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Currier & Ives Print “Across The Continent” Sets Record At Swann FRIDAY JANUARY 18, 2019 • VOL. 50, NO. 3
Winterthur To Open Major New Exhibition “Costuming ‘The Crown’” Exhibit Will Be The First Global Comprehensive Exhibition Of Costumes From The First Two Seasons Of The Hit Netflix Show
From the dazzling gold of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation robe to the simple sophistication of Princess Margaret’s wedding dress, “Costuming ‘The Crown’” at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library will feature 40 iconic costumes from the beloved Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama “The Crown.” The Netflix Original series, produced by Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television, is a dramatized history of Queen Elizabeth II’s early reign, as the fragile social order established after the Second World War breaks apart. The exhibition will be on view in the Winterthur Galleries from March 30, 2019, to Jan. 5, 2020. Beginning with spectacle and
pageantry, “Costuming ‘The Crown,’” reveals everything from the majesty of royal crowns and tiaras to the private looks worn by the royal family in the quiet moments behind the palace doors. This intriguing exhibition provides a behind-the-scenes look at how costume design is used to complement riveting drama, recreate history, and define characters from the footmen to the queen. “Costuming ‘The Crown’” at Winterthur will be the first global comprehensive exhibition of costumes from the first and second seasons of the series. Visitors can see how Emmy- and BAFTA-winning designers Michele Clapton and Jane Petrie worked painstakingly to be authentic in the detailing of everything from King George’s medals and military ribbons to Queen Elizabeth’s iconic dresses for royal tours. “Costuming ‘The Crown’” explains the significance and importance of costume design to the story. Visitors will move through four sections in the exhibition, beginning with “Establishing Roles,” which explores the transformative nature of costume, looking at the ensembles worn for the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953. With these impressive garments, steeped in history, the young Continued on page 2
Depiction Of American Frontier Upon Completion Of Transcontinental Railroads Brings $62,500 S w a n n Galleries in New York City closed out its 2018 auction season with a marathon sale of maps and atlases, natural history and color plate books on Dec. 13. The auction saw a sellthrough rate of 89 percent, five records, The Currier & Ives 1868 print “Across the Continent / Westward the Course and steady of Empire Takes Its Way,” formerly in the collection of Thomas Winthrop interest across Streeter, New York, sold to the trade for $62,500, setting a new auction categories. record for the print. The runaway top lot of the sale was “Across matter and memorable provethe Continent,” 1868, a Currier & nance, the work came across the Ives print depicting the changing block, by descent, from the notelandscape of the mid 19th-century worthy collection of Thomas American frontier upon the com- Winthrop Streeter, who was gifted pletion of the Transcontinental the lithograph on his 80th birthday Continued on page 2 Railroads. Significant for its subject
“From The Rooftops: John Sloan And The Art Of A New Urban Space”
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Pennsylvania Native The Focus Of Exhibit At Palmer Museum Of Art In State College, Pa. The Ashcan School painter and Pennsylvania-native John Sloan was preoccupied with the New York City rooftop perhaps more than any other American artist in the first half of the 20th century. This setting factors into some of his most iconic works. An exhibition titled “From the Rooftops: John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space” at the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University in State College, Pa., offers the first in-depth examination of John Sloan’s “Red Kimono on the Roof,” 1912, oil-on-canvas, 24Sloan’s lifelong by-20 inches, is from the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, interest in the urban James E. Roberts Fund, 54.55. rooftop by bringing together nearly 30 of his paintings, Reginald Marsh. prints, and drawings. In addition to Organized by the Palmer major loans of works by Sloan, the Museum of Art, the exhibition is exhibition expands on the visual accompanied by a publication and culture of “the city above the city” will travel to the Hyde Collection in and includes examples by more June 2019. The Palmer’s exhibit will than a dozen notable contempo- be on view from Sunday, Feb. 3, to raries who were also captivated by Sunday, May 12. rooftop locales, including George For more information, visit Ault, William Glackens, and www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.
DC Comics Flash #105 (1959) Brings $20,000 At Bruneau & Co.’s Toys And Comics Sale on page 11
Nye & Company Auctioneers To Hold Major Sale On Jan. 23 on page 14
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 8 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 8
FEATURED AUCTION: Milestone Auctions - January 19 in Willoughby, Ohio - Page 12
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 10 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 15