Nakashima, Tiffany and Picasso share the stage at Freeman’s, Oct. 25-26

Pablo Picasso, ‘Tete d’Homme Barbu,’ estimated at $80,000-$120,000
Left, George Nakashima Minguren I coffee table, estimated at $150,000-$250,000; right, Pablo Picasso, ‘Tete d’Homme Barbu,’ estimated at $80,000-$120,000
Left, George Nakashima Minguren I coffee table, estimated at $150,000-$250,000; right, Pablo Picasso, ‘Tete d’Homme Barbu,’ estimated at $80,000-$120,000

PHILADELPHIA — In back-to-back auctions this month, Freeman’s presents a distinguished collection of 20th-century furniture and design and modern and contemporary painting, sculpture and works on paper by the likes of George Nakashima, Pablo Picasso, Tiffany Studios, Roy Lichtenstein and Lynn Chadwick.
Modern and Contemporary Art, taking place at 11 am Eastern time on Tuesday, October 25, is led by Pablo Picasso’s Tete d’Homme Barbu, a playful, imaginative drawing from the artist’s recovery from surgery in the South of France in 1966; it is estimated at $80,000-$120,000. Design, which will be held at 11 am Eastern time on Wednesday, October 26, features the sale of three extraordinary Tiffany Studios windows from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Meriden, Connecticut, including a Passionflower, Iris, and Mock Orange landscape window offered at an estimate of $200,000-$300,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Circus memorabilia paraded to $378K total at Potter & Potter

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey poster from 1944, $3,600
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey poster from 1944, $3,600
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey poster from 1944, $3,600

CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions‘ September 24 circus sale performed triumphantly, realizing a total of $378,000. This event featured the circus collection of John and Jan Zweifel as well as the Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry’s entire circus exhibit, many elements of which had been on display at the institution for decades.

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Three American museums return Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Nigerian 18th century, Court of Benin, ‘Fowl,’ mid 18th century, brass with cast iron supports, overall with base: 52.3 by 18 by 46.9cm, 30.391 kg (20 9/16 by 7 1/16 by 18 7/16in., 67 lb.). Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art
Nigerian 18th century, Court of Benin, ‘Fowl,’ mid 18th century, brass with cast iron supports, overall with base: 52.3 by 18 by 46.9cm, 30.391 kg (20 9/16 by 7 1/16 by 18 7/16in., 67 lb.). Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art
Nigerian 18th century, Court of Benin, ‘Fowl,’ mid 18th century, brass with cast iron supports, overall with base: 52.3 by 18 by 46.9cm, 30.391 kg (20 9/16 by 7 1/16 by 18 7/16in., 67 lb.). Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art

WASHINGTON — On the morning of Tuesday, October 11, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution and the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) held a ceremony to mark the transfer of ownership of the National Gallery of Art’s sole Benin bronze to the Nigerian National Collections along with 29 sculptures from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) and one sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum. These 31 objects from the National Gallery, NMAfA and RISD Museum are among the first Benin bronzes to be repatriated to Nigeria by American institutions on the basis of the 1897 British colonial raid of the Royal Palace of Benin.

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Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings bring Tulips frescoes to Tate Britain

Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings, ‘Tulips,’ 2022. Courtesy the Artists and Arcadia Missa, London. Photo by Josef Konczak
Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings, ‘Tulips,’ 2022. Courtesy the Artists and Arcadia Missa, London. Photo by Josef Konczak
Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings, ‘Tulips,’ 2022. Courtesy the Artists and Arcadia Missa, London. Photo by Josef Konczak

LONDON – Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings are presenting Tulips, an exhibition of new fresco paintings and drawings at Tate Britain. Depicting imagined street scenes inspired by the fresco cycle in the Brancacci Chapel in Florence, as well as archival street photography, the new work explores power dynamics, social class and authority in public spaces. The exhibition will remain on view until May 7, 2023.

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