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79R6695 MMS-D

By:  McCall                                                       H.R. No. 670



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Marguerite and Robert Hoffman, eminent supporters 
of the Dallas Museum of Art, and a group of other Dallas 
philanthropists have made the largest combined gift ever presented 
to the DMA; and
	WHEREAS, Announced in February 2005, the gift is valued at 
approximately $400 million and coincides with the completion of the 
first phase of the museum's $185 million centennial capital 
campaign; and
	WHEREAS, When the campaign was launched in 2000, the 
Hoffmans, who were then co–chairs of the fund-raising drive, issued 
a dramatic incentive:  at the successful conclusion of phase one, 
they would bequeath their entire collection to the museum, along 
with an endowment for the care of the collection and a substantial 
gift to the campaign itself; their example inspired similar pledges 
from Cindy and Howard Rachofsky and Deedie and Rusty Rose; and
	WHEREAS, All three couples have built major, complementary 
collections of contemporary art; in promising their collections, 
including all future acquisitions, to the DMA, they are 
transforming the museum into a leading center for the study and 
enjoyment of art created over the past five decades; at the same 
time, by ensuring the superior quality of the museum's contemporary 
holdings, they are freeing the DMA to devote greater resources to 
other areas of need; and
	WHEREAS, Marguerite Hoffman, currently chair of the DMA Board 
of Trustees, and Robert Hoffman, co–chair of the capital campaign, 
have been collecting art for 30 years; initially drawn to newer work 
by young artists, they have shifted their focus to American and 
European postwar masterpieces; their collection includes multiple 
works by Joseph Cornell, Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, and Joseph 
Beuys, along with major paintings by Willem de Kooning, Philip 
Guston, and Gerhard Richter; and
	WHEREAS, Established in 1903, the Dallas Museum of Art boasts 
an encyclopedic collection of more than 23,000 works spanning 5,000 
years of history and representing all media; the extraordinary 
generosity of Marguerite and Robert Hoffman and their fellow donors 
exemplifies a remarkable degree of civic pride and advances 
dramatically the mission of that outstanding institution; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby honor Marguerite and Robert Hoffman for their 
exceptional philanthropy in behalf of the Dallas Museum of Art and 
extend to them profound appreciation for cultural leadership that 
will forever enrich the citizens of this state; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman as an expression of high regard by 
the Texas House of Representatives.