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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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DUFY, JEAN
1957 - 1958
Oil on canvas
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)
Gift of Mrs. Rose A. Guy in honor of William and Mary President Thomas A. Graves, Jr.
Oil on canvas
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)
Gift of Mrs. Rose A. Guy in honor of William and Mary President Thomas A. Graves, Jr.
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1997
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 3/4 x 28 3/4 ins. (47.6 x 73 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 3/4 x 28 3/4 ins. (47.6 x 73 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
STEVENSON, BEULAH
1952
Oil on canvas
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)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
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)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
PAINTER, NELL IRVIN
2012
Conté crayon and graphite on paper
Framed: 32 x 26 5/8 ins. (81.4 x 67.5 cm)
Conté crayon and graphite on paper
Framed: 32 x 26 5/8 ins. (81.4 x 67.5 cm)
DE HOOGHE, ROMEYN
11/14/1677
Etching
Sheet: 27 x 19 1/4 ins. (68.6 x 48.8 cm); Image: 26 x 18 1/2 ins. (66.1 x 47.0 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
Etching
Sheet: 27 x 19 1/4 ins. (68.6 x 48.8 cm); Image: 26 x 18 1/2 ins. (66.1 x 47.0 cm)
Purchase, the Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson Memorial Endowment Fund
BENTON, THOMAS HART
1937
Lithograph
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (38.9 x 44.5 cm); Image: 9 1/2 x 12 ins. (24.1 x 30.5 cm)
The Clare and Arthur W. Jones Collection; gift of Clare Jones
Lithograph
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (38.9 x 44.5 cm); Image: 9 1/2 x 12 ins. (24.1 x 30.5 cm)
The Clare and Arthur W. Jones Collection; gift of Clare Jones
WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD
circa 1959
Colored pencil and ink on paper
36 3/8 x 58 3/8 ins. (92 x 148 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Colored pencil and ink on paper
36 3/8 x 58 3/8 ins. (92 x 148 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
SMITH, KIKI
2000
Etching with aquatint, spitbite, and sugar lift on Hahnemühle paper
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)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching with aquatint, spitbite, and sugar lift on Hahnemühle paper
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)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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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