Susan Mulcahy notes that: Fisk University’s quiet sale of Florine Stettheimer’s “Asbury Park South” highlights the minefield institutions must navigate when they use proceeds from art. I really do not know which side of the argument to defend since both have valid points. I do not like the idea of a museum selling a very important work just to pay its bills; but I am sure there are times when it could make all the difference between survival and closure. On the other side, I know there are many museums which own great works of art that should be sold because they never display them — have you ever looked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection archive?
Source: A Prized Stettheimer Painting, Sold Under the Radar by a University
Florine Stettheimer “Asbury Park South”