Freeman's auctioneers announced recently it sold the first part of the multi-million dollar art collection of the former global financial services firm, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LBHI) in Philadelphia for US$1.35 million, double the original estimate for this part of the collection. Anne Henry, Vice-President of Modern and Contemporary Works of Art at Freeman's said, … Continue reading Freeman’s Sell First Part Of Lehman Brothers Art Collection For US$1.35 Million
Tag: Walker Evans
When The Factual Ages Into The Sentimental
However, few may realize or care about the curatorial perspective behind the exhibition: the relationship between the factual characteristics of postcards of common places with Walker Evans' lean anti-arty photograph style. All visitors were busy: They were busy in finding what a piece of common place that they know of looked like before the great war. [Read More...]
Changes in American Postcards
If identification of the specific location in each postcard can be challenging, the identification of the era of each postcard is easier thanks to the dated event for format change or technology breakthrough. Here is a summary of milestones with respect to changes in American postcardsbased on the article "American in 3 by 5" by Thomas Hine in February issue of Magazine Antiques and the conservation with Lon Black yesterday. [Read More...]
Urban Art & Antiques 