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Thomas Moran (1837-1926) The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, signed with conjoined initials and dated 'TMoran./1904.' (lower left), oil on canvas, 29½ x 60 in., fetched $12.5 million at Christie's.

Christie's American Art Sale Raises $64 Million
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 22nd, 2014 22:40

Christie’s spring sale of American Art on May 22 nearly hit targets with its $64 million total, just below the pre-sale estimate of $65.7 million, the highest estimate ever for the category at Christie’s. The sale was led by Norman Rockwell’s The Rookie (Red Sox Locker Room)...

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) "After the Prom" (1957), oil on canvas, 31 ⅛ X 29 ⅛ in., sold for $9.1 million at Sotheby's on May 21, 2014.

Norman Rockwell Tops Sotheby's $46 Million American Art Sale
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 22nd, 2014 11:20

American Art at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday achieved $45,869,625 (est. $33.2/49.7 million) – among the highest totals for an American Art sale in the last five years. Ten lots brought prices over $1 million...

Ann Hamilton (b. 1956) The People’s Republic , 2013 Paperback book slices, wood, bookbinder’s glue 9 3/4 x 12 x 4 3/4 in

Significant exhibition of 21st century abstract art to open Pizzuti Collection’s new season
Release Date: 22 May 2014
Pizzuti Collection announces two new partnerships and three exhibitions for the 2014 - 2015 season, building on the success of their inaugural year: NOW-ism: Abstraction Today, Ori Gersht’s Portraits and Campana Brothers. “The art and artists in these new exhibitions are remarkable for their ...

Mikhail Larionov, Goncharova Nera, 1910-1920s. Paper, mixed media, collage.

Unseen Works by Russia's Modern Masters On View at the National Arts Club in New York
Release Date: 20 May 2014
From Primitivism to Propaganda: Russia’s Modern Masters Unseen Works from Private Collection of Marina and Nikolay Shchukin On View at The National Arts Club New York, NY – Thirty-five works on paper by some of Russia’s most notable modern artists from the private collection of Marina and ...

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	NIGERIAN ARTISTS DOMINATE ‘AFRICA NOW’ SALE AT BONHAMS LONDON Release Date: 22 May 2014 ‘Africa Now’, Bonhams auction of Contemporary African Art in London on 21 May, was a celebration of art from across the African continent. However, it was Nigerian and Ghanaian artists whose work took top prices in a sale that made a total in excess of £1million and saw new world record prices ... Read more

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