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Milton Avery's "Music Makers" brought a record $2,965,000 at Sotheby's on May 22, 2013.

Select Lots Sizzle in Sotheby's American Art Sale
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 22nd, 2013 21:50

Works by the likes of Rockwell and Russell helped push Sotheby's auction of American art well above its estimated total on Wednesday in New York. While 10 of 62 lots went unsold, several lots went wildly above estimate, bringing the sale total to $28 million, in excess of its high estimate of $24 million.

President Kennedy speaks to the crowd outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, Texas, November 22, 1963., William Allen, photographer/Dallas Times Herald Collection, Courtesy of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, a Reunion of Masterworks Exhibited in the Hotel Suite of the Presidential Couple
Release Date: 22 May 2013
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Dallas Museum of Art will bring together the works of art installed in the president’s suite at the Hotel Texas during his fateful trip to Texas in 1963. The original installation, orchestrated by a ...

John Singer Sargent, ‘Cypresses and Pines’, Autumn 1913 (71.12 x 91.44 cm)

Trinity House Paintings to Feature Sargent Landscape at Masterpiece London
Release Date: 22 May 2013
Almost 100 years after it was first exhibited at The Royal Academy in 1914, Trinity House Paintings brings John Singer Sargent’s (1856 - 1925) beautiful landscape ‘Cypresses and Pines’ back to London for Masterpiece London 2013 (27 June – 3July). This marks the first time this important signed ...

Charles Marion Russell (1864–1926), High, Wide, and Handsome, 1919, watercolor, gouache, pencil on paper, 16 x 12 1/2 inches, sold $550,000.

C.M. Russell Museum Announces Record Breaking Results for 2013 Auction
Release Date: 22 May 2013
The C.M. Russell Museum today announced the official net proceeds of The Russell: The Sale to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum, which took place March 14–16, 2013. The sale is the signature fundraising event for the non-profit museum. Dr. Michael Duchemin, C.M. Russell Museum Executive ...

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	“That’s Amore: Travel Posters to Love” at International Poster Gallery Release Date: 22 May 2013 BOSTON – Wanderlust is the theme of International Poster Gallery’s 21st annual Summer Show, “That’s Amore: Travel Posters to Love”. The core of the exhibition traces the fascinating development of travel to Italy, the “Sunny Boot of Europe,” from the rise of railroad travel in the 1890s to the ... Read more

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