Join us for a charming Spring Fairhope sale. This contemporary cottage houses the collection of Fairhope resident, art critic, and curator Mimi Detering. Mimi and her deceased husband Hermann Detering embodied an academic, postmodern and deconstructive approach to art. They were mythicists, deeply influenced by Claude Levi Straus, Jacque Derrida and the history of photography, psychology and animal rights. Hermann was a "Cow Whisperer", a rancher, a professor at Rice University and philanthropist and most of his collections are in public institutions in Texas. Mimi, a Houston based art critic. They owned Detering Book Gallery, a rare bookstore in the South specializing in rare books, private press and letter press printing and were involved with book and paper making institutions across Texas, including the world renowned programs at Rice. His FotoFest exhibition of books and photographs showed the parallel development of psychiatry and photography and broke new ground in the study of clinical uses of imagery. A rancher, Herman was involved with animal psychology studies and methods of natural, non-coercive horsemanship. Adapting these methods to cattle, he pioneered low stress handling for ranchers, writing articles for publications including The Cattleman and The American Brahman Review. His video, "Natural Persuasion," was a first in the field of low-stress herd management. This week, selections of Hermann and Mimi's photography and art collection are available at our Fairhope estate sale. Man Ray, George Tice, Marini, Robert Rose, Robert Gordy... and their private library focused on pre-columbian, Mexican and Texas related books, paper and art will be available. Other treasures include Southern ceramics including Shearwater Pottery and Mary Kirk Kelley ceramics. And, there will be a preview of next fall's offering of work from the estates of Tut and Harry Riddick. Tut was an artist extraordinaire whose work is included in museums across the South. Their home was a salon. Filled with art, artists and the fruits of their philanthropy. Harry was a Captain in WW2 and a Harvard graduated lawyer. Tut's family roots deep in Mississippi and in York, Alabama manifest in a life devoted to art and the celebration of creativity. Amongst their many activities was a lifelong adventure traveling to Penland NC every summer to take summer art courses where she refined her skills, Harry (ever supp
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
4/24 - 4/26
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
4/24 - 4/26