Published on the occasion of the exhibition Leon Polk Smith: Back to Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, May 31 – September 3, 2016.
The Museum is most grateful to the Board of the Leon Polk Smith Foundation who made this generous gift of works on paper possible. Special thanks go to Patterson Sims, President of the Foundation, and Maryanna Vermonte, Registrar, Leon Polk Smith Foundation Collection. My deep gratitude to Senator Jonathan and Mrs. Nichols for the loan of their Leon Polk Smith painting to the exhibition and to Dr. Taryn Chubb, Associate Professor of Art History and Director of the Pogue Art Gallery at East Central University, Ada, OK. Thanks to OSU photographer Phil Shockley. Art history master’s candidate Tiffany Sides assisted with the research, and OSU Museum of Art Director Victoria R. Berry provided me with a valuable sounding board for working out the exhibition and brochure content.
