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FINE ARTS MUSEUMS FOUNDATION Report of Acquisitions Committee Appendix B FINE ARTS MUSEUMS FOUNDATION Report of Acquisitions Committee November 12, 2020 Page PURCHASES ......................................................................... 1 American Art – 1 Total Purchases – 1 FUNDED PURCHASES ......................................................... 2 American Art – 3 Achenbach, Prints and Drawings – 12 Costume and Textile Arts – 2 Total Funded Purchases – 17 GIFTS……………………………………………………………… 3 Achenbach, Prints and Drawings – 885 Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas – 10 Costume and Textile Arts – 5 European Decorative Arts and Sculpture – 1 Total Gifts – 901 FIRST STEP DEACCESSIONS ............................................ 4 Achenbach, Prints and Drawings – 13 Ancient Art – 10 European Decorative Arts and Sculpture – 1 History – 13 Oriental – 6 Costume and Textile Arts – 7 Total First Step Deaccessions – 50 SECOND STEP DEACCESSIONS ....................................... 5 Achenbach, Prints and Drawings – 78 American Art – 2 European Decorative Arts and Sculpture – 6 History – 383 Costume and Textile Arts – 47 Total Second Step Deaccessions – 516 Fine Arts Museums Foundation Acquisitions Committee November 12, 2020 PURCHASES American Art David Drake (ca. 1800-after 1873) Storage Jar, April 12, 1836 Glazed stoneware 14 ¾ inches high Page 1-1 Fine Arts Museums Foundation Acquisitions Committee November 12, 2020 FUNDED PURCHASES* American Paintings Evri Kwong, American, b. 1962 This Land is Your Land, This Land is MY Land, 2020 Mixed media on window shade 80 x 72 in. (203.2 x 182.9 cm) Museum purchase, American Art Trust Fund L20.45 Tom Colcord, American, b. 1990 Gentrification of the Dead, 2019 Oil on canvas 72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm) Museum purchase, The Volunteer Council Acquisition Fund and American Art Trust Fund L20.43 Casey Gray, American, b. 1963 Recipe For Survival, 2020 Acrylic spray paint, molding paste, fluid acrylic on birch panel 31 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (80 x 102.9 cm) Museum purchase, American Art Trust Fund L20.44 Achenbach Prints and Drawings Jocelyn Lee, American Playground for the rich, 2019 Color screenprint 616 x 819 x 38 mm (24 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. framed) Museum purchase, Achenbach Graphic Arts Council L20.48 Kathryn Clark, American, b. 1971 Harm to Ongoing Matter, (The Mueller Report) 2019 Ink on paper 762 x 1372 x 25 mm (30 x 54 x 1 in. framed) Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts Endowment Fund L20.49 *(Object Purchase by Discretion less than $50,000; Aggregate by Department less than $125,000) Page 2-1 Fine Arts Museums Foundation Acquisitions Committee November 12, 2020 FUNDED PURCHASES* Cheryl Derricotte, American 2017 Year at a Glance, 214 Dead Black Men, 2018 978 x 673 x 27 mm (38 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 1 1/16 in. framed) Museum purchase, Achenbach Graphic Arts Council L20.50 Charles Aquilina, American tal Erwieh ("Of Souls" translated from Maltese), 2018 Graphite and colored pencil 1016 x 1524 x 25 mm (40 x 60 x 1 in. framed) Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts Endowment Fund L20.51 Chris Whitefield, American, b. 1968 Shelter in Place #1, 2020 Ink 356 x 356 x 25 mm (14 x 14 x 1 in. framed) Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts Endowment Fund L20.52.1 Chris Whitefield, American, b. 1968 Shelter in Place #12, 2020 Ink 356 x 406 x 25 mm (14 x 14 x 1 in. framed) Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts Endowment Fund L20.52.2 Sheila Ghidini, American The Edges of Walls, 2020 Graphite and colored pencil 965 x 965 x 38 mm (38 x 38 x 1 1/2 in.framed) Gift of Leila Narvid in honor of Christopher Kao L20.53 Donna Anderson Kam, American (8-07) 16:22 PDT Trona, CA, 2020 Pastel 1321 x 2438 x 51 mm (52 x 96 x 2 in. framed) Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts Endowment Fund and the Achenbach Graphic Arts Council L20.54 *(Object Purchase by Discretion less than $50,000; Aggregate by Department less than $125,000) Page 2-2 Fine Arts Museums Foundation Acquisitions Committee November 12, 2020 FUNDED PURCHASES* David Avery, American, b. 1952 Mendacia Ridicula (the wheel of Ixion), 2018 Etching 356 x 375 x 25 mm (14 x 14 3/4 x 1 in.) Museum purchase, Achenbach Graphic Arts Council L20.55 Eric Heiman, American Connectivity ≠ Community, 2019 Digital pigment print 978 x 673 x 38 mm (38 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. framed) Museum purchase, Achenbach Graphic Arts Council L20.56 Yulia Pinkusevich, Ukrainian, b. 1982 Casualty Isorithm 2, 2018 Charcoal and colored chalk 1448 x 1524 x 25 mm (57 x 60 x 1.5 in. framed) Museum purchase, Achenbach Graphic Arts Council Endowment Fund L20.57 Sonia Gechtoff, American, 1926–2018 Untitled, mid-1950’s Graphite on paper, (Double sided) 1029 x 1537 mm (40 1/2 x 60 1/2 in.) Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts Endowment Fund L20.58a-b Costume and Textile Arts Alice Beasley, American Floating by the Heat of the Moon, 2019 Printed cotton; pieced 82.6 x 62.2 cm (32 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.) Museum purchase, Art Trust Fund L20.46 Sherwin Rio, American Second Gloves, 2019 Pina cloth 30.5 x 12.7 cm (12 x 5 in.) Museum purchase, Art Trust Fund L20.47 *(Object Purchase by Discretion less than $50,000; Aggregate by Department less than $125,000) Page 2-3 Fine Arts Museums Foundation Acquisitions Committee November 12, 2020 GIFTS Achenbach – Prints and Drawings 880 Crown Point Press working proofs and drawings Various Artists include: Robert Bechtle, Chris Burden, Robert Colescott, Richard Diebenkorn, Sol Lewitt, Julie Mehretu, Chris Ofili, Laura Owens, Ed Ruscha, Kiki Smith, Wayne Thiebaud, and Fred Wilson 20th–21st century, United States, San Francisco Various artists, subjects and media Crown Point Press Archive, Gift of Crown Point Press L20.39.1-880 Jacques-Fabien Gautier Dagoty, French, 1716–1785 Figure de l'homme demontre, ca. 1750 Gouache, watercolor and ink on paper, laid down on linen 72 7/16 x 23 1/4 in. (180 x 59 cm) Gift of the Dr. Dean Edell Collection of Anatomical Art L20.35.1 Antonio Cattani, Italian active 1770-1780 Hercules II, an Anatomical View, after a sculpture by Ercole Lelli, ca. 1780–1781 Engraving 72 5/8 x 22 7/16 in. (184.5 x 57 cm) Gift of the Dr. Dean Edell Collection of Anatomical Art L20.35.2 Afro Basaldella, Italian, 1912–1976 Abstract Composition, 1959 Charcoal, graphite, and ink on paper 20 1/2 x 26 7/8 in. (52.1 x 68.3 cm) Gift of Joseph and Deborah Goldyne L20.36.1 Giuseppe Porta (Salviati), Italian, circa 1520–circa 1575 Study of Figures for the Vatican fresco 'The Reconciliation between Pope Alexander IIII and the Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa', ca. 1564 Black and red chalk, black ink 9 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (23.5 x 19.4 cm) Gift of Joseph and Deborah Goldyne L20.36.2 Page 3-1 Fine Arts Museums Foundation Acquisitions Committee November 12, 2020 GIFTS Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) Plate 46: Vaso antico also palmi 4. onc. 7. che si vede nel Museo dell’ autore […] from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofaagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav Gio. Batt. Piranesi pubblicati l’anno MDCCLXXIIX, Rome 1778 etching on thick laid paper 52.8 x 38.5 cm. Gift of Joseph and Deborah Goldyne L20.42.2 Africa, Oceana, and the Americas Bamileke Artist Whistle / Flute, early to mid 20th century Cameroon, Carved darkened wood 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.) Gift of Richard Scheller L20.19.1 Kusu artist Figure, 19th century Democratic Republic of Congo Wood, horn, hide, and reptile skin 48.3 x 16.5 x 17.1 cm (19 x 6 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.) Gift of Richard Scheller L20.19.2 Kanyok artist Ceremonial Adze, late 19th century Democratic Republic of Congo Carved wood 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.) Gift of Richard Scheller L20.19.3 Tsogho artist Gong, late 19th century Gabon Forged iron and carved wood 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.) Gift of Richard Scheller L20.19.4 Page 3-2 Fine Arts Museums Foundation Acquisitions Committee November 12, 2020 GIFTS Pindi artist Ceremonial Axe, early 20th century Democratic Republic of Congo Forged iron and carved wood 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.) Gift of Richard Scheller L20.19.5 Songo artist Maternity Figure, early 20th century Angola Carved darkened wood 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.) Gift of Richard Scheller L20.19.6 Vili artist Figure, late 19th century Democratic Republic of Congo Encrusted wood with earthenware, glass and iron nails 58.4 cm (23 in.) Gift of Richard Scheller L20.19.7 Zimba artist Figure, early 20th century Democratic Republic of Congo Darkened wood 30.5 cm (12 in.) Gift of Richard Scheller L20.19.8 Zombo artist Figure, late 19th century Democratic Republic of Congo Darkened wood with traces of red pigment 27.9 cm (11 in.) Gift of Richard Scheller L20.19.9 Jukun artist Figure, late 19th century or earlier Nigeria Wood 54.6 x 17.8 x 19.1 cm (21 1/2 x 7 x 7 1/2 in.) Page 3-3 Fine Arts Museums Foundation Acquisitions Committee November 12, 2020 GIFTS Gift of Richard Scheller L20.19.10 Costume and Textile Arts Anthony Vaccarello (Belgian, b. 1982) for the House of Yves Saint Laurent (est. 1962) Evening Ensemble, tunic (a), belt (b), pants (c), and shoes (d-e), fall/winter 2019 Europe Embroidered silk Gift of Eugenia Ahlas L20.40a-e Vivienne Westwood, English, b.
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