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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
OLDENBURG, CLAES THURE
1972
Color lithograph
Sheet: 30 3/16 x 39 5/8 ins. (76.7 x 100.7 cm); Framed: 34 1/4 x 43 5/8 ins. (86.9 x 110.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Color lithograph
Sheet: 30 3/16 x 39 5/8 ins. (76.7 x 100.7 cm); Framed: 34 1/4 x 43 5/8 ins. (86.9 x 110.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
MARSH, REGINALD
1930
Etching
Sheet [irreg.]: 10 1/4 x 13 5/8 ins. (26 x 34.5 cm); Image: 8 x 11 7/8 ins. (20.3 x 30.2 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
Etching
Sheet [irreg.]: 10 1/4 x 13 5/8 ins. (26 x 34.5 cm); Image: 8 x 11 7/8 ins. (20.3 x 30.2 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
Attributed to BOTH, JAN
Pen and brown ink, and wash
Sight: 3 5/16 x 4 13/16 ins. (8.4 x 12.3 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Sight: 3 5/16 x 4 13/16 ins. (8.4 x 12.3 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
SÁNCHEZ, EMILIO
1981
Lithograph
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)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Lithograph
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)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
JACOBI, LOTTE
1940s
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/8 x 7 1/4 ins. (24.5 x 18.1 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/8 x 7 1/4 ins. (24.5 x 18.1 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
LEE-SMITH, HUGHIE
1999
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 12 1⁄8 x 11 1⁄8 ins. (30.8 x 28.3 cm); Framed: 17 1/8 x 16 1/8 ins. (43.4 x 40.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 12 1⁄8 x 11 1⁄8 ins. (30.8 x 28.3 cm); Framed: 17 1/8 x 16 1/8 ins. (43.4 x 40.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CASSATT, MARY
c. 1889 - 1890
Soft ground etching and aquatint
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 7/8 ins. (32.0 x 25.1 cm); Plate: 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 ins. (21.9 x 14 cm)
Anonymous gift
Soft ground etching and aquatint
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 7/8 ins. (32.0 x 25.1 cm); Plate: 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 ins. (21.9 x 14 cm)
Anonymous gift
JOHNS, JASPER
1978 - 1981
Color sugar aquatint on Rives buff mould paper
Sheet: 41 3/8 x 29 1/2 ins. (105.1 x 74.9 cm); Plate: 34 1/4 x 24 3/8 ins. (87.0 x 61.9 cm); Framed: 45 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (115.1 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Color sugar aquatint on Rives buff mould paper
Sheet: 41 3/8 x 29 1/2 ins. (105.1 x 74.9 cm); Plate: 34 1/4 x 24 3/8 ins. (87.0 x 61.9 cm); Framed: 45 3/8 x 33 1/8 ins. (115.1 x 84.1 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
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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