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Sic Transit <\/b>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
\nThe museum has a great but unexpected opportunity to acquire “Sic
\nTransit,” a rural landscape painted in 1940. The piece is an important
\nwork of art for the collection, said William Pittman Andrews, museum
\ndirector.\n<\/p>\n
\n“Typically, major fundraising for such an acquisition takes months or
\nyears,” Andrews said. “Because this work is going to auction at a major
\nauction house in New Orleans on Nov. 21, we don’t have that much time.”
\nAnother item on the museum’s wish list is a rare Shearwater Pottery
\nbowl carved by the artist Walter Inglis Anderson. The bowl also is up
\nfor bids Saturday.\n<\/p>\n
\nMcCrady was born in Canton, lived in Oxford and studied at UM before
\nreceiving a fellowship at the Art Students League in New York City. He
\nalso attended the University of Pennsylvania before moving to New
\nOrleans, where he studied at the New Orleans Art School. He was honored
\nwith a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1939. Following a successful
\ncareer, he started the John McCrady School of Art in 1942, which ran
\nuntil 1985.\n<\/p>\n
\nEconomics always plays a big factor in acquisitions, Andrews said. The
\nauction estimate for “Sic Transit” is $80,000 to $120,000.\n<\/p>\n
\n“Ironically, the same factor that makes it difficult for the museum to
\neasily acquire such a significant work of art is also the same factor
\nthat most likely places the work of art up for sale at this particular
\ntime,” he said. “Because of the economy, the secondary art market,
\nespecially at auction, is a good source of high-quality works with
\nlower prices than when the art market is booming.”\n<\/p>\n
\nWorks by McCrady don’t frequently come up for auction and when they do, they command a premium price, Andrews said.\n<\/p>\n
\n“Just because the auction estimate is one figure doesn’t mean that
\nbidding will not rise above that price,” he said. “There are other
\ncultural institutions in places that claim John McCrady as one of their
\nown that will want this painting, to be sure.”\n<\/p>\n
\nBut to not make a solid attempt to bid for the painting would be
\nirresponsible because collecting the work of John McCrady is part of
\nthe museum’s mission, he said.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Mary Buie Museum was created as a Federal Arts Center in 1939 and
\ncollecting pieces by artists who worked for the Federal Art Project, as
\nadministered by the Works Progress Administration, is part of its core
\nmission, explained William Griffith, the museum’s collections manager
\nand curator of Rowan Oak.\n<\/p>\n
\n“The FAP was in effect from 1935 to 1943, and McCrady worked as an
\nimportant part of this group, which includes artists such as Walter
\nAnderson, Marie Hull and William Hollingsworth,” Griffith said. “Back
\nthen, it cost $30,000 to build the Buie museum. It’s a little-known
\nfact that John McCrady taught classes in the basement classroom. We
\nwould be thrilled to add this piece to the permanent collection.”\n<\/p>\n
\nIf the money raised is not enough to purchase the work at auction, it
\nwill be reserved and used to purchase other WPA artists’ works
\navailable in the future at auction or through private dealers, in
\naccordance with guidance and input from the Friends of the Museum board
\nof directors, he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n“McCrady paintings and drawings are rare objects. The artist was also a
\nskilled printmaker and created many exquisite images of rural regional
\nlife in the American South that are more frequently available,” Andrews
\nsaid.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe museum already owns significant works by McCrady, acquired from
\nprivate donors. Acquiring “Sic Transit” would add a critical work to
\nthis signature collection.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Shearwater Pottery bowl would be another key acquisition, he said.\n<\/p>\n
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This Shearwater Pottery bowl, carved by Walter Anderson, is among the items on the University Museum’s wish list.<\/b>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n“We don’t have a single work of Anderson’s, or Shearwater, for that
\nmatter, in the collection,” Andrews said. “This is extremely rare
\nbecause much of the historic Shearwater work was lost in Katrina. Also,
\nthis is a hand-carved piece rather than a molded piece and is therefore
\nunique.”\n<\/p>\n
\nAndrews said the bowl is the largest he’s ever seen and, according to
\nthe auction catalog, the Anderson estate was unaware of its existence.\n<\/p>\n
\n“Shearwater was and continues to be a success story,” Andrews said.
\n“They sold lots of beautiful works along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and
\nNew Orleans and they show up in all kinds of unexpected places,
\nsometimes outside of the U.S.”\n<\/p>\n
\nThe auction estimate for the Shearwater bowl ranges from $15,000 to $20,000, he said.\n<\/p>\n
\nArt lovers who want to contribute to the museum’s acquisition fund can
\nsend contributions – designated for the museum – to the University of
\nMississippi Foundation, P.O. Box 249, University, MS 38677, call
\n800-340-9542 or go to http:\/\/www.umf.olemiss.edu\/<\/wbr>makeagift\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OXFORD, Miss. – A painting by American artist John McCrady is coming up for auction this weekend and the University of Mississippi Museum wants it to come home to Oxford. Sic Transit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222],"tags":[345],"yoast_head":"\n
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