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A signed late 19th-century carved and painted life-size Cuban tobacconist figure sold for $36,800. She was mounted on an original stenciled and iron-wheeled base.William Hawkins (1895-1990) created this very large (54½" x 48") enamel on plywood Northeast View from the State House Grounds, signed and dated 1983. Bidding started in ... (Read More)
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This view of a lonely cabin at Manchac, across Lake Ponchartrain from New Orleans, was attributed to Marshall Joseph Smith Jr. (1854-1923) and had descended in the family of artist William Henry Buck. Both men had been students of landscape painter Richard Clague Jr. The work brought $79,950.Southern collectors seek ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Pastors & Patriots: The Muhlenberg Family of Pennsylvaniaby Lisa Minardi, a special issue of Der Reggeboge (The Rainbow), Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society, Volume 45, Number 1, 2011, 95 pages, softbound, $24.95 plus $6 S/H from the Pennsylvania German Society, (717) 597-7940.
The exhibition catalog Pastors & Patriots: ... (Read More)
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Notre Dame des Anges.by David HewettOn Monday afternoon, January 9, a six-person jury returned to a courtroom in the Supreme Court of the State of New York building in Albany and delivered a verdict that surprised those who had been following the tale of two art dealers who were accused ... (Read More)
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John Axelrod and Nonie Gadsden, the MFA's Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, at an art and design show in Boston in 2011.John Biggers (1924-2001), Shotguns, 1983-86, charcoal and conté crayon drawing. Provenance: Michael Rosenfeld to John Axelrod collection. One of the latest works in ... (Read More)
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Documented as the last rocker President Kennedy sat in (at the Rice Hotel in Houston the day before his assassination), this straight-back wooden rocking chair sold for $65,725.This early 1860's Mathew Brady wet plate studio camera, mounted on an 11" x 15" base rail, sold for $65,725. This historic camera ... (Read More)
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by Daniel GrantJan Cowles, the art collecting mother of one-time Artforum publisher and former Manhattan gallery owner Charles Cowles, has sued New York City's Gagosian Gallery for selling a 1964 enamel on metal painting by Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein from her collection without her consent and for considerably less than ... (Read More)
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The 2¼" high x 2¼" diameter firkin in green paint, signed "RH" for Reuben Hersey and "1859," opened at $3000 and sold for $10,530. It has other pencil inscriptions, but the maker, color, date, and condition make it outstanding.The miniature (1¾" high x 2¼" diameter) tub in red finish, stamped ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
by Lita Solis-CohenThomas Rowlandson: Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian Englandby Patricia Phagan, with essays by Vic Gatrell and Amelia RauserThe Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2011, 184 pages, hardbound, $59.95 plus S/H from ACC Distribution, (www.accdistribution.com/us) or (212) 645-1111."The talent to ... (Read More)
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John Sideli in his studio in Wiscasset, Maine. Photo by Michael Fredericks.
John Sideli, Planter of Seeds, 23" x 20" x 13", $6500.
John Sideli, Trio, 39" x 20" x 13¾", $6500.
Rick Zonghi at NK Gallery, Boston, with Easy Rider, wood and metal, 18¼" x 13¾", $2400.
Rick Zonghi, Measuring Time, wood, metal, ... (Read More)
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