Author Archives: Laurie Hurwitz

Three sales held by Sotheby’s, Christie’s and ArtCurial that coincided with the city’s prestigious Old Master drawing fair, the Salon du Dessin, pointed to a lively and vibrant market for Old Master through modern drawings. Ketty Gottardo, director of the department of Old Master and 19th-century drawings at Christie’s France, said: “Old Master and 19th-century drawings once again inspired vivid interest in international collectors, who expressed a particular taste for masterpieces from the 17th and 18th centuries, such as drawings by Claude Lorrain.” Read More

The Artcurial | Briest – Poulain – F. Tajan auction house in Paris held several sales in March with solid results. Read More

At Artcurial | Briest – Poulain – F. Tajan in Paris on Feb. 14, an exceptional collection of drawings by writers, from the private collection of book editors Pierre and Franca Belfond, achieved excellent results. Read More

The Paris auction market capped off a strong year with several end-of-year auctions featuring an eclectic mix of objects that brought strong prices and several new records. Read More

Amid the solid—at times stunning—prices attained in Paris this month, Artcurial auction house also had its share of success at its last major sales of the year. Read More

Christie’s Paris, also saw robust results at its December sales, starting with its auction of Impressionist and modern art on Dec. 1, which brought a total of €14.4 million ($19.4 million) compared with an estimate of €14 million/20 million. Read More

December auctions of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art at Sotheby’s and Christie’s Paris saw vibrant bidding and yielded excellent results despite continued economic turmoil in European currency. Read More

On Nov. 21, at Drouot in Paris, auction house Cornette de Saint Cyr organized a sale of the estate of Kimiyo Horiuchi Foujita, the late widow of Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, a painter and printmaker born in Tokyo who settled in France in his late twenties and died in 1968. Read More

Sotheby’s France held a photography auction on Nov. 11, which brought a total of €1.9 million ($2.6 million) for the 147 lots offered. Read More

Christie’s held several auctions to coincide with the Paris Photo week—including a mixed-owner selection on Nov. 12, as well as a private collector’s holding of works by Irving Penn, and works from Henri Cartier-Bresson’s archives. Read More

For the 15th edition of the Paris Photo fair (Nov. 10–13), the event moved from its former location, in the mall underneath the Louvre museum, to the Grand Palais. Read More

The most important ensemble of 19th-century sculpture ever to be offered at auction was sold in Paris over two days (Oct. 26–27) in an auction staged by Sotheby’s in association with PIASA. Read More