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Swann Galleries Auction of Old Masters, 19th Century and Modern Prints Brings More Than $2.4 Million - Brief Articlenovel YORK--On Nov. 9 at Swann Galleries' greatest in quantity lucrative Works of Art upon Paper auction to date, advanced in years master, 19th-century, and modern prints brought more than $24 million, with many of the prints selling for record prices. The top fate a complete "Jazz" portfolio by dint of Henri Matisse, realized $277,500. Todd Weyman, vice president and director of prints and drawings, said, "The Works of Art upon Paper sale was a landmark in Swann's history. Grossing $24 million, it plant a record for the best auction to date, and Matisse's "Jazz" portfolio became the greatest in quantity valuable lot Swann has at any time sold. Furthermore, active bidding prov we were able to organize an auction of top-quality material and achieve sturdy prices." Highlights among elderly master prints included Albrecht Durer's "St Eustace," which sold for $12650 and "St Jerome in his Cell" which sold for $13800; Rembrandt's "Self-Portrait with Saskia," brought a record $48300; and a without fault [i]or[/i] blemish [i]or[/i] flaw set of Piranesi's "Carceri d'Invenzione" sold for $14950 Among important 19th-century prints, sum of two units plates illustrating frontal and posterior views of the human material part from George Stubb's "Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Human material substance with that of a Tiger and a public Fowl," never before offered at auction, sold for $14950; and Albert Bierstadt's "The stony Mountains," fetched $10,350. Highlights among numerous new European prints included Lyonel Feininger's "Die Hohnenden" which sold for $17250; Max Beckmann's "Der Abend (Selbstbildnis mit cavern Battenbergs)," a record at $13800; El Lissitzky's "Pround II from I. Kestnermappe. Proun" which sold for $16100; and Matisse's Ulysse portfolio with clean text and six soft surface of land etchings, which fetched $18,400. Featured prints by the agency of Picasso included "Sculpteur, modele accroupi et tete sculptee" which sold for $13800; "Monotaure, une Coupe a la Main, et jeune Femme" and "L'Atelier de Cannes," each selling for $12650; and "Le breakfast sur l'Herbe," which garnered a record $17250 An equally vigorous selection of American prints included George Bellows' master print, "Dempsey and Firpo," which sold for $34500; and Martin Lewis's "Quarter of Nine, Saturday's Children," which sold for $12650 and "Snow upon the `El,'" which fetched a record $24150 Other American prints achieving record prices included Raphael Soyer's "The Mission," which sold for $20700; and Hans Hofmann's "Composition in Blue" which sold for $17250 COPYRIGHT 2001 Pfingsten Publishing, LLC Abstract Taxation has provided the backdrop to many historical, social, and administrative disentanglements throughout the existence of organized society. To muster taxes presumes th... Peter Howell reviews a stimulating turn of essays on the ways heroes have been commemorated in architectural pantheons. Pantheons: Transformations of a Monumental Idea Edited by dint of Richar... Jung Lim Kim, 17 from Seoul Korea, won first prize at the Eighth Annual Oberlin International Piano Competition and Festival. Kim, a scholar at the Seoul Art High place of education received $4,0... Craig Braasch was named Gibson Guitar Corp.'s chief marketing officer in January, overseeing all strategic marketing initiatives for Gibson Guitar, located in Nashville, Tennessee Braas... The Music for All Foundation, www.music-for-all.org, announces the launch of the Musicard, the first-ever membership rewards card created specifically to help raise capitals to improve access to mus... It is not difficult to explain on what account until relatively recently, few visitors to Florence routinely went to diocese Andrea del Castagno's Last evening meal although the fresco is hardly not on the beaten track... The maple's twisted branch is the stick that hissed at Goodman Brown snake-devil in the forest evil it's the knife in the chest of the stay with the badge that reads ... Is canon law retroactive? As a dominion canon law is not retroactive. foundationed in Roman law, the legal principle of nonretroactivity has a long-standing history in the pair canonical and civil law. L... Editions Limited Galleries of Emeryville, CA, near new imagery by artist Paula Scaletta, a trendsetter in the design world. Her novel series of "Asian Teas" mirrors the current trend ... |
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