Kaminski Auctions to Sell Collection of Paintings Donated to Benefit the Artist in Residence Endowment Fund of the Nobles and Greenough School
Beverly, MA (PRWEB) May 23, 2014 -- Kaminski Auction is pleased to present a collection of paintings donated to benefit the Artist in Residence Program at the Noble and Greenough School. The sale will take place on June 1st at 10:00 a.m.
The artist in residence program is an eight-week residential program for visual artists, which was established to foster collaborative relationships between the artists and the Noble and Greenough School’s community of students, faculty and parents. All proceeds from the sale of these works that have been donated from members of the Noble and Greenough School community will go directly to the Artist in Residence Endowment Fund established by Robert T. Freeman to fund this important program.
The paintings in the sale include works by Theodore Victor Carl Valenkamph (American1868-1924), Auturo Rivera Delgado (b.1945), Jean-Claude Chauray (1934-1996), Anne Packard, a Cape Cod artist (b. 1933), two portraits by Nicola Tyson, (b.1960) works by Katherine David Porter (b.1941), Charles Alton Pfahl (b.1946) and a series of etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian 1720-1778).
There is also a mixed media collage by Romare Bearden (1911-1988) titled “Cactus View of Bearden’s home from St Martin” and a marble sculpture by Lynda Benglis titled “The Great Spirit, The Small Marble Knot.
The Valenkamps in the sale include two beautifully painted nautical scenes. The first of a gaff rigged two-masted sailboat passing a steamboat in the distance on stormy seas and the second of a majestic square-rigger, both are oils on canvas.
The Chauray work is a still life with fruit and the Anne Packard is a wonderful seaside scene of Race Point Beach at the Cape Cod National Seashore.
The works are available to view in person during preview days from Thursday, May 29th through Saturday, May 31st, 2014 from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 1st from 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. at the Kaminski Auctions gallery at 117 Elliot Street, Rte. 62, Beverly, MA 01915.
These works will be available to view online at http://www.kaminskiauctions.com and bidding can be in person, telephone, absentee and by Internet by signing up to bid on KaminskiLIVE at http://www.kaminskiauctions.com. For more information or to request a condition report, please contact Kate La Chance at 978-927-2223 ext. 505.
Kate La Chance, Kaminski Auctions, http://www.kaminskiauctions.com, +1 (978) 927-2223 Ext: 505, [email protected]
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