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Richard Segalman, an accomplished Brooklyn-born painter who studied with Raphael Soyer and at The Art Students League, is known for his romantic visions of women on beaches, streets, gardens and especially in their dressing rooms. An exhibit of works by internationally recognized artists will be on view at the Colby College Museum of Art from the personal collection of Bruce Brown, a retired Maine schoolteacher. The West Coast's first comprehensive exhibition of works by John Singer Sargent opens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on February 2. In the antiques trade, the word "reproduction" usually carries a negative connotation. For contemporary craftsman, however, reproduction is both an art and a privilege. In 1880, a farmer plowing a field in the Peshawar District of northwest India accidentally uncovered remains of a temple, and the 34-inch-tall sculpture again saw the light of day. Now it has a permanent place at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. A University of California law student, claiming to be the sole heir of his grandmother, a Jewish woman who fled Germany during World War II, is seeking to regain a Pablo Picasso painting allegedly looted by the Nazis or be paid $10 million by the art collector who owns it. There were many fine things offered at the sale and it was unfortunate that a snowstorm hit on day one. But the buyers who made the effort to attend were extremely glad that they did. A bidding war broke out at the gallery, and to the victors went a select group of military clothing, particularly a bugler's jacket from the Wadsworth. This was an old-fashioned sale, with tons of interesting and quality material, no catalog to refer to, and no buyer's preview the day of the sale. This Carnegie exhibit ultimately recreates a Nineteenth Century "salon-style" art show before the featured collection will be reinstalled in the renovated Scaife Galleries in fall 2003. Historic Deerfield's renowned collection of ceramics will be the featured loan exhibition at the 2003 New York Ceramics Fair January 16-19 at the National Academy of Design on Fifth Avenue. "Bill Brandt: A Retrospective" and "Edward Weston: Life Work" are at the Milwaukee Art Museum through February 9 and are made up largely of vintage prints. The exhibition of more than 25 drawings, ranging in date from circa 1525 to 1905, will include major Italian works such as "An Allegory of the Fall" and "Redemption of Man." A cache of manuscripts and photographs by and about the mid-Twentieth Century American artist Arthur B. Carles (1882-1952) was recently given to the academy by longtime academy supporters Dr and Mrs Perry Ottenberg. Many dealers arrived with modest expectations after a slow autumn in the showrooms, and left pleasantly surprised by the amount of business that took place. We've got the scoop on all the shows, sales, seminars and receptions you could possibly attend. The two-day event saw 1,469 lots auctioned without reserve to 564 registered bidders, including 103 telephone bidders. Absentee bids totaled nearly 1,300. Sales exceeded $517,000. Property ranging from Twentieth Century design furniture and decorative art to paintings, lithographs and photography, and jewelry, watches and coins were all offered recently at Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers. With more than 75 auctions taking place during the two-week span between this past year's holiday season and the week surrounding New Year's, the action in the halls was hot and heavy. Deception breaks trust, destroys relationships, and brands the deceivers as less than honorable, at best. Unless the deceivers are masters of trompe l'oeil -- in which case, the very opposite applies. Spanierman Gallery's "Hayley Lever (1876-1958)" highlights key aspects of this talented Australian American artist's career, ranging from his portrayals of the Cornish seacoast to his views of New England. Commemorating the centennial of the artist's death, "Whistler and His Circle in Venice" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art traces Whistler's considerable influence on his contemporaries and followers. The Yale Center for British Art features works from the center's permanent collection that include some of the most compelling artistic statements of this extraordinary period. Frank and Barbara Pollack, American Antiques & Art, became very well known in the business. For many years they took part in shows about the country and were also major players at many of the auctions. Our Americana Week show coverage continues with Stella Show Mgmt. Co.'s January showcase of formal, American and modern furniture, art, folk art, jewelry and decorative objects. It was home, sweet home, but there was nothing humble about it. Celebrating its 49th year, a resplendent Winter Antiques Show returned to its traditional venue at Park Avenue and 67th Street, and both exhibitors and management were clearly delighted. The star of the event was an Elmer Crowell preening pintail drake that fetched a record price paid at auction of $801,500, selling to sporting dealer Stephen O'Brien Jr. Well-heeled collectors from around the country previewed in one room; folk art dealers, in town for various antiques shows, previewed in another; and then there was the throng of viewers who had clearly come for just one thing -- decoys. During the Friday afternoon session on January 17 the top lot, a Chippendale carved and highly figured mahogany blocked serpentine-front bombe chest of drawers, fetched $1.46 million. Found in the maid's quarters of a Boston home, it had been used as a surface for ironing. The opening of a newly created gallery last October devoted to displaying the works of local genius Louis Comfort Tiffany was a moment of triumph for the staff of the American Wing. Rare and important Tibetan paintings will be featured in an exhibition of paintings and sculpture mounted by Rossi & Rossi at Dickinson Roundell Inc. The exhibition explores the rich history of visual experimentation that characterized the medium's development under the influence of the emerging modernist aesthetic of the Twentieth Century. The Baltimore Museum of Art's distinguished collection of Fifteenth through Nineteenth Century European art returns to the galleries of the Jacobs Wing in a dramatic reinstallation. "We have a wide variety of premium rates at the lower pricing levels that we feel are appropriately suited to their respective markets and these are remaining unchanged." "We had over 3,000 visitors on our first Saturday, a record in recent years," said show director Catherine Sweeney Singer. Preview night attendance was up more than ten percent. Now in its fourth year, the fair enjoys an avid following among specialty collectors, plus considerable attention from generalists in town for New York's other major January shows. Within the antiques community, Maine has long been known as a prime location for quality accessories. So it was with little surprise that John and Cia Sideli decided to liquidate their collection of nearly 500 items at the gallery of James Cyr. The inro came from a South Carolina collection assembled prior to World War II. Sales for the this section of the auction topped $660,000, a new high for the firm's Asian department. The work is one of only 12 works of this genre known to exist and one of the last ones in private hands. It more than doubled its presale estimate. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts explores not only its extensive collection of American Arts and Crafts Movement iconic objects, but also the architectural styles of the period so aptly captured through its Prairie School gem of a home, the Purcell-Cutts House. |
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