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KALEIDOSCOPIC XVI: MORE IS MORE by Paula Nadelstern (b. 1951) Bronx, New York. Dated 1996. Cottons and silk, 64 x 64". American Folk Art Museum, New York, gift of the artist, 2008.21.1.

American Folk Art Museum teeters towards dissolution
New York Times - September 19th, 2011 22:51

The board of New York's beleaguered American Folk Art Museum are set to vote this week on the future of its holdings of classic American folk art and 20th-century outsider art. Proposals are under consideration from...

Man at His Bath, 1884, Gustave Caillebotte.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Deaccessions Eight Paintings to Acquire Nude by Gustave Caillebotte
Release Date: 19 September 2011
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has acquired the painting Man at His Bath (1884), regarded as one of the greatest works by artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894). This important canvas represents the first Impressionist nude to enter the Museum's collection of paintings. The almost ...

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	susantellergallery Susan Teller Judith Shahn, The Early Work Judith Shahn (1929-2009) was born in Paris to the artist Ben Shahn and his wife, Tillie Goldstein. She lived in New York City and spent summers in Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. As a small ... Read more

Frederic Remington’s painting “He Lay Where He Had Been Jerked, Still as a Log”, a 24 ¼ x 36 ¼ oil on canvas, estimated at $1,000,000-$1,500,000, sold for $1,583,000.

Frederic Remington Leads $9 Million Jackson Hole Art Auction
Release Date: 19 September 2011
The fifth annual Jackson Hole Art Auction was held on September 17th at the Center for the Arts in Jackson, Wyoming. Hosted by Trailside Galleries and Gerald Peters Gallery, more than 88% of the featured 250 lots sold, realizing over $9,000,000 in sales. As the auction got under way at 12:30 ...

Nicora Gangi, Glimpse of a Promise. Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 inches. Signed Lower right.

MME Fine Art presents the Work of Nicora Gangi in "Kindred Spirits" Exhibition
Release Date: 19 September 2011
MME Fine Art’s exhibition, “Kindred Spirits” opens September 21 and runs through October 20, 2011, and features the stunning work of the gifted contemporary artist, Nicora Gangi. Approximately 24 paintings will be on view and for sale at MME Fine Art’s sun-drenched duplex on New York ...

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	AMELIA EARHART, OVER THE TOP ASIAN PRICES AND WORLDWIDE MEDIA ATTENTION EARN CLARS BIGGEST YEAR IN THE FIRMS HISTORY Release Date: 16 September 2011 Clars Auction Gallery’s September 10th and 11th sale was the grand finale of their fiscal year earning $1.5 million and gained worldwide media attention surrounding the Amelia Earhart collection that was offered. The September event was the fifth highest earning sale in the firms’ history ... Read more

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