January 23rd, 2010 by omnp1 | No Comments
OMNP is finding galleries to be clearly outgunning the auction houses for this year’s crop of works for sale at Old Master Drawings Week in New York. Among the highlights below, we see the flair that Delacroix had for equine subjects, in “A Bugler on Horseback, Accompanied by a Hound,” being exhibited by Stephen Ongpin. [...]
July 7th, 2009 by Old Masters New Perspectives | 1 Comment
While Sotheby’s major sale of Old Masters is comparably diminutive to Christie’s this year, in both size and quality, there are a few treasures still to be found.
OMNP’s star of the show has to be Sir Anthony van Dyck’s “Portrait of Endymion Porter” (lot 11, left)
This portrait easily trumps the three that Christie’s is offering [...]
January 22nd, 2009 by admin | 2 Comments
OMNP previews Sotheby’s New York sale of Old Master Paintings, from January 29-30
July 14th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Goya Boosts Christie’s Drawings Sale [NY Sun}
"Lost" Goya drawings sold for £4m" [BBC]
Goya sketches “lost” for 130 years sold at auction [Reuters]
Goya: 3 Rediscovered Drawings Presumed Lost for Over 130 Years Realise $7.9 Million” [Art Daily]
Mainstream press coverage of major auctions usually centers around the big lots being sold. Such was the case with [...]
July 8th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
OMNP takes an inside look on some of the highlights from Tuesday’s Old Master Drawings sale at Christie’s. Click MORE at the bottom for a full breakdown for select items in three different price ranges.