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46Th-Annual-Auction-Catalog.Pdf MISSOULA ART MUSEUM’S SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3 2018 5PM UNIVERSITY CENTER UM 3RD FLOOR AUCTIONEER: Johnna Wells, Benefit Auctions 360, LLC Portland, Oregon PRESENTING SPONSOR A Decade of Support for MAM and the Arts! THANK YOU PRESENTING MEDIA SPONSOR PRINT SPONSOR POWER OF ART AUCTION SPONSORS: Anderson ZurMuehlen Big Sky Commerce Missoulian Missoula Broadcasting Company Noteworthy Paper & Press Rocky Mountain Moving & Storage Slikati Photo + Video University Center and UM Catering Missoula Wine Merchants ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thank you to the many businesses that have donated funds, services, and products to make the auction exhibition, live events, and special programs memorable. We invite you to support the businesses that support MAM. Thank you to all of the auction bidders and attendees for directly supporting MAM’s programs. Thank you to the volunteers who help operate the museum and contribute time, energy, and creativity to help make this important event a success. On behalf of the 46th Benefit Art Auction Committee! We believe art has enormous power—to ignite innovation, engage the next generation, transform perspectives, and inspire a lifetime love of collecting contemporary art. We are honored that artists and art lovers alike have come together to celebrate and support Missoula’s art community and its beloved art museum. COMMITTEE MEMBERS AUCTION JURY Diana Bjorgen Brad Allen Molly Bradford Libby Addington John Calsbeek * Betsy Bach Minette Glaser John Calsbeek * Lynn Metcalf Dustin Hoon Laura Millin * Becca Nasgovitz Becca Nasgovitz Brandon Reintjes * Bethany O’Connell * Lily Scott * *MAM Staff Committee Member Cassie Strauss * THANK YOU to all of the artists for their generous contributions. You make this fundraiser possible! All artists are donating at least 50% of the sale of their artworks to support the next year of contemporary art programming at MAM. We would like to acknowledge those artists contributing at 100% and 75% levels: 100% DONATION Linda Stoudt The Autio Estate Keith VanDePol Larry Blackwood Lido Vizzutti Skylar Brennan Steven Young Lee Peggy Christian J.M. Cooper 75% DONATION Dudley Dana Nancy Birnbaum Nancy Fitch Joe Boddy Laurel Fletcher Eva Champagne Robert Harrison Theo Ellsworth Chris Karson Amanda Jaffe Steven Krutek Gesine Janzen Jon Lodge Dennis Johnson Jessica Lowry Jodi Lightner Bobbie McKibbin Beth Lo Tim Nielson Connie Murray Lauren Norby Wendy Red Star David Spear 1 PROUD SPONSOR OF MISSOULA ART MUSEUM MISSOULA WINE MERCHANTS POWER OF ART WINE WALL Auction attendees have the opportunity to go home with a new and exciting bottle of wine. Sponsored by Missoula Wine Merchants, all wines available at the wine wall are valued at $25 or above. MAM staff, sponsors, board members and volunteers worked on providing an enticing array of varietals and vintners, making this a delectable assortment. Thank you to the generous individual donors and to Missoula Wine Merchants for providing this selection. HOW IT WORKS: Each participant has a chance to draw a number that correlates to a specific bottle of wine. Once that bottle is won, it is removed until all bottles are sold. Each purchased bottle will be marked with the winner’s bid number, available to pick up at the end of the evening. Bottles cannot be opened during the event. SLIKATI PHOTO+VIDEO POWER OF ART PHOTOGRAPHERS Best of Missoula winners Slikati Photo + Video will host a pop-up fashion portrait studio to immortalize you, your date, or your entire entourage! These unique images will feature in the pre-auction slideshow at the event. Each lighting session is free, but you will want to visit Slikati.com to purchase collection-quality C-type prints of your portrait. Proceeds benefit MAM. 3 THE POWER OF BIDDING (RULES AND TERMS) • The silent auction is divided into two sections; closing times are listed in this catalog. • A bid acknowledged by the auctioneer is a legal contract to purchase the item. • A Guaranteed Purchase amount is located at the bottom of each silent auction bid sheet. When you write your bidder number in the Guaranteed Purchase box the bidding ends, and you agree to purchase the artwork at the stated value. • MAM shall act as final authority in determining the winning bid. • MAM reserves the right to withdraw any item at any time without notice before the actual sale. ABSENTEE BIDDING BY PROXY • Anyone may submit a Proxy Bid by credit card on any lots in the live and silent auctions. Bids will be made on your behalf up to but not exceeding your stated maximum bid amount. • To place a Proxy Bid, call MAM at 406.728.0447. The deadline for submitting a proxy bid is February 1, 2018 at 12pm. PAYMENT • All items must be paid by the end of the evening. Cash, checks, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa accepted. • Credit card payments will be charged a 4% service charge. • A 90-day, same-as-cash payment plan is available to MAM members. Sign up for a membership before the live event or add a membership to your evening’s total purchase. Leslie Van Stavern Millar II, An Ideal Girl Shares Her Knowledge, gouache on rag paper (p. 33) ART PICK-UP • Present your receipt at the art pick-up area to claim your artwork. If you are unable to take your artwork home that evening, you may arrange for pick-up at MAM at a later date. • All artworks must be claimed by May 31, 2018. Artworks not claimed by this date will be assumed an unconditional gift to MAM. TERMS OF SALE All sales are final. There will be no exchanges or refunds. MAM does not make any expressed or implied warranties or guarantees on auction items regarding quality or value of items or services. MAM has attempted to describe and catalog all items correctly, but all items are offered and sold “as is” and “with all faults.” MAM neither warrants nor represents, and in no event shall be responsible for the correctness of descriptions, genuineness, authorship, provenance, or condition of the items. No statement made in this catalog or made orally at the auction or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty for tax purposes or market value. Items have not been appraised unless otherwise noted. By the buyer’s purchase, the buyer waives any claim for liability against MAM, its elected and appointed officials, members and employees, sponsors, volunteers connected with the auction, and/or the donor of the item. Neither MAM nor the donor is responsible for any personal injuries or damage that may result from the use of the property or services. 5 Cathryn Mallory Autumn Sky Vintage linoleum, shingle, and copper wire on panel, 12 x 23.5” Value: $650 Mallory is a professor of art in sculpture who served as director of the Gallery of Visual Arts for 23 years at the University of Montana. Originally from the Chicago area, she received her BFA in fiber from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and an MFA in sculpture from the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Her work has been exhibited on a regional and national level, and is featured in the collections of major museums in Montana, South Dakota, and Nevada. She recently had solo exhibitions at the South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, and Oats Park Art Center in Fallon, Nev. Wendy Red Star Peelatchixaaliash/Old Crow (Raven) from the 1880 Crow Peace Delegation series Inkjet print, red ink on paper, artist proof, 17 x 11” Value: $600 75% donation Red Star was raised on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana and now lives and works in Portland, Ore. She holds a BFA from Montana State University and an MFA from University of California, Los Angeles. Her work is informed both by her cultural heritage and her engagement with many forms of creative expression, including photography, sculpture, video, fiber arts, and performance. Red Star has exhibited broadly, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y., Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain and Domaine de Kerguéhennec, both in France, Portland Art Museum, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. MAM recently invited her to curate the exhibition Our Side, currently on view. Robert Harrison Penguin Potshop Long House Mixed media, 11 x 8 x 5.5” Value: $1,200 100% donation Harrison has built his career making site-specific, large-scale architectural sculpture, along with smaller-scale studio work. He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, the World Association of Brick Artists, and a fellow for the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. In 2008, he was awarded the Meloy Stevenson Award of Excellence from the Archie Bray Foundation. His book, Sustainable Ceramics: A Practical Guide, was published by Bloomsbury in the fall of 2013. He recently completed a large- scale sculpture for the 47th Congress of International Academy of Ceramics Barcelona 2016 and is currently working on future projects in Denmark, Poland, and China. 7 Teamwork. Community. Excellence. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS BOYLE. DEVENY. MEYER. ■ Serving Western Montanans since 1952 305 S. 4th East Missoula, MT ■ 721-3555 ■ www.bdmcpa.com Chris Autio Over Thrust Oil stick on silver gelatin print, 40 x 31” Value: $1,800 Autio is a life-long Missoulian. He attended Montana State University, where he earned a BS in photography and a BA in English literature in 1989. He captures landscapes on film with a large-format camera and prints in the darkroom. Recent exhibits include Hands On, a portrait show at MAM, and an exhibition of hand-colored photographs at the Turman Larison Contemporary in 2014. Chris Pappan Antelope Woman in Indian Territory Graphite, color pencil, acrylic, map collage on Kansas Court Ledger, 22 x 18” Value: $1,500 Pappan grew up in Flagstaff, Ariz., and studied first at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), then the School of the Art Institute, Chicago.
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