Posts Tagged ‘sothebys’

A Turner to buy at Sotheby’s

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale_ J.M.W. Turner

Giacometti Sculpture breaks world record on Sotheby’s Auction

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Certainly no crisis on the Art market. A sculpture by the famous Swiss art sculptor Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) has hit a new record during auction for the highest price ever of 65 million pounds (74 million Euros).

“L’Homme qui marche I” is a life size bronze figure of a moving man and faces a great recognition value for Giacometti.

According to Sotheby’s it has just beaten Picasso’s record of his work “Boy with a pipe” that has been sold 2004 for about 104 million dollar, which was just under Giacometti’s.

Sotheby’s glimpse on Zero Foundation Düsseldorf – Great property from the ‘Sammlung Lenz Schönberg’

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Sotheby’s is showing 49 works for auction on the 10th February in London from the famous Schönberg Sammlung. A great Amount of these works are from the 50ths artist’s movement ‘Zero’ in Düsseldorf, Germany. Among the works are names such as Fontana, Richter, Klein, Manzoni and much more.

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Malewitsch painting sold for 60 Million $

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Shortly the painting “Suprematist Composition” by Kasimir Malewitsch which you can see above has been sold by Sothebys in New York for 60 million Dollar.