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Shannon’s Sets New Record

Maine Antique Digest

Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut, established a new auction record for artist Alfred T. Bricher (1837-1908) on October 24. Morning at Narragansett—The Turn of the Tide sold for $337,500 (includes buyer’s premium); the estimate was $150,000/200,000.

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8 Famous Color Field Paintings that Define the Genre

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Mark Rothko’s piece, Orange, Red, Yellow , even set an auction record in the post-war category when it sold for close to $87 million in 2012. As the century advanced, though, the formerly dismissed color field painting was embraced by critics and enthusiasts.