Sample works from our more than 4,000 objects in our permanent collection.
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
- Decorative Arts
ANDRE DELATTE, French
Vase, circa 1921
Cameo glass, 8 5/8 x 7"
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
STEUBEN GLASSWORKS, American
Candlestick, circa 1930
Gold Aurene glass, 3 11/16 x 4 1/16"
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
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
VICTOR HAMMER, American, born Austrian
Study for The Resurrection (Composition), 1963
Graphite pencil on cream illustration board, 30 x 22”
Purchase: Art Museum Funds
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
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
MILTON AVERY, American
Green Sea, 1958
Oil on canvas board, 18 x 24”
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
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
AGOSTINO CARRACCI, Italian
Madonna and Child with St. John, 16th century
Oil on canvas, 38 x 31 ½”
Purchase: Gaines Challenge Fund
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
JEAN DUBUFFET, French
Bon Voyage, 1955
Oil on canvas, 23 ¾ x 28 ¾”
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
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
FRANK DUVENECK, American
Study of an Old Man, undated
Oil on linen, 24 1/8 x 19 7/8”
Bequest of William P. Welsh
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
WILLIAM WELSH, American
Self-Portrait, 1949
Oil on canvas, 54 x 25”
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Desha N. Sanders- Photography
BERNICE ABBOTT, American
James Joyce, circa 1927
Gelatin silver print, 12 5/8 x9 15/16”
Gift of Reverend Edwin B. Fountain
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
NINA KATCHADOURIAN, American
Natural Crossdressing, 2002
Purchase: Robert C. May Fund
ROBERT C. MAY, American
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, 1972
Gelatin silver print, 7 3/16 x 7 1/8”
Bequest of Robert C. May
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
CINDY SHERMAN, American
Untitled (#89, Flowered Sheets), 1981
Ektacolor C print, 24 x 48 1/16”
Purchase: Gaines Challenge Fund
DORIS ULMANN, American
Brother William Anderson, Shaker Settlement, Mt. Lebanon, New York
Platinum print, undated
Purchase: The Robert C. May Photography Fund- Prints
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
CHUCK CLOSE, American
Phil III, 1982
Cast handmade paper, 68 7/8 x 52 5/8”
Purchase: Gaines Challenge Fund
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
ALEX KATZ, American
Red Coat, 1983
Color screenprint on white paper, 58 x 29”
Purchase: Gaines Challenge Fund
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
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
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
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
DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD, American
EastWest, 2002
Bronze, 36 x 46 x 11 ½”
Purchase: The Collectors Fund
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
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
WILLY COLE, American
Shoonufu Female Figure, 2013
Bronze
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
ROBERT MORGAN, American
Wheel of Fate, 2009
Mixed media, 36 ¾ x 31 ½ x 15 ½”
Gift of Becky B. Faulconer
GEORGE RICKEY, American
Two Lines Oblique, 1967-69
Stainless steel, 325 x 410”
Bequest of George and Susan Proskauer
AFRICAN, Nigeria, Yoruba
Female Shango Figure, late 19th century
Wood, 16 ¼ x 4 ¼ x 3”
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