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February 2012 Acquisitions

March 19, 2012

  • Karl L. H. Müller (American, born Germany, ca. 1820-1887), designer. Union Porcelain Works (active 1863-ca. 1922), manufacturer. Century Vase, ca. 1876-77, Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York. Porcelain, with bisque and glazed surfaces, partially painted and gilded, 12 ¾ inches high. Marked: “K. MULLER” under portrait; “UPW” on relief panel; “MANUFACTURED BY UNION PORCELAIN WORKS GREENPOINT, NY” and “UPWC” on underside. J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund and partial gift of Robert Hunter and Marshall Goodwin, 2012.7
  • Kristin Baker (American, b. 1975), The Prig, 2008, acrylic on polyvinyl chloride. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall Jr., in celebration of VMFA’s 75th anniversary, 2011.501
  • Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo), 21 textiles (four long wrap skirts, four overskirts, nine single presentation panels, and four multiple presentation panels), 19th-20th century, raffia palm fiber, various sizes. Gift of Allen and Barbara Davis in memory of Frère Joseph-Aurélien Cornet on the occasion of VMFA’s 75th anniversary, 2011.530 – 2011.550
  • Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914), 91 prints, including L’Arc-en-ciel (2011.369); Emil Courtin, a portrait of Félix Bracquemond,vintage photograph. Gift of Frank Raysor
  • Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958), Ruth St. Denis, 1916, platinum print, 6⅜ x 4½”. Signed on recto and inscribed on verso by Edward Weston: “Merry Christmas Lillian from Flora and Edward”. Floyd D. and Anne C. Gottwald Fund, 2012.1

Additional Purchases and Gifts:
African Art

  • Fali culture (Cameroon), Doll, mid-20th century, wood, glass beads, cowries, coins, fiber, 8⅞ x 4 x 2¾”. Gift of Lindley and Judy Smith in celebration of VMFA’s 75th anniversary.
  • Senufo or Lobi culture (Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso), Slingshot in the Form of a Man, 19th-20th century, wood, 9⅛ x 4 x 1½”. Gift of Lindley and Judy Smith in celebration of VMFA’s 75th anniversary.

American Art

  • George Platt Lynes (American, 1907-1955), W.H. Auden, 1947, vintage gelatin silver print. Gift of Mitchell Merling in celebration of VMFA’s 75th Anniversary.
  • Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933), designer, Tiffany & Company (1837–present), manufacturer, Brooch-Pendant, ca. 1910–1914, New York, New York, gold, plique-à-jour enameling, with inset cushion-cut yellow sapphire (approx. 12.5 carats), 1½ x 1 ⅜”. Gift of Frances Massey Dulaney in celebration of VMFA’s 75th anniversary.
  • Tiffany and Company (1837-present), retailer, Ornamental Hair Comb, ca. 1880, sterling, 7”h. Gift of Marie Elizabeth Mason.
  • Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910-1990), Baptism in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, Kentucky, 1940, gelatin silver print, 8 -7/16 x 11½”. Floyd D. and Anne C. Gottwald Fund.
  • Unknown artisan, “Hitchcock” Chair, 19th century, painted wood, 33¼ x 14¾ x 13″. Gift of Joy S. Weber.


Native American Art

  • Navajo Rug (Chinle, Arizona), ca. 1920, wool, 74 x 56”. Gift of Mareke Meiborg Schiller.

East Asian Art

  • Chinese, three Rubbings from Wu Family Shrine, ink on paper mounted on board, late 19th-early 20th century. Gift of Muriel B. Christison.
  • Kawase Hasui (Japanese 1883-1957), Sixty-three woodblock, late 19th-mid 20th century. René and Carolyn Balcer Collection.
  • Japanese, Bowl with Landscape Design, early 20th century, Arita-Imari ware, porcelain with overglaze enamels and gold, about 6” diameter. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. William Jackson Frable.

South Asian

  • Indian, North India, probably Kashmir, Fragment of a Sash (Patka) or Scarf (Dupatta) with Paisley Motif, 18th century, Shawl-cloth: loom-woven fine wool threads, 13½ x 27”; Indian, North India, Fragment of a Striped Textile, 18th century, loom-woven silk and gold wrapped silk threads, 21½ x 17”. Gift of Muriel B. Christison.

Modern & Contemporary Art

  • Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991), City Arabesque, 1938, gelatin silver print, 13¼ x 9¾”. Floyd D. and Anne C. Gottwald Fund.
  • Francis Bacon (Irish, 1909-1992), L’etude pour tauromachie numero 1, deuxieme version, 1990, color lithograph, 18⅞ x 14¼”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Sonia Delauney (French, 1885-1979), Projet de decoration, 1932, gouache on paper, 10 3/16 x 23 ⅝”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Peter Henry Emerson (British, 1856–1936), The Old and the New, 1886, platinum print, 4¾ x 9”. Aldine S. Hartman Endowment Fund.
  • Michelle Erickson (American, born 1961), Fossil Teapot, 2008, thrown hand-mottled and hand-built porcelain with slip cast elements, porcelain slip glaze and jasper glaze, 11 x 22 x 8”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Mark Fox (American, born 1963), Untitled (Tower), 2011, painted paper on wood table, crayons in straw basket, 132 x 36 x 24”. Gift of Elizabeth F. and William P. Harris in celebration of VMFA’s 75th anniversary.
  • Robert Frank (born 1924 in Switzerland), Allen Ginsberg, 1959, gelatin silver print, 12¾ x 7¾”. Aldine S. Hartman Endowment Fund.
  • Sidney Goodman (American, born 1936): Head of a Man, 1964, oil on canvas, 13¾ x 11¼”; Tunnel, 1964, pencil on paper, 24 x 30”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971), Climbing the Bars, 1928, lithograph, 11 x 8”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • André Lhote (French, 1885-1962): Au bord de la riviere, 1912, oil on canvas, 22 1/16 x 31⅞” (2011.508); Vue du Luberon, ca. 1950, oil on canvas, 14 15/16 x 21⅝” (2011.509); Portrait d’Anne à la robe rouge, ca. 1925, oil on canvas, 13¾ x 8 ⅝” (2011.511); Ledah et le cygnet, ca. 1930, gouache on paper, 11⅜ x 15⅜”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Ryan McGinness (American, born 1970), Untitled (VMFA cyanotypes #1-#12), 2010, twelve unique cyanotypes on Saunders Waterford paper, ea: 30 x 22”. Gift of an anonymous donor in celebration of VMFA’s 75th anniversary.
  • Ryan McGinness, two prints published by Pace Editions, Inc., 2011, 42 x 32 in. each: VMFA Process Sketches, etching (2011.492); VMFA Drawings (Blind), relief print. Gift of Pace Editions, Inc. in celebration of VMFA’s 75th anniversary.
  • Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954), New York Harbor & Skyline, 1932, watercolor on paper, 19⅜ x 13½”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Bernard Martin (American, born 1935), Jackson Pollock/Life Magazine, 1996-1997, oil on acrylic on three canvases, 74¼ x 55” each. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954), Femme au Collier, 1925, lithograph on jargon paper, 22 x 17¾”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Sascha Pflaeging (German, born 1967), three photographs from the series “When Janey Comes Marching Home,” 2010, digital c-prints, each image: 31 x 26”. Gift of the artist.
  • James Prose (American, born 1975), Peacock & Cobra, 2008, five etchings with drypoint, 2¼ x 15 x 10”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Arnaldo Roche-Rabell (Puerto Rican, 1955), How Much You Want, 2007, oil on paper, 63¾ x 51¼”. Gift of Jean Crutchfield and Robert Hobbs in celebration of VMFA’s 75th anniversary.
  • Marco Sanges (Italian, b. 1970), Portrait series 12 n’ 3, gelatin silver print, ed. 1/15, 16 x 12”. Gift of the artist.
  • Sean Scully (American, b. Ireland, 1945), Cut Ground Red Blue, 2009, oil on linen, 110 x 161¼”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr. in celebration of VMFA’s 75th anniversary (fractional gift).
  • Sean Scully, Santo Domingo for Nene Suite, 1999-2000, twelve type-C color photographs, 20 x 24” each. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Jon-Phillip Sheridan (American, born 1977), Direct Object 14, 2010, chromogenic print, ed. 2/5, unf: 47½ x 59″. Un/Common Ground Fund, Kathleen Boone Samuels Memorial Fund, and funds contributed by Irma Goldstein.
  • Gordon Stettinius (American, born 1966), Self Portrait Series, 2008–2011, 22 digital C-prints, 10 x 8” each. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Donald Sultan (American, born 1951), Trumpet Series, 2007, Conte crayon and India ink on paper, 40 x 35¾”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Leo Villareal (American, born 1967), Sky, 2009, light emitting diodes, Mac mini, circuitry, plexiglass and wood, 36 x 96 x 5½”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958), Maison dans les arbres, ca.1930, gouache and watercolor on paper, 18¾ x 24½”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.
  • John Walker (English, born 1939), The First Rainbow, 2006/2009, oil on canvas, 84 x 66” Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr. in celebration of VMFA’s 75th anniversary.
  • John Walker, North Branch II, 2009, oil and mud on canvas, three panels: 84 x 66”; 84 x 84”; 84 x 66”, ca. 84 x 228” overall (includes gaps); Bonfire I, North Branch, 2009, oil on canvas, 60 x 48”; Bonfire II, North Branch, 2009, oil on canvas, 60 x 48”. Gift of Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr.

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