Highlights from the Permanent Collection

English

1756 - 1827

After 1793

Black chalk

Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation

1993.046

Sheet: 6 9/16 x 6 3/4 ins. (16.7 x 17.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

English

1756 - 1827

1776

Pen and ink, and watercolor

Purchase; Richard Edward Powell, Jr. '85 Memorial Fund

1996.001

8 1/2 x 11 5/16 ins. (21.7 x 28.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

American

Born 1937

2021

Direct gravure printed in black and blue

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

2021.057

© Ed Ruscha

Sheet: 28 1/2 x 24 1/4 ins. (72.4 x 62.2 cm); Image: 23 1/4 x 19 1/4 ins. (59.0 x 48.9 cm)

Recent Acquisitions

American

born 1956

2008

Etching with hand-applied ribbon threaded through Rives BFK wove paper

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

2017.001

© Alison Saar

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)

Prints

American

born 1956

2024

Woodcut / linoleum cut / dye / shellac and collage on Kozo and Rives BFK

Museum purchase with funds provided by Ann ‘66 and Steve Critchfield

2025.002

© Alison Saar

53 3/4 x 29 ins. (136.5 x 73.7 cm)

Recent Acquisitions

American

born 1926

1998

Color lithograph, hand-coloring, and collage, artist's proof 6

Purchase, Thomas W. & Lolita Gayle Memorial Fund

2001.030

© Betye Saar; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY

Sheet: 27 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 57.15 cm); Image: 27 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 57.15 cm)

Prints

Dutch

1565 - 1607

1600

Engraving

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

2014.027

Sheet 11 1/8 x 7 ½ ins. (28.2 x 19.3 cm); Image 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 ins. (26.7 x 18.8 cm)

Prints

American

1910 – 1973

Oil on canvas

Bequest of Barbara K. Converse

2022.106

Stretcher: 25 1/8 x 30 ins. (63.6 x 76.2 cm)

Paintings

Flemish

1590 - 1657

White gouache and dark brown wash on light brown, prepared paper

Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation

1993.059

Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 ins. (21.0 x 15.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

American, born Cuba

1921 - 1999

1974

Color lithograph

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

2021.240

© Emilio Sanchez Foundation

Sheet: 22 7/8 x 31 3/8 ins. (58.1 x 79.7 cm); Image: 21 5/8 x 30 1/8 ins. (54.9 x 76.5 cm)

Prints

American, born Cuba

1921 - 1999

Watercolor on heavy paper

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

2020.028

© Emilio Sanchez Foundation

Framed: 59 1/2 x 40 ins. (151.1 x 102.0 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

American, born Cuba

1921 - 1999

1981

Lithograph

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

2021.243

© Emilio Sanchez Foundation

Sheet: 22 7/8 x 35 ins. (58.2 x 88.8 cm); Image: 22 1/8 x 33 1/2 ins. (56 x 85.1 cm)

Recent Acquisitions

American

born 1954

2000

Duotone lithograph, collograph, paint stick, feathers, and raffia

Purchase, Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund

2001.029

© Juan Sanchez/Guariken Arts, Inc.

Sight: 67 x 44 ins. (170 x 112 cm); Framed: 73.5 x 49 x 3.5 ins. (187 x 124 x 8.9 cm)

Prints

American

1892 - 1962

c. 1939

White metal cast with black patina

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

2016.233

10 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 4 ins. (27.4 x 24.2 x 10.2 cm)

Sculpture and Objects

American, born Canada

1923 - 2015

1984

Lithograph and collage

Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund

1986.014

© The Estate of Miriam Schapiro

Sheet: 31 3/4 x 47 3/4 ins. (80.5 x 121.7 cm); Framed: 57 1/2 x 41 1/4 ins. (146 x 104.8 cm)

Prints

German

1884 - 1976

1914

Woodcut

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

2015.024

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

Sheet: 24 3/4 x 20 1/8 ins. (61.9 x 51.0 cm) [irreg.]; Image: 19 3/4 x 15 3/8 ins. (50.2 x 39.0 cm)

Prints

American

1937 - 2005

1973

Color lithograph

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

2021.047

© Estate of Fritz Scholder

Framed: 34 7/8 x 23 3/8 ins.

Prints

Japanese

1914 - 1988

1984

Color woodblock print

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson

2006.031

Sheet: 21 1/2 x 16 1/2 ins. (54.3 x 42 cm); Image: 18 1/2 x 13 3/4 ins. (47 x 34.9 cm)

Prints

Irish

1856 - 1950

1906

Photogravure printed on tissue

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

2021.156

Image: 8 3/8 x 6 3/8 ins. (21.2 x 16.2 cm)

Photography

American

1883 – 1965

c. 1940

Silver gelatin print

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

2019.039

8 1/2 x 7 ins. (21.6 x 17.8 cm)

Photography

American

born 1954

2000

Chromogenic print (C-print)

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

2012.083

© Cindy Sherman

Sheet: 20 1/16 x 24 3/16 ins. (51 x 61.5 cm); Image: 11 1/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (28.2 x 39.1 cm)

Photography

American

1910 - 2009

1960 (printed 1990s)

Chromogenic print

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

2019.043

© Julius Shulman Photographic Archive, The Getty Research Institute

Sheet: 20 x 16 ins (40.6 x 50.7 cm)

Photography

American

Born 1954

1997

Oil and graphite on cotton canvas

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

2019.031

© Danny Simmons

40 x 29 7/8 ins. (101.6 x 75.9 cm)

Paintings

American

born 1949

2000

Chromogenic print (C-print), Crystal archive type

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

2012.084

© Laurie Simmons

Sheet: 24 x 20 ins. (61 x 50.8 cm); Image: 10 x 6 ins. (25.4 x 15.2 cm)

Photography

American (Tlingit)

born 1963

2023

Blown and sand-carved glass

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

2023.040

23 1/2 x 12 x 7 ins.

Recent Acquisitions

American

1871 - 1951

1917

Oil on canvas

Anonymous gift in memory of Garner Anthony '53

2021.068

© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Canvas: 20 ¼ x 24 ¼ ins. (51.2 x 61.3 cm)

Paintings

American

1871 - 1951

1906

Etching

Purchase, Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund

1999.005

© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Sheet: 8 1/2 x 13 1/4 ins. (21.6 x 33.6 cm); Image: 5 1/4 x 7 ins. (13.3 x 17.8 cm)

Prints

American

born 1940

2003

Charcoal and pencil

Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment

2008.197

© Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

American

born 1940

2003

Charcoal and pencil

Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment

2008.198

© Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

American

born 1940

2003

Charcoal and pencil

Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment

2008.199

© Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

American

born 1940

2003

Charcoal and pencil

Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment

2008.200

© Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

American

born 1940

2003

Charcoal and pencil

Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment

2008.201

© Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

American

born 1940

2003

Charcoal and pencil

Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment

2008.202

© Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

American

born 1954

2000

Etching with aquatint, spitbite, and sugar lift on Hahnemühle paper

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

2012.085

© Kiki Smith

Sheet: 24 3/16 x 20 1/8 ins. (61.4 x 51 cm); Image: 23 ½ x 19 3/8 ins. (59.6 x 49.2 cm)

Prints

American

born 1955

2016

Oklahoma clay (processed by the artist); clay slips

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

2016.213

© Richard Zane Smith

13 3/4 ins. H (35.0 cm) [Circumference 40 ins. (101.6 cm)]

Sculpture and Objects

American

1918 - 1978

1951

Gelatin silver print

Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.

2020.170

© Heirs of W. Eugene Smith

4 3/8 x 3 3/8 ins. (10.9 x 8.6 cm)

Photography

American

Born 1966

2015

Watercolor on paper

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

2020.036

© Amy Snowden 2015

Sheet: 22 x 30 ins. (76.2 x 55.9 cm); Framed: 40 1/2 x 32 3/4 ins. (102.8 x 83.2 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

Cuban

1901 - 1971

1956

Oil on canvas laid to board

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

2021.160

© Martha Flora Carranza Barba, universal heir of the work of Loló Soldevilla

Recent Acquisitions

American, born Luxembourg

1879 - 1973

1906

Photogravure

Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.

2020.173

© The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

5 1/8 x 6 1/2 ins. (12.9 x 15.8 cm)

Photography

American, born Luxembourg

1879 - 1973

1906

Halftone

Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.

2020.175

© The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

7 5/8 x 6 3/8 ins (19.3 x 16.3 cm)

Recent Acquisitions

American

1890 - 1965

1952

Oil on canvas

Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler

1973.436

© artist or artist's estate

Canvas: 36 3/8 x 30 1/4 ins. (93.4 x 76.8 cm); Framed: 45 ¾ x 39 ¾ ins. (116.2 x 101.3 cm)

Paintings

American

1864 - 1946

1907

Photogravure on tissue

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

2012.134

© Estate of Alfred Stieglitz / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 ins. (28.2 x 20.3 cm); Image: 7 ¾ x 6 ¼ ins. (19.7 x 15.9 cm)

Photography

American

1915 - 2004

1959

Silver gelatin print

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

2020.029

© Estate of Ezra Stoller / Esto

Sheet: 19 3/4 x 16 ins. (50.5 x 40.6 cm); Image: 16 x 13 3/4 ins. (40.6 x 35.3 cm)

Photography

American

1915 - 2004

c. 1977

Silver gelatin print

2021.275

Sheet: 16 x 20 ins. (40.7x 50.7 cm); Image: 12 ¼ x 17 7/8 ins. (31.1 45.3 cm)

Photography

American

1915 - 2004

1964

Silver gelatin print

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

2020.030

© Estate of Ezra Stoller / Esto

Sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 ins. (40.6 x 50.6 cm); Image: 13 7/8 x 17 7/8 ins. (35.3 x 45.3 cm)

Recent Acquisitions

Dutch

c. 1635 - 1710

Pen and ink, and wash on paper

Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman

1997.019

7 3/4 x 11 11/16 ins. (19.7 x 29.7 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors

American

Born 1944

c. 1990

Acrylic on board

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

2019.008

© Freddie Styles

Sheet: 36 x 60 ins. (91.6 x 152.5 cm); Framed: 46 5/8 x 70 1/2 ins. (118.4 x 179.0 cm)

Paintings

American

1803 - 1855

9/1854

Watercolor

Gift of Miss Julia Sully

1933.004

Sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 15/16 ins. (15.6 x 22.8 cm)

Drawings and Watercolors