Leonardo da Vinci’s Head of a Bear, offered as the leading lot in the Exceptional Sale held this evening (8th July) at Christie’s London, realised £8,857,500 against a presale estimate of £8,000,000-12,000,000. The result sets a new world record for a drawing by the artist. The previous record for a drawing […]
The Quentin Blake A Retrospective is running at Christies from the 3rd to the 12th July, and includes 178 lots from Quentin Blake’s personal collection, being offered at live auction and an online sale. The sales comprise works from the past 40 years of his career, including illustrations of characters that have […]
Three Studies for a Portrait by Francis Bacon will be the star lot at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on the 6th March 2018. With continued growing interest in Francis Bacon the Three Studies for a Portrait has an estimate of £10,000,000 to £15,000,000. We would not be surprised if […]
Max Beckmann’s Hölle der Vögel (Birds’ Hell) (1937-38) achieved a new world record price for the artist of £36,005,000 / $45,834,365 / €40,865,675 in the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 27 June. Hölle der Vögel (Birds’ Hell) continues the Germanic tradition of using gruesome allegorical scenes at the same time as taking aspects of […]
Beauty and the Beast Dancing in the Moonlight is the latest stunning work of art from the Thomas Kinkade Studios. It is quite fun to try and find all the characters in the picture. In 1991, Walt Disney Pictures released their third Renaissance Period film, Beauty and Beast. Now Disney’s […]
The sixteenth edition of The Art of the Surreal sale will take place at Christie’s on 28 February, following the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale and will include 35 lots that chart the history of Dada and Surrealism. Together the two auctions launch 20th Century at Christie’s, a series […]
The David Bowie collectors auction Part 1 of modern and contemporary art has received worldwide attention and fantastic results but at WCN we have been awaiting Part III of the sale which included works by Ettore Sottsass and the Milan-based Memphis group. Sotheby’s created an amazing installation of the works and the […]
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Air Power, which went for was one of many highlights on the first day of the David Bowie collectors auction of modern and contemporary art selling for £7.1m ($9m) against an estimate of £2.5 to £3.5 million. Collectors were not only bidding for fine works of art but a […]
Continuing the work of Thomas Kinkade, this wonderful new release from the Thomas Kinkade Company celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the release of Dumbo. Disney Dumbo portrays the happiness that Dumbo feels soaring over the crowd. The onlookers’ faces beam with pride and joy in their friend’s accomplishments. Timothy Q. […]
Bonhams presents 19th Century European Paintings on May 4 at Bonhams New York. Consisting of more than 100 lots, the sale highlights the diversity in European art history — from the traditional views of Paris and modern British paintings of the Newlyn School, to an exquisite group of Orientalist paintings. […]
