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APRIL 2019
THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE NO. 1393 VOL. 161
Ghiberti’s collection of antiquities: a major discovery A portrait of Lady Margaret Beaufort | Velázquez and Juan de Córdoba | Hogarth’s scenes of seduction Bermejo in Barcelona | Caravaggisti in Utrecht | Hilma af Klint in New York | Don McCullin in London
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Head of Hermes Roman, late 1 st century AD Marble H.: 28 cm. - L.: 21 cm. Provenance: Collection of E. G. Spencer Churchill, Northwick Park Property, p y, England. g Sold at Christie’s London, Nortwick Park Collection: Antiquites, 21 June 1965, lot 372.
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WILLIAM MB BERGER PRIZE for British Art History
The winner of the prize for 2018 was David Hansen, Dempsey’s People: A Folio of British Street Portraits, published by National Portrait Gallery of Australia. The prize was presented to David Hansen (left) at a reception in central London by Dr Bendor Grosvenor (right). The William MB Berg ger prize of £5,000 ($7,500) is awarded annually by The BRITISH ART Journal in association with the Berger Fo oundation Educational Tru rust of Denver, CO, USA. for excellence in the field of British art history.
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A Stag at sharkey’s, by George Bellows (1882–1925). 1917. Lithograph on Japan paper, 47.5 by 60.5 cm. C.G. BOERNER, NEW YORK AND DÜSSELDORF
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The two ships, James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903). 1875. Etching, 20.8 by 13.2 cm. ELIZABETH HARVEY-LEE, OXFORDSHIRE
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The stones of Venice, ca’ foscari 2, by Joe Tilson. 2017. Inkjet print with screenprint and hand colouring, 135.8 by 100 cm. ALAN CRISTEA GALLERY, LONDON
Untitled (fragment 6), by Bridget Riley. 1965. Screenprint on Plexiglas, 74.5 by 73.8 cm. KARSTEN SCHUBERT, LONDON
The Gourd, by Joan Miró (1893–1983). 1969. Etching and aquatint with carborundum, 101.5 by 70 cm. GILDEN’S ART GALLERY, LONDON
Sortie d’usine no.4, by Anthony Gross (1905–1984). 1931. Etching, 32 by 23.8 cm. GWEN HUGHES, LONDON
Odysseus factor, (one of a series of six in an edition of sixty-eight), by Sarah Morris. 2018. Screenprint, 90 by 90 cm. PARAGON PRESS, LONDON
Untitled (2), by Frederic Morris. 2019. Etching and aquatint, 34 by 24 cm. PRATT CONTEMPORARY, SEVENOAKS (UK)
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SIR DENIS MAHON ESSAY PRIZE 2019 This prize comprises an award of £2,000 for an essay of distinction which reflects Sir Denis Mahon’s studies, research and interests. Whilst Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa Edited by Kathleen Bickford Berzock Cloth $65.00
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