Santa Fe Live Online Auction
Barbara And Ed Okun Collection
Saturday, May 1
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932 Railfan Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505

Santa Fe Art Auction Announces The Barbara and Ed Okun Collection of Art, American Craft, Ethnography and Folk Art assembled between 1968-2008, a seminal period of American Art and Craft. The Auction will take place live online only on May 1, 2021.

Noted art collectors Barbara and Ed Okun played a national role in the evolution of American art from the 1970’s through to the early 2000’s. At various times they had galleries in St Louis and Santa Fe advancing their art influence nationwide, supporting artists and building private collections.  Throughout their lives they worked on various Museum Boards across the country and were significant supporters of the American Craft Movement at the now Museum of Arts and Design in New York.

Setting roots in the place they visited and loved for years in 19xx, Santa Fe became home and the couple were immediately drawn into the inner art circles of the town. Building a 6000 square foot majestic home designed by acclaimed architect Charles F. Johnson that overlooked 8 1/2 acres of the New Mexican Badlands, their highly varied collection of art and craft caressed the architecture in an unforgettable installation.

The Barbara and Ed Okun Collection Auction, being held May 1, will include all of the areas of their collecting: Ethnographic, Folk and Outsider, Fine Art and American Craft including Fiber, Wood and Ceramic Art.

A partial list of the artists included in the sale:

FINE ART:

John Altoon, Ken Anderson, Leonard Baskin, Lynda Benglis, Ciel Bergman, Natalie Bieser, Nick Cave, Susan Contreras, Alan Davies, Laddie John Dill, Sue Eisler, Jackie Ferrara, Rafael Ferrer, Dominick Generoso Di Meo, Geoffrey Gorman, Karl Horst Hodicke, George Horner, Don Johnson, Edi Klingner, Peter Marcus, Eleanor McKay, Michael Motley, Mary Proctor, Bill Prokopiof, Maximiliano Pruneda, Carol Sarkisian, Joyce Scott, Alan Shields, Leanne Singeldary, Jack Slentz, Mary Sprange, Janet Stayton, Antonio Tapies, Randy Lee White, Jerry Zenuick

CERAMICS:

Dan Anderson, Clayton Bailey, Robert Brady, Regis Brodie, David Crane, Malcolm Davis, Harris Deller, Barbara Diduk, Eddie Dominguez, Christine Federighi, Ken Ferguson, Kathryn Finnerty, Julia Galloway, David Gilhooly, Andrea Gill, John Glick, William Gordy Jr, Erik Gronborg, Peter Hayes, Ken Hendry, Jason Hess, Chuck Hindes, Peter Horsley, Kwon Soon Hyung, Randy Johnston, Saddiq Kahn, Karen Karnes, Takeichi Kawai, Eva Kwong, Matt Long, James Lovera, Phillip Maberry, James Makins, Enmanuel Maldonado, Joe Mariscal, Roberta Marks, Nancee Meeker, Ron Meyers, Mineo Mizuno, Andy Nasisse, Jeff Oestreich, Jane Peiser, Mark Pharis, Don Pilcher, Elsa Rady, Don Reitz, Jim Romberg, Emily Rossheim, Ted Saupe, Bonnie Seeman, David Shaner, Michael Simon, Sandy Simon, Kevin Snipes, Rudy Staffel, John Stephenson, Akio Takamori, Tip Toland, Robert Turner, Tom Turner, Peter Vandenberg, Jason Walker, Robert Winokur, Betty Woodman

FIBER:

Dorothy Gill Barnes, James Bassler, Akira Blount, Joy Busch, Michael Davis, Carol Eckert, Lillian Elliott, John Garrett, Jeanine Goretsky, Pat Hickman, John McQueen, Michael Bailot Mendes, Zoe Morrow, Ed Rossbach, Jane Sauer, Kay Sekimachi, Diane Sheehan, Missy Stevens

WOOD:

Ron Kent, Paul Krautmann, Norm Sartorius, David Ellsworth, Tommy Simpson, Howard Werner

FOLK/OUTSIDER ART:

Tobias Anaya, Alexander A. Maldonado, Mo Okun, Ray Materson, Inez Walker, Carter Wellborn

The vastness of the vision the Okuns had in incorporating all areas of the arts equalized their collection in a powerful inclusiveness rarely seen in American collections of the time. 

Fine Art, American Craft, Outsider and Folk Art
Robert Turner, Form III, 1981 David Gilhooly, Frog Victoria, 1974 and Frog Dief, 1975
Nick Cave, Ball and Shield, 1995
Ken Ferguson, Ceramic Teapot with Handle and Lid, 1978
Carol Sarkisian, Boston Boxer and Bone, 1999
Karl Horst Hödicke, Columbus, 1983
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