De Hirsh Margules, Mother Ann Lighthouse, Eastern Point, Gloucester, 1946. Gouache on paper. Gift of Jean M. Horblit, 2002. [Acc. #2002.004.002]
American Fine Art Magazine: The Power of Place
Coming Home: The Transformative Gift of the Janet & William Ellery James Collection is the first exhibition curated from the 300-plus artworks recently gifted to the Cape Ann Museum by the James’ of Palm Beach, Florida, who have strong ties to the peninsula. It constitutes the largest single gift of works in the Cape Ann Museum’s 148-year history.
The landmark donation brings new genres adn Cape Ann-inspired masterworks to the museum’s holdings, including significant works by Winslow Homer, George Aarons, Cecilia Beaux, Stuart Davis, Adolph Gottlieb, Marsden Hartley, Eric Hudson, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Paul Manship, Jane Peterson, March Avery, Fern Coppedge, Arthur Dove, Thomas Hart Benton, Robert Henri, Rockwell Kent and others.
Coming Home will feature 33 pieces selected to complement the exhibition Edward Hopper & Cape Ann Illuminating an American Landscape which closed in mid-October.
“The ultimate goal with the resulting selection of James Collection works was to highlight the singularly unique role that Cape Ann has played both in the shaping of American history and art,” says musuem director Oliver Barker. “These pieces were selected…to highlight the many parallels to contemporaries of the Hoppers, in some instances artists that the Hoppers knew well, as well as those working on Cape Ann concurrently who weren’t necessarily closely affiliated with Edward and Josephine Hopper.”
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