October 20, 2009 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Dreams Form The Bristles Of The Artist Brush
    October 20, 2009

    When an iconic Arshile Gorky painting whose whereabouts had been unknown for the past 80 years made its way to the Philadelphia Museum of Art a few years ago, the excitement it generated became the inspiration for the first major survey of the artist⁳ work in 30 years. Coupled with an abundance of new scholarship, ⁁rshile Gorky: A Retrospective,†now open at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, explores the self-taught master⁳ stylistic evolution and positions him as the last great Surrealist. ⁗oman with a Palette,†believed to have been created in 1927, had not been seen by curators or the public since Gorky⁳ friend, Mac Vogel, removed it from the artist⁳ Union Square studio sometime in the early 1930s. In an exclusive interview, Vogel⁳ daughter, Louise, recounted the history of the painting.

  • Delaware Art Museum Presents Two Maxfield Parrish Exhibitions
    October 20, 2009

    The Delaware Art Museum presents two exhibitions devoted to Maxfield Parrish (1870‱966). ⁆antasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print,†the first traveling exhibition of Parrish⁳ color lithographic prints, will be on view October 31⁊anuary 10.

  • Neal Estates Auction Achieves 2 Million
    October 20, 2009

    The highlight of Neal Auction Company⁳ September 12 and 13 estates auction was a John James Audubon (American, 1785‱851) Havell engraving, ⁂lue Crane, or Heron,†which achieved the world record price of $82,250.

  • Stellar Weston Antiques Show Leads Vermont Antiques Week
    October 20, 2009

    While just outside there were breathtaking views of the charming village of Weston, the views inside at the 51st edition of the Weston Antiques Show were just as breathtaking.

  • Autumn Festival Of Antiques At Washington, Conn, Show
    October 20, 2009

    A spectacular outdoor light show by Barbara Bouyea alerted area residents that Bryan Memorial Town Hall was where they wanted to be on Friday evening, October 2 †opening night for the 23rd Washington Connecticut Antiques Show.

  • Silver Soars At Sollo Rago
    October 20, 2009

    Silver soared at Sollo Rago⁳ Real Modern sale on September 12 at the Rago Arts and Auction Center, where a rare Elsa Tennhardt / E.&J. Bass Company cocktail set achieved $31,720 and a Danish silver ice bucket fetched $4,880.

  • Saco Museum Acquires Saco River Landscape
    October 20, 2009

    The Saco Museum announces the purchase of a mid-Nineteenth Century landscape of the Saco River in Limington, Maine, by painter William Russell Smith (1812‱896).

  • Okemo Antiques Show Turns Sweet Sixteen
    October 20, 2009

    The ski lifts at Okemo Mountain Resort may have been still, but inside the base lodge there was plenty of activity as 35 dealers prepared for the 3 pm opening of the Okemo Antiques Show on Friday, October 2.

  • Donald Kaufman, 79, Antique Toy Collector, K-B Toys Co-Founder
    October 20, 2009

    Donald Kaufman, who co-founded K-B (Kaufman Brothers) Toys and was widely acknowledged as a leading collector of antique toys, died peacefully of natural causes at his home on October 12. He was 79.

  • ane Austen Life & Legacyo Open At Morgan Library
    October 20, 2009

    The life, work and legacy of one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Jane Austen (1775‱817), will be the focus of a new exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum from November 6 through March 14.



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