Jasper52 sets focus on Exclusive Photography and Prints, March 19

Ralph Eugene Meatyard, ‘Untitled (Figure with Wall),’ est. $2,500-$3,000
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, ‘Untitled (Figure with Wall),’ est. $2,500-$3,000
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, ‘Untitled (Figure with Wall),’ est. $2,500-$3,000

NEW YORK – Works by Ralph Eugene Meatyard, J. Walter Collinge and Aaron Siskind will likely earn top lot status in Jasper52’s Exclusive Photography and Prints auction, which will be conducted on Saturday, March 19 starting at 7 pm Eastern time. Other artists represented in the tightly-curated 50-lot sale include George Platt Lynes, Ruth Bernhard, Jose Alemany, William F. Simpson, Hector Cecchini, Rennie Weber, Mitchel Obremski, Nickolas Muray, the Harcourt Studio, William C. Odiorne, Petr Helbich, Ed Hayes, the A.N. Studio, Hortense Schulze, Kim Hanson, Edwin Avery Field, Norman Kulkin, Rovere Scott, Stanislav Dolezel, Don Longanecker, Maurice Goldberg, Martin Tarter, Norman Van Pelt, Sun Yee Lee, Jerry Stiles, Ray Hand, Trudy Jacobs, Jeri Lawson, and some whose names have been lost to history. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Loie Hollowell painting could achieve $400-$600K at Clars, March 25

Loie Hollowell, ‘Point of Entry (Blood-Orange Moon over Orange Sac),’ est. $400,000-$600,000
Loie Hollowell, ‘Point of Entry (Blood-Orange Moon over Orange Sac),’ est. $400,000-$600,000
Loie Hollowell, ‘Point of Entry (Blood-Orange Moon over Orange Sac),’ est. $400,000-$600,000

OAKLAND, Calif. – Clars Auction Gallery will stage a Modern + Contemporary Art and Design sale on Friday, March 25. The 265-lot sale will feature prints, sculptures and original works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Paul Wonner, Roy Lichtenstein, Wayne Thiebaud, Milton Avery, Robert Longo and Robert Motherwell. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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MAD’s Garmenting show undresses contemporary art

Yinka Shonibare, CBE, ‘The Ghost of Eliza Jumel,’ 2015. Fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax–printed cotton textile, and steel plate, 57 7/16in by 71 5/8in by 40 15/16in. (146cm by 182cm by 104cm). Courtesy James Cohan, New York. © Yinka Shonibare CBE. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2021. Photo credit: Stephen White
Yinka Shonibare, CBE, ‘The Ghost of Eliza Jumel,’ 2015.Fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax–printed cotton textile, steel plate, 57 7/16in by 71 5/8in by 40 15/16in. (146cm by 182cm by 104cm).Courtesy James Cohan, New York. © Yinka Shonibare CBE.All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2021. Photo credit: Stephen White

NEW YORK – On now through August 14, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York will present Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art, the first global survey exhibition dedicated to the use of clothing as a medium of visual art.

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