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  • The Artist’s Wife and his Setter Dog by Thomas Eakins

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    The Artist’s Wife and His Setter Dog by Thomas Eakins, ca. 1884-89

    Dallas Art News reports:

    The Amon Carter Museum has been loaned two American masterpieces from the Metroploltian Museum of Art in New York. The paintings are The Artist’s Wife and His Setter Dog (1884-89) by Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) and Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly (1880) by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). The paintings will be on view at the Amon Carter Museum through January, 25, 2010.“Both
    are intimate portraits of the artists’ loved ones, although the artists
    approached their subjects quite differently,” says Rebecca Lawton,
    curator of paintings and sculpture at the Amon Carter Museum. “Eakins
    depicts his wife and setter Harry with an uncompromising realism, while
    Cassatt portrays her ailing sister Lydia with the delicacy and
    directness of the Impressionists’ brushstroke.”

    While these two paintings are in Fort Worth, the Carter has in return loaned two of its own masterpieces to the Met, Swimming (1895) by Thomas Eakins and Idle Hours
    (ca. 1894) by William Merritt Chase. Both paintings are in the Met’s
    exhibition American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915.

    The Amon Carter will host free gallery talks about the Eakins and Cassatt paintings on November 12 at 6 p.m.

    Lovely.

  • Christie’s October Dog Art

    There are many great dog art lots coming up for auction at Christie’s this month.  I’ve picked out a few of my favorites…

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    Mary Cassatt On the Balcony, 1889, estimated price $30,000-$40,000. 
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    Art Deco Diamond Pekingese Brooch by Janesich, 1925, estimated price $40,000-$60,000

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    Bronze Chinese Temple Dogs, 20th Century, estimated price $1,600-$2,400

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    Continental Silver Mounted Malacca Dog Head Walking Stick, early 20th Century, $800-$1,200

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    Pekingese Cloisonné Charger, 19th Century, $4,000-$6,000

  • Dogs In Top Lots at Sotheby’s and Christie’s

    Both auction houses racked up sales of approximately $55 million last week with Sotheby’s edging out Christie’s by $300,000. At Sotheby’s, Norman Rockwell’s Home on Leave (Sailor in Hammock) (1945) was the second highest lot sold at $4,520,000, well beyond it’s $3 million estimate.

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    At Christie’s, Mary Cassatt’s Children Playing with a Dog (1907) sold for $6.2 million. (Estimate was for $3 – 5 million.) Read more exciting auction news at Artnet.

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