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    1. May 22, 2013

      Auctions in Texas

      Mark your calendars: On Saturday, June 15, 2013, Heritage Auctions Texas will host their highly anticipated and beautiful European Paintings Signature Auction. From a lively Torriglia to a suspenseful Vlaminck and wistful Renoir, click through to get a sneak-peek of the sale. 

      Tags: auction, decorative art, european art, paintings, price database,

    2. Picasso Stars at Sotheby’s It took less than five minutes for a Picasso to sell for US$41.5 million at Sotheby’s on Thursday night!  Nature morte aux tulipes, a 1932 painting of Pablo Picasso’s mistress, Marie-Therese Walther, was sold by Las Vegas titan Steve Wynn.  Check out auction results from the Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art sale.  Picasso Stars at Sotheby’s It took less than five minutes for a Picasso to sell for US$41.5 million at Sotheby’s on Thursday night!  Nature morte aux tulipes, a 1932 painting of Pablo Picasso’s mistress, Marie-Therese Walther, was sold by Las Vegas titan Steve Wynn.  Check out auction results from the Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art sale. 

      November 11, 2012

      Picasso Stars at Sotheby’s

      It took less than five minutes for a Picasso to sell for US$41.5 million at Sotheby’s on Thursday night! 

      Nature morte aux tulipes, a 1932 painting of Pablo Picasso’s mistress, Marie-Therese Walther, was sold by Las Vegas titan Steve Wynn. 

      Check out auction results from the Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art sale. 

      Tags: pablo picasso, paintings, auctions, price database,

    3. Asian Contemporary Art  Leading Chinese Contemporary artist Yue Minjun (b.1962) has become a prominent figure in the international art market with his iconic self-portraits that offer a vivacious take on modern-day China. Grotesque yet lighthearted, Minjun’s paintings have become the consummate symbol of the cynical realist style that grew out of the mounting political pressures and social contradictions in the post-Tienanmen period of the early to mid-1990s. Pictured is Yue Minjun’s Sky. Animal. Human-being (2002), which is now live for bidding on artnet Auctions.  Asian Contemporary Art  Leading Chinese Contemporary artist Yue Minjun (b.1962) has become a prominent figure in the international art market with his iconic self-portraits that offer a vivacious take on modern-day China. Grotesque yet lighthearted, Minjun’s paintings have become the consummate symbol of the cynical realist style that grew out of the mounting political pressures and social contradictions in the post-Tienanmen period of the early to mid-1990s. Pictured is Yue Minjun’s Sky. Animal. Human-being (2002), which is now live for bidding on artnet Auctions. 

      July 20, 2012

      Asian Contemporary Art 

      Leading Chinese Contemporary artist Yue Minjun (b.1962) has become a prominent figure in the international art market with his iconic self-portraits that offer a vivacious take on modern-day China.

      Grotesque yet lighthearted, Minjun’s paintings have become the consummate symbol of the cynical realist style that grew out of the mounting political pressures and social contradictions in the post-Tienanmen period of the early to mid-1990s.

      Pictured is Yue Minjun’s Sky. Animal. Human-being (2002), which is now live for bidding on artnet Auctions. 

      Tags: asian contemporary, paintings, yue minjun, artnet Auctions,

    4. Girl with Bow Tie  Representing George Condo’s early foray into Abstract Art, Girl with Bow Tie demonstrates the artist’s playful approach to the classical portrait painting genre.  Browse more Paintings and Works on Paper Girl with Bow Tie  Representing George Condo’s early foray into Abstract Art, Girl with Bow Tie demonstrates the artist’s playful approach to the classical portrait painting genre.  Browse more Paintings and Works on Paper

      July 10, 2012

      Girl with Bow Tie 

      Representing George Condo’s early foray into Abstract Art, Girl with Bow Tie demonstrates the artist’s playful approach to the classical portrait painting genre. 

      Browse more Paintings and Works on Paper

      Tags: artworks, george condo, paintings, artnet Auctions,