Art at Auction 1984-85

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Art at Auction 1984-85
Edited by Georgia Fogg

Art at Auction -55 celebrates a year in which the art market has thrived on both sides of the Atlantic. Among the highlights of the international auction season at Sotheby's have been the sales of a number of important collections of paintings and works of art, a selection of which are reviewed by experts and scholars in the appropriate fields.
The outstanding collecdon of paintings and drawings formed by the late Florence J. Gould is assessed by John Tancock, while the intentions and interests behind the formadon of two other major collections auctioned this season are considered by experts: insights into the collection of ancient and foreign coins formed by Virgil M. Brand are supplied by David Enders Tripp, while David S. Howard discusses the considerations of Mr and Mrs Mottahedeh in the formation of their unrivalled collection of Chinese export porcelain.
A hitherto unknown version of a painting by Guido Reni, David with the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Art at Auction 1984-85
Edited by Georgia Fogg

Art at Auction -55 celebrates a year in which the art market has thrived on both sides of the Atlantic. Among the highlights of the international auction season at Sotheby's have been the sales of a number of important collections of paintings and works of art, a selection of which are reviewed by experts and scholars in the appropriate fields.
The outstanding collecdon of paintings and drawings formed by the late Florence J. Gould is assessed by John Tancock, while the intentions and interests behind the formadon of two other major collections auctioned this season are considered by experts: insights into the collection of ancient and foreign coins formed by Virgil M. Brand are supplied by David Enders Tripp, while David S. Howard discusses the considerations of Mr and Mrs Mottahedeh in the formation of their unrivalled collection of Chinese export porcelain.
A hitherto unknown version of a painting by Guido Reni, David with the head of Goliath, is compared by John Somerville with the painting in the Louvre of the same subject by the artist, and Edward J. Sullivan reviews the mature works of the Ladn American painter, Wifredo Lam, placing his exodc but mysterious works within the mainstream of twentieth-century art.
British folk art. Judaic manuscripts and an Oriental miniature are among the many other areas covered by specialists in Sotheby's annual review. With more than 400 items illustrated in colour and described with prices, Art at Auction is an invaluable reference book for both collectors and scholars.
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Untitledhy ClyflFord Still, from the collection of François de Menil, sold in New York on 2 May 1985 for $797,500 Vissza