Rago Auction's November 13 Open House Features Master Printer Steven Andersen on Life and Work with the Great Renegade Artists of the 1970s

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Rago Auction's November 13 Open House Features Master Printer Steven Andersen on Life and Work with the Great Renegade Artists of the 1970s

LAMBERTVILLE, New Jersey
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October 30, 2013

Red Grooms, Jasper & 3 Flags, $5,000 - $7,000

RAGO AUCTION'S NOVEMBER 13 OPEN HOUSE FEATURES MASTER PRINTER STEVEN ANDERSEN ON LIFE AND WORK WITH THE GREAT RENEGADE ARTISTS OF THE 1970S

Lambertville, NJ: The Rago Arts and Auction Center hosts an open house on Wednesday, November 13, featuring a talk by master printer Steven Andersen, “Why Can’t We Do This? Renegade Artists and Contemporary Art” at 6 p.m. The talk takes place during the preview week for Rago’s November 16 Fine Art auction, which features over 200 original works and prints from Steven Andersen’s personal assemblage as the Vermillion Editions Limited collection.

Steven Andersen will share a freewheeling and unscripted reminiscence on his start in printmaking and the disruptive artists with whom he collaborated in the 1970s. These include Arakawa, Chuck Close, Robert Cumming, Martha Diamond, Allan D'Arcangelo, Sam Gilliam, Red Grooms, Robert Mapplethorpe, Malcolm Morley, Robert Moskowitz, John Newman, James Rosenquist, Hollis Sigler, as well as the aforementioned Nicolas Africano, Robert Mapplethorpe, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol and William Wegman.

Larry Rivers, To Martha, $7,000 - $9,000

Andersen will also be at Rago during its auction exhibition on Tuesday, November 12th and Wednesday, November 13th for all who would like to meet him and speak with him about the work in the sale.

The auction house opens on Wednesday, November 13 at Noon. A reception begins at 5 pm. Steven Andersen will speak at 6 pm. Please RSVP to 609.397.9374 ext. 119 or raac@ragoarts.com. If you unable to RSVP in advance, please join us if you can; all are welcome.

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About Rago Arts and Auction Center

Rago is a leading U.S. auction house with $28 million in sales in 2012. We serve thousands of sellers and buyers internationally with a singular blend of global reach and personal service. Rago holds auctions of 20th/21st c. design, fine art, decorative arts, furnishings, jewelry, militaria, coins and currency, Asian, historic ephemera, and ethnographic property. A world-class venue through which to buy and sell, it offers valuations for personal property (from a single piece to collections and estates), appraisals, estate services, exhibitions and lectures in house and online. Rago is based in New Jersey, midway between Philadelphia and New York City.