490 actual miles; left at 6:10 AM, home at 9 PM (after dinner out).
Wendy's calendar for today says "ADVENTURE is out THERE" - well, it certainly looks that way!
Repeating my adventure from last November, I wanted to continue exploring this in-between-area in the world of art - the space between Public Museums and Private Collections. They are the commercial fine arts galleries/Private Art Dealers (Questroyal Fine Art in NYC) and auction houses (Sotheby's and Christie's in New York, Skinner in Boston), and they offer art-on-view for very limited times:
ArtFix Daily's announcement for Questroyal Fine Art:
and Sotheby's website:
Wendy and I left the house just after 6 AM, hit traffic on 128 South, but had clear sailing after that (well, 95 between New Haven and NYC had stop-and-go traffic) - I hit the NYC parking garage around 11:20 AM. A nice sunny 2-block walk over to Sotheby's on York Avenue, between 72nd and 71st Streets:
who's the classiest girl in New York City??!!
It was GREAT seeing a very large version (6 feet high by 8 feet wide) of Ansel Adams' YOSEMITE VALLEY FROM INSPIRATION POINT, WINTER, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, circa 1940, in their 10th floor viewing space:
The auction is Sunday April 3 at noon, and this piece has an estimate of $40,000 - $60,000.
(note from the future - this piece sold for $118,750!)
Other iconic Ansel Adams pieces at Sotheby's included:
'CLEARING WINTER STORM, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK', 1944
YOSEMITE AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT, 1945
There were also photographs by Helmut Newton (naked women), Robert Mapplethorpe (more naked women) and Irving Penn (more more naked women). Since this is a G-Rated blog, you will have to search for the images yourself.
We walked over to Third Avenue and had club sandwiches at J.G. Melon at the corner of 74th Street. Then up to 79th and Park; Questroyal Fine Art is on the 3rd floor, and they have a beautiful collection/inventory! I had a nice visit with co-owner Brent L. Salerno, and their holdings include:
Thomas Moran - Sunset, Amagansett, 1905
Jasper Cropsey - Autumn Landscape, 1885
John Frederick Kensett - New England Sunrise
William Trost Richards - Bouquet Valley in the Adirondacks, 1863
William Trost Richards - Seascape, 1883
Thomas Moran - Sunset, 1922
We walked past our old apartment at 108 East 81st Street, and then got out-of-town. Hit traffic on 95 in Connecticut, restaurant dinner in Danvers, home by 9 - Thank You God for a Great Day! - It Worked Out Perfectly!
Music: When I travel with Wendy, the music is secondary
Dave Matthews Band at Fenway Park
Sittin' In - Loggins and Messina 1st album
Tracks (1st cd) - Bruce Springsteen
Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about Hiking the 4,000 footers in New Hampshire (I have done 41-of-48 thru October 2015)
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