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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, June 13, 2013

French Feminist Trumps F. Scott Fitzgerald in Sotheby's Sale
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 12th, 2013 22:37

A Sotheby's auction in New York saw a rare 16th century erotic polemic soar far above a buzzed-about first edition of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," offered on the heels of this summer's hit film.

Damien Hirst Counts his Spot Paintings for Catalogue Raisonne
New York Times - June 12th, 2013 22:44

A catalogue raisonné of contemporary artist Damien Hirst's work will reveal just how many of his easily recognizable spot-paintings there are. The official count is...

Tom Wesselmann, Monica Nude with Cezanne, 1994

Works by Albers to Wesselmann Entice Buyers at Art Basel
Release Date: 12 June 2013
By the end of the second VIP preview day of Art Basel, Alan Cristea Gallery enjoyed consistently excellent sales, having sold works by each of the artists on display in their booth. Works by Josef Albers, Tom Wesselmann and Jim Dine have proved particularly popular. Following the sale of a ...

Edgar Degas, Three Dancers in Yellow Skirts, ca. 1891. Oil on canvas. Michael Armand Hammer and the Armand Hammer Foundation.

Degas to Chagall: Important Loans from The Armand Hammer Foundation and the Collection of Michael Armand Hammer
Release Date: 15 May 2013
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is delighted to present a selection of important paintings that are on extended loan by The Armand Hammer Foundation and augmented by several works from the private collection of Michael Armand Hammer. The mandate of the Foundation is to share an extraordinary ...

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