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(Fragment)Creole Portrait Goes to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
An air of mystery enfolds the dark-eyed Afro- Creole woman crowned in a colorful turban-style tignon. Her oil on canvas portrait took center stage at Brunk Auctions May 21 when it sold for close to one million dollars.
Could the subject be the famed voodoo queen Marie Laveau (1801-1881)? Her assured ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June2022
Portrait of Catherine Gates Willard (1762-1785), artist unknown, oil on canvas, circa 1785. Courtesy Willard House and Clock Museum.
-Through June 25 -North Grafton, Massachusetts
For centuries clocks and watches have been depicted in artwork. Timepieces have served as reminders of human mortality and as symbols of affluence, occupation, or technological ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Modern and Contemporary Art Auctions
Sotheby's, New York City
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Sotheby's introduced a new sale platform for American art by integrating works into its 20th-century modern and contemporary art sales in May. The auction house offered over 600 lots over a two-day period in morning and afternoon sessions May 18 and May 20.
"This strategic ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Fritz Scholder Auction Record
Hollywood Indian and Horse #2, Fritz Scholder, 68" x 80", acrylic on canvas, $500,000. Photo courtesy Hindman Auctions.
A 1973 painting by Fritz Scholder (1937-2005), Hollywood Indian and Horse #2, set a new auction record for the artist in Hindman Auctions' May 19 Western and contemporary Native American art auction in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Stewards of the West": The Knobloch Collection Sale
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
"Stewards of the West," a 75-lot sale of works from the Knobloch collection, was held at Christie's the afternoon of May 17. Proceeds went to the Knobloch Family Foundation, which makes grants to benefit conservation of natural ecosystems.
The live sale totaled $21,175,140 (including buyers' premiums). ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fishermen's Camp Brings $1.38 Million
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Christie's offered 81 lots in its May 17 morning sale of American art for a sale total of $9,455,340 (includes buyers' premiums). The sell-through rate was 78%. The presale estimates were $15,933,000/23,790,000.
A mixed offering of 20th-century Modernism, Impressionism, and illustration art was on the block. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2022 American Art Fair
New York City
Returning to a live event and celebrating its 15th year, The American Art Fair opened to an enthusiastic crowd happy to view art and see one another in person.
The much-appreciated art fair, under the helm of art dealer Thomas Colville of Thomas Colville Fine Art, Connecticut and New ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maud Lewis Painting-Once Traded for Grilled Cheese-Brings $413,000
Photos courtesy Miller & Miller
It was an astounding and history-making moment at Miller & Miller's May 14 Canadiana and decorative arts auction when the hammer finally came down at $350,000 Canadian ($270,974 U.S.) for Black Truck, a rare Maud Lewis painting, originally estimated at $30,000/35,000 Canadian. Selling at ten times ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Rain or Shine, Virginia Pickers Goes On
Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show, Glen Allen, Virginia
Galoshes, duck boots, umbrellas, and ponchos were the preferred apparel accessories of the day when the eighth installment of the semiannual Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show opened for business at Gilman's Farm in Glen Allen, Virginia, May 13. Weather forecasters reported ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grant's Revolvers Sell for $5.17 Million
A pair of Remington New Model Army revolvers presented to Civil War general and 18th U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant sold for $5,170,000 (est. $1/3 million) May 13 at Rock Island Auction Company, Rock Island, Illinois.
Numbered 1 and 2, the set features the work of L.D. Nimschke, a master engraver ... (Read More)
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