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Collection Highlights
The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.
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FONSECA, HARRY
1981
Acrylic on heavy wove paper with glitter
30 3/8 x 22 ½ ins. (76.5 x 57.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Acrylic on heavy wove paper with glitter
30 3/8 x 22 ½ ins. (76.5 x 57.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
MYERS, JEROME
c. 1930
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 x 40 1/4 ins. (76.4 x 102 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Downes, Grandson of the Artist, courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, New York
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 x 40 1/4 ins. (76.4 x 102 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Downes, Grandson of the Artist, courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, New York
SAAR, ALISON
2008
Etching with hand-applied ribbon threaded through Rives BFK wove paper
Sheet: 30 x 40 3/4 ins. (76.2 x 103.5 cm); Plate: 23 7/8 x 35 7/8 ins. (60.8 x 89.7 cm); Framed: 35 3/4 x 47 1/2 ins. (90.8 x 120.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching with hand-applied ribbon threaded through Rives BFK wove paper
Sheet: 30 x 40 3/4 ins. (76.2 x 103.5 cm); Plate: 23 7/8 x 35 7/8 ins. (60.8 x 89.7 cm); Framed: 35 3/4 x 47 1/2 ins. (90.8 x 120.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BLUEMNER, OSCAR
1909
Pencil on paper
5 5/16 x 6 3/8 ins. (13.7 x 16.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Pencil on paper
5 5/16 x 6 3/8 ins. (13.7 x 16.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CAPONIGRO, PAUL
1967 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 x 18 11/16 ins. (17.7 x 47.9 cm); Support: 14 x 23 ins. (35.6 x 58.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 x 18 11/16 ins. (17.7 x 47.9 cm); Support: 14 x 23 ins. (35.6 x 58.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
KOLLWITZ, KÄTHE
1923
Woodcut
Sheet: 9 3/16 x 7 5/8 ins. (23.4 x 19.5 cm); Image: 5 15/16 x 6 13/16 ins. (15.1 x 17.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard France
Woodcut
Sheet: 9 3/16 x 7 5/8 ins. (23.4 x 19.5 cm); Image: 5 15/16 x 6 13/16 ins. (15.1 x 17.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard France
FEINSTEIN, ROCHELLE
1991
Oil on canvas
42 1/8 x 42 1/8 ins. (107.0 x 107.0 cm)
Gift of Alan Wallach and Phyllis Rosenzweig
Oil on canvas
42 1/8 x 42 1/8 ins. (107.0 x 107.0 cm)
Gift of Alan Wallach and Phyllis Rosenzweig
RANIERI, ROBERTO
1959
Oil on canvas
72 x 95 ins. (182.9 x 241.3 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
72 x 95 ins. (182.9 x 241.3 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
UTAGAWA TOKOKUNI, Untitled Kabuki scene, c. 1815, Woodblock print, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 31 ins. (39.0 x 78.7 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sullivan
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