J. Paul Getty Museum Acquisitions

The J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection includes Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities; European paintings, drawings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century; medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts; and photographs from the 19th century to the present. Acquisitions made between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008

Antiquities Unknown (Ethiopian) Lewis Baltz (American, b. 1934) Gospel Book, ca. 1504–05 Thirty-two photographs,1980 Unknown (Roman) Tempera on parchment; 34.5 x 26 cm (13 9/16 x 10 Gelatin silver Sarcophagus representing a Dionysiac Vintage 1/4 in.) Gift of Michael R. Kaplan, MD Festival, 290–300 A.D. 2008.15 2007.54 Marble; 53.1 x 190 cm (20 7/8 x 74 13/16 in.) 2008.14 Felice Beato (British, b. Italy 1825–1904) Eight hundred and thirty-four photographs, Paintings 1857–85 Albumen and salt Drawings Jean-Victor Bertin (French, 1767–1842) Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography View in the Ile-de-France, ca. 1810–13 2007.26 Hendrick Avercamp (Dutch, 1585–1633) Oil on canvas; 35.5 x 47.5 cm (14 x 18 11/16 in.) (German, partnership A Winter Scene with Two Gentlemen Playing Kolf, 2008.2 1959–2007) ca. 1615–20 Lime Kilns, Brielle, Holland, 1968 Pencil, pen and ink, and gouache; 9.4 x 15.6 cm Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) Gelatin silver, 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.) (3 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.) Arii Matamoe (The Royal End),1892 Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon 2008.13 Oil on coarse fabric; 47.9 x 74.9 cm (18 7/8 x 29 1/2 in.) 2007.57 Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) 2008.5 Esther Bubley (American, 1921–1998) Eve (‘The Nightmare’),ca. 1899–1900 Thirty-four photographs,1943–60 Black printer’s ink, ochre ink, liquid solvent Claude Lorrain (French, 1600–1682) Gelatin silver (turpentine?) on wove paper (recto); Graphite and Coast View with the Abduction of Europa, 164(5)? Gift of Leo Pircher and Nina Pircher blue crayon pencil with traces of a diluted oil medium Oil on canvas; 93.2 x 118.5 cm (38 x 48 1/4 in.) 2007.63 (verso); 64.2 x 48.9 cm (25 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.) 2007.32 2007.33 William Carter (American, b. 1934) Twelve photographs, 1983–93 Claude Jean-Baptiste Hoin (French, 1750–1817) Photographs Gelatin silver, platinum Portrait of François-Jean Hoin (1748–1808), the Gift of the artist artist’s brother, 1780s Attributed to Carleton Watkins (American, 1829–1916) 2007.39 Black and white chalk with stumping on blue prepared and printed by G.R. Fardon (British, 1807–1886) paper; 51 x 37.5 cm (20 1/16 x 14 3/4 in.) Six-part Panorama of San Francisco from San William Carter (American, b. 1934) 2007.34 Francisco Album: Photographs of the Most Beautiful Ninety-seven photographs, 1962–2005 Views and Public Buildings in San Francisco, Gelatin silver Master H.B. (German, active early 16th century) 1855–56 Gift of the artist Saint Andrew, ca. 1530 Salted paper 2007.48 Pen and brown ink and grey wash; 21.1 x 15.5 cm 2007.53 (8 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.) Martha Casanave (American, b. 1946) 2007.22 Attributed to Carleton Watkins (American, 1829–1916) Three photographs,1977–83 Two daguerreotypes, ca. 1850s Gelatin silver Nicolaas Struyck (Dutch, 1686–1769) Daguerreotype Anonymous gift Four Beetles and a Moth, 1715 2008.10 2007.47 Pen and black ink, watercolor, gouache, gold paint with white gouache heightening, and pen and brown iron- Attributed to Carleton Watkins (American, 1829–1916) Eileen Cowin (American, b. 1947) gall ink; 43.7 x 28.6 cm (17 3/16 x 11 1/4 in.) Untitled [Home of George and Kate Clement Plume, Five photographs, 1980–83 2007.28 Marysville, California], ca. 1851 Chromogenic Daguerreotype; 15.9 x 21 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.) Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs 2008.7 Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum Manuscripts Attributed to Carleton Watkins (American, 1829–1916) 2008.35 Attributed to Franco dei Russi (Italian, active ca. Untitled [The Plaza in Lima, Peru],ca. 1852 Judy Dater (American, b. 1941) 1453–1482) Daguerreotype; 12.7 x 15.2 cm (5 x 6 in.) Two photographs, 1970–74 Leaf from the Antiphonal of Cardinal Bessarion, 2008.6 Gelatin silver ca. 1455–60/63 Attributed to Carleton Watkins (American, 1829–1916) Gift of Jack von Euw Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Untitled [Portrait of Joseph Ware], ca. 1855 2007.43 71.1 x 51.4 cm (28 x 20 1/4 in.) Daguerreotype; 21.5 x 16.5 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.) Judy Dater (American, b. 1941) 2007.30 Partial gift of Mary and Dan Solomon Ten photographs, 1980–83 Unknown (British) 2008.9 Gelatin silver Illustrated Vita Christi, with devotional supplements, Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs ca. 1190–1200 and ca. 1480–90 Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; 17.6 x 12.8 2008.17 x 4.3 cm (6 15/16 x 5 1/16 x 1 11/16 in.) 2008.3

12 The J. Paul Getty Museum Jay DeFeo (American, 1929–1979) Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, b. 1942) Shigeichi Nagano (Japanese, b. 1925) Three photographs,1973 Eight photographs, 1990–2007 Twenty photographs, 1985–2000 Gelatin silver Gelatin silver, platinum and chromogenic Gelatin silver 2007.29 Gift of the artist and RoseGallery Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs 2007.24 Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum (American, b. 1949) 2008.11 Forty-eight photographs, ca. 1970s Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, b. 1942) Polaroid, Type C, Kodak paper Forty photographs and two portfolios, 1974–2005 Bill Owens (American, b. 1938) Gift of Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg Gelatin silver, photogravure and platinum-palladium Fifteen photographs, 1973–77 2007.64 Gift of Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg Gelatin silver 2007.65 Gift of Robert Harshorn Shimshak Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, b. Germany 1898–1995) and Marion Brenner Fifteen photographs, 1930s–60s Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, b. 1942) 2007.56 Vintage gelatin silver Two photographs, 1986–2006 Gift of Leo Pircher and Nina Pircher Gelatin silver Martin Parr (British, b. 1952) 2007.62 2007.38 Twenty-four photographs, 1995 Chromogenic Peter Henry Emerson (British, b. Cuba 1856–1936) André Kertész (American, b. Hungary 1894–1985) 2007.27 Tidal Creek and old warehouses south of Southwold, Abony, July 23, 1921 Suffolk, ca. 1886 Gelatin silver; 5.7 x 3.8 cm (2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.) (American, b. 1917) Albumen silver; 62.8 x 52.5 x 3 cm (24 3/4 x 20 11/16 2008.12 Two hundred fifty-two photographs,1951–2003 x 1 3/16 in.) Gelatin silver and platinum Chris Killip (British, b. 1946) 2007.31 Partial gift of Irving Penn Sea Coalers (boy and woman on beach), 1983 2008.1 James Fee (American, 1949–2006) Gelatin silver print Twenty photographs, 1992–95 2007.70 Gail Pine and Jacqueline Woods (American, Toned gelatin silver active 1999) Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe (American, b. 1952 and Gift of Robert Brinkmann Eighteen typologies, Printed 1930–72; American, b. 1967) 2007.23 Designed 2006 Eight photographs, 2001–03 Color, polaroid, gelatin silver, and kodacolor Jona Frank (American, b. 1966) Inkjet Gift of Michael and Sharon Blasgen and Wilson Centre Boy Scout, 2006 2007.37 for Photography Chromogenic; 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.) Loretta Lux (German, b. 1969) 2007.51 2007.45 Sasha and Ruby, 2005 Sheron Rupp (American, b. 1943) Heinz Hajek-Halke (German, 1898–1983) Ilfochrome, 30 x 40 cm (11 13/16 x 15 3/4 in.) Three photographs,1983–2003 Twelve photographs, 1948–1959 2007.36 Chromogenic dye coupler Vintage gelatin silver Sally Mann (American, b. 1951) Gift of Nancy and Bruce Berman 2007.25 Jessie #6, 2004 2007.40 Mikiko Hara (Japanese, b. 1967) Gelatin silver; 127 x 101.6 cm (50 x 40 in.) Graham Smith (British, b. 1947) Seventeen photographs, 1996–2007 Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; South Bank Outside Market Street Toilets, 1985 Chromogenic (Type-C) Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Funds, 2007 Gelatin silver Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs 2007.60 2007.71 Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989) 2008.8 Mike Smith (German, b. 1951) Eight photographs, ca. 1974 Five photographs, 1996–2002 Tim Hawkinson (American, b. 1960) Polaroid Chromogenic dye coupler Octopus, 2006 2007.67 Gift of Nancy and Bruce Berman Collage of inkjet digital mounted to wood with Mary Ellen Mark (American, b. 1940) 2007.41 polyurethane foam; 240 x 355.6 x 6.4 cm (94 1/2 x Two photographs, 2001–02 140 x 2 1/2 in.) Joel Sternfeld (American, b. 1944) Polaroid 2007.35 The Northwest Corner of Florence and Normandie Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Avenues, Los Angeles, California, October 1993, Soon Tae (Tai) Hong (Korean, b. 1934) Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum Negative October 1993; Printed 2005 Twenty photographs, Negative 1968–78; Printed 2007.50 Chromogenic dye coupler; 76.2 x 127 cm 1970–80s Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925–1972) (30 x 50 in.) Gelatin silver Thirty-six photographs,1957–69 Gift of Nancy and Bruce Berman 2007.52 Gelatin silver 2007.42 Soon Tae (Tai) Hong (Korean, b. 1934) Gift of Christopher Meatyard and Jonathan Greene Ten photographs, 1969–1976 2007.49 Gelatin silver Daido Moriyama (Japanese, b. 1938) Gift of Soon Tai Hong Night, Tokyo, 2003 2007.58 Gelatin silver; 35.6 x 43.2 cm (14 x 17 in.) Gift of Daido Moriyama 2007.59

The J. Paul Getty Museum 13 Robert Neal Stivers (American, b. 1953) Unknown Sculpture & Decorative Arts Five photographs, 2000–03 Portrait of Sam Wagstaff,ca. 1980 Gelatin silver Gelatin silver; 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) Ellsworth Kelly (American, b. 1923) Gift of Jean Cohen Friedman and Dr. Jerry Friedman 2007.69 Totem, May 1988 2007.55 Graphite; 30.6 x 22.2 cm (12 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.) Samuel Wagstaff, Jr. (American, 1921–1987) 2007.44 Various Manufacturers Forty-one photographs, 1973–77 Five cameras, ca. 1750–1949 Kodak Franz-Xaver Messerschmidt (German, 1736–1783) Wood, brass, leather, glass 2007.68 The Vexed Man, after 1770 Gift of Gloria and Stanley Fishfader Alabaster, 42 cm (16 9/16 in.) Carleton Watkins (American, 1829–1916) 2007.46 2008.4 Agassiz Column, near Union Point, 1866–72 Unknown Albumen silver; 71 x 55.9 cm (27 15/16 x 22 in.) Portrait of Sam Wagstaff, ca. 1977 Gift in memory of Margaret Meanor Crawford Gelatin silver; 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.) 2007.61 2007.66

J. Paul Getty Museum Exhibitions

Opening at the Getty Center between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008

Edward Weston: Enduring Vision Please Be Seated: A Video Installation Medieval Treasures from the July 31–November 25, 2007 by Nicole Cohen Cleveland Museum of Art A seminal figure in the history of photography, Edward September 18, 2007–January 11, 2009 October 30, 2007–January 20, 2008 Weston (American, 1886–1958) began his long career Internationally recognized video artist Nicole Cohen The Cleveland Museum of Art houses one of the finest in Southern California. The Getty Museum’s collection (American, b. 1970) explored the intersection and most comprehensive collections of early Christian, of Weston prints is among the most significant of of historical interiors, the social behaviors they Byzantine, and European medieval art. This was the first any art museum, spanning four decades of the artist’s conditioned, contemporary popular culture, and traveling exhibition to showcase a significant number work. This exhibition traced the breadth of Weston’s fantasy. Her project for the Getty Museum focused on of the museum’s treasures in the field, some of the accomplishments in California, , and across the the Museum’s collection of French seating furniture most lavish and prized examples of artistic production , employing a selection of prints drawn and its original and museological contexts. Viewers to survive. The exhibition included more than 120 from the Museum’s holdings alongside a smaller number were invited to engage in a participatory experience, works of art executed in a variety of media. Paintings, of complementary loans. One gallery of the exhibition forming personal, imaginative narratives through video sculpture, metalwork, decorative arts, textiles, and was devoted to the work of Weston’s colleagues and projections that rendered the chairs physically and illuminated manuscripts offered a rich survey of the students. psychologically accessible. arts and culture of medieval Europe. Organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art, the exhibition was installed Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro: Artist-Brothers in at the Bavarian National Museum in Munich prior to July 31–November 25, 2007 Renaissance Rome coming to the Getty. The Getty Museum presented the first West Coast October 2, 2007–January 6, 2008 exhibition featuring the work of Luc Delahaye (French, One of the first illustrated “starving artist” tales, a The Decorated Letter b. 1962), including 10 photographs depicting recent series of 20 drawings by the late-Renaissance painter November 13, 2007–January 27, 2008 world events. Inspired by a documentary approach and theorist Federico Zuccaro (Italian, c.1541–1609) The pages of medieval manuscripts feature richly to photography, Delahaye’s large-scale color works showed the early life of his famous brother Taddeo illuminated letters. Vines and luxuriant leaves twist urge reflection about the relationships among art, Zuccaro (Italian, 1529–1566). This major exhibition together to create initials; humans, animals, and information, and history. The direct nature of the comprised around 85 objects—principally drawings— mythological beasts create words; and entire stories photographs, the detachment, and the rich details that and included loans from a number of European and unfold within the forms of individual letters. This emerge from them contradict but also enhance their United States collections. It celebrated the Early Life exhibition explored the categories of illuminated dramatic intensity and narrative power. of Taddeo series and also illuminated Taddeo’s later letters found in manuscripts dating from the 800s to career through some of his greatest drawings as well the 1500s, shedding light on the trends that shaped Music for the Masses: Illuminated Choir Books as studying his working relationship with his younger medieval artistic production. August 14–October 28, 2007 brother. A fully illustrated catalogue accompanied the This exhibition of over 40 manuscripts and leaves exhibition. from the Getty Museum’s collection explored a variety of themes including: the types of medieval books In Focus: The Nude that contained music; the evolving forms of musical October 9, 2007–February 24, 2008 notation; the individuals who used these books in The unclothed human figure became a camera their worship; the famous artists who painted the subject shortly after the discovery of photography was illuminations; and especially, the scenes from the Old announced in 1839. From that point forward, artists Testament and from the lives of Christ and the saints have been challenged to use a variety of photographic that decorate the hymns. Accompanying the exhibition materials and processes to find new ways of picturing were recorded versions of selected chants from the the nude. This exhibition, which was drawn exclusively manuscripts on display. from the Getty Museum’s collection of photographs, brought together the work of over 25 innovative photographers who have left their mark on the history of the genre.

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