Stylized Nudes Expected to Top Latin American Art Sales at Christie's and Sotheby's (One of my many favorite Artists)

Stylized Nudes Expected to Top Latin American Art Sales at Christie's and Sotheby's

An art patron inspects Roberto Matta's "Endless Nudes," part of a Latin American Art auction on display at Sotheby's in New York, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. AP Photo/Kathy Willens.

By: Walker Simon

NEW YORK, NY (REUTERS).- A bronze of a voluptuous nude holding a cigarette and a volcanic landscape strewn with lifeless limbs top this week's Latin American art auctions. The New York sales at Christie's and Sotheby's follow strong auctions this month for Modern and Impressionist art, stirring hopes of a rebound in the Latin American art market after weak sales in the spring. "The psychology of the market is different now ... than when there was collapse of the financial markets," said Christie's Latin American expert Virgilio Garza, referring to the slump in the stock market. "People were careful then with spending, now there is more confidence." "Endless Nudes," painted by Chile's Matta, could fetch up to $3 million, according to Sotheby's. ... More

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