By: Crystal Wong 18 Apr, 2021 | Sun | 20:43
With travel restrictions still ravaging the art industry, auction houses are pulling out all the stops to work out a new normal for their auction lineups, including auctions that feature a mix of genres from different eras.
Earlier tonight, saw Sotheby’s cross-category evening sale in Hong Kong. Touted by the auction house as one that spans a thousand years of history by great artists from the East and the West.
This season’s modern and contemporary sales were opened with this diverse sale, which achieved a total hammer of HK$317m (US$40.8m), just scraping past the presale low estimate of HK$292m. Leading the five-lot sale was one of Pablo Picasso’s final matador series works, which edged out Chinese Matisse Sanyu and sold for HK$140m (US$18m) after fees.
Sotheby s March Asia Week sale series led by yard sale discovery
An exceptional and rare 15th century Chinese Yongle Period Blue and White Floral Bowl heads to the auction block with a $300/500,000 estimate. Courtesy Sotheby s.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Sothebys announced highlights of its upcoming Asia Week sales in New York, featuring a diverse array of Asian art spanning 4,000 years of history. Among the highlights are an exceptional selection of Imperial jades and cloisonné enamels from the Brooklyn Museum, sold to support museum collections; Vasudeo S. Gaitondes Untitled which will appear at auction for the first time this March after remaining in the collection of renowned American physicist, Robert Marshak and his wife Ruth for nearly sixty years, and more. All works on offer are open for viewing by appointment in Sothebys New York galleries beginning 11 March, with auctions taking place from 12 24 March.
Heritage Auctions celebrates return to Asia Week New York
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957), Dragonfly. Fan leaf, ink and color on paper, 7-1/8 x 20-1/2 inches (18.1 x 52.1 cm) (work), 12-1/4 x 20-1/2 inches (30.5 x 52.1 cm) (overall) Two red seals. Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000.
DALLAS, TX
.- An extraordinary selection of artwork from Chinese artist Qi Baishi and an impressive array of Indian and Himalayan art are among the top draws in Heritage Auctions Fine & Decorative Asian Art auction March 16, an event in which Heritage will expand its footprint in Asia Week New York. Heritage Auction s Consignment Directors Moyun Niu and Clementine Chen shared their excitement to celebrate New York Asia Week with over 300 fine and decorative Asian Art pieces, comprised of Chinese, Japanese and Korean ceramics, calligraphy, painting, sculpture, furniture and more, Heritage Auctions Asian Art Consignment Director Moyun Niu said. Among the many fine treasures, they highlight, are a group o