TEFAF Report 2015 - Visit zone

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
ART FAIR
TEFAF
Report 2015
T
he 2015 edition of TEFAF (The European
Fine Art Fair) took place between 13 and
22 March at Maastricht’s MECC. As the
event closed, its organisers and some exhibitors and partners revisited this year’s
edition and talked about the sale of some major works.
The fair focuses primarily on medieval sculptures and
Old Master works, and the TEFAF Paintings section
continues to see the latter attract a large number of
collectors. For example, Gemeentemuseum de La Haye
purchased "Vue d’Amsterdam depuis le port d’IJ vers
l’ouest, avec la tour de Zuiderkerk au loin, peinte un
après-midi de septembre en 1854" by Camille Corot
(1796-1875), which was offered by Douwes Fine Art.
Weiss Gallery dedicated a special exhibition to paintings by Frans Pourbus the Younger (1568-1622), and
a new client paid £250,000 for a portrait of the French
king Henri IV (1553-1610), which was painted by the
artist in 1610. Several works, including Angelika Kauff-
man’s "Hector upbraiding Paris for his retreat from
Battle", and Guilliam van Nieulandt the Younger’s
"Adoration of the Magi", which was offered for
$950,000, were sold by the gallery Jack Kilgore & Co.
Some galleries sold their works very quickly.
For example, one of the fair’s very first transactions was
carried out in the TEFAF section for works on paper. The
gallery Francesca Antonacci & Damiano Lapiccirella
Fine Art were pleased to report the sale of "The
Conquest of Tyro" by Giovanni Antonio Guardi (16991760) in the first ten minutes of the vernissage, which
took place on 12 March. Furthermore, Gallery Delaive
were also very pleased with the 2015 edition, notably
due to the sale of a sculpture entitled "Éponge Bleue"
by Yves Klein (1928-1962). In another category, numerous art traders specialising in Classical antiquities
experienced considerable sales. The gallery Charles
Ede sold, among other items, a Cycladic sculpture
dating from 2,600 years ago, which was sold for
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