Exhibition of Karl Bodmer s portraits of Indigenous Americans opens at The Met
Hotokáneheh, Piegan Blackfoot Man, 1833. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 11 15/16 x 17 1/16 in. 1986.49.288 Joslyn Art Museum, Gift of the Enron Art Foundation, 1986.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits will present a compelling visual response to Native North America through watercolors created in the 1830s by the Swiss draftsman Karl Bodmer (18091893). Bodmer was one of the most accomplished and prolific European artists to travel the Missouri River, and one of the first to document both the landscapes of the American interior and its Indigenous peoples.
The exhibitionon view at The Met from April 5 through July 25, 2021is the first to focus primarily on Bodmers portraiture. It will feature 35 portraits along with 6 landscape and genre scenes and several aquatints, all from Joslyn Art Museums comprehensive Bodmer holdings. The works will be arranged in three gallery s
Can we really picture Auschwitz? Experiments, a painting by Buba Stillmmann. As memories of the Holocaust fade, one survivors images remain vivid. Buba Stillmmann via The New York Times.
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.- When Buba Weisz Sajovits and her sister Icu arrived in Veracruz in 1946, their eldest sister, Bella, was waiting for them by the dock. Bella, who had been in Mexico with her husband from the 1930s, insisted that they were not to speak of what had happened to them in the war. Life was meant to be lived facing the future, not the past.
Five records set in $2.2 million Heritage movie posters auction
The War of the Worlds (Paramount, 1953). Rolled, Very Fine/Near Mint. Half Sheet (22 X 28 ) Style B. Sold for: $55,200.00.
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.- A piece of original art featuring the most famous vampire in the history of film and literature soared to nearly four times its high pre-auction estimate to lead Heritage Auctions Movie Posters Auction to $2,224,433 in total sales April 27-28.
Five world records were set in the event, which drew nearly 1,800 bidders and boasted sell-through rates of 96.1% by lots sold and 94.9 by value sold.
Dracula by Basil Gogos (2002) Signed Original Acrylic Artwork on Canvas drew nearly two dozen bids before it reached $78,000, against a high pre-auction estimate of $20,000, to claim top-lot honors. The one-of-a-kind image of Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, offered for the first time at Heritage Auctions, comes from the artist who gained his fame largely by illustrating magazine covers for
Super Mario Bros. sells for $660,000 at Heritage Auctions, smashing world record
Super Mario Bros. - Wata 9.6 A+ Sealed [Hangtab, 1 Code, Mid-Production], NES Nintendo 1985 USA.
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.- The finest known copy of the oldest sealed hangtab Super Mario Bros. smashed the previous record for the most ever paid for a video game when it sold Friday for $660,000 in Heritage Auctions Comics & Comic Art Auction.
Super Mario Bros. - Wata 9.6 A+ Sealed [Hangtab, 1 Code, Mid-Production], NES Nintendo 1985 USA is the finest copy known to have been professionally graded for auction. The previous world record for a copy of Super Mario Bros. was $114,000, which was set in July 2020 by Heritage Auctions.