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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, March 30, 2011

George Tooker, The Subway, 1950, egg tempera on gesso panel, 18 1/8 x 36 1/8 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchased with funds from the Juliana Force Purchase Award, 50.23. Photograph courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Artist George Tooker Dies at 90
Release Date: 30 March 2011
One of the most acclaimed painters of his generation, George Tooker (1920-2011) possessed an originality and depth of vision that is unsurpassed in modern American art. For over sixty years, he has been highly regarded for his luminous and often enigmatic work. His themes range from alienation and ...

Colin Campbell Cooper (1856 - 1937), Horizontal Orange Sunset, 1927. Gouache on paper.

STILLS FROM A LIFE’S CINEMA: COLIN CAMPBELL COOPER (1856-1937)
Release Date: 25 March 2011
Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery presents STILLS FROM A LIFE’S CINEMA, a show of small works by American Impressionist, Colin Campbell Cooper (1856 – 1937), April 7 through July 3, 2011. Focusing on Cooper’s “postcards,” this exhibition highlights a large group of gems recently ...

From Sydney L. Moss Ltd, an ivory Shōki and oni Unsigned, circa 1790. Height: 1⅝ inches, 4.2 cm.

AMERICANS ENTHUSIASTIC FOR JAPANESE ART SHOWN BY SYDNEY L. MOSS IN NEW YORK
Release Date: 29 March 2011
Sydney L. Moss Ltd welcomed many collectors, both established and new, to their New York exhibition of Japanese art at the Alexandre Gallery (Fuller Building) on view from 16 to 27 March 2011. Paul Moss reported a steady flow of visitors selling several pieces a day all to US museums and ...

Oil on Canvas by Edouard Cortes (Fr., 1882-1969), The Pantheon ($25,000)

Strength and Consistency Demonstrated at March 18th & 19th Two Day Spring Catalogue Auction held by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd.
Release Date: 25 March 2011
Over 700 lots of fine art, estate jewelry, fine wine, and antiques garnered strong and steady bidding at LLAES, Ltd’s Spring Catalogue Auction. This auction was held at LLAES, Ltd’s gallery in Hillsborough, N.C. The Two Day Spring Catalogue Auction has provided a strong start to the ...

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	I.M. Chait's Asia Week Auction Finds Bidders Eager as Prices Soar Above Estimates Release Date: 28 March 2011 The atmosphere was electric on Monday, March 21, as I.M. Chait's fifth annual New York auction took flight. With buyers having only begun to taste the vast array of collections of Asian art that would be sold throughout the week, it was as though they couldn't wait to start spending. The action ... Read more

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