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• BONHAMS MAGAZINE: Heads in the Clouds - In self-imposed exile during the Spanish Civil War, Dalí painted an exquisite love letter to Spain – and his muse, Gala. Alastair Smart investigates February 28, 2020
  SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989) Couple aux ... In August 1929, Salvador Dalí invited a number of his Surrealist friends from Paris on a seaside holiday to Cadaqués. That was the pretty Costa Brava village, in his native Catalonia, where Dalí had spent almost every summer since his childhood. René Magritte came with his wife; so did […]
• "In the Beginning was the Word..." February 27, 2020
  NEWTON, ISAAC. 1642-1726/7. Autograph manuscript ... An important handwritten Isaac Newton manuscript exploring the nature of God and creation is one of the highlights of Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale on 6 March in New York. It has an estimate of US$100,000-150,000. Extensively reworked, underlined and amended, this manuscript advances our understanding of the […]
• An Important Painting by Billy Al Bengston Achieves World Auction Record at Bonhams February 27, 2020
  Billy Al Bengston (B. 1934) ... Los Angeles – Lester, an important painting by Billy Al Bengston, sold at Bonhams Los Angeles inaugural sale of Post-War & Contemporary Art on February 15 for $548,075, a world auction record for the artist. It had an estimate of $30,000-50,000. This painting was included in a solo show […]
• BONHAMS MAGAZINE: Black and White - There weren't many places in apartheid South Africa where people could be themselves. Richard Ndimande's studio was an exception, says Ekow Eshun February 27, 2020
  In 1968, Richard Ndimande took over the running of the photographic studio Z.J.S. Ndimande and Sons. The studio had been founded by his father in 1940, and it had won a clientele among the blackresidents of Greytown, in what is now the KwaZulu- Natal province of South Africa.But what might have been a proud moment […]
• Spirit of Paris Exceptional Works by Zadkine and Foujita highlight Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art Sale February 27, 2020
  LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968) Femme ... Rare and exceptional works by two key émigré artists of the radical École de Paris, Ephebus by Ossip Zadkine and Femme allongée, Youki by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, will highlight Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art Sale on 26 March in London. Both works have estimates of £500,000 - £700,000. In […]
• Newly Discovered Book from Library of English Hero Walter Raleigh at Bonhams Book Sale February 26, 2020
  RALEIGH (WALTER) TASSO (TORQUATO) Rime ... In the public imagination, Sir Walter Raleigh is the swashbuckling adventurer who colonised North America and introduced tobacco and the potato to England. He is perhaps less widely known as a fine poet and a scholar who built a substantial library of manuscripts and several hundred printed books. Only […]
• BONHAMS MAGAZINE Wrap Star - Christo wrapped the Reichstag. He made Italians walk on water. Now it's the turn of the Arc de Triomphe, says Mark Hudson February 26, 2020
  Photo: Wolfgang Volz ©2018 Christo Photo: Wolfgang Volz ©2018 Christo On 22 September 1985, 300 workers began covering the Pont Neuf in Paris in 40,000 square metres of woven polyamide fabric, turning the city's oldest and best-loved bridge "from an architectural object, an object of inspiration for artists," as the instigator of this project put […]
• Bonhams Strengthens Benelux Team February 25, 2020
  Bonhams has appointed Constance Carakehian as Deputy Representative for Belgium and Luxembourg, based in its Brussels office. She will work alongside the company's Benelux Representative, Christine de Schaetzen. Constance's appointment takes effect immediately, 25 February 2020. Constance was until recently the VIP Relations and Operations Coordinator for Frieze, based in London. She has a degree […]
• BONHAMS MAGAZINE: The Marque of a Winner - Forget stolid limousines, says Richard Williams, the Mercedes-Benz DNA is – and always has been – motor-racing February 25, 2020
  1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster
• BONHAMS MAGAZINE Leading Lady - Diahann Carroll was a trailblazer who always dressed the part. Diahann's daughter gives Tanya Dukes the inside story on an actress who broke the mould February 24, 2020
  There's a piece of advice that Diahann Carroll lived by and dispensed regularly: "If you're not invited to the party, throw your own." It's the kind of attitude – pragmatic, unsentimental, irrepressible – that sustained her through a seven-decade career in show business that started when she was a prim 1950s teenager in white gloves […]
• Christo's Bridge Between Idea and Reality Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project for Paris) Highlights Post-War & Contemporary Art Sale February 24, 2020
  Christo (American, born 1935) The ... A large preparatory drawing for one of the most famous projects by the contemporary artist Christo, The Pont Neuf Wrapped (Project For Paris), in two parts (1979), will highlight Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art Sale on 12 March in London. It has an estimate of £120,000-180,000. In 1985, Christo, […]
• Morbidelli's Marvels at Bonhams February 21, 2020
  1965 Ducati 125cc Four-cylinder Grand ... 200-Strong Motorcycle Collection Highlight of Spring Stafford Sale"He spent day and night in the museum. He had no other life!" –Gianni Morbidelli on his late father Giancarlo.A world-class selection of 200 post-war road and racing motorcycles from the celebrated Morbidelli Motorcycle Museum in Pesaro, Italy will be the centrepiece […]
• BONHAMS MAGAZINE: Rouge et Noir - The french president called him 'the world's greatest living Artist'. Now one of the rarest works by Pierre Soulages, with red behind his trademark black paint, has come to auction. Martin Gayford salutes a masterpiece February 21, 2020
  Pierre Soulages (French, born 1919) ... In 1947, Pierre Soulages showed his work for the first time at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. He was surprised and flattered to discover that Francis Picabia, a veteran of many avant-garde movements, greatly admired his exhibit. When they met, the great man asked his age. Soulages said […]
• It's a Dog's Life at Bonhams 19th Century Art Sale - The Bitch Pack of the Meath Foxhounds by Master Animal Painter John Emms February 21, 2020
  The Victorian animal painter John Emms (1843-1912) was never happier than when surrounded by dogs, preferably on the sporting field. So, it is no surprise that his very finest work features hunting dogs as in The Bitch Pack of the Meath Foxhounds, one of the leading paintings in Bonhams 19th Century and British Impressionist Art […]
• Bonhams Posts Best-Ever Result at Knightsbridge Watch Sale February 20, 2020
  Baume & Co, 24 Hatton ... One of a kind Baume & Co Timepiece is Top Lot Leading Particularly Strong Performance by Pocket Watches Bonhams Watches opened its global auction calendar this week with the best ever result at its popular Knightsbridge sales on Tuesday 18 February, realising a total 92 per cent sale rate […]
• Estate of Trailblazer and Icon Diahann Carroll to be Auctioned at Bonhams Los Angeles February 19, 2020
  Los Angeles – Bonhams will present property from the Estate of Diahann Carroll on March 10, 2020. The collection includes approximately 150 memorabilia items, furniture, personal items, photos, clothing, shoes, handbags, and jewelry. Ms. Carroll's personal collection will be featured in a dedicated exhibition and sale at Bonhams Los Angeles that will celebrate her iconic […]
• Rare Images from Shackleton's Doomed Expedition at Bonhams Travel and Exploration Sale in London February 18, 2020
  HURLEY (FRANK) Photographs of Scenes ... Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917 is remembered for one of the great feats of human daring and valour. Attempting to sail across the Weddell Sea, the expedition ship Endurance became trapped in pack ice, eventually disintegrating in October 1915. The dramatic escape of the crew is […]
• Private Cellars with Distinguished Provanance Lead Bonhams Fine Wine Sale February 17, 2020
  Château Margaux 2000, Margaux 1er ... Bonhams Fine and Rare Wines Sale in London on Thursday 27 February presents wines from four distinguished private cellars.Highlights include:• Six bottles of Domaine Armand Rousseau Clos de la Roche 1999: £2,500-2,800. • A dozen bottles of Château Margaux 2000: £6,000-7,000. • A dozen bottles of Château Lafite Rothschild […]
• Bonhams Appoints Marcus McDonald as UK Director, Modern Decorative Art + Design February 14, 2020
  Bonhams has appointed Marcus McDonald as UK Director, Modern Decorative Art & Design. Reporting to the Global Head of Modern Decorative Art + Design, Benjamin Walker, he will be responsible for overseeing modern decorative art sales in London, including the newly launched Design Sales at 101 New Bond Street.McDonald joins Bonhams from Phillips Auctioneers where […]
• Remarkable Classic Car Collection from the Dean Edmonds Estate Consigned to Amelia Island Auction February 13, 2020
  1932 Bugatti Type 55 Super ... Rare and exquisite Bugatti Type 55 leads impressive collection; Final consignments being accepted for March sale Bonhams is delighted to announce a major collection for this year's Amelia Island Auction – a dozen cars from the Estate of Dean S. Edmonds Jr. Best known for his work as a […]