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Another fairly quiet week in the auction rooms coming up:
Albrecht Dürer
Pissarro & Dürer Featured in Swann Galleries’ Old Master-Modern Sale
New York— On Thursday, November 3, Swann Galleries will hold an auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints, featuring section of the sale devoted to a collection works by Camille Pissarro: Impressionist Icon.
Missing Dürer and Rembrandt Prints Found at the Boston Public Library
BOSTON—Today, the Boston Public Library announced that two missing pieces of artwork from the library’s 200,000 item Print Collection have been found. The missing Dürer and Rembrandt prints had been misfiled and were located by Conservation Officer Lauren Schott during an 8-week search of the BPL’s print stacks.
<i>Life Lines: Portrait Drawings from Dürer to Picasso</i> at the Morgan
New York, NY, May 4, 2015—Drawing is often seen as the most immediate of the fine arts, capturing a subject's essence in quick, suggestive strokes of chalk, pencil, or ink. This can be particularly evident in portrait drawing where the dynamism of the medium allows for the recording of a likeness in the here and now, while simultaneously offering clues into the relationship between artist and sitter.
Dürer Prints from the Philadelphia Museum of Art at Auction at Swann Galleries April 29
New York—Swann Galleries’ April 29 auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints offers examples from prominent collections, in three catalogues devoted to Old Master Prints, James A.M Whistler: Fine Prints from a Private Collection and 19th Century, American & Modern Prints
Mysteries of Metalpoint Technique Revealed in First Comprehensive Exhibition at National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC—In the first comprehensive exhibition on the evocative medium of metalpoint—the art of drawing with a metal stylus—some 100 works showcase the surprising range of effects created by master draftsmen for centuries.
Rare Old Master Prints & Modern Masterpieces at Swann Galleries Oct. 29 Sale
New York—On Wednesday, October 29, Swann Galleries will conduct an auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints with works by Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Munch, Picasso and more.
Swann Galleries to Auction Old Master Through Modern Prints April 29
New York—On Tuesday, April 29, Swann Galleries will conduct an auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints that features works by Dürer, Rembrandt, Whistler, Hopper, Picasso and more.
Old Master Prints Bring Top Dollar at Swann Galleries’ Fall Auctions
New York—Swann Galleries conducted back-to-back art auctions this fall, with Old Master Through Modern Prints on October 30, and a curated sale titled The Armory Show at 100—in honor of the 100th anniversary of the groundbreaking 1913 show that introduced modern art to t
