It’s not news that the Impressionist and Modern category has been starved for inventory at auction. Mostly this is a function of collectors having little or no need to sell works. To deal with this all three auction houses have begun to mix periods and genres within sales. Recently, Sotheby’ went a step further to merge the Latin American department with Contemporary art’s sales.

Now the auction house is announcing the sale of a significant Vilhelm Hammershoi painting in the Impressionist and Modern art Evening sale:Continue Reading