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MEDIA CONTACT: Judy
Moore at (847) 491-4819 or jkm229@northwestern.edu
February 5, 2004
Sotheby's to Hold Benefit Auction at Mary and Leigh Block Museum
of Art
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Sotheby’s, the internationally known auction
house, will lend a hand at a benefit buffet supper and auction at
Northwestern University’s Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art,
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston campus.
Titled “Auction Block,” this
benefit will be held in the Block Museum’s
Main Gallery at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 20. Proceeds from the auction will support
acquisitions, exhibitions and scholarships.
Sotheby’s will conduct a live auction of original works of art created
for the benefit by five well-known Chicago artists and Northwestern University
faculty members: William Conger, Jeanne Dunning, Judy Ledgerwood, Ed Paschke
and James Valerio. Proceeds from their sale of their artworks will support the
Block Museum’s acquisitions and exhibitions.
Attendees also will have the opportunity to bid on more than 70 original prints
during a silent auction. The silent auction will include lithographs, etchings
and engravings by well-known artists such as Leonard Baskin, Leon Golub, Robert
Indiana and Ben Shahn. The artworks being sold come from a grouping of original
prints donated to the museum in 1999 for the specific purpose of sale to enhance
the Block’s permanent collection and provide student scholarships.
“As an institution dedicated to the study and collection of works on paper,
the Block Museum’s benefit will not only support the museum financially,
but also advance our mission of encouraging the collection of original works
of art among our audiences,” said David Robertson, director of the Block
Museum.
Chicago’s Calihan Catering will provide a buffet supper for the event.
“We are delighted to engage John Calihan’s culinary art to ‘Auction
Block,’” said Christine O. Robb, chair of the Block Museum Board
of Advisors. “The evening will prove to be a major social occasion for
the North Shore and we are anticipating 300 attendees.”
The May 20 event also will include musical entertainment and refreshments.
Admission is a $100 donation. Reservations for “Auction Block” are
required by calling (847) 491-7540.
Information also is available online at www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/welcome/news.
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