At First Sight: Collecting the American Watercolor, January 18 - April 21, 2014
Scope and Contents
Materials include master checklists; exhibition design materials; installation images; and publications pertainting to exhibitions organized and hosted by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in 2014.
Dates
- January 18 - April 21, 2014
Conditions Governing Use
Images in this collection are either protected by copyright or are the property of CBMAA.
For requests to license high resolution art images, please contact
reproductions@crystalbridges.org
For requests to license high resolution installation images, please contact library@crystalbridges.org
Exhibition Summary
Every art collector has a first love. For Crystal Bridges’ founder and board chairwoman Alice Walton, it was watercolor painting that initially drew her attention. At First Sight offered a glimpse into how her early interest in watercolor grew into a lifelong love of art. Making watercolor paintings has brought Walton great joy over the years, and it also contributed to her deep appreciation for the work of professional artists. Her initial interest in collecting watercolors grew into a fascination with American art, which soon inspired her to collect works by American artists in many media. At First Sight: Collecting the American Watercolor offered the rare opportunity to view some of the paintings that sparked Walton’s earliest collecting interests, including works by Thomas Hart Benton, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, and Georgia O’Keeffe.
Extent
From the Class: In progress Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Archives Repository
600 Museum Way
Bentonville AR 72712 United States
(479) 418-5748
library@crystalbridges.org