Growing the Collection

Through generous gifts and careful allocation of endowed funds, we augment our strengths with particular focus on acquiring work by African-American artists, work by women artists, and international contemporary art.

2019

2018

2017

    James Van Der Zee (American, 1886–1983), Couple Harlem, negative 1932, printed 1974. (Detail). Gelatin silver-toned print, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust, M.2017.9.16

Maren Hassinger, Walking. Thumbnail image.  Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989), Lisa Lyon, 1981 (Detail). Gelatin silver print, 19 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. Museum purchase, Wachenheim Family Fund, M.2017.11  

2016

Catherine Opie (American, b. 1961), Renee, 1994. Chromogenic print, 60 x 30 in.Museum purchase, Wachenheim Family Fund. M.2016.19.  Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965), The Garden Pool, c. 1929. Gouache and charcoal on paper, 18 1/8 x 24 in. Museum purchase, Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund. Proposed by students in the course "Acquiring Art: Selecting and Purchasing Objects for WCMA", Fall 2015, M.2016.1  Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925–2008) Hot Spot, 1983. Lithography in 19 colors on Arches Cover buff paper. Gift of Hiram Butler, MA'79 in honor of Earl A. Powell, III, Class of '68, M.2016.9

   

2015

John Anansa Thomas Biggers American, 1924–2001), Mother and Children, 1947. Conte crayon and gouache on board, 31 × 23 in. Museum purchase, Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund, M.2015.19    Robert Vonnoh (American, 1858–1933), Frosty Morning, c. 1904. Oil on canvas, 34 × 40 in. Gift of Danielle and Michael Barger in memory of Gisele and Harold Jaffe, M.2014.18

Hermann Fuechsel (American, 1833–1915), Keene Valley, Adirondacks, 1876. Oil on canvas, 14 x 20 in. Museum purchase, selected by students in the course "Acquiring Art: Selecting and Purchasing Objects for WCMA", Fall 2015, through the Fulkerson Fund for Leadership in the Arts, M.2015.20  Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921),Preliminary Study for "A Virgin”, ca. 1891, 14 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase, Joseph O. Eaton Fund. M.2015.1  Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972), Apinda Mpako and Ayanda Magundulela, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2007, 30 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. Silver gelatin print. Museum purchase, Wachenheim Family Fund. M.2015.2.3

2014

Reagan Louie (American, b. 1951) Betelnut Stand, Taiwan, 1997. Type C-print. Gift of the artist in honor of his son, Ralston Peregrine Louie, Class of 2014, M.2014.13.2  John Smibert (American, 1688–1751), Portrait of Sarah Belcher Lyde (1708–1768), c. 1735–43. Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in. Museum purchase, Joseph O. Eaton Fund, M.2014.3  

Monika Baer (German, b. 1964)  Stuart Davis (American, 1894–1964), Study for Allée, 1955. Gouache and graphite on paper, 8 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. Gift of Toni and Stuart B. Young, Class of 1957, M.2014.10 George Segal (American, 1924-2000), Couple in Open Doorway, 1977. Plaster, paint, wood, metal, 96 × 69 × 52 in. Gift of The George & Helen Segal Foundation, Inc. M.2014.20