February 19, 2002 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
    February 19, 2002

    The Dahesh Museum of Art celebrates the beginning of its eighth year of public programs with its first exhibition devoted entirely to the art of drawing, organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

  • Horner Clock Ticks to New Record in Pittsfield, Mass.
    February 19, 2002

    The highly carved mahogany grandfather clock, standing 10 feet tall, with carved figures and nine-tube Westminster chime movement, brought $106,400.

  • Few Shadows Found in Washington, D.C. Groundhog Day Auction
    February 19, 2002

    Weschler’s selection of Native American pieces offered the most action as bidding opened on American works. Topping this segment of the sale was a Zuni polychrome jar from the late Nineteenth Century.

  • Windsor Chair Suits Massachusetts Bidder at New Jenack Facility
    February 19, 2002

    Strong prices were noted by the gallery throughout the sale from the capacity crowd of more than 200 registered and more than 120 absentee/phone bidders.

  • Rare Courtenay Figure Rides to the Top of Ralston/Kurtz Sale
    February 19, 2002

    The mounted knight by English maker Richard Courtenay topped all other lots at the first combined Lloyd Ralston-Henry Kurtz Ltd toy and miniature soldier auction.

  • International News Briefs
    February 19, 2002

    Antiquities dealer Frederick Schultz is convicted….National Archives employee accused of stealing hundreds of historic documents….Artist Theresa Bernstein dies ….LACMA acquires 775 pieces of Islamic art.

  • Philip H. Bradley, Antiques Dealer
    February 19, 2002

    "[He] as a quiet man who spoke volumes in his self-effacing approach to buying and selling antiques. Ever cordial but never forward, he was, in his prime, a fixture at auction houses along the Eastern seaboard."

  • Philadelphia Announces Renovation Architect
    February 19, 2002

    The Philadelphia Museum of Art has chosen Gluckman Mayner Architects to design the renovation of the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, which the museum acquired in 1999 to provide space for its expansion in the new century.

  • Portland Plans Opening of New Museum Complex
    February 19, 2002

    The focal points of the opening are the two fully restored historic buildings: the McLellan House (1800-1801) and the Lorenzo deMedici (LDM) Sweat Memorial Galleries (1911), a series of sky-lit Beaux-Arts galleries and the exhibition space for the museum's collection until 1980.

  • Virginia Pays Tribute to Paul Mellon
    February 19, 2002

    The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts features a selection of works from Mellon's last generous gift to the museum – a group of 42 British sporting paintings, 12 French drawings and 19 sculptures.

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