Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Scotland breaks summer slumber with Edinburgh Mod Brit and contemporary art sales
03 September 2018August is the month when Scotland takes it up a notch while the rest of the art world has a breather.
Epstein actress steps on Isle of Wight stage
03 September 2018A little-known Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) sculpture of the British actress Sandra Dorne took an estimate-topping £11,000 at HRD Auction Rooms (20% buyer’s premium) on the Isle of Wight.
Picasso’s lithography love shown at Bamfords sale in Derby
03 September 2018Just a month after the Second World War, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was in Paris working at the lithography workshop of Fernand Mourlot (1895-1988). It was the beginning of a collaboration that would last almost three decades and produce more than 400 different graphic images and editions.
Varanasi waterfront takes pride of place in Somerset
03 September 2018An Indian School work guided at £100-150 was the star turn at Greenslade Taylor Hunt (19.5% buyer’s premium) of Taunton in Somerset on August 2.
Saleroom selection: three modestly valued works including hunting scenes
03 September 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales, sold for under £900.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
27 August 2018A large oil painting showing a scene from Homer’s Odyssey by the Victorian painter Briton Riviere (1840-1920) will go under the hammer for the first time in a century.
Naval gazing proves profitable
27 August 2018An intriguing portrait by an unidentified hand of a Royal Navy admiral in a wig and blue gilt braided uniform was a star entry at Cotswold saleroom Chorley’s (20/15/12.5/10% buyer’s premium).
Jockeys ride in at £2500
27 August 2018This watercolour, below, by Frederic Whiting (1874-1962) took a multi-estimate £2500 at Thomson Roddick’s (15% buyer’s premium) Edinburgh saleroom on August 9.
Sickert strikes a Venetian portrait pose
27 August 2018The setting for this near-monochrome self-portrait, below, by Walter Sickert (1860-1942) is the Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo in Venice and shows the equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni and the Scuola Grande di San Marco.
Old Master from ‘snail’ house sets pulses racing
27 August 2018This Old Master painting, above, of The Adoration of the Magi in the manner of Italian painter Vincenzo Carducci (c.1576-1638) led a recent Dorset sale.
Liss lass full of life at auction
27 August 2018Selling above estimate at Jacobs & Hunt (22% buyer’s premium) in Liss, Hampshire, was a life-size bronze by Sydney Harpley (1927-92) titled Umbrella Girl, below.
Sloane Square viewed from Surrey
27 August 2018Unseen on the market since 1946, a view of Sloane Square (below) by Robert Buhler (1916-89) raced to £5000 at Ewbank’s (22.5% buyer’s premium).
Saleroom selection: Three works under £1000 in regional sales, including Samuel John 'Lamorna' Birch watercolour
27 August 2018A selection of three works from UK regional salerooms sold for £1000 or under.
Previews: Up to £500
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.