Despite pleas and affirms from French poets and artists.Despite pleas and affirms from French poets and artists, the sale of more than 4000 paintings, photographs, rare parts coins and primitive art from the estate of surrealism caster Andre Breton by CalmelsCohen auctioneers in Paris, went upon as planned, totaling $50.1 million, about 50 percent more than the presale estimate. Among the top artworks forward offer, Jean Arp's 1927 painted hard relief, "Femme," went for $3 million, as did Joan Miro's 1924 erotic drawing, "The Trap." Rene Magritte's 1929 "La femme cache," a small painting of a [i]in puris naturalibus[/i] that was the centerpiece of a famous Surrealist clump portrait collage, sold for $11 million. COPYRIGHT 2003 Advanstar Communications, Inc. |
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