FORT MYERS, FL (AP).- The adult children of Frank Frazetta are feuding again over control of the iconic fantasy artist’s body of work. The family announced in April that they had settled a dispute over an estate estimated to be worth tens of millions o…
Stunning Watercolour of East Sussex Cottage by Helen Allingham to be Sold at Bonhams
LONDON.- A beautiful painting by the Victorian watercolourist Helen Allingham entitled By the cottage gate, Mayfield, East Sussex is estimated to sell for £7,000-10,000 in Bonhams 19th Century Pictures auction on 27th January 2011. East Sussex was a c…
Stunning Watercolour of East Sussex Cottage by Helen Allingham to be Sold at Bonhams
LONDON.- A beautiful painting by the Victorian watercolourist Helen Allingham entitled By the cottage gate, Mayfield, East Sussex is estimated to sell for £7,000-10,000 in Bonhams 19th Century Pictures auction on 27th January 2011. East Sussex was a c…
Maria Bussmann Transports Viewers into Her Personal Cosmos of Memory and Imagination
VIENNA.- A journey in drawing, a journey in thought, a journey of a different kind: Maria Bussmann invites visitors to the exhibition Long Beach, NY in the Secession’s Grafisches Kabinett to take a walk along the beach. On 20 metres from a contin…
Paulina Olowska Shows Paintings and Knitted Sweaters at Metro Pictures
NEW YORK, NY.- For her second exhibition at Metro Pictures, Paulina Olowska shows paintings and knitted sweaters adapted from postcards of home knitting patterns from late communist-era Poland. With these works Olowska continues her engagement with com…
Exhibition at the British Museum Brings Ancient Book of the Dead to Life
LONDON (AP).- As self-help manuals go, the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead has certainly stood the test of time. For centuries, the 3,500-year-old guidebook offered Egyptians a step-by-step guide to the journey from this life to the next. It remains …
Extremely Rare First Edition of Jane Austen’s Emma to be Offered at Sotheby’s London
LONDON.- Sotheby’s will include two offerings intimately connected with Britain’s most beloved authoress, Jane Austen, in its sale of English Literature, History and Children’s Books & Illustrations in London, on 16th December: a first e…
Extremely Rare First Edition of Jane Austen’s Emma to be Offered at Sotheby’s London
LONDON.- Sotheby’s will include two offerings intimately connected with Britain’s most beloved authoress, Jane Austen, in its sale of English Literature, History and Children’s Books & Illustrations in London, on 16th December: a first e…
‘Charlotte’s Web’ Cover Art Fetches $155K at Heritage Auctions in New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- The original 1952 cover art for “Charlotte’s Web” has sold at auction in New York City for more than $155,000. Heritage Auctions says the artwork drawn by Garth Williams fetched more than five times its estimated sale price on Friday an…
‘Charlotte’s Web’ Cover Art Fetches $155K at Heritage Auctions in New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- The original 1952 cover art for “Charlotte’s Web” has sold at auction in New York City for more than $155,000. Heritage Auctions says the artwork drawn by Garth Williams fetched more than five times its estimated sale price on Friday an…