Design legend Vladimir Kagan’s personal collection headed to auctionPHILADELPHIA — Vladimir Kagan, one of the leading figures of 20th-century American furniture design, once described his work as “elegance with tranquility.” This winter, Freeman’s brings this body of work — as well as the art, furniture and design objects Kagan loved and lived with — to market in its Wednesday, January 25 sale titled […]
Elaine de Kooning, John Wesley lead Swann May 20 Modern & Postwar saleNEW YORK — Swann Galleries will hold its sale of Modern & Post-War Art on May 20. The auction will present a selection of highlights ranging across Modernist illustration, American abstract artists—including members of the Irascibles and The Club—Color Field, Pop, Minimalism, American Surrealism, and more. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Kaminski Auctions gets jump on New Year with big sale Dec. 29-30BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions will hold their annual New Year’s Auction, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 29-30, starting at 10 a.m. Eastern time. This year’s sale will feature Asian antiques at the beginning of Day 2, as well as the contents of the George Pollard Fanning estate at Otis Place, Boston. Pollard was a close friend […]
Woodbury Auction has fine day following blizzardWOODBURY, Conn. – Thomas Schwenke’s Woodbury Auction held its Mid-Century, Country & Decorative Arts Auction on Sunday, Feb. 10. Despite the Blizzard of 2013, which dropped 30 inches of snow the day before, a large crowd was present for the sale, and Internet sales were brisk with many bidders choosing to bid from home. According […]