Lot 154: Max Liebermann Corso auf dem Monte Pincio Painted in 1911 Estimate: £200,000-300,000
On September 19, international auction house Christie’s will offer Visions of Collecting: Royal and Aristocratic, An Important Private Collection. The auction comprises 350 lots, and reflects a fascination with royal provenance (with objects from the British and other European Royal families) as well as Britain’s great country houses.
Lots up for grabs include furniture, paintings, ceramics, sculpture, tapestries, silver, objects and works of art, lighting and soft furnishings. The description of these objects goes as “royal and aristocratic, grand and exotic, ornamental and practical.” <p><strong><em></em></strong><strong><em>Lot 86: </em></strong>A Meissen porcelain Royal armorial dish from the 'Coronation service' 1733<br><strong><em>Estimate:</em></strong> £8,000-12,000<br></p> Leading the sale is Corso auf dem Monte Pincio, 1911 by Max Liebermann, which was owned by Paul Cassirer, the influential modern art dealer and publisher (estimate: £200,000-300,000).
<p><strong><em></em></strong><strong><em>Lot 30: </em></strong>A pair of Royal George III mahogany stools supplied under the direction of Sir William Chambers or John Yenn, possibly by Robert Campbell, circa 1780-95<br><strong><em></em></strong><strong><em>Estimate:</em></strong> £6,000-10,000</p> A neat pair of mahogany stools from George III’s Windsor Castle (estimate: £6,000-10,000), a majestic bronze statuette of his eldest son George IV by Rundell, Bridge & Rundell (estimate: £15,000-25,000) and a richly decorated armorial Meissen dish from Augustus III’s Coronation Service (estimate: £8,000-12,000) are also included in the auction.
<p><strong><em></em></strong><strong><em>Lot 4: </em></strong>A Queen Anne walnut wing armchair, Early 18th century<br><strong><em>Estimate:</em></strong> £6,000-10,000<br></p> “There is always a vision behind any collection, a desire to create, to improve, to beautify. So it was with this intriguing and diverse group of works of art, assembled with an eclectic but immensely discerning eye over more than thirty years. If there is one theme that stands out, the leitmotif linking all these objects together, it is provenance. Where things come from, where they are going – these objects are on their journey just as we are. Their past life, who has owned and enjoyed them, the palaces and great houses they have adorned, is all part of their story and their appeal - the romance of objects,” said Charles Cator, Deputy Chairman, Christie’s International.
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The collection is expected to realise in excess of £2 million (around $2.46 million), according to a release shared by the auction house.
Scribbles, Scratches And Other Abstract Pieces Of Art That Made Millions
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Who says a scribble or a scratch is worthless? Check out these abstracts which sold for a fortune thanks to their minimalistic allure.
Who says a scribble or a scratch is worthless? Check out these abstracts which sold for a fortune thanks to their minimalistic allure.
Cost: $70.5 million
What seems like chalk scribbles on a slate is actually an oil-based house paint and crayon artwork on canvas by Edwin Parker ‘Cy’ Twombly Jr, which fetched a record price for the artist in Christie’s 2014 sale. Part of Twombly’s ‘blackboard’ paintings, the 1970 artwork is inspired by his stint in Pentagon as a cryptologist. What’s interesting is the way he produced this artwork. He sat on the shoulders of a friend, who kept on walking along the length of the canvas, enabling Twombly to create fluid lines. The painting’s then owner, Audrey Irmas, a philanthropist, parted with the painting to raise funds for her foundation for social justice. Interestingly, Irmas bought the painting for $3.85 million in 1990.
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Cost: $70.5 million
What seems like chalk scribbles on a slate is actually an oil-based house paint and crayon artwork on canvas by Edwin Parker ‘Cy’ Twombly Jr, which fetched a record price for the..
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Cost: $1.65 million
Once part of the Robert and Jean Shoenberg collection, this 1961 artwork came into the market at Christie’s 2008 sale. Kelly was a camouflage artist during his stint in the army in the 1940s. He was a part of the unit known as ‘the Ghost army’ comprising artists and designers who painted objects that would misdirect enemy soldiers.
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Cost: $1.65 million
Once part of the Robert and Jean Shoenberg collection, this 1961 artwork came into the market at Christie’s 2008 sale. Kelly was a camouflage artist during his stint in the army ..
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Cost: $86.88 million (including buyer’s premium)
The vibrant orange, red and yellow coloured rectangles was part of art collector David Pincus’s estate and was brought to the market by Christie’s in 2012 where its sale set the record for post war/ contemporary art at the time. Rothko’s 1961 work was in Pincus’s possession for four-and-a-half decades. The final bid was double the highest estimate of the artwork.
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Cost: $86.88 million (including buyer’s premium)
The vibrant orange, red and yellow coloured rectangles was part of art collector David Pincus’s estate and was brought to the market by Christie’s i..
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Cost: $16.2 million
The 24 sharp vertical tears on a crimson, water-painted seven- foot wide canvas was contested for about a minute and 30 seconds during Sotheby’s 2015 auction. Yet, the painting was sold below the low presale estimate of $15 million. Turns out, Fontana was inspired to paint this artwork watching Red Desert, a 1964 movie created by Michelangelo Antonioni, which won the Golden Lion in that year’s Venice Film Festival. In fact, the inscription on the back of the painting, in Italian, reads, “I returned yesterday from Venice, I saw Antonioni’s film!!!”
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Cost: $16.2 million
The 24 sharp vertical tears on a crimson, water-painted seven- foot wide canvas was contested for about a minute and 30 seconds during Sotheby’s 2015 auction. Yet, the painting ..
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Cost: $84.16 million
Newman’s 1961 stark black palette on a pale canvas was part of Christie’s post-war and contemporary evening sale auction in 2014. Newman started dabbling in abstract expression while he was mourning the death of his younger brother George. About the painter’s black fixation, art expert Thomas Hess recalled Newman saying, “When an artist wants to change, when he wants to invent, he goes to black as it is a way of clearing the table-of getting to new ideas.” The painting is in the possession of a private collector now. Its previous owner had the painting for nearly 40 years.
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Cost: $84.16 million
Newman’s 1961 stark black palette on a pale canvas was part of Christie’s post-war and contemporary evening sale auction in 2014. Newman started dabbling in abstract expression..
