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Most museum exhibitions emphasize masterpieces. This one highlights artworks that have bridged the evolution of art. The sisters began their photographic odyssey in the1880s after progressive deafness cut short their vocations as teachers. The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College will feature more than 100 worls by key artists of the movement, all collected by Levy. Managed by Susie McMillan, this year's well-balanced show presented a wide range of antique furniture, paintings, silver, porcelain, prints and rugs. During his seven years as chief executive officer of A&L, Hosley contributed greatly to the growth and visibility of the society. Got the urge for the annual splurge in the Big Apple? We've got the scoop on all the events. After nearly a century, this "Holy Grail" of national bank notes made a record-breaking appearance in St. Louis. A one-of-a-kind Sandusky Tool Co. ebony and ivory, self-adjusting, center-wheel plow plane set a new world record. The set, from the collection of King Farouk of Egypt, is the only known cased pair and well exceeded its estimate of $70/90,000. The museum assembles 30 works from its collections that illustrate the predominance of this color in American art and social life since the Eighteenth Century. When a young New Yorker followed his fancy to Paris in the 1920s, he laid the foundation for both a remarkable collection of art and an equally remarkable business career. The Wadsworth showcases some 70 paintings in its permanent collection that have rarely been shown due to their petite size. Many pieces are from 100 to 200 years old and several are much older. The variety within the museum's collection is showcased by what's currently on view and will be up in the near future. The Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library of The Corning Museum of Glass has acquired two significant collections of materials. As the firm was making final preparations for its auction this past Sunday morning, a small army of police officers were making preparations of their own outside the hall. Steven Fusco of Estates Unlimited was forced to make a tough call during the gallery's first serious Fine Art sale as the anticipated top lot was revealed to be stolen art. The company was offered property from the estate of John W. Mackay of Mill Neck, N.Y. The top selling work was a Brownell McGrew painting titled "Salah-Tso Goes to the Sing" that sold over the telephone for $288,500. The top lot, an elaborate stoneware water cooler from Cortland, N.Y., with an incised fish design, sold for $27,500. Illustrated through 300 iconic objects, the exhibition brings together examples culled from more than 75 American and European public and private collections. A new exhibition at the Hood Museum reveals the impact of ledger drawings on Native American pictorial arts. The Hudson River Museum will explore the design, construction and fabrication of Tiffany lamps made between 1900 and 1925. Colonial Williamsburg will display a striking selection of outdoor folk art beginning next year. All were almost unknown to historians and can be seen in the foyer of the Museum of New Hampshire History. This event, which takes place three times annually, draws in all the local dealers as exhibitors and customers. The firm's 20 percent buyer's premium rate on the first $100,000 is now applied on the first $200,000 at almost all Christie's sites. The crowd at Inman's gallery may have been small, but phones and the Internet more than made up for the modest turnout. Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers' semiannual Twentieth Century Design sale offered more than 748 lots. The desk was in exceptionally clean condition and needed - in the words of one collector who thoroughly looked the piece over - "no excuses." They were the first African American artists to be recognized by the so-called "conventional" art world, and both were keen observers of the human condition. This is the most comprehensive retrospective ever assembled of Bearden's distinct art, including many pieces that have been rarely exhibited from private collections. The New Orleans Museum of Art celebrates the donation of the R. Randolph Richmond Jr Collection. The area has inspired artists for two centuries, and its landscape and ways of life have played an important role in shaping the image of America. This popular show draws a cult-like crowd obsessed with toys, historical documents, rare books, posters, daguerreotypes and trading cards. The ninth annual event would have marked its sixth year at the Historic 23rd Street Armory with 35 exhibitors. "As a distinguished art scholar and exemplary administrator, Maria Conelli is the perfect choice to lead this museum in the Twenty-First Century." "In the 11 years that Chairman Arie Kopelman and I have worked together, we've never seen weather like this," said executive director Catherine Sweeney Singer. The firm's 40-year business began with a question: "We bought a lot of stuff that we were going to sell to another auctioneer, and somebody said 'Why don't you sell it yourselves?'" The top-selling lot was a monumental pair of silver five-light candelabra designed by Harald Nielsen, circa 1940, which garnered $204,000. "I bought it for inventory," Albert Sack said with a big smile. With the Met's American Wing chairman Morrison Heckscher at his side, Leigh Keno bid the casepiece to a winning $856,000. |
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