arrow_back
RE: NYTimes: A Manet Portrait Fuels High Prices on a Competitive Night for Christie's
2 messages picture_as_pdf Source PDF
R
Richard Joslin Nov 6, 2014 7:54 AM
To
Heather Grayjeffrey E.
Note the price on Braque. HG: can you foretell if favorable for the charitable deduction for our Braque?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/arts/design/a-manet-portrait-fuels-high-prices-on-a-competitive-night-for-
christies.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone
The artist's 1881 painting of the actress Jeanne Demarsy was bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum for $65.1 million.
H
Heather Gray Nov 6, 2014 2:50 PM
Cc
jeffrey E.
It can't hurt, but I don't know how relevant the one sold at Christie's last night will be to valuing Leon's Braque. Leon's Braque is a much more important picture with great provenance (having been owned by Sidney Janis).