Retrato de Lucian Freud

Tríptico del Retrato de Lucian Freud:

" La obra de arte en tonos carmesí captura una visión distorsionada de Freud".

El retrato de Francis Bacon de su amigo y colega artista Lucian Freud se vendió por US $ 37 millones en una subasta en Londres.


Sotheby's dijo que El retrato de Francis Bacon y de su amigo y colega artista Sotheby's dijo que el tríptico "Tres estudios para un retrato de Lucian Freud fue compradó por un licitador que desea permanecer en el anonimato”.

La obra de arte en tonos carmesí captura una visión distorsionada de Freud, quien como Bacon fue uno de los principales artistas de posguerra de Gran Bretaña.

En el año 1952, Lucian Freud realizó un retrato de Francis Bacon. Estos dos autores se conocieron en Londres y mantuvieron una buena amistad y relación artística.

Ambos tenían en común muchos aspectos artísticos en sus producciones, como fue la representación de la figura humana.

A finales de la década de los años 80 durante su exhibición en una galería de Berlín, esta obra de pequeño tamaño fue robada.

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Rare art of Marc Chagall at Sotheby's

Sotheby's is going to present the annual auction of Israeli & International Art on December 14th. This year we are honored to present Property from the Collection of Lillian and Jack Cottin, New York, descendent of art collector and original owner Max Cottin, who acquired them from the 1945 exhibition at the Gallery of Jewish Art in New York. 

The collection that notably includes three large, rare synagogue interiors by Marc Chagall from 1931 and 1935, which have been in the collection since 1945. Other highlights include important works by Mordecai Ardon, Reuven Rubin and Nahum Gutman.

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Asian Art in London

Asian Art in London is an annual event which involves London's leading Asian art dealers, joining together for a series of selling exhibitions during the 10 days of Asian Art in London.

At the same time, the major auction houses of Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's hold auctions and gallery talks. In combination with this, the premier London Museums and Institutions present exhibitions and lectures.


A sample of the magnificent selection of Asian antiques and contemporary Asian art from: India; China; Japan; the Himalayas and Korea, spanning some 5000 years of culture - including ceramics, furniture, glass, jade, jewellery, manuscripts, metalwork, paintings, screens, stone carvings and textiles.

The international trade in Chinese art is worth at least $10 billion a year, according to Bloomberg calculations. Record quantities of material are being offered at a time when Asian buyers have become more discriminating. They’re also finding it more difficult to borrow money for purchases, said dealers.

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The art market is really not predictable

Litzlberg am Attersee

"The art market is really not predictable," said Daniella Luxembourg, a dealer in New York and London. "It's influenced by the nervousness about the financial markets and the political instability around the world."


Christie's Nov. 1 sale missed its low estimate after the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 5.2 percent in two days. The index rose 1.6 percent yesterday before Sotheby's auction.


"If ever there was a turnaround, I think it happened tonight," Sotheby's auctioneer, Tobias Meyer, said after the two-hour-plus sale.


The top lot, Klimt's "Litzlberg am Attersee," was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owner and recently returned to the woman's grandson. The 1915 work depicts verdant hills above the lake of the title in western Austria.


Earlier this year, the Museum of Modern Art in Salzburg, Austria, returned the work to Georges Jorisch, grandson of Amalie Redlich, who owned it until she was deported to Lodz, a Polish town with a large Jewish ghetto, and never heard from again. The Gestapo sold off her collection."

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Stolen $40 Million Klimt Helps Art Auction Rebound at Sotheby's:

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Pablo Picasso to excite a robust market

L' Abaude

 " Christie's and Sotheby's hold their big autumn art sales in New York starting next week, with both houses looking to Pablo Picasso to excite a robust market.


The prominence of important works by Picasso, Matisse and other modern masters in the impressionist and modern art sales at Christie's on Tuesday and Sotheby's on Wednesday reflects the healthy appetite this year for big-ticket works, auctioneers said.


A strong market is also expected the following week when the two houses hold their contemporary art auctions.

Nu de dos

Simon Shaw, head of the modern and impressionist department at Sotheby's, said the offerings are "slightly bigger in the number of lots, (which) reflects perhaps an increased confidence."


A low estimate of $185 million is expected for the Wednesday sale, led by Picasso's playful and erotic "L'Aubade," estimated at US$18-25 million (S$22-31 million), and Henri Matissse's monumental bronze sculpture of a woman seen from the back, "Nu de dos," estimated at US$20-30 million."



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Viva el arte de Cabusri>Picasso takes lead in big New York art sales:

Las artes de Rufino Tamayo

 "Una pintura de rodajas de sandía del artista mexicano Rufino Tamayo, que está valorada en hasta 2 millones de dólares, lideraría la venta de arte latinoamericano de Sotheby's el próximo mes dijo el martes la casa de subastas.


Pintada en 1950, "Rebanadas de sandía" muestra el fruto sin semilla, situado en una posición contra un telón de tonos rojos y calabaza.


Sotheby's dijo que el trabajo tenía un significado personal para el artista porque en su juventud ayudó a su tía a vender la fruta en un puesto de mercado de la Ciudad de México.


"'Rebanadas de sandía' fusiona la estética modernista internacional del cubismo con un tema local y simbolismo", dijo Sotheby 's en un comunicado."


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Pintura de Tamayo lidera venta de arte latinoamericano: