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Scott McCue

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McCue Art Appraisals

Orinda, CA

IRS-qualified (Form 8283)Remote appraisals

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APPRAISER'S QUALIFICATIONS Scott McCue Education: University of California, Berkeley, 1974, awarded Bachelor of Art Degree, Anthropology/Archaeology Employment: Owner, Scott McCue Photography, Orinda CA, 1982 to present, working with a wide range of artists, museums, galleries for Publications and commercial clients. Developed specialty in photographing all types of artwork. Past and current clients include Museum of Modern Art, SF, CA; Museum of African Art, NY; Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; St. Mary's Museum of Art, Moraga, CA; Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA; James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Tambaran Gallery, NY; Museum of Craft and Folk Art, SF, CA; Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, CA; Northpoint Gallery, SF, CA; Solomon-Dubnick Gallery, SF, CA; Bonhams Auctions, NYC; Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Artists: Stephen De Staebler, John Toki, John Battenburg, Bruce Beasley, Judy Mckie, Lorraine Vail, Nathan Oliveira, David Ruth, Margaret Keelan, Owner, McCue Tribal Art, Orinda, CA. 1984 to present, exhibiting and selling art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, providing fine works of art to private clients, dealers and galleries. Operated as an art gallery with exhibitions. Exhibited at Caskey-Lees Tribal art shows in San Francisco and Santa Monica, CA. Kim Martindale Tribal Shows in Marin, CA, and Santa Fe, NM, and planned, organized and ran art shows in Emeryville and San Francisco, CA 1990 – 2014. 2002 to present created and maintained website: www.mccuetribalart.com for online sales worldwide. Owner, McCue Gallery 83, Orinda, CA 2009 to 2018. Exhibition gallery showing and selling contemporary art including bronzes, ceramics, glass and paintings in addition to Tribal art. Appraiser of Personal Property, nationwide, 2002 to present. Produced professional documents for insurance, tax deductible donations, and estates. Partnered with Gregory Ghent, 2010, to form Ghent and McCue Art Appraisals. Curator of public exhibitions of African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian art, 1990 to present. Emblems of Passage: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas , Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA, 2002 with Gregory Ghent. Touched by Wonder: The Ethnographic Collections of the Hearst Art Gallery , St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA, 2006 with Gregory Ghent. Planned: The Power of Patina , 2013 with Gregory Ghent. Consultant: 2016 to present, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, the African and Oceanic collections. Collector: 1974 to present. Built collection based on knowledge from University of California, Berkeley and private study covering areas of Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Indonesia, the Near East and ancient Middle East. Magazine articles and publications: African Art magazine, Arts d'Afrique Noire magazine, Tribal Arts magazine, Art Forum, Ceramic's Monthly, American Craft, Arts of Asia, Bonhams, and other numerous catalogs and exhibition publications for museums and art galleries. Recent Book projects: The Kayanic Tradit...[truncated]

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Personal Property

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  • Artist Estates
  • Estates
  • Individual Items
  • Insurance Coverage/Fraud/Theft/Crime
  • Museums and Nonprofits
  • Private Collections

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Orinda, CA

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