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Winslow Homer (1836–1910) Blyth Sands, 1882.  Charcoal, graphite, ink, chalk, and opaque white on paper.  1982.58 . Amon Carter Museum of American Art to Exhibit Rarely Seen Works on Paper Collection
Release Date: 19 April 2011
In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents The Allure of Paper: Watercolors and Drawings from the Collection, on view July 9–October 9, 2011. Infrequently shown because of their sensitivity to light, the nearly 100 artworks in this special ...

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Rediscovered Cropsey paintings to be offered in Clarke Auction's Fine Art, Antique, & Midcentury Modern Auction on May 15th. Freshly-found Cropsey paintings headline Clarke auction
Antiques and the Arts - April 19th, 2011 23:09
A recent appraisal day held by Clarke Auction, of Larchmont, New York, yielded the exciting rediscovery of two lost paintings by 19th century Hudson River School artist Jasper F. Cropsey. Missing for 150 years was Cropsey's "Autumn in America," a work from the artist's first series of four-seasons paintings that he executed in 1860 while in England, reports the auction house. The second image, "Falls of Niagara," was unknown in Cropsey's ouevre although a preliminary pencil sketch for the ...

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The Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots triptychs illustrate how the medium was perfect for telling a story Beauty, Rarity, History...The M.S. Rau Antiques Blog
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An Image is Worth 1000 Words: The Triptych
Whether it's meant to tell you what to wear, what to eat or what to admire, images surround us in our media-rich society. But not that long ago, images served a much higher purpose. Images were a ...

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New York's Alexander Gallery has moved and opened an interim exhibition space off Madison Avenue at 34 East 68th Street. New York's Alexander Gallery announces relocation
Release Date: 19 April 2011
  The Alexander Gallery has moved, after almost forty years on Madison Avenue.  The executive office is now located at 115 East 72nd Street near Park Avenue and the interim exhibition space is off Madison Avenue at 34 East 68th Street.   Plans to move to another Madison Avenue gallery were ...

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Kristy Bryce Kristy Bryce appointed new gallery director at Eykyn Maclean
Release Date: 19 April 2011
Kristy Bryce has been named gallery director at Eykyn Maclean in New York. Previously she had been the director of Craig F. Starr Gallery since 1998. “Chris and I are thrilled that Kristy has joined us,” said Nicholas Maclean. “She will be expanding our exhibition program in New York and ...

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Nepcetat Mask, Arctic and Subarctic, ca.  1840–1860 Central Yup’ik, probably Lower Yukon River, Alaska Wood, swan feathers, old-squaw duck feathers, snowy owl Feathers, fox teeth, sealskin thong, reed, blood, pigment, ochre, and charcoal (feathers and teeth replaced) H: 22 in.  W: 33 in.  D: 3 3/4 in.  Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y.  Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor.  Object ID: T0231 Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection
April 24 - September 4, 2011
Over 100 Spectacular Examples of the Continent’s Indigenous Art on view at Dallas Art Museum
Dallas, Texas
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Pale lavender and icy green Guanyin with an openwork mandorla. I.M. Chait's May 1 Auction Abounds with Asian Art Values
Release Date: 19 April 2011
Beverly Hills, CA - I.M. Chait's May 1st Asian and International Fine Auction is filled with exceptional selections in the popular categories of Chinese Jade and Ivory Carvings,  Antique Porcelains and Tang Dynasty pottery. Substantial collections of these Chinese Carved Jades and Carved Ivories ...

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