Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Rubens sketch last auctioned in 1867 is highlight of Christie's drawings sale
13 March 2023Christie’s holds its annual dedicated drawings sale in Paris on March 22, the same day that the Salon du Dessin opens.
Drawings fairs March on in Paris
13 March 2023The Salon du Dessin and its Contemporary art younger sibling are now back to normal in the spring slot
Tajan to offer mixed selection of works on paper
13 March 2023Works on paper are included in two picture sales running on consecutive days at Tajan in March.
Study for decoration of château emerges at Paris sale
13 March 2023A selection of drawings will feature in Aguttes’ March 28 sale at Drouot of Old Masters.
Paris galleries unveil highlights for Drawing Now
13 March 2023For its presentation at Drawing Now, the Galerie Lelong from Paris will include a special focus on the work of Christine Safa (b.1994).
Works courtesy of 'Monsieur et Madame B' offered at Ader
13 March 2023Ader will hold three drawings sales at Drouot around the time of the Salon du Dessin.
Gallé and Daum feature in collector Blessing's mixed French and American sale
27 February 2023Art glass will be one notable feature of the second instalment of the sale of items from the estate of Ron Blessing of Nebraska on March 18.
Unoccupied house found to be full of French art glass joys
27 February 2023A cache of art glass rediscovered during the contents removal of a house that had been unoccupied for several years came up for auction.
From darkness came light: the Bud Lear collection of historical candlesticks
27 February 2023US collector Bud Lear teamed up with UK metalwork dealer Christopher Bangs to investigate early types of metal candlesticks
Make a bone call when bidding for Chinese jiaguwen
27 February 2023The Shang period (c.1600-1045BC) is the first of China’s many epochs from which written documents survive.
BRAFA: Brussels fair settles successfully into its new home
20 February 2023The 68th edition of the BRAFA Art Fair closed its doors to the public on February 5 with 65,000 visitors having passed through its doors, writes Anne Crane.
Courtesy of Cohen & Cohen: items from renowned UK specialist come to New York auction
20 February 2023Auctions of Chinese export porcelain have regularly featured in the New York schedule in January for many years, running alongside the traditional string of Americana sales and the long-running Winter Show.
Mantel clock is pick of a d’Estaing presidential selection
06 February 2023Clock formed as memorial to Napoleonic general stars among contents of d’Estaing family home
First edition of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Ernest emerges in Chicago
06 February 2023Included in Potter & Potter’s latest sale of Books and Manuscripts is a rare first edition limited issue of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Ernest.
Bouguereaus double up at US auction
06 February 2023Works by the married artists both feature in Philadelphia saleroom Freeman's
Louvre acquisitions announced for Abu Dhabi and Paris
06 February 2023Main and Middle East branch of the French museum revealed as the buyers of works offered in French auctions
Third slice of Soulages ready to taste at Paris auction
06 February 2023Millon’s March 6 sale in Paris is its third to be given over entirely to the graphic (engraved) work of Pierre Soulages (1919-2022).
Strong early sales at BRAFA as it returns to traditional time slot
02 February 2023Dealers hailed the latest edition of the BRAFA Art Fair as a success with early sales.
Lichtenstein and Warhol with a touch of Hockney
23 January 2023Key artists in the American pop art movement such as Roy Lichtenstein (1923-97) and Andy Warhol (1929- 87) make big ticket prices.
Shipshape and soup shape prints make Maine attraction
23 January 2023Among the graphic works on offer in Thomaston Place’s Winter Enchantment sale in Maine on February 24-26 are these two prints by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.