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EVENT PREVIEW: NEW YORK, NY
New Friends at Just Off Madison
More than a dozen private New York City galleries open their doors to public
May 20, 5-8 p.m.
Just Off Madison
New York, NY
www.justoffmadison.com
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rivate galleries become as
inviting and intimate as living
rooms during Just Off Madison,
an event where 13 New York City
galleries open their doors to the
public during American art auction
season. The informal open house
can be instrumental in converting
repeat customers, something Just Off
Madison organizer Betty Krulik can
attest to.
“I once had a guy call me in July
who had been at Just Off Madison in
May and asked if he could come in,”
says Krulik, owner of Betty Krulik
Fine Art, Ltd. “He ended up buying
half a million dollars worth of art from
me. People often keep our brochures
and come in months later, and
I find the event helps make a personal
connection between the private
dealers and the public.”
Just Off Madison occurs twice
yearly, with galleries between Fifth
and Park Avenues and 67th and 79th
Streets participating. This year’s Just
Off Madison occurs after the Bonhams’
American Art Auction and Sotheby’s
American Art Auction on the same
day, and the day before the Christies’
American Art Auction, with the galleries
showing off their best offerings of
historical American fine art. Just
Off Madison has taken place since
November 2008, and this year, a new
gallery, David Tunick, Inc. Prints and
Drawings, joins the roster.
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Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938), A House in the Night, 1929. Oil on panel, 10 x 8 in., signed
lower left with artist’s monogrammed signature: ‘O Bluemner’; signed twice verso and on
frame: ‘Oscar Bluemner’; dated twice verso and on frame; numbered twice verso and on
frame: ‘11’. Courtesy James Reinish & Associates, Inc.
David Tunick, Inc., in business for the
past 49 years, specializes in fine prints
and drawings spanning five centuries.
The gallery recently moved to the
same building housing Just Off Madison
fellow galleries Debra Force Fine
Art and Menconi + Schoelkopf, and
as a veteran in the historical fine art
HOW TO FIND US
1. GRAHAM:
32 E. 67th Street
New York, NY 10065
2. Jonathan Boos:
801 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
10065
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3. Debra Force Fine
Art: 13 E. 69thtStreet,
No. 4F
New York, NY 10021
3. Menconi +
Schoelkopf Fine
Art: 13 E. 69th Street,
No. 2F
New York, NY 10021
3. David Tunick, Inc.:
13 East 69th Street
New York, NY 10021
Jane Peterson (1876-1965), The Answer, ca. 1929. Oil on
canvas, 32¼ x 32⅛ in., signed upper right and lower right:
‘Jane Peterson’. Courtesy Debra Force Fine Art, Inc.
4. Lois Wagner Fine
Art:
15 E. 71st Street, Suite
2A
New York, NY 10021
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5. Betty Krulik
Fine Art, Ltd.:
50 E. 72nd Street,
No. 2A
New York, NY, 10021
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Francis Criss (1901-1973), Cityscape, ca. 1932. Oil on board,
6 x 7½ in., signed lower left. Courtesy Jonathan Boos.
5. Avery Galleries:
50 E. 72nd Street,
Apt. 2A
New York, NY 10021
6. James Reinish
& Associates:
25 E. 73rd Street
New York, NY 10021
7. Meredith Ward
Fine Art: 44 E. 74th
Street, Suite G
New York, NY 10021
8. Conner •
Rosenkranz, LLC:
19 E. 74th Street, No. 1
New York, NY 10021
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9. MME Fine Art,
LLC: 74 E. 79th Street,
No.18B
New York,
NY 10075
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Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922), Water Meadows with
Island, Ipswich, MA. Oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in. Courtesy Betty
Krulik Fine Art Limited.
4. Kraushaar
Galleries:
15 E. 71st Street,
No. 2B
New York, NY 10075
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market, owner David Tunick knows
the value of galleries coming together
in support of each other.
“Every gallery that participates in
Just Off Madison is going to want to
put their best foot forward,” Tunick
says. “I’m looking forward to meeting
collectors who perhaps we haven’t
met before.” The gallery will feature
Winslow Homer etching Fly Fishing,
Saranac Lake, which came to the
venue from a museum, and which
joins works by Edward Hopper, James
Abbott McNeill Whistler, and Mary
Cassatt at the gallery.
Besides the opportunity for a sale,
Frank Vincent DuMond (1865-1951), The Canyon
Pool, ca. 1930s-40s. Oil on canvas, 30 x 28½ in.,
signed lower left: ‘F.V. DuMond’, inscribed verso on
upper right stretcher: ‘W.L. Metcalf & F. Dumond at
Canyon Pool’. Courtesy MME Fine Art, LLC.
Horatio Stone (1808-1875),
MOSES, 1867. Marble on
original socle, 29½ x 17 x 13 in.,
signed rear of bust:
‘HOR[A]TIO STONE / FEC.
ROME 1867’; inscribed front
of self base: ‘MOSES’. Courtesy
Conner ∙ Rosenkranz.
Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake, 1889. Etching with white
highlights on simulated Japan paper, 16 x 221∕16 in. Signed in plate: ‘Winslow Homer
Sc 1889 Copyright’; signed lower left in pencil: ‘Winslow Homer’; numbered lower
right in pencil: ‘#28’. Courtesy David Tunick, Inc.
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the relaxed atmosphere encourages
camaraderie among patrons and
galleries, enhanced by optimal New
York City spring weather.
“Every Just Off Madison event is
an enjoyable, festive and successful
evening which brings together old
friends and new patrons in our
welcoming, artful salon,” say Mindy
Moak, owner/partner at MME Fine
Art, LLC. Her gallery features the
exhibition Summer Bliss – Americans
at Play, which she says should be
especially enticing after the winter
months, and works on display include
those by Everett Shinn, Frank
DuMond, Martha Walter, and more.
Offerings aren’t limited to
paintings and drawings—visitors may
find sculptural works at venues such
as Conner ∙ Rosenkranz, and Avery
Galleries features a mirror by Charles
Prendergast. Other highlights include
Ashcan and Steiglitz Circle offerings
at Menconi + Schoelkopf; works by
Theodore Robinson and Willard
Leroy Metcalf at Betty Krulik Fine
Art, Ltd.; a Joseph Fiore pastel
exhibition at Meredith Ward Fine
Art; and figurative works by artists
such as Childe Hassam and William
Alfred H. Maurer (1868-1932), The Fred Table,
ca. 1919. Oil on gesso board, 22½ x 17¾ in.
Courtesy Lois Wagner Fine Arts.
Arthur Dove (1880-1946), East From Holbrook’s Bridge, 1936. Oil on canvas, 12 x 20 in. Courtesy Meredith Ward Fine Art.
Frank Duveneck (1848-1919), Spring Day. Oil on canvas,
17 x 19 in. Courtesy Avery Galleries.
Merritt Chase at Debra Force Fine
Art. For fans of historic American art,
the event provides an inside look into
some of the highest quality offerings
by galleries, all within walking
distance of each other.
“We are excited to welcome
Everett Shinn (1876-1953), Outdoor Stage, Paris, ca. 1902.
Pastel on board, 11½ x 13¼ in., signed upper left: ‘E. Shinn’.
Courtesy Menconi + Schoelkopf.
visitors to the gallery who appreciate
this kind of visual dialogue between
artists,” says Meredith Ward Fine Art
owner Meredith Ward, who notes
the gallery’s Joseph Fiore pastel
exhibition will be accompanied by
rare oils by Arthur Dove, oils and
watercolors by John Marin, and
more. “We find that our gallery
setting is a wonderful way to explore
those relationships, and we are
looking forward to seeing friends
and colleagues as they make the
rounds.”
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