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SHONA MODERN | The Peggy Knowlton Collection of 20th Century Zimbabwean Art Collectors and Resellers Take Note: This is a No-Reserve Auction!  Live Auction: Sunday, June 11, 11AM EST Public Exhibition: June 7-10, 11AM-5PM Auction/Exhibition Location: 4961 River Rd., Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, 18950 Make it a Weekend in Beautiful and Historic Bucks County! (Click here) “Shona sculpture is perhaps the most important new art form to emerge from Africa in the 20th century.” —Newsweek “Picasso was an admirer of early Shona sculpture; now evidence is surfacing that he was influenced by it.” —Town & Country Magazine Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals:    Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) PRESS RELEASE For immediate release, May 24, 2017 Material Culture will be holding an auction solely dedicated to the Peggy Knowlton collection of modern Shona sculpture. Over 600 lots of stone sculpture by over 60 different artists from Zimbabwe include highlights by masters of the movement such as Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Dominic Benhura and Richard Mteki, and vary in size from diminutive curio to massive show-stopper. Knowlton travelled to Zimbabwe every year for more than 25 years to purchase sculpture directly from [...]

SHONA MODERN | The Peggy Knowlton Collection of 20th Century Zimbabwean Art Collectors and Resellers Take Note: This is a No-Reserve Auction!  Live Auction: Sunday, June 11, 11AM EST Public Exhibition: June 7-10, 11AM-5PM Auction/Exhibition Location: 4961 River Rd., Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, 18950 Make it a Weekend in Beautiful and Historic Bucks County! (Click here) “Shona sculpture is perhaps the most important new art form to emerge from Africa in the 20th century.” —Newsweek “Picasso was an admirer of early Shona sculpture; now evidence is surfacing that he was influenced by it.” —Town & Country Magazine Material Culture will be holding an auction solely dedicated to the Peggy Knowlton collection of modern Shona sculpture. Over 600 lots of stone sculpture by over 60 different artists from Zimbabwe include highlights by masters of the movement such as Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Dominic Benhura and Richard Mteki, and vary in size from diminutive curio to massive show-stopper… (Read more) Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals:    Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) Artist Bios Chrispen (Mac) Karanda was born on August 12, 1955 in Mondoro, a rural region in Zimbabwe. The last born [...]

Make it a Weekend in Beautiful and Historic Bucks County! SHONA MODERN | The Peggy Knowlton Collection of 20th Century Zimbabwean Art Collectors and Resellers Take Note: This is a No-Reserve Auction!  Live Auction: Sunday, June 11, 11AM EST Public Exhibition: June 7-10, 11AM-5PM Auction/Exhibition Location: 4961 River Rd., Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, 18950 (8 miles from New Hope, Bucks County) Helpful Websites: Michener Art Museum Visit Bucks County Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce B&B's and Hotels in the Area: Black Bass Hotel 3774 River Road (Rt 32) Lumberville, PA 18933 Telephone: 215-297-9260 blackbasshotel.com info@blackbasshotel.com Distance to Auction Site: 1.9 miles Restaurant on premise 7 days 1740 House 3690 River Road (Rt. 32) Lumberville, PA 18933 Telephone: 215-297-5661 1740house.com innkeeper@1740house.com Distance to Auction Site: 2.1 miles Restaurant on premise open 7 days Golden Pheasant Inn 763 River Road (32) Erwinna, PA 18920 Telephone: 610-294-9595 goldenpheasant.com www.goldenpheasant.com Distance to Auction Site: 5.1 miles Restaurant on premise 7 days Holly Hedge Estate 6987 Upper York Road New Hope, PA 18938 Telephone: 215-862-3136, 800-378-4496 hollyhedge.com Distance to Auction Site: 5.6 miles Restaurant available at 1740 House Woolverton Inn 6 Woolverton Road Stockton, New Jersey 08559 Telephone:609-397-0802 woolvertoninn.com Distance to Auction Site: 6 [...]