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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, September 12, 2011

Louis XV lacquer Commode attributed to B.V.R.B., possibly the greatest of all French furniture makers of the Louis XV period, (est. $3/5 million) will be offered from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra at Sotheby's in October.

Sotheby's shares may ride up latest art boom
The Motley Fool - September 12th, 2011 01:26

After posting record sales of $3.4 billion in the first half of 2011, publicly-traded Sotheby's ended the summer with shares tumbling more than 25% in the first three weeks of August. But the auction giant could...

Robert Rauschenberg Photographs 1949-1962 cover

Robert Rauschenberg Photographs 1949-1962
Release Date: 09 September 2011
A revelatory survey of Rauschenberg's personal photographic work highlighting his artistic friendships, travels and studios. Rauschenberg's engagement with photography began in the late 1940s under the tutelage of Hazel Larsen Archer at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. This exposure (or ...

Takashi Murakami (B. 1962), DOB in the Strange Forest. Fiber-reinforced plastic, resin, fiberglass, acrylic and iron, 60 x 147 in. (152.4 x 373.3 cm.) Executed in 1999. This work is from an edition of three plus two artist's proofs.

Software entrepreneur Peter Norton offers major art collection at auction
Release Date: 11 September 2011
Christie‘s announces the auction of a major selection of the remarkable Peter Norton Collection of contemporary art, assembled over more than two decades by one of the world‘s most pioneering collectors, entrepreneurs and philanthropists. A Single Owner grouping of 60 lots will be offered ...

Tracy Jamar, Land Parcels Quad, 2009; #3 in Fly Over Land series; hand-hooked, appliquéd, machine stitched on monks cloth, wool and cotton fabric yarns, silk and fibers of unknown origin; 37”x37”; collection of the artist

New Exhibition at the Farnsworth — Beyond Rugs!
Release Date: 09 September 2011
On Saturday, September 24, the Farnsworth Art Museum, in Rockland, Maine, will be opening a new exhibition entitled Beyond Rugs! The exhibition is organized by guest curator Mildred Péladeau, author of Rug Hooking in Maine 1838-1940, and Farnsworth Assistant Curator Jane Bianco, and will be on ...

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	The Paintings of Richard Lonsdale-Hands (1913-1969) Release Date: 09 September 2011 Hirschl & Adler Modern is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition The Paintings of Richard Lonsdale-Hands (1913-1969), a retrospective marking the 50th anniversary of the artist’s first show at Hirschl & Adler Modern. Best known as a gifted, successful designer and pioneer “ad ... Read more

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