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Frieze New York and major auctions in New York bring strong collector appetite, while auction and fair sales remain measured with less impulse buying.
The artist is best known for her dense, visionary ink drawings on calico and postcards. She believed her intricate compositions were guided by a spiritual entity she called "Myrninerest," which she described as an unseen collaborator. Only a small number of her textile works are known to survive, with examples held in institutions including the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, England and the Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The standout performers of the night were the works that were fresh to market. People are really pursuing quality. In a world that remains uncertain, quality is what prevails, and that's really the key ambition for us as we put together sales.
The work represents a 'real turning point' in the artist's development, said Ottilie Windsor, head of contemporary art at Sotheby's London. She noted that the painting's key characteristics, such as constructive perspective, flattened space, and a balance between observation and artifice, would reappear in Hockney's later works, such as his iconic California swimming pools and Yorkshire landscapes.
He said, 'These are amazing,' His wife came alongside him. Within three minutes he told me, 'I am going to take Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley.' I said, 'That's amazing. Thank you so much.' Prices for the works ranged from $50,000.
The two works offered at the house's 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London on March 5 include Schober (Haybarn) from 1984, one of the artist's largest landscape photo-paintings, with presale expectations in the region of £6 million ($8.2 million). Formerly in in the collection of New York real estate developers Emily and Jerry Spiegel, who acquired the work from dealer Marian Goodman in 1985, the canvas sold at Christie's New York in 2017 for $6.97 million to the current owner.
Everything I do tends to be instinctive rather than calculated, but I've been looking for a different kind of space with a different kind of tone for quite a long time because both Kingly Street and my former gallery at Davies Street were both quite brutal spaces. I wanted to offer something else to the artists, and I've never had a townhouse gallery in London. So, it just seemed like something I hadn't done before.
At just thirteen years old, San Diego painter Andres Valencia is adding another remarkable chapter to his meteoric rise. The prodigy, whose Cubist-inspired works have already made waves on the global art stage, has partnered with Paris-based Mourlot Editions for a series of limited and open edition lithographs. The collaboration marks a rare honor, as Mourlot-founded in 1852 and renowned for its work with masters such as Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, and Miró-rarely extends its expertise to contemporary artists.