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Summer 2 www.antiquesandfineart.com Antiques & Fine Art (ISSN:2162-4607), Vol. XIV, Issue 2, is published four times a year (Anniversary/Spring (January–March), Summer (April–June), Autumn (July–September), Winter (October–December)) by Pure Imaging, Inc., 9 Fowle Street, Woburn, MA 01801. Material in this publication may not be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Contents copyright ©2015 Pure Imaging, Inc. All rights reserved. The advertiser seeking the services of Antiques & Fine Art and/or Pure Imaging, Inc., will indemnify and save harmless Antiques & Fine Art and/or Pure Imaging, Inc., and its agents from any liabilities, claims, lawsuits, damages, or expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs that may arise out of publication of the advertiser’s/agency ads or materials. Every effort has been made to ensure thatall informationpresented in this issue isaccurateandneither Antiques&FineArt, Pure Imaging, Inc.,noranyof itsstaff is responsible foromissionsor information thathasbeenmisrepresented to themagazine.PeriodicalpostagepaidatWoburn,MA,andadditional mailing offices. Postmaster, send address changes to Antiques & Fine Art, P.O. Box 9723, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33310-9922. Subscription price is $19.95 for 1 year or $29.95 for 2 years. Printed in the USA. 104 Piratenim, The Story of an Extraordinary Historic Ship’s Figurehead By Richard Hunter 108 The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi By Joann Moser 114 From Houdon to Saint-Gaudens: A Private Collection of Nineteenth-Century American Sculpture By D. Frederick Baker Photography by Carl Vernlund 128 Paul Durand-Ruel Champion of the Impressionists By Jennifer A. Thompson 138 “Beyond Expectation, Beautiful, Graceful and Superb”: Inlaid Miniature Chests of the Philadelphia Circus, ca. 1793 By Jay Robert Stiefel 146 American Epics Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood By Austen Barron Bailly 154 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans and the Art of Everyday Life By Lisa Minardi 162 The Glory Days of Ohio Pottery and Glass, 1860–1945 By Andrew Richmond and Hollie Davis 168 Contemporary Glass Seen in a New Light By Tina Oldknow winterthur[primer 174 Matchsafe Mysteries Illuminated By Ann Wagner on[the[cover (Detail) Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), Dance in the Country, 1883. Oil on canvas, 70⅞ x 357 ⁄ 16 inches. Courtesy of Musee d’Orsay, Paris. c RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY/ Photo: Herve Lewan- dowski. The full image can be seen in Jennifer A. Thompson, Paul Durand-Ruel, Champion of the Impressionists, pages 128–138. departments 4 Advertiser Index 8 Editor’s Letter 14 Noteworthy Sales 16 Highlights features Contents Summer 2015 Volume XIV, Issue 2 114 104 146 138 162