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Magritte painting could bring more than $95m at Christie's marquee New York sales this autumn

The Art Newspaper

If it goes for the auction house's estimate, "L'empire des lumières" (1954), from the collection of late interior designer Mica Ertegun, would set an auction record for the Surrealist artist

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This Leonora Carrington Painting Is Guaranteed to Smash Her Auction Record

Artnet News

The post This Leonora Carrington Painting Is Guaranteed to Smash Her Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News. The women of the Surrealist movement are gaining long-overdue attention.

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The ten most expensive Vincent van Gogh paintings

The Art Newspaper

His Sunflowers painting does not make the listand there are other surprises too

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This Newly Restored Quentin Metsys Painting Is Poised to Shatter His Auction Record

Artnet News

The painting went off the radar for centuries and has now been restored to its earlier glory. The post This Newly Restored Quentin Metsys Painting Is Poised to Shatter His Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News.

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A Floral Still Life by Florine Stettheimer Shatters Her Auction Record

Artnet News

The paintings is just one of 10 Stettheimer works that have come to market. The post A Floral Still Life by Florine Stettheimer Shatters Her Auction Record appeared first on Artnet News.

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Record for Indian painting at auction smashed by $13.7m M.F. Husain

The Art Newspaper

The work sold at Christies New York, almost quadrupling its $3.5m high estimate, as South Asian Modern art crests a wave

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New Record for McElwain Painting

Maine Antique Digest

Cordier Auctions in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, achieved a new world auction record for New Mexico landscape painter Louisa McElwain (1953-2013). During Cordier’s May 16 auction, McElwain’s Song of the High Desert sold for $48,360 (includes buyer’s premium). The previous record for a McElwain