Quinn’s June 9 Fine & Decorative Arts auction led by marine painting with intriguing provenance

Montague Dawson (British, 1895-1973), untitled oil-on-board painting of ships in a harbor. Signed at lower left. Label on verso from Frost & Reed, London. Size: 19½ x 23½in (sight). Reputedly, the work was originally commissioned for The White House. Estimate $15,000-$25,000

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Friday, June 9, 2023, Quinn’s Auction Galleries will conduct a beautifully curated Fine & Decorative Arts sale featuring American, European, Asian and modern art. All bidding will be online through LiveAuctioneers; no in-person gallery bidding.

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Brooklyn Museum marks European art reinstallation with ‘Monet to Morisot’

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). ‘The Doge’s Palace,’ 1908. Oil on canvas, 32in by 39 in. (81.3cm by 99.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum; Gift of A. Augustus Healy, 20.634. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). ‘The Doge’s Palace,’ 1908. Oil on canvas, 32in by 39 in. (81.3cm by 99.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum; Gift of A. Augustus Healy, 20.634. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). ‘The Doge’s Palace,’ 1908. Oil on canvas, 32in by 39 in. (81.3cm by 99.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum; Gift of A. Augustus Healy, 20.634. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Opening February 4, 2022, Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art, the new thematic reinstallation of the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned holdings of 19th- and 20th-century European art, features nearly 90 important paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, many of which have not been on view together in Brooklyn since 2016. The exhibition continues through May 21, 2023.

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