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| Pescador, Valencia Joaquín Sorolla |
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| Pescador, Valencia (detail) Joaquín Sorolla |
Sotheby's catch-all sale, 19th Century European Paintings Including Spanish Painting, The Orientalist Sale, and German, Austrian, Scandinavian, and Symbolist Works, is currently in previews at the auction house's New Bond Street location in London. If, like me, you cannot visit the showroom in the next three days, then be sure to check out the online catalog, where you can get some nice detail images of the 214 works up for bid. Of particular note in this auction are several nice pieces by Anders Zorn and Joaquín Sorolla, but there are also several other interesting paintings by lesser-known artists which are definitely worth examining.
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| Girl with a Rose Gustave De Jonghe |
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| Before the Performance Enrique Miralles |
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| Idyll Gerhard Munthe |
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| Jeune Fille Regardant un Tableau de Fragonard Fernand Toussaint |
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| La Meditation Anatole Vely |
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| The Barber Frederick Arthur Bridgman |
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| Drinking from the Fountain José Moreno Carbonero |
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| Wooded Landscape Carl Schuch |
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| The Bridge of Sighs Antonietta Brandeis |
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| Terrace in Játiva, Valencia Santiago Rusiñol |
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| The Carob Tree Joaquín Sorolla |
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| Ponte-Campovasto Peder Mønsted |
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| The Akerselven River in the Snow Frtis Thaulow |
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| Still Life with Chinese Vase and Fan M. Püttner |
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| Bodegon de Rosas Blancas Joaquín Sorolla |
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| On the Beach Charles Atamian |
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| Playing on the Beach Charles Atamian |
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| In the Garden Emile Claus |
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| Femme au Narguile Fernand Cormon |
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| La Lettre Delphin Enjolras |
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| Jeune Fille Rousse Nourrissant des Cygnes Edgar Maxence |
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| La Leçon de Piano Firmin Baes |
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| Reverie Attributed to Charles Chaplin |
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| La Bella Veneziana Eugen Von Blaas |
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| Her New Shoes Raimundo de Madrazo y Garretta |
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| Una Ragazzo Antonio Mancini |
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| Freya Anders Zorn |
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| Mrs. Weguelin and her Son Anders Zorn |
Previews continue today, Sunday November 21, from 12 PM to 5 PM, and run from 9 AM until 4:30 PM on Monday the 22nd. On Tuesday, the day of the sale, the lots are available for viewing from 9 AM until noon, with the actual bidding taking place at 2:30 PM. Bidding can also be done online.
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| Niños en la Playa Joaquín Sorolla |
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| Nu Allonge sur une Peau d'Ours Paul Sieffert |
9 comments:
Oh!! Now, I would like to have a fortune, so I would be sure to get a Sorolla!!! Thank you for sharing this. Makes me dream!
What a wonderful selection of paintings! I truly enjoyed...
I'd love to see this. I attend our local auctions also, it's a great way to see work that's otherwise in private collections.
Oh my! I love your blog because you share such beauty with the world.
Your blog is good for my soul!!
What a treat! Thank you for showing these.
thanks also for the link to Sotheby’s. I enjoyed looking and studying the close-ups.
Speaking of Sotheby's: as you probably know, after years of stagnation, they finally decided to update its internet presence, several months ago. The re-do offered an improved zoom feature which allowed viewer to see large, quality photos of the works at auctions.
However, the good things, as always, did not last too long. Several weeks ago, they started to reduce the quality of uploaded images.
I can't believe the Sotheby's do not have funds to purchase enough storage space, since they decided to edit images using low quality settings (obviously in order to reduce the size of the files) with visible pixelation even at 60% of magnification, let alone at maximum zoom. I understand cost saving measures and this practice makes sense when it comes to everything else Sotheby's sells (furniture sales, maps, wines, jewelry etc), but the high quality images are essential when it comes to paintings.
Few days ago I sent them a mail regarding this, only to receive generic, copy/pasted response written in a way which indicated that they did not care to read the mail at all.
Zorn's Freya is reported stolen. Auction for that is cancelled.
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