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Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869-1959), In the Cedar Swamp, Oil on canvas, 36 by 42 inches, Estimate: $150,000-$250,000.

Americana Week Tops $47 Million in Auction Sales
Antiques and the Arts - January 26th, 2012 15:42

Nearly $47 million was spent on American art and antiques at five auction houses during Americana Week in New York. About 2,000 lots were offered in sales from January 16 to 22 during the focused series of events that includes a host of related antiques fairs, gallery shows, and museum exhibitions. Five highlights from the sales:

Images from the project courtesy of Kondo Takahiro ©2011

Tohoku Relief Benefit Sale; "Inochi no utsuwa," Vessels of Life by Kondo Takahiro at Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. during Asia Week New York
Release Date: 25 January 2012
March 11, 2011, is a date now permanently in our memories as the day a major earthquake and tsunami devastated coastal northeastern Japan. In tribute to those affected by last year’s events, JOAN B. MIRVISS LTD will be offering for purchase, during Asia Week New York 2012, affordable ceramics ...

Kwong Lum, artist, and Frank Robinson, former Director, Johnson Museum

Cornell's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Receives Painting From Chinese Artist Known for Ink Splash Works
Release Date: 25 January 2012
The Chinese artist Kwong Lum, who is best known for Ink Splash paintings, a technique that adapts the ancient art of calligraphy to abstract paintings, recently endowed Cornell University's Johnson Museum with a painting entitled "Excerpt from a Poem by Li Bai." The painting was accepted by ...

Contessa Gallery Presents "Natvar Bhavsar: Resonance of Color"
Release Date: 25 January 2012
Contessa Gallery is proud to present a one-man exhibition by the acclaimed Indian-born artist Natvar Bhavsar, one of the most influential members of the New York school of colorists and a prominent color-field artist. Having worked in the United States for over forty years, he is recognized today ...

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	THERE’S A HEX ON AT THE TOKYO QUILT FESTIVAL: HEXAGONS QUILTS FROM FISHER HERITAGE CHOSEN FOR JAPAN EXHIBIT Release Date: 25 January 2012 Some incredible quilts pieced with thousands of hexagons from the inventory of Laura Fisher’s FISHER HERITAGE in NYC have been chosen for the exhibition: 'Hexagon, Eternal Piece' at the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival on view through January 28, 2012. The exhibit displays antique ... Read more

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