OLD AND MODERN MASTERS RARELY SEEN IN PUBLIC SURFACE AT BONHAMS
CHAGALL, PICASSO, MUNCH
The multi-million pound selection on show includes:
A Marc Chagall masterpiece titled La Revolution estimated to fetch £1,200,000-1,800,000. Rarely before seen in public, it is to be offered at the June 22nd Impressionist and Modern Art sale.
An early and intimate Picasso portrait of the artist’s first friend in Montmartre, Mr. Minguell, completed in Barcelona in the early summer of 1901 when Picasso was just 20 years old. Estimated at £700,000-1,000,000 it will also be offered at the June 22nd Impressionist and Modern Art sale.
One of the earliest known hand-coloured impressions of Edvard Munch’s iconic, Madonna, is being offered for sale at Bonhams Print sale on July 13th. Never before seen in public, it is estimate to fetch between £500,000 – 700,000.
Two Old Masters by Jan Van Kessel will be shown. Depicting flowers with insects and shells, in oil painted on copper, they were possibly produced for a royal or aristocratic Spanish patron. The pictures are estimated at £800,000 to £1.2m each and will be offered during the Old Master Sale on July 7.
Two Old Masters from the Owston Collection in Australia. A Joachim Anthonis Wtewael (Dutch 1566-1638) depicting a cockerel and other decorative fowl in a landscape estimated at £400,000-600,000) and a Melchior de Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636-1695 Amsterdam) oil on canvas estimated at £60,000-80,000. They will be sold at the Old Master sale in London on July 7th.
Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son and Neale UK. In August 2002, the company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of America. Today, Bonhams offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and a further five throughout the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Carmel, New York and Boston in the USA; Toronto, Canada; and France, Monaco, Hong Kong and Dubai. Bonhams has a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 25 countries offering sales advice and valuation services in 57 specialist areas. By the end of 2009, Bonhams had become UK market leaders in ten key specialist collecting areas. For a full listing of upcoming sales, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, go to www.bonhams.com
