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Yavapai Apache figural olla, circa 1900, with 53 figures including dogs, deer, and people plus intricate banded motifs of triangles, 20½" high x 18½" diameter, with stitch loss around the shoulder and minimal stitch loss on the body, $41,125.Smoke Signal by Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), oil on canvas, signed, 25" ... (Read More)
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This watercolor on ivory, mounted as a brooch, depicts Ellen Louisa Tucker (1811-1831), firstwife of Ralph Waldo Emerson. The cashmere shawl in the background came to the museum with this note: This shawl came from Aunt Marys 252 Beacon Street Bostonand must be the shawl which belonged to the first ... (Read More)
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by David Hewett
The untitled 93 1/8" x 80 1/8" oil on canvas by Mark Rothko, signed and dated 1961, sold for $31,442,500 at Sotheby’s on May 12.
How do you keep secret a link in the chain of provenance of a major artwork that is to be sold at auction? Does ... (Read More)
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