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Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery Monthly October 2015 |
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The BBC's Allistair Sooke asks, "Why elite art prices are so astronomically high?" |
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The BBC's Allistair Sooke asks. "Why elite art prices are so astronomically high?" by Daniel Rohlfing |
In 2011, Allistaire Sooke told the story of the World's Most Expensive Paintings. Here he stands with Picasso's 1932 painting Nude, Green Leaves and Bust which sold for $106,482,500 in 2010. Click HERE to view the entire BBC Documentary. |
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10. Mark Rothko's White Center was purchased by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa of the Royal Family of Quatar for $72,840,000. It used to belong to David Rockefeller who purchased the painting in 1960 for under $10,000 and displayed it in his 56th floor office of Rockefeller Plaza. Since being purchased by Sheikh Khalifa, the painting has not been seen. |
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Pierre Auguste Renoir, Bal du Moulin de la Gallette (larger version), 1876, collection of the Musee d'Orsay, Paris |
7. Claude Monet's Water Lilypond (“Le Bassin aux Nympheas”) 1919, Private Collection, $80.38M |
7. Claude Monet Water Lily Pond (“Le Bassin aux Nympheas”), 1919 is a large canvas, measuring just over 6' 7" wide. Unlike many of Monet's late water lily paintings done in Giverny, this one is signed. |
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It was put up for auction by a foundation begun by Indiana industrialist J. Irwin Miller, chairman of Cummins Engine Company headquartered in Columbus, Indiana. When put up for auction, Christies expected it to sell for 35 to 45 million dollars. Since the sale, they said its final sale price of $80,379,591 was fueled by the weak dollar and demand by new Russian |
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Vincent Van Gogh, Portrait of Dr. Gachet (second version), 1890. Collection of the Musee d'Orsay, Paris. |
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5. Francis Bacon, Triptych 1976, 1976, sold for $86,281,000 at Sotheby's in New York in 2008. It was purchased by Roman Abramovich, a Russian businessman, investor and politician. |
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5. Francis Bacon's Triptych 1976 was purchased by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich. Maria Baibakova, another wealthy Russian art collector, speculates that she and other wealthy Russians, once forbidden to purchase luxury items are making up for their deprivations of the past. Bacon was an Irish figurative painter known for his abstracted figures and his personal excesses with drinking and gambling. In 1976 it sold for $86,281,000. |
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4. Gustav Klimpt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II, 1912. In 2006, it was sold sold for $87,936,000 to a private investor. In 2014, it was loaned long-term to New York's Museum of Modern Art. |
4. Gustav Klimpt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II was the second of two portraits done for German industrialist Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. Prior to WWII, the paintings hung in the family home, but were seized by the Nazis during the war. After the war, the paintings ended up in the Austrian Museum. |
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The museum was reluctant to return them to their rightful owners, but after a judgment was rendered in 1976 in the Republic of Austria v Altman case, the Klimpt paintings were returned to Maria Altman, niece of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, and it was subsequently sold at auction for $87,936,000. |
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2. Pablo Picasso's Garcon a la Pipe (Boy with a Pipe) was painted in 1904, during young Picasso's Rose Period. This painting was done soon after Picasso had settled in the Montmartre section of Paris, and shows a Parisian boy holding a pipe in his left hand while wearing a wreath of flowers on his head. The Washington Post published an article about the excessively high sale price of $104,168,000. They quoted Picasso expert Pepe Karmel who said, "I'm stunned that a pleasant, minor painting could command a price appropriate to a real masterwork by Picasso. This just shows how much the marketplace is divorced from the true values of art." |
2. Pablo Picasso, Garcon a la Pipe (Boy with a Pipe), 1905. It sold for $104,168,000 at Sotheby's in New York in 2004. |
1. Pablo Picasso, Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, 1932. It sold for $106,482,500 at Christies in New York in 2010. |
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Since the completion of the referenced film, another record. Edvard Munch's The Scream (pastel) sold at Christies in New York in 2012 for $119,922,600 |
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Francis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud sold in November of 2013 for $142.40 million at Christies in New York. |
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In our September 2010 edition, we wrote about the superb Pixar Exhibition at the Oakland Museum. "Pixar: 25 Years of Animation) by Daniel Rohlfing |
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Pixar: 25 Years of Animation Oakland Museum |
The Walt Disney Family Museum |
Pixar Studio Emeryville, CA |
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A new Bay Area Art Treasure acquired by Stanford's Cantor Arts Center Edward Hopper's New York Corner, 1913 now on exhibit ... |
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What's showing in Bodega Bay? | ||
Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery 1785 Coast Highway One, Bodega Bay, CA 94923, 707-875-2911 | Map & Location Celebrating Early California Art - original paintings by famous artists of the past - and local artists Now on Exhibit ... Joshua Meador: "I Dreamt I Was Painting" |
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The Ren Brown Collection Now Showing ... Seiko Tachibana http://www.renbrown.com | Back to the Top |
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What's showing nearby? in Sonoma, Napa & Marin Counties |
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IN DUNCANS MILLS Christopher Queen Galleries 3 miles east of Hwy 1 on Hwy 116 on the Russian River "The Sporting Life" through Dec 31 PAINTINGS BY BART WALKER, SERGIO LOPEZ, DON EALY, PAUL KRATTER, F. MICHAEL WOOD, ALLEN FIGONE, KYLE PALIOTTO & GUEST ARTIST TAMMY CALLENS and ... A SELECTION OF EARLY CALIFORNIA PAINTINGS DEPICTING GENTLEMEN’S SPORTING SCENES http://www.christopherqueengallery.com |707-865-1318| Back to the Top |
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IN DUNCANS MILLS Quercia Gallery "The Grandeur of the Small", Stacy Schuett through Nov 23 Hours: 11am-5pm, Thur - Mon (707) 865-0243 http://www.quercia-gallery.com | Back to the Top |
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NOW IN SANTA ROSA Calabi Gallery | http://www.calabigallery.com 888 456 Tenth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 | email: info@calabigallery.com | 707-781-7070 Famed master conservator Dennis Calabi brings his rare knowledge and experience to present a tasteful and eclectic array of primarily 20th century artwork. http://www.calabigallery.com | Back to the Top |
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IN Santa Rosa The Annex Galleries specializing in 19th, 20th, and 21st century American and European fine prints The Annex Galleries is a member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA). http://www.AnnexGalleries.com | Back to the Top |
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IN GRATON Graton Gallery http://www.gratongallery.com |
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IN BODEGA Bodega Landmark Gallery Collection 17255 Bodega Highway Bodega, California USA 94922 Phone 707 876 3477 http://www.artbodega.com | Lorenzo@ArtBodega.com | Back to the Top |
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IN Healdsburg Hammerfriar Gallery http://www.hammerfriar.com |
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IN PETALUMA Vintage Bank Antiques |
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IN PETALUMA Petaluma Art Center "... to celebrate local artists and their contributions and involve the whole community" |
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IN CALISTOGA the Lee Youngman Gallery Featuring the work of contemporary painter Paul Youngman, and the works of famed painter, Ralph Love (1907-1992) http://www.leeyoungmangalleries.com | Back to the Top Left ... Lee Youngman, Right ... Paul Youngman |
Links to current museum exhibits relevant to Early California Art | |||
The Greater Bay Area | |||
The Walt Disney Family Museum This museum tells Walt's story from the early days. (on the Parade Grounds) 104 Montgomery Street, The Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129 -- view location on Google Maps -- Disney & Dali: Architects of Imagination, through Jan 3 |
San Francisco de Young Museum Jewel City: Art from San Francisco's |
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San Francisco California Historical Society Yosemite: A Storied Landscape through Dec 6, 2015 |
San Francisco Legion of Honor -High Style: . Permanent European and Impressionist Paintings |
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San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum |
Oakland Oakland Museum of California -- ongoing Gallery of California Art -showcasing over 800 works from the OMCA's collection |
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San Francisco SFMOMA Now ... More Open than ever ... see our website but closed for renovations http://www.sfmoma.org/our_expansion |
Santa Rosa |
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Santa Rosa Charles M. Schultz Museum "Celebrating 65 Years of Peanuts" through Dec 13 |
Moraga Hearst Art Gallery "A Fine Line, the Dr. Maurice Alberti print collection of European and American Masters Oct 4 - Dec 6 |
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Sonoma Mission San Francisco de Solano Museum featuring the famed watercolor paintings of the California Missions by Christian Jorgensen |
Sonoma Sonoma Valley Museum of Art 551 Broadway, Sonoma CA 954 (707) 939-7862 |
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Ukiah Grace Hudson Museum Thursday, Oct 1 - Nov 1 Grace Hudson: Painter of the Pomo People AT THE CLOVERDALE HISTORY CENTER AND MUSEUM, Cloverdale, California http://www.gracehudsonmuseum.org |
Bolinas Bolinas Museum featuring their permanent collection, including Ludmilla and Thadeus Welch, Arthur William Best, Jack Wisby, Russell Chatham, Alfred Farnsworth. |
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Walnut Creek The Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts |
San Jose San Jose Museum of Art approximately 2,000 20th & 21st century artworks including paintings, sculpture, new media, photography, drawings, prints, and artist books. |
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Monterey Monterey Museum of Art -Iconic Masterpieces of Early California Painting |
Palo Alto Cantor Art Center at Stanford University Rodin! The Complete Stanford Collection Edward Hopper: New York Corner Through February 8, 2016 |
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Sacramento Crocker Art Museum Armin Hanson: The Artful Voyage Through - Oct 11 Back to LIfe, Bay Area Figurative Drawings Oct 11 - May 1 & their marvelous Permanent Collection |
Sacramento Capitol Museum Governor's Portrait Gallery Permanent Exhibits (including one of our galllery's favorite artists, Robert Rishell's portrait of Gov. Ronald Reagan) |
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Stockton's Treasure! The Haggin Museum! -Largest exhibition of Albert Beirstadt paintings anywhere, plus the works of Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell's mentor. see our Newsletter article, April 2011 |
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Los Angeles Los Angeles Museum of Art Art of the Americas, Level 3: Artworks of paintings and sculptures from the colonial period to World War II— a survey of of art and culture & "Levitated Mass" |
Irvine The Irvine Museum "Independent Visions" Women Artists of California 1880-1940 works by Mabel Alvarez, Loren Barton, E.C. Fortune, Elanor Colburn, Anna Hills, Grace Hudson, Evelyn McCormack, Elsie Payne, Marion Wachtel Edith White and Others ... Oct 3 - Jan 21 |
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Santa Barbara The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Degas to Chagall: Important Loans from The Armand Hammer Foundation |
Palm Springs Palm Springs Art Museum Permanent Collection American 19th century Landscape Painting |
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San Diego San Diego Museum of Art Permanent Collection |
Pasadena |
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Pasadena Norton Simon Museum -an Impressive Permanent collection, European impressionist and post impressionist paintings See our newsletter from March 2014 |
Pasadena Pasadena Museum of California Art |
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Prescott, AZ Phippen Museum Vaqueros & Hispanic Art through Feb 7, '16 |
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Seattle, WA Seattle Art Museum |
Portland, OR Portland Art Museum Permanent Collection: American Art Director's Cut, Selections from the Maine Art Museums Trail ... through Sep 20 |
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Washington D.C. The Renwick Gallery Permanent ... Grand Salon Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
Chicago, IL Art Institute of Chicago Permanent collection: the Impressionists |
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Cedar Rapids, IA The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Grant Wood: In Focus is an ongoing permanent collection exhibition. |
Bentonville, AR |
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Washington D.C. The National Gallery Permanent collection American Paintings |
Philadelphia , PA The Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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Philadelphia , PA Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Campus |
Brooklyn, NY The Brooklyn Museum American Art Permanent Collection |
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New York , NY The Whitney Museum of American Art The largest selection of works by Edward Hopper |
Detroit, MI Detroit Institute of Arts American Art Permanent Collection |
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Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts Boston Your's Sincerly, John Singer Sargent through Nov 15 |
New York Museum of Modern Art |