Acquisitions
The Ambassadors has donated or provided funds for the purchase of over sixty works of art for the Museum’s permanent collection.
1952
Donald Bear, Tangerines, n.d. (20th c.). Oil on canvas. Gift in memory of Donald Bear.
1959
Hendrick Goltzius, Holy Family, n.d. Pen and ink on parchment.
1959
Taddeo Zuccaro, Wedding at Cana (Last Supper), n.d. (1529-1566). Ink and wash, white on laid paper.
1959
Crescenzio Onofri, Landscape with River, n.d. Sepia ink and pen on laid paper.
1960
George Luks, The Haunted House, n.d. (ca.1925-1930). Oil on canvas.
1962
Jan van Huysum, Fruit and Flowers in a Classical Urn, 1723. Watercolor on paper.
1964
Luca Cambiaso, The Infant Jesus Taking His First Steps, n.d. (ca. 1570). Pen and ink, mounted on cardboard.
1964
Leonello Spada, St. Paul and the Viper, n.d. (17th c.). Ink and wash on laid paper.
1966
Pieter Bruegal, Man of War at Anchor, n.d. (16th c.). Engraving on paper.
1966
Albrecht Durer, The Seven Angels Sounding Trumpets from the Apocalypse, 1498. Woodcut on paper.
1966
Heads of Ni-O (Buddhist Gate Guardians), Japanese, Muromachi period (1392-1573). Wood. Purchase in memory of Frances D. Funke.
1966
Johann Heinrich Fuseli, Head of a Transtiberine, 1779. Pencil on paper.
1966
Jacques Callot, Les Miseres et les Malheurs de la Guerre (The Miseries and Disaster of War), 1633. A series of 18 etchings.
1966
Jean Michel Moreau-le-Jeune, Portrait of a Man, n.d. (ca. 1770’s). Black chalk and blue, rose and grey washes. (shown)
Julius Schmidt, Column, 1965. Cast bronze (unique).
Hendrick Goltzius, Diana and Acteon, n.d. (ca. 1600). Pen and ink, wash on laid paper.
1967
Horse Head, Japanese, late Kofun period (6th c.). Haniwa earthenware. Purchase in memory of Cornelia M. Petersen.
1967
Yusa Busan, Three Elegant Haiku Poets, n.d. (1716-1783). Ink and light color on paper.
Matsuo Basho, Hibiscus in the Rain, Edo period (1615-1867). Ink and light color on paper, hanging scroll.
Heron under a Willow. Ink on silk. (Damaged, removed from collection.)
1968
William Nicholson, Sarah Bernhardt, n.d. Woodcut.
Friedrich Meckseper, Physical Etching, 1963. Color etching on paper.
1969
Kuba Mask (Pwoom Itok), African, Bakuba Tribe, Congo, Kasai Region, n.d. Wood and polychrome with cloth and beads.
1980
Christo, The Pont Neuf, Wrapped (Project for Paris), 1980. Pastel, charcoal, pencil on two sheets of paper. Gift in memory of Virginia Williams.
1981
1982
Tony King, California Landscape, L-4, 1982. Oil and casein on canvas.
1986
Percy Wyndham Lewis The Island, (1884-1957). Oil on canvas.
1992
Matt Mullican, Untitled, 1992. Acrylic and oil stick on canvas (red, 12′ x 24′, shown).
Matt Mullican, Untitled, 1992. Acrylic and oil stick on canvas (yellow, 12′ x 24′).
Matt Mullican, Untitled, 1992. Etched clear glass panel, lead frame.
1992
Matt Mullican, Untitled, 1992. Etched black granite slab.
1995
Anne W. Brigman, The Breeze, ca. 1910. Gelatin silver print.
1995
Anne W. Brigman, Stardust, ca. 1910. Gelatin silver print.
2001
Alexander Fisher, Bhanavar the Beautiful, ca. 1903-04. Hand-painted enamel on copper plaque with free-standing frame of hand-wrought bronze with gilt and patinated surface, blister. Purchase in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the SBMA Women’s Board (Now Ambassadors).
2001
James Tissot, The Thames (La Tamise), 1876. 12 etchings and drypoints, different states. Purchase in honor of the Museum’s 60th Anniversary.
2006
Prince Shōtoku as a Child Praying to the Buddha, Japanese, Nambokucho period (14th c.). Wood with traces of polychrome, glass eyes.
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