AQUISITIONS
The Women’s Board has donated or provided funds for the purchase of over sixty works of art for the Museum’s permanent collection.
1952 | |||||
Donald Bear, Tangerines, n.d. (20th c.). Oil on canvas. Gift in memory of Donald Bear. | |||||
1959 | |||||
Hendrick Goltzius, Holy Family, n.d. Pen and ink on parchment. | Taddeo Zuccaro, Wedding at Cana (Last Supper), n.d. (1529-1566). Ink and wash, white on laid paper. | Crescenzio Onofri, Landscape with River, n.d. Sepia ink and pen on laid paper. |
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1960 | 1962 | ||||
George Luks, The Haunted House, n.d. (ca.1925-1930). Oil on canvas. |
Jan van Huysum, Fruit and Flowers in a Classical Urn, 1723. Watercolor on paper. | ||||
1964 | 1965 | ||||
Luca Cambiaso, The Infant Jesus Taking His First Steps, n.d. (ca. 1570). Pen and ink, mounted on cardboard. | Leonello Spada, St. Paul and the Viper, n.d. (17th c.). Ink and wash on laid paper. | ||||
1966 | |||||
Pieter Bruegal, Man of War at Anchor, n.d. (16th c.). Engraving on paper. | Albrecht Durer, The Seven Angels Sounding Trumpets from the Apocalypse, 1498. Woodcut on paper. | ||||
Heads of Ni-O (Buddhist Gate Guardians), Japanese, Muromachi period (1392-1573). Wood. Purchase in memory of Frances D. Funke. | Johann Heinrich Fuseli, Head of a Transtiberine, 1779. Pencil on paper. | ||||
Jacques Callot, Les Miseres et les Malheurs de la Guerre (The Miseries and Disaster of War), 1633. A series of 18 etchings. | Jean Michel Moreau-le-Jeune, Portrait of a Man, n.d. (ca. 1770’s). Black chalk and blue, rose and grey washes. | ||||
Julius Schmidt, Column, 1965. Cast bronze (unique). | |||||
Hendrick Goltzius, Diana and Acteon, n.d. (ca. 1600). Pen and ink, wash on laid paper. | |||||
1967 | |||||
Horse Head, Japanese, late Kofun period (6th c.). Haniwa earthenware. Purchase in memory of Cornelia M. Petersen. | Yusa Busan, Three Elegant Haiku Poets, n.d. (1716-1783). Ink and light color on paper. | ||||
Matsuo Basho, Hibiscus in the Rain, Edo period (1615-1867). Ink and light color on paper, hanging scroll. | |||||
Heron under a Willow. Ink on silk. (Damaged, removed from collection.) | |||||
1968 | |||||
William Nicholson, Sarah Bernhardt, n.d. Woodcut. | |||||
Friedrich Meckseper, Physical Etching, 1963. Color etching on paper. | |||||
1969 | 1980 | ||||
Kuba Mask (Pwoom Itok), African, Bakuba Tribe, Congo, Kasai Region, n.d. Wood and polychrome with cloth and beads. | Christo, The Pont Neuf, Wrapped (Project for Paris), 1980. Pastel, charcoal, pencil on two sheets of paper. Gift in memory of Virginia Williams. | ||||
1981 | |||||
Ken Price, The Plain of Smokes, 1981. Book of 20 serigraphs. Poem by Harvey Mudd, letterpress printed. | |||||
1982 | |||||
Tony King, California Landscape, L-4, 1982. Oil and casein on canvas. | |||||
1986 | |||||
Percy Wyndham Lewis The Island, (1884-1957). Oil on canvas. | |||||
1992 | |||||
Matt Mullican, Untitled, 1992. Acrylic and oil stick on canvas (red, 12′ x 24′, at right). Matt Mullican, Untitled, 1992. Acrylic and oil stick on canvas (yellow, 12′ x 24′). Matt Mullican, Untitled, 1992. Etched clear glass panel, lead frame. |
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Matt Mullican, Untitled, 1992. Etched black granite slab (above). | |||||
1995 | |||||
Anne W. Brigman, The Breeze, ca. 1910. Gelatin silver print. | Anne W. Brigman, Stardust, ca. 1910. Gelatin silver print. | ||||
2001 | |||||
Alexander Fisher, Bhanavar the Beautiful, ca. 1903-04. Hand-painted enamel on copper plaque with free-standing frame of hand-wrought bronze with gilt and patinated surface, blister. Purchase in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Women’s Board. |
James Tissot, The Thames (La Tamise), 1876. 12 etchings and drypoints, different states. Purchase in honor of the Museum’s 60th Anniversary. | ||||
2006 | |||||
Prince Shōtoku as a Child Praying to the Buddha, Japanese, Nambokucho period (14th c.). Wood with traces of polychrome, glass eyes. |
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