Art at Auction Free Ebook

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I Lobo You seeks to explore and share some of the best projects within the art world.

Open to various art form and expressions, this e-book includes some of the most Expensive Paintings ever sold in the Art Auctions world.

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highLIGHT TOP 5 MOST EXPENSIVE PA I N T I N G S EVER SOLD pag. 04

MOST IMPRESSIVE ITEMS EVER AU C T I O N E D B Y CHRISTIES pag. 27 OU T OF THE ORDINARY ROCKING MACHINE pag. 10

MOST EXPENSIVE ART S O L D AT AU C T I O N B Y A LIVING ARTIST pag. 13 T O P A RT AU C T I O N S I N JUNE 2015 pag. 17

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top 5 Most

ExpEnsiv E paintings ever sold

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the carD players App. $259 Million FACT SHEET artist Paul Cézanne Date painteD 1892/93 art style Oil On Canvas solD to ROyal Family OF QataR price (Date of sale) $259-$320 milliOn (aPRil 2011) aDjusteD price toDay $268.1 milliOn

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The exact price of The Card Players (even the currency of sale) is not known, with estimates from $259 million to even $320 million.

The Card Players is a series of oil paintings by the French PostImpressionist artist Paul Cézanne. Painted during Cézanne’s final period in the early 1890s, there are five paintings in the series.

Keep in mind though guys, the Royal Family of Qatar didn’t buy the series – they bought just that one painting for ~259 million).

The series is considered by critics to be a cornerstone of Cézanne’s art during the early-to-mid 1890s period, as well as a “prelude” to his final years, when he painted some of his most acclaimed work.The models for the paintings were local farmhands, some of whom worked on the Cézanne family estate, the Jas de Bouffan.

Each scene is depicted as one of quiet, still concentration; the men look down at their cards rather than at each other, with the cards being perhaps their sole means of communication outside of work.

One critic described the scenes as “human still life”, while another speculated that the men’s intense focus on their game mirrors that of the painter’s absorption in his art.

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nº 5 $161.7 Million FACT SHEET artist JaCksOn POllOCk Date painteD 1948 art style Oil On Canvas solD to DaviD maRtinez (managing PaRtneR OF FinteCh aDvisORy) price (Date of sale) $140 milliOn, nOvembeR 2, 2006 aDjusteD price toDay $161.7 milliOn

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The painting was done on an 8’ × 4’ sheet of fiberboard, with thick amounts of brown and yellow paint drizzled on top of it, forming a nest-like appearance. It is speculated that David Geffen (the previous owner – founder of Geffen Records and co-founder of Dreamworks SKG) sold the painting, along with two others, to raise enough funds to bid for the Los Angeles Times. The Stone Roses’ song “Going Down”, B-side of “Made of Stone”, makes a comic reference to the painting: “Passion looks like a painting, Jackson Pollock’s No. 5”. The record’s cover was a painting by guitarist John Squire in a style similar to that of Jackson Pollock.

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le rêve $155 Million Le Rêve (French, “The Dream”) is a 1932 oil painting (130 × 97 cm) by Pablo Picasso, then 50 years old, portraying his 22-yearold mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. It is said to have been painted in one afternoon, on 24 January 1932. The erotic content of the painting has been noted repeatedly, with critics pointing out that Picasso painted an erect penis, presumably symbolizing his own, in the upturned face of his model. While Wynn was showing the painting to his friends, apparently about to reveal the now still officially undisclosed previous owner (see above), he put his elbow through the canvas, puncturing it in the left forearm of the figure and creating a six-inch tear. Ephron offered as an explanation that Wynn uses wild gestures while speaking and has retinitis pigmentosa, which affects his peripheral vision. Later, Wynn said that he took the event as a sign not to sell the painting. After a $90,000 repair, the painting was re-valued at $85 million, however Cohen still bought it this year for $155 Million – weird right?

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FACT SHEET artist PablO PiCassO Date painteD 1932 art style Oil Painting solD to steven a. COhen price (Date of sale) $155 milliOn (maRCh 26, 2013) aDjusteD price toDay: $155 milliOn

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portrait of aDele Bloch-Bauer i $154.9 Million FACT SHEET artist gustav klimt Date painteD 1907 type Oil, silveR anD gOlD On Canvas solD to ROnalD lauDeR, neue galeRie price (Date of sale) $135 milliOn (June 18, 2006) aDjusteD price toDay $154.9 milliOn

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Klimt took three years to complete the painting. It measures 54’ x 54’ [138 x 138 cm] and is made of oil and gold on canvas, showing elaborate and complex ornamentation as seen in the Jugendstil style. This painting has had a pretty crazy history, and without trying to go into too much detail: The picture was painted in Vienna and commissioned by Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. Adele Bloch-Bauer (Ferdinand’s wife), in her will, asked her husband to donate the Klimt paintings to the Austrian State Gallery upon his death. She died in 1925 from meningitis. When the Nazis took over Austria, her widowed husband had to flee to Switzerland. His property, including the Klimt paintings, was confiscated. In his 1945 testament, Bloch-Bauer designated his nephew and nieces, including Maria Altmann, as the inheritors of his estate. Now, the painting is the centerpiece of Lauder’s collection, Neue Galerie in New York. Lauder’s comment on the acquisition for his Neue Gallerie collection: “This is our Mona Lisa”.

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Rocking Machine Ou t Of th E Ordinary

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Auction house Christie’s will be doing the Out of the Ordinary auction on 10th September and you will find pure treasures.

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One of the sculptures that will be at auction that most capted our attention is a lacquered fibreglass sculpture entitled “Rocking Machine”. A controversial sculpture by Herman Makkink (1937-2013), from an edition of 6. measures- (41 cm.) high; (74.5 cm.) long.

This shocking and strangely beautiful piece of pop art is one of an edition of six made in 1969, one of which made a memorable appearance in Kubrick’s masterpiece A Clockwork Orange (1971) in “cat women’s house”.

Rocking Machine was given as a gift to the vendor by Richard Lederer, head of Warner Brothers publicity department and a close friend of Stanley Kubrick. There are six in the edition of this 1969 sculpture, only one was actually borrowed for the infamous scene in Kubrick’s 1969 ‘A Clockwork Orange’.

Another of this edition sold at Philips in New York in 2010 for $25,000. Despite not being the actual piece used in the film, the sculpture is a rare connection to A Clockwork Orange and memorabilia rarely comes to the market.

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As outlined in the Film and Furniture guest feature Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange: Brutalism in Exteriors, Interiors and a Quilt, Makkink explained that the sculptures “…formed part of my studio work at the time, and, after seeing them there, Kubrick wanted to use them for the film because they probably had the futuristic look he and his wife wanted. In the late sixties and early seventies, we, London-based artists, felt terribly hip. We didn’t want to fight the establishment so much as shock them. Pop Art was in full swing and so was the sexual revolution, so I combined a penis with a beautifully shaped female rear in fibre glass. I thought this would be really shocking. I thought I could make the object move by constructing a heavy pendulum swing inside. To my surprise I found that it made an irregular movement, so I exaggerated that by adding extra weights in various places. That resulted in Rocking Machine’s specific, jerky motion.”

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artauctiOn sOld at Most e x p e nsive

by a living a rti st

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The most expensive art sold at auction by a living artist belongs to famous artist Jeff Koons and it was sold for $58,405,000.

The art piece sold at this price was Ballon Dog (orange)- a mirrorpolished stainless steel with transparent color coating.

What it means that a Jeff Koons balloon dog, one of a series of five, is now the most expensive work by a living artist sold at auction, knocking Gerhard Richter off that perch. It’s not as if other Jeff Koons pieces have fared particularly well so far at auctions… For example, two Jeff Koons works were already withdrawn at Christie’s sales, while his Teddy Bear (Pink) sold for a hammer price of $1 million, the low end of the estimated range.

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All the prices here include the buyer’s premium, or commission that the buyer pays to the auction house. The actual hammer price for the Jeff Koons was $52 million.

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art auctiOns top

in june 2015

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G U STAV K L I M T

BilDnis gertruD loew (gertha felsőványi) (portrait of gertruD loew – gertha felsőványi) Sold For: 38,872,510 US$

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KA Z I M I R M A L EV IC H

suprematism, 18th construction

Sold For: 33,603,575 US$

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É D OUA R D M A N E T

le Bar aux folies-Bergère (alla prima) Sold For: 26,578,328 US$

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PA B L O P IC A S S O

Deux personnages (la lecture) Sold For: 25,700,172 US$ W W W. B O C A D O L O B O . C O M

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EDGAR DEGAS

petite Danseuse De quatorze ans

Sold For: 24,822,016 US$

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F R A N C I S BAC O N

stuDy for heaD of isaBel rawsthorne anD george Dyer Sold For: 26,578,328 US$

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PAU L G AU G U I N

nature morte aux mangos Sold For: 18,148,031 US$

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M ost iM pressive

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“l’homme au Doigt (pointing man)”

$141.3 Million CHriSTiE’S nEw York This spectacular bronze broke the record for the most expensive sculpture ever auctioned. At the same sale, Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version “O”)” sold for $179.4 million, becoming the most expensive painting ever sold at auction.

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C O N STA N T I N I B R A N C U SI

“BirD in space” (1922-23)

$27.5 Million CHriSTiE’S nEw York Brancusi is arguably the most important sculptor of the 20th century and his ‘Birds in space’ rank among his most iconic works. This stylized piece surpassed the previous auction record for a sculpture -also held by Brancusi- in almost $10 million.

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BA DM I N T O N CABINET

“BirD in space” (1922-23) $36 Million CHriSTiE’S

Deemed as the most expensive furniture sold at an auction, the Badminton Cabinet is essentially a Florentine Ebony Cabinet Chest dating back to the year 1732, which was sold by Christie’s in the year 2004 for a whopping $36 million. Besides the exotic wood construction, the Badminton Cabinet is also adorned with some of the most precious stones including, amethyst, quartz, chalcedony, jasper, lapis lazuli,agate, etc.

The entire expensive cabinet stands at 12 feet in height and carries some eight legs to support its weight. The Ebony Cabinet Chest received its nickname, ‘Badminton Court’ due to the fact that this expensive furniture was residing in the village of Badminton in England for nearly two centuries.

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E I L E E N G R AY

Der Blaue wittelsBache $29 Million CHriSTiE’S Designed and crafted by Irish designer Eileen Gray, the ‘Dragon’ Armchair is by far one of the most exquisite pieces of luxury vintage furniture. The Dragon Armchair is adorned with the sculptures of dragons on its arms and the chair measures 24 inches in height.

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Der Blaue wittelsBache $23.4 Million CHriSTiE’S Also known as the ‘Der Blaue Wittelsbacher’, the Wittelsbach Diamond is known to be the most expensive diamond sold at an auction. Weighing at an astounding 35.36 carats, the Wittelsbach Diamond was originally discovered in the Golkonda region of India in the 17th century

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J E F F KO O N S

“tulips” 1995-2004

$33.7 Million CHriSTiE’S nY, novEMbEr 14TH 2012 “Tulips” is one of five unique versions, the others belonging to famous institutions like the Guggenheim Bilbao or the Broad Contemporary Art Museum.

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ST E FA N O C A N T U R I

DiamonD BarBie

$302,500 CHriSTiE’S Crafted by the famed jeweler Stefano Canturi, a Diamond Barbie, which is also known to be one of the rarest Barbie collection by Stefano went for a staggering $302,500 at a Christie’s. The most expensive Barbie doll features a 1,000 carat pink diamond, while Mr. Canturi even designed the doll’s black strapless dress, stilettos, hair etc.

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