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First Freda then Thelma and Wallis for Edward VIII
30 May 2022“It is quite pathetic to see the Prince and Freda. His love is so obvious and undisguisable.”
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Michelangelo discovery brings €20m at Christie’s in Paris
23 May 2022One of only a small number of drawings by Michelangelo still remaining in private hands sold for €20m (£16.9m) at Christie’s Paris last week.
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Cazabon winds his way back to Trinidad
02 May 2022In February 2020 Lancashire saleroom Gerrards (20% buyer’s premium) sold a watercolour by Trinidad’s first internationally known artist, Michel-Jean Cazabon (1813-88), for £24,000 (see News, ATG No 2430).
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Christie’s to offer Michelangelo drawing after French export block removed
07 April 2022A Michelangelo (1475-1564) drawing previously declared a ‘National Treasure’ in France will be offered at Christie’s following the expiry of its export block.
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Pick of the week: First look at Sydney Harbour Bridge
04 April 2022Cyril Arthur Farey (1888-1954) was one of the most renowned British architectural draughtsmen of the 20th century.
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Firm foundation for Sarah Stone
28 March 2022Group of 18 lots sets a new level of demand and prices as recent trends drive strong interest
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Dupas depicts the joys of wine
21 March 2022Prints, drawings, paintings and decorative arts from the 20th century will be on offer at Briscadieu in Bordeaux on April 9.
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Study heads up a Harold Knight selection
28 February 2022Early works by Harold Knight (1874-1961) are not seen very often at auction but a group of six appeared at Mellors & Kirk of Nottingham at the end of last year.
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Tiepolo drawing emerges from safe at Sitwell family home ahead of Dreweatts' auction
27 September 2021A drawing from Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s (1696-1770) Punchinello series is among the highlights of the contents of Weston Hall in Northamptonshire.
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EH Shepard art sold in Dallas
14 June 2021An Illustration Art sale held in Dallas by Heritage (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) included a classic EH Shepard Winnie-the-Pooh work.
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Henry Moore sculpture design features among Bismuth collection
17 May 2021Beaussant-Lefèvre is holding a series of sales on May 28 at the Drouot auction centre. Among them is an auction of Old Master and Modern paintings and antique furniture assembled by the collector James Bismuth (1931-2020) offered for sale by his descendants.
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Napoleon St Helena shirt and cane feature in auction to mark bicentenary of his death
05 May 2021Napoleon’s cane made for him when in exile on St Helena and a shirt he wore there are two of the lots featured in a London auction held to mark the bicentenary of his death.
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Bernini drawing sets auction record
29 March 2021An Old Master drawing by the Italian Baroque sculptor, architect and artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) sold for a hammer price of €1.55m (£1.34m) at an auction in Compiègne in France.
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Trade tastes a virtual slice of the Big Apple
08 March 2021Without the usual January influx of collectors, curators and dealers to the Big Apple, two significant art-buying dealer events decided to go virtual. For some exhibitors, the results were better than expected.
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Works boosted by Ford family values
01 March 2021Collection in Cheltenham auction is latest in a series of valuable consignments with Ford family distinguished provenance
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Letter including drawing of turbulent lovers Verlaine and Rimbaud sold at at Christie’s
01 February 2021Sold for €160,000 (£144,145) was a letter sent by Félix Régamy to his brother Frédéric including a drawing of Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine in England.
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Striking a pose for nearly 50 years
18 January 2021Life model depicted by Freud, Auerbach and even Lennon amassed her own art collection
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Hugs and kisses, Christopher Robin
18 January 2021Mounted in an autograph book that was compiled from 1937 onwards by Miss Joyce Cartmell, a sketch of Christopher Robin was a highlight of a Yorkshire sale.
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Balthus inspired by Burgundy
16 November 2020On December 8 Artcurial will hold a sale titled Balthus à Chassy devoted to around 150 drawings, watercolours and paintings by Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, known as Balthus.
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Stanley Spencer Gallery acquires the artist's last known self-portrait drawing
09 November 2020The last known drawn self-portrait of Modern British artist Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) has been acquired by the Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham.
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