![]() ![]() ![]() She earned a BA in Art History from Duke University and an MFA in photography from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Kimberly was born and raised in Wakefield, Rhode Island. ![]() Kimberly Witham is an artist and educator who currently resides in Glen Gardner, NJ. Kimberly’s photographs can also be appreciated on her instagram: An interview with Kimberly follows. With all of this said, I am excited to have her as this week’s editor and look forward to learning more about photographers working in a state that is much more than a shoreline celebrated on reality tv. The result is work that is contemplative, celebratory, and well, simply beautiful, with a nod towards memory and metaphor. Much of the flora and fruit is grown on her property and she has mastered the art of taxidermy, sometimes created from local road kill. Kimberly’s work is based in the traditions of the Dutch Masters, but brings her own sensibilities to her sumptuous, timeless photographs. Watching her process, being wowed by her floral explosions, and learning about light that informs every inch of the tableau was, needless to say, a complete treat. In addition to being an Associate Professor of Photography at Bucks County Community College, she teaches workshops at the Santa Fe Photo Workshops ( a new one coming up in July 2019), and I had the privilege of taking a weekend intensive at the Los Angeles Center of Photography this past Spring. I have been a long time devotee of her work, discovering it online and then later seeing it in exhibition at Gallery Kayafas some years ago in Boston. It gives me tremendous pleasure to present a week of New Jersey photographers, all selected by New Jersey States Project Editor Kimberly Witham. These days, I can use as much beauty as I can find in the world. For more information, 50 or no longer fear beauty. Neal Auction Company is at 4038 Magazine Street. Criswell of Dallas, Texas.Īll prices reported include the buyer’s premium. Neal Auction Company’s next auction will be April 14‱5 and will include property from the estate of the Reverend Dr W.A. The auction saw high interest in every category, including decorative art offerings, which were led by a 17-inch-long German porcelain figural group of leopards, circa 1914, by the Schwarzburg Workshop for Porcelain Art that achieved $7,340. Of local interest was an American rococo carved rosewood armoire, labeled “William McCracken, 45 Royal Street, New Orleans,” which, against a presale estimate of $4/6,000, realized almost $10,000. The highlight was a Robert Mapplethorpe (1946‱989) silver gelatin print, “Orchid,” 1988, which achieved $9,400 †a Southern record price for a Mapplethorpe.Ĭlarence John Laughlin’s (Louisiana, 1905‱985) “Bird of the Death Dream,” a later print from the 1953 negative, sold well above its high estimate at $1,960.Ī Shearwater Pottery green and tan glazed “Earth, Sea and Sky†vase realized $11,160.įurniture highlights included an American rococo carved walnut center table, attributed to Alexander Roux, which achieved $17,265 a late George III carved mahogany partner’s writing table at $10,870 an American classical mahogany mixing table attributed to Anthony Quervelle at $9,100 a 1906 Steinway and Sons carved mahogany grand piano at $19,975 an American rococo carved and laminated rosewood parlor suite, attributed to John Henry Belter, at $17,625 and a Neoclassical specimen marble and gilt bronze gueridon at $12,925. Neal Auction Company’s offering of photography lots was small but noteworthy. The other Louis Oscar Griffith offered was a small oil on canvas, “French Market, Vieux Carre,” which fetched $23,500.Īrt highlights included Walter Inglis Anderson’s (Mississippi, 1903‱965), watercolor, “Shrimp and Pufferfish,” that fetched $13,500 Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer’s (New Orleans, 1912‱997), “Abstraction,” which realized $15,900 and a Nineteenth Century American School, painting of “The Paddle Steamer Challenge,” which garnered $12,900. After the auction, Neal Alford, president and founder of Neal Auction Company, said, “this Griffith was one of the most vibrant paintings I have seen in years.” With a strong presale estimate of $75/125,000, the Griffith painting achieved $113,000, making it the highest price ever paid for a work painted by the artist at auction. An American Renaissance walnut and burl bedstead, inset with a porcelain plaque painted with the figure of Sleep, achieved $19,975. ![]()
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