The Asian Arts Department at Freeman’s will be offering another fine collection of Chinese and Asian works of art in our annual spring auction. Our exhibition dates and March 20, 2010 sale date allows for the participation of many important buyers and enthusiasts who will be in the country to take part in the shows, activities and sales associated with “Asia Week” on the East Coast.

Giraffes in mirage on the Taru Desert. Kenya. June 1960. Tirage argentique postérieur (1997), titré, daté, signé et dédicacé à l’encre : “To the one & only Dorina ! At the C. N. P. (nov. 5th - jan. 20th 1997)…inestimables. Always & forever, our favorite muse. Most sincerily, with perpetual gratitude for your existence. Peter Beard. Box 47616. Nairobi. Kenya E. A. [...] 36 years later, @ Dorina ! January 22nd 1997. Paris”. Tirage rehaussé d’un dessin original à l’encre avec texte manuscrit : “A giraffe is so much a …

To coincide with the 2010 ‘L’année de la Russie en France’, Sotheby’s is delighted to announce that it will exhibit important works from its forthcoming sales of Russian Art in New York (April 2010) and London (June 2010) at its Paris Saleroom from March 4th to March 9th, 2010. The exhibition of around 25
paintings by leading Russian artists – some of whom emigrated to France – will also include a group of important works by Pavel Tchelitchew, which have come from the estate of American actress and socialite, Ruth Ford.

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This auction at Phillips de Pury & Company will advance the conversation on contemporary art, sexuality and the interplay between them in presenting works that challenge our concepts of desirability, gender and the way we consume sexual imagery.
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Phillips de Pury & Company is proud to announce an exceptional offering of works by premier contemporary artists from around the globe in its forthcoming London Contemporary Art sales

Villa Grisbach helds a post auction sale unntil the end of January, 2010.
Time to discover good opportunities.
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On Wednesday, February 3, 2010, Sotheby’s will offer for sale one of the most important sculptures by Alberto Giacometti ever to have come to the auction market: L’Homme qui marche I, a life-size work that ranks among the most arresting and iconic of the artist’s bronzes. Its appearance at auction in February will mark the first time a Giacometti figure of a walking man inthismonumentalsizehascometoauctioninover20years.* More than that, this particular piece has the distinction of being a life-time cast.