Picasso Sells: Kanye West, Lauder View $5.4 Billion Fair
A Picasso painting was among early sales as Ronald Lauder, Kanye West and Sheikh Saud al Thani were among VIPs browsing the worlds biggest art and antiques fair.
The U.S. businessman, musician and Qatari prince were in the Netherlands to see 4 billion euros ($5.2 billion) of museum- quality artworks and jewelry. Pablo Picassos 1964 oil-on-canvas Homme au Chapeau was bought by a European collector for $8 million from the New York-based dealer Christophe van de Weghe, one of 265 exhibitors at the European Fine Art Fair, Tefaf.
The 10-day annual event in a conference center on the outskirts of Maastricht displays items ranging from antiquity to the 21st century. The fair, facing competition from last years inaugural Frieze Masters in London, has updated its design. Visitors observed that participating dealers have made an extra effort to show exceptional pieces -- with prices to match.
The quality is very strong this year, the London-based art adviser Joe Friedman said in an interview. The price levels are quite high, which reflects the confidence of the dealers who have bought things from auctions and of the private collectors who are selling works with them on consignment.
Scott Schaefer, senior cu! rator of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, was spotted at the preview, along with curators from the Louvre, Frick and Huntington museums, and the Chateau de Versailles.
I like the vibe, said West, pointing to an 18th-century Tibetan painting of a multi-armed deity on the booth of London- based Rossi & Rossi.
Private Collection
The dealer is also showing an 11-headed painted and gilded Avalokiteshvara, dating from about 1400, that has been kept in a European private collection for more than 40 years. Priced at 6 million euros, it had yet to find a buyer during the early hours of the fair.
Montreal-based Landau Fine Art is quoting $25 million for the 1915 Modigliani painting Bride and Groom.
New York-dealer Otto Naumann is asking $14 million for a recently discovered Velasquez head-and-shoulders portrait of a bearded man. A 16th-century Jan Mostaert painting, Landscape With an Episode From the Conquest of America, is thought to be one of the earliest depictions of the New World and has the same price tag from London-based dealer Dickinson.
Daniel Katz, also from London, is asking 7 million pounds for an Egyptian stone sculpture of the goddess Isis that he bought for 3.7 million pounds at Christies International, London, in October. The price was a record for an ancient Egyptian work of art sold at auction.
Marble Chloe
Though none of these high-value trophies found buyers during the early hours of the preview, Katz sold a 19th-century Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux marble sculpture of Daphnis and Chloe to an undisclosed U.S. museum for $3 million.
The Mauritshuis of the Hague was also among museum buyers, paying 750,000 pounds for the 1592 Paul Bril painting on copper, Saint Jerome Praying in a Rocky Landscape, priced at about 1 million pounds from London-based Johnny Van Haeften. The dealer acquired the painting for 505,250 pounds at Christies in December.
Van Haeften also sold the early 17-century Jacob Jordaens canvas The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa, priced at $6.5 million. He paid 2.1 million pounds for it last year.
The Old Master galleries will do deals, said Philip Hoffman, director of the London-based Fine Art Fund. Some of the starting prices are high this year and made me slightly gulp. Its a matter of negotiation.
While the core of Tefaf remains, as always, Old Masters, the fair bolstered its modern and contemporary section by welcoming back Gagosian, the worlds biggest commercial gallery network, which last exhibited in 2006.
Dotted Hodgkin
The New York-based dealership never discusses sales or prices. Its small 2012 Howard Hodgkin painting, Trompe loeil was identified by dealers as attracting an early red dot.
Works of that size by the veteran British painter are currently valued at about $400,000, dealers said.
Belgium-based Axel Vervoordt was among the exhibitors reporting strong early sales. The dealer, who shows his eclectic stock in a castle near Antwerp, sold the black-and-red 1961 abstract Chizosei Shomenko by the Japanese painter Kazuo Shiraga to a Swiss collector for 1.2 million euros.
Shiraga is a member of the postwar Gutai group, the subject of a show at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Another Swiss collector paid 1.7 million euros for ancient Greek marble torso of Venus.
Other exhibitors said buyers were more cautious at the preview than in previous years.
Life is difficult at the moment for people, said the Brussels-based Asian art specialist ! Gisele Cr! oes, who is offering for sale museum-quality early Chinese bronzes.
The market is still rebuilding, Friedman said. Before the downturn, it was a frenzy. If you stopped to think about a piece it was too late. Now buyers are taking their time.
Muse highlights include New York and London weekend guides, Lewis Lapham on history and Jeremy Gerard on U.S. theater.
To contact the writer on the story: Scott Reyburn in Maastricht, the Netherlands, at sreyburn@hotmail.com.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
'The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa'
Christie's Images Ltd. 2012 via Bloomb! erg
"The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa" by 17th-century Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens. It sold in an auction of Old Master and British Paintings at Christie's International in London on Dec. 4 2012 and its buyer, art dealer Johnny Van Haeften, resold it at the Tefaf art fair in 2013.
"The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa" by 17th-century Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens. It sold in an auction of Old Master and British Paintings at Christie's International in London on Dec. 4 2012 and its buyer, art dealer Johnny Van Haeften, resold it at the Tefaf art fair in 2013. Source: Christie's Images Ltd. 2012 via Bloomberg
"Chizosei Shomenko"
Axel Vervoordt via Bloomberg.
"Chizosei Shomenko," a 1961 abstract by the Japanese Gutai group painter Kazuo Shiraga, offered for sale on the booth of the Belgium-based dealer Axel Vervoordt at the European Fine Art Fair, Tefaf, in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The event previewed to VIPs on March 14.
"Chizosei Shomenko," a 1961 abstract by the Japanese Gutai group painter Kazuo Shiraga, offered for sale on the booth of the Belgium-based dealer Axel Vervoordt at the European Fine Art Fair, Tefaf, in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The event previewed to VIPs on March 14. Source: Axel Vervoordt via Bloomberg.
'Bride and Groom'
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"Bride and Groom" (1915-1916) by Modigliani. The work is being offered, priced at $25 million, at the booth of the Montreal-based dealer Landau Fine Art at the European Fine Art Fair, Tefaf, in Maastricht, the Netherlands, which previewed on March 14.
"Bride and Groom" (1915-1916) by Modigliani. The work is being offered, priced at $25 million, at the booth of the Montreal-based dealer Landau Fine Art at the European Fine Art Fair, Tefaf, in Maastricht, the Netherlands, which previewed on March 14. Source: Landau Fine Art via Bloomberg
'Saint Jerome Praying'
Johnny van Haeften via Bloomberg
"Saint Jerome Praying in a Rocky Landscape" (1592) by the Felmish artist Paul Bril. It is being offered at the booth of London-based dealer Johnny Van Haeften during the European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The 10-day event opened to VIP visitors on March 14.
"Saint Jerome Praying in a Rocky Landscape" (1592) ! by the Fe! lmish artist Paul Bril. It is being offered at the booth of London-based dealer Johnny Van Haeften during the European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The 10-day event opened to VIP visitors on March 14. Source: Johnny van Haeften via Bloomberg
Bearded Man by Velazquez
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A portrait of a bearded man by Velasquez. This newly discovered painting by the 17th century Spanish artist is being offered for sale by the New York-based dealer Otto Naumann at the European Fine Art Fair, Tefaf, in the Dutch city of Maastricht, which opened to VIP visitors on March 14.
A portrait of a bearded man by Velasquez. This newly discovered painting by the 17th century Spanish artist is being offered for sale by the New York-based dealer Otto Naumann at the European Fine Art Fair, Tefaf, in the Dutch city of Maastricht, which opened to VIP visitors on March 14. Source: Otto Naumann Ltd. via Bloomberg
Egyptian Greywacke Stone Isis
Daniel Katz Ltd. via Bloomberg
An ancient Egyptian greywacke stone sculpture of the goddess Isis. Dating from about 664 BC-525 BC, it was offered for sale by the London dealer Daniel Katz at the 26th edition of the European Fine Art Fair.
An ancient Egyptian greywacke stone sculpture of the goddess Isis. Dating from about 664 BC-525 BC, it was offered for sale by the London dealer Daniel Katz at the 26th edition of the European Fine Art Fair. Source: Daniel Katz Ltd. via Bloomberg
Eleven-Headed Avalokiteshvara
Rossi & Rossi via Bloomberg
A Tibetan 11-headed Avalokiteshvara. The bronze, dating from about 1400, is offered for sale by the London-based dealers Rossi & Rossi at the 26th edition of the European Fine Art Fair, Tefaf.
A Tibetan 11-headed Avalokiteshvara. The bronze, dating from about 1400, is offered for sale by the London-based dealers Rossi & Rossi at the 26th edition of the European Fine Art Fair, Tefaf. Source: Rossi & Rossi via Bloomberg
Russian Imperial Gold Seal
A Russian Imperial gold seal by Carl Faberge incorporating a piece of lead shot that almost accidentally killed the Tsar in 1905. It was offered for sale by the London dealer Wartski.
A Russian Imperial gold seal by Carl Faberge incorporating a piece of lead shot that almost accidentally killed the Tsar in 1905. It was offered for sale by the London dealer Wartski. Source: Wartski via Bloomberg
'O.M.R.A.V.S.'
Galerie Odermatt-Vedovi via Bloomberg
"O.M.R.A.V.S." (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The acrylic and oilstick on canvas painting is being offered for sale by Brussels-based Galerie Odermatt-Vedovi at Tefaf, in the Netherlands.
"O.M.R.A.V.S." (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The acrylic and oilstick on canvas painting is being offered for sale by Brussels-based Galerie Odermatt-Vedovi at Tefaf, in the Netherlands. Source: Galerie Odermatt-Vedovi via Bloomberg
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