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Show LEFT William Holbrook Beard (1824-1900), American Lo, the Poor Indian, 1876 Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in. Purchased with funds from Mr. Wilson Hurley and the Taggart Trust Museum# 1980.171 of transatlantic exchange of ideas. Nineteenth century landscapes that reveal Amencan feehngs about transience are well represented by Thomas Cole (Pastoral Landscape with Fishermen) ca. 1826) who declared that the pamter of Amencan scenery was pnvileged to have a nature that had never before been pamted. It is, however, m the twentieth century objects that transcultural influences are best observed. The work of ceraffilst Robert Arneson (Breathless [Self Portrait in Blue]) 1976) pamter Helen Frankenthaler (Wizard) 1963) and pamter Norman Bluhm (Untitled) 1984) whose source for art was the everyday world are only a few examples of the wide range of artistic express10ns that estabhsh the maJor contribution Amencan art has made to the art histoncal narrative. ABOVE Frederick Remington (1861-1909), Amencan Bronco Buster, after 1898 Bronze, Roman Bronze Works, cast no. 117 Height 23 in. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H erbert I. Michael Museum# 1962.145 BELOW Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), Amencan Gunlock, Utah, 1955 Gelatm silver photograph 10 1/2 X 10 1/2 lll. Gift of Dr. James E. and Debra Pearl Museum # 1989.018.007 LEFT John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Amencan Portrait ef Isabella Young (Mrs. Colin) Hunter, 1896 Oil on canvas 37 X 24 1/2 in. Purchased with funds from the Marnner S. Eccles Foundation for the Marriner S. Eccles Collection of Masterworks, Fnends of the Art Museum, Mrs. Nathan Qane) Porter, Emma Eccles Jones, and from the estate of Dolores Dore (Mrs. George S.) Eccles Museum# 1996.33.1 ABOVE Aaron Draper Shattuck (1832-1928) , American Sunday Morning in New England, 1875 Oil on canvas 50 X 70 lll. Gift ofLaReta Creer Madsen Kump honoring the John Preston Creer Family, for Fnends of the Art Museum Museum # 1977.051 DR I JAM E S E AN D DEBRA PEARL a process that lzas ~panned nearly 20 years) D r James E. and Debra Pearl have devotedly worked to build up tl1e .Huse11111 )s photography collection) acquiring and do11at111g photographs that II represent the development and wide range Photographs in the Pearl Collection include works by the inventor efphotography William Henry Fox Talbot) by 19th century landscape efphotographic art. photographers ef the West; and by important 20th century photographers such as Lewis Hine) Margaret Bourke-White) Ralph Steiner Dorothea Lange) and many others. Recent gifts have included large groupings efphotographs from the estates efAmerican photographers that lend breadth and depth to the collection. Through the generosity and vision ef the Pearls the people ef Utah have a rare opportunity to learn about the rich heritage and diversity ef the photographic art form. I NAUGUR A L R E P O R T 33 |
