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Still from the film Gerhard Richter: Painting (2011). Richter Rising
ArtfixDaily Staff - February 12th, 2012 14:28
German artist Gerhard Richter’s star was ascendant throughout 2011 and it looks to stay that way through 2012. In November of 2011 his “Abstraktes Bild” went for over $20 million at auction, making it a record sale for the artist. According to Skates, the now 80-year-old artist is currently...

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Damien Hirst (b. 1965) Rubidium Chloride. household gloss on canvas, 51 1/8 x 87 1/8 in. Estimate: $600,000 - $800,000. At Christie's "Open Sale," March 7 in New York.
American software entrepreneur and pioneering art collector Peter Norton is planning to auction off additional works from his prized contemporary art collection. The Silicon Valley ...
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John James Audubon (1785-1851) American Grossbill. Aquatint copper-plate engravings on Whatman paper. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (London, 1835), from the double elephant folio, Birds of America, 63.5 x 88.9 cm, 25 x 35 in The American Museum in Britain. John James Audubon: Fur and Feather
Release Date: 10 February 2012
John James Audubon is known for his remarkable studies of American birds depicted in their natural habitats.  His The Birds of North America (1827-1839), in which he identified 25 new species and a number of new sub-species, is considered to be one of the finest ornithological works ever ...

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