Скачать или смотреть The high-end art auction season gets off to a flying start with a Giacometti sculpture at Sotheby's,

(31 Oct 2014) The fall art auctions are about to sizzle.
Coveted paintings by Andy Warhol and Edouard Manet _ never before offered at auction _ and works from single-owner collections are expected to fire up bidding at the sales of impressionist, contemporary and modern art beginning Tuesday.
The exceptional quality of the works could mean a record-setting autumn.
The auctions get off to a flying start with Vincent van Gogh's "Still Life, Vase With Daisies and Poppies" at Sotheby's. One of the few works sold during his lifetime and painted in 1890 weeks before the Dutch post-impressionist artist's death, the painting is estimated to bring $30 million to $50 million.
Acquired in 1928 by A. Conger Goodyear, one of the founders of the Museum of Modern Art, it remained in the family for decades before being purchased by the current owner around 1990. It was on permanent exhibition at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo for 30 years.
Tuesday's sale also features Alberto Giacometti's "Chariot," a sculpture of an elongated figure atop a wheeled chariot that Sotheby's estimates could bring more than $100 million, possibly besting the auction record for a Giacometti of $104.3 million.
Works that belonged to Hollywood legends also are on tap.
A celebrated Manet portrait of a Parisian actress is among the highlights at Christie's. "Spring" could fetch up to $35 million. First presented at the 1882 Paris Salon, it's been in the same American collection for over a century and on loan at the National Gallery of Art for the last two decades. Manet painted actress Jeanne Demarsy in a floral dress and bonnet in 1881 as an allegory of spring.
Single-owner collections, always a big draw, are at Sotheby's too.
On Nov. 10, it's featuring two Mark Rothko works from the estate of Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, the widow of philanthropist Paul Mellon and heir to the Listerine fortune. Of the two, "Untitled (Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Light Orange)," created in 1955, has the higher pre-sale estimate of up to $30 million. The rest of the collection is being offered Nov. 20-23.
Christie's rounds out the sales on Nov. 12 with two Andy Warhol works never before seen at auction and among the pop artist's most famous portraits of Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando. Each nearly 7 feet high, "Triple Elvis (Ferus Type)" and "Four Marlons" were acquired by German casino company WestSpiel in the 1970s. Potential bidders can expect to pay around $60 million for each.

Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter:   / ap_archive  
Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​
Instagram:   / apnews  


You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...