Forty pieces of furniture made or attributed to the cabinetmaker, on view through September 25 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrate the arc of Townsend's career. Bertoia's $2 million Rare Fun Sale delivers some exciting new finds for collectors and the trade. Fashion Course trophy ball sells for $498,800, approximately three times the previous record. Purchased in 1975 for $4,500, the circa 1620 Augsburg clock garnered a lot of attention at the two-day antique clock auction. Christie's auction of Marlon Brando's personal property garnered $2,378,300. On Friday, June 17, after about 18 months of planning, Antiques in the Valley opened for a two-day run at the Oley Valley High School in Berks County, Pennsylvania with a full compliment of 53 exhibitors. Repeating on the third Tuesday of each month until November, the Bloomin Pick Antiques Show charges $10 to be an exhibiting dealer, and admission is free. An exhibition on view at Vassar College from July 16 through September 11 allows museumgoers in the New York region to survey the large and extraordinary body of prints that Dine has created since 1985. One hundred master works that chronicle the genius of French draftsmanship over the course of three tumultuous centuries provide the focus for an exhibition showcasing one of the world's foremost private collections of French drawings. For more than 25 years, she and her husband were chairpersons for the museum's annual outdoor antiques show. Luminescent Tiffany tiles were exposed after multiple layers of paint and plaster were scraped off the century-old Hudson Theatre in Times Square. While Warhol's and Renoir's work did not sell, bidders lavished attention on Congo the chimp's paintings. Several works by Pennsylvania Impressionists fetched well over $100,000 at Freeman's June 26 auction of Fine American and European Paintings and Sculpture. Despite the heat, "We had a steady stream of visitors on Saturday and a number of the dealers did quite well," Karen DiSaia, Antiques Council liaison said. When the doors open to the public, shoppers scramble toward their favorite exhibitors at Scott Antiques Market. Yale Police have charged a former Manhattan map dealer with the theft of what could add up to several hundred thousand dollars worth of antique maps. Canaletto's spectacular view of "The Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day," realized $20,086,024 and set a world record price for the artist at auction. The sale of American Indian art on May 13 at Sotheby's totaled $3,446,866, far above the high estimate of $2.6 million. Crowning the selection was a violoncello made in 1817 by Giacomo Rivolta, an instrument reputed to have been built on Stradivaris's own "B-Pattern" mold. The Museum of Modern Art has acquired "Rebus," 1955, a major early combine painting by Robert Rauschenberg (American, born 1925). "The National Pastime in Black and White: The Negro Baseball Leagues, 1867-1955," at the Morris Museum, tells the story of the Negro baseball leagues. "Gods and Empire: Huari Ceremonial Textiles," an exhibition featuring 12 tapestry-woven objects is on view at The Textile Museum through January 15. Diehard Collectors Swarm Wilton Summer Show The recently opened exhibit examines the wide variety of styles and influences that propelled the evolution of Modernist ceramic arts in America. Art dealer Norman Hurst and his wife, Katherine B. Jones, have given a Diné (Navajo) medicine man a sacred, antique, ceremonial healer's fan. Sylvan Gallery, Ann & Rick Scanlan co-owners, 121 West Main Street, Clinton, CT 06413; 860-669-7278; email: info@sylvangallery.com; hours are Monday, Wednesday through Saturday, 11 am-5 pm; Sunday, Noon-4 pm Crane Collection, Bonnie L. Crane, 564 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02482-6409; 781-235-1166; Fax: 781-235-4181; email: info@cranecollection.com; website: cranecollection.com; Summer Hours: Tuesdays-Friday, 10 am-5 pm; Saturday, 11 am-4 pm; or by appointment. Closed Mondays for July & August Mercury Gallery, Amnon Goldman, 8 Newbury Street, second floor; 617-859-0054; Fax: 617-859-5968; email: mercgal@aol.com; website: www.mercurygallery.com; Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 am-5:30 pm Schwarz Gallery, Robert Schwarz, Jr, 1806 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 17103; 215-563-4887; fax: 215-561-5621; email: mail@schwarzgallery.com; website: www.schwarzgallery.com; Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am-5:30 pm Franklin Riehlman Fine Art/Megan Moynihan Fine Art, 24 East 73rd Street, New York City; 212-879-2545; fax: 212-879-2703; email: mail@franklinriehlman.com; website: www.nycpaintings.com; Hours: By appointment. Bert Gallery, Catherine Bert, 540 South Water Street, Providence, RI 02903; fax: 401-751-2628; email: bertgallery@conversent.net; website: www.bertgallery.com; Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday, Noon-4 pm P.H. Miller Studio & Gallery, Peter Miller, 495 Main Street South, Woodbury, CT 06798; 203-263-3939; fax: 203-263-6244; email: info@phmiller.com; website: www.phmiller.com; Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 am-5:30 pm; Sunday and Monday by chance or appointment. Ernden Fine Art Gallery, Dennis Costin, director, 397 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657; 508-487-6700; cell: 888-304-2787; fax: 508-487-6700; email: erndengallery@att.net; website: www.ernden.com; Hours: Daily June through October Today, he is increasingly recognized as one of the finest modernists of the Twentieth Century - a visual poet of the natural world. A significant painter, etcher and muralist, critics and collectors widely recognized that Weston was capturing and saying something unusual in his paintings. This exhibition examines the university's comprehensive holdings by Edgar Degas, one of the most important collections of the artist's work in the United States. In the 1960s, a group of innovative artists began experimenting with improved technologies. Their potent work gained recognition in the 1970s and inspired a new generation of American color photographers. The Prallsville Mills Antiques Show, under the management of Ellen Katona and Bob Lutz, on June 18 and 19, had 33 exhibitors offering a variety of antiques. A blue ribbon must be awarded for the concept of the show, a one-day event with a fine cast of dealers. Another blue for the location, that allowed dealers to set up either in any one of a number of buildings, or outside. The museum has purchased two rare Nineteenth Century French sculptures by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) and Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (1833-1891). A rare Chinese funerary couch, a variety of African works and a bronze by Antoine-Louis Barye are among works added recently to the VMFA collection. Christie's sale of important European furniture, works of art, ceramics, tapestries and carpets realized a total of $10,161,500 and 70 percent sold by lot. Original Charles Schulz Li'l Folks pages sell for $14,850 and $27,500, while vintage train passes bring $70,000. A stunning depiction of the Ocean Herald, an American clipper ship, sells for $88,000. An early Colt Model 1921 Thompson Submachine Gun in magnificent condition brings $43,125.00. "The weather was certainly a factor this time but the crowds seemed to hang in there for the week," said Tim May, who runs Brimfield Exchange. Hailed a success by both dealers and the society, it was greeted by surprisingly big crowds who did a good deal of buying. Jean Sinenberg assembled nearly 100 dealers of antiques and decorator accessories for the many hundreds of visitors. After a brief illness, longtime antiques dealer Dominick H. Troiani died on July 7 at the age of 89. National Gallery experts using infrared techniques have discovered a Leonardo da Vinci sketch hidden underneath a painting by the Italian master. "Georgia O'Keeffe: The Unexplainable Thing In Nature" will be at the National Museum of Wildlife Art through October 2. "Mongols, Manchus, and Monks: The Art of Tibetan Diplomacy" explores politics, religion and national security at the Philadelphia Museum of Art . A Thomas Seymour Boston Sheraton worktable, circa 1808-1810, was the runaway highlight of John McInnis Auctioneers' sale, selling for $97,750. There was extended applause when the contract selling Babe Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees sold for $996,000. "Ephemera Across the Atlantic: Popular Print Culture in Two Worlds" takes place September 15-17. Antiquorum New York closed its spring season with a sale of important collector's wristwatches, pocket watches and clocks totaling $4,274,449. A remarkable installation of nearly 1,200 matte-glazed Grueby tiles has been preserved in its entirety in Cleveland, Ohio. Christie's sold an exceptionally rare and important blue and white jar, Yuan dynasty, Fourteenth Century, for $27,679,100. The most important silversmith of the past century, Jensen's work is on view at the Bard Graduate Center through October 16. |
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