HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the GREATEST Louise Bourgeois Born on this day 113 years ago. Some wisdom:. "Every day you have to abandon your past or accept it, and then, if you cannot accept it, you become a sculptor.
"It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints, as long as it is well painted,” Mark Rothko wrote in a 1943 letter to the New York Times, co-signed by Adolph Gottlieb and Barnett Newman, "This is the essence of academicism.
Edmonia Lewis, The Bride of Spring (1879), $300,000 to $500,000 estimate, is due to be sold at Sotheby's Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West Auction in New York on January 24, 2025. Marble. The work has been traded 4 times in the past.
Carleton E Watkins, Yosemite Falls, View from the Bottom of Yosemite (1878), $150,000 to $250,000 estimate, is due to be sold at Sotheby's Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West Auction in New York on January 24, 2025. Mammoth-Plate Albumen Print, Mounted, 54.3 x 38.1cm. The work has been traded 3 times in the past.
John Ford Clymer, Application of Pigments in Early Hopi Pottery Making (1948), $30,000 to $50,000 estimate, is due to be sold at Sotheby's Art of the Americas, Featuring the American West Auction in New York on January 24, 2025. Oil On Canvas, 66.0 x 96.5cm. The work has been traded 4 times in the past.
The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes presents a broad overview of the work and thought of the Uruguayan master, which includes paintings, drawings, illustrations, toys, engravings and books.
I hope everyone is having a safe and happy holiday season , Im so thankful for you all. Pictured is a work from Hilary Pecis exhibit, Warm Rhythm, at David Kordansky in the Fall of this year.