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BILOXI, MS .-The Ohr-OKeefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, Mississippi announced a major donation of 50 artworks by Los Angeles-based, advocate and collector Gordon W. Bailey. The transformative gift features African American artists Leroy Almon, David Butler, Richard Dial, Thornton Dial, Minnie Evans, Roy Ferdinand, Sandy Hall, Clementine Hunter, Charlie Lucas, Juanita Rogers, Sulton Rogers, Welmon Sharlhorne, Herbert Singleton, Willie White, and Purvis Young; Native Americans, Silas and Bertha Claw, Betty Manygoats, Elizabeth Manygoats, Wallace Nez, and Lorraine Williams; and Southern potters, Burlon Craig, Cheever Meaders, and Lanier Meaders. On behalf of the board and the OKeefe family, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to Mr. Bailey for making this generous donation of important artworks, said Jeffrey H. OKeefe, In addition to enriching the museums permanent collection by adding Native American an . More ....
$100K Vargas pinup art leads $2.3 million Heritage illustration auction Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982), Mara Corday, True Girl, February 1952. Watercolor on board, 30 x 20 inches. Sold for: $100,000.00. DALLAS, TX .- One of the most iconic and important pinup images ever created, Alberto Vargas Mara Corday, True Girl, February 1952, sold for $100,000 to lead Heritage Auctions April 30 Illustration Art auction to $2,297,692 in total sales. The model in the image, Mara Corday, is captured in the signature V-leg pose that was Vargass calling card in her second sitting for the artist he lost the rights to the first, and other images he signed as Varga, in a years-long legal battle with Esquire magazine. Esquire sued the artist for the works signed Vargas in True but ultimately failed. This win and the publication of his nine True Girls including the present work revitalized the artist and his career. ....