Butler Newsletter 2007 - The Butler Institute of American Art

COLLECTIONChuck Close’s Georgia (above) was seen in the film titled“Legal Eagles.”The Butler’s prestigious AmericanWestern collection is strongly representedwith seventeen images appearingin the current film release of“The Assassination of Jesse James bythe Coward Robert Ford” starring BradPitt. The Butler images (not theactual paintings) were loaned to theproduction company for a onetimeuse, and were reproduced in the filmas a part of the motion picture’s setdesign.Butler collection images appear inmany books and art catalogues, andhave been seen in other Hollywoodfilms in the past. Chuck Close’sGeorgia from the Institute’s collectionappeared in the film “Legal Eagles,”and more recently, the Butler’sEdward Hopper masterpiece PennsylvaniaCoal Town was featured in theSean Connery movie “Entrapment.”For information about usage fees forButler images, contact the museum’sRights and Reproductions Department,., ext. .5Charles Sheeler’s Steam Turbine (above) will be loaned to theDes Moines Art Center (Iowa) and to the St. Louis Museum ofArt (Missouri).Works from the Butler’s permanentcollection continue to tour the nation,spreading goodwill and informationabout “America’s Museum.” Upcomingcollection loans include: EverettShinn’s Dancer in White Before theFootlights to the Nassau CountyMuseum (New York); Janet Fish’sFeeding Caitlin to the Wilson Museum(Vermont); George Inness’ HazyMorning Montclair, NJ to the Clark ArtInstitute (Massachusetts); WilliamBlakelock’s Twilight to the Sheldon ArtGallery (University of Nebraska) andNational Academy of Design (NewYork City); Julian Alden Weir’s TheOldest Inhabitant to the Trust forMuseum Exhibitions for a tour of -venues in the United States; CharlesSheeler’s Steam Turbine to the DesMoines Art Center (Iowa) and the St.Louis Museum of Art (Missouri); andElihu Vedder’s Nile Journey andRobert W. Weir’s St. Nicholas to theHudson River Museum (New York).