A Juan de Juanes fetches 400,000 euros at Alcalá
Madrid, 05/24/12 The lot started in 90,000 euros, a very reasonable sum nowadays, but the frenetic sucesión of bids at the beginning made it clear very soon that we were beyond a paining with an excepcional hidden value. Besides its pictorical quality and its marvelous state of preservation, the main attractiveness of the piece layed in the speculations of...
Equipo Crónica attests its sweet moment at Segre
Madrid, 05/23/12 It started in 20,000 euros, a very attractive price for a signature piece by this trio, who set the aesthetical tone during the transition to democracy in Spain. Finally it sold to a bidder in the room for 36,000 euros, after an intense wrestle between four collectors, three of them on the telephone. Sorolla once again demontrated his steel...
The Orientalism of José Cruz Herrera blooms
Madrid, 05/22/12 Cruz Herrera was well-known in the fifties for his Maghrebi genre scenes, reaching his fame in the exotic exhibitions of African painters that triumphed in Madrid during those years. Now, largely due to the growing Marrocan and French markets, his works continue to be in demand. The work sold at Goya Auctions, a perfect example from his...
Record for a Japanese Inro box
London, 05/22/12 The Edward Wrangham collection is, without doubt, one of the most important contributions of Japanese art to the market this year. The revenue of the sale confirms it: 5.7 million pounds. With an 82 per cent of lots sold, a slight rise in the demand of the peripherical arts of the Great Chinese giant has been perceived- Korean art also...
The fascination of the small
Madrid, 05/17/12 Fernando Durán's most important bet for May 9 and 10 was Old master painting, the same as the preceding sale of the collection of Gutiérrez Soto. However, contrary to the success achieved the prior evening, hopes failed to materialize making Contemporary art top of the crop. In this category Benjamin Palencia shone with his composition...
A table-service fit for a king
London, 05/16/12 August III of Poland inaugurated in 1734 what would later be known as one of the most pittifull and unstable reighns in the country. The Polish king preffered hunting, the arts and music than pressing affairs of state of greater importance. However his frivolity allowed for artisans and artists to work. His attention to presentation, detail...
Almost half a million euros for flowers
Madrid, 05/10/12 They arrived just before the paintings took centre stage and they did not even have time to sit down. Almost from the doorway and in less than two minutes, the collectors, Dolman Acevedo and Florence Thyeblot, acquired the four magnificent works by Pedro de Camprobín for their starting price (80.000 euros each) "a real bargain" according to the...
The Scream to the sky
New York, 05/03/12 The vibrant representation of the human figure who screams to release his deepest desperation, was the last version of the subject in private hands. Until recently housed in Norway, where the other three versions remain, t was the property of Peter Olsen, whose father was a friend and client of the legendary artist. The pastel on cardboard,...