Venice

William Meadows (1830 - 1930) View of the Grand Canal, Venice signed W. Meadows lower right. oil on canvas. 51.5 by 76 cm. Est. 2,000—4,000 USD - Lot Sold 3,125 USD Sotheby's. Old Master & 19th Century European Art. 05 Jun 09. New York www.sothebys.com

Marc Aldine (1870-1956) The Giudecca Canal, Venice signed Marc Aldine lower right. oil on canvas. 54.6 by 46.5 cm. Est. 5,000—7,000 USD - Lot Sold 5,000 USD Sotheby's. Old Master & 19th Century European Art. 05 Jun 09. New York www.sothebys.com

Robert Rauschenberg poses outside of the Guggenheim in Bilbao. Photo: EFE/Luis Tejido VENICE.- A year after the death of Robert Rauschenberg, May 12, 2008, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, celebrates the memory of this great artist with the exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts. Comprised of approximately forty works, this exhibition, on view May 30 through September 20, 2009, presents a little known body of Rauschenberg’s work in metal drawn from the holdings of the Rauschenberg Estate, with additional loans from... [Lire la suite]

Follower of Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto, The Feast day of the Ascension, Venice: The Bacino di San Marco, looking west, with the Zecca, the Libreria, the Ducal Palace and the Bucintoro moored at the Riva degli Schiavoni, Santa Maria della Salute and the entrance to the Grand Canal beyond oil on canvas. 37 x 59¾ in. (94 x 151.8 cm.). Est. £50,000 - £70,000 - Lot sold £115,250 Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Butler by 1938, and by descent to the present owners. Christie's. Old Master Pictures. 24 April 2009.... [Lire la suite]

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Harmony in Pink and Grey: Portrait of Lady Meux, 1881–82, oil on canvas, The Frick Collection. Photo: Michael Bodycomb. NEW YORK, NY.- This summer The Frick Collection will present a focus exhibition dedicated to the colorful and often controversial artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903). The Frick’s ensemble of four full-length portraits by Whistler will be displayed in the museum’s Oval Room alongside his evocative seascape, Symphony in Grey and Green: The Ocean (1866). The... [Lire la suite]