Marking its twentieth edition with a reduced footprint, Art Dubai nonetheless affirmed its foundational regional collector base, even as new institutions like 971 Art Gallery further solidify the city's burgeoning art market infrastructure.
Marking the second-highest auction price for the artist, the 1957 Rothko from the esteemed Robert Mnuchin collection headlined a dedicated sale that commenced New York's May auction season with robust results for postwar American masters.
Chiura Obata, Everything glow of Yosemite Waterfall from WORLD LANDSCAPE SERIES AMERICA, sold for $37,700, more than 11 times the low estimate at Mainichi Auction Inc., Tokyo. Woodcut, 40.0 x 27.8cm.
Maurice de Vlaminck, Paysage aux arbres (1948), sold for $29,000 (JPY4.6m), more than the low estimate at Mainichi Auction Inc. in Tokyo on May 16.
Tamako Kataoka, Mt. Fuji, sold for $43,500, more than four and a half times the low estimate at Mainichi Auction Inc., Tokyo. Ink and color on paper, 37.9 x 45.3cm.
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