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| Corrie McCallum, etching |
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| Geff Reed, ceramics |
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| Renee Rouillier, ceramics |
For
one long weekend only, if ART Gallery presents a special sale of artworks from
the prominent private collection of Columbia couple Jerry Dell and Benjamin
Gimarc. The sale opens Friday, August 26, with an opening reception, 6:00 –
9:00 p.m., and will run through Monday, August 29. During a gallery talk, Collecting Art, on Saturday, August 27,
2:00 p.m., the Gimarcs will talk about their experience as art collectors.
“The Gimarcs opted for the sale
after they decided to move to a new, smaller home in the Still Hopes retirement
community in Cayce,” if ART Gallery owner Wim Roefs says. “There collection was
way too big for their new apartment.”
The sale consists of more than 60
artworks. It will include art by internationally famous artists and prominent current
or former South Carolina artists such as Sigmund Abeles, Leonard Baskin,
Salvador Dali, Erte, Sidney Guberman, Corrie McCallum, Jorge Ortero, Geff Reed,
Renee Rouillier, Boyd Saunders, Laura Spong and Walter Williams.
The Jerry Dell & Benjamin Gimarc
Collection is among Columbia’s most prominent art collections and includes
works by some of the world’s most famous 20th-century artists. In
anticipation of their move, the Gimarcs already donated several works to the
Columbia Museum of Art and the South Carolina State Museum.
“This is an exciting opportunity for
Columbia art collectors and lovers to get a beautiful work of art at a modest
price,” Roefs says. “It’s work that, no less, has great pedigree, not just in
terms of the artists who made it but also because of its provenance, coming
from such a prominent collection of well-known Columbia art advocates.”
