Art Market Update

An inside look at events and happenings in the historic American art world.

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), Burning Giraffe, from the Surrealistic Bullfight Suite, ca. 1966. Original etching with color, 20 x 26 in.

Salvador Dalí at Cutter & Cutter Fine Art

The Argillet Collection, featuring the artwork of surrealist icon Salvador Dalí, will be held at Cutter & Cutter Fine Art in St. Augustine, Florida, from January 24 to 25. Jean Christophe Argillet—son of Pierre Argillet, publisher and longtime collaborator of Dalí—will join the gallery on opening weekend. This will be one of the largest collections of Dalí works available to collectors. This prestigious collection comes directly from the archives of Pierre Argillet, who shared a friendship of more than 50 years with Dalí, having cultivated what many consider to be one of the finest bodies of Dalí’s art. The collection includes original drawings, hand-woven Aubusson tapestries, original copperplate etchings and rare books.

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Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), Femme Drapée, ca. 1912. Polished bronze, cast by the artist ca. 1920, 22¼ x 11½ x 8 in. © The Estate of Elie Nadelman. Photo by Diego Flores.

Significant Form

An exhibition showcasing the work of Elie Nadelman, Significant Form runs through December 21 at Kasmin Gallery’s 297 10th Avenue location in New York City. The assembled works, curated by Priscilla Vail Caldwell, span the artist’s career and are sourced directly from the estate. The works demonstrate Nadelman’s fluid mastery of material, form and process when modeling the female figure. Accompanying the exhibition is a published conversation led by Andrew Eschelbacher with Cynthia Nadelman, the artist’s granddaughter and noted scholar of his work.

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O. Louis Guglielmi (1906-1956), Land of Canaan, 1934. Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in. Courtesy Jonathan Boos, NY.

ADAA Art Show

The 2020 edition of the Art Dealers Association of America’s annual show focuses on solo presentations, 15 of which are devoted to women artists, as well as numerous joint and thematic presentations. Held this year from February 27 to March 1 at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory, the ADAA The Art Show presents intimately scaled and thoughtfully curated presentations of high quality fine art.

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Pattern and Decoration in American Art

On view through May 11, With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985 focuses on the groundbreaking movement of pattern and decoration in American art. Held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, this show marks the first full-scale scholarly survey of this movement, including paintings, sculpture, collages, ceramics, installation art and performance documentation.

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Anna Walinska (1906-1997), Ballerina, 1929. Oil on canvas board, 24 x 20 in.

Return to the Riverside

Modernist painter Anna Walinska is honored in an exhibition running through January 24 at The Master Gallery, former home of the Riverside Museum where Walinska worked from 1955 to 1971. The exhibition, Anna Walinska: Return to the Riverside, features artwork created during this period and explores Walinska’s range as an artist.

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Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956), The Watch Tower, 1947. Ink and watercolor, 77⁄8 x 111⁄8 in., signed lower left: ‘Feininger’; titled and dated verso: ‘1947 The Watch Tower’; inscribed verso: ‘“Merry Xmas!” To Jeanne, from Papileo with much love 1947’. Courtesy Moeller Fine Art.

Master Drawings New York

Established in 2006, the annual Masters Drawings New York showcases historic and contemporary drawings in the United States, with dealers from both the U.S. and Europe bringing some of their finest quality drawings. The 2020 event, held along New York’s famous Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, will take place January 25 through February 2, and occurs alongside the major Old Master auctions and scholarly events focused on drawings. Participating dealers include Ambrose Naumann Fine Art, Jill Newhouse Gallery, Moeller Fine Art, Stephen Ongpin Fine Art and more. —