The only days both of these are on public exhibition is Sunday (May 21) and Monday (May 22). Since we are having lunch with Deede in Boston on Sunday, Monday is THE DAY!
Left the house at 6:30, rush-hour 128 traffic, then clear sailing to NYC. SpotHero parking, and a great lunch at Cafe Luca, then a quick walk over to Sotheby's:
There were BEAUTIFUL pictures:
Andrew Wyeth - Knapsack, 1978 watercolor
Thomas Moran - View of Venice, 1897
William Trost Richards - Afternoon, Long Beach, N.J., 1884
a large painting (30" by 63") by Alfred Thompson Bricher - Low Tide, undated
As well as FUN pictures:
Norman Rockwell - First Flight (Old Woman Riding Airplane), 1938
(notice THE MAP!!)
Note from the Future - these pieces sold for:
Andrew Wyeth - Knapsack - unsold
(estimate 200,000 - 300,000)
Thomas Moran - View of Venice - $200,000
(estimate 100,000 - 150,000)
William Trost Richards - Afternoon, Long Beach, N.J. - unsold
(estimate 60,000 - 80,000)
Alfred Thompson Bricher - Low Tide - unsold
(estimate 100,000 - 150,000)
Norman Rockwell - First Flight (Old Woman Riding Airplane - $1,632,500
(estimate 800,000 - 1,200,000)
Also on view from their Master Paintings auction (June 8, 2017):
Michele Marieschi - Venice, A View of the Grand Canal with Ca' Pesaro and Palazzo Foscarini-Giovanelli, from the Campiello of the Palazzo Gussoni
OH WOW - I just did "Browse Lots" for that Master Paintings auction:
2 Canaletto
2 Francesco Guardi
1 Michele Marieschi
Exhibition Times are Sat June 3 through Wed June 7 - Maybe I'll be back!!
We then took a taxi across town to Christie's in Rockefeller Center:
Favorites here include:
Winslow Homer - The Shell Heap, 1904 watercolor
Jasper Cropsey - Back of the Village, Saugerties, New York, 1886
Andrew Wyeth - Halyards, 1986 watercolor
Childe Hassam - Just Off the Avenue, Fifty-third Street, May 1916
Albert Bierstadt - A Snow-Covered Peak
Asher B. Durand - Mountain Stream, 1848
Albert Bierstadt - Twilight, Lake Tahoe, circa 1870s
my photo:
the image from their catalogue:
Which one is "right"? I don't know - that's why we go look at it.
Note from the Future - these pieces sold for:
Winslow Homer - The Shell Heap - unsold
(estimate 2,500,000 - 3,500,000)
Jasper Cropsey - Back of the Village, Saugerties, New York - $75,000
(estimate 70,000 - 100,000)
Andrew Wyeth - Halyards - $118,750
(estimate 70,000 - 100,000)
Childe Hassam - Just Off the Avenue, Fifty-third Street, May 1916 - $2,407,500
(estimate 2,000,000 - 3,000,000)
Albert Bierstadt - A Snow-Covered Peak - "American Art Online"
(estimate 20,000 - 30,000)
Asher B. Durand - Mountain Stream - $967,500
(estimate 500,000 - 700,000)
Albert Bierstadt - Twilight, Lake Tahoe - $3,247,500
(estimate 3,000,000 - 5,000,000)
There were other wonderful pieces at both auction houses, but that is enough for this blog. Leaving Rockefeller Center, it was good seeing "New York City Waterfalls"!
Picked up the car at 3:30, dinner on-the-road - Home at 9. Excellent Adventure-Time with my Beautiful Bride! Thank You God for these Great Days!
Music today:
Gordon Lightfoot - Back Here On Earth, 1968
Gordon Lightfoot - Complete Greatest Hits, 2002
Sting - Nothing Like The Sun, 1987
Al Stewart - Past, Present & Future, 1974
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat, 1976
The Mountain Goats - Beat The Champ, 2015
Down Avenue - Down Avenue, 1985
Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, 2008
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto, 2011
Coldplay - Live 2003, 2003
Tom Petty & The Heatrbreakers - Southern Accents, 1985
Johnny Cash - Unchained, 1996
Frank Sinatra - '57 In Concert, 1957
Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about Hiking the 4,000 footers in New Hampshire/Vermont/Maine (On Sept. 1, I joined Deede and Tad hiking Mt. Katahdin [Hunt Trail] - his final day on the AT!)
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