Catherine D. Anspon | Photos by Pete Baatz
- Posted:
- June 27, 2012
- Event Date:
- November 16, 2011
Two weeks later, it was the boys’ night out over at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston — the big boys, that is. Father-son duo Wally Wilson and Will Mathis chaired the hefty-ticket, black-tie benefit where Jackson and Company did catering honors, Bentleys were parked outside and Davidoff cigars provided the grand finale in the Alice Pratt Brown Garden. The night’s total mirrored the prominence of the guests: 320 attended, $1.236 million was raised. To add to the energy of the evening, famed twin antiquarians Leigh Keno and Leslie Keno came in to serve as master of ceremonies, overseeing the presentation of new art acquisitions for the MFAH’s permanent collection, including the top vote getter: Constant Mayer’s 1865 canvas Recognition: North and South, which poignantly depicts the Civil War’s impact. Another bequest to the museum made that evening was an Ancestral Suspension Hook from New Guinea, gifted by the chairs in honor of Isabel Brown Wilson, Wally Wilson’s wife and Mathis’ mother.
MFAH Grand Canvas
Les Ballard
Brad Bucher
Alfred Glassell Jr.
Bobby Tudor
Jim Flores
Albert Chao
Bill Hill
Reed Morian
Pete Coneway
Berdon Lawrence
Tom Glanville
Herman Stude
Meredith Long
Fayez Sarofim
Michael Linn
Lenoir Josey
Jerry Finger
Bob McNair