The New York Times Online Art & Design Section has great slideshows. They often have round-ups of art recently sold in auction. We have a certain fascination with attainable art. We love auctions and art fairs because there's the added thrill of the possibility to own. This element also changes one's perspective on the art, forcing, we think, a more personal response - subjective not objective. What is also exciting is that this privately owned art is so often unknown to us and these new discoveries excite and make for great inspiration.
From this week's Impressionist and Modern Art Sale at Christie's, we found these works in particular made us dream.
Hélène, Alexej von Jawlensky
Make-up Inspiration
Sold for £1,385,250
Watercolour on Paper work, Paul Klee, 1917
Print and Colour Inspiration
Sold for £385,250
Springende Pferde (Jumping Horses), Franz Marc, 1910
Print, Texture, and Colour Inspiration
Sold for £3,373,250
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