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This Leonora Carrington Painting Is Guaranteed to Smash Her Auction Record

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

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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

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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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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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Who is Takako Yamaguchi, the Under-Sung Painter Causing a Frenzy at Auction?

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After decades of quiet work, her evocative paintings breaking auction records and surpassing high estimates mark a sensational turn in the artist’s career. The post Who is Takako Yamaguchi, the Under-Sung Painter Causing a Frenzy at Auction? appeared first on Artnet News.

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8 Famous Color Field Paintings that Define the Genre

Invaluable

This venture spawned a revolutionary style of abstractionism that would come to be known as Color Field Painting. “We What is Color Field Painting? Color field painting represents a style of abstract painting that emerged during the 1950s and ‘60s in New York City. Sold for $84,165,000 via Christie’s (May 2014).

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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