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Elusive Kandinsky Painting at Auction, Faked Heisman Trophy, and More Fresh News

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Rigide et courbe, signed with monogram and dated ‘35’ (lower left), oil and sand on canvas, 44 7/9 x 63 7/8 in. (114 x 162.4 cm.). Estimate $18,000,000-$25,000,000. Image courtesy of Christie’s Images Limited 2016
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Rigide et courbe, signed with monogram and dated ‘35’ (lower left), oil and sand on canvas, 44 7/9 x 63 7/8 in. (114 x 162.4 cm.). Estimate $18,000,000-$25,000,000. Image courtesy of Christie’s Images Limited 2016

 

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

  • The most important Paris-period Kandinsky painting ever to appear on the market will be auctioned by Christie’s on Nov. 16. Its first owner was Solomon R. Guggenheim, who acquired the artwork from the artist himself in 1936. [Read more from The Art Newspaper]
  • Federal prosecutors in Chicago allege that an Arkansas sports memorabilia collector used a phony Heisman Trophy as collateral for a $100,000 loan. They say a faked nameplate was affixed to an awards emcee’s trophy. [Read more from the Associated Press]
  • You hire a moving company to move a priceless antique. They drop it face down onto the street. What sort of compensation are you entitled to? A Texas woman whose movers dropped an antique piano found out. [Read more from NBC5 Dallas Ft. Worth]
  • Leave it to the great minds at MIT and Georgia Tech to figure out a way to read a book without actually opening it. How’d they do that? [Read more from the Associated Press via ABC News]

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