced and carved oak hall chair by the US furniture maker and designer Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) proved to be the toast of the most recent Cottone (20% buyer’s premium) auction.
Lantern clock unites Closon and White
28 March 2022This clock sold at Veilinghuis de Jager (35% buyer’s premium) in Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands, brings together two important names in English lantern clocks.
Teniers painting emerges after 200-year wait
28 March 2022The last time this painting by David Teniers the younger (before 1610-90), depicting an alchemist in his workshop, was mentioned in a publication was back in 1877 and it comes to the market after having been in a Swiss family collection for over 200 years.
Miró from Hubert de Givenchy's bedroom to be offered at Christie's
28 March 2022Highlights from Christie’s sales of works from the collection of Hubert de Givenchy, which are to be sold in Paris in June, are currently on a world tour that takes in the US: Palm Beach March 5-26; New York April 8-13 and Los Angeles April 27-29; then Hong Kong May 23-27 before returning to Paris.