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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Jasper Johns' "Tantric Detail I" and "Tantric Detail II"

Billionaire Sues Co-owner of Jasper Johns Triptych Over Promised Gift
Gothamist - January 28th, 2013 13:42

Billionaire businessman Henry Kravis has sued multimillionaire investment advisor and winery owner Donald Bryant over a Jasper Johns triptych that the two purchased together.

Picasso’s 1932 painting “Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur (Nude, Green Leaves and Bust).”

Questions Arise About Regulating the Art Market
New York Times - January 28th, 2013 21:27

Few outside monitors, third-party guarantees, and "chandelier" bids are just a few of the issues that a lengthy New York Times article brings up about the auction business. Auctioneers counter that such grievances are coming from...

John Ritto Penniman (American, 1782-1841) Boston's Exchange Coffee House Burning of 1818. Boston, 1824. Signed and dated lower right, "J R Penniman Pinxt 1824." Oil on canvas. 27 3/8 x 41 5/8 inches

KENO AUCTIONS JANUARY 22, 2013 SALE FETCHES $2.35 MILLION TOTAL WITH EXCEPTIONAL SALES OF AMERICAN FURNITURE, FOLK ART AND DECORATIVE ARTS
Release Date: 28 January 2013
Keno Auctions’ Important American Furniture, Paintings, Folk art and Decorative Arts European Paintings sale was a solid success, achieving a total of just over $2.35 million – right within the pre-sale estimate range for the auction of $1,733,050/$2,971,750. More than 87% of the lots sold to ...

ARLIS/NA Receives Getty Foundation Grant
Release Date: 22 January 2013
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) is the recipient of a $69,000 grant from the Getty Foundation that will provide funds for up to fifteen librarians and art information professionals from Latin America to attend the ARLIS/NA 41st Annual Conference in Pasadena, California, in ...

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	TOWN & COUNTRY; AMERICAN CITYSCAPE AND LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS, 1860 - PRESENT TO BE EXHIBITED AT MME FINE ART, LLC IN NEW YORK CITY, JANUARY 25 – MARCH 1, 2012 Release Date: 27 January 2013 The landscape painters who frequented artist colonies at Cape Ann, Monhegan, and Old Lyme, to name a few, also maintained studios in New York City where their work could be displayed and sold to the viewing public.. In as much as the city provided the practical means to support the more spiritual ... Read more

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