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2019 Print Auction The Briar Club 2603 Timmons Ln. Houston, TX 77027 2019 Print Auction Thursday, February 28, 2019 6 PM PROGRAM SCHEDULE Cocktails and Silent Auction Bidding Opens Online and Absentee Bidding 6 pm Auction powered by Seated Dinner Begins All lots will be available for bidding online prior to the 7 pm auction Live Auction with guest auctioneer, Sarah Proceeds benefit HCP’s exhibitions and the renovation of our Learning Center Krueger, Head of Department, Photographs at Phillips For more information visit 7:45 pm www.hcponline.org/print-auction Silent Auction will close following Lot 28 (approximately 15 Exhibition on View at HCP minutes before the completion of the Live Auction) January 25–February 24, 2019 Auction Sponsorship Auction Exhibition Opening Reception $7,500—Underwriters Table Friday, January 25, 2019 6–8 pm at HCP (Priority table placement for 10) $5,000—Collectors and Creators Table Auction Exhibition Walkthrough (Priority table placement for 10) Monday, February 25, 2019, begins at 6 pm $2,000—Friends Table (Table of 10) Please join us for a tour of HCP’s 2019 Auction Exhibition, led by Anne Wilkes Tucker and Clint Willour. This tour is Individual Tickets free and open to the public $500—Sponsor (Priority seating) $250—Individual Sponsorship Dinner Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Reservations are required At the home and private collection of Bryn Larsen Please contact James Hays at 713.529.4755 or For all sponsors and auction artists [email protected] Gallery Hours Wednesday and Thursday, 11am–9pm Friday, 11am–5pm Saturday and Sunday, 11am–7pm On the Cover Lot 32: Daniel Gordon, Still Life with Bowl of Lemons, 2018, Archival pigment print, 39.75 x 49.75 inches, edition 1 of 3 +1AP AUCTION SPONSORS 2019 AUCTION COMMITTEE Members-at-large Underwriters Table Sponsors Philip Alter Cara Barer Karen Chiao / Bryn Larsen / Libbie Cara and Jorge Barer Lacey Liedtke Brunner Patricia J. Eifel and Jim Belli Kofi Burney Masterson Lacey and Ross Brunner Paul Charles Jereann Chaney Bevin Bering Dubrowski Collectors and Creators Table Karen and Leroy Chiao Patricia Eifel Sponsors Rebecca Roof Bryn Larsen Catherine Couturier Carol Liman Patricia J. Eifel and Jim Belli Bevin and Dan Dubrowski Libbie Masterson Elizabeth and James Whitehead Krista and Mike Dumas Susana Monteverde Cindy Fitch Celia Munisteri Friends Table Sponsors Betty Pecore and Howard Hilliard Meg Murray Frazier King Kheli Willetts Philip Alter Barbara and Georey Koslov Cara and Jorge Barer Bryn Larsen Advisory Council Lacey and Ross Brunner Stephanie Larsen Edward R. Allen, III Catherine Couturier Mickey and Mike Marvins Chris Bailey Catherine Masterson Fred Baldwin Bevin and Dan Dubrowski Libbie Masterson Gay Block Frazier King / Betty Pecore and Tiany and Charles Masterson Peter Brown Howard Hilliard Susana Monteverde Keith Carter Cindy Fitch Joan Morgenstern Fernando Castro Celia and Jay Munisteri Jereann Chaney Stephanie Larsen Meg King Murray and Nelson Murray Catherine Couturier Barbara and Georey Koslov / Mickey Shelley Calton and Stuart Nelson Malcolm Daniel and Mike Marvins Sue and Bob Schwartz Jerey DeBevec Tiany and Charles Masterson JoAnn Williams Steven Evans Stephan Hillerbrand Celia and Jay Munisteri Auction Catalog Coordinator Howard Hilliard Krista and Mike Dumas / Shelley Erin Miller Tracy Xavia Karner Calton and Stuart Nelson Jean Karotkin Jereann Chaney / Becky Roof Auctioneer Mavis Kelsey, Jr. Sarah Krueger, Phillips Frazier King JoAnn Williams Len Kowitz Media Sponsor Nicole Longnecker Individual Sponsor Tickets PaperCity Nena Marsh Mike Marvins Anonymous (2) Framing Sponsors Delilah Montoya Nena Marsh Larson-Juhl Joan Morgenstern Sara and Bill Morgan Artists’ Framing Resource Judy Nyquist Sue and Bob Schwartz Ed Osowski Catalog Design Michael Pearson Field of Study, Houston, TX Madeline Yale Preston Auction Co-Chairs Christopher Rauschenberg Karen Chiao, Bryn Larsen and Libbie Printing Bob Schwartz Masterson Masterpiece Litho Linda Shearer Laura Torgerson Vintage Print Photographer Anne Wilkes Tucker Will Michels Wendy Watriss Clint Willour Del Zogg BOARD OF DIRECTORS HCP STAFF Ocers Ashlyn Davis, Executive Director & Curator Stuart Nelson, President James Hays, Director of Development Keliy Anderson-Staley, Vice President Jan Rattia, Director of Education Tom Flaherty, Treasurer Theresa Marshall, Administrative Manager Paul Smead, Secretary Erin Miller, Exhibitions and Programs Georey Koslov, Parliamentarian Coordinator Natalie Rodgers, Access and Community Education Coordinator Francis Almendarez, Education Assistant Kristina Brosig, Finance Manager Zitlaly Valenzuela Jimenez, Membership and Gallery Assistant Martin Ivy, Gallery Associate Valerie Chiang, Marketing Coordinator 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 make this fundraising event a success. Houston, and Clint Willour, former Curator, Galveston Arts Center HCP deeply appreciates the contributions of our sponsors, participating galleries, collectors and individual donors. Their support helps HCP oer high-quality exhibitions, Also educational classes and lectures, community education programs, publications, and PaperCity special events to its members and the community. Artists’ Framing Resource Larson-Juhl Special thanks to all of the galleries that donated their time and contributed to this auction: Burnet Fine Art and Advisory Catherine Couturier Gallery ClampArt, NYC Foto Relevance Heidi Vaughan Fine Art Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc. James Fuentes Gallery Klompching Gallery Kopeikin Gallery Moody Gallery HEIDI VAUGHAN FINE ART Rick Wester Fine Art (New York, NY) Ro2 Art Robert Mann Gallery Houston Center for Photography is generously supported by the The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation; H-E-B Tournament of Champions; The Houston Endowment; City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance; The Brown Foundation; The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; The Joy of Giving Something Foundation; Artists' Framing Resource; Patricial Eifel and Jim Belli; Larson-Juhl; Antonio Manega; Nena Marsh; Texas Commission on the Arts; The Anne Levy Fund; Jean Karotkin, Krista and Mike Dumas; Poppi Massey; Celia and Jay Munisteri; QUE Imaging, The Wortham Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts; The Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation; The Albert and Ethel Herzstein Foundation; Julie and Drew Alexander; Amegy Bank; The JBD Foundation; Susan and Patrick Cook; The Greater Houston Community Foundation; Catherine Couturier Gallery; Marybeth and Tom Flaherty; Sherry and James Kempner; Frazier King; James Maloney; Cameron International Corporation; Cara Barer; Shlenker Block Fund at the Houston Jewish Community Foundation; Lillian H. & C.W. Duncan Foundation; Jereann Chaney; Elizabeth Anders; Eddie and Chinhui Allen; The Beth Block Foundation; Shelley Calton and Stuart Nelson; The Chaney Foundation; Michael Deal; Bevin and Dan Dubrowski; Exxon Mobil Foundation; James R. Fisher; Betty Pecore and Howard Hilliard; Carol Liman; Mickey and Mike Marvins; The Mavis Kelsey Fund; Barbara and Georey Koslov; Bryn Larsen; Libbie Masterson; Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McLanahan; Anna B. McCullough; Joan Morgenstern; J. Andrew Nairn; The Robertson-Finley Foundation; Sue and Bob Schwartz; Scott Sparvero; Laura Torgerson; Paul Smead; Joan and Stanford Alexander; Charles Butt; Thomas Damsgaard; Burt Nelson; Tom Bacon; Lee Huber; James Pomerantz; Adrienne Vachon and Ken Anderson; Deborah Bay and Edgar Browning; and The GE Foundation. Live Auction Robert Calafiore received his MFA in Photography from the State University of New York at Bualo and his BFA in Photography from Hartford Art School. Currently, he lives and works in West Hartford, Connecticut, exhibiting his work nationally and internationally. Calafiore recently was awarded a Connecticut Artist Fellowship Grant for 2018 and is represented by Clamp Art, NYC. MANUAL is the artistic collaboration of Suzanne Bloom & Ed Hill, the established pioneers of Digital Art Photography, and early practioners of conceptual photography in Texas. Their work is held in many public, private and corporate collections including the LIVE AUCTION LOT 1 LIVE AUCTION LOT 2 Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Los ROBERT CALAFIORE (WEST HART- MANUAL (HOUSTON, TX) Angeles County Museum of Art, San FORD, CT) Raggedy Ann (2017) Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Hood Untitled (2018) From the series The Book Project Museum of Art, the International Center From the series Objects of Glass Archival pigment print of Photography, NYC, and the AT&T, Pinhole camera C-Print Edition 1 of 5 Frito-Lay, and Atlantic Richfield Corpora- Unique Print 23.75 x 17 inches tions. Recipients of numerous 10 x 8 inches Courtesy of the artists and Moody Gallery grants, including 4 NEA Fellowships, Courtesy of the artist & Clamp Art, NYC (Houston, TX) their work has been seen in 47 solo and robertcalafiore.com manualart.net over 200 group shows held in 12 Signed on verso in ink Signed on recto in pencil countries, 29 states, and 82 cities. Retail value $1,500 Retail value $1,800 Abelardo Morell was born in Havana, Cuba in 1948. Morell received his undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College and his MFA from The Yale University School of Art. He has received a number of awards and grants, which include a Guggenheim fellowship in 1994 and an Infinity Award in Art from ICP in 2011. In November 2017, he received a Lucie Award for achievement