The following artworks were acquired in September 2012 by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. VMFA is a state agency and a model public/private partnership. All works of art are purchased with private funds from dedicated endowments. After the VMFA Board of Trustees approves proposed acquisitions on a quarterly basis, the art becomes the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia to protect, preserve, and interpret.
- Raymond Duchamp-Villon (French, 1876-1918), Maggy, conceived in plaster 1912; cast ca. 1960. Bronze with black patina, 28 ⅜ x 13 3/16 x 14 15/16 inches (Number 8 from an edition of 8, all cast between ca. 1931 and ca. 1960; signed, with the Georges Rudier foundry mark and incised Louis Carre Editeur) The Eric and Jeanette Lipman Fund
- Tie Bao (Chinese, 1752-1824), Calligraphy on Mount Wuyi in Running Script, Qing dynasty, dated 1802, hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 50 x 17½”
- Walter Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796-1875), Virginia Deer, 1837. Bronze, with brown and green patina (atelier). 10 ⅛ x 16 x 6 ¼
- Chokha, Indian, Rajasthan, Devgarh, Rawat Gokul Das and Rajawat Juvanji, 1826, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 11 x 8¼“. Museum Purchase: Aldine S. Hartman Endowment Fund
Additional Purchases:
East Asian Art
- Wang Zhen (1867-1938), Daoist Immortal Liu Hai, 1914, Republic period, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 52 x 26”
- Wang Zhen, Lotus Flowers, dated 1923, Republic period, Hanging scroll; ink and color paper, Image: 54½ x 27”
- Wang Ti (1880-1960), Song-Dynasty Prose in Clerical Script, Republic period, Hanging scroll; ink on gold-flecked yellow paper, Image: 51½ x 12½”
- Weng Tonghe (1830-1904), Qing dynasty, Five-Character Verse in Running Script, 19th century, two hanging scrolls, ink on paper, Image: 58 x 14½”
- Qian Weicheng (1720-1772), Landscape, ca. 1765, Fan painting mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 21 x 30”
- Zhang Ping (born 1934), Wu Gorge on Yangzi River, dated 1978, Republic period, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 27 x 18¼”
- Zheng Chang (1894-1952), painting, and Shen Yimo (1883-1971), calligraphy, Retreat as a Fisherman, dated winter of 1945, Republic period, Folding fan; ink and color on paper
- He Weipu (1844-1925), Preface of Classics in Clerical Script, dated 1908, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 57½ x 30¾”
- Liang Dingfen (1859-1920), Republic period, Commentaries on Calligraphy in Small Standard Script, winter of 1919, Set of four hanging scrolls; ink on satin, each image: 36 x 8”
Museum Purchase: Robert A. and Ruth W. Fisher Fund
Modern & Contemporary Art
- Ben Durham (American, born 1982), Amanda, 2012. Graphite on handmade paper. 58 x 44 x ¾ inches. Funds provided by Jil and Hiter Harris
- Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, born 1956), Les Femmes du Maroc: La Grande Odalisque, 2008. Color photograph, 71 x 86 inches. Number 2 from an edition of 5. Funds provided by Mary and Donald Shockey Jr. and Jil and Hiter Harris
- Robert Pruitt (American, born 1975), Steeped, 2011. Conté and charcoal on hand-dyed paper, 50 x 38 inches. Funds provided by Jil and Hiter Harris
Selected Gifts:
African Art
- Seven cotton textiles from Liberia, mid-20th century, Kpelle or Loma culture: Narrow-Band Cloth, 68 x 72”; Narrow-Band Cloth, 72 x 71”; Man’s Robe, 78 x 60”; Small Tunic, 48 x 24”; Man’s Robe, 91 x 71”; Man’s Robe, 86½ x 52”; Man’s Robe, 98½ x 68”. Gift of Liberia 1 Peace Corps Volunteers 1962-196
American Art
- John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853-1902), Canal in Venice, 1884. Pastel and graphite on colored paper. 22 ½ x 17 ½”. Gift of Charles G. Thalhimer in honor of his wife Sibyl’s 90th birthday
Ancient Art
- A collection of 49 Roman Republic silver coins from ca. 211–43 BCE, silver, various sizes. Museum purchase: Kathleen Boone Samuels Memorial Fund and the Ceres Foundation
East Asian Art
- Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883-1957), Seventy Works of Woodblock Prints and Watercolors, 1919-1957: 65 woodblock prints; ink and color on paper; five watercolors: album leafs, ink and color on paper, various sizes. Gift of René and Carolyn Balcer for the René and Carolyn Balcer Collection
European Art
- Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824), Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man!… plate 2 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone, 1821, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Museum Purchase: funds provided by Alice and Lewis Nelson and Frank Raysor Fund
- Théodore Géricault, French (1791-1824), The Piper, from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone, 1821, lithograph, 390 x 297 mm. Museum Purchase: Frank Raysor Fund
South Asian Art
- Indian, Uttar Pradesh: Proto-historic Bronze: Anthropomorph, ca. 2500–1000 BCE, copper alloy. Gift of Terence McInerney
- Indian, Uttar Pradesh, Proto-Historic Bronze: Harpoon, ca. 2500–1000 BCE, copper alloy. Gift of Terence McInerney
- Indian, Rajasthan, Mandore, Illustrated Manuscript of the Prajnapana Sutra, 1514, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 167 folios, 2 illustrated, each 4 ⅞ x 12⅛”. Gift of Terence McInerney
- Alexander Gorlizki (British) and Riyaz Uddin (Indian), New York and Jaipur, Pipe Dreams (Hot Elvis), 2006, opaque watercolor on paper, 9 x 10 ⅞”. Gift of Terence McInerney
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a state agency and a model public/private partnership. All works of art are purchased with private funds from dedicated endowments. After the board of trustees accepts the acquisitions, the art becomes the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia to protect, preserve and interpret. The Acquisitions committee meets quarterly.
