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Fine Art Sales Roundup for Swann Galleries
Modern & Post-War Art, Fine Photographs & Contemporary Art Bacchus, acrylic on panel. 1983. Sold for $57,500. New York—Auctions of Modern & Post-War Art, Fine Photographs and Contemporary Art at Swann Galleries in late May and early June 2021 brought in a total of $3,985,089 and at least 11 records. …
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Modern & Post-War Art at Swann May 20
Elaine de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Sol Lewitt, & more John Wesley, 7 Maidens, duco and oil on canvas, 1963. Estimate $80,000 to $120,000. New York—Swann Galleries will hold its sale of Modern & Post-War Art on Thursday, May 20. The auction will present a selection of highlights ranging across Modernist…
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Works by Color Field Masters Take Center Stage in Upcoming Doyle Auction
Kenneth Noland was a famous color field painter who worked mainly in plain colors and simple forms like stripes, bullseyes, and chevrons. The color field artist initially worked in Abstract Expressionism and later embraced the minimalist style. The upcoming Doyle auction will highlight a 1983 artwork titled Sand Glass by Kenneth Noland.…
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Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s, From Keith Haring to Matthew Wong
Christie’s will open the Spring 2021 auction season with a selection of post-war, modern, and contemporary art. A full-sized painting by Keith Haring leads the listings. Executed on industrial tarpaulin, the untitled red painting shows the artist’s signature dancing figures. “Vibration marks” indicate their movement. A polka-dotted spirit figure dominates…
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Works by Women Artists and Washington Color School Highlight Doyle’s May 20 Auction of Important Paintings
Doyle’s auction of Important Paintings on Wednesday, May 20 at 11am will showcase fine European, American, Asian and Latin American paintings, drawings and sculpture from the late 19th through the early 21st centuries. The offerings span Academic and Barbizon art through Impressionism and Post-Impressionism to Modernism and on to Contemporary…
Artists
Artist to Know: Elaine de Kooning
Doyle to Present Abstract Expressionist Painting at Auction Elaine de Kooning refused to spend her career in the shadow of her better-known husband, Willem de Kooning. An artist in her own right, she participated in Abstract Expressionism and many of the movements that followed. Her contributions to art history include…
Exhibitions
The Ultimate Selfies? National Portrait Gallery 'Eye to I' Traveling Exhibition Premieres March 24
The term self-conscious takes on a whole new meaning in today’s social media era. At a time when millions of selfies are posted every day and identity is proving to be more fluid, this exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery shines a new light on self-portraiture and representation. The show was created to…
