首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
A Picasso painting valued at about $140 million is the centerpiece of a new type of auction at Christie’ s, combining Modern and
A Picasso painting valued at about $140 million is the centerpiece of a new type of auction at Christie’ s, combining Modern and
admin
2017-01-12
56
问题
A Picasso painting valued at about $140 million is the centerpiece of a new type of auction at Christie’ s, combining Modern and contemporary artworks spanning 100 years, that will kick-start its postwar and contemporary sales in New York in May.
Scheduled for May 11, "Looking Forward to the Past" is an evening sale of about 25 lots organized by Loic Gouzer, of Christie’s postwar and contemporary art department. Mr. Gouzer was also the specialist responsible for Christie’ s much-hyped "If I Live I’ll See You Tuesday" auction of 35 works by fashionable contemporary names, which raised $134.6 million last May.
"Traditionally, people would start by collecting Impressionist and Modern art, and then gradually turn to contemporary," Mr. Gouzer said. "Recently, we’re seeing the contrary. Collectors start with contemporary, and then they start to look for other works that have quality, relevance and freshness."
Picasso, who died at 91 in 1973, has nevertheless traditionally been included in auctions of Impressionist and Modern art. But Christie’s said that the broadening client base at the week of contemporary art sales in New York was crucial in persuading an unidentified seller to come forward with Picasso’s 1955 canvas "Les Femmes d’Alger (Version ’O’)," around which the auction house fashioned its "Looking Forward to the Past" sale. Inspired by Eugene Delacroix’s 1834 Orientalist masterpiece, "Women of Algiers," this was one of a number of works Picasso produced in the 1950s and 1960s in response to earlier artists he admired. This particular painting was last seen on the market in November 1997, when it was bought by the London dealer Libby Howie, on the behalf of a client, for $31.9 million at Christie’s auction from the collection of the Americans Victor and Sally Ganz.
Christie’s new valuation of about $140 million on this superior Picasso ranks as one of the highest estimates ever put on an artwork at auction. Francis Bacon’s "Three Studies of Lucian Freud," which sold for a record $142.4 million at Christie’s in November 2013, carried a presale es timate of more than $85 million. Christie’ s has guaranteed the seller of "Les Femmes d’ Alger (Ver sion ’O’)" an undisclosed minimum price. It would not specify whether this guarantee had been funded by the auction house or by a third party.
Last week, Mr. Gouzer posted an image of a 1938 Picasso painting of Dora Maar on Instagram. That work will be in his sale with an estimate of more than $50 million. But there are still gaps, Mr. Gouzer said. "I’m still looking for a 1960s Carl Andre."
[A] is an auction organized by Loic Gouzer.
[B] is an evening sale of 35 contemporary works.
[C] is Picasso’s 1955 painting valued at about $140 million.
[D] is Picasso’s 1938 painting estimated more than $50 million.
[E] is Eugene Delacroix’s 1834 Orientalist masterpiece.
[F] was produced by Francis Bacon in the 1950s and 1960s.
[G] set a record of $142.4 million at Christie’s.
Les Femmes d’Alger (Version ’O’)
选项
答案
C
解析
根据题干关键词Les Femmes d’Alger(Version‘O’)定位到第四段。文中提到with Picasso’s 1955 canvas“Les Femmes d’Alger(Version‘O’),”around which the auction house fashioned its“Looking Forward to the Past”sale,可知Looking Forward to the Past拍卖会是围绕Les Femmes d’Alger(Version‘O’)这件作品组织的。再结合第一段第一句,可知C项为正确选项。干扰项为F项,这件作品是毕加索创作的,不是弗朗西斯·培根创作的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/xbEZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Therealizationthatcoldscankillhasrenewedinterestinfindingvaccinesandtreatments.Thetroubleisthatthecommoncold
Whatmakesagreathighschool?Americansthinkalotofthingsdo,fromoutstandingacademicsorasupportiveenvironmentfors
Itwassupposedtobethenew-mediaelection.E-mail,blogging,socialnetworkingandtweetingwereexpectedtosurgeinimporta
Itwassupposedtobethenew-mediaelection.E-mail,blogging,socialnetworkingandtweetingwereexpectedtosurgeinimporta
Manywilldoubttobaccoindustryclaimsthatitissharpeningitssciencetoevaluate"healthiercigarettes".Butthat’swhatwi
Inthedaysbeforepreschoolacademieswereallbutmandatoryforkidsunder5,IstayedhomeandgotmyearlyeducationfromMi
Apartfromanewfootballstadiumandsomesmartuniversitybuildings,mostofMiddlesbroughlooksasthoughitcametoadeadh
Ifyouhavehighbloodpressure,you’reingood【C1】______.Hypertensionaffects67millionAmericans,includingnearlytwo-third
Fat:whatisitgoodfor?Absolutelynothing,orsoyoumightthink.Butobesityseemstoprotectmiceagainstafatalformofm
Itiscommonlyassumedthatevenifsomeforgerieshaveaestheticmerit,noforgeryhasasmuchasanoriginalbytheimitateda
随机试题
阅读苏轼《水调歌头》(明月几时有),然后回答问题。丙辰中秋,欢饮达旦,大醉,作此篇兼怀子由。明月几时有?把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙,今夕是何年?我欲乘风归去,又恐琼楼玉宇,高处不胜寒。起舞弄清影,何似在人间!转朱阁,低绮户,照无眠。
A、Inapharmacist.B、Inasupermarket.C、Inaclinic.D、Inalibrary.A通过女士的话“如果你有处方的话,我能立即帮你配齐药”,可见他们是在药店里,故A项正确。
三尖瓣的解剖位置在
45岁女性患者,3小时前车祸头部受伤,伤后立即昏迷,做CT后入院。入院查体:中度昏迷,右瞳散大,光反射消失,左上下肢肌张力增高,病理征(+),左顶枕有直径4.0cm头皮下血肿,CT示右额颞部高密度新月影像。最重要的治疗是
普查是为某一特定目的而专门组织的( )。
中国建设银行作为国有金融企业,一直注重社会主义核心价值观的培育和践行工作,并形成了一套行之有效的经验做法,同时也遇到了一些困难和问题,其探索和实践,对推动社会主义核心价值观在国有企业落地,提供了重要启示。以下()是其做法和经验。
班级建设的起始阶段重点在()。
关于增加农业专业技术人员编制的报告××县机构编制办公室:我县作为深度贫困县,农村经济发展较为落后,现有农业专业技术人员数量和质量均无法满足脱贫攻坚的需要。为确保2019年如期脱贫,根据县直有关单位和各乡镇上报情况,统计出我县尚缺农业专业技术人员
2015年10月23日,中国人民银行宣布自2015年10月24日起对商业银行和农村合作金融机构等不再设置存款利率浮动上限,这意味着我国利率管制从此基本放开。请根据所学金融理论简要评述我国利率管制放开的影响。
It’snoteasybeingateenager—norisiteasybeingtheparentofateenager.Aseeminglyharmlesscommentfromyoucanmakeyou
最新回复
(
0
)