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While Tiffany windows, Tiffany lamps and Tiffany silver are widely known, few scholars and collectors have made a study of Tiffany ceramics within the context of the art pottery movement. Quester Gallery will present the works of numerous leading figures in Twentieth Century maritime fine art. The Boston gallery will celebrate its tenth anniversary with an exhibition featuring poster bests from every decade since the art form's first flowering in the Belle Epoque. Fourteen contemporary artists in the show present an array of landscapes, figurative works, still life paintings and bronze sculpture. Paintings by Thomas Locker showcase the majestic history and timeless beauty of this well-known river. This was the seventh annual show for Barry Cohen at the 23rd Street Armory, a facility that holds his 31 exhibitors comfortably and is only a short walk away from the 33rd Street Armory, site of The Philadelphia Antiques Show. "Everything about this show was brand new - new name, new facility, new size, new hours, even new exhibitors," said Frank Gaglio. At 132 exhibitors, the show was the largest of the three Antiques Week in Philadelphia events. "I think it's our best show in the past ten years in terms of quality and presentation," said manager Josh Wainwright. Gerard C. Wertkin will retire....Alleged New Hampshire antiques thief arrested in Florida....Looters raid ancient Indian pottery from sites in Arizona....A new mystery surrounds the Mona Lisa While three antiques shows were all vying for attention in Philadelphia, a short drive away Bill Bunch was gearing up. Made in 1910 and consigned from a Needham estate, the Tiffany creation sailed out of the gallery. The painting, executed in 1907, was in the original frame and had a label from a 1916 "BMFA" exhibit on the verso. It reached $187,000. The spectacular red Maserati Tipo A6G was one of eight known. Sotheby's made history this past week as it became the first auction house to sell a work of art for a price in excess of $100 million. The shows coincide with the reopening of PAAM's refurbished galleries in the Provincetown Art Colony. New work by Ralf Feyl is being shown on the twelfth anniversary of the artist's first exhibition at The Cooley Gallery. Somerset House and King's College commemorate the fourth centenary of the Treaty of London between England and Spain. The Bruce Museum presents a rare chance to see selections from the renowned JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, which includes both classic modern as well as the best contemporary works of art. The more than 750 hand-colored lithographs were amassed by Silver Springs, Md., collectors Lenore B. and Sidney A. Alpert. The purchase had been rumored for more than a year, and, in fact, Jenkins said "the negotiations were protracted - over two year's worth." The multitude of variations possible in glass makes it a lifelong study for many of the 60 dealers at the show. It quickly became obvious at the preview that well-healed patrons were there not only to support the Botanical Garden, but also to enhance their own home. French Cameo items from a private Philadelphia collection attracted a great deal of interest. "It was a spectacular sale," commented auctioneer Jim Julia. The box had been indirectly consigned from a Darien home by a worker that was hired to clean out the basement. The R. Hayley Lever oil on canvas brought more than double the presale estimates. Like many survivors of the first year mintage of 1,758 pieces, the two 1794 dollars sold at Heritage Numismatic were not problem-free. It quickly became obvious at the preview that well-heeled patrons were there not only to support the Botanical Garden, but also to enhance their own home. Even at the present time, the work of this French modernist designer is not well known in the United States, except to a small group of architectural historians familiar with the personnel of Le Corbusier's studio. The Center for British Art is presenting an exhibition of paintings, watercolors, prints, drawings and manuscripts by one of the most neglected British artists of the Romantic period. One of the most important early Seventeenth Century Dutch still lifes in New England was acquired by the museum in March. This new exhibition features more than 20 Hassam paintings from museums and private collections and is designed to give a picture of the artist's pivotal contribution to the colony. "I have a challenge ahead of me," Robert Goodrich said as his Early American Antiques Show opened. Frank Gaglio filled the East Hall of the new building with 126 exhibitors and a display of mostly American furniture and accessories. The early buyers seemed to concentrate mostly on small objects, such as signs, iron, lighting, countertop barber poles, paintings and fabrics. "It's not like it used to be; we have too many dealers on the fairgrounds at one time," Jim Burk said. He reported the gate down 50 percent on opening day. Continental silver and coin silver included lots by Tiffany, Cartier, Gorham, Georg Jensen, S. Kirk, Dominick and Haff, T.B. Starr and Mappin Webb. High-caliber and highly collectible toys, doorstops, banks and dolls comprised a recent sale at Bertoia's of 1,486-lots. The 1937 Elgin "Robin" bicycle propelled by a drive shaft, the best one of three such examples ever made, sold for $20,900. The collection of 101 works from the Morgan Library, New York City, represents 53 artists. In 1982 the Oppenhimers met and befriended Howard Finster, perhaps the best-known American self-taught artist, at his home in Summerville, Ga. For the first time in its history, The Frick Collection will host a major special exhibition this summer that is devoted solely to prints and the process of printmaking. The Charleston Museum Institute will offer a symposium focusing on the unique ceremonial treasures of Charleston's churches and synagogues in conjunction with a special exhibition. The National Gallery of Art examines a little-known facet of renowned Modernist Diego Rivera's career: his early foray into Cubism. Move over, Kenos. There is another sibling duo making important finds in the antiques world - in this case, from an eight-year-old unsolved church heist. The two-day event suffered at the gate for the promoter and dealers, who assumed the weather was too nice for people to be inside. "The town has always supported this show and they come out and buy." Martin Greenstein has been upgrading the offerings for the past two years, insisting that dealers present only that caliber of merchandise the walk-in trade would expect. The Gustav Stickley writing desk was designed by Harvey Ellis. The lot was part of a strong, two-day Americana auction at Pook & Pook Inc. The top lot was Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Blue Heads," 1983, which reached $2,024,000. With a wingspan of 5'11", the molded and gilded zinc American eagle reached $243,200 at Sotheby's. Ten phones were mustered for a dark picture described in the catalog merely as "painter standing beside a canvas depicting Cupid." "It is an honor to have sold Charles Willson Peale's magnificent portrait of George Washington and to have achieved a world auction record." |
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