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Hill's Art Collection Is on Display
Orlando's Grant Hill gives a tour of his collection at Duke's Nasher Museum of Art.
(By Sara D. Davis -- Associated Press)
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The Magic's Grant Hill has amassed a museum-quality collection of American works, including pieces from such renowned artists as Romare Bearden , Elizabeth Catlett and John Biggers . They're among the paintings and sculptures in a new exhibit at Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art, titled "Something All Our Own: The Grant Hill Collection of African American Art."
Hill credits his father, Calvin , with advising him while acquiring his art collection, which is much larger than the 46 pieces in the show.
The first piece the six-time all-star bought for himself combined basketball and art. Titled "Duke Fast Break," the print by Ernie Barnes , a former NFL player, featured Johnny Dawkins , Duke's associate head coach who played for the Blue Devils from 1983 to '86.
The 33-year-old forward remembers using his mother's credit card to buy the work, which featured Barnes's trademark elongated figures, made familiar by the 1970s TV comedy "Good Times." Hill doesn't remember what he paid for "Duke Fast Break," but imagines it wasn't too much, since he was still in college.
Hill's representatives and Nasher officials declined to discuss the value of the collection. But Ron Rhoads Auction reported that Bearden's "Woman With Greens" sold for $104,500 at a Feb. 4 auction. In 1998, a Bearden collage titled "Sunday Morning Breakfast" sold for $79,500. Catlett's sculptures sell in the $150,000 range, while smaller bronze pieces typically cost $30,000.
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