The auction of the eponymous Rubinstein Collection significantly resulted literally overnight, in altering the view of African art held by much of the international art world. Masterpieces, assembled with loving care, wee auctioned, and achieved world shattering prices unheard of at that time. The catalogue, of great historical and aesthetic value. We offer three copies of this extremely scarce document.
Download PDF of ( Auction Catalogue) HELENA RUBINSTEIN COLLECTION
New York. Parts 1 & 2: 250 pages, 262 lots auctioned (248 African, 14 Oceanic), 201 lots illustrated. Price list included. The Rubinstein auction, the benchmark primitive art sale of all time, overnight changed the art world's perception of primitive (tribal) art, most notably African art. Prices never before imagined..... More
New York. Parts 1 & 2: 250 pages, 262 lots auctioned (248 African, 14 Oceanic), 201 lots illustrated. Price list included. The Rubinstein auction, the benchmark primitive art sale of all time, overnight changed the art world's perception of primitive (tribal) art, most notably African art. Prices never before imagined..... More
New York. Parts 1 & 2: 250 pages, 262 lots auctioned (248 African, 14 Oceanic), 201 lots illustrated. The Rubinstein auction, the benchmark primitive art sale of all time, overnight changed the art world's perception of primitive (tribal) art, most notably African art. Prices never before imagined were realized, and..... More