Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • Contact Us
  • Podcast
  • Newsletter
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • AMMpro

Tennessee Museum Fends Off Private Rivales for Wiley

January 30, 2012 by Marion Maneker

A Tennessee auction brought $107k for a painting by Anna Catherine Wiley which will go to a local museum instead of a private buyer as some feared:

“This is a world auction record for a painting by a female Tennessee artist, and it puts Catherine Wiley up there with Gilbert Gaul, William Edmondson and Beauford Delaney in terms of top-selling Tennessee artists,” said Sarah Campbell Drury, vice president of decorative arts for Case Antiques Auctions & Appraisals. […]

She suffered a mental breakdown, was institutionalized in 1926 and never painted again. Wiley remained hospitalized until her death in 1958.

David Butler, executive director of the Knoxville Museum of Art, said securing the winning bid was a top priority given Wiley’s East Tennessee ties, the quality of the painting and the limited number of her known works.

“Catherine Wiley was not prolific, and her paintings rarely come on the market,” said Butler.

“This is one of her greatest works, from her best period, and shows why she is ranked among America’s premier impressionists. We are pleased and grateful that this masterpiece will stay here.”

Knoxville museum fetches rare painting for $107K (Knoxville News)

More from Art Market Monitor

  • Gilbert Stuart Gets $1m in RochesterGilbert Stuart Gets $1m in Rochester
  • Swann African-American Art = $4.5mSwann African-American Art = $4.5m
  • Agita in AmericanaAgita in Americana
  • Zola's MarbleZola's Marble
  • Duped Art Dealer Buys Fake as SouvenirDuped Art Dealer Buys Fake as Souvenir
  • Evening Sale Fun FactsEvening Sale Fun Facts
  • Print
  • Tweet

Filed Under: Auction Results

Advertise on Art Market Monitor with Nectar Ads

Top Posts

  • Why I Am Leaving Gagosian
  • The New York Times Still Doesn't Get Art & Money Laundering
  • Norman Rockwell's Not Gay. But Is He a Great Artist?
  • Bonhams Brings Second Generation of Modern Vietnamese Art in Hong Kong
  • David Hockney's $20m Pacific Coast Highway & Santa Monica
  • Newsletter
  • Sotheby's Brings $30m Pollock to New York
  • Four of Picasso's Women Valued at $28m Come to Christie's from Rose-Walters Collection
  • Christie's Announces $70m Picasso Self Portrait
  • How Park West Sold $93m in Peter Max Paintings


  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • Art Loans
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
Advertise on Art Market Monitor