Oil Paintings by Lam and Bhattacharjee Both Reach Six Figures in Shannon\’s May 8th Fine Art Auction
Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers hosted their annual Spring Fine Art Auction on Thursday, May 8th at 6pm Eastern time. The auction included 168 lots of quality paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture. The sale totaled $2.1 million and was 85 percent sold. Leading the auction was a rare, early portrait by Cuban artist Wifredo Lam. It sold for $266,700 (including buyer’s premium). The portrait was well-documented in the catalogue raisonné and other publications and had been in a private collection for nearly 50 years.