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Impressionist, modern & contemporary art posts solid results at Carlyle’s auction

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
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Andre Vignoles Impressionist-style landscape. Price realized: $11,520. Carlyle Galleries International image

 

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Carlyle Galleries International Inc.’s latest art auction achieved solid results across multiple categories at its Feb. 9 auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.

A highlight of the auction was a mid-century, impressionist-style painting by Andre Vignoles that sold for $11,520 (including the buyer’s premium), setting a new auction record for a landscape by the artist. The painting sold to a private collector on the East Coast.

“This painting was an exceptional quality landscape, by Vignoles – the best we have seen – in a large format, with a beautiful frame and Wally Findlay Galleries provenance, and there were multiple international bidders competing for it,” said Carlyle CEO Jack Marks.

Other strong performers included a 1985 work on paper by Provincetown artist Selina Trieff (1934-2015), which sold for $4,225 to a collector from the Boston area.

 

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Selina Trieff (1934-2015), ‘Flowering Woman,’ 1987, oil and gold leaf on paper. Price realized: $4,225. Carlyle Galleries International image

 

Contemporary art and multiples were popular with all bidders, with a large Frank Stella Had Gadya (Then came a Dog and Bit the Cat) print with hand-coloring, selling for $18,200.

 

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Frank Stella (1936 – ) ‘Then came a Dog and Bit the Cat, Had Gadya,’ 1984, lithograph, linocut and screenprint. Price realized: $18,200. Carlyle Galleries International image

 

As in all auctions, there were bargains to be had. A watercolor portrait of a man by Russian artist Vasily Petrovic Vereschagin (1835-1909) sold for just $2,600. Marks said that the Russian art market is showing signs of recovery after prices have dropped over 50 percent in the past few years.

 

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Vasily Petrovic Vereschagin (Russian/French 1835-1909), ‘Portrait of a man, watercolor on paper, circa 1863. Price realized: $2,600. Carlyle Galleries International image

 

Carlyle Auctions, which specializes in selling fine art, exclusively through online auctions, had over 200 registered bidders from 41 countries, participating in the auction. As always, Carlyle offered bidders an eclectic selection of artwork – from Old Masters and 19th century to modern and contemporary paintings by international artists.

 

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