Heritage Auction Galleries has announced the appointment of Ed Jaster to Senior Vice President. He will be transferring to the company’s soon-to-be-opened Manhattan gallery.
The Collection of a Fortune 500 Company led the way to a $3.48 million afternoon at Heritage Auction Galleries’ June 9 Signature® Impressionist, Modern & Contemporary Art Auction with Bruce Nauman’s stunning Human Nature, 1983, bringing $776,750 – the highest price yet paid for a work on paper by the artist – to take top honors. All prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium.
A superbly colorful and remarkably well-preserved American hand-carved Cigar Store Indian, which had sat in a Washington, D.C.-area basement for at least 20 years, brought a world record public auction price of $203,150 on May 22 as the top lot in Heritage Auction Galleries’ Grand Format Political & Americana Auction. The auction realized more than $1.25 million in total. All prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium.
Bruce Nauman’s masterful charcoal, pencil, pastel and watercolor Human Nature, 1983, is expected to bring $250,000+ as the centerpiece of Heritage Auction Galleries’ June 9 Signature® Impressionist, Modern & Contemporary Art Auction at its Dallas Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street.
Robert Mapplethorpe’s delicate, lilting 1984 gelatin silver photograph Calla Lily is expected to bring between $30,000-$40,000 as one of the principal highlights in Heritage Auctions June 9 Signature® Vintage & Contemporary Photography Auction, taking place at the company’s Dallas Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street.
May 27 auction at Heritage Auction Galleries features property from notable private and public collections including Mrs. Ruth Carter Stevenson, descendants of Trompe L’oeil still life painter Alexander Pope, the Wichita Center for the Arts, among others.
Gil Elvgren’s landmark pin-up, Bear Facts (A Modest Look; Bearback Rider), 1962, brought $191,200 in Heritage Auction Galleries Beverly Hills’ record-setting May 6 Illustration Art Auction. The auction realized more than $3.4 million total, and continued the stellar rise of the Illustration Art market, dominated by the blockbuster Estate of Charles Martignette, which continues to produce examples and record prices. All prices include 19.5 Buyer’s Premium.
Julian Onderdonk’s 1917 oil painting Bluebonnets at Sunrise headlines the sublime, often stellar lineup of Texas & Western Art in Heritage Auction Galleries’ Signature® Auction, May 15, at the company’s Downtown Dallas Design District Annex, locate at 1518 Slocum Street. The painting, the first major Onderdonk “Bluebonnet” painting to be offered at public auction since the major retrospective of his work at the Dallas Museum of Art in 2008. It is estimated at $80,000-$120,000.
If ever there was a perfect match, it would be the setting of the Golden State with a showing of the greatest names in Pin-Up and Glamour Art, and now they’ve set a date to make beautiful music together at Heritage Auction Galleries Beverly Hills on May 7, 2010 for the company’s Signature® Illustration Art Auction, in-person at 9478 West Olympic Blvd, and online at HA.com.
We learned this morning of the passing of Dr. Edmund P. (“Ted”) Pillsbury at the age of 66 from an apparent heart attack yesterday afternoon after returning from lunch with a consignor. All of us here at Heritage Auction Galleries wish to express our deepest sympathy to his wife, children, coworkers and all others who knew and loved him.
Important original American imagery from the Collection of the American Red Cross, punctuated by names like Haddon Sundblom and Walter Beach Humphrey, highlights the comprehensive array of artwork that is Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 18 Signature® Illustration Art Auction.
While rooted as firmly in the South as any state can be, Texas is also largely considered a Western state. Its epic landscapes, larger-than-life personality and iconoclastic status all lend to this perception. Besides in its people, this unique spirit is best displayed in the great Western art to have come out of the state, and that talent will be on display, and up for bid, in Heritage Auctions’ Signature® Art of the American West & Texas Auction, Dec. 16, live, in-person and online at www.HA.com.
Two paintings by Texas Impressionist Julian Onderdonk anchor the Texas Art side of Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 16 Signature® Art of the American West &Texas Auction, an auction featuring a host of the best names in Texas art, taking place live at Heritage’s Design District Annex at 1518 Slocum Street and online at www.HA.com.
Despite the fact that the art world is experiencing the same economic struggles as other sectors, 38 artists have generously donated their time and artwork to support a new local non-profit called My Very Own Book (MVOB). Their generous donations are a testament to their support of MVOB’s goals to increase literacy skills in elementary schools in low-income neighborhoods and to put new books into the homes of families who often can’t afford to purchase their own new books.
Fall in Dallas means, among other things, that art lovers can get a head start on holiday shopping during the Bath House Cultural Center Art Mart, November 20 – 22, 2009. Art Mart has always been the place to find a special piece of art for yourself, family, and friends: paintings, sculpture, photography, pottery, ceramics, jewelry, cards and other unique creations. This year, the Art Mart will include a reception launching the Friends of the Bath House Cultural Center, a new non-profit organization supporting the Bath House. There will also be a sneak peek of art on sale, a silent auction, and much more.
Michael Roman — Painter, printer and photographers.
www.michaelroman.com
Futurowoman Fotographie — Photographer Nancy Stockdale produces wonderful images with vintage and toy cameras, especially Polaroids.
futurowoman.etsy.com
