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Easter Bunny Fraktur, attributed to Johann Conrad Gilbert (1734–1812). Winterthur Museum acquires one of the earliest known American depictions of the Easter Bunny
Winterthur - April 18th, 2011 19:18
Delaware's Winterthur Museum recently acquired one of the earliest known American depictions of the Easter Bunny, which was sold at Pook & Pook auction house in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Together with the Christmas tree, the custom of the Easter rabbit and colored eggs was brought to America by immigrants from southwestern Germany in the 1700s, and has become a favorite American tradition. This delightful image is attributed to schoolmaster Johann Conrad Gilbert (1734–1812), who ...

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• Pierre Bonnard’s Le petit déjeuner (estimate: $6-9 million). THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST AT CHRISTIE'S THIS SPRING - IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART EVENING SALE IN NEW YORK EXPECTED TO EXCEED $160 MILLION
Release Date: 18 April 2011
Christie’s is pleased to announce complete details of its upcoming Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on 4 May 2011. Fifty-seven exceptional works representing the best and brightest in this collecting category comprise the sale, including paintings and sculpture by the great masters ...

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Tony Vevers, Transition ACME Fine Art Presents Rare Works by Four Provincetown Painters in Group Exhibition
Release Date: 18 April 2011
  ACME Fine Art in Boston will present a special preview of the exhibition The Figurative Tradition of Provincetown Painting to benefit the Fine Arts Work Center on Thursday, May 12, 2011.  This group exhibition presents the work of Edwin Dickinson, Ross Moffett, Tony Vevers and Richard Baker, ...

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ArtSynergies: TRANSFERMATIONS, Mixed Media Digital Printmaking, Roadside Lily, Barbara Doyle, Cotuit Center for the Arts. Art is Electric at the Boston Cyberarts Festival
Release Date: 18 April 2011
Art and technology converge at the highly anticipated seventh Boston Cyberarts Festival when artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians and visionary thinkers come together to bring the best in digitally inspired creativity to Greater Boston. The Festival, a collaboration of visual and performing ...

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A rare large-size carnival gaming wheel made of eastern pine with polychrome paint decoration. Excellent condition, missing the spinning arm and posts, paint is in untouched original condition. The visual effect of the compass star, along with the vibrant colors, makes this piece a true work of art. Originally found in the Berkshires, Massachusetts. New England, circa 1900. Courtesy of Tillou Gallery. 31ST ANNUAL BALTIMORE SUMMER ANTIQUES SHOW
August 25-28, 2011
550 international exhibitors , 70 antiquarian book dealers
Baltimore, Maryland
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The new stamp features a 1796 portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s collection. U.S. Postal Service Issues Stamp Featuring Clark’s Gilbert Stuart Portrait of Washington
Release Date: 18 April 2011
The United States Postal Service issued a new stamp this week featuring a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s collection. The 20-cent “definitive” stamp joins the ranks of other postage stamps carrying iconic images of American ...

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