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Show Annual Cedar City Art Exhibit Among Top on Total Sales List The 16th annual Cedar City Spring Art Exhibit came to a close Sunday, after a most successful exhibit that, especially es-pecially from the standpoint of sales made, stands out as perhaps the most successful in the 16 years. Many people, old and young, visited the exhibit during dur-ing the two weeks that it hung in the College of Southern South-ern Utah fieldhouse, and tremendous interest was displayed dis-played by those who visited the exhibit. Many of them returned frequently to spend lei-sure lei-sure hours viewing the wide range of art displayed. Purchases of paintings, perhaps per-haps the greatest contributing factor to the success of the exhibit ex-hibit throughout the years, remained re-mained high. Twenty-two of the pointings displayed remained to grace the walls of homes and institutions, in-stitutions, marking one of the highest percentages of paintings sold in the history of the exhibit. Two of the most important fea-tures fea-tures of the selection of painting paint-ing for permanent possession of Institutions, reflect the Interest In art that has been created through the annual exhibit, and also the love of a former resident resi-dent for her home town and country. A lovelv painting, "They Grow at Our Kitchen DoorsT done by Miss Caroline K. Parry, a native of Cedar City, now residing in Salt Lake City, was donated by the artist to be hung In the lobby lob-by of the Iron County Rest Home at Parowan. Miss Parry, a longtime long-time resident of Cedar City, a former school teacher here, and a member of one of the most prominent pioneer families of the, cltv. has never lost her Jove for southern Utah, and Is taking this means of showing her Interest. The occunants of the Rest Home and evervone In the county appreciate ap-preciate this gesture. One of the most Important purchases pur-chases was . recorded when a group of Cedar City citizens who had served as a "salvage committee' com-mittee' during war times, reached reach-ed a decision to use funds accumulated ac-cumulated through that proeram to purchase an outstanding nalnting to be hung In the new cltv and county library now un-W un-W construction In Cedaj City. The painting selected for this" nurchase was one of the too nalntlnes in the exhibit "Little Color do River, Ariz." done by Paul Laurltz, prominent artist of Los Angeles. Another Important purchase was made'bv the Cedar Sixth Wrd Pellef Socletv. This wwm iectd a desert scene. "Shift-in "Shift-in Sands." bv R. Y. Andelln of Oaden. which will be hung in the he new ((take house. As usual the Utah State Ag- . . . l, 9 f -ll,.t,,'V Ul " 'I t.Mi cMsed a number of palnMnps Pour rf the paintings nun in the exhibit were purchased bv the state college, one of them by a student group to be hung in the union building at U S A C. This painting was "Landscape Near Mexico City." by, J. Richard Sorby of Denver. The other selections se-lections by the U S A C were, "Deadwood," by Pete Lafon, Ogden; Og-den; "Landscape," by Barbara Latham, Taos, N. M.. and "Red Mountain." by Herbert Lewis, Carmel, Calif. Nine outstanding paintings were purchased by schools of Iron County to be hung In libraries, librar-ies, lobbies and other prominent places in the schools were stu- dents can gain art appreciation through repeated viewing of the works. These added to others purchased In previous exhibits, provide perhaps the greatest col-lection col-lection of art to be found In any schooj district anywhere. Most of the paintings In this school col-lection col-lection have been purchased with student and teacher contributions. contribu-tions. Two paintings were purchased for the new North Elementary i School in Cedar City, "White Silence," Si-lence," by William Sanderson, Arvada, Colo., and "Old Settlers," by Lee Clarke Schuyler. Albuquerque, Albu-querque, N. M.; "StlU Water," by B. Y. Andelln was purchased for the LDS Institute; "Soccato." by Eve Drewelowe, Boulder, Colo., by . Cedar East Elementary; "Flowers for Ferdinand," by Eve Drewelowe, Drewe-lowe, by Parowan Elementary; Through the Cedars.", by G. M. " (Conttiraedi on Ya9 Ttve) "' ART EXHIBIT (Continued from Page One) Gatherum, Ruth, Nev.; Kanarra Elementary; "The Yellow Screen," by Alvin Gittins, Salt Lake City. Cedar High School; "Hock point," by Emil Kosa, ?r. Los Angeles, Cedar Junior High iSchor,'; "Mountain Landscape," i by J. Richard Sorby, Cedar West i Elementary. Six paintings were purchased1 by Individuals to hang In their homes. "Zion Canyon," by Bogesr Bailey, Salt Lake City, Mrs. Ray Lunt; "Navajo," by Gaell Land -strom, Cedar City, Mrs. Wtlsara Lunt; "The Grandmother," by Richard Mackaben, Tucson, Ariz. William Rober;snaw, lUehnefdi "Moths," by Mac Schweitzer, Tucson, Ariz., Mrs. Morgan Rollo; "Cockfight," also by Schweitzer. Mrs. Dee Cowan; "Late Afternoon." After-noon." by G. M. Gatherum, Mn. i Delila Rouesche. |