Artist: John Brett (1831 - 1902)
Nationality: British
Movement: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Media: Painting
Influences:

Biography:
John Brett painted mostly seascapes and coastal scenes that were influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and John Ruskin. His early paintings were noted for their skilled and elaborate detail. Consequently, later in Brett’s career, his output decreased and he died practically unknown.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Kynance, 1888 John Brett (British, 1830-1902)Oil on canvas; 7 x 14 1/8 in. (17.8 x
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John Brett - Caernarvon 1875 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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John Brett - Landscape (1852) 1852 oil on millboard The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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John Brett - Southern Coast of Guernsey 1875 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Untitled, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1980, Gelatin-silver print
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Untitled, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1975, Gelatin-silver print
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Untitled, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1975, Gelatin-silver print
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Untitled, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1976, Gelatin-silver print
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Untitled, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1967, Gelatin-silver print
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Untitled, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , no date, Gelatin-silver print
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Untitled, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1974, Gelatin-silver print
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Albert Flamen (Flamand) (Brett) Etching 17th century
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Sand Dunes, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1934, Gelatin-silver print
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Brett and Erica, Edward Weston (United States, 1886 - 1958) , 1945, Gelatin-silver print
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Volcano, Hawaii, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1978, Gelatin-silver print
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Untitled, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1954, printed later, Gelatin-silver print
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Point Lobos Cypress, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , circa 1929, Gelatin-silver print
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John Brett - Rocky coast scene (1872) 1872 oil on millboard The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Sierra Pond, Yosemite, California, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1977, Gelatin-silver print
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Brett Favre, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 2001, Rick Chapman (United States, born 1966) , 2002, Gelatin-silver print
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Mono Lake, California (#6), Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1955, printed 1990, Gelatin-silver print
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Cloud, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1936, printed early 1950s, Gelatin-silver print
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Cloud, Brett Weston (United States, 1911 - 1993) , 1936, printed early 1950s, Gelatin-silver print
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Man’s Homburg, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Fur felt
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Man’s Homburg, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Fur felt
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Man’s Homburg, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Fur felt
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Man’s Homburg, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Fur felt
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Woman’s Modified Turban, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950, Silk
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Man’s Tyrolean Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Velour
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Man’s Tyrolean Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Velour
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Woman’s Modified Turban, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950, Silk
Museum of Fine Arts -
Tetradrachm with head of deified Alexander the Great Coin Greek Hellenistic Period, After 196 B.C.
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Sketches, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , mid-20th century, Ink and watercolor on cardboard
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John Steuart Curry - John Brown 1938 Lithograph Arkansas Arts Center American
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John Vanderlyn - John Sudam 1829-1830 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. John Greene 1769 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Gray 1766 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Wollaston - John Stevens c. 1749-1752 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Greene c. 1769 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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John Durand - John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Smibert - Mrs. John Pitts 1735 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Durand - Mrs. John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Frazee - John Marshall 1834-35 marble Boston Athenaeum American
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John Hoppner - John Granville 1790-95 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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John Johnston - John Peck c. 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1957, Net, cotton
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1957, Net, cotton
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Sketch Books, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , mid-20th century, Ink and watercolor on paper
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John Sartain Portrait of John A. Sutter mezzotint 1850
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Charles Willson Peale - Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr. 1790 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Silk organdy
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Silk organdy
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Woman’s Cloche, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Fur felt
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Woman’s Toque, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1960s, Nylon net
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Woman’s Cloche, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Fur felt
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Woman’s Toque, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1960s, Nylon net
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1960s, Silk, silk net
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1950, Felt
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1950, Felt
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1960s, Silk, silk net

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (40)
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Doiron Gallery: Profiles: Photo Collage by S. Brett Kaufman
S. Brett Kaufman lives and works in San Francisco. Born in 1967, he grew up and lived in various areas of Los Angeles. He attended California State University at Northridge where he studied business and journalism; yet his true fascination was w...
National Museums and Galleries of Wales: John Brett - A Pre-Raphaelite on the Shores of Wales
John Brett (1831 – 1902) is best known for his painting The Stonebreaker exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1858 and Val d’Aosta of 1859. He was an associate in the mid 1850s of Millais and Holman Hunt, both of whom were influential upon his artis...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: ALCHEMY and other transcendental works by Brett Whiteley
The mural was recently described by George Alexander from Contemporary Art Programs at the Art Gallery of New South Wales - Spread over 18 panels Alchemy may be read in any direction as a compressed autobiography in visual terms; a tense psychic c...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: On the Beach: With Brett Whiteley and Fellow Australian Artists
Whiteley’s unique rendering of his own experiences of the beach provides the focus for the exhibition, and is an ideal context in which to explore the reactions of other notable Australian artists to this aspect of national culture. The images te...
Brett Whiteley Studio: Animals and Birds: The Artist's Favorite Theme
Metaphorically an escape into what Whiteley saw as the freedom of the natural world, these works provoked in him both curiosity and a tremendous sense of release. As a child, Whiteley always loved visiting Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney and from a...
South African National Gallery: White Like Me: Brett Murray
Emma Bedford, Head Curator for Iziko Art Collections says: With sculptural cartoons accompanied by satirical text, white is simultaneously the normative paradigm as well as volatile ethnic category. This award-winning artist, variously descr...
Folly: The Myth of Sexual Loss: Karen Brett
The artist advertised for couples and single volunteers aged between 60 and 90 to take part in her project. Her approach incorporated a rigorous and often intimate engagement with the subject, frequently spending a long period of time developing t...
3RD i GALLERY: InterActive Art Works
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NURTUREart Non-Profit, Inc. at Pfizer Inc. World Headquarters: Contemporary Fine Art by: Corine Borgnet, Brett Chenoweth, Bridget Dearborn, Tim Duch, Yigal Elyadin, Karen Fitzgerald, Robert Martinez and Robin Ross
CORINE BORGNET's painting Alice in Wonderland is a pop surrealist narrative of the timeless fabled journey. Borgnet brings Alice to life in a sculptural piece specially created for the exhibit. BRETT CHENWETH sees the colors within his ever-...
Oakville Galleries: Weathervane: Curated by Karen Love
The exhibition features works by Marlene Creates, Paterson Ewen, Rodney Graham, Tania Kitchell, Mark Lewis, Richard Rhodes, Seifollah Samadian, Alan Storey, T & T (Tyler Brett and Tony Romano), Diana Thater, Lawrence Weiner and Chris Welsby. ...
Bell-Roberts Art Gallery: Picnic: A Summer Show - Curated by Andrew Lamprecht
Artists included in the exhibition are Usha Seejarim, Kathryn Smith, Doreen Southwood, Kevin Brand, Matthew Hindley, Ed Young, Christian Nerf, Sanell Aggenbach, Geoff Grundlingh, Zen Marie, Vuyisa Nyamende and Cameron Platter, Brett Murray, and Sv...
Hayward Gallery: Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic
Over 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations and films made by artists from the 1920s to the early 1980s have been brought together by the exhibition’s curator Guy Brett. Among the seminal works in the show are Calder’s early mobiles, D...
Compose Art Gallery: Ruth Thomas Edmond, Clay Bodvin and Brett Culbert
The variety, flavour and impact is extraordinary. For example, with Raw Materials (Still Life in Waiting) #2 a free-floating arrangement of exotic flowers is shown as a 60cm sq inkjet print. Opposite this is a 90cm sq, oil painted, marouflage-pane...
Gold Coast City Art Gallery: Shoot: Australian Photography from the Corrigan collection
Shoot! will be an exhibition to challenge ideas about photography and its role in visual arts practice. Gold Coast City Art Gallery Curator, Brett Adlington said, “Photographically the term ‘shoot’ implies an image that is hastily taken, in ...
NSA Gallery: Bitterkomix, i-jusi, Boogie Lights
Bitterkomix is South Africa’s only independent satirical comic magazine. Since its inception in 1992 Bitterkomix has vehemently attacked white South African ideology, in particular that of the Afrikaner. The comic magazine is originally in Afrikaa...
Foundation for the Advancement of Art: Innovation, Substance, Vision: the Future of Art
Perhaps the most pressing issue is the need for contemporary art institutions to look at and examine innovations made by living representational painters and sculptors. Michael Newberry, the director of the Foundation says: "The contemporary...
Sheffield Galleries and Museum Trust, Graves Art Gallery: Travellers’ Tales
Travellers’ Tales will take a grand tour of the world from South of France and Venice to Jamaica and the Far East and there will also be a chance to revisit favourite haunts. Turner was not the only artist to paint Venice, and the exhibition will ...
Association for Visual Arts: Third Cape Town Public Sculpture Competition
A sum of R120 000 from the J.K.Gross Trust has been made available for this competition, the third of its kind for the city. R80 000 has been set aside for the making and installation of the winning piece and R40 000 is the prize money for the win...
Working With Artists: Call for Artists: 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Juried Photography Exhibition
The 2002 juried exhibit resulted in 80 pieces selected out of over 300 entries. The exhibition was very successful for the photographers in the seven state Rocky Mountain region, and the show was well received by the many photographers who entered...
Parsons Exhition Center: Drawing in the Present Tense
This show is based on a series of simple observations about the drawing process. The creative process itself often has its origins in drawing. In this view, drawing comes about from a succession of traces, impulses and sensations that form an end...
Rose Korber at The Bay Hotel: 11th Art Salon at the Bay - New Directions
Included will be familiar names such as Willie Bester, Sam Nhlengethwa, Walter Oltman, Nina Romm, Jenny Stadler, Francine Scialom Greenblatt, Penny Stutterheim, Robert Slingsby, John Kramer, Paul Blomkamp, Louis Jansen van Vuuren and Walter Meyer....
Smart Museum of Art: Critical Mass
* Training: They usually hold degrees from art schools and many also teach or administrate at cultural institutions. * Sensibilities: They pursue an ethical, self-reflective practice and are committed to social engagement. They conside...
Gold Coast City Art Gallery: Otherworlds: Images of Fantasy and Fiction
Minister for the Arts Matt Foley said this was the first Queensland Art Gallery exhibition curated and designed specifically for the youth audience to tour Queensland. 'Fantasy, surrealism and science fiction are genres which ...
Art4Barter: Exhibit 8 at Ven and Vaida Gallery

View more of Erica Brown's art in her portfolio http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/e/ebcbrown/ Antonio Puri's work can be seen in his portfolio
Association for Visual Arts: Call for Artists: Third Public Sculpture Competition for the City of Cape Town
The site for this competition has been identified as the corner of Shortmarket Street and St George’s Mall, in the center of the city of Cape Town. Entry is open to all, and registration forms (Form A) should reach AVA by 29 June 2002. The maquet...
Para/site Art Space: A Hong Kong - Melbourne Exchange Project 2003: Organisation for Cultural Exchange and Mishap (OCEM)
OCEM is interested in organisation, and not organization as institution. OCEM understands the primacy of artist-initiated activity. The members of Organisation at any point in time will be the organisation. This project has no aims beyond allowing...
Bell-Roberts Art Gallery: 10 Years 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa
The new premises at 89 Bree Street (between Shortmarket and Hout Streets) was originally built in 1752. The space is elegant and spacious , with a touch of old world charm about it. The gallery will now be situated on two floors and a roof top gar...
Art4Barter: Exhibit 7 - An Experment with the Value of Art Curated by Antonio Puri
The irony is that art is missing from the lives of many people too because it is treated as a luxury item and not as an essential part of our lives. This system will not only inspire people to trade with artists, musicians, writers, dancers, and...
Bell-Roberts Art Gallery: GALLERY MOVES TO NEW PREMISES AND OPENS WITH Between Meaning and Matter
Encompassing a cross section of experimental and traditional art practice, Between Meaning and Matter includes a pixilated mural by 2008 Mercedes-Benz South Africa Art Award winner, Kevin Brand; a two-metre (circum.) lazer-cut tondo based on inter-ne...
Maria Perides Gallery: Trisha Lambi and Max Lieberman: Oil Paintings
“Light and its effect on form is my inspiration and whilst I don’t particularly aspire to convey a conscious emotion in my work it seems to emerge of its own will,” says Lambi. Lambi was invited to participate in, and represent Australia at...
Photographers' Gallery: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2006 Exhibition
The four shortlisted photographers for this year's Prize are: Robert Adams (b.1937, USA) has been shortlisted for his exhibition Turning Back, A Photographic Journal of Re-exploration at Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany (29 Juneˆ25 Septembe...
Ohio Art League: Ohio Art League Annual Spring Juried Exhibition
The show includes a broad and diverse range of media, technique and subject matter, including painting, photography, collage, printmaking, artist’s books, ceramics, glass, sculpture, jewelry, and video. Within those categories viewers will see wor...
Portland Museum of Art: Lasting Impressions: Contemporary Prints from the Bruce Brown Collection
As a teacher at Freeport High School and Curator of Maine Coast Artists in Rockport, Brown has educated many people about art and has also assembled a phenomenal collection of contemporary prints on a limited budget. Brown began collecting in the...
Cafe Gallery Project: Sutapa Biswas: Birdsong
Birdsong is a projected film tableau in which a horse is viewed in a domestic interior, standing motionless except for the gentle and subtle movements of its body. Seen through the eyes of a child – whose dream it is to have a horse living in his ...
Hyde Park Art Center: Cut, Pulled, Colored and Burnt
Raising issues of representation, cultural identity and assertion through photography, painting, drawing, sculpture and assemblage, the exhibition offers a diverse group of provocative, serious works, tempered by often humorous social critique. D...
ChaosMusic and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Be among the first to hear the future…
Latin salsa and crackmobile rap meets 1950s jazz in Aaron Jay Kernis’ New Era Dance, written in 1992 in anticipation of the new millennium, in hope for a time of imperative political and social change in the US. In complete contrast, Rodney ‘O’ O...
Rocca – Centre for Contemporary Art: Liliane Lijn: Light and Memory
Her explorations have taken myriad different forms, from the early light sculptures and Poem Machines of the 1960s to artists' books such as Crossing Map (1983), her performing Goddesses (exhibited at the 1986 Venice Biennale), large-scale public ...
Blaffer Gallery, University of Texas: Single Channel: Collaborating with the Moving Image
"Exhibiting films and videos as visual installations alongside formal screenings in a gallery setting is something new for Microcinema and we are excited about the prospects for the viewers as well as the filmmakers," comments Patrick Kwiatkowsk...
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art: The Nude in Contemporary Art The Nude in Contemporary Art
According to Harry Philbrick, the chief curator, The exhibition gives us an opportunity to see how artists from America, Europe, and Japan - some young, some old - confront one of the greatest challenges in art: depicting the nude. The work in the ...
Ketterer Kunst: Spring Auctions Begin With Modern Art on Paper in Hamburg
Nu pour Cleveland was made 14 years earlier. This signed engraving of 1932 by Henri Matisse is more than just an appreciation of femininity. It is estimated at DM 15,000 - 17,000. Another outstanding work of the auction is Marc Chagalls Piro...

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