March 27, 2012 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • eco Japan Shaping Art And Culture, 1920945At Japan Society
    March 27, 2012

    Art Deco⁳ linear symmetry is iconic; its appeal is international. Although it does not immediately conjure an association with Japanese decorative arts, Art Deco⁳ message of Modernism and style rippled through Japan⁳ artistic circles just as Tokyo was rebuilding and modernizing in the wake of the 1923 earthquake. It then continued with almost nationalistic fervor until 1943, the year that Japan⁳ military fortunes changed and the creation of luxury objects came to a halt. A breakout exhibition, ⁄eco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture 1920‱945,†is currently on view through June 10 at the Japan Society in New York City. The exhibition of nearly 200 objects drawn from the Robert and Mary Levenson collection offers the first survey of this artistic explosion in Japan.

  • The 39th Connecticut Spring Antiques Show
    March 27, 2012

    The 39th Connecticut Spring Antiques Show (Hartford) opened to an enthusiastic crowd on March 10 at its new location on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition, more commonly known as the Big E show.

  • Chinese Brushpots Bring 35 Million At Sotheby
    March 27, 2012

    Sotheby⁳ March 20 Chinese ceramics and works of art sale was led by two rare famille rose ⁈eaven and Earth†revolving brushpots with Qianlong seal marks and dated to the period. Carrying estimates of $120/150,000 and $80/120,000, the brushpots brought a combined total of $3.5 million.

  • enoir To ChagallOn View At Speed Art Museum
    March 27, 2012

    The Speed Art Museum presents an exhibition of modern French masters in ⁒enoir to Chagall: Paris and the Allure of Color,†on view through May 6. The exhibition was co-organized by the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, Tenn., and the Speed.

  • Paul Davis Presents Elegance At Concord Antiques Show
    March 27, 2012

    Paul Davis offered elegant room settings and fine art along with some fresh décor at his Concord Antiques Show March 10‱1. Conducted in the historic town⁳ armory, the show presented 25 exhibiting dealers in the hall selling from their collections. Items ranged from a William and Mary chest on chest to fine art from the 1980s.

  • Lee obyGordon MacCallum, 76, Antiques Dealer
    March 27, 2012

    Lee ⁔oby†Gordon MacCallum, 76, a longtime resident of East Canaan, Conn., and a well-respected antiques dealer, died at Fairview Hospital on February 1, surrounded by his wife and children.

  • David L Davies, 85; Americana Collector
    March 27, 2012

    Longtime antiques and Americana collector David L. Davies (born July 5, 1926, in Illinois) died at home on Telegraph Hill on March 17 at the age of 85 from lung cancer.

  • A Cropsey Comes Home And Brings 180,000
    March 27, 2012

    A Jasper Francis Cropsey painting, fresh to the market after having descended in the same California family for the past 80 years, returned from the West Coast to the Hudson River Valley county where it was painted †to be sold at auction this past Saturday, March 24, at Mid Hudson Galleries.

  • Bradford Painting Tops Cottone Sale At 166,750
    March 27, 2012

    An action-packed auction featuring a stellar assortment of materials, much of which was consigned from the Thomas Buechner estate, a former director of the Brooklyn Museum and the founding director of the Corning Museum of Glass, took place this past Saturday, March 24, at Cottone Auction.

  • he Object Of History Colonial TreasuresTo Open At Concord Museum
    March 27, 2012

    What is the meaning of historical objects? Why are they preserved, and why have they survived? Are they valued for their associations, aesthetic appeal, oddity or simply the stories that they tell? Such questions will be the focus of a special exhibition at the Concord Museum, ⁔he Object of History: Colonial Treasures from the Massachusetts Historical Society,†on view April 13 through June 17.



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