Sotheby’s: Louis Comfort Tiffany Auction
In 1902, Louis Comfort Tiffany’s glass studio in Corona, Queens, became known as Tiffany Studios. One of the greatest Art Nouveau designers in the world, Tiffany loved the impurities in cheap jelly jars. He saw color possibilities in the chemistry,… Continue reading
Sun Drop Diamond Auction at Sotheby’s
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon
Who is already sick and pale with grief.”
In the play, Mr. Capulet tried to… Continue reading
Sotheby’s, CEOs, and Union Workers
By BarbaraAnne:
While we worship the art that is sold at auctions, fantasize wearing diamonds in our mind’s vacation, luxury establishments hide another reality: how they treat their workers. Without people to move priceless art from place to place, there… Continue reading
Jadeite and Tourmaline Beads at Sotheby’s
By BarbaraAnne:
Minute details in small pieces of jewelry amaze the mind. “How did they do that?” Conception. Design. Tools. Talent. Imagination. Work. Devotion.
Sotheby’s is having a jewelry sale in Hong Kong, which features jadeite-tourmaline beads and pendants. The… Continue reading
La Belle Romaine
He lived only 35 years and died in Paris of tubercular meningitis in July of 1920, but Amedeo Modigliani’s art lives on. Surrounded by French Impressionist landscapes, he had another vision: painting everyday women, nude, against a plain studio background.… Continue reading
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+Susan Maxwell Schmidt
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Loosely wrapped, creative, nocturnal, eternally blue, reclusive, eccentric, obsessive perfectionist... in other words, an artist.
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