AMESBURY, Mass. – An Asian Collections Auction featuring the personal collection of Dr. Allan Bezan of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, plus other prominent estates from greater Boston, will be held on Saturday, February 25, starting at 10 am Eastern time at John McInnis Auctioneers. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present a sale titled The Collection of Bohemian Artist Xavier Martinez and His Family on Saturday, February 25, beginning at 10:30 am Pacific time. Featuring more than 200 lots, the auction spans about 110 years and five generations related to famed Northern California artist Xavier Martinez (1869-1943). Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
CHICAGO – A collection of works previously owned by artist, collector, critic and educator Florence Arquin doubled its estimate during Hindman’s tremendously successful Figuratively Speaking auction on February 10. The auction demonstrated the firm’s continuing force in offering works by woman Surrealist artists, with paintings by Gertrude Abercrombie and Julia Thecla highlighting a sale marked by zealous bidding and record-setting results. Overall, the auction realized more than $1.4 million, more than double its expected estimate.
BOSTON — In 1966, driven by the desire to expand the possibilities of painting, Frank Bowling (b. 1934-) ventured to New York City. It was his second move across the Atlantic — he had previously left British Guiana, his birthplace, for London in 1953. During the next decade, when New York was his primary residence, Bowling charted a journey of profound artistic discovery and self-determination. Now on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), Frank Bowling’s Americas delves for the first time into this pivotal early chapter of the boundary-crossing artist’s career. The exhibition brings together more than 30 of Bowling’s powerful paintings in the country of their making — including monumental, color-soaked canvases and rarely seen examples on loan from private collections. Following its presentation at the MFA through April 9, Frank Bowling’s Americas will travel to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), where it will be on view from May 13 through September 10.
CRANSTON, R.I. – An early 20th-century Duffner & Kimberly heraldic armorial table lamp, a Chinese Qing dynasty porcelain sculpture of a Guanyin, and an 18th-century Continental carved wooden tavern wall panel are three of the expected highlights in a two-session Couture, Jewelry and Fine & Decorative Art auction slated for Monday, February 27 at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – On Wednesday, February 22, starting at noon Eastern time, Jasper52 will present a 50-lot sale titled Ancient Arts Auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.