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Eclectic Encounters: Selections from the Permanent Collection Through February 18, 2016 / Jepson Center With a permanent collection of over 6,500 objects, Telfair Museums can display only a small number of works at any given time due to space constraints, the sensitivity of certain mediums, and the museum’s ever-rotating exhibition schedule. Heath Ritch, Exhibit Designer and Preparator for Telfair Museums, has seen every work that has been added to the collection over the last 10 years. These works are often destined for storage until an appropriate space and exhibition can be determined. As the curator of Eclectic Encounters, Ritch organized this exhibition to give these unseen and underutilized works their much-deserved moment on the gallery walls. This show is an intentional pastiche of eclectic works that offers an opportunity of discovery for the viewer. One common element among the works is their power to complicate easy understanding on the part of the viewer, often through an enigmatic subject matter, an unusual narrative or medium, or an uncommon creative process. This exhibition crosses time periods and art movements to include work by such varied artists as the eighteenth century British painter and printmaker William Hogarth, the nineteenth century Impressionist Mary Cassatt, and the Modernist painter Irving Petlin. Altogether, Eclectic Encounters reveals the wide range of works in Telfair Museums’ holdings and presents the viewer with a compelling insider’s look at the collection.
After William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764); Frontispiece to Clubbe’s Physiognomy (or the Weighing House), 1763; engraving on paper; 10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Prints from the Collection Through July 2016 / Telfair Academy From Dürer and Rembrandt to Bellows and Benton, Telfair Museums’ collection of fine prints contains works by some of the most iconic artists in all of Western art history. This installation features approximately 40 European and American prints dating from the sixteenth century to 1945. Because works on paper are particularly susceptible to damage from light, these exceptional prints are rarely on public view. Highlights of the installation include Albrecht Dürer’s Adam and Eve, and the newly acquired etching The Flight into Egypt, A Night Piece by Rembrandt.
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528); Adam and Eve, 1504; engraving on paper; 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.; Gift of Julianna F. Waring, 1972.23.8.
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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch (1606–1669); The Flight into Egypt, A Night Piece, 1651; etching on paper; 4 15/16 x 4 1/4 in.; Museum purchase with funds provided by a group of anonymous donors, 2015.1.1a
Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919); Femme nue assise, n.d.; lithograph on paper; 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.; Museum purchase.
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