![]() ![]() ![]() "We pared down this auction to highlight all the genres that make up what we call American art," says Senior Vice President Aviva Lehmann, director of American Art. Wanderers, which depicts three Black women migrating (likely northward from the South), is among the artist's major early works, having received the Gold Medal at the Harmon Foundation's 1931 "Exhibition of the Work of Negro Artists." ![]() Heritage Auctions is also proud to announce that Wells' circa-1930 Wanderers, which set an auction record for the artist at $37,500, was acquired by the Delaware Art Museum. It would appear Kernan has finally shed his sobriquet as "the poor man's Norman Rockwell." ![]() Myriad artists also saw their estimates shattered and profiles elevated, chief among them Joseph Francis Kernan, whose circa-1940 advertisement for DB&M's Royal Bohemian Beer sold for $137,500. Dallas, TX- Spanning George Washington to the Wild Things, Heritage Auctions' latest American Art Signature® Auction set numerous auction records Tuesday on its way to a $6 million finish.Įight-hundred fifty bidders participated in the near-sellout event, which saw records set for such revered and influential artists as Maurice Sendak, Margaret Keane, Manierre Dawson and James Lesesne Wells. ![]()
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