#RINGING IN #MAJOR #SALES

#Sotheby’s $146 Million #Contemporary #Art #Auction Reaffirmed the Deep Pockets of #London’s Summer Season!

Work by Peter Doig, Henry Taylor, and Cecily Brown proved there is an abundant appetite for coveted art in #London, even during vacation season.

 

Peter Doig’s Daytime Astronomy (Grasshopper) (1998-99), est. £6 million to £8 million, sold for £7,674,400. Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

To Read more; https://news.artnet.com/market/sothebys-backs-june-in-london-with-strong-146-million-contemporary-art-sale-1309871 

Prices are heating up for Diego Voci; go to Acquire Originals on Diego Voci Project to view recently SOLD items! https://www.diegovociproject.com/acquire-originals 

 

 

$157 #MILLION #MODIGLIANI

 

Amedeo Modigliani, Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) (1917)

 

At Sotheby’s, the top lot of the night (May 14, 2018) —and one of the most buzzed-about this season—was Amedeo Modigliani‘s large nude Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) (1917), which carried a $150 million estimate, the most expensive ever placed on a single work at auction. It also had an irrevocable, or third-party, bid placed in advance. The work sold for a premium-inclusive price of $157 million after sparse bidding.

“Modigliani has now joined the ultimate club within the art market at $150 million,” he said at a post-sale press conference. “He’s the only artist who has broken that ceiling twice.”

To Read more: Led by a $157 Million Modigliani, Sotheby’s Otherwise Tepid Impressionist Sale Makes $318 Million

The Modigliani canvas is part of a prized series of nude paintings, produced between 1916 and 1919, that caused a scandal when they were first shown in Paris. When exhibited in  Berthe Weill’s gallery for what would be the only one-man exhibition that Modigliani during his lifetime, a sizable crowd outside raised the curiosity of the police, who shut down the show after two days. (Only two drawings sold.)

Worth the view; Some of Modigliani’s Most Seductive Portraits Were Once Censored by Police—See Them Here https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/modigliani-tate-london-1232252

Destined to be an all time classic, Diego Voci’s; $20,000 REWARD for the “Nude in Yellow” Watch! https://youtu.be/EA5aZ88bCM4

 

Henry’s Auktionshaus #SOLD 3 #DiegoVoci™ Paintings

 

“Le Village d’Ore”, “Markt Day” and “Bambini con Frutta” all sold in December 2015 through an #auction house in #Germany via #LiveAuctioneers.com  https://www.liveauctioneers.com/  

The painting “Bambineicon Frutta” (bottom center in image below) was featured on the cover of 1974 #TV Guide.  A unique story co-written by Coop #Cooprider and Andy Anderson.  This article reached many and caught the attention of Stephen Max.  Stephen was inspired by the painting on the front cover and after reading the article wanted to become a Diego Collector.  Years later Max became the Canadian Representor of DiegoVoci™ at GoldCrest #Galleries.    And now Max is the creator of videos for the DiegoVoci™ Project, the DiegoVoci™ Newsletter, “The Beauty of Diego” and more.

“Bambine con Frutta” sold for $811 USD – in 1985 it had been sold at $800 by Galerie Dahms in Wiesbaden to a Herr Matheis. Where are the children with fruit now?

“Le Village d’Ore” sold for $460 USD surrealist figurative painting capturing the light in the boy’s eyes.

“Markt Day” sold for $811 USD a distinct style with emotion shown here in movement as the fruits of people’s labor shared with others.

Henry’s Auktionhaus http://www.henrys.de/index.php  located in #Mutterstadt, #Germany …. 98km from #Taunnustein, home of Helga Voci, widow of internationally collected #artist #DiegoVoci™.

The dots continue to connect as the DiegVoci™ Project archives all of DiegoVoci™ works of art.  Each painting has a story and provenance as painting change hands with new owners more recently as there was a vacuum of no information for 25 years.  More and more works are becoming available to the market. Help us find them.

To learn more just Google “Diego Voci”.  Also on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dECP7O3ftUo&t=8s

 

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