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California Gold -
New World Auction Records Highlight April Sale of California and American Paintings and Sculpture
http://www.bonhams.com/uscalampictures
The April 7, 2009 auction of California and American Paintings and Sculpture at Bonhams & Butterfields offered a wide array of important Western scenes, Plein Air, Society of Six, and land and cityscapes by noted California and American artists. The Los Angeles-based sale brought more than $4,178,000 and established four new world auction records for artists Bernard von Eichman, Carl Von Perbandt, Arthur Grover Rider and Granville Redmond.
“The market for California and American painting and sculpture continues to be strong. Solid prices and vibrant bidder participation were seen in a number of collecting areas. Interest in April sale reflected an ongoing constancy in the marketplace for fresh and unique works,” said Scot Levitt, Vice President and Fine Arts Department Head.
The top painting of the 179-lot sale was an impressionist work titled Poppies and lupine by a lake with mountains in the distance by Granville Redmond that sold for a new world auction record $542,000. As the auction catalogue’s cover lot, the work displays dashed brushstrokes and bright shades of blue and brilliant yellow. According to Levitt: “Drawing on the contours and colors of the rich California landscape, Redmond illuminates ideal places with pointillist dabs of flowers and washes of shadows. Poppies and lupine by a lake is a powerful example of his quintessential style.”
Works by Guy Rose, Ernest Martin Hennings and Armin Hansen also performed well during the auction which was simulcast to the San Francisco gallery. Among the highlights was Fishermen salvaging a wreck by Hansen, which sold for $290,000; Carmel seascape (A blue sea, Carmel) by Rose and Riders in the foothills by Hennings, which both sold for $512,000.
As California’s oldest and largest auctioneers, Bonhams & Butterfields has established a reputation as a preeminent source for California and American works of art at auction. Sales featuring works of California Art at the firm will continue on May 4, 2009 with Made in California. The May auction will feature a long list of talented modern and contemporary California artists. With estimates starting at $500, the artwork is accessible to a wide range of bidders. Highlights will include some of the most important names in California contemporary art: Ruth Asawa, Frank Lobdell, Paul Wonner, Robert Graham, Roland Petersen, Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Thiebaud, John Baldessari, Lari Pittman, Jim Shaw, Peter Voulkos and Eric Orr.
Press Contact: Jannelle Grigsby, jannelle.grigsby@bonhams.com,
(310) 567-7990
NOTES FOR EDITORS
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 and in August 2003, Goodmans, a leading Australian fine art and antiques auctioneer with salerooms in Sydney, joined the Bonhams Group of Companies. Today, Bonhams is one of the largest and fastest growing auction houses in the world. It offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and a further seven throughout the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Boston in the USA; and Switzerland, France, Monaco, Australia, Hong Kong and Dubai. Bonhams has a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 25 countries offering sales advice and valuation services in 50 specialist areas. For a full listing of upcoming sales, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, go to www.bonhams.com. For other press releases, go to www.bonhams.com/press.
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