Giovanni Boldin and Gustave Doré at Christie's in New York
Top-lot auction of European art of the XIX century will be the "Portrait of Martha's Rainier," Boldin. Promises to attract the interest of collectors and canvas Dora "Family itinerant artist '
October 12 at Christie's auction in New York City customers will be offered a remarkable collection of European art of the XIX century, including a number of interesting works by artists of the Orientalists, marine painters and paintings of sports topics. At the auction there will be works by artists of the XIX century: Giovanni Boldin (Giovanni Boldini), Benlyure Jose Gil-I-( José Benlliure y Gil), Joaquin Sorolya and Bastide (Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida), William- Adolphe Bouguereau (William Adolphe Bouguereau), Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (Jean Baptiste Camille Corot), Frederic Lord Leighton (Frederick Lord Leighton) and Montague Dawson (Montague Dawson). The auction house will present over 100 lots.
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Family itinerant artist: blessed child. 1853 Oil on canvas Christie's New York, 12.10.2011 Estimate: 50-70 thousand dollars Source: |
Portrait of Martha Rainier. 1905 Oil on canvas Christie's New York, 12.10.2011 Estimate: 2-3 million dollars Source: |
Top-lot auction will be the "Portrait of Martha Rainier» (Marthe Régnier) brush Giovanni Boldin estimate: 2.3 million dollars. Portrait painted in 1905, when the Regnier was at the peak of his acting career, and embodies Parisian chic "Belle Epoque". Three years after the creation of this portrait, a remarkable resemblance to the original, its then owner, and patron of the arts Marchand Michel Manzi (Michel Manzi) put it in his just opened offspring - Hotel de Maud - exhibition, concert and theater hall where, on a plan of Manzi had to come together high fashion and contemporary art at the time. Of particular expressive portrait of actress adds reinforcing the illusion of motion, as if sailing background - one of the firm finds the mature works of the master. Another recognizable feature of the style Boldin - a pulsating game strokes of pink in the background, a sort of "reflective" color of the dress and the model's skin. Such bold compositional and pictorial elements work Boldin allowed Gertrude Stein (Gertrude Stein) perceptively noted: "When the time to explain everything, Boldin will be recognized as one of the greatest artists of the last [nineteenth] century».
The auction will also include four works from the collections of Sylvester Stallone (Sylvester Stallone). Among them - the remarkable work of George Uolliskrofta Reda (George Wolliscroft Rhead) «O Salutaris Hostia» with an estimate of 30-50 thousand dollars. Painter, printmaker, painter on glass and ceramics, Ed was a central figure in the English "Arts and Crafts Movement", who rose from a pre-Raphaelite movement known today.
Cloth Gustave Dore (Gustave Dore) «Family wandering artist: blessed child" - one of the most important works of the artist at auction over the past 15 years. Combining the features in his work of romanticism, realism and symbolism, creating a recognizable Dore works, full of deep feeling. "Family wandering artist" - one of the most famous scenic creations Dora. Twenty years after its creation, he wrote another, much like painting on the same subject, which is now in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Roger Kviyo in Clermont-Ferrand. Both paintings show how the Dore managed to combine realism in his work with a slight touch of fantasy.
Auction House to Auction Frederic Lord Leighton's study for the painting "The procession carrying the famous" Madonna "by Cimabue in the streets of Florence" (estimate 50-70 thousand dollars). The artist carefully walked over to the preparatory work on the painting, created a detailed drawing, followed by a series of pictorial sketches. The completed painting was purchased on the advice of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria and is now in the British royal art collection. Now work temporarily granted a royal collection of the National Gallery (National Gallery) in London.
auction please fans and the presence of six striking works of Montague Dawson, one of the leading marine painters of the twentieth century (more on the market marinas can be read here ). Among the six lots from future bidding Dawson three owned by Northrop Grumman Corporation, among them rare in the artist's deck scene "To Catch a north-west: clipper," Thermopylae "," with an estimate of 180-220 thousand dollars - heartfelt dedication to the brave mariners.
Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI
Source : , artinvestment.ru
