Rough Riders archive leads charge at John Moran, Sept. 20

Rough Riders historical memorabilia from the collection of James Robb Church, M.D., assistant surgeon assigned to 1st Volunteer Regiment, est. $3,000-5,000

 

Rough Riders historical memorabilia from the collection of James Robb Church, M.D., assistant surgeon assigned to 1st Volunteer Regiment, est. $3,000-5,000
Rough Riders historical memorabilia from the collection of James Robb Church, M.D., assistant surgeon assigned to the 1st Volunteer Regiment, est. $3,000-5,000

LOS ANGELES — John Moran Auctioneers will hold a Traditional Collector auction on Tuesday, September 20, beginning at noon Pacific time. With more than 300 lots, the sale has everything from 18th-century English and Neoclassical fine and decorative art to French Country and Colonial antique furniture. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Bill Traylor, Paul Revere works lead Doyle’s Nov. 2 auction

Bill Traylor, ‘Black Panther,’ est. $25,000-$35,000
Bill Traylor, ‘Black Panther,’ est. $25,000-$35,000
Bill Traylor, ‘Black Panther,’ est. $25,000-$35,000

NEW YORK – Doyle will hold an auction of American Paintings & Prints on Tuesday, November 2 starting at 11 am Eastern time. Featured will be 19th and 20th century paintings, including fine examples of portraiture; Hudson River, Western and regional landscapes; and still lifes. The sale also offers Audubon, Currier & Ives and topographical prints. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Peabody Essex exhibition sails through centuries of marine painting

Michele Felice Corne, ‘Ship America on the Grand Banks,’ about 1800 oil on canvas, 39 3/4 x 56 inches (100.965 x 142.24 cm). Gift of Mrs. Francis B. Crowninshield, 1953. © 2014 Peabody Essex Museum
Michele Felice Corne, ‘Ship America on the Grand Banks,’ about 1800
oil on canvas, 39 3/4 x 56 inches (100.965 x 142.24 cm). Gift of Mrs. Francis B. Crowninshield, 1953. © 2014 Peabody Essex Museum

SALEM, Mass.– Now on view at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) is In American Watersa painting exhibition that reframes and expands our understanding of American culture and environment by looking at the sea. For more than 200 years, American artists have been inspired to capture the beauty, violence, poetry, and transformative power of the sea.

The exhibition, which opened on May 29 and will continue through October 3, features a diverse range of modern and historical artists, including Georgia O’Keeffe, Amy Sherald, Kay WalkingStick, Norman Rockwell, Hale Woodruff, Paul Cadmus, Thomas Hart Benton, Jacob Lawrence, Valerie Hegarty, Stuart Davis, and many others. In American Waters is co-organized by PEM and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.Continue reading