Sir Ernest Shackleton: His Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917 is remembered as one of the great feats of human daring and valour. Attempting to sail across the Weddell Sea, the expedition ship Endurance became trapped in pack ice, eventually disintegrating in October…
Discover how ancient Greek sculpture inspired Rodin to set a radical new direction for modern art. Rodin and The Art of Ancient Greece In 1881 the French sculptor Auguste Rodin visited London for the first time. On a trip to…
THE OTHER JAGGER SETS WORLD RECORD AT BONHAMS MODERN ART SALE The Conscientious Objector, by David Jagger, sold for £115,300 The Conscientious Objector, a painting by David Jagger, sold for more than 23 times its pre-sale estimate of £5,000-8,000 at…
THE NEW WAY TO SHOP BONHAMS’ FIRST HOME AND INTERIORS SALE L-R: An impressive Syrian mother-of-pearl, bone and ebonised parquetry inlaid hardwood kneehole desk, estimate £3,000-5,000; An Italian pink chandelier in the manner of Venini, estimate £1,500-2,000; A French…
SVEDOMSKY’S ‘A KISS’ LEADS BONHAMS’ RUSSIAN SALE Pavel Aleksandrovich Svedomsky, A Kiss; estimate £80,000 – 120,0000 A Kiss, one of the finest works by Russian master Pavel Aleksandrovich Svedomsky (1848 – 1904), will lead The Russian Sale…
EXCEPTIONAL BUDDHIST GILT-BRONZE FIGURES LEAD BONHAMS’ FINE CHINESE ART SALE IN LONDON including a rare and large gilt-lacquered wood figure of Buddha, estimate £90,000 – 120,000. Bonhams will offer a range of carefully selected Chinese ceramics and works of art including jades,…
ENIGMATIC MASTER’S FINEST WORK ON OFFER AT BONHAMS’ 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS SALE: Francesco Zanin Francesco Zanin, The Piazza San Marco, Venice, in the early hours of the last evening of carnival; estimate US$100,000 – 150,000 Francesco Zanin’s dramatic…