| Relief Portrait of Benjamin Franklin |
Early Spring 2001
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At 71 years of age, Benjamin Franklin embarked on the most important adventure of his long and illustrious career......
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| Samplers of Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania |
Early Spring 2001
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Many important American schoolgirl samplers were made in Philadelphia and its environs. This article provides details on some......
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| Sarah Moorhead Canvaswork Picture |
Early Spring 2001
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Very few early Boston canvas-work pictures can be linked to a particular teacher or maker since such work was rarely signed......
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| Softly the Evening Came: American Sunset Paintings, 1850–1900 |
Early Spring 2001
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To the nineteenth-century imagination, sunsets symbolized more than a simple transition from night to day. Sunsets mirrored a dramatic finale when, as Longfellow......
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| Surimono woodblock print, Kurabiraki Yoshi |
Early Spring 2001
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One of the over sixty items we sold at
this year’s Winter Antiques Show was this surimono. Commissioned by poetry clubs and produced in limited editions, surimono were used to commemorate......
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| The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection |
Early Spring 2001
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The Alan and Simone hartman collection, now installed at the museum of fine arts, boston......
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| The Largest Recorded Book Of Hours |
Early Spring 2001
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This hitherto unknown book was one of the major commissions of Dutch manuscript illumination in the second half of the fifteenth century......
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| The Philadelphia Museum of Art: 125 Years of Collecting |
Early Spring 2001
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he Philadelphia Museum of art is one of the largest and most important art museums in the united states. Its extensive collections......
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| The Quincy-Shaw Queen Anne Carved Walnut High Chest-of-Drawers |
Early Spring 2001
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Israel Sack, Inc., is pleased to report that this recently secured high chest sold within a week’s time in the high six figures. This sale was made as a part of our new consignment/brokering program......
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| Today's Art Market...Trends...Forecasts...Exhibitions...Books... |
Winter/Spring 2001
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The often heard real estate mantra 'location, location, location' is fast applying to dealers these days. For now, the prized Manhattan......
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