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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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Mark Rothko's Untitled No.  17 (est.  $18-22m) sold for $33.68m at Christie's in May 2011. Art Trading Returned to Peak Levels in 2011, Says Skates
Skates - January 2nd, 2012 18:40
Art trading volumes grew close to $80 billion for 2011, achieving peak levels previously seen in 2006-2007, according to Skates Annual Art Investment Report. The figure was boosted by over 2,000 transactions completed on the auction market involving artworks priced at $1 million or more per work, and a similar number of high-end sales completed by galleries and during art fairs...

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Endpapers for Poems of Childhood By Eugene Field Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish Charles Scribner’s & Sons, New York, 1904 New Exhibition at the Farnsworth — The Art of the Book
Release Date: 29 December 2011
On Saturday, January 14, 2012, the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, will be opening a new exhibition entitled The Art of the Book. Organized by Farnsworth Registrar Angela Waldron, the exhibition will be on display in the museum's Craig Gallery until Sunday, April 1, 2012. The Art of ...

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Frank Wimberley, "Untitled," 2011, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 72 inches Frank Wimberley
Release Date: 23 December 2011
Spanierman Modern is pleased to announce the exhibition Frank Wimberley, featuring new works in the Abstract Expressionist tradition.  Based in New York and Sag Harbor, Wimberley is esteemed for his masterful abstractions, in which he translates his responses to material, texture, light, and ...

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Yosa Buson (1716–1784) Herb Gatherers in the Mountains (detail).  Traditional Japanese Art in Asia Week New York Exhibition
Release Date: 21 December 2011
Masterworks of the traditional fine arts of Japan will be on view during New York’s Asia Week in JADA 2012: An Exhibition by the Japanese Art Dealers Association.  Held from March 17 to March 21, 2012, JADA 2012 will present exceptional examples of screens, paintings, scrolls, prints, ...

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Featured Event
Alexander Pope, Jr.  (1849-1924), Waiting for its Master, Oil on canvas, 36.5 by 30.5 inches, Estimate: $100,000-$200,000 The Winter Sale 2012
January 16, 2012
Copley Fine Art Auctions
New York, New York
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A SILK ‘’CONTAINED CRAZY’ BARN RAISING VARIATION with lavish embroidery from Fisher Heritage. A Soft Touch to Welcome the New Year: Fisher Heritage Offers Elegant Silk, Velvet 'Show' Quilts
Release Date: 27 December 2011
  To herald the advent of a new and hopefully peaceful year, treat your senses to a luxurious antique silk or velvet quilt from the special collection at Laura Fisher’s FISHER HERITAGE, 305 East 61st Street, 5th Floor in the Hayes Fine Arts Building. “A jewel tone, intricately pieced ...

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