Art Acquisitions
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With the recent donation of eight pieces of folk art, Calynne and Lou Hill of Tallahassee, Florida have given over two-dozen works to the collection since 2002. The latest group includes works by Lonnie Holley, Joe Light, Mary T. Smith, Henry Speller and Mose Tolliver.
Holley began his life as an artist when he carved tombstones for his sister’s two children, who died in a house fire. At first, he worked almost exclusively with industrial-made sandstone. Later he began to assemble an environment of found materials in his yard. In the early 1980s, his work drew the attention of the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Eventually, Holley expanded his mediums to painting, and these later works are influenced by West African, Egyptian and Pre-Columbian art. All the Colors Looking Now at the City Like the Sun (Because of Art’s Sake) is a personal testament to the power of art.
All the Colors Looking Now at the City Like the Sun (Because of Art’s Sake)
unknown date, paint on foamcore, Lonnie Holley, born Birmingham, Ala. 1950
Gift of Calynne and Lou Hill 2010.113.1
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The Sam Francis Foundation has donated four works on paper
by the artist, including prints and an acrylic on paper.
These works are excellent examples of his signature style:
rich, thinly applied colors in explosive, and sometimes empty-centered
compositions, that have been influenced by Abstract Expressionism,
Color Field and Japanese art.
Untitled, 1993-94, etching, Sam Francis, born San Mateo, Calif. 1923, died Santa Monica, Calif. 1994
Gift of The Sam Francis Foundation 2010.112.1
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The Museum has many ongoing benefactors, and our folk art and cut glass collections have recently benefited from their generosity.
Wendell Lewis, who has donated several pieces from his own cut glass collection and has encouraged several other patrons to do the same, has made possible the purchase of an ice bucket, the first of such a form in for our collection. This piece was manufactured by the Unger Brothers firm during the Brilliant Period in the late 19th century, when American cut glass became recognized internationally for its first-rate quality.
Ice Bucket, ca. 1890-1900, cut glass, Unger Brothers, active Newark, N.J. 1872-1919
Museum purchase made possible through funding by Wendell Lewis 2010.16 |
Vase, 1957, stoneware
Plate, unknown date (probably early 1980s), slumped and laminated glass with glaze and silver foil (maybe aluminum foil as well)
Earl McCutchen, born Ida Grove, Iowa 1918, died Athens, Ga. 1985
Gifts of the Estate of Mrs. Earl McCutchen 2010.111.1 and 2010.111.2
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Earl McCutchen, a University of Georgia professor for more than 40 years, was an innovator in the field of contemporary craft.
He was interested in the science involved in the production of ceramics, and experimented with glazes. He was at the forefront of the Studio Glass movement, using new methods such as slumping, fusing and laminating. McCutchen's slumped and laminated glass was different from the works of his contemporaries. Whereas they used new glass with pure composition, he used old glass combined with unusual materials such as aluminum foil, copper screen and gold leaf.
The Museum’s new acquisitions, a stoneware vase and a slumped and laminated glass plate with foil, highlight the artist’s strengths and innovations.
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History Acquistions
Hand-colored print of city of Columbus, 1868
This wooden engraving, which originally appeared in Harper’s Weekly, depicts the cities of Columbus, Augusta and Macon, Georgia as they appeared shortly after the Civil War. The view of Columbus was taken just south of the Dillingham Street Bridge on the Alabama side of the Chattahoochee River, in what was then the community of Girard.
Museum purchase made possible by the Evelyn S. and H. Wayne Patterson Fund 2009.46 |
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Cup plate featuring image of Columbus, ca. 1830
This rare black-and-white transferware cup plate features a
decoration based on the earliest known image of the city of
Columbus.
The cup was produced circa 1830, only a few years after
the town’s founding in 1828. The original image on which
the decoration is based first appeared in 1829 in Basil Hall’s
Forty Etchings, Made with the Camera Lucida. It was
produced by Hall on =his visit here in 1828 as the land on
which the city sits was still being cleared.
Museum purchase made possible by the Evelyn S. and H. Wayne Patterson Fund 2010.7
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1926 City Plan of Columbus
This booklet, prepared under the supervision of City Planner John Nolen, provided the blueprint for the development of Columbus from the 1920s through the end of World War II. Notable among its many suggestions for parks, roads, trolley systems and other public projects is its outline for the development of much of what is now Midtown Columbus.
Gift of Jerry Mulenix 2010.15.1
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See below for more additions to the Columbus Museum's Permanent Collection
Spring 2010 acquisitions
Winter 2009-2010 acquisitions |
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