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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
SAAR, ALISON
2008
Etching with hand-applied ribbon threaded through Rives BFK wove paper
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)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Etching with hand-applied ribbon threaded through Rives BFK wove paper
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)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
MOTHERWELL, ROBERT
1981 - 1982
Color lithograph
Sheet: 43 3/4 x 60 1/2 ins. (111.1 x 153.6 cm); Framed: 46 1/4 x 63 1/4 ins. (117.2 x 160.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Color lithograph
Sheet: 43 3/4 x 60 1/2 ins. (111.1 x 153.6 cm); Framed: 46 1/4 x 63 1/4 ins. (117.2 x 160.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
STYLES, FREDDIE
c. 1990
Acrylic on board
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)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Acrylic on board
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)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
DALÍ, SALVADOR
1981
Hand-colored aquatint
Sheet: 30 3/16 x 22 3/16 ins. (76.6 x 56.4 cm); Plate: 15 15/16 x 17 5/8 ins. (40.5 x 44.7 cm)
Gift of Richard Siebold, M.D.
Hand-colored aquatint
Sheet: 30 3/16 x 22 3/16 ins. (76.6 x 56.4 cm); Plate: 15 15/16 x 17 5/8 ins. (40.5 x 44.7 cm)
Gift of Richard Siebold, M.D.
DAUMIER, HONORÉ
Lithograph, printer's proof
10 1/4 x 14 7/8 ins. (26.0 x 37.8 cm)
Museum purchase, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment and the Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
10 1/4 x 14 7/8 ins. (26.0 x 37.8 cm)
Museum purchase, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment and the Enid W. and Bernard B. Spigel Endowment Fund
LANKES, JULIUS JOHN
c. 1940
Oil on unprimed plywood panel
23 3/4 x 19 5/8 ins. (60.3 x 49.8 cm)
Gift of J.B. Lankes in memory of J.J. Lankes
Oil on unprimed plywood panel
23 3/4 x 19 5/8 ins. (60.3 x 49.8 cm)
Gift of J.B. Lankes in memory of J.J. Lankes
NAMINGHA, MICHAEL
2021
Digital C. Print mounted to shaped acrylic
28 x 38 x 1 ins.
Selected by 2024 Curator’s Circle Members and acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Digital C. Print mounted to shaped acrylic
28 x 38 x 1 ins.
Selected by 2024 Curator’s Circle Members and acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
LINK, O. WINSTON
1957 (reprint 1987)
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 ins. (40.7 x 55.5 cm); Image: 15 7/16 x 19 1/4 ins. (39.2 x 48.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 ins. (40.7 x 55.5 cm); Image: 15 7/16 x 19 1/4 ins. (39.2 x 48.9 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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