"Two prominent museum groups said the plan to sell works by Norman Rockwell, Alexander Calder and others would violate the organizations’ ethical codes."
Valley of the Santa Ysabel,” an 1875 painting by Frederic Church, is among the 40 works that the Berkshire Museum plans to auction through Sotheby's.
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Benjamin West (American, 1738-1820), Daniel Interpreting to Belshazzar the Handwriting on the Wall, 1775, oil on canvas.
Taken in the context of George III observing this canvas right after Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill, perhaps Benjamin West (founder of the Royal Academy) wasn't a complete Tory.
Albert Bierstadt’s “Giant Redwood Trees of California,” circa 1874
Early Calder Sculpture
Early Calder Sculpture
Shuffleton’s Barbershop 1950, by Norman Rockwell
“Valley of the Santa Ysabel,” an 1875 painting by Frederic Church
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* Orientalist Paintings at a Renovated Clark Art Institute
* Delirious: Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950-1980 - The MET Breuer
* THE FORTRESS OF KÖNIGSTEIN: Saved for the Nation
