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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, August 4, 2011

Egon Schiele's "Hauser mit Bunter Wasche 'Vorstadt' II" sold for $40.1 million at Sotheby's.

Sotheby's tallies record $3.4 billion first half sales
ArtfixDaily Staff - August 3rd, 2011 23:40

Competitive bidding for high value works combined with commissions from booming private transactions pushed Sotheby's consolidated sales to a record $3.4 billion in the first half of 2011. Sotheby's private sales were up 114% in the first half.

John Marin (1870–1953) Movement in Red, 1946. Oil on canvas. John Marin © Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Collection of Deborah and Ed Shein.

Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents dynamic visions of city and sea in "John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury"

On November 5, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents the work of one of America’s foremost modernists, John Marin (1870–1953), in the special exhibition John Marin: ...

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	“Before the King James Bible” --an Exhibition and Catalogue November 1 - December 22, 2011 Galerie Les Enluminures Paris, France Read more

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	PROPERTY FROM THE XU HANQING COLLECTION TO BE OFFERED AT CHRISTIE’S ASIAN ART WEEK Release Date: 03 August 2011 Christie’s is pleased to announce the single-owner sale of A Connoisseur’s Vision: Property from the Xu Hanqing Collection, which will be offered on September 15, 2011 during Christie's Asian Art Week. This elite group of 150 objects includes rare and important examples of ancient Chinese ... Read more

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