Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
New World focus from carpets and tapestries at Piasa auction
05 June 2017A small but select sale of a collection of carpets and tapestries comes up for sale at Piasa in Paris on June 15. The 14 lots of weavings spanning the 16th to 18th centuries have a particular emphasis on Spain and the New World.
Auguste Rodin’s marble Andromeda takes €3.1m at Artcurial
01 June 2017In the centennial year of Auguste Rodin’s death, a clutch of works by the famous sculptor have been going under the hammer in Paris. The latest came up for sale at Artcurial when a marble figure drew no less than 11 bidders.
Tajan’s Fragonard paintings join Leonardo drawing in being declared National Treasures
30 May 2017Less than six months after they announced the discovery of an unpublished Leonardo drawing, the French auction house Tajan has revealed another major artistic discovery – a pair of paintings by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) that last appeared in the late 18th century. Both the Leonardo and the Fragonards have been declared National Treasures by the French State.
Art Deco designs from luxury liner surface in New York
30 May 2017Many of the most famous artists and designers of the Art Deco era were employed to decorate the interiors of the luxury liner SS Normandie, a virtual floating palace to that most glamorous of inter-war design movements.
Paris Tableau skates over to Brussels
30 May 2017A Parisian fair is ‘exploring new horizons’ with its first international event held at a former royal ice rink in the Belgian capital.
Sorolla stars in Madrid sale
30 May 2017The year 1884 was very significant for the Valencian artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). Aged only 21, he travelled to Madrid for the third time, where he was awarded a second-class medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts for El Dos de Mayo 1808, and he received a grant to study in Rome for four years.
Russian works of art in Copenhagen
30 May 2017Bruun Rasmussen is holding a sale of Russian works of art in Copenhagen on June 9 featuring material from various private collections, including that of Norwegian commercial attaché Richard Zeiner- Henriksen (1878-1965).
Shopping for ceramics
30 May 2017Ceramics items on offer in London this summer from auction houses and dealers.
Japanese architect's table on offer at Paris auction
30 May 2017Included in Tajan’s design auction on June 1 is this striking 21st century low plexiglass table created by the Japanese architect Toyo Ito (b.1941).
France’s main antiques fair: the 2017 version
30 May 2017The Syndicat National Des Antiquaires, organisers of the Biennale Paris, has announced the latest exhibitor list and progamme details for France’s main art and antiques fair which takes place in September.
Table is Printz charming
30 May 2017The strikingly striated exotic timber known as palmwood was a signature material for the designer and interior decorator Eugène Printz (1889-1948). A characteristic example of the distinctive furniture he created in this medium featured in the decorative arts sale held by Tajan (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) on May 16.
When the tribal art world comes to Brussels
22 May 2017'Cultures – The World Arts Fair' is a gallery-based event staged every June in the antique-dealing district of Brussels known as The Sablon.
Introduction to a summer of tribal shows
22 May 2017Tribal, non-European or ethnographic art has experienced a huge growth in both general and financial appreciation this century. This boost is partly due to the connections made between indigenous art and its influence on modern and contemporary artists.
Second slice of The Bourgogne Tribal Show
22 May 2017While most tribal art events take place in major cities, the Bourgogne Tribal Show makes the most of its rural location.
Tribal tempters in new Sussex sale
22 May 2017Summers Place Auctions in Billingshurst is well known for its Garden Statuary and Natural History sales. Now it is adding a new category to the portfolio.
French auctioneers stage annual charm offensive to promote their industry
18 May 2017‘Journées Marteau’, the annual national initiative aimed at promoting the world of auctions across France, takes place this weekend.
Private collections yield wide range of ceramics at Woolley & Wallis
15 May 2017Woolley & Wallis holds one of its dedicated English and Continental ceramics auctions in Salisbury on May 23. The wide range of material on offer takes in everything from the major 18th and 19th century English porcelain factories to a group of Italian maiolica.
Fresh steps on the summer trail of dealer shows
15 May 2017Two new dealer shows, Kensington – The Heart of Ceramics and A Collector’s Paradise, herald in this year’s high summer art season in London, while Ceramics Mayfair continues to delight in Kent
Delft touch on both sides of the Atlantic
15 May 2017Inscriptions and/or dates add a premium in many classes of ceramics but especially so in delftware. Some afficionados such as the late Syd Levethan made this a particular goal for their collecting.
Dealers join forces for Ceramics Mayfair
15 May 2017A regular selling show in the summer calendar is Ceramics Mayfair which has been going strong for 11 years and features the combined forces of Jupiter Antiques, Mark and Sandra Diamond and Catherine Hunt.