Sold-Out Show for Gladys Roldan-de-Moras in San Antonio
Gladys Roldan-de-Moras had an exceptional showing at the Night of Artists exhibition at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. The artist, who supported her work for the event with advertising in the March issue of Western Art Collector, sold all of her work at the annual event and took home the Sam Houston Award for Best Painting. “The Night of Artists was a wonderful event, with top-of-the-line art, and it was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone,” the artist says. “It was a glimmer of hope after the dark night of the pandemic. I am grateful to the collections committee, who unanimously awarded my painting Untitled (Traje de Luces) the Sam Houston Award for Best painting.”
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California impressionism performs well at Bonhams April sale
On April 20, Bonhams hosted its annual California art sale in Los Angeles. Among some of the top lots were this exceptional William Wendt landscape, In the Shadows of the Grove (Sunlight and Shadow), estimated at $200,000 to $300,000. The work saw considerable bidding and closed at $262,815.
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Sherry Blanchard Stuart wins best of show at juried show
In March, the American Plains Artists opened its annual juried show at the Petrified Wood & Art Gallery in Ogallala, Nebraska. Arizona painter Sherry Blanchard Stuart took home the best of show award for her work Comfort Mood, which later sold to a collector. The work shows a pioneer mother and her daughter in a quiet embrace near a frontier-style home.
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Cyrus Dallin bronze sells for six figures at Bonhams’ Western art sale
One of Cyrus Dallin’ most famous bronzes, Appeal to the Great Spirit, sold on February 26 at Bonhams’ Western art sale in Los Angeles. The 22-inch work closed at $100,315, well above its high estimate of $70,000. The work, widely regarded as one of Dallin’s masterpieces, has a record at auction of $120,000, set in 2005.
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Taos work sells at Santa Fe Art Auction for charitable foundation
Ernest L. Blumenschein’s portrait of fellow artist Sheldon Parsons, sold at Santa Fe Art Auction on April 17 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The piece sold within estimates for $31,200. Proceeds from the sale, as well as the entire single-owner sale, were donated to a private charitable foundation. The sale included a variety of work, including several pieces with strong links to the Southwest. —
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