On May 21, Hindman will present its spring Atlanta Collections auction which blooms with artwork, furniture and decorative objects from important regional collections and estates—and some sales will benefit area non-profits. The auction is a discovery sale with something of interest for all.

The majority of the auction is comprised of property from several notable Georgia collections, many of which are being sold to benefit local charities. Early landscape and portrait paintings from the Estate of Stewart O. Cunningham will be sold to benefit Historic Macon Foundation’s Lanier Education Endowment Fund while artwork and sculpture from the Estate of Anne B. Eldridge will be sold to benefit The Booth Museum of Western Art and The Salvation Army.

One of the standout collections in the sale is the Collection of Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth of Atlanta. The Wadsworths were founders of the museum at Auburn University, and Time magazine featured their collection in the 1980s. The couple collected mostly American art from the late 19th and early 20th century with a focus on Ashcan school artists. Important American artists represented in the Atlanta sale include Everett Shinn, Reginald Marsh, Mary Cassatt, Lawton Parker, Arthur Davies, Agnes Richmond and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Wadsworths, however, felt European artists who were friends of the American artists represented in their collection were also needed to convey the full story of the period. The result became a lifelong decorative and fine art collection that reflects the eye of a discerning collector.

Preview is available May 10-20, 2021. Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm, Saturday 11am – 4pm, and closed on Sunday.

Timed Online / Atlanta