Chagall Brings $238,250
Art, whether it is contemporary, comic or expressionist, continues to be
one of the most solid investments in the collector’s field. This week Bonhams
and Butterfield’s sold King David and Nude with Blue Face, 1964, a wash,
gouache and India ink on thick paper by Marc Chagall from a Northern California
collection for $238,250. This work coincides with Chagall’s completion of the
canvas that covers the ceiling of the Opera in Paris and the murals seen in the
lobby of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
one of the most solid investments in the collector’s field. This week Bonhams
and Butterfield’s sold King David and Nude with Blue Face, 1964, a wash,
gouache and India ink on thick paper by Marc Chagall from a Northern California
collection for $238,250. This work coincides with Chagall’s completion of the
canvas that covers the ceiling of the Opera in Paris and the murals seen in the
lobby of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
This sale was just part of an event that brought in over $2.4 Million at
the famed Auction House. The auction covered Modern, Contemporary and Latin Art.
National and international bidding was strong for a pair of Edward Ruscha 1970’s
early works on paper signed and dated by the artist from a Canadian private
collection. Wind Blown Paper, 1975, a pastel, sold for $183,250,
tripling its pre-sale expectation, while Hope, 1972, one of the rare
gunpowder drawings, more than doubled its estimate, selling for $194,250.
the famed Auction House. The auction covered Modern, Contemporary and Latin Art.
National and international bidding was strong for a pair of Edward Ruscha 1970’s
early works on paper signed and dated by the artist from a Canadian private
collection. Wind Blown Paper, 1975, a pastel, sold for $183,250,
tripling its pre-sale expectation, while Hope, 1972, one of the rare
gunpowder drawings, more than doubled its estimate, selling for $194,250.
Several lots hammered after highly competitive bidding. An oil on canvas
used as an illustration in an exhibition on Austrian Herbert Bayer’s works
published in 1967 sold for $71,250. Bayer’s oil on canvas Ethereal,
1935, was estimated at $8,000 to $12,000 and originally in the collection of the
artist’s wife, gifted to a Santa Monica family. Another Bayer work offered by
that California family tripled its estimate — Griechisch, tempera on
cloth, dated 1934, sold for $20,315.
used as an illustration in an exhibition on Austrian Herbert Bayer’s works
published in 1967 sold for $71,250. Bayer’s oil on canvas Ethereal,
1935, was estimated at $8,000 to $12,000 and originally in the collection of the
artist’s wife, gifted to a Santa Monica family. Another Bayer work offered by
that California family tripled its estimate — Griechisch, tempera on
cloth, dated 1934, sold for $20,315.
Details on this as well as upcoming events at Bonhams can be found at
http://www.bonhams.com/.
http://www.bonhams.com/.
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Chagall Brings $238,250
Art, whether it is contemporary, comic or expressionist, continues to be
one of the most solid investments in the collector’s field. This week Bonhams
and Butterfield’s sold King David and Nude with Blue Face, 1964, a wash,
gouache and India ink on thick paper by Marc Chagall from a Northern California
collection for $238,250. This work coincides with Chagall’s completion of the
canvas that covers the ceiling of the Opera in Paris and the murals seen in the
lobby of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
one of the most solid investments in the collector’s field. This week Bonhams
and Butterfield’s sold King David and Nude with Blue Face, 1964, a wash,
gouache and India ink on thick paper by Marc Chagall from a Northern California
collection for $238,250. This work coincides with Chagall’s completion of the
canvas that covers the ceiling of the Opera in Paris and the murals seen in the
lobby of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
This sale was just part of an event that brought in over $2.4 Million at
the famed Auction House. The auction covered Modern, Contemporary and Latin Art.
National and international bidding was strong for a pair of Edward Ruscha 1970’s
early works on paper signed and dated by the artist from a Canadian private
collection. Wind Blown Paper, 1975, a pastel, sold for $183,250,
tripling its pre-sale expectation, while Hope, 1972, one of the rare
gunpowder drawings, more than doubled its estimate, selling for $194,250.
the famed Auction House. The auction covered Modern, Contemporary and Latin Art.
National and international bidding was strong for a pair of Edward Ruscha 1970’s
early works on paper signed and dated by the artist from a Canadian private
collection. Wind Blown Paper, 1975, a pastel, sold for $183,250,
tripling its pre-sale expectation, while Hope, 1972, one of the rare
gunpowder drawings, more than doubled its estimate, selling for $194,250.
Several lots hammered after highly competitive bidding. An oil on canvas
used as an illustration in an exhibition on Austrian Herbert Bayer’s works
published in 1967 sold for $71,250. Bayer’s oil on canvas Ethereal,
1935, was estimated at $8,000 to $12,000 and originally in the collection of the
artist’s wife, gifted to a Santa Monica family. Another Bayer work offered by
that California family tripled its estimate — Griechisch, tempera on
cloth, dated 1934, sold for $20,315.
used as an illustration in an exhibition on Austrian Herbert Bayer’s works
published in 1967 sold for $71,250. Bayer’s oil on canvas Ethereal,
1935, was estimated at $8,000 to $12,000 and originally in the collection of the
artist’s wife, gifted to a Santa Monica family. Another Bayer work offered by
that California family tripled its estimate — Griechisch, tempera on
cloth, dated 1934, sold for $20,315.
Details on this as well as upcoming events at Bonhams can be found at
http://www.bonhams.com/.
http://www.bonhams.com/.
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