About JAF . Gifts from the Private Art Collection of Judith Alexander
Judith Alexander left an impressive art collection, a part of which came to the Foundation in 2005 including works ranging from self-taught artists, such as Nellie Mae Rowe and Bill Traylor, to those of abstract expressionists like Franz Kline and Josef Albers, as well as photography by Robert Frank and Harry Callahan. While a few pieces have been offered at auction, raising funds for our mission of supporting Georgia visual artists, most are being carefully gifted to arts institutions over time and across the planet. The goal is to find homes for the various works where they can be seen and appreciated by the public for many years to come.
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Twenty-six works by Nellie Mae Rowe went to twenty-three arts institutions including four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), The African American Museum of History and Culture (Washington DC), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and California African American Museum (Los Angeles), to name but a few.
A gift of three outstanding works by Nellie Mae Rowe was given to The Brooklyn Museum (New York) following its expanded exhibition of Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe.
JAF gave works by Tina Maria Dunkley, Benjamin Jones, and Mario Petrirena to MOCA GA (Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia).
The gift of an important work by Franz Kline was given to The High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
Works by Saul Steinberg, Georgio de Chirico, Pablo Picassso, and Frank Stella became part of the permanent collection of The High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Clark-Atlanta University Art Museum received works by Thornton Dial and Nellie Mae Rowe.
Works by Georgia Blizzard, Raymond Coins, Mario Petrirena, and Nellie Mae Rowe were given to Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. A work by Sister Gertrude Morgan went to The High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Works by Benjamin Jones, Susan Loftin, and Mario Petrirena were donated to the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia (MOCA GA). The Morris Museum of Art (Augusta GA) and the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) each received a work by Nellie Mae Rowe, and the Telfair Museum of Art (Savannah GA) was given a photograph by Ellie Lee Weems.
Two works by Nellie Mae Rowe and one by Thornton Dial were given to Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. The Telfair Museum of Art (Savannah GA) received a work by Leroy Alman, two works by Thornton Dial, as well as individual works by Benjamin Jones, Susan Loftin, J.B. Murray, Nellie Mae Rowe, and Sara Mary Taylor.