May 13, 2004

FOLLOW-UP: JONES MURAL SAVED!

This just in from John Tebbel:

Great news. The power of Chuck Jones triumphs.

jones mural
Due to the pitching in of lots of folks, chief among them Mr. James Braby of Ernest Neuman Co., an art conservator, who donated their time and expertise to remove the murals and make them safe for moving, the Chuck Jones conference room murals we identified a week ago are going to be saved.

The outpouring of attention from everyone who heard of it, especially some of the donors to educational non-profit New Visions for whom Jones sketched the murals on conference walls in a fit of inspiration in 1988, makes it possible for New Visions to change their plans and make a proper home for the works in their new headquarters across town.
Without these donors stepping forward they wouldn't have been able to keep it; saving conference room artworks isn't part of their mission statement. To put it another way, this is sort of like re-uniting Shirley Temple with that scruffy terrier she offered to sell to get that operation for her father.

Thanks Jerry, thanks to Jones fans everywhere.

The Jones Mural even made today's New York Daily News

Posted by at May 13, 2004 11:04 AM