Face Forward: Recent Acquisitions

Dates:

November 30, 2023 - March 10, 2024

Location:

Becker Gallery

The exhibition highlights recent additions to the collection, focusing on portraiture as a form of artistic experimentation and social commentary.

Selected Works

a sepia photograph showing a woman in a long dress holding a fan — *Portrait of Empress Consort Haruko*, 1872, albumen print by Uchida Kuichi, Japanese, 1844–1875. Museum Purchase, Gridley W. Tarbell II Fund, 2023.6

a drawing of the silhouettes of two seated figures — *Two Ladies Seated in a Loge, Facing Left*, ca. 1879–1880, soft ground aquatint by Mary Cassatt, American, 1844–1926. Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund, 2015.28.

The head and shoulders of a man with a mustache, against a striped backdropated figures — *Untitled [Self-portrait],* 1931, oil on canvas, by Walter Pach, American, 1883–1958. Gift of Francis M. Naumann and Marie T. Keller. 2017.56.110.

A painting in pastel colors showing a figure in overalls with a guitar — *Valerie with Guitar*, ca. 1950s, oil on canvas by Ashley Bryan, American, 1923–202). Gift of the Ashley Bryan Center, 2021.51.3.

A black and white photograph of a man at a piano and a man playing a trumpet — *Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong (1 of 3), New York, 1955*, 1955 (printed 1984), gelatin silver print by Irving Penn American, 1917–2009. Gift of Robert A. Fréson Family, 2021.40.8.

A painting showing a girl in the woods with bare branches — *Helena’s Imaginary Air Shelter*, 1955, oil on canvas by Chuzo Tamotzu, Japanese-American, 1891–1975. Gift of Helena L. Katz, MD, in honor of her aunt and uncle, Louise and Chuzo Tamotzu, 2021.35.2.

About

The exhibition highlights recent additions to the collection of the 91��ɫ��ý Museum of Art, focusing on portraiture as a form of artistic experimentation and social commentary. Featuring works in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, photography, and printmaking, the installation includes several artworks that have never before been exhibited at the Museum. As a collaborative project Face Forward incorporates new research conducted by several Museum student interns and staff members.

Th exhibition is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Endowment Fund.

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