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| Lot 65: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra, 41B.C., 25¾ X 36 in. |
Sotheby's Auction House has recently posted the
catalog for their upcoming sale of
19th Century European Art to their website, and it features several works of interest. Of particular note is the painting
The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra, 41 B.C., by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, which is drawing attention from artists, collectors, gallery owners, and critics worldwide. It is not so much because of the quality of the work, though it is a significant painting in Alma-Tadema's oeuvre, but because of what a favorable sale of this work would mean for Art Realism. Alma-Tadema's last major work at auction,
The Finding of Moses, sold for nearly $36 million in November of 2010, achieving a sale price more than seven times its pre-sale high estimate, and making it the auction record-holder for a Victorian painting. If
The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra also exceeds sale expectations, it will be further support that the popularity of representational art is on the rise, and prove its viability as an investment.
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| Lot 23: William Bouguereau, Les oranges, 46¹⁄₈ X 35⁵⁄₈ in. |
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| Lot 24: William Bouguereau, Innocence, 26¹⁄₄ X 22¹⁄₈ in. |
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| Lot 26: William Bouguereau, L'Italien à la mandoline, 39½ X 31¼ in. |
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| Lot 28: William Bouguereau, Jeune mère contemplant son enfant, 30 X 37½ in. |
Among the 100 lots in this auction are paintings by Godward, Gérôme, Breton, Dupré, Delacroix, Géricault, Corot, Sandys, l'Hermitte, and an outstanding total of eight paintings by Bouguereau.
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| Lot 30: Emile-Auguste Hublin, Le chemin du marché, finistère, 59½ X 37¾ in. |
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| Lot 78: Sir Alfred James Munnings, Maurice Codner Sketching by the Bridge at Wiston, 20¼ X 24 in. |
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| Lot 79: Sir Alfred James Munnings, A Summer Afternoon, 39½ X 34¼ in. |
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| Lot 14: Eugen von Blaas, Contemplation, 21½ X 13¾ in. |
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| Lot 22: Eugen von Blaas, Venetian Beauties, 37⁵⁄₈ X 28¹⁄₂ in. |
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| Lot 64: John William Godward, The Time of Roses, 30½ X 30½ in. |
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| Lot 66: John William Godward, Eurypyle, 49 X 29½ in. |
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| Lot 67: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Who is it? (Inquisitive), 11½ X 8½ in. |
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| Lot 43: James Jebusa Shannon, Portrait of a Girl, 74½ X 42¼ in. |
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| Sotheby's has added a new feature to their online catalog which offers a view of certain artworks in relative scale to viewers. |
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| Lot 89: Montague Dawson, Treasure Island (Cocos), 28 X 42 in. |
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Lot 48: Fernand Pelez and Studio, Grimaces et misère: les sal timbanques, 45¹⁄₈ X 115¹⁄₄ in.
(this is a previously unknown version of Grimaces et Misère) |
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| Lot 2: Julien Dupré, Harvesters, 19½ X 23½ in. |
Friday, April 29, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, April 30, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday, May 1, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Monday, May 2, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday, May 3, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday, May 4, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
3 comments:
Wow! "Gustave Coutois in his studio" is absolutely amazing! Thanks for the post...
Dagnan-Bouveret is a favorite of mine. For three years now, I've intended to do a post on him, but never have the time to put my research together. Hopefully, I'll be able to do it before year's end.
It's great to see images of paintings I haven't seen before, and a few I have. A few years ago I was able to study William Bouguereau's "Les oranges" when it was on display at the Springville Museum in Utah. I would visit the museum two or three times a week, and look at that painting for long periods of time examining everything I could about it. The time I spent in front of Bouguereau's "Les oranges" prompted one museum worker to remark that I was lucky the museum didn't charge by the hour!
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