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  • Record Sales for Sir Stanley Spencer’s Dog Art

     

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    Sunflower and Dog Worship by Sir Stanley Spencer, 1937

    On Wednesday June 15 2011 at Sotheby's London, seven works by Sir Stanley Spencer, described by the auctioneer as one of the 20th century's most important British painters, were on offer at the first section of a three-part sale of the Evill/Frost Collection.

    The sales of these works totaled £23.0 million ($37.6 million), including a record £4.7 million ($7,705,337) for Workmen in the House, 1935, which was eclipsed minutes later by the £5.4 million($8,796,531) for Sunflower and Dog Worship, 1937, a painting depicting a husband and wife being embraced by giant flowers, said to be an exploation Sir Stanley's notion of universal harmony.

    The other dog painting for sale, The Bathing Pool, Dogs, 1957, was estimated at £800,000 – 1,200,000 and it sold for £4,185,250 ($6,796,009).

     

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    The Bathing Pool, Dogs by Sir Stanley Spencer, 1957

    What recession?

    Keep painting dogs and flowers and universal harmony.

    And have a great weekend!

  • La Suprise! Lost Watteau Breaks Record!

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    La Suprise, the long lost Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) that was discovered earlier this year in the corner of a British drawing room after missing for 200 years, sold at Christie’s this Tuesday for £12.36 million or $24.39 million.  This is a new world record Watteau and for any French
    master predating the advent of Impressionism in the 19th century.  (Click on image for larger view.)

    I think it’s the sweet little dog that pushed it over the top.

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    Read full story about the Christie’s Old Masters sale here.

  • Francis Bacon: Record Setting Artist Also Dog Artist!

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    At Sotheby’s last night, Francis Bacon’s Triptych (above) broke all contemporary art records when it sold for $86.3 million.  Bacon was a self-taught English painter who died in 1992.  Triptych, a large-scale masterpiece depicting the legend of Prometheus, was painted in 1976, and, like his 1953 Man with Dog (below), exemplifies his dark, angst-ridden style. 

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    Read more about Sotheby’s recession-proof contemporary art sale in Carol Vogel NYT’s story.