J.F. Kensett painting projected to lead Case Antiques auction Aug. 5

John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872) oil landscape of ‘Sunset on Contentment Island.’ Estimate $50,000-$70,000. Case Antiques image

 

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A rediscovered coastal landscape by the American Luminist painter John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872) is expected to make waves at the Summer Case Antiques Auction, set for Saturday, Aug, 5. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Fine art, fantastic fossils featured in I.M. Chait auction July 30

Oil on canvas painting by Le Pho (Vietnamese, 1907-2001), 25 1/2 in. x 39 3/4 in. Estimate: $25,000-$30,000. I.M. Chait Gallery / Auctioneers

 

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – I.M. Chait Gallery / Auctioneers will conduct a special two-session auction on Sunday, July 30. The first session, devoted to international fine arts, will begin at 11 a.m. Pacific time. The second session, classified as natural history, will begin at 1 p.m. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Exhumation of Salvadore Dali’s remains finds his mustache still intact

Salvador Dali in Paris in 1972. Image by Allan Warren. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

 

FIGUERES, Spain (AP) – Forensic experts in Spain have removed hair, nails and two long bones from Salvador Dali’s embalmed remains to aid a court-ordered paternity test that may enable a woman who says she is the surrealist artist’s daughter to claim part of Dali’s vast estate.

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University of Chicago receives 500 Vivian Maier photographs

Among the photographs by Vivian Maier is this Chicago street scene taken during a winter storm. Unpublished work © 2017 The Estate of Vivian Maier. All rights reserved.

 

CHICAGO (AP) – The University of Chicago Library has received nearly 500 photographic prints by 20th-century street photographer Vivian Maier.

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