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Gun found in a field where artist van Gogh shot himself to be sold in Paris
13 June 2019Vincent van Gogh died from a gunshot wound in the summer of 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise in the south of France.
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Pick of the week: Heavyweight bid as Aztec mosaic made of feathers sells to Paris museum
03 June 2019A remarkable example of 16th century cross-culture art – a feather ‘mosaic’ picture made in Mexico for Christian conquerors – has been purchased at auction by the Musée du Quai Branly.
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Speculation mounts over whether Louvre in Paris will label Salvator Mundi as a ‘workshop’ picture
30 May 2019The question regarding the authorship of Leonardo's ‘Salvator Mundi’, the world’s most expensive painting, has again been the subject of media attention this week after it was claimed that experts at the Louvre in Paris are reluctant to exhibit it as a fully autograph work.
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Record for Hans Daucher sculpture as putti point to earliest example of Renaissance architecture in Germany
29 May 2019A pair of early 16th century carved stone putti was the toast of a recent auction at Sotheby’s Paris. Created for the chapel of a famous German Renaissance banking family, they sold as part of a collection from a French château for €1.95m (£1.71m).
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Well-known private collection of African art comes up in Sotheby’s Paris auction
27 May 2019Tribal art makes regular saleroom appearances in Paris, which is one of the major commercial centres in this sector.
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Third slice of pre-Columbian works on offer at Drouot
27 May 2019At the Drouot auction centre on June 6 the Paris firm of Binoche et Giquello will be selling a third instalment from a US collection of pre-Columbian works from Meso, Central and South America which is expected to realise in the region of €3m-4m.
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A selection of dates for your tribal diary: May-October 2019
27 May 2019Tribal art is a sector with truly international appeal and fairs and shows go on throughout the year across various locations.
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Salvador Dali Christmas card designs on sale this summer
20 May 2019A group of 15 works on paper by Salvador Dalí (1904-89) which were produced as Christmas card designs will be offered in Paris this summer. They are estimated to raise up to €1m at Artcurial’s Modern and Impressionist Art auction in Paris, writes Alex Capon.
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Salvador Dalí original Christmas cards predicted to make up to €1m at Paris auction
15 May 2019A group of 15 works on paper by Salvador Dalí (1904-89) which were produced as Christmas card designs will be offered in Paris this summer. They are estimated to raise up to €1m at Artcurial’s Modern and Impressionist Art auction.
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Art Nouveau ‘Dying Swan’ piano emerges in Paris auction
13 May 2019The upcoming Decorative Arts sale to be held by Tajan in Paris includes a number of pieces by one of the master craftsmen of the Art Nouveau movement – Louis Majorelle.
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Paris springs into Asian action with 10-days of auctions, exhibitions and events
06 May 2019Further proof of the success of the dedicated dealer and auction house initiatives promoting Asian art and expertise in Western capitals comes next month in Paris.
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Sèvres pot at Drouot auction is one of Versailles pair
06 May 2019Included in a mixed-discipline sale held in Paris by Daguerre (28% buyer’s premium inc VAT) at Drouot was a Sèvres bough pot in soft paste porcelain.
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Lion and bears give bite to French basin
06 May 2019The highlight of a dedicated ceramics sale held at Drouot by Fraysse (22.17% buyer’s premium) was this large 16 x 22in (41 x 56cm) early French, Moustiers, faience basin made at the Clerissy factory.
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Antonio Canova idealised bust sells at €2m in Monaco
04 May 2019An idealised marble portrait bust of a 16th century Italian noblewoman by the neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova has sold at auction in Monaco for €2m (£1.72m).
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“I designed something entirely new” – early 1930s glass grand piano draws attention in Paris sale
22 April 2019A Modernist grand piano from 1931 by the Danish designer Poul Henningsen was the toast of a dedicated Scandinavian design sale held by Artcurial in Paris.
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Hand of Raphael suspected in Italian Renaissance work
19 April 2019A drawing offered at a Paris auction with an attribution to Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Francesco Penni (1488-1528) was hammered down at €1.13m (£980,000).
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19th century French genre interior scene doubles estimate in Paris auction
19 April 2019An early 19th century painting by the artist Martin Drölling (1752-1817), which came to auction with a preparatory drawing and its companion pendant work has sold in Paris for €235,000 (£200,855), more than double the estimate.
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Paris Drawings Week provides range of prices
19 April 2019Drawings Week in the French capital included a wide variety of styles, eras and value. Pictured here is a selection of highlights and some more affordable items from the vast array of works on paper of all types offered during Drawings Week in Paris in late March.
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Paris gallery hosts ‘Toulouse Caravaggio’ alongside contemporary art installation
19 April 2019The ‘Toulouse Caravaggio’ is currently on show at Paris Contemporary art dealership Galerie Kamel Mennour opposite a work more than 400 years its junior.
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‘More affordable’ options at Paris Drawings Week
19 April 2019Not everything in the spring drawings sales required a six-figure bank balance to purchase. Plenty of more affordable works appeared across all the Paris rooms – both Drouot and the independents (and, of course, in the various dealers shows and fairs). Pictured here are some works within the reach of less elevated budgets.
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