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Sample works from our more than 4,000 objects in our permanent collection.

Decorative Arts
vasew
ANDRE DELATTE, French
Vase, circa 1921
Cameo glass, 8 5/8 x 7"
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
candlestick
STEUBEN GLASSWORKS, American
Candlestick, circa 1930
Gold Aurene glass, 3 11/16 x 4 1/16"
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
tiffany lamp
LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY, American
Pond Lily Table Lamp, circa 1905
Favrile glass, 2 3/16 x 6 5/16"
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
Drawings
Hammer drawing
VICTOR HAMMER, American, born Austrian
Study for The Resurrection (Composition), 1963
Graphite pencil on cream illustration board, 30 x 22”
Purchase: Art Museum Funds
Miro drawing
JOAN MIRÓ, Spanish
Constellations d'une Femme Assise, circa 1937
Ink on cream paper, 24 7/16 x 28 7/16”
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
Picasso drawing
PABLO PICASSO, Spanish
Mere et Enfant, 1920
Graphite pencil on cream wove paper, 10 3/4 x 8 3/16
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
Paintings
Avery painting
MILTON AVERY, American
Green Sea, 1958
Oil on canvas board, 18 x 24”
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
bernard painting
EMILE BERNARD, French
Portrait of Madeline, the Artist's Sister,
1889, oil on canvas, 45 3/4 x 35 1/2"
Purchase:  University of Kentucky Annual Giving Fund, the Herman Lee and Nell Stuart Donovan Memorial Endowment,  and funds provided by Mrs. Caddis Morriss and Loraine Windland
Carraci painting
AGOSTINO CARRACCI, Italian
Madonna and Child with St. John, 16th century
Oil on canvas, 38 x 31 ½”
Purchase:  Gaines Challenge Fund
denis painting

MAURICE DENIS, French
Breton Landscape, circa 1891
Oil on linen, 13 ¼ x 16 5/16”
Purchase: The Herman Lee and Nell Stuart Donovan Memorial Endowment
dubuffet painting
JEAN DUBUFFET, French
Bon Voyage, 1955
Oil on canvas, 23 ¾ x 28 ¾”
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
durpre painting
JULIEN DUPRÉ, French
In the Pasture, 1883
Oil on canvas, 53 x 78”
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Knight to the University of Kentucky Carnahan House
duveneck painting
FRANK DUVENECK, American
Study of an Old Man, undated
Oil on linen, 24 1/8 x 19 7/8”
Bequest of William P. Welsh
goldberg painting
MICHAEL GOLDBERG, American
One Year Tim, 1961
Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 60”
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, for the Martha Jackson Memorial Collection
welsh painting
WILLIAM WELSH, American
Self-Portrait, 1949
Oil on canvas, 54 x 25”
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Desha N. Sanders
Photography
Abbott photo
BERNICE ABBOTT, American
James Joyce, circa 1927
Gelatin silver print,  12 5/8 x9 15/16”
Gift of Reverend Edwin B. Fountain
Atget photo
EUGENE ATGET, French
Prostitute Taking Her Shift, La Villette, 1921
Gelatin silver print mounted on cream mat board (Printed by Berenice Abbott)
9 1/8 x 6 7/8”
Gift of Reverend Edwin b. Fountain
katchadourian photo
NINA KATCHADOURIAN, American
Natural Crossdressing, 2002
Purchase: Robert C. May Fund
may photo
ROBERT C. MAY, American
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, 1972
Gelatin silver print, 7 3/16 x 7 1/8”
Bequest of Robert C. May
Meatyard photo
RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD, American
Romance of Ambrose Bierce #3, from Portfolio Three:  The Work of Ralph Eugene Meatyard, 1964 (printed 1974)
Gelatin silver print, 6 11/16 x 7 “
Bequest of Robert C. May
sherman photo
CINDY SHERMAN, American
Untitled (#89, Flowered Sheets), 1981
Ektacolor C print, 24 x 48 1/16”
Purchase:  Gaines Challenge Fund
Ulmann photo
DORIS ULMANN, American
Brother William Anderson, Shaker Settlement, Mt. Lebanon, New York
Platinum print, undated
Purchase:  The Robert C. May Photography Fund
Prints
bolotin print
JAY BOLOTIN, American
The Proposition, from The Hidden Boy portfolio, 1984-85
Woodcut on white paper, 14 13/16 x 11”
Gift of Derek and Neal Vaughan
Close print
CHUCK CLOSE, American
Phil III, 1982
Cast handmade paper, 68 7/8 x 52 5/8”
Purchase: Gaines Challenge Fund
durer print
ALBRECHT DÜRER, German
Knight, Death and the Devil, 1513
Copper plate engraving on off-white laid paper, 9 ¾ x 7 ½”
Purchase: Gaines Challenge Fund
katz print
ALEX KATZ, American
Red Coat, 1983
Color screenprint on white paper, 58 x 29”
Purchase: Gaines Challenge Fund
kruger print
BARBARA KRUGER, American
Untitled (Heard), from We Will No Longer Be Seen And Not Heard portfolio
Photo-offset lithograph and serigraph with embossing on Arches 88 paper, 1985
Purchase:  Art Museum Funds
toulouse-lautrec
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, French
Divan Japonais, 1893
Color lithograph on buff wove paper, 32 15/16 x 24 3/8”
Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Mayer
rembrandt print
HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN REMBRANDT, Dutch
Abraham’s Sacrifice, 1655
Etching and drypoint on white laid paper, 6 3/16 x 5 ¼”
Purchase: Gaines Challenge Fund
Sculpture
bertoia sculpture
HARRY BERTOIA, American, b. Italy
Untitled (Sonambient sculpture), 1968
Beryllium copper and bronze with brown patina, 30 5/8 x 7 15/16 x 8 15/16”
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
butterfield horse
DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD, American
EastWest, 2002
Bronze, 36 x 46 x 11 ½”
Purchase:  The  Collectors Fund
calder mobile
ALEXANDER CALDER, American
The Star, 1960
Polychrome sheet metal and steel wire, 35 ¾ x 53 ¾ x 17 5/8”
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
carpeux bust
JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX, French
La Negresse, 1868 (recast 1979)
Bronze, 23 ¾ x 16 x 13 1/8”
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gaines in honor of President Otis A. Singletary
cole figure
WILLY COLE, American
Shoonufu Female Figure, 2013
Bronze
lewitt sculpture
SOL LEWITT, American
Incomplete Open Cube #7/1, from Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes series, 1975
Aluminum with white baked enamel finish, 42 x 42 x 42”
Gift of the artist
morgan sculpture
ROBERT MORGAN, American
Wheel of Fate, 2009
Mixed media, 36 ¾ x 31 ½ x 15 ½”
Gift of Becky B. Faulconer
rickey sculpture
GEORGE RICKEY, American
Two Lines Oblique, 1967-69
Stainless steel, 325 x 410”
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
yoruba
AFRICAN, Nigeria, Yoruba
Female Shango Figure, late 19th century
Wood, 16 ¼ x 4 ¼ x 3”
tolson
EDGAR TOLSON, American
Temptation, 1975
Poplar, cedar, pine, paint, graphite pencil, and magic marker, 13 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 8 13/16”
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer

 

Created 08/13/2021
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Last Updated 09/21/2021