For the first time, the Cincinnati Art Museum will display its entire collection of forty-three prints and eight posters by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, including the poster Cyclist Michael, which went through extensive conservation in order to be included in Toulouse-Lautrec and the Spectacles of Paris. Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) came to artistic maturity as color lithography was gaining acceptance and posters were transforming the streets … Continue reading Toulouse-Lautrec’s Spectacles of Paris in the Queen City
Category: Prints and Posters
The Photographic Intersection of Science and Art Explored at Nelson-Atkins
A new photography exhibit opening soon at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art features works that date from the 1850s to the present day and explores the many ways photography has expanded our centuries-old fascination with the marvelous, unusual, unexpected, exotic, extraordinary or rare. Opening in September, Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens presents items as … Continue reading The Photographic Intersection of Science and Art Explored at Nelson-Atkins
Prints by Major Contemporary American Artists Featured in New Exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
The exhibition “Multiplicity” features contemporary prints from the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum that embrace many styles, techniques and approaches with which artists have worked over the past several decades. “Multiplicity” is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum from Nov. 11 throughMarch 11, 2012. The exhibition is organized by Joann Moser, senior … Continue reading Prints by Major Contemporary American Artists Featured in New Exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
1906 Rock Island Railroad Sign Chugs Past Estimates
An 8-foot-long 1906 Rock Island Railroad reverse glass train sign brought $71,500 at an auction held Sept.30-Oct. 2 by Showtime Auction Services, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor. It was a new auction record for an 8-foot Rock Island sign, more than doubling the previous record of $30,000. It was also the … Continue reading 1906 Rock Island Railroad Sign Chugs Past Estimates
1942 Oscar statuette brings $89,625 to lead Heritage Auctions
A 1942 Academy Award, awarded to Nathan Levinson for his work on the classic musical Yankee Doodle Dandy, brought $89,625 as the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ July 29 Signature® Music & Entertainment Auction. All prices quoted include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium. “A price realized of almost $90,000 shows just how valuable a thing an Oscar … Continue reading 1942 Oscar statuette brings $89,625 to lead Heritage Auctions
Original Spider-Man #49 Cover Art Expected to Bring $100,000+ at Heritage
The original 1967 cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #49, by legendary comic book artist John Romita, Sr., featuring Spidey in a seemingly impossible bind between Kraven the Hunter and the Vulture, is expected to bring $100,000+ on Aug. 17-18 in Heritage Auctions’ Signature® Vintage Comics & Comic Art Auction. This is the first time this … Continue reading Original Spider-Man #49 Cover Art Expected to Bring $100,000+ at Heritage
The Haight-Ashbury Collection of original hand-crafted psychedelic art at Heritage Auctions
The Haight-Ashbury Collection of original hand-crafted psychedelic art, original 1960s rock posters, including original work by the biggest names in the genre – artists Rick Griffin, Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, David Singer and Victor Moscoso, among the many – will be offered as part of Heritage Auctions’ July 29 Signature Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Auction … Continue reading The Haight-Ashbury Collection of original hand-crafted psychedelic art at Heritage Auctions
Gil Elvgren’s ‘Gay Nymph’ sets World’s Record $286,000 in $3.4 million Heritage Auctions
The power and depth of the Charles Martignette Collection of Illustration Art continued to exert its influence on May 4 in the form of Gil Elvgren’s Gay Nymph, 1947, which brought $286,800 – a World’s Record price for the artist – against a $60,000+ pre-auction estimate–in Heritage Auctions’ $3.409+ million Signature New York Illustration Art … Continue reading Gil Elvgren’s ‘Gay Nymph’ sets World’s Record $286,000 in $3.4 million Heritage Auctions
First ‘Bat-man’ Comic Proof Pages Saved from the Trash in Queens
The original 1939 production proofs for pages 2-6 of Detective Comics #27, otherwise known as the first appearance of “The Bat-Man,” perhaps the closest the world will ever get to the original art for this monumental comic book – long lost, as far as anyone has ever known – will be part of Heritage Auctions … Continue reading First ‘Bat-man’ Comic Proof Pages Saved from the Trash in Queens
Map Collecting is Affordable, But for Who?
Map dealer Graham Arader of Arader Galleries tells Tom Keene on Bloomberg News today there's no middle class left in the U.S. that's collecting. Moreover, “there's no upper middle class left, it's only the wealthy collectors that are moving this market.” The appearance was promoted with the question of whether it's a good time to … Continue reading Map Collecting is Affordable, But for Who?
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