Richard Serra
American, 1938–2024
Equal, 2015
Forged weatherproof steel, eight blocks
two hundred and twenty-five pieces of art I’ve loved at various museums and other places. Big WIP.
Kay WalkingStick
American and Cherokee, born 1935
Tears, 1990
Deer hide, cow hide, copper, wood, feathers, bone beads, corn, stones, and turquoise
Antonio Caro
Colombian, 1950–2021
Manuel Quintín Lame (I), 1978
Ink on paper
Yolanda M. López
American, born 1942
Who’s the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?, 1978
Offset lithograph
Mike Kelley
American (1954-2012)
Deodorized Central Mass with Satellites, 1991/1999
Plush toys sewn over wood and wire frames with styrofoampacking material, nylon rope, pulleys, steel hardware andhanging plates, fiberglass, car paint, and disinfectant
Pushpamala N
Indian, born 1956
The Navarasa Suite from the series Bombay Photo Studio, 2003
Gelatin silver prints, printed 2024
Stephen Prina
American, born 1954
Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet, 41 of 556, Nymphe Surprise (The Startled Nymph), 1861, Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, December 31, 1988
Ink wash and offset lithograph
David Wojnarowicz
American, 1954–1992
Earth, 1987
Acrylic and cut-and-pasted paper on wood, two panels
Wilson Bigaud
Haitian, 1931–2010
Murder in the Jungle, 1950
Oil on board
Séraphine Louis
French, 1864–1942
Tree of Paradise, c. 1928
Oil on canvas
Henri Rousseau
French, 1844–1910
The Dream, 1910
Oil on canvas
Bob Thompson
American, 1937–1966
St. Matthew’s Description of the End of the World, 1964
Oil on canvas
Helen Frankenthaler
American, 1928–2011
Mauve District, 1966
Acrylic on canvas
Helen Frankenthaler
American, 1928–2011
Commune, 1969
Acrylic on canvas
Helen Frankenthaler
American, 1928–2011
Chairman of the Board, 1971
Acrylic and felt-tip pen on canvas
Robert Watts
b. 1923; Burlington, IA d. 1988; Martins Creek, PA
Case of Eggs (with Rainbow Wax Eggs), 1964
Acrylic, vacuum formed plastic, wax
Edward Hopper
b. 1882; Nyack, NY d. 1967; New York, NY
Seven A.M., 1948
Oil on canvas
Edward Hopper
b. 1882; Nyack, NY d. 1967; New York, NY
New York Interior, c. 1921
Oil on canvas
George Bellows
b. 1882; Columbus, OH d. 1925; New York, NY
Dempsey and Firpo, 1924
Oil on canvas
Arshile Gorky
b. c. 1904; Khorkom, Armenia d. 1948; Sherman, CT
The Artist and His Mother, 1926–c. 1936
Oil on canvas
George Tooker
b. 1920; Brooklyn, NY d. 2011; Hartland, VT
The Subway, 1950
Tempera on composition board
Margaret Hoening French
b. 1906; Hoboken, NJ d. 1998; New York, NY
The Moon by Day, 1939
Tempera on canvas mounted on board
Georgia O’Keeffe
b. 1887; Sun Prairie, WI d. 1986; Santa Fe, NM
Summer Days, 1936
Oil on canvas
Rigoberto Torres
b. 1960; Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Julio, José, and Junito, 1991/1995
Acrylic on plaster
Peter Hujar
b. 1934; Trenton, NJ d. 1987; New York, NY
Canal Street Piers: Fake Men on the Stairs, 1983
Gelatin silver print
Chuck Ramirez
b. 1962; San Antonio, TX d. 2010; San Antonio, TX
Candy Tray: Godiva 3,, 2002 (printed 2021)
Pigmented inkjet print
Firelei Báez
b. 1981; Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Untitled (Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Navtic), 2021
Acrylic and oil on printed canvas
Karl Wirsum
b. 1939; Chicago, IL d. 2021; Chicago, IL
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, 1968
Acrylic on canvas
Lee Bontecou
b. 1931; Providence, RI d. 2022; Florida (city unknown)
Untitled, 1961
Steel, canvas, wire, and rope
Barbara Chase-Riboud
b. 1939; Philadelphia, PA
Confessions for Myself, 1972
Bronze, paint, and wool
Ed Ruscha
b. 1937; Omaha, NE
Surrealism, 1966
Graphite and tempera on paper
Peter Saul
b. 1934; San Francisco, CA
Saigon, 1967
Acrylic, oil, enamel, and fiber-tipped pen on canvas
Rupert Garcia
b. 1941; French Camp, CA
Unfinished Man, 1968
Acrylic on canvas
Judith Bernstein
b. 1942; Newark, NJ
Vietnam Garden, 1967
Charcoal, oil stick, and steel wool on paper
Harold Stevenson
b. 1929; Idabel, OK d. 2018; Idabel, OK
The New Adam, 1962
Oil on linen
Joan Brown
b. 1938; San Francisco, CA d. 1990; Puttaparthi, India
The Bride, 1970
Oil, enamel, and glitter on canvas
Niki de Saint Phalle
b. 1930; Neuilly-sur-Seine, France d. 2002; San Diego, CA
Vivian, 1965
Yarn, fabric, paper, and epoxy
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Luke Haynes
Born Asheville, NC 1982
[The American Context #16] Christina’s World, 2012
Used clothing, new fabric, cotton batting, and thread on fabric
Tawny Chatman
Born Tokyo, Japan 1979 | Active Annapolis, MD
Iconography / A Hopeful Truth, 2022–2023
24K gold leaf, 22K moon gold, acrylic paint, semi-precious stones and other mixed media on archival pigment print
Anni Albers
Berlin, Germany 1899–1994 Orange, CT
With Verticals from the Connections portfolio, 1983
Screenprint
James Ormsbee Chapin
West Orange, NJ 1887–1975 Toronto, Canada
Head of a Laborer, 1940
Oil on board
James Ormsbee Chapin
West Orange, NJ 1887-1975 Toronto, Canada
Nine Workmen, 1942–1945
Oil on canvas
Mark Rothko
American, born Russia (Latvia), 1903–1970
Four Darks in Red, 1958
Oil on canvas
Antoinette B. Hervey
American, 1857 - 1945
Untitled, Unknown
elatin silver print
Sister Mary Corita Kent
1918–1986
We Don’t Turn Out Perfect, 1966
Serigraph print
Viviane le Courtois
American
Cytes (Cells), 2018
Natural etchings
Keith Haring
American, 1958-1990
Assorted, c. 1983
Graffiti
Jean-François Millet
French, 1814-1875
Two Figures in a Landscape (Les Errants), mid 19th century
Oil paint on canvas
Gustave Doré
French, 1832–1883
The Family of Street Acrobats: The Injured Child (La famille du saltimbanques l’enfant blessé), About 1873
Oil paint on canvas
Eugène Carrière
French, 1858–1906
Young Girl with Flowers, late 1800s
Oil paint on canvas
John Singer Sargent
American, 1856–1925
Rosina Ferrara, Head of a Capri Girl, 1878
Oil paint on cardboard
Jean-Léon Gérôme
French, 1824–1904
A Collaboration (Molière and Corneille), About 1873
Oil paint on canvas, laid down on panel
Eugène Boudin
French, 1824–1898
Scene at the Beach in Trouville (Trouville, scène de plage), 1861
Oil paint on panel
Alexandre de Paris
French Hairdresser
Untitled, Unknown
Ink on paper
Victor Obsatz
American, 1925–2019
Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 1953
Gelatin silver print
Gabriel Orozco
Mexican, born 1962
Samurai Tree (Invariant 1), 2005
“Lascaux” acrylic on linen
Ellsworth Kelly
American, 1923–2015
Yellow Blue, 1963
Oil on canvas
Deborah Butterfield
American, born 1949
Untitled (Hoover), 1986
Painted steel
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Belgian, born 1964
Lost III, 2011
Horsehide, wood, iron, and epoxy
Jordan Weber
b. 1984
Chapels (Series), 2017
marble, earth (Charleston, South Carolina, Emanuel African Church shooting), wood, plastic packaging and resin
Yoshitomo Nara
Japanese, b. 1959
White Ghost, 2010
Fiberglass
Alex Katz
American b. 1927
Ada's Garden 1, 2000
Oil on canvas
James Gobel
American, b. 1972
The Problem of Leisure, What to do For Pleasure, 2011
Felt, yarn and acrylic on canvas
Ebony G. Patterson
Jamaican, born 1981
...they stood in a time of unknowing...for those who bear/bare witness, 2018
Hand-cut jacquard woven photo tapestry with glitter, appliques, pins, embellishments, fabric, tassels, brooches, acrylic, glass pearls, beads, and hand cast heliconias
Honoré Daumier
French, 1808 - 1879
Water Carrier (Le Porteur d'eau), 1860s
Oil on panel
Charles Prendergast
American, 1863 - 1948
Central Park, 1939
Tempera, gold, and silver leaf on incised, on gessoed panel
Pablo Picasso
Spanish, 1881 - 1973
The Ascetic (L' Ascète), 1903
Oil on canvas
Henri Rousseau
French, 1844 - 1910
Landscape and Four Fisherman (Paysage et quatre pêcheurs à la ligne), 1909
Oil on canvas
Henri Matisse
French, 1869 - 1954
Moorish Woman (The Raised Knee) - Femme mauresque (Le Genou levé), August 1922-February 1923
Oil on canvas
Giorgio de Chirico
Italian, 1888 - 1978
The Rose Tower, 1913
Oil on canvas
Henri Rousseau
French, 1844 - 1910
Unpleasant Surprise (Mauvaise surprise), 1899–1901
Oil on canvas
William Glackens
American, 1870 - 1938\
Decoration, c. 1914
Oil and tempera on canvas
Amedeo Modigliani
Italian, 1884 - 1920
Léopold Zborowski, 1919
Oil on canvas
Henri Rousseau
French, 1844 - 1910
Portrait of a Woman in a Landscape (Portrait de femme dans un paysage), 1899
Oil on canvas
Henri Matisse
French, 1869 - 1954
Le Bonheur de vivre, also called The Joy of Life, between October 1905 and March 1906
Oil on canvas
Paul Cézanne
French, 1839 - 1906
Still Life with Skull (Nature morte au crâne), 1890-1893
Oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch, 1853 - 1890
Portrait of Joseph Roulin, Arles, early 1889
Oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch, 1853 - 1890
Houses and Figure, 1890
Oil on canvas
Charles Demuth
American, 1883 - 1935
No, No O God!, 1918
Watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Henri Matisse
French, 1869 - 1954
The Dance, Summer 1932 - April 1933
Oil on canvas; three panels
Honoré Daumier
French, 1808–1879
The Painter in Front of His Painting (Le Peintre devant son tableau), c. 1870
Oil on panel
Abelam (Artist Unknown)
Papua New Guinea, Maprik Area
Ancestor Figure, First quarter of the 20th century
Wood
Hayv Kahraman
Born 1981, Baghdad, Iraq; lives and works in Los Angeles
Bab el Sheikh, 2013
Oil on wood
Do Ho Suh
Born 1962, Seoul, South Korea; lives and works in London, New York, and Seoul
Hub-1, Entrance, 260-7, Sungbook-Dong, Sungboo-Ku, Seoul, Korea,, 2018
Polyester fabric and stainless steel
Unknown
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Double Cosmetic Tube with Three-tiered Handle, 5th century
Blown blue-green glass
Eugène Delacroix
French, 1798–1863
Convulsionists of Tangier, 1837–1838
Oil on canvas
Hans Eworth
Born Belgium, 1520; died England, 1574
Portrait of Süleyman the Magnificent on Horseback, 1549
Oil on panel
William Trost Richards
American, 1833–1905
Quiet Seascape, 1883
Oil on canvas
Joseph Stella
American (born Italy), 1877–1946
Banyan Tree, 1938
Oil on canvas
Myron Kunin Collection of American Art
John Singleton Copley
American, 1738–1815
Portrait of Sarah Allen, née Sargent, c. 1763
Oil on canvas
Marcia Marcus
American, born 1928
Renoir, 1968
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Sylvia Plimack Mangold
American, born 1938
August, 1974
Acrylic on canvas
Unknown
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Daiitoku Myōō, the Wisdom King of Awe-Inspiring Power, 13th Century
Wood with metal, polychrome, gilding, and inlaid crystal eyes
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1839–1892
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kezori Kuemon, About 1890
Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych
tsukioka yoshitoshi
1839–1892
Study of a warrior wielding his sword, 1860s
Sketch, ink and color on paper
Unknown
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Breonna Taylor, 2020
Mixed
Unknown
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Michael Brown, 2020
Mixed
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1839–1892
Monsters jumping out of a box scaring a man, draft for the print 'The Heavy Basket' (Omoi tsuzura), Around 1889
Preparatory drawing for a print; ink and color on paper
Published by Morimoto Junzaburō
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Preparatory drawing and final print of Picture of the Gojō Bridge from the Chronicle of Yoshitsune, 1881
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Isaac Oliver
Born France, 1565; died England, 1617
Queen Elizabeth I, “The Rainbow Portrait", ca. 1600
Oil on canvas
Unknown
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Portrait of Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Unknown
Oil on oak panel
Published by Tsunashima Kamekichi, Carved by Yada Yūjirō
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Appearing Embarrassed: Behavior of a Girl of the Meiji Period, from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Behaviors (Fuzoku sanjūni sō), November 1888
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Japanese, 1839-1892
Ōshū Adachigahara Hitotsu Ie no Zu, September 1885
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Design Earth (Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy)
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Cosmorama, 2018
Digital
Tony Cragg
British, b. 1940
Forminifera, 1989
Plaster
Georges Braque
1882-1963
Vase, palette et mandoline (Vase, Palette, and Mandolin), 1936
charcoal, graphite and oil on canvas
Philip Guston
American artist (1913-1980)
Back View, 1977
Oil on canvas
Philip Guston
American artist (1913-1980)
Evidence, 1970
Oil on canvas
Stephen Tennant
1906-1986
The Glory of the Sea - A Novel, 1920s
pen, black ink, and watercolour
Unknown
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Lungtok Gyatso - The 9th Dalai Lama, Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unknown
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Vajrapani Mahachakra Tapestry, 15th Century
Embroidery / Silk
Unknown
-
Avalokiteshwara, 19th-20th Century
Xylograph, ink on paper
Grant Wood
1891–1942
Dinner for Threshers, 1934
Oil on hardboard
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd
Thomas Hart Benton
1889–1975
Susanna and the Elders, 1938
Oil and tempera on canvas mounted on panel
Edward Hopper
1882–1967
Portrait of Orleans, 1950
Oil on canvas
Gift of Jerrold and June Kingsley
Paul Cézanne
French, 1839 - 1906
Young Italian Woman at a Table, about 1895–1900
Oil on canvas
Paul Cezanne
French, 1839–1906
The Basket of Apples, c. 1893
Oil on canvas
Claude Monet
French, 1840 - 1926
Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, 1869
Oil on canvas
Mark Rothko
American, born Russia (Latvia), 1903–1970
Untitled (Purple, White, and Red),
Oil on canvas
Mark Rothko
American (1903-1970)
Orange and Yellow, 1956
Oil on canvas
Jackson Pollock
American, 1912–1956
Greyed Rainbow, 1953
Oil on linen
Pablo Picasso
Spanish, active France, 1881–1973
The Old Guitarist, late 1903–early 1904
Oil on panel
Piet Mondrian
Dutch, 1872–1944
Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red, 1935
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, l.r.: 'PM 35'
Pablo Picasso
Spanish, active France, 1881–1973
The Red Armchair, December 16, 1931
Oil and Ripolin on panel
Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904–1989
Visions of Eternity, 1939
Oil on canvas
René Magritte
Belgian, 1898–1967
La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed), 1938
Oil on canvas
Fritz Glarner
Swiss, 1899–1972
Relational Painting, No. 82, 1957
Oil on canvas
Bruce James Talbert
Scottish, active in England, 1838–1881
Drawing Room Cabinet, 1871/72
Walnut, ebony, boxwood, thuya, maple, and other woods, gilding, and lacquered brass mounts
Georges Lemmen
Belgian, 1865–1916
Portrait of the Artist’s Sister, 1891
Oil on canvas
Georgia O’Keeffe
American, 1887–1986
Sky above Clouds IV, 1965
Oil on canvas
Kondō Takahiro
b. 1958, KYOTO, JAPAN
Reduction I, 2013
Molded and cast porcelain with cobalt blue and green under clear glaze and Silver Mist
Ruth Asawa
American, 1926–2013
Iron, copper, and brass wire
Eva Hesse
American, born Germany, 1936–1970
Sans II, 1968
Fiberglass and polyester resin
Purchase through a gift of Phyllis C. Wattis, 1999
Roy Lichtenstein
American, 1923–1997
Rouen Cathedral, Set 5, 1969
Oil and Magna on canvas
Gift of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson, 1992
Edward Hopper
American, 1882–1967
Intermission, 1963
Oil on canvas
Purchase in memory of Elaine McKeon, Chair, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Board of Trustees (1995–2004), with funds provided in part by the Fisher and Schwab families, and an anonymous donor, by exchange, 2012
Robert Rauschenberg
American, 1925–2008
This Is the First Half of a Print Designed to Exist in Passing Time, ca. 1949
Graphite on tracing paper and woodcuts with twine and staples
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York
Robert Rauschenberg
American, 1925–2008
Erased de Kooning Drawing, 1953
Traces of drawing media on paper with label and gilded artist’s frame
Robert Rauschenberg
American, 1925–2008
White Painting, 1951
Latex paint on canvas
Robert Rauschenberg and Susan Weil
American, 1925–2008
Female Figure, ca. 1950
Exposed blueprint paper
Donald Judd
American, 1928–1994
Untitled, 1988
Woodcuts
Chuck Close
American, born 1940
Agnes, 1994
Oil on linen
The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Richard Artschwager
American, 1923–2013
Chair/Chair, 1987–90
Red oak, cowhide, Formica, steel, and oil paint
Gift of Jean W. Bush
George Segal
American, 1924–2000
Woman Shaving Her Leg, 1963
Plaster, gauze, bathtub, plastic-coated fiberboard, metal fixtures, and razor
The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection
Philip Guston
American artist (1913-1980)
Nile, 1977
Oil on canvas
The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Cy Twombly
American, 1928–2011
Untitled (Bacchus 1st Version IV), 2004
Acrylic paint and crayon on wood in artist’s frame
The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Adolph Gottlieb
American, 1903–1974
Crimson Spinning, 1959
Oil on canvas
The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Martin Puryear
American, born 1941
Malediction, 2006–7
Red cedar, pine, black locust, ash, and rattan
The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Ellsworth Kelly
American, 1923-2015
White Relief, 1950
Oil on wood
Ellsworth Kelly
American, 1923-2015
Untitled (Mandorla), 1988
Bronze
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and promised gift of Helen and Charles Schwab
Ellsworth Kelly
American, 1923-2015
Spectrum I, 1953
Oil on canvas
Alexander Calder
1898-1976
Untitled, 1970-1975
Metal
Fernand Khnopff
Belgian, 1858-1921
Portrait of Jeanne Kéfer, 1885
Oil on canvas
Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Self-Portrait, About 1857-58
Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
The Milliners, About 1882-before 1905
Oil on canvas
Claude Monet
French, 1840-1926
The Portal of Rouen Cathedral inMorning Light, 1894
Oil on canvas
James Tissot
French, 1836-1902
Portrait of the Marquise de Miramon, née Thérèse Feuillant, 1866
Oil on canvas
Francis Harwood
English, active in Italy, 1748–1783
Bust of a Man, 1758
Black stone (pietra di paragone) on a yellow Siena marble socle
Joseph Ducreux
French, 1735-1802
Self-Portrait, Yawning, 1783
Oil on canvas
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
German, 1736–1783
The Vexed Man, After 1770
Alabaster
Unknown
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Shūkongōjin, 12th/14th century
Wood with traces of polychromy
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Unknown
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The Vedic God Agni, Early 10th century
Sandstone
Gift of Bernice and Robert Dikes
Unknown
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Virupaksha, Guardian King of the West, 17th - 18th century
Clay, polychrome, and stone with wooden base and interior armature
Unknown
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Dancing Red Ganapati, 16th century
Pigments on cloth
Unknown
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Shiva Vishavarupa, Universal form with Consort, mid-19th century
Pigments on cotton
Unknown
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Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra with Consort Sparshavajra, 19th Century
Pigments on cloth
Gift of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation
Hiram Powers
1805–1873
Greek Slave, ca. 1873
Marble
Museum purchase, gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, by exchange, and the Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund
Richard Cleaver
b. 1952
Mother, Springhouse (Oakland Plantation Series), 2005
Ceramic, wood, freshwater pearls, garnets, glass crystals, bronze wire, metal, gold leaf, and oil paint
Collection of Dorothy and George Saxe
Analía Saban
Born Buenos Aires, Argentina 1980
Mixografía print on handmade paper
Publisher: Mixografia, Los Angeles, CA
Red Grooms
Born Nashville, TN 1937
Deli, 2004
Two-dimensional lithograph
Publisher: Brooke Alexander and Marlborough Graphics, New York, NY
Damien Hirst
Born Bristol, United Kingdom 1965
The Last Supper: Corned Beef; Beans, Chips; Omelette; Salad; Sandwich; Mushroom Pie, 1999
Screenprints
Publisher: Paragon Press, London, UK
Ellsworth Kelly
Newburgh, NY 1923-2015 Spencertown, NY
Suite of Plant Lithographs (Part II), 1964-1965
Lithograph
Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris, FR
Ellsworth Kelly
Newburgh, NY 1923–2015 Spencertown, NY
Suite of Plant Lithographs: Pear, 1965-1966
Lithograph
Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris, FR
Donald Sultan
Born Asheville, NC 1951
Pomegranates, 1990
Aquatint etching
Publisher: Waddington Graphics, London, UK
Donald Sultan
Born Asheville, NC 1951
Silkscreen with enamel ink and tar-like texture
Publisher: Lococo Fine Art Publisher, St. Louis, MO
Roy Lichtenstein
1923–1997
Bull Profile Series: Bull I–VI, 1973
Screenprint, lithograph, linocut
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA
Nancy Cohen
b. New York, 1959
Interior View, 2007
Handmade kozo paper
Gift of Dieu Donné, New York
George Inness
1825–1894
A Glimpse of the Lake, 1888
Oil on canvas
Gift of Betsy R. Dingwell and Sandra R. Jones in honor of their father, Carl A. Rietz
Thomas Hovenden
1840–1895
The Last Moments of John Brown, ca. 1884
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd
Horace Pippin
1888–1946
John Brown Going to His Hanging, 1942
Oil on canvas
Horace Pippin
1888–1946
The Trial of John Brown, 1942
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd
Alexander Pope
1849-1924
The Wild Swan, 1900
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase, gifts from members of the Board of Trustees, the M. H. de Young Museum Society, the Patrons of Art and Music, Friends of the Museums, and by exchange, Sir Joseph Duveen
George De Forest Brush
1855–1941
A Celtic Huntress, 1890
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase, partial gift of Roderick McManigal and funds from the Fine Arts Museums Foundation, Art Trust Fund, and the Ethel M. Copelotti Estate
James McNeill Whistler
1834-1903
The Gold Scab: Eruption in Frilthy Lucre (The Creditor), 1879
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Alma de Bretteville Spreckels through the Patrons of Art and Music
Mike Henderson
b. 1944
The Scream, 1966
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase, American Art Trust Fund, and gift of the Peter Lipman Foundation, an anonymous donor, and William Reller
Jefferson David Chalfant
1856–1931
Bouguereau’s Atelier at the Académie Julian, Paris, 1891
Oil on panel
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd
Karen LaMonte
b. 1967
Dress 3, 2001
Cast glass
Loan from Dorothy and George Saxe
Edmund Charles Tarbell
1862–1938
The Blue Veil, 1898
Oil on canvas
Gift of Henry K. S. Williams
Unknown
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Stela with Ix Mutal Ahaw, 761CE
Limestone
Museum purchase, gift of Mrs. Paul L. Watts
William Morris
b. 1957
Turkana Woman (Man Adorned series), 2001
Blown glass
Partial and promised gift of Dorothy and George Saxe 2001.123
Nicolas Africano
b. 1948
Untitled, 2007
Cast glass
Partial gift of Dorothy and George Saxe to the Fine Arts Museums Foundation 2008.75.5
Mary Ann (Toots) Zynsky
b. 1951
Sopratutto, 2007
Fused glass
Partial gift of Dorothy and George Saxe to the Fine Arts Museums Foundation 2008.75.178
Nicolas Africano
b. 1948
Untitled, 2006
Cast glass
Partial gift of Dorothy and George Saxe to the Fine Arts Museums Foundation 2008.75.4
Ronald Lockett
1965–1998
Fever Within, 1995
Found tin, colored pencil, and nails on wood
Museum purchase, American Art Trust Fund, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection 2017.1.38
Walter Kuhlman
1918–2009
Memento Mori, 1973–1974
Oil on canvas
Gift of Gary Spratt 2009.76
Edwin Walter Dickinson
1891–1978
The 'Cello Player, 1924–1926
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase, Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund 1988.5
Teikichi Hikoyama
1884–1957
Mt. Tamalpais, 1927
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase, Volunteer Council Art Acquisition Fund 2016.18
Chiura Obata
1885-1975
Artist materials, 2002
Various
Gift of the Obata Family, 2002
Mel Ramos
1935–2018
Superman, 1962
Oil on canvas
Jess (Burgess Franklin Collins)
1923–2004
If All the World Were Paper and All the Water Sink, 1962
Oil on canvas
Robert Motherwell
1915–1991
At Five in the Afternoon, 1950
Oil on hardboard
Unknown
Shinto Deity in the Guise of the Monk Hyeja, 12th Century
Wood with traces of pigment
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment, 2002.22
Jackson Pollock
American, 1912–1956
The Key, 1946
Oil on linen
Constantin Brancusi
Romanian, active France, 1876–1957
Leda, 1920
Marble
Honoré-Victorin Daumier
French, 1808–1879
Le Ratapoil, modeled 1851 (cast after 1925)
Bronze
Unknown
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Celestial Beauty (Apsara), 12th Century
Buff sandstone
Fritz Winter
German, 1905 - 1976
Antarctic Octopus, 1904
Lithograph on paper
Louis Joubin
French, 1861–1935
Melanoteuthis Lucens, 1920
Lithograph
Ernst Vanhöffen
1858–1918
The acrasped medusae of the German Deep-Sea Expedition, 1898–1899
Lithograph on paper
David Starr Jordan
1851-1931
The fishes of Samoa, 1906
Lithograph on paper
Alice Aycock
American, born 1946
From the series entitled “The Miraculating Machine: Mock Suns and Halos ‘Round the Moon” (1981), 1992
Screenprint on paper
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of the Des Moines Art Center’s Print Club, 2016.22
Jay DeFeo
1929–1989
Mountain No. 2, 1955
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase, gift of the Friends of New Art1995.2
Florine Stettheimer
b. 1871; Rochester, NY - d. 1944; New York, NY
Sun, 1931
Oil on canvas
Beyte Saar
b. 1926; Los Angeles, CA
I’ve Got Rhythm, 1972
Mechanical metronome with wood case, plastic toy, American flag pin, paint, and paper collage
Jay DeFeo
b. 1929; Hanover, NH, d. 1989; Oakland, CA
The Rose, 1958–66
Oil with wood and mica on canvas
Unknown
Cycladic, 2900–2300 BCE
Marble
The William Albert Diamond, Jr. gift.
Unknown
Pakistan, Gandharan region
A Bodhisattva, 2nd/3rd Century
Gray schist
Unknown
Angkor Period
Bust of a Female Diety (Devi), 10th/11th Century
Sandstone
Julia Margaret Cameron
English, 1815-1879
Untitled (Ceylon), 1875/79
Albumen print
Lorna Simpson
Born 1960 in Brooklyn, New York; lives and works in Brooklyn
Wigs, 1994
Photolithograph on paper
U. T. Walker Special Purchase Fund, 1995
Unknown
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Cave Painting - Wolf, Circa 14,000 - 10,000 BCE
Natural Pigements on Rock
HACHIVI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS
Born 1954 in Wichita, Kansas; lives and works in Norman, Oklahoma
Telling Many Magpies, Telling Black Wolf, Telling Hachivi, 1989
Screenprint on Paper
Walker Special Purchase Fund, 1990
Helen Levitt
AMERICAN, 1913-2009
N.Y.C. (5 cent soda), 1939
Gelatin silver print, printed 2000
Kara Walker
American, born 1969
Keys to the Coop, 1997
Linocut on white wove paper
Restricted gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Sternberg, 1997.433
Alfred Stieglitz
American
Georgia O'Keeffe, 1919
Palladium print
From the Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.745
Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen
French, 1720-1778
Illustration of "The Devil of Pope-Fig Island", from the Fables of Fontaine, 1760s
Engraving