#FOUND ARTWORKS PURCHASED IN #GERMANY OVER 45 YEARS AGO!

Image on Left: Diego Voci: “Donna Fiorentina” #5812-177 oil on canvas

Image Center: Diego Voci: “Nature Morte” #1071-739 oil on canvas

Image on Right: Diego Voci: “Still Life” #781-838 oil on canvas

Diane Lequar shares with the Diego Voci Project Team; “My husband remembers his parents telling stories about buying Diego’s works (between 1974 and 1983) and visiting a gallery in Wiesbaden, but nothing about them actually spending time with the artist. We did find a folder filled with sales receipts and brochures associated with Diego works they purchased — some for themselves and some for friends and family back in the U.S. There is a set of polaroid photos of 9 Diego works we had in our possession at some point.  Attached are images of the backs of the 3 paintings you asked for. We included the sales receipts in the photographs when we had them.” 
Diane continues; “The person who has Avec Visage and the 2 images of old men must have purchased them when we moved to our new house and thinned the collection. I’ve attached original sales receipts for those 3 in case you need them or the current owner wants them.
In other good news, we went down to the basement and found an additional Diego painting — Smiling Clown.  Photos attached.  Clowns scare my daughter, and I forgot we had this one. (Please note that the inscription on the back of this one was added by my father-in-law after the fact. He had quite the sense of humor.)”

We thank Diane for sharing the story of the Lequar Collection of works by internationally collected artist Antonio Diego Voci (VOH-chee 1920-1985).

Contact the Diego Voci Project to share your story! DIEGO VOCI History | Artifact Collectors

3 DIEGO ARTWORKS TO BE AUCTIONED OCT 27, 2020 MORAN AUCTIONEERS

HERE IS “L’ Arlequin Triste”. Purchase includes new “Artist of a Thousand Faces” Book where artwork is featured.

“L’ Arlequin Triste” by Antonio Diego Voci Complete w/ Book where Artwork is featured

Click here to learn more! https://www.artworkarchive.com/rooms/cooprider-family-collection/cf7d5a/l-arlequin-triste-by-antonio-diego-voci-complete-w-book-where-artwork-is-featured

Auction item comes complete with the ARTIST OF A THOUSAND FACES BOOK: https://www.blurb.com/b/10242206-diego

3 DIEGO ARTWORKS TO BE AUCTIONED OCTOBER 27, 2020 AT MORAN AUCTIONEERS!

HERE IS ONE OF THEM FEATURED!

“Light” by Antonio Diego Voci

Click to learn more!
https://www.artworkarchive.com/rooms/cooprider-family-collection/cf7d5a/light-by-antonio-diego-voci

Auction item comes complete with the ARTIST OF A THOUSAND FACES BOOK!

“I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS (DIEGO’S) PAINTINGS!”

Diego Voci; Red Boat oil on canvas

Diego Collector; Norm Hershfield shares his own personal experience with how he collected Diego artworks;

I never really met Diego. I fell in love with his (Diego) paintings, when I saw them at Dino’s Restaurent (a favorite restaurant of Diego Voci’s Art Historian, Coop Cooprider) and the Ramsteiner Hof. I also frequented Herr Dahm’s Gallery in Wiesbaden for many years. I bought mine (Diego paintings) from the agent (Christine Khan) who sold them at the Ramstein Officer’s Club and at some of the bazaars.”

Read more about Diego and his connection with displays at Restaurants in Germany. https://diegovociproject.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/dining-with-diego-in-germany/

DIEGO VOCI PRECURSOR TO #BASQUIAT?

Diego Voci; “Untitled” Abstract oil on canvas ca. 1966

Amazingly this painting by internationally collected artist Antonio Diego Voci (1920-1985) appeared this year for sale online for $150. Basquiat aficionados at first sight declared it to be a Basquiat, if so he (Basquiat) would have only been 6 years old. See the (above & below) similar impromptu strokes of the brush bringing unrelated shapes and lines together in a strangely beautiful work of art.

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) artworks are in demand by the big time art collectors worldwide, selling in the millions of dollars to acquire. Once a lover of #AndyWarhol, Museums covet Basquiat / Warhol collaborative works.

Warhol & Basquiat above Basquiat above

NOTE: Coop Cooprider, Diego Voci Historian, has certified the work shown here as authentic Diego, circa 1966 that’s when Diego left the prestigious Schlossgalerie in Zurich, and moved to Germany, home of his lover and wife to be Helga Drossler. Helga Voci, Diego’s widow still living in Germany confirmed “Yes”, it’s a Diego. He was always experimenting.” There he affiliated with 2 galleries, Naffouj Gallery in Landstuhl and Galerie Dahms in Wiesbaden. The Diego work shown here is one of the very first with the “Diego” signature. Joy Naffouj convinced Diego that since “he” is known by Diego, sign the work “Diego”. Before the “Diego” signature, he signed some form of Voci (https://www.artifactcollectors.com/diego-history-4330818.html#43343).

7 #TREASURES SAVED IN #NOTREDAME #FIRES

A picture taken on April 16, 2019 shows the altar surrounded by charred debris inside the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in the aftermath of a fire that devastated the cathedral. – French investigators probing the devastating blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019, questioned workers who were renovating the monument on April 16, as hundreds of millions of euros were pledged to restore the historic masterpiece. As firefighters put out the last smouldering embers, a host of French billionaires and companies stepped forward with offers of cash worth around 600 million euros ($680 million) to remake the iconic structure. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images)

To see more:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/7-artworks-and-relics-survived-notre-dame-fire-1518991

Check out #history of DIEGO Treasures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Diego_Voci

20 MOST #EXPENSIVE #ARTWORKS #SOLD AT #AUCTION IN #2018

$157,159,000

Amedeo #Modigliani, Nu Couché (Sur Le Côté Gauche), 1917

#Sotheby’s #NYC, May 14, 2018

Amedeo Modigliani Nu Couche $157,159,000

Amedeo Modigliani, Nu couché (sur le côté gauche), 1917. Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

In 2018, 20 most expensive lots showed a healthy market that continued to churn out new records for major artists, despite many top lots selling on just a few bids or less. Collectors fought over paintings, furniture, and ephemera from the collection of Peggy and David #Rockefeller, which racked up $832.6 million in sales—the most for an #estate in #history. #Asian collectors continued to muscle their way into the top echelon of the auction #world, both by securing major works at sales in New York and by buying big lots during sales in #HongKong and #Beijing.

$115,000,000

Pablo #Picasso, Fillette à la corbeille fleurie, 1905

#Christie’s New York, May 8, 2018

Pablo Picasso, Fillette à la corbeille fleurie, 1905. Courtesy of Christie’s.

$91,875,000

Edward #Hopper, Chop Suey, 1929

Christie’s New York, November 13, 2018

Edward Hopper, Chop Suey, 1929. Courtesy of Christie’s.

View the rest of the most expensive Artworks in 2018 click here: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-20-expensive-artworks-sold-2018

View recent sold works on Diego Voci: https://www.diegovociproject.com/acquire-originals

WINTER SALE! THE GIFT IN GIVING ART

 

Main image for 50% Holiday sale

If you’ve ever desired to expand your collection to feature another Diego™ in your home now is the time to take advantage of the few remaining offerings. These original artworks by Diego™ have been made available at an astonishing 50% off the current list prices. This offer is for a very limited time so you’re encouraged to act quickly to choose the painting or lithograph you’ve been wanting at remarkable savings.
Sale ends December 31, 2018
HURRY THIS SALE ENDS DECEMBER 31
Choose from the selection of Acquire Originals.
https://www.diegovociproject.com/acquire-originals
OR
Choose from a selection of Acquire Graphics for a selection of Lithographs here:
https://www.diegovociproject.com/acquire-graphics-shopping

On the Checkout Page there is an area (lower left side) to enter a promo code
For Acquire Originals enter Diego 50 and the checkout price will automatically be adjusted to reflect your discount.
For Acquire Graphics enter Diego 501 to the Promo Code and the check out price will be adjusted to reflect your discount

After you’ve verified the information click Checkout to choose your payment method.

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“PEEPLE” ON THE LOOKOUT FOR … #DIEGO ARTWORK

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These “PEEPLE” saw the TWEETS #TWITTER and are joining the search worldwide for lost works of art by internationally collected artist Antonio Diego Voci (1920-1985).

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#BARRON’S #YOUTUBE 2X VALUE OF #NETFLIX

YouTube vs Netflix

Did you know #YouTube is owned by #Google?

Did you know that YouTube honors #DiegoVoci™ the internationally collected and his great body of artwork?

#YouTube has 10 videos about DiegoVoci™.

When you search DiegoVoci™ click “Images” you’ll see a vast array of art pieces selected by GOOGLE for display.  We don’t select them, GOOGLE does!

Courtesy of The DiegoVoci™ Project www.diegovociproject.com