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Sotheby’s European Art 24 May 2017.

Sotheby’s annual spring auction of European Art will be held in New York on 24 May 2017. The sale offers more than 80 paintings and sculptures that exemplify the diversity of the 19th to early 20th centuries, led by exquisite works by Jean Béraud, Jean-Léon Gérôme and William Bouguereau. Many of the pieces on offer have emerged after decades spent in private collections, including newly-rediscovered paintings by John William Godward, Jean-Francois Millet and Sir Alfred James Munnings. SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS: PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY The May sale includes a varied selection of paintings by Sir Alfred James Munnings. In 1924, Munnings left England for his only trip to the United States – a whirlwind six-month itinerary of painting and parties. The artist first visited New York, Washington and Pittsburgh, and later joined Frederick Prince and his family on their estate in Massachusetts, where he expanded his portrait commissions to their fellow members of South Hamilton’s Myopia H

Christie’s 19th Century European Art on May 23

Christie’s announces the sale of 19th Century European Art on May 23, which offers a strong selection of fresh to the market paintings, drawings, and sculpture by leading artists who reflect the extraordinary diversity of this pivotal period of art history. Painters of the Barbizon, French Realist and Orientalist schools are represented, as well as a strong selection of Belle Époque painters and important female artists. The tightly curated sale of 88 lots is primarily sourced from private collections with lots ranging in price from $7,000 to $1,200,000. Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923), Algarrobo (The Carob Tree), oil on canvas. Estimate: $700,000 - 1,000,000 A highlight of the sale is Joaquín Sorolla’s (Spanish, 1863-1923), Algarrobo (The Carob Tree) painted when the artist was visiting the Spanish village of of Jávea, in eastern Spain (estimate: $700,000-1,000,000). The artist was entranced by the beauty of the area, and this work is a striking example of Sorolla’s ab

Walker Evans Retrospective

Centre Pompidou, Paris  April 26–August 14, 2017  SFMOMA September 30, 2017–February 4, 2018 Through his attention to the details of everyday life and urban banality, Evans largely helped to define the visibility of 20th-century American culture. Some of his photographs have become icons in this respect. His pictures of an America in crisis during the 1930s, his projects published in Fortune magazine during the 1940s and 1950s, and his definition of the "documentary style" have all influenced generations of photographers and artists. Conceived as a retrospective of Evans’ work in all its completeness, the exhibition highlights the photographer’s fascination with vernacular culture. In the US, "vernacular” defines popular or common forms of expression employed by ordinary people for useful ends. This means everything that is created outside art and the main production circuits. It eventually formed a specifically American culture. The first part of the exhibiti

Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe

J. Paul Getty Museum   May 9 through July 30, 2017 Minneapolis Institute of Art September 10 through December 31, 2017 Cleveland Museum of Art  February 25 through May 20, 2018 Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, 1697 - 1768), Venice: Feast Day of Saint Roch, about 1735. Oil on canvas Dimensions: Unframed: 147.7 × 199.4 cm (58 1/8 × 78 1/2 in.) Framed: 191.5 × 244 × 18.5 cm (75 3/8 × 96 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.) Accession No. EX.2017.3.53. The National Gallery, London. Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876. © National Gallery, London / Art Resource, NY. Long before today’s fast-paced news cycle, the visual memory of contemporary events in eighteenth-century Europe was shaped and sometimes even manipulated by great “view painters.” In captivating, acutely-observed scenes these painters, predominately from Italy, recorded such occasions as royal celebrations, religious ceremonies, sporting contests, and natural disasters. On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from May 9 through July 30,

Christie’s American Art May 23

The sale is led by the collection of Richard J. Schwartz (1938-2016), who was a public advocate for the arts and education. He served on and later chaired the New York State Council for the Arts, in addition to providing leadership to regional arts councils in Westchester and the Hudson Valley. He served on many museum boards, as well as the boards of hospitals, schools and universities, and he also supported several notable restoration projects for civic monuments in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Frederic Remington (1861–1909) Coming Through the Rye Bronze with brown patina; 30 ¼ in. (76.8 cm.) high Modeled in 1902; cast by 1906. Estimate: $7-10 million The top lot of the sale from the Schwartz collection is the early cast of Frederic Remington’s most daring and complex sculptural undertaking, Coming Through the Rye, modelled in 1902 and cast by 1906, which captures the spirit of the artist’s iconic depictions of the American West. Collecte

Berenice Abbott prints offered by Heritage May 18-19

Remembered as one of the most independent, determined and respected photographers of the 20th century, Berenice Abbott chronicled the evolution of New York City for decades beginning with the Great Depression. Almost 80 original prints will be available with 61 prints being offered without reserve to collectors during Heritage Auctions ' Photographs Signature Auction May 18-19 in New York City. Images of iconic New York City landmarks such as  the New York Stock Exchange (est. $3,000-5,000),  the construction of Rockefeller Center (est. $1,500-2,500)  and Broadway to the Battery ($1,000-2,000)  (below)highlight this collection of original prints. "Berenice Abbott spent years chronicling the evolution of New York City. She captured the architecture, the people and the spirit of one of the busiest, most dynamic and influential cities in the world. Many of these prints capture iconic images of the New York City from Abbott's creative perspective but still with a dramati

American Art Sale, 24 May 2017 at Bonhams

  Works by Marsden Hartley, Henry F Farny and Robert Henri lead the American Art Sale, 24 May 2017 at Bonhams New York.         Landscape No. 39 (Little River, New Hampshire) by Marsden Hartley, estimated at US$ (400,000-600,000), appears at auction after 42 years in a private collection. Hartley's colorist work is one of approximately 26 paintings the artist produced during the summer and fall of 1930. Landscape No. 39 captures the long-anticipated changing of the seasons in the region surrounding Franconia, New Hampshire. Henry F Farny's Cheyenne Scout , estimated at US$ 150,000-250,000, also appears on the market for the first time, having remained with the same family since the first half of the 20th century. The painting depicts an indigenous American scout, standing alongside a glossy, chestnut horse, with two riders in the background. The landscape is precise and detailed, rendered in soft, cool, pastel hues.  Other higlights include:    • Hide and Seek (Study