The greatest gift

26th December 2021, 12:58 pm

 

MARCELLO LUPETTI

Lloyd L. Clayton gifted the Tom of Finland Foundation permanent collection with a sculpture by Marcello Lupetti. “Unfortunately Marcello passed away, then his lover passed away and I was asked to get his statues out of their apartment. I was friends with them both and I’ve had this for quite a few years now. But I feel that it really is best finding it a new home. And I think the best place is Tom of Finland Foundation, so I present this to you.”

Lloyd is the former Executive Director of the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum (MCLM) and continues his mother’s legacy of collecting and preserving rare and out of print African American art – books, music, film, letters and documents that tell the stories of historical interest.

The collection contains over two million rare books, films, documents, photographs, artifacts and works of art related to the history and culture of U.S. African Americans with special focus on Southern California and the American West.  The MCLM was officially founded in 1975 as the Western States Black Research Center.

Lloyd received the 2021 Tom of Finland Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for “leadership and steadfast commitment to the art and culture of our community.” He was born in Los Angeles, where he still resides, and continues his collecting journey and enthusiasm for history in the arts and joins fellow Lifetime Achievement awardees Hugh Hefner, Benedikt Taschen, Larry Flynt, Arthur Tress, and J. F. Lohman & C. W. Leslie.


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Published: 26th December 2021

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