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Family challenges seminary’s sale of Thomas Eakins portraitPHILADELPHIA (AP) – Descendants of Msgr. Patrick Garvey are challenging the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s plans to sell a portrait of Garvey painted by Thomas Eakins. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that former federal prosecutor Robert E. Goldman is helping the family and says that the seminary does not own the portrait from 1902. He says that […]
Pa. seminary to sell off Thomas Eakins paintings, artPHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Archdiocese of Philadelphia plans to sell part of the art collection at its St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, including five portraits by artist Thomas Eakins. Church officials told The Philadelphia Inquirer they plan to use the money to help overhaul the seminary’s St. Charles’ Main Line campus. The seminary will be shrunk […]
Eakins painting ‘sails’ to Nelson-Atkins to settle Super Bowl betKANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City Chiefs victory in a hard-fought Super Bowl brings a winning painting to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Thomas Eakins’ Sailing is the trophy following #MuseumBowl23. Had the game ended differently, the Nelson-Atkins would have packed one of its own treasures to send to […]
Estate of prominent Gilded Age couple yields treasures for Heritage sale, Feb. 10DALLAS – Historians have long considered the significance of the Gilded Age era and the artistic legacy of New York City in American life. Helena de Kay and Richard Watson Gilder, a married couple who cultivated an expansive creative circle, were at the very center of it. Heritage Auctions is pleased to present the first and […]