Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Photographs Enlarge In 1935, the Federal Art Project, a New Deal program created to fund the visual arts in the United States, hired Berenice Abbott to document a transitioning New York City. Armed with federally funded equipment and a staff, Abbott produced a series of photographs she titled […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Russian Works of Art Enlarge Dmitry Levitsky stands among the most distinguished portraitists of the Russian Enlightenment, renowned for his ability to unite formal elegance with an acute sensitivity to character. Portrait of Mavra Borisovna Strugovshchikova, attributed to Levitsky, embodies these artistic qualities. Strugovshchikova was a well-known beauty […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Illustration Art Enlarge Frank Frazetta created this masterwork of illustration in 1967 for the Lancer paperback edition of Conan the Conqueror. One of the most electrifying and influential works of 20th-century illustration, the painting forever altered how audiences imagined Robert E. Howard’s iconic barbarian, ushering in a new era that […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Watches & Fine Timepieces Enlarge The A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph “Pour le Mérite” is a landmark in German watchmaking, combining three of the most demanding complications: a one-minute tourbillon, power equalization with fusée-and-chain transmission, and split-seconds chronograph. Introduced in 2005, it was the first watch to integrate all […]
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