Last December, the first-ever joint auction held by Phillips and Poly Auction Hong Kong was headlined by Yoshitomo Nara’s Hothouse Doll, which was sold for HK$130m (US$13.3m). The sale totaled HK$388m (US$49.9m), and saw a more than satisfactory sell-through rate of 94%. Following the proven success last year, Phillips and […]
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Phillips and Poly Auction Announce Unprecedented Beijing-Hong Kong Dual-Location Joint Auctions…
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild (940-7), 2015, oil on canvas, 140×160 cm Estimate: HK$ 75,000,000 – 95,000,000 Image Courtesy of Phillips Two Houses Continue to Partner in Presenting 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Sales in Asia on 7-8 June with Innovative Sale Format HONG KONG – 31 March 2021 […]
Phillips to Auction Jean Dunand’s ‘Les Palmiers’ Cigarette smoking Space
Composed of lacquered panels with integrated lacquered and engraved steel plates, ‘Les Palmiers’ smoking cigarettes home functions an interaction of tones and textures that demonstrates Dunand’s mastery of the historic method of lacquer. The resulting surface area results and the graphic use of line to depict a forest of stylized […]
The Phillips Collection, America’s First Museum Of Modern Art, Turns 100 : NPR
After the deaths of his father and brother in 1917 and 1918, Duncan Phillips found solace in art. His wife, Marjorie Phillips, was a painter. They opened The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., in 1921. They are pictured in the Main Gallery, circa 1920. The Phillips Collection hide caption toggle […]