Hers is hardly a household name, but Tamara de Lempicka surely merits greater recognition for her contributions to the Modernist movement. More than 30 artists and over 40 works will be included in this Acme Fine Art exhibition that will present a stylistic cross section of modern art in America. The donation includes a selection of historically significant chairs, a collection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century photographs, and a variety of manuscript items relating to the residents of Hitchcockville - now Riverton - Conn. The Philadelphia Museum of Art juxtaposes works of industrial design and craft in thought-provoking and occasionally whimsical ways. Members of the trade are breathing easier now that a controversial bill has failed to pass the state's assembly committee on business and professions. One dealer attracted "power buyer" Oprah Winfrey. "I found [her] to be remarkably bright, funny and deferential." Several dealers pointed out that attendance for the show was noticeably down - that may have been not so much due to the change in venue as a change in show dates. The Wayne LaPoe collection of oceanliner memorabilia and art, offered at Christie's, was 100 percent sold by lot and by value. Found in a Rhode Island estate and fresh to the market, the oil on board painting had never been removed from its original frame. The New York sale of American Indian art totaled $1,253,197, was 86 percent sold by lot and 91 percent sold by value. A superlative dollhouse took everyone by surprise at Noel Barrett's auction of the collection of the Washington Dolls' House and Museum. And it's looking better than ever after the completion of several years of diligent preservation, conservation and renovation. Artist John Swan spent two months on the islands during the winter painting local landscapes of gardens and homes, as well as scenes from daily life. Like Frederic Remington, Herbert "Buck" Dunton was an academically trained artist who began his career as an illustrator of Western scenes. When Jim and Cherye Pierce bought their first Ansel Adams prints in 1977 at a New Orleans gallery, they never expected to amass a collection significant enough to make a major museum exhibition. The exact location in the building has not been settled yet, but there is the possibility of the seventh floor or a lower floor. Twenty years of cold Maine winters is just about enough, says Gary Guyette of Guyette and Schmidt, Inc. Produced by South Bay Auctions, Inc, the Bridgehampton show features 35 dealers with a wide range of antiques, from American formal and country to English. A Timothy Gould auction always attracts a crowd and this past event was no exception. The winning bidder was Edenhurst Galleries of Los Angeles and Palm Desert. An audible murmur grew to a crescendo when a white-gloved member of Sotheby's staff brought the painting into the gallery. Integrity, Native Americans believe, is what guides the character of artists and their relationship to their cultural heritage. Twenty-five years before Ralph and Martha Cahoon became famous for their whimsical primitive paintings, they had another successful business. This traveling exhibition, organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Chipstone Foundation, is guest curated by Sumpter T. Priddy III, who spent 25 years studying the Fancy style. "[There is] a sense of real satisfaction with the changes made for the show." More than 20 fields have space available for dealers who drive up at the last minute hoping to stake a claim to sell as well as shop. If you are an antiques dealer in Maine and the gross sales you report to the state's Revenue Services are less than $10,000 per year, get ready to pony up and pay sales tax on all of your wholesale purchases. For the third consecutive sale at the gallery, a Cape-area member of the trade bought nearly everything in sight. A first edition of John Gould's five-volume "The Birds of Great Britain" snagged the price. The lot came as a huge surprise to almost everyone in the gallery. It was once used as a lamp and was carved from a solid piece of glass. Alfred J. Walker Fine Art, 158 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116 Jay Chatellier Fine Art, 59 Whitenback Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 Silvermine Guild Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan, CT 06840 Lawrence J. Cantor And Co, 960 North LaBrea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038 The James Cox Gallery at Woodstock, 4666 Route 212 Willow, New York, NY 12495 Albert Merola Gallery, 424 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 Julie Heller Gallery, 2 Gosnold St, Provincetown, MA 02657 Arlene Berman Fine Arts, 120 East 79th St, New York, NY 10021 Addison Art Gallery, 43 Route 28, Box 2756, Orleans, MA 02653 American Primitive Gallery, 594 Broadway #205, New York, NY 10012 Larry Collins Fine Art, 145 Commercial St, #2, Provincetown, MA 02657 Sylvan Gallery, 121 West Main Street, Clinton, CT 06413 P.S. Gallery, PO Box 857, On the Green, Litchfield, CT 06759 The Patricia Weiner Gallery, 9393 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242 From 1875 to 1925, the polychrome pottery produced at San Ildefonso reached a creative peak in the long history of pueblo pottery. One of this year's most interesting and beautiful art exhibitions is on view at the Art Gallery of Ontario, a fine museum that too few Americans visit. New study says live auction industry is booming.....Oxford receives $4 million for Middle East research center....Picasso sketch is stolen from dry-docked yacht in Miami The gristmill and the sawmill, now on the National Register of Historic Places, came to life with exhibitors, patrons and antiques for the event. For some people the state's rocky coast, beaches and lobster dinners take second place to this annual event. Apart from spectacular highlights, the collection offered a broad range of unusual and elegant jewels. Watch out pottery lovers - there is a new redware and stoneware auctioneer in town, and his name is Tony Zipp. Strong prices were posted for a variety of items ranging from decorative miniatures to working decoys. America's most popular, successful and perhaps most prolific Impressionist artist is the subject of this large, superb retrospective. The Worcester Historical Museum offers an unparalleled assemblage of 350 items with Sutton provenance, including five pieces of Nathan Lombard furniture loaned from three private collections. Cummaquid Fine Arts, 4275 Route 6A (PO Box 68), Cummaquid, MA 02637 Berkshire Art Gallery, 80 Railroad Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230 Geary Gallery, 576 Boston Post Road, Darien, CT Lee Gallery, 9 Mount Vernon Street, Winchester, MA 01890 |
