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Collection Highlights
The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.
Explore the Collection:PaintingsDrawings and WatercolorsPrintsPhotographySculpture and ObjectsRecent Acquisitions
WRIGHT, WILLIE ANNE BOSCHEN
1981
Cibachrome pinhole photograph
8 x 10 ins. (20.2 x 25.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Cibachrome pinhole photograph
8 x 10 ins. (20.2 x 25.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
BISHOP, ISABEL
1971
Oil on panel
29 1/8 x 40 1/4 ins. (73.9 x 102.2 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Oil on panel
29 1/8 x 40 1/4 ins. (73.9 x 102.2 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
SEOWTEWA, ALEX
1993
Oil on canvas
32 3/4 x 37 1/2 ins. (83.3 x 95.3 cm)
Gift of Theodore and Diana Bodner
Oil on canvas
32 3/4 x 37 1/2 ins. (83.3 x 95.3 cm)
Gift of Theodore and Diana Bodner
DANDINI, OTTAVIANO
Red chalk
Sheet: 8 x 11 7/6 ins. (20.3 x 29.0 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sheet: 8 x 11 7/6 ins. (20.3 x 29.0 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI
c. 1839 - 1841
Woodblock print, ink, and color
Left panel: 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 ins. (36.8 cm x 24.8 cm); Middle panel: 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 ins. (36.8 x 24.8 cm); Right panel: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins. (36.8 x 24.2 cm)
Gift of David Libertson
Woodblock print, ink, and color
Left panel: 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 ins. (36.8 cm x 24.8 cm); Middle panel: 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 ins. (36.8 x 24.8 cm); Right panel: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins. (36.8 x 24.2 cm)
Gift of David Libertson
BROWNE, GEORGE ELMER
c. 1928
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 x 50 ins. (76.2 x 127.0 cm); Framed: 37 1/2 x 57 1/2 ins. (95.3 x 146.1 cm)
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 x 50 ins. (76.2 x 127.0 cm); Framed: 37 1/2 x 57 1/2 ins. (95.3 x 146.1 cm)
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
BURROUGHS, MARGARET
1957
Linoleum cut on imitation Japan paper
Sheet: 18 7/8 x 14 3/4 ins. (47.9 x 37.5 cm); Image: 14 x 11 1/8 ins. (35.8 x 28.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Linoleum cut on imitation Japan paper
Sheet: 18 7/8 x 14 3/4 ins. (47.9 x 37.5 cm); Image: 14 x 11 1/8 ins. (35.8 x 28.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
YATSATTIE, EILEEN
2018
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 6 ins.
Gift of Susan Buck in memory of Edward A. Chappell, Jr.
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 6 ins.
Gift of Susan Buck in memory of Edward A. Chappell, Jr.
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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