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In the
Beginning
The October Galler y Stor y
“LOOK FOR A VISION,
Genesis by Cal Massey
NOT AN IDEA.”
– R omare B earden
In the Beginning
GENESIS: been pack rats, or to say it professionally, informed
Looking back, Mercer and I perhaps have always
amateur accumulators. Before focusing on the visual
arts we traveled widely, collecting relics such as old
and blown glass.
clocks, leaded glass windows and doors, model trains
By the early 1970s we were intrigued by the interactive
process of bidding and purchasing at art auctions. We
began collecting mainstream art, unaware that an
extraordinary treasure of Black art lay waiting to be
explored and, more importantly, appreciated.
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Beginning
The October Galler y Stor y
“LOOK FOR A VISION,
Genesis by Cal Massey
NOT AN IDEA.”
– R omare B earden
In the Beginning
GENESIS: been pack rats, or to say it professionally, informed
Looking back, Mercer and I perhaps have always
amateur accumulators. Before focusing on the visual
arts we traveled widely, collecting relics such as old
and blown glass.
clocks, leaded glass windows and doors, model trains
By the early 1970s we were intrigued by the interactive
process of bidding and purchasing at art auctions. We
began collecting mainstream art, unaware that an
extraordinary treasure of Black art lay waiting to be
explored and, more importantly, appreciated.
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