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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, May 22, 2013

A $25 million suit was filed over the authenticity of a purported Mark Rothko painting sold by the former Knoedler Gallery.

Tax Fraud Charges for New York Art Dealer Connected to Knoedler
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 22nd, 2013 00:05

A New York art dealer has been arrested on tax fraud charges levied by federal prosecutors on Tuesday in relation to the sale of paintings that she said were by famed Abstract Expressionists, but some turned out to be fakes.

THE MORGAN JOINS THE GOOGLE ART PROJECT TO OFFER UNPARALLELED VIEWS OF ITS FAMED McKIM BUILDING
Release Date: 21 May 2013
The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that it has added nearly 100 of its treasures to the Google Art Project. The Google Art Project allows for these works—rare books, paintings, sculptures, and manuscripts—to be viewed in exceptional detail. In addition, the Morgan’s 1906 McKim ...

Important Late-Career Drawings by Paul Cadmus Featured in Swann Galleries Auction on June 13, 2013.

FINE DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS FEATURED IN SWANN GALLERIES’ AUCTION OF AMERICAN ART ON JUNE 13
Release Date: 21 May 2013
On Thursday, June 13, Swann Galleries will offer more than 150 unique works of art in an auction of American Art. Highlights include a run of works by Paul Cadmus, created in his early 90s and representing the culmination of his career as a master draftsman of the human form—specifically males. ...

2012 George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Winner: Nineteenth-century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute . Sarah Lees, Richard Tand and Sandra L. Webber. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Fancine Clark Art Institute, 2012. 2 vols. Xxix, 989 pages isbn: 9781935998099:

"Nineteenth-century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute" Wins 2012 George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award
Release Date: 21 May 2013
The 33rd Annual George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award was presented at the annual conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) held in Pasadena, California April 25-29, 2013. The award was established in 1980 to honor the memory of the premier New York City art book dealer ...

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	BELIEVED BURNED IN THE BLITZ, MARINE PAINTING SURFACES AT BONHAMS NEW YORK Release Date: 16 May 2013 NEW YORK — Thought to have been lost forever in the blitz of Liverpool, a remarkable composition by British maritime painter Thomas Jacques Somerscales will be offered on June 5 in Bonhams Fine Maritime Paintings & Decorative Arts (est. $12,000-18,000). The 1916 painting depicts the S.S. Ortega ... Read more

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