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Rockport Art Association & Museum – Annual Art Auction
Sat May 06, 2023 - Sat May 06, 2023
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Rockport Art Association & Museum – Annual Art Auction
Auction Day: May 6, 2023 at 2 pm EST
Consignment Deadline: March 9, 2023
www.rockportartassn.org/auction
auction@rockportartassn.org
978-546-6604, ext. 1002
ROCKPORT, MASS. — The Rockport Art Association & Museum’s (RAA&M) annual art auction will be conducted live online only Saturday, May 6, at 2 pm, featuring masterworks by historic Cape Ann artists.
Bidding is available live online via LiveAuctioneers.com (with advanced registration) or by submitting an in-house absentee bid directly with the RAA&M in advance. Auction Sneak Peek video episodes with noted Cape Ann historian and author Judith A. Curtis are featured on the RAA&M website and YouTube channel.
Over the years, the annual art auction, a major fundraiser for the RAA&M, has become a highly anticipated event. As a prestigious art auction, it attracts serious collectors throughout the United States as well as those just starting an art collection.
Live online from the RAA&M’s Hibbard Gallery, this year’s auction features works by master Cape Ann artists of the past, including Emile Gruppé, Anthony Thieme, Antonio Cirino, Max Kuehne, W. Lester Stevens, Paul Strisik, Aldro T. Hibbard, Charles Movalli, Harrison Cady, Al Czerepak, Charles Paul Gruppé, Camillo Adriani, Bernard Corey, Chauncey Ryder, Carl W. Peters, Theresa Bernstein and Charles Kaelin, among many others. The auction specializes in Cape Ann art but is not limited to this region and also includes works by numerous other prominent historic American artists.
The auction, now in its 38th year, began with a bequest by founding RAA&M member Antonio Cirino (1888-1983). Cirino left his artwork to the association with the stipulation that the art be auctioned to help support the organization. The auction quickly evolved to include other historic Cape Ann artists and has been the association’s major annual fundraising event ever since.
Auction preview exhibition in the Hibbard and Maddocks Galleries of the RAA&M will take place Saturday, April 22 through Saturday, May 6. Auction preview hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm; Sunday, noon to 5 pm (Saturday, May 6, 10 am to noon).
RAA&M is at 12 Main Street. For additional information, www.rockportartassn.org/auction or 978-546-6604.
Last Year’s Feature: Aldro T. Hibbard, Winter Day
More Info: www.rockportartassn.org/auction
Contact: Margaret Redington
978.546.6604, ext. 1002
auction@rockportartassn.org
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