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Art, places, faces, cool things... Anything and everything I find beautiful and interesting.
paul-et-andre: Barnett Newman - The station of the cross, fifth station, 1958

paul-et-andre:

Barnett Newman - The station of the cross, fifth station, 1958

pursuitist: Barnett Newman’s “Onement VI” sells for $43.8 million at record auction On May 14, an auction of contemporary art at Sotheby’s racked up $293,587,000 in sales. The record… View Post

pursuitist:

Barnett Newman’s “Onement VI” sells for $43.8 million at record auction

On May 14, an auction of contemporary art at Sotheby’s racked up $293,587,000 in sales.

The record…

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artistandstudio: Augustus Saint-Gaudens in his studio. Photograph of an engraving by John Henry Ellsworth Whitney after a painting by Kenyon Cox, c. 1888.   (src) Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) was an Irish American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation, many prominent museums hold his work. The $20 gold coin he created for the US Mint, 1905–1907, though adapted for minting, is still considered the most beautiful American coin ever issued.

artistandstudio:

Augustus Saint-Gaudens in his studio. Photograph of an engraving by John Henry Ellsworth Whitney after a painting by Kenyon Cox, c. 1888.   (src)

Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) was an Irish American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation, many prominent museums hold his work. The $20 gold coin he created for the US Mint, 1905–1907, though adapted for minting, is still considered the most beautiful American coin ever issued.