Lawrence Beall Smith, Artist, 1909-1995 • Peanut Stand at the State Fair, Sedalia, 1947 • Oil on Composition Board (2014.102) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
Sept. 3, 2019
Any visit to Jesse Hall during roughly the past half-century was also a jaunt through an art gallery. Lawrence Beall Smith’s Peanut Stand at the State Fair, Sedalia hung near Jesse Auditorium’s box office. Throughout the building, the walls were animated with paintings from the Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney collection, which chronicles Missouri’s rural and urban life, landscapes, and traditions. The collection, named for the St. Louis department store owners who commissioned the works in 1946 and 1947, came to MU in 1950 and passed to the university’s Museum of Art and Archaeology in 2014. A selection from the 98 items is on display through Oct. 27 in the museum at 115 Business Loop 70 West in Columbia. Admission is free. Or, view the works online at maa.missouri.edu.
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- Georges Schreiber (American, 1904–1977) • Winter Cornfield in the Ozarks, 1947 • Watercolors and ink on paper (2014.93) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Georges Schreiber (American, 1904–1977) • Basket Maker in the Ozarks, Reed Springs, 1947 • Watercolors, ink, and pencil on paper (2014.86) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Fletcher Martin (American, 1904–1979) • Seaplane Landing between Eads and MacArthur Bridges, St. Louis, 1947 • Gouache and ink on paper (2014.80) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Fletcher Martin (American, 1904–1979) • On the Levee, St. Louis, 1947 • Ink and ink wash on paper (2014.78) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Frederic James (American, 1915–1985) • Twilight on Quality Hill, Kansas City, 1946 • Watercolors and ink on paperboard (2014.73) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Ernest Fiene (American, 1894–1965) • Cutting and Boring Corn Cob Pipes, Washington, Mo., 1947 • Gouache on paper (2014.55) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Adolf Dehn (American, 1895–1968) • The Missouri River at Glasgow, 1947 • Watercolor on paper (2014.51) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Adolf Dehn (American, 1895–1968) • Sheep Farm in Missouri on Route 71, 1947 • Watercolor on paper (2014.46) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Aaron Bohrod (American, 1907–1992) • Across the Missouri at Kansas City, 1947 • Oil on masonite (2014.23) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Howard Baer (American, 1906–1986) • The General Store – Old Mines, 1946 • Gouache on paper (2014.19) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Howard Baer (American, 1906–1986) • Post Office, Owl’s Bend, 1947(?) • Watercolor on paper (2014.15) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
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- Howard Baer (American, 1906–1986) • Gigging, The Current River, 1947 • Watercolor on paper (2014.10) • Gift of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. • Transferred from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Operations, MU
