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The University of Oklahoma received a bequest of Impressionist artwork worth about $50 million, including 22 paintings and 11 works on paper by artists such as Degas, Monet, Renoir, and Van Gogh, from Clara Weitzenhoffer. The gift is described as potentially the largest ever of French Impressionist art to an American public university, and the university plans to build a new wing to display the bequest.
archive.seattletimes.com
Seattle Times article about a settlement over Matisse Odalisque involving Knoedler & Co. and the Seattle Art Museum (SAM); the painting was returned to heirs of Paul Rosenberg, and Knoedler will provide SAM with one or more artworks or cash equivalent and cover legal costs.
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The Seattle Art Museum and Knoedler Gallery in New York agreed to modify their settlement over the ownership history of a Matisse painting, with Knoedler to provide a cash settlement instead of a replacement painting. The funds will go into SAM's acquisition fund as SAM considers future purchases, and the exact amount of the settlement was not disclosed.
antiquesandthearts.com
William Bradford’s oil on board, “An Arctic Scene,” sold for $37,000, the highest bid of Freeman’s October 6–7 auction. A scrimshawed whale tooth depicting the ship Courier of New Bedford also appeared among notable lots.
farmanddairy.com
Arthur Quartley oil on canvas On Narragansett Bay sold for $16,560; Adoration of the Shepherds attributed to Hendrik van Balen the Elder sold for $12,240; floral still life circle of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer sold for $7,130; Emile Gruppe’s Nymphs sold for $9,200; Max Bohm’s A Young Girl Knitting sold for $7,245; 18th-19th century Continental furniture and decorative items also sold for various totals including $6,785, $5,750, and $2,875; a set of 12 Steuben goblets brought $6,647; Greek vases realized $15,950 plus the ewolfs’ premium.
nytimes.com
Carol Vogel wrote INSIDE ART; Leaving Las Vegas, published Oct. 27, 2000, in The New York Times. The article discusses Stephen A. Wynn's art acquisitions and subsequent disposal after MGM Grand's acquisition of Mirage Resorts, including works by Degas, van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse, and mentions the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art and related auctions.