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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8334259, member: 110350&quot;]For anyone interested who has money to spare, I believe there&#039;s still time to register. See the catalog at <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/catalog/oy0fb8zhle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/catalog/oy0fb8zhle" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/catalog/oy0fb8zhle</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s THE WILLIAM A. CLARK ANTIQUITIES COLLECTION</p><p>of Greek and Roman Art, consisting of 150 lots.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I can see, it&#039;s mostly Greek vases and terracotta heads and figurines.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477544[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sands of Time Ancient Art is proud to assist the American University Museum, Washington DC, with the deaccession of the William A. Clark collection of ancient Greek and Roman art.&nbsp; This collection draws from the art of many ancient Greek cultures, including mainland Greece, Cyprus, and Greek colonies established around the Mediterranean basin, especially Southern Italy and Anatolia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Clark acquired his antiquities collection from the French painter, Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (1850 – 1916), an artist of some renown in his day, who was awarded the Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle Internationale de Paris in 1889. Collin assembled the collection between 1890 and 1910 with the assistance of experts from the Louvre, particularly Edmond Pottier, curator in the department of Eastern antiquities at the Musee du Louvre from 1908 to 1925.</p><p><br /></p><p>The collection is being sold for the benefit of the American University Museum. As the American University Museum still maintains large holdings from the original Clark donation, proceeds from the sale will be used to support the direct costs of exhibiting, maintaining, preserving and storing items in the Corcoran Legacy Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>While deaccession funding would usually be used for the acquisition of works consistent with museum policy, the Corcoran museum trustees and the American University Museum directors agree the deaccession and sale of these antiquities will keep Sen. Clark&#039;s generous legacy alive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The collection was exclusively available for sale to museums and public institutions in 2021.&nbsp; With those selections now finalized, we now offer the balance of the collection for public sale via the Invaluable auction platform.</p><p><br /></p><p>The auction will be held on Tuesday, May 10th, 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>A hardcopy publication of the complete collection will also be available for sale in April, 2022.&nbsp; To register your interest and to receive updates on the collection, please sign up to receive emails via our Contact Us page.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>The collection draws from the art of many ancient Greek cultures, including mainland Greece, Cyprus, and Greek colonies established around the Mediterranean basin, especially Southern Italy and Anatolia.&nbsp; It reflects the tastes of an era that saw the formation of many great private collections in America.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Paperwork</p><p><br /></p><p>Every object in the Clark Collection is accompanied by paperwork from the Corcoran Gallery of Art.&nbsp; This includes an accession record sheet, plus, depending on the object, correspondence, conservation records with before and after treatment photographs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p>The Corcoran exhibited a number of objects in 1978, marking the 50th anniversary of the installation of the Clark Collection. In 1989, a select number of objects were loaned to Montana, for two exhibits; Clark served as one of Montana&#039;s first senators in 1901. The collection was again exhibited in 2001 celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary at the Corcoran.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Catalogues</p><p><br /></p><p>Objects from the Clark collection have been published in 1928, 1932, 1978, 1989, and 2001 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and in 2022 by Sue McGovern-Huffman, Sands of Time Ancient Art.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Provenance</p><p><br /></p><p>Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (1850 – 1916), France</p><p>Senator William A. Clark&nbsp; (1839 - 1925), Montana, New York</p><p>The Corcoran Gallery of Art (1925 - 2014), Washington, DC</p><p>American University Museum (2014 - 2022), Washington, DC</p><p><br /></p><p>There aren&#039;t a great many lots and there isn&#039;t a great deal of variety compared to most antiquities auctions, but I don&#039;t think any buyer has much to worry about in terms of authenticity -- or legality, given how long ago the collection was assembled.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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