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Highlights from the Permanent Collection

508 works

DEGAS, HILAIRE-GERMAIN-EDGAR

Portrait of a young woman, facing left

French

1834 - 1917

c. 1888

Monotype printed in black on white laid paper

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2021.157

Framed: 21 1/4 x 19 1/2 ins. (54.0 x 50.2 cm)

Prints

DELACROIX, FERINAND-VICTOR-EUGÉNE

Hamlet and Laertes Fighting in Ophelia’s Grave

French

1798 - 1863

1843

Lithograph

Gift of the Carnegie Collection

1973.045

Sheet: 19 1/4 x 13 13/16 ins. (48.9 x 35.1 cm); Image: 11 3/16 x 7 3/4 ins. (28.3 x 19.7 cm)

Prints

DEMACHY, ROBERT

Portrait–Mlle. D.

French

1859 - 1936

1906

Photogravure from Camera Work, Number XVI, printed on tissue

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2021.150

Image: 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 ins. (20.7 x 15.1 cm)

Photography

DIAL, THORNTON

Life is Altogether

American

1928 - 2016

1994

Charcoal and colored pencil on paper

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2020.010

© Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

44 ½ x 30 ins. (113.0 x 76.1 cm); Framed: 52 7/8 x 37 7/8 ins. (134.7 x 96.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DICKINSON, PRESTON

Flowers in a Vase

American

1889 - 1930

c. 1924

Oil on canvas

Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund

2000.013

Public domain

Canvas: 20 x 14 ins. (50.8 x 35.7 cm)

Paintings

DINE, JAMES

Piranesi’s 24 Colored Marks

American

born 1935

1974-1976

Etching and hand-coloring in watercolor

Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest

2011.002

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Sheet: 39 1/4 x 27 3/4 ins. (99.5 x 70.5 cm); Plate: 26 x 24 ins. (66.1 x 60.9 cm); Framed: 45 5/8 x 32 7/8 ins. (113.3 x 83.5 cm)

Prints

DIX, OTTO

American Riding Act (Amerikanischer Reitakt)

German

1891 - 1969

1922

Drypoint on heavy wove paper

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2014.023

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Plate: 13 5/8” x 12” (34.6 x 30.5 cm); Sheet: 19 3/4’’x 13 3/4’’ (50.0 x 35.1 cm)

Prints

DIZIANI, GASPARE

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Italian

1689 - 1767

c. 1750

Pen and brown ink

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2013.005

8 3/8 x 6 ¾ ins. (21.3 x 17.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DOLNICK, JUDITH

Untitled

American

born 1934

Watercolor on paper

Purchase, Muscarelle Museum of Art Associates

2001.001

© Judith Dolnick

Sight: 9 1/8 x 10 3/8 ins. (23.2 x 26.4 cm); Frame: 16 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (41.3 x 44.5 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DORNER, JOHANN JACOB THE ELDER

South German farm scene

German

1741 - 1813

Pen and ink, and wash

Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation

1993.029

Sight: 6 3/4 x 8 13/16 ins. (17.1 x 22.4 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

DREXLER, LYNNE

Untitled

American

1928 - 1999

1991

Color pencil on wove paper

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2023.021

© Estate of Lynne Mapp Drexler

12 x 9 ins. (30.6 x 22.9 cm)

Recent Acquisitions

DUCHAMP, GASTON called JACQUES VILLON

Andrée

French

1875 - 1963

1900

Etching and aquatint printed in black, green, yellow-green, red, orange-brown, purple and gray on medium wove paper

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2017.029

Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 ins. (52.3 x 37.4 cm); Plate: 14 x 11 ins. (35.6 x 28.0 cm)

Prints

DUFY, JEAN

Aux Courses (At the Races)

French

1888 - 1964

1957 - 1958

Oil on canvas

Gift of Mrs. Rose A. Guy in honor of William and Mary President Thomas A. Graves, Jr.

1984.027

Sight: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 ins. (45.6 x 54.6 cm); Image: 25 1/4 x 29 1/4 ins. (64.0 x 74.2 cm)

Paintings

DUMAS, MARLENE

A Long Silence

South African

born 1953

1989

Lithograph

Maria Herman Lania Print Collection; Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman

1991.090

© Marlene Dumas

Sheet: 19 7/8 x 17 1/2 ins. (50.5 x 44.4 cm); Image: 9 3/16 x 9 7/8 ins. (25.8 x 25.1 cm)

Prints

DÜRER, ALBRECHT

Melancolia I

German

1471 - 1528

1514

Engraving

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2012.143

Public domain

9 3/8 x 7 5/16 ins. (23.8 x 18.5 cm)

Prints

EBERLE, EDWARD SAMUEL

Amongst the Rocks and Crags

American

born 1944

1992

Porcelain, wheel thrown and altered, terra sigillata

Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund

1994.158

© Edward S. Eberle

12 15/16 x 7 1/8 x 6 9/16 ins. diam. (33.0 x 18.1 x 16.8 cm)

Sculpture and Objects

ELLIOTT, ARCHIE

Path to the Brafferton

American

born 1941

2016

Quahog and other shell with wool thread

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2016.215

© Archie Elliott

Belt: 2 3/4 x 24 3/4 ins. (6.9 x 62.8 cm); Fringe (left and right): 5 ins. in length (12.7 cm)

Sculpture and Objects

ERWITT, ELLIOTT

New York City

American

1928 - 2023

1974

Silver gelatin print

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Gerry

1986.075

© Elliott Erwitt

Sheet: 20 x 24 ins. (50.8 x 60.8 cm); Image: 14 1/2 x 21 5/8 ins. (37.8 x 55.0 cm)

Photography

EVANS, FREDERICK H.

Ely Cathedral, Across Nave and Octogon

English

1853 - 1943

1903

Photogravure

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2021.153

Image: 5 3/4 x 7 3/8 ins. (14.2 x 18.6 cm)

Photography

EVERSLEY, FRED

Blue Para

American

Born 1941

2004

Cast polyester resin

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2017.077

© Frederick J Eversley; Photograph by Maria Larsson

21 x 21 x 5 ins. (53.3 x 53.3 x 12.8 cm)

Sculpture and Objects

FABIAN, ERIKA

The Flying Carpet, New Zealand

American, born Hungary

Born 1940

2010

Digital C-Print

Gift of the artist

2022.006

© Erika Fabian | This online image is for personal, educational, non-commercial use only and may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of the copyright holder.

Photography

FAIRLAMB, GUY S.

Sketches of lacrosse players

American

born 1932

1981

Pen and ink

Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation

1993.024

11 x 8 5/8 ins. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

FEININGER, ANDREAS B.L.

Lower Manhattan

American

1906 - 1999

1941

Silver gelatin print

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Gerry

1988.115

© Estate of Andreas Feininger

Sheet: 30 1/8 x 40 5/8 ins. (76.4 x 102.3 cm); Image: 25 3/8 x 35 3/16 ins. (64.5 x 89.4 cm)

Photography

FEINSTEIN, ROCHELLE

White Lines

American

b. 1947

1991

Oil on canvas

Gift of Alan Wallach and Phyllis Rosenzweig

2011.101

© Rochelle Feinstein

42 1/8 x 42 1/8 ins. (107.0 x 107.0 cm)

Paintings

FELIXMÜLLER, CONRAD

Soldier in a Madhouse II (Soldat im Irrenhaus II)

German

1897 - 1977

1918

Transfer lithograph on light cream, thin, smooth wove Japanese paper

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2019.021

© artist or artist's estate

16 x 12 1/8 ins. (40.6 x 30.2 cm)

Prints

FERNÁNDEZ, ADRIÁN

Untitled No. 18

Cuban

born 1984

2019

Digital photograph

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2023.036

Recent Acquisitions

FERRATO, DONNA

Sioux Sisters, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD

American

Born 1949

1995

Archival pigment print

Gift of Sumit Agarwal & Madhushree Goenka, MBA Class of 2005

2019.060

© Donna Ferrato

Sheet: 30 x 24 ins. (76.3 x 60.8 cm); Image: 26 x 21 5/8 ins. (66.1 x 54.8 cm)

Photography

FEUERMAN, CAROLE A.

Miniature Diver

American

Born 1945

2013

Bronze and gold leaf with marble base

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2013.043

© Carole Feuerman

Object with base: 24 x 11 x 9 ins. (60.9 x 20.3 x 22.8 cm)

Sculpture and Objects

FINE, PERLE

Cool Series #45, Striated Yellow

American

1908–1988

c. 1961-1963

Oil on linen

Selected by 2023 Curator’s Circle Members and acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2023.029

59 3/4 x 50 ins. (151.8 x 127.0 cm)

Paintings

FISCHER, GEORGE

Hunger

American

born 1956

1992

Oil on canvas

Gift of Jayne W. Barnard

2012.124

© George Fischer

Frame: 56 x 58 1/8 ins. (142.2 x 147.7 cm); Canvas: 54 x 56 ins. (137.2 x 142.3 cm)

Paintings

FONSECA, HARRY

Rose on the Half Shell III

American

1946 - 2006

1981

Acrylic on heavy wove paper with glitter

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2023.023

© Harry Fonseca Trust

30 3/8 x 22 ½ ins. (76.5 x 57.1 cm)

Paintings

FONSECA, HARRY

Coyote Koshare

American

1946 - 2006

1982

Crayon and pastel on paper

Acquired with funds provided by Pamela Goodrich Palmore and Fred Palmore

2023.024

© Harry Fonseca Trust

30 3/8 x 22 ½ ins. (76.6 x 57.0 cm)

Recent Acquisitions

FONTANA, FRANCO

Landscape (Paesaggio), Lucania II

Italian

born 1933

1978

Cibachrome print

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Gerry

1984.093

Sheet: 19 1/2 x 23 5/8 ins. (49.5 x 60.1 cm); Image: 13 1/4 x 20 ins. (33.8 x 51.0 cm)

Photography

FOX, JON GILBERT

Lower East Side

American

Born 1950

1967

Silver gelatin print

Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss

2017.066

© Jon Gilbert Fox

Sheet: 8 1/16 x 10 ins. (20.5 x 25.4 cm); Image: 6 1/2 x 8 5/8 ins. (16.5 x 21.9 cm)

Photography

FOX, JON GILBERT

Easter Morning Coming from Harlem

American

Born 1950

circa 1974 - 1975

Silver gelatin print

Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss

2017.072

© Jon Gilbert Fox

Sheet: 11 x 14 1/16 ins. (27.9 x 35.7 cm); Image: 8 7/16 x 12 5/8 ins. (21.4 x 32.1 cm)

Photography

FREBORG, STAN

Ambivalence

American

1906 - 1991

1958

Oil on canvas

Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler

1967.007

50 x 45 ins. (127.0 x 114.3 cm)

Paintings

FREEDMAN, JILL

Pieta

American

1939 - 2019

1978

Silver gelatin print

Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss

2024.012

14 x 10 7/8 ins. (35.6 x 27.6 cm)

Photography

FROST, JEFF

20150620 Lake Fire Milky Way Overlook 35mm d800e-8231.NEF

American

Born 1978

2015

Pigment print on Epson Archival Paper

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2020.037

32 x 48 ins. (81.3 x 121.9 cm); Framed: 42 3/4 x 85 5/8 ins. (108.5 x 148.8 cm)

Recent Acquisitions

GARCIA ROSSI, HORACIO

Untitled

Argentinian

1929 - 2012

Gouache and ink on board

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2022.053

© Estate of Horacio Garcia Rossi

Recent Acquisitions

GARCIA ROSSI, HORACIO

Untitled

Argentinian

1929 - 2012

1991

Acrylic on canvas

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2022.054

© Estate of Horacio Garcia Rossi

Recent Acquisitions

GARCIA ROSSI, HORACIO

Untitled

Argentinian

1929 - 2012

Gouache and ink on board

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2022.055

© Estate of Horacio Garcia Rossi

Recent Acquisitions

GAUGUIN, PAUL

Woman with Figs (La Femme aux Figues)

French

1848 - 1903

Plate 1894; printed post posthumously after 1966

Etching

Gift from the collection of C. Patrick Laughlin, MD, in memory of Marge Gieseking

2018.013

Sheet: 15 1/4 x 20 1/2 ins. (38.7 x 52.0 cm); Plate: 10 1/2 x 16 5/8 ins. (26.7 x 42.2 cm)

Prints

GIBSON, RALPH H.

Antiquities Dealer, Rome

American

born 1939

1984

Silver gelatin print

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Gerry

1985.129

© Ralph Gibson

Sheet: 14 x 11 ins. (35.5 x 27.7 cm); Image: 12 1/2 x 8 1/8 ins. (31.6 x 20.7 cm)

Photography

GIORDANO, LUCA

The Three Maries at the Tomb

Italian

1634 - 1705

Mid- 17th Century

Oil on canvas

Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest

2010.035

Site: 48 1/2 x 38 ins. (123.2 x 96.5 cm); Framed: 56 x 45 1/2 ins. (142.2 x 115.3 cm)

Paintings

GIORDANO, LUCA

Sacrifice of Manoah

Italian

1634 - 1705

c. 1632

Oil on canvas

Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

2019.002

72 3/4 x 52 ins. (184.8 x 132.0 cm)

Paintings

GLACKENS, WILLIAM

Gladiolas

American

1870 - 1938

Oil on canvas

Anonymous gift in memory of Garner Anthony '53

2021.066

Canvas: 24 ½ x 20 ¼ ins. (61.5 x 51.4 cm)

Paintings

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