Colby College Acquires Jackson Pollock Painting, and Getty Acquires the 13th Century Rothschild Pentateuch

Colby College in Maine acquired Jackson Pollock "Composition with Masked Shapes" (1941) from private collector at an undisclosed price. The work has been held in a private collection since 1973, and according to Colby, "its acquisition was made possible thanks to generous donations from the Barsalone family Peter and Paula Lunder through the Lunder Colby presented the show on Wednesday, before the annual summer gala on Saturday, and it will remain visible in its permanent collections. "Whitney Museum Director Adam D. Weinberg called this acquisition" a real shot. "

J. Paul Getty Museum acquired Rothschild Pentateuch a medieval Hebrew manuscript created by unknown artists and dated 1296. The Pentateuch contains the entire text of the Torah, and it was given as part of an exchange agreement after World War II to a German Jewish family who will later settle in Israel. The manuscript was acquired from private sellers at an undisclosed price. "His richly illuminated pages – a great rarity in the thirteenth century – make it a work of exceptional quality and importance that represents the pinnacle of the artistic success of his time.This will be one of the most the most remarkable treasures of the Department of Manuscripts and the entire Getty Museum, "says Timothy Potts, director of the J. Paul Getty Museum

The National Gallery of London acquired Artemisia Gentileschi "Self-Portrait as St. Catherine of Alexandria" (1615-17), the first work of a woman artist to be in her permanent collection for 27 years The painting was discovered in 2017 comm e the forgotten property of a French family. Last December, a London merchant bought the coin at an auction in Paris for £ 2.3 million (~ $ 3 million). The National Gallery contacted the owner and purchased the work for £ 3.6 million ($ 4.8 million).

Lazinc Gallery in London sold three Banksy paintings at £ 500,000 (~ $ 661,000) and £ 1.5 million (~ $ 2 million) within 24 hours of the opening of the show Banksy: Greatest Hits: 2002 -2008.

Christie & nbsp; s The sale of old masters in London yielded a total of £ 6,619,500 (~ $ 6.1 million) on July 6th. "The Madonna and Child enthroned with Angels" is sold for £ 992,750 (~ $ 1.3 million).

The sale of Science and Natural History from Christie's in London yielded a total of £ 1,100,000 (~ $ 1.6 million) on July 10th. The best lot of sale, a saber-toothed cat sold for £ 62,500 (~ $ 82.6 00).

Christie's Victorian Pre-Raphaelite and sale of British Impressionist art in London reported total £ 4,961,500 (~ $ 6.6 million) on July 11 . The best lot of sale, John William Waterhouse "Flora" (~ 1898), sold for £ 500,740 (~ $ 663,000).

Christie's Sale On July 11, London's books and manuscripts reported a total £ 6,200,375 ($ 8.2 million). The top-selling lot, the Plantin Polyglot Bible sold for £ 488,750 (~ $ 647,000). The sale of English literature, history, science, children's books and illustrations in London brought in £ 4,147,764 (~ $ 5.5 million) on July 9th. The biggest lot of the sale, Charles Darwin The origin of the species sold for £ 490,000 (~ $ 650,000).

Sotheby's Librar On July 10, the sale of Part VIII of an English bibliophile in London brought in a total of £ 456,326 (~ $ 606,000). The top-selling lot, Lewis Carroll annotated a copy of Through the Looking Glbad (1893), sold for £ 37,500 (~ $ 50,000).

The sale of Finest & Rarest Wines in London by Sotheby's brought in a total of £ 1,486,525 (~ $ 2 million) on July 11th. 1982 Petrus sold for £ 33,880 (~ $ 45,000).

Sotheby's 19th and 20th century sculpture in London reported a total of £ 1,930,625 (~ $ 2.5 million) on 11 July. The best lot of sale, Prosper of Epinay of Sylvie (1876), sold for £ 334,000 ($ 442,000).