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2020 Print Auction HONORING THE FAMILY OF CAROL CROW AND CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF THE CAROL CROW FELLOWSHIP AWARD The Briar Club 2603 Timmons Ln. Houston, TX 77027 2020 Print Auction Thursday, February 13, 2020 6 PM PROGRAM SCHEDULE Cocktails and Silent Auction Bidding Opens Online and Absentee Bidding 6 pm Auction powered by Seated Dinner 7 pm All lots will be available for bidding online on January 24, 2020 Live Auction with auctioneer, Sarah Krueger, Proceeds benefit HCP’s exhibitions and public programs Head of Department, Photographs at Phillips 7:45 pm For more information visit www.hcponline.org/print-auction Silent Auction will close following Lot 36 (approximately 15 minutes before the completion of the Live Auction) Exhibition on View at HCP January 17 - February 9, 2020 Auction Sponsorship $7,500—Visionary Table for 10 Auction Exhibition Opening Reception $1,500—Visionary Ticket Package for 2 Friday, January 17, 2020 5:30–8 pm at HCP $5,000—Patron Table for 10 $500—Patron Ticket for 1 Auction Exhibition Tour with Anne Wilkes Tucker and Clint Willour $3,000—Friends Table for 10 Monday, February 10, 2020; begins at 6:00pm $300—Friend Ticket for 1 Sponsors Soiree Reservations are required Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 pm Please contaact Zitlaly Valenzuela Jimenez At the home of Meg and Nelson Murray at [email protected] or 713 529 4755 ext. 16 Invitation only Gallery Hours Wednesday and Thursday, 11am–9pm Friday, 11am–5pm Saturday and Sunday, 11am–7pm On the Cover Lot 1: Steve Fitch, Grand View Motel, Raton, New Mexico, 12/18/80 (1980, printed 2015), Archival pigment print, Edition 3 of 12, 15 x 19 inches AUCTION SPONSORS 2020 AUCTION COMMITTEE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Daughters of Carol Crow Frank Benton Officers Nancy Allen Adele Bentsen Carol Liffman, President Muffet Blake Bevin Bering Dubrowski, Vice President Fan Morris Lucy & Fowler Carter Paul Charles, Treasurer Fairfax Randall Katy & Michael Casey Celia Munisteri, Secretary Anna McCullough & Geoffrey Koslov, Parliamentarian Visionaries Alan Chambers Kourtney & Andy Cyrus Members-at-large Chinhui Juhn & Eddie Allen Bevin & Dan Dubrowski Keliy Anderson-Staley Brooke & Adam Beebe Krista & Mike Dumas Cara Barer Frank Benton Scarlett & Scott Hankey Devin Blondes Barbara & Geoffrey Koslov Charlotte & David Hedrick Lacey Liedtke Brunner Betty Pecore & Howard Hilliard Karen Chiao Dillon Kyle & Sam Lasseter Ginny Jackson Bryn Larsen Carol & Paul Liffman Koetting & Kirby Jackson Nena Marsh Nena & David Marsh Frazier King Meg Murray Alice & Risher Randall Barbara & Geoffrey Koslov Adam Neese Bryn Larsen Stuart Nelson Louisa Stude Sarofim Dillon Kyle & Sam Lasseter Nancy O’Connor Aynsley & Palmer Letzerich Paul Smead Patrons Carol & Paul Liffman Kheli Willetts Julie Brook Alexander Muffy & Mike McLanahan Celia & Jay Munisteri Advisory Council Anne & Charles Duncan Adam Neese Edward R. Allen, III Duncan Genesis Foundation Judy & Scott Nyquist Chris Bailey Patricia Eifel & Jim Belli Nancy O’Connor Fred Baldwin Muffet Blake Monica & Ianni Palandjoglou Gay Block Katherine & Bill Phelps Peter Brown Luke Burns Janell Reniers Keith Carter Karen Chiao Jennifer & Kyle Roane Fernando Castro Helen & Chuck Fraser Christine & Jan Spin Jereann Chaney Bryn Larsen Kate & Will Stukenberg Catherine Couturier Julie & Will Thomas Malcolm Daniel Sandy Lloyd Kheli Willetts Jeffrey DeBevec Celia & Jay Munisteri Steven Evans Judy Nyquist ART SELECTION COMMITTEE Stephan Hillerbrand Meg & Nelson Murray / Katherine & Shelley Calton Nelson Howard Hilliard Ashlyn Davis Tracy Xavia Karner Bill Phelps Bevin Bering Dubrowski Jean Karotkin Mary Prince Patricia Eifel Mavis Kelsey, Jr. Sue & Bob Schwartz Frazier King Frazier King Christine & Jan Spin Geoffrey Koslov Len Kowitz Nena Marsh Nicole Longnecker Susan Whitfield Erin Miller Mike Marvins Kheli Willetts Celia Munisteri Delilah Montoya Meg Murray Joan Morgenstern Friends Keliy Anderson-Staley Judy Nyquist Ed Osowski AOS friends of Brooke & Adam Michael Pearson Beebe AUCTIONEER Madeline Yale Preston Ingrid Bond Sarah Krueger, Phillips Christopher Rauschenberg Lacey & Ross Brunner Bob Schwartz MEDIA SPONSOR Linda Shearer Katy & Michael Casey PaperCity Laura Torgerson Shelley Calton Nelson & Stuart Anne Wilkes Tucker Nelson / Krista & Mike Dumas FRAMING SPONSOR Wendy Watriss Brenda & John Duncan Artists’ Framing Resource Clint Willour Del Zogg GCH friends of HCP PRINTING Frazier King / Betty Pecore & Masterpiece Litho Howard Hilliard HCP STAFF Joan Morgenstern VINTAGE PRINT PHOTOGRAPHER Ashlyn Davis, Executive Director & Curator Will Michels Shannon Crider, Director of Education Nancy O'Connor Theresa Marshall, Administrative Manager Natalie Rodgers, Community Education Auction Co-Chairs Manager Brooke & Adam Beebe Kristina Brosig, Finance Manager Erin Miller, Exhibitions and Nena & David Marsh Programs Coordinator Meg & Nelson Murray Zitlaly Valenzuela Jimenez, Development Coordinator Asad Badat, Marketing Coordinator Krishna Roberts, Gallery Associate Samuel Rhodes, Gallery Associate Special thanks to Acknowledgements Anne Wilkes Tucker, Curator Emerita of HCP gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the photographers whose donations to Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, our auction will make this fundraising event a success. Houston, and Clint Willour, former Curator, Galveston Arts Center HCP deeplly appreciates the contributions of our sponsors, participating galleries, collectors and individual donors. Their support helps HCP offer high-quality exhibitions, Also educational classes and lectures, community education programs, publications, and Artists’ Framing Resource special events to its members and the community. PaperCity Special thanks to all of the galleries that donated their time and contributed to this auction: Catherine Couturier Gallery Circuit Gallery ClampArt Devin Borden Gallery Dolby Chadwick Gallery Evans Gallery Foltz Fine Art Foto Relevance Evans Gallery HackelBury Fine Art Ltd. Heidi Vaughan Fine Art Hooks-Epstein Galleries Inc. Howard Greenberg Gallery Janet Borden Inc. Klompching Gallery Moody Gallery Nicole Longnecker Gallery HEIDI VAUGHAN FINE ART Ro2 Art Robert Mann Gallery Von Lintel Gallery The City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance; The Houston Endowment; The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation; The Brown Foundation; The Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich Foundation; The Joy of Giving Something, Inc; The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts; The Anne Levy Fund; Texas Commission on the Arts; Nancy O’Connor; Nena and David Marsh; Bryn Larsen; The Wortham Foundation; Nancy C. Allen; Fairfax and Risher Randall; Louisa S. Sarofim; Patricia J. Eifel and Jim Belli; Carol and Paul Liffman; Joan Morgenstern; Bevin and Dan Dubrowski; Muffet Blake; Katy and Michael Casey; Anne & Charles Duncan; Duncan Genesis Foundation; Sandy Lloyd; Fan and Peter Morris; Celia and Jay Munisteri; Meg and Nelson Murray; Texas Women for the Arts; The Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation; Elizabeth and James Whitehead ; Barbara and Geoffrey Koslov; Libbie J. Masterson; Lacey and Ross Brunner; Brenda & John Duncan; The Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation; The Beth Block Foundation; Cara and George Barer; Krista and Mike Dumas; J. Andrew Nairn; Katherine and Bill Phelps; Paul Smead; Shelley Calton Nelson and Stuart Nelson; Marybeth and Tom Flaherty; Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen; Philip Alter; Catherine Couturier; Cindy Fitch; Stephanie Larsen; Tiffany and Charles Masterson; JoAnn Williams; Frazier King; Brooke and Adam Beebe; Frank Benton; Alice and Risher Randall; Betty Pecore and Howard Hilliard; Devin Blondes; Jereann Chaney; Paul Charles; Karen Chiao; Susan and Patrick Cook; Gabriella Guerra; Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter; Laurie and James E. Maloney; Mickey and Mike Marvins; Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan; Adam Neese; Robertson-Finley Foundation; Becky Roof; Sue and Bob Schwartz; Pauline Solnik; Christine and Jan Spin; Saint Arnold Brewing Company Live Auction Steve Fitch graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology in 1971 and with a Master's degree in Fine Art Photography from the University of New Mexico in 1978. Fitch's extensive collection of photographs have been exhibited widely at institutions across America as well as in various publications, such as Diesels and Dinosaurs: Photographs from the American Highway (1976). For 42 years, Fitch has taught photography in art departments at the University of Colorado, Boulder; the University of Texas, San Antonio; Princeton University and the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. He is the recipient of four National Endowment of the Arts Fellow- ships as well as the Eliot Porter Fellowship. Richard Tuschman began experimenting LIVE AUCTION LOT 1 LIVE AUCTION LOT 2 with digital imaging in the early 1990s, STEVE FITCH (SANTA FE, NM) RICHARD TUSCHMAN (NEW YORK, NY) developing a style that synthesized his Grand View Motel, Raton, New Mexico, Ascending (2015, printed 2019) interests in photography, painting and 12/18/80 (1980, printed 2015) From the series Once Upon A Time In assemblage. He has been exhibited widely, Archival pigment print Kazimierz both in the US and internationally. Edition 3 of 12 Archival pigment print Accolades and awards include Prix de la 15 x 19 inches Edition 1 of 5 Photographie Paris (Gold Medal, People's Courtesy of the artist 21.6 x 14.4 inches Choice), Critical Mass Top 50, International stevefitch.com Courtesy of the artist Kontinent Awards (1st Place, Fine Art Signed on verso in ink richardtuschman.com Projects)