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April · Abril 2016
Resultados de las subastas / Auction results

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> Bonhams. Photographs / Old Master Paintings
> Doyle. Imp & Mod
> Christie’s. Old Masters: Part I + Old Masters: Part II
> Phillips. Photographs / Photograps / New Now / Design Evening Sale / Design
> Sotheby’s. Photographs / Mod and Contemp Asian Art Evening Sale /
Ceramics by Pablo Picasso / Fine Chinese Paintings / Collection Boutet de Monvel / The Orientalist Sale / Prints & Multiples / Old Masters
> Tajan. Old Master Paintings
> Duran: Sesión de Arte
> Fernando Duran. Arte contemporáneo / Pintura Antigua
> Goya. Subasta de Abril

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· Panama Papers. The Art of Secrecy icij

·  Art & Finance Report 2016 (by ArtTactic for Deloitte) deloitte.pdf

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· Resultados / Results

1Apr
> Photographs . Phillips
· SOLD:

Hiroshi Sugimoto, ‘The Music Lesson’, 1999. Pigment print, 134.9 x 106 cm / Phillips

$ 629,000 –Hiroshi Sugimoto, The Music Lesson‘ (63)
$ 191,000 –Nobuyoshi Araki, From Close to Range (171)
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3 Apr
> Photographs . Sotheby’s
· SOLD:
$ 670,000 –Helmut Newton, ‘Sie Kommen (Dressed)’ and ‘Sie Kommen (Naked)‘ (110)
$ 250,000 –Man Ray, ‘Rayograph‘ (42)

> Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Evening Sale . Sotheby’s
· SOLD:
$ 7,030,354 –Wang Huaiqing, Feet 2  (1028)
$ 6,019,386 –Xu Beihong, The Sleeping Venus (1034)
$ 5,080,630 –L. Tsuguharu Foujita, Nu au Chat (1035)

Liu Wei, ‘The Revolutionary Family’ Series (triptych), 1994. Oil on canvas and wooden frame, 172 x 381 cm / Image courtesy of Sotheby’s

$ 5,008,418 –Liu Wei, The Revolutionary Family (1048)

> Impressionist & Modern Art . Doyle
· SOLD:
$ 18,750 –E Sanchez-Perrier, L’Etang a Friaucourt… (8)
$ 18,750 –E Sanchez-Perrier, La Riviere des Juifs… (7)
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4Apr
> Photograps . Phillips
· SOLD:
$ 401,000 –Andreas Gursky, ‘Athens’ (48)
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5 Apr
> Important Ceramics by Pablo Picasso . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: £2.201.250

> Fine Chinese Paintings . Sotheby’s
· SOLD:

Zhang Daqian, Peach Blossom Spring, 1982. Splashed ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll,
209 x 92.2 cm / Image courtesy of Sotheby’s

$ 34,901,479 –Zhang Daqian, Peach Blossom Spring (1273)
$ 4,430,378 –Zhang Daqian, Misty Gorges (1371)
$ 2,331,235 –Wu Guanzhong, Scenery of Lijiang (1264)

> Collection Boutet de Monvel . Sotheby’s
· SOLD:
€ 2,499,000 –Boutet de Monvel, SAR le Maharadjah d’Indore (52)
€ 1,743,000 –Boutet de Monvel, Autoportrait (25)
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6Apr
> Old Master Paintins . Tajan
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6-7 Apr
> Arte contemporáneo . Fernando Durán
> Pintura Antigua . Fernando Durán
· SOLD:
€ 170.000 –Dalí. El llac de Vilabertran (46)
€ 60.000 –Barceló, Figues Esbravades (80)
€ 50.000 –Esc. italiana s XVII. Entrada triunfal de David… (400)
€ 45.000 –Equipo Crónica, Vietnam (73)
€ 22.500 –María Blanchard. Jeune mélancolique (48)
€ 22.500 –Agustín Riancho. Árbol florido (343)
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13 Apr
> New Now . Phillips
· SOLD:
£ 9,375 –Juan Uslé. Two Rivers (59)
· UnSold:
–Santiago Sierra. Person Facing into a Corner (143) £8,000-12,000
–Angela de la Cruz. Camouflage Painting (223) £5,000-7,000
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14 Apr
> Old Masters: Part I + Old Masters: Part II . Christie’s
· Sale total: $30,476,500 + 3,633,875
· SOLD:

El Greco, ‘The Entombment of Christ’, c. 1572. Oil on panel, 28 x 19.4 cm / Christie’s

$ 6,101,000 –El Greco, The Entombment of Christ (131)
$ 161,000 –Lorenzo Zaragoza, Resurrection (102)
$ 3,861,000 –Bernardo Daddi, The Madonna and Child… (125)
$ 2,741,000 –Jan Cornelisz, Portrait of Joost Aemszoon… (113)
$ 2,629,000 –Gaetano Gandolfi, The Birth of Venus (115)
$ 1,085,000 –Chardin, A copper saucepan, a pestle… (157)

> Paintings and Drawings, Furniture and Works of Art . Duke’s
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19 Apr
> The Orientalist Sale . Sotheby’s
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20 Apr
> Prints & Multiples . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: $8,096,188
· SOLD:
$ 694,000 –Picasso, Portrair de Jeune Fille, d’Après… (38)
$ 75,000 –Miró, Équinoxe -Dupin 428 (32)
$ 454,000 –Lichtenstein, Nude with Blue Hair (27)
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26 Apr
> Photographs . Bonhams
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27 Apr
> Old Master Paintings . Bonhams
· SOLD:
£ 13,750 –Att. The Tamara Master, Saint Lucy; and Saint Catherine (55^{* WT})
£ 7,500 –Att. Master of Lanaja, The Mass of Saint Gregory (86^*)
£ 6,875 –Att. Tomás Hiepes, Apples in a Chinese… (135^*)
£ 6,000 –Francisco Camilo, The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (11*)

> Old Masters . Sotheby’s
· Sale total: £1,778,252
· SOLD:
£ 90,000 –A. Vázquez, An Altarpiece with Scenes… (705)
£ 5,000 –A. Esteve y Marques, Portrait, the 2nd Condesa… (886)
£ 5,000 –Bartolomé Pérez, Still Life of an Upturned… (756)
· UnSold:
–Murillo, Ecce Homo (753) £15,000–20,000

> Pintura, Escultura y Decorativas . Retiro
· SOLD:
€ 6.000 –José Vela Zanetti. En la era (699)

> Subasta de Abril . Goya Subastas
· SOLD
€ 22.500 –José Honorato Lozano. Toma de los fuertes… (197)
€ 21.000 –Vicente Laureano. Entrada de Narciso Clavería… (202)
€ 1.300 –Gonzalo Chillida. San Sebastián ( 172)
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27-28 Apr
> Modern Masters: Design Evening Sale . Phillips
· SOLD:

Eileen Gray, Folding ‘Brick’, 1925. Black lacquered wood, steel, brass, 213.4 cm tall, variable width, as pictured: 177.8 cm. Each large brick: approximately 26.7 x 40 x 2 cm / Phillips

£ 1,482,500 –Eileen Gray, Folding ‘Brick’ (9)
£ 974,500 –Marcel Coard, Canapé Gondole (15)

> Time for Design . Phillips
> Design . Phillips
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28Apr
> Sesión de Arte . Durán

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Info:

1Apr
> Gagosian Probed Over ‘Bust of a Woman’ in Murky World of Art Deals bloomberg

> Gary Nader vs. Jorge M. Pérez miamiherald

5Apr
> Christie’s Shuts Offices in Boston, Palm Beach, Philadelphia bllomberg

6Apr
> Sotheby’s sets two new records with Chinese painting and rare diamond in Hong Kong auction scmp
> Sotheby’s Hong Kong Defies China Luxury Slowdown with Strong Auction Season Start jingdaily

7Apr
> Sotheby’s Hong Kong $400 Million Auction Defies Downturn bloomberg

> Qatari Royal Family Agent Can Query Picasso Daughter bloomberg

8Apr
> Perquisition aux Ports francs genevois letemps

11Apr
> Flamboyant Shanghai Billionaire Art Collector Is Building Up An Auction House forbes
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· The Panama Papers
4Apr
> Explosive ‘Panama Papers’ Highlight Art’s Role in Lives of Tax-Dodging Superrich artnet

7Apr
> The Art of Secrecy icij

· Panama Papers provides unprecedented look at connection between international art trade and offshore secrecy

· Billionaire art dealers use offshore company to shield painting allegedly looted by Nazis

· Identity revealed of the man secretly behind the 20th century’s most important modern art auction

+ About the Panama Papers sueddeutsche

> How the Panama Papers Exposed Secrecy in the Art Market vice
> Panama Papers may show £17m Modigliani painting’s owners bbc
> The Thyssen-Bornemisza and Picasso’s granddaughter family appear in the ‘papers Panama’ trulynews
> Hiding money: The art of secrecy modbee
> How offshore firm helped billionaire change the art world for ever theguardian
8Apr
> Les «Panama Papers» mènent à des toiles disparues en Suisse tdg
> Panama Papers Reveal Secret Behind Billionaire’s Involvement in Ganz Collection artnet
11Apr
> Art’s Role in the Panama Papers Thus Far artnet
> How the Panama Papers revealed Nazi-looted art dw
> What the Panama Papers Reveal About the Art Market nyt
12Apr
> Panama Papers Shed Light on the Shadowy Art Market hyperallergic
> Panama Papers Provide Rare Glimpse Inside Famously Opaque Art Market npr
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14Apr
> Hong Kong art collectors defy economic wobble nikkei

> Lucrative Loot: The Murky World of the Ancient Artifact Market spiegel

> Agnès Saal condamnée pour ses frais de taxi au centre Pompidou lefigaro
+ Agnès Saal et l’affaire des taxis de l’INA lexpress

> Norwegian Billionaire Lets Museum Pick Freely From His $120 Million Art Collection forbes

15Apr
> Mary Rozell heads the UBS’s art collection and is looking at pieces from India, Taiwan and the Philippines barrons

> Chinese tycoon Liu Yiqian says he wants to add more Western art to his shopping list scmp

> Helene Schjerfbeck’s Self-portrait 1912 is Ateneum’s major acquisition of the year ateneum

> 17Apr
> Christie’s Palm Beach closing palmbeachdailynews

18Apr
> Art Cologne 2016 Sales Report: Good Sales, Visitor Growth blouinartinfo

> 5 Lessons in Today’s Art Market From a Sotheby’s Advisor vulture

19Apr
> How Is the Art World Spending Its Money This Presidential Election Season? artnews

20Apr
> The Hiscox Online Art Trade Report 2016 hiscox

· letter > Tate should end its relationship with BP theguardian

> Picasso piece tangled in tug-of-war between dealer, billionaire miamiherald
> When you’re so rich you don’t notice your Picasso is missing nypost

> Why Donors Stop Giving To Arts Organizations colleendilen

21Apr
· pdf > Art & Finance Report 2016 (by ArtTactic for Deloitte) deloitte
· The global contemporary art market contracted in 2015, but smaller regional art markets outperform
· Despite an art market slowdown in China, as well as lower sales in Europe and the US, still six out of eight global art markets experienced a positive trend in 2015, with a neutral-to- positive outlook for 2016.

> Flush MoMA, Struggling Met nyt
> Financial Windfall at MoMA, Shortfall at the Met artsjournal

> David Geffen Makes $100 Million Gift to The Museum of Modern Art moma
> David Geffen donated $100 million to the Museum of Modern Art in New York for its latest renovation and expansion bloomberg

· slides > Michael Shvo’s house, a New York City real-estate developer and art collector wsj

22Apr
> Lucian Freud self-portrait left to nation in lieu of inheritance tax theguardian

> Art dealer Perry Rubenstein is accused of selling works by artists Takashi Murakami and Richard Prince to clients then pocketing the proceeds lat

25Apr
> What Sold at Art Brussels artsy

26Apr
> Deal of the Art: Why Auction Houses Are Giving Away Millions bloomberg

> Frieze art fair enlists Hollywood agency in push to meet mass market demands theguardian

> Art can help protect your portfolio from volatility – unless you buy a fake usnews

> Looking ahead to New York’s spring sales ft

> Sotheby’s, Christies sacrifice fees to win top consignments bloomberg

> Deal of the Art: Why Auction Houses Are Giving Away Millions bloomberg

27Apr
> National Gallery ‘needs more space’, director says bbc

> Battle for Mayor of London: who’s best for the arts? thestage

29Apr

Ports Francs et Entrepôts de Genève / geneva-freeports

> Geneva Free Ports hit by scandals over stolen art, disputes bloomberg