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dc.creator Callicott, Burton
dc.date 2010-09-13T21:51:20Z
dc.date 2010-09-13T21:51:20Z
dc.date 1966
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-20T15:08:38Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-20T15:08:38Z
dc.identifier 89.77, 13161
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10267/7755
dc.identifier R0041
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/251153
dc.description Artwork photographed by Hannah Gysin '12, Rhodes Student Associate in the Visual Resource Center, in 2010. Artwork photographed and inventoried by Christian Wiggs '18 and McKenzie Drake '17, Rhodes Student Associates for the Visual Resources Center on June 23, 2015
dc.description This is an oil painting on canvas of a yellow circle with half of an off-circle within the yellow circle on a blue aqua background. There is an artist's signature in the bottom left reading "Callicott '66" in black. In the bottom left of the frame there is a broken label reading "BURTON CALL". There are three noticible scars in the paint revealing the canvas beneath, two in the center and one in the upper-left corner of the canvas. Cracking in paint is seen in the blue background. It has a black wooden frame and no glass. There is a silver sticker on the back in the bottom left that reads "PROPERTY OF / SOUTHWESTERN AT MEMPHIS / N.O. 13161". A note on the art card says that this painting was vandalized and repainted by the artist. Artist biography: Burton Callicott was hired by the Art Department in 1966 to teach art for the 1966-1967 academic year. It is unclear that he ever taught at Rhodes, however he did teach at the Memphis Academy of Art. Callicott would have had the responsibility of teaching six hours per week (two three-hour courses) per semester. In addition to creating art for Rhodes, Callicott completed murals at The Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium. The three murals at The Pink Palace make up a set titled The Coming of De Soto. His stepfather Michael Apt helped him secure the commission in 1933, and the three-panel mural depicts Hernando De Soto's arrival in West Tennessee. Another one of his most recognized works The Cleaners was completed in 1936 and received much attention at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Callicott was heavily influenced by the work of Hans Hoffman and he pursued Abstract Expressionism in his later career. With this shift, he began to focus on images of sunlight as a portrayal of the true spirit of light and of color. Callicott's works have been exhibited at various museums across the state and region, including the Cheekwood Museum of Art and the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, the West Tennessee Regional Art Center in Humboldt, the Knoxville Museum of Art, the Carroll Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University, the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock, and the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia.
dc.format 51.75" high, 51.75" wide, 2.25" deep
dc.format oil on canvas
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dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Memphis, Tenn. : Art Department, Rhodes College
dc.rights Rhodes College owns the rights to the digital objects in this collection. Objects are made available for educational use only and may not be used for any non-educational or commercial purpose. Approved educational uses include private research and scholarship, teaching, and student projects. For additional information please contact archives@rhodes.edu. Fees may apply.
dc.subject Rhodes Art Collection
dc.subject Images
dc.title Untitled
dc.type Image
dc.coverage Current location: President's House, 91 Morningside Place Previous location: Rhodes College, Clough Hall, art storage room


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