Shannon s Spring Fine Art auction now open for bidding
Oil on canvas mounted on paperboard by Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880), titled Lake George from Near Sabbath Day Point, 10 ¾ inches by 14 ¾ inches (est. $30,000 - $50,000).
MILFORD, CONN
.-Shannons Fine Art Auctioneers will kick off the spring auction season with a sale of paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures on Thursday, April 29th, at 6 pm Eastern time. The 200-plus artworks include American art, modern and contemporary art, sculptures, Hudson River School paintings and various offerings by female artists in various categories.
Leading the sale is a painting by Willard Leroy Metcalf titled The Road that Leads to Home (est. $150,000-$250,000). The classic Connecticut Impressionist view of the Litchfield hills depicts a farmhouse that still stands in Woodbury. Metcalfs renowned depictions of sunlight and shadow are evident in this rural, idyllic scene of country life. A rare figural work by Metca
Impressionist painting by Willard Leroy Metcalf will headline Shannon s April 29th fine art auction
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Oil on canvas by William Leroy Metcalf (American, 1858-1925), titled The Road that Leads to Home (Woodbury, Conn.), signed, circa 1919, 26 inches by 29 inches (est. $150,000-$250,000).
Shannon s Fine Art Auctioneers
MILFORD, CONN. â Shannonâs Fine Art Auctioneers will kick off the spring auction season with a sale of paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures on Thursday, April 29th, at 6 pm Eastern time. The 200-plus artworks include American art, modern and contemporary art, sculptures, Hudson River School paintings and various offerings by female artists in various categories.
Shannon's Spring Fine Art Auction on Thursday, April 29th, at 6 pm Eastern, is open for bidding now, at www.shannons.com einnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from einnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Morse Museum announces gift of Stebbins American Art Collection
Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. Stebbins and Susan Cragg Stebbins. Image courtesy of The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, Florida.
WINTER PARK, FLA
.- Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. and Susan Cragg Stebbins have given their outstanding collection of American art to The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida. The couple have made their gift in honor of Mrs. Stebbinss parents, Evelyn and Henry Cragg, longtime residents of Winter Park. Mr. Cragg was a member of the Charles Homer Morse Foundation board of trustees from its founding in 1976 until his death in 1988.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s revelatory “Stories from Storage’’ exhibit brings hidden gems into the light
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio The Cleveland Museum of Art faced a curatorial nightmare last year when the coronavirus pandemic turned its precisely calibrated exhibition calendar from a Swiss watch into Swiss cheese.
Big shows on topics including 7th-century sculpture from Cambodia, and Pablo Picasso’s works on paper got postponed, punching holes in a timetable complicated further by temporary closures of the museum from March to June, and then again from November to this
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The museum first addressed its exhibition dilemma by extending the run of “Proof,’ a major show on contact sheets by famous modern and contemporary photographers.