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TRIBAL ART IN SAN FRANCISCO MUMBAI SHUFFLE AT SOTHEBY’S NICOLA TYSON THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR ART COLLECTORS FEBRUARY 2016 LONDON SALES DESIGNS THE ART OF EYES ON PREVIEW ON LIFE ILLUSTRATION ASIA A Measured Al and Kim Eiber A Medium Shanghai and Market Outlook at Home on the Ascent Regional Markets MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART Invitation to Consign TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004) | Blonde Vivienne (Filled In), 1985/1995 | Alkyd oil on cut-out aluminum | 50 inches diameter Sold for: $317,000 October 28, 2015 Inquiries: 877-HERITAGE (437-4824) | Ext. 1444 | [email protected] DALLAS | NEW YORK | BEVERLY HILLS | SAN FRANCISCO | CHICAGO | PARIS | GENEVA | AMSTERDAM | HONG KONG Always Accepting Quality Consignments in 40 Categories 950,000+ Online Bidder-Members Paul R. Minshull #16591. BP 12-25%; see HA.com. 39536 Irving Penn . c I n , s n o t i Personal Work a c l i b u P t s a N é d n o C © 9 3 9 1 , k r o Y w e N 534 WEST 25TH ST NEW YORK ) , ( B o w JANUARY 29 – MARCH 5, 2016 d i n W p h o S ’ s n i a t i c p O , n n e P g i n v I r EX HI BI TI ON PAR IS: 10 - 11 FEBRU ARY LONDON: 2 2 - 2 3 FEB RUA RY COPENHAGEN: 25 - 29 FEBRUARY Hammershøi AUCTION COPENHAGEN: 1-10 MARCH 2016 ART, ANTIQUES AND DESIGN tel. +45 8818 1111 [email protected] bruun-rasmussen.com FEBRUARY 2016 FEATURES 56 IN THE STUDIO: NICOLA TYSON Known for her figurative practice in a range of media, the British-born artist prepares for a show of drawings at Petzel in New York. BY CHLOE WYMA ASIAN MARKET FOCUS 64 OPULENCE AND TURBULENCE In Shanghai, dedicated gallery owners provide a grassroots counterpoint to the glitzy city-planned art scene. BY HUNTER BRAITHWAITE 72 NATIONAL SPOTLIGHTS: PART 1 Reports on art market developments from Singapore, Indonesia, and India. 76 THE NEXT NEW THING Al and Kim Eiber of Miami Beach have built a formidable collection of postwar and contemporary design works. BY JUDITH GURA 86 THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION Original images commissioned for mass print publication find second lives in the art market. BY BRIDGET MORIARITY AND LIZA M.E. MUHLFELD DEPARTMENTS 12 CONTRIBUTORS 14 FROM THE EDITOR 16 ART PARTIES+OPENINGS 19 IN THE AIR 27 MOVERS+SHAKERS 31 DATEBOOK 34 MUST-HAVES 38 DEALER’S N OTEBOOK 44 CULTURE+TRAVEL MUMBAI Blouin Art + Auction (ISSN No. 2331-5342) is pu blished monthly with a combined July/Augu st issue and a special Fall issue by Art + Auction Holding, Inc., 88 Laight Street, New York, NY 10013. Vol. XXXIX, no. 6. Copyright © 2016 Bloui n Art + Auction Magazine. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and additional mailing offices. 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Printed in the U.S.A. “Part of the fun is mixing different N E S R A L designers; all of the fun is living with it.” E I N T I S —COLLECTOR AL EIBER, SEEN HERE WITH A 1990 R K YONEL LEBOVICI WELDER’S LAMP IN HIS MIAMI BEACH HOME. 76 CURATED AUCTION HOUSE IN PARIS SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN & FOCUS ON JOSEF FRANK Auction: February 17 2016 AxelJo hannesS alto(1 889-1961) PoulK jærholm(1 929-1980) VIEWINGS & AUCTIONS UPCOMING UPCOMING AUCTIONS PIASA Focus on Josef Frank - February 17 2016 AND RESULTS 118 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré Limited Edition III curated by Mathieu Mercier - March 2016 75008 Paris - France Italian Design - March 30 2016 WWW.PIASA.FR +33 1 53 34 10 10 Design Artists-Decorators : a partnership with the magazine AD - April 2016 PIASA SA - agreement n° 2001-020 - Auctioneer: Frédéric Chambre FEBRUARY 2016 N.C. WYETH’S WILD BILL HICKOK AT CARDS , 1916, WHICH SOLD AT THE COEUR D’ALENE ART AUCTION IN JU LY 2007 FOR $2,240,000. 86 COLUMNS MARKETWATCH TRIBAL ART NI SAN FRANCISCO MUMBAI SHUFFLE AT SOTHEBY’S NICOLA TYSON THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR ART COLLECTORS FEBRUARY2016 23 REPORTER 94 AUCTIONS IN BRIEF Buyouts at Sotheby’s were just part of Arts of the American West in Denver, ’ S I E the end-of-year job reshuffle. Chinese imperial t reasures in T I S BY JUDD TULLY Hong Kong, and in Paris, the library R H C of Pierre Bergé. ; N 47 ON THE BLOCK BY LIZA M.E. MUHLFELD I O T C As escalating prices draw long-held U A blue-chip pieces to this month’s 98 DATABANK LONDON SALES DESIGNS THE ART OF EYES ON T PREVIEW ON LIFE ILLUSTRATION ASIA R A Measured Al and KimEiber A Medium Shanghai and London sales, the buying frenzy appears The numbers behind an overdue MarketOutlook atHome ontheAscent RegionalMarkets A E N to be cooling. market correction for contemporary E L BY JUDD TULLY Chinese art. ’ A ON THE COVER: D BY ROMAN KRÄUSSL Le Moteur , 1918, an oil on R U E canvas by Fernand Léger, O rolls onto the block with an C 104 THE ACQUISITION E H estimate of £4 million T The Rubin Museum of Art in New York : to £6 million ($6–9 million) P O procures a set of illustrated folios at the Impressionist and T M FOR DAILY MARKET WATCH UPDATES, that illuminate Tibetan astrology, modern art sale at Christie’s O R GO TO BLOUINARTINFO.COM divination, and cosmology. London on February 2. 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Steven Canavan Agnes Hu PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION Julie Noirot BRAND MANAGER (USA, EUROPE & ASIA) Daniel Zilkha Florine Rousseau FOUNDER [email protected] Gilbert Stuart Portrait of George Washington (detail) Oil on canvas, 1798 Presale Estimate: $150,000–$250,000 Sold: $1.025 Million 2016 AUCTION SCHEDULE NOW ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS FOR ALL SPRING AUCTIONS. FEBRUARY: e Fine and Decorative Art Auction APRIL: e Fine Jewelry Auction CONTACT: MAY: e Fine Art Auction Elaina Grinwald, Director of Consignments SEPTEMBER: e Fine and Decorative Art Auction [email protected] NOVEMBER: e Fine Art Auction 214.653.3900 DECEMBER: e Jewelry and Couture Sale CONTRIBUTORS Christine von der Linn A graduate of Bard College, von der Linn has been head of Swann Auction Galleries’ art, architecture, press, and illustrated books department for �� years.