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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, August 07, 2009

Swell Summerhouse: Coliseum-builder's own ruins
Bloomberg - August 6th, 2009 16:47

Italian archeologists may have uncovered the summer villa of the Roman Emperor Vespasian near his birthplace in the mountains northeast of Rome, La Stampa newspaper reported.

Cartier-Bresson'w work is on view in Paris, reports Bloomberg.

Cartier-Bresson finally gets the focus
Bloomberg - August 6th, 2009 16:44

Better late than never. Two shows in Paris celebrate the centenary of the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, who was born in 1908.

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	The Art-Tickle ArtfixDaily Staff An Ode to Lighthouses: Alan Claude's Travel Posters Graphic artist Alan Claude grew up in the shadow of a lighthouse, literally. On the shores of Biarritz, France, he and his older brother played day-long under a towering lighthouse while their mother worked. When the internet age allowed Claude to move his career to Maine, lighthouses again ... Read more

Serenity now: Chinese Buddha heads Jenack auction
Auction Central News - August 6th, 2009 16:37

CHESTER, N.Y. - William Jenack Auctioneers will conduct a 395-lot Fine Art & Antiques auction, featuring a special selection of Asian art, on Aug. 9. Highlights include a Chinese carved limestone head of Buddha, Sui (581-618 A.D.) with an estimate of $4,000 to $6,000...

A Pennsylvania mahogany ball & claw foot tea table with suppressed ball standard, Circa 1770.

Tea Table Primer
About.com - August 6th, 2009 16:31

Through the 18th century right up until the 1770s, a good number of small rectangular tables and round tilt-top tables were crafted in Colonial America, especially in Queen Anne and Chippendale styles. We usually refer to them as “tea tables,” but did they really have much to do with ...

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	Fifteenth annual Marine, China Trade & Sporting Art Auction. August 15-16, 2009 Northeast Auctions Manchester, New Hampshire Read more

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	A ‘NEW AND NATIVE’ BEAUTY: THE ART AND CRAFT OF GREENE & GREENE AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, CELEBRATES THE VISION OF RENOWNED 20TH-CENTURY ARCHITECTS CHARLES AND HENRY GREENE Release Date: 05 August 2009 Famous for the ‘Ultimate Bungalow,’ the Designers Helped to Create the California Style Beauty with a purpose was the guiding aesthetic for Charles and Henry Greene, acclaimed architects and designers of the American Arts and Crafts Movement in the early 20th century. Known for their ... Read more

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