Flaming Trident

September 2010 Acquisitions

Purchases:

  • Gustave Doré French, 1832-1883), “Spanish Poachers (Contrabaniers Espagnols),” ca. 1860s-1870s, oil on canvas, 77¼ x 94-7/8 inches
  • Central Tibet, “Yamantaka and Vajravetali,” mid-15th century, opaque watercolor on cloth, 34 x 29 inches
  • Salem, Mass., Pair of Painted Side Chairs, ca. 1790, maple, painted and detailed with floral decoration, each: 44½ x 32 x 26 inches
  • Rudolf Wagner (German, dates unknown) for Wild & Cie. (German (Pforzheim), before 1867-1939), Buckle, 1906, silver, gilding, mother of pearl, enamel, amethysts, peridots, 4¼ inches long; and Design for a Buckle, 1906, pen and ink on paper; and William Comyns & Sons (English (London), founded 1859) Belt, 1906-07, silver, 27 inches long

Gifts:

  • Piel Frères (French (Paris), 1855-1925), Belt, 1899-1900, silver, enamel, gilding, 9 inches long
  • William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764), “The Cock Pit,” November 1759, etching and engraving, 12-3/8 x 15 inches; sheet: 16¾ x 18
  • Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796-1875), “Cheval Turc,” ca. 1857, bronze, 11½ x 4½ x 12 inches
  • Eight photographs by Hullihen Williams Moore (American, born 1942): “Appalachian Trail and Mist,” 1994, pigment print, image: 30 x 23½ inches; “Falling Spring,” 1996, pigment print, Image: 30 x 24½ inches; “Rhododendron and Tall Trees,” 2007, pigment print, image: 30 x 22¾ inches; “Baldface Mountain Overlook,” 1981, pigment print, image: 20 x 26 inches; “Baldface Mountain Overlook”, 1988, pigment print, image: 20 x 24¾ inches; “New Ferns,” 1992, gelatin silver, image: 19-7/8 x 19¼ inches; “Big Meadows Pine, Fog and Ice,” 1991, pigment print, image: 14 x 11¼ inches; “Ice Orb and Lace,” 1992, gelatin silver print, image: 10-3/8 x 13¼ inches
  • Brenda Zlamany (American, born 1959): “Portrait #23 (Alex Katz),” 1995, oil on panel, 30 x 20 inches; and Portrait #15 (Lawrence Weiner), 1994-95, oil on panel, 29 x 19 inches
  • Yun-Fei Ji (Chinese, born 1963), “Migrants of the Three Gorges Dam,” 2009, hand-printed watercolor woodblock mounted on mulberry paper and silk, 18-1/8 x 348-3/8 inches, number 106 from edition of 108
  • Tibet, “Flaming Trident,” 18th century, iron, silver, gilded copper, 21 inches high

 

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