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"Patrons without Peer" - Tom Davis

Quietly, without fanfare, under the radar of all but a handful of insiders in the intermingled worlds of wildlife, Western, and contemporary representational art, Bob and Curtice McCloy have assembled a collection like no other. For some 30 years, driven by a boundless passion for the art they enjoy and guided by an unerring eye for the qualities that make this art matter and endure, the McCloys have sought out the very best—and surrounded themselves with it.

If the McCloys owned a “representative” selection by these artists, theirs would qualify as an important collection. But that’s just the half of it. The part that makes people in the know shake their heads in awe is that the McCloys don’t own just a few works by these artists; they own a houseful. In terms of quality, their collection has few rivals—but when you alloy that with the numbers, it becomes vividly clear that this is a collection in a class by itself. There is simply nothing else like it. Little wonder that the great Bob Kuhn called Bob and Curtice McCloy “Patrons Without Peer.”

The names of the artists in the McCoy’s collection confirm the shrewdness of their judgment. The list is headed by the incomparable Bob Kuhn, a man whose work the McCloys singled out long before other collectors got up to speed (and drove the prices for Kuhn’s paintings into the stratosphere). But literally every artist the McCloys collect is a figure of note, from acclaimed wildlife artists like Ken Carlson, Tucker Smith, and Tim Shinabarger to the masterful landscape artist Clyde Aspevig, the wizardly trompe l’oeil painter William Acheff, and the lyrical, hugely talented realist Richard Schmid.

Now available in a stunning new book, Patrons Without Peer by Tom Davis. You can view over 260 paintings – including 67 Bob Kuhns, 33 Richard Schmids, 45 Ken Carlsons, 35 Tucker Smiths and 40 by Bill Acheff. 240 pages. 11 3/8 x 12 ¾. $70.00 plus shipping.


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