Art Market: Impressionists, Modern Art & More - An Eclectic Glance On New York`s Fall Auctions 2021

 

(Drivebycuriosity) - I love contemporary art. So I went to New York´s auction houses to see their exhibitions for their fall auctions in Post War & Contemporary art. But Sotheby´s & Christie`s had more gems. They also displayed works they had amassed for their auctions of Impressionists & Modern Art (ca. 1870 - Word War II) and other events. I spotted there many awesome paintings and I display here my personal favorites, a very subjective selection as usual.

 

 

Above a painting by the wonderful impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. His lovely "Jeune fille à la corbeille de fleurs" sold @ Sotheby´s for $12,9 million. Congrats to the buyer. 

Renoir´s collegue Claude Monet was the star at Sotheby´s. His "Coin du bassin aux nymphéas"  sold for $50 million. He will be happy, where ever he roams now. I believe I saw this painting some years ago at another big auction.

 

I personally prefer Edgar Degas` "Femme lisant" which sold at Sotheby´s for $2,7 million.

 

 

I was surprised to spot this amazing Renaissance painting there: Artimesia Gentileschi`s "Portrait of a seated Lady", earmarked for Sotheby`s Master Paintings Auction, New York January 27 2022.

 

 

Gustave Caillebotte´s  “Jeune homme à sa fenêtre” caught my eyes es well. Christie´s auctioned it for $53 million!

 

Frida Kahlo`s "Diego y yo" got also a lot attention @ Sotheby´s. The painting refers to her unfaithful husband.

                  Something for Everyone 

 

 

The merry crowd in George Bellows` "Riverfront" was executed in 1924, but it looks somewhat modern, doesn`t it?

 

 Colin Cambell Cooper`s "Chatham Square" from 1918 gives a glance on Manhattan`s past.

  

 

Above two surrealist works: Armando Morales`"En El Circo IV" and Remedios Varo`s "Les Feulles Mortes" plus the psychedelic "Spaziale fiorito" by Enrico Donati.
 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Last but not least some "delicatessen": Giovanni Romagnoli`s "Summer (Nude)" followed by Lenonor Fini`s "Les Aveugles"; Paul Delvaux`s "Le Soir Tombe"; Lucien Lévy Dhurmer`s "Female Nude" & Carlos Enriquez`s "Banista".

To be continued