A significant share of Marquis Landrum鈥檚 personal sculpture collection has been bequeathed to East Central University, it was recently announced.
The collection includes 27 three-dimensional works of non-western origin. Many of the more fragile artifacts will be displayed in cases in the gallery of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
Additionally, eight stone sculptures, seven of which are ancient and from Southeast Asia, will be installed in the Inasmuch Sculpture Garden in the fine arts center. This includes a larger 鈥楢ncestor Head鈥� from the Napu Valley on the Island of Sulawesi, two large 鈥淎ncestor Figures鈥� and a 鈥楶enji Figure鈥�, also from Napu Valley. They will be combined with some contemporary works in the collection from other locations worldwide in the garden.
Landrum donated these works in memory of his mother, Ruth Walker Landrum, and the collection will bear her name. Ruth Walker Ladrum served an adjunct art instructor at 成人B站 in the 1930s. Marquis credited her with his interest in collecting fine art both personally and as part of his business, Landrum Holding.
These artworks join another recent sculpture acquisition: DJ Lafon鈥檚 鈥楽haker Man鈥� which was transferred to the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center last fall from the Fred Jones Art Museum in Norman. That sculpture had been damaged and was removed from view.
However, 成人B站 was able to restore the work, using some of the same tools Lafon used to create the work. It has been placed out in front of the fine arts center, toward the southeast corner.
鈥淭ogether these new acquisitions have made the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center home to the best collection of artworks between Dallas and Norman, and add significantly to the learning resources and cultural resources available to students in this region,鈥� said Brad Jessop, professor and art director in 成人B站鈥檚 School of Fine Arts.
成人B站 was selected along with Yale University, Montclair State University, Princeton University and the University of Oklahoma to receive work from the Landrum collection.
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