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Curators’ Choice

April 30, 2021 to March 20, 2022 Jepson Center
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The exhibition Curators’ Choice based on the exciting, new publication Telfair Museums: Curators’ Choice (2021), is an opportunity to celebrate key pieces from the museum’s varied collection. These selected objects—such as the striking sugar basket created by the English female silversmith, Hester Bateman, or Frederick Carl Frieseke’s riotously colorful painting, The Garden Umbrella—shed light on the museum’s unique history and collecting practices.

You are the Curator!
Imagine you are collecting pieces of art for your museum collection. Consider the meaning the piece will have within your collection and to your audience. Select the piece of your choosing, and explain why you have decided to collect this piece.

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  • View image 1 in lightbox:

    Hester Bateman (British, 1708–1794); "Sugar Basket," 1788; sterling silver and glass; 4 x 5 x 3 3/4 inches; gift of Frank A. Rizza, M.D. and family, 2012.15.24.a-b

  • View image 2 in lightbox:
    View of a garden with a small pool in foreground; two women are seated just behind it, one in a chair, the other on the ground, under a large umbrella which is brightly colored on the interior.

    , The Garden Umbrella (before 1910)
    Oil on canvas , Canvas: 32 5/16 × 32 5/16 inches (82.1 × 82.1 cm)Framed: 38 1/4 × 38 3/8 × 3 inches (97.2 × 97.5 × 7.6 cm).

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    Augusta Savage (American, 1892–1962); "Gwendolyn Knight," c. 1937; bronze; 17 5/16 × 8 1/2 × 8 inches; gift of The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art, 2003.18

  • View image 4 in lightbox:
    Statue of a girl centrally composed in a cemetery. She holds a shallow dish or bowl in each hand and tilts her head to the right.

    , Midnight, Bonaventure Cemetery (1993)
    gelatin silver print , Sight (Image): 17 7/8 × 12 1/4 inches (45.4 × 31.1 cm)Framed: 24 × 22 inches (61 × 55.9 cm).

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Curators’ Choice is organized by Telfair Museums and curated by Anne-Solène Bayan, Assistant Curator.

Investment is provided by:

The City of Savannah, the Georgia Council for the Arts, and Terra Foundation for American Art

Additional support provided by:

Inge A. Brasseler

Telfair Museums