November, 2007 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly - Page 6

  • Gauguin Tahitian Scene Brings 392 Million At Sotheby
    November 12, 2007

    At Sotheby⁳ November 7 evening sale of Impressionist and Modern art, the top lot was Paul Gauguin⁳ ⁔e Poipoi (The Morning),†one of the greatest Tahitian scenes by the artist remaining in private hands, which sold for $39,241,000.

  • JMW Turner At National Gallery Of Art
    November 12, 2007

    One of the great landscape painters of all time, and arguably Great Britain⁳ finest artist, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) depicted a wide range of subjects in his prolific career, ranging from seascapes, topographical views and mythology to historical events, modern life and images from his imagination. His paintings and watercolors, which elevated the standing of landscape art to unprecedented levels, are among the most familiar and most admired works in art history. In the course of his career, he created more than 20,000 oil paintings, watercolors and drawings. While helping to define the romantic movement, his renderings of the subtle effects of light and atmosphere on the shape and color of things summed up notions of the sublime. His achievements are celebrated in the exhibition, ⁊.M.W. Turner,†comprising nearly 150 paintings and watercolors, on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., through January 6.

  • Americana Shines at Cyr
    November 6, 2007

    Painted furniture, textiles, folk art, delft, stoneware, Grenfell rugs, paintings and nautical items were among the appetizing fare served up at Cyr Auction Company during the Americana and fine arts auction October 10.

  • Fenimore Museum Receives Gifts, Collection Of Native American Art
    November 6, 2007

    The Fenimore Art Museum has received many notable gifts in recent months, including a substantial Native American collection from the Barbar Conable family, a contemporary Native American work from Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw and an historic musical instrument and landscape painting from Patricia B. Selch in memory of Eric Selch.

  • Gaston Lachaise omanWill Open Nov 17 At Nasher Sculpture Center
    November 6, 2007

    ⁗oman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise†will be on view November 17⁆ebruary 17 at the Nasher Sculpture Center. This is the first major museum retrospective of the artist⁳ work to be shown in Texas.

  • Lafayette Return To America, 1824, At N-Y Historical Society, Nov 16
    November 6, 2007

    Focusing extensively on Lafayette⁳ 1824′5 tour, the New-York Historical Society⁳ exhibition ⁆rench Founding Father: Lafayette⁳ Return to Washington⁳ America†will expand on a show organized by the Mount Vernon Estate and gather more than 100 of the objects that commemorated Lafayette⁳ visit as well as his relationship to Washington.

  • The Bisnoff Collection Northeast Auctions Sells 154 Lots For 275 Million
    November 6, 2007

    Alvan and Claude Bisnoff bid farewell to to their longtime collection of theorems, important paintings and watercolors, several weathervanes, Windsor chairs and other furniture, folk art carvings and a large cigar store Indian as they watched the 150-plus lots attain $2.75 million at Northeast Auctions.

  • Northeast Auctions Sees Lots Of Interest In Crowell Bird Carvings
    November 6, 2007

    Eight hundred lots into Northeast Auctions†Americana sale on October 26′8, a collection of bird carvings flew across the block at remarkable prices.

  • Car Weathervane Drives Away At 941,000 At Skinner Sale
    November 6, 2007

    A rare car weathervane started quite a commotion as it crossed the auction block at Skinner⁳ American Furniture and Decorative Arts Auction this past Sunday, November 4.

  • Mighty Smalls Fetch Big Prices At Rago Craftsman Auction
    November 6, 2007

    The gallery was full of buyers, the phones and Internet humming at Rago Arts and Auction Center for its first Craftsman Auction of the new season. The September 29″0 sale totaled $3.6 million, the second highest in Rago⁳ history.

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