Fancy a Picasso or a Dali? Taobao auctions first works from Beverly Hills gallery
Eighteen hours after bidding started at just one yuan, bids for the Picasso linocut print Visage had reached 1.14 yuan (HK$1.43 million).
Fancy bagging yourself a Picasso print or a Dali sculpture?
A pair of artworks from a Californian gallery are being auctioned for the first time on China's eBay-like Taobao.
Eighteen hours after bidding started at just one yuan, bids for the Picasso linocut print Visage had reached 1.14 yuan (HK$1.43 million).
The rare black and beige linocut was unveiled in 1963 and is being sold by gallery Galerie Michael from Beverly Hills. The piece is estimated to be worth about 1.2 million yuan.
Linocut is a printmaking technique made popular by artists in the early 20th century, where a design is cut into the surface and the uncarved areas are inked, then impressed onto paper or fabric. The printing is done either by hand or with a press.
Also being auctioned with a starting price of one yuan is a signed limited edition of a bronze sculpture modelled on Salvador Dali’s best-known painting The Persistence Of Memory.