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Back in 1966-67, the “Souper” dress, inspired by the famous Soup Can art series by Andy Warhol, married art and advertising when paper dresses were in vogue. If one mailed in two labels from Campbell’s soup cans to the company along with $1, this dress was their reward.

Benefit Shop Foundation Auction Goes From Soup (Can) To Nuts May 16

Benefit Shop Foundation, Inc. / May 7th, 2018

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ARABESQUE, by ROBERT MOTHERWELL

Modern and Contemporary Art Sales Abound at Second Edition of TEFAF New York Spring

/ May 6th, 2018

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Am West Hill with frame

Witherell’s American West at Auction has a newly discovered Thomas Hill painting of Yosemite Valley, a Grace Hudson and an Horatio Nelson Poole live and online.

Witherell's / May 3rd, 2018

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Oil on Masonite painting by Rhoda Brady Stokes (La., 1901-1988), titled Cotton Wagon Going Into the Barn, signed and dated (est. $1,500-$2,500).

Artworks by Rhoda Stokes, Pal Fried, Marietta Berman, others in Crescent City's May 19-20 Estates Auction

Crescent City Auction Gallery / May 3rd, 2018

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Lot 1118 - Zsolnay Leopard Vase $9,000-12,000

George Nakashima, Harry Bertoia, Paul Evans, Thomas Molesworth, Wendell Castle, Dale Chihuly, Therman Statom among highlights of Rago’s May 19-20 Auctions

Rago Arts and Auction Center / May 1st, 2018

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Lot 24a- Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886) Butternut Tree, Study from Nature, Lake George, New York, Oil on Canvas

The Simple Elegance of the Still Life this Month at Gray’s

/ April 25th, 2018

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KPM painted porcelain plaque, 19th or 20th century, depicting General Hindenburg of Germany, 9 inches by 6 inches (est. $3,000-$5,000).

KPM portrait plaque of General Hindenburg, of aerial disaster fame, will be in Nye & Company's April 25-26 auction

Nye & Company / April 18th, 2018

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Large signed mixed media painting with a horse race theme by African American Master Wadsworth Jarrell (b. 1929), 50 inches by 73.75 inches (est. $30,000-$40,000).

Large mixed media work signed by African American Master Wadsworth Jarrell (b. 1929) will be auctioned April 22nd in Atlanta

Ahlers & Ogletree / April 16th, 2018

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David Hockney, Celia Observing

HOCKNEY, CLOSE & KATZ: CONTEMPORARY MASTERS OF PORTRAITURE AT CLARKE’S APRIL 22ND AUCTION

/ April 12th, 2018

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Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show Presents Art and Design Through the Centuries; Martha Stewart Special Guest Lecture

/ April 11th, 2018

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Carol B. Cadou, photo by Stephen Elliot

Winterthur Names New Director and CEO

/ April 11th, 2018

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Couch, attributed to Hugh Finlay, Baltimore, Maryland, 1819-1821, tulip poplar, paint and brass; linen, iron, hair stuffing, wool and silk, Museum purchase, Bridget and Alfred Ritter in honor of Milly McGehee and Deanne Deavours, 2003-1, 1

Search for Clues Found in Early American Upholstered Furniture and Explore the Evidence Like an Expert in New Exhibition to Open in May 2018 at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

/ April 10th, 2018

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Winter landscape by 19th Century Dutch/German artist Barend Cornelis Koekkoek sells for $132,000 at Eldred's Americana + Paintings Auction

NEW HAMPSHIRE ART COLLECTION CLIMBS HIGH AT ELDRED’S AMERICANA + PAINTINGS AUCTION

Eldred's / April 9th, 2018

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John Dickinson, Custom Hoofed Side Table, c. 1970. (Estimate: $8,000-12,000)

BONHAMS LOS ANGELES AUCTION ENCAPSULATES MID-CENTURY CALIFORNIA ART + DESIGN

/ April 4th, 2018

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Roger Medearis (1920-2001), Milking Time, 1947, Signed, dated and inscribed, Egg tempera on board, 14 x 18 inches. Est. $4,000-6,000

American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts at Doyle on April 18

/ April 5th, 2018

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