St. Louis Art Museum shows expanded collection of postwar American prints

Tony Fitzpatrick, American, born 1958. ‘C,’ 2012; etching; plate 7 by 5 in, sheet: 11 by 9in. Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and funds given by the Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund 564:2020; © Tony Fitzpatrick
Tony Fitzpatrick, American, born 1958. ‘C,’ 2012; etching; plate 7 by 5 in, sheet: 11 by 9in. Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and funds given by the Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund 564:2020; © Tony Fitzpatrick
Tony Fitzpatrick, American, born 1958. ‘C,’ 2012; etching; plate 7 by 5in, sheet: 11 by 9in. Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and funds given by the Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends Fund, the Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund 564:2020; © Tony Fitzpatrick

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Saint Louis Art Museum is showing Catching the Moment: Contemporary Art from the Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons Collection until September 11. The exhibition celebrates the 2020 acquisition of more than 800 works of art that has elevated the museum’s holdings of postwar American prints.

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