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Recent Acquisitions List

The Block Museum collects artwork through purchases, gifts, and bequests.  The works below are some of the newest works we are pleased to bring into the collection and may not yet be fully cataloged within our Collection Database.


 

June 2024

  • Hans Sebald Beham, The Holy Family Under a Canopy, 1520-50, Woodcut on paper
  • Claude Lorrain, Mercury and Argus, 1662 (from a posthumous edition), Etching on paper
  • Charles-Francois Daubigny, Moonrise on the Banks of the Oise, 1875, Etching on paper
  • Victoria Yau, Close Encounter, n.d., monoprint on paper
  • Victoria Yau, Walk at Dusk, n.d., watercolor on paper
  • Victoria Yau, Water Steps, n.d., ink on paper
  • Victoria Yau, River Swell, n.d., ink on paper
  • Victoria Yau, Large Stones, n.d., ink on paper
  • Iké Udé, GQ, 1994, flexprint on sintra mount
  • Ida Applebroog, Vera Mae (3 Head Study – Umber), 2005, Photo-genetics

 

May 2024

  • Cara Romero, TV Indians, 2017. Digital print, 39 x 60 inches
  • Cara Romero, Amber Morningstar, from the series First American Girl, 2022Digital print, 43.5 x 40 inches.

 

April 2024

  • Kachelle Knowles, Old People Drink At The Bar, Young People Drink in The Streets, 2024. Decorative Paper, Acrylic Gemstones, Graphite, Ink, Acrylic Paint, Colored Pencils, Gouache on Paper.

 

March 2024

  • Andrea CarlsonPerpetual Genre, 2024, oil, acrylic, gouache, ink, color pencil, and graphite

 

  • Rosalie Favell, selections from the series Facing the Camera, Evanston, IL, 2023, inkjet prints
  • Rosalie Favell, Me, Rosalie Favell, Evanston, IL, 2023, inkjet print 
  • Rosalie Favell, Video Portraits from the series Facing the Camera, 2023, single-channel digital video, color, with sound, ca. 35 minutes

 

  • Betsy Ritz Friebert, Interior, 1935, pen, ink, and wash on paper 
  • Betsy Ritz Friebert, Ex Libris 31 (Woman on Shore), 1931, pen and ink on paper 
  • Betsy Ritz Friebert, Self-portrait Nude, c. 1934, etching on paper
  • Betsy Ritz Friebert, Blanche (Nude and Mirror), c. 1932, etching on paper

 

  • Ivan Albright, 55 Division Street, 1947. Lithograph. 
  • Robert Arneson, Picasso, 1983. Woodcut.
  • Eric Avery, The Face of Liberty, Linocut on Poster.
  • Jennifer Bartlett, House: Dots, Hatches,1999. Silkscreen
  • Claudia Bernardi, Siete Manos Atrapadas, Monotype
  • Claudia Bernardi, La Maga. 1996, Monotype
  • Claudia Bernardi, Descubrien Mi Costilla Izquierda, Monotype
  • Claudia Bernardi, Los Trofeos de Guerra, Monotype
  • Carrol Thayer Berry, Ships at Bath, Maine, circa 1940, Linocut
  • Carrol Thayer Berry, Salt Mine, Linocut
  • Carrol Thayer Berry, Mt.Katadin from Ripogenus Dam, Linocut
  • Edmund Blampied, The Men Around the Mayor, 1934, Drawing
  • Louise Bourgeois, Spider, 1995 Drypoint
  • Phyllis Bramson, Psychology of Fire #1 (Man), 1984. Color lithograph
  • Phyllis Bramson, Psychology of Fire #2 (Woman), 1984 Color lithograph
  • Phyllis Bramson, Fairy Tail Trails, 2004. Mixed media
  • Roger Brown, Young Fisherman with Two Chinook (Steve), 1985, Oil on canvas
  • Francesco Clemente, Untitled self portrait, Woodcut
  • Sue Coe, Dancing Bear, 1983 Photo etching
  • Sue Coe, Health Care, 1991. Photo etching
  • Sue Coe, Bomb Shelter, 1991. Photo etching
  • Robert Colescott, Lock and Key, 1989. Acrylic on paper
  • Carlos Cortez, Union de Campesinos de Texas, 1980. Linoleum print
  • Gronk, Tormenta, Silkscreen
  • Gronk, Carmen, 1991. Lithograph
  • Red Grooms, Matisse in Nice, 1992. Color lithograph
  • John Himmelfarb, Storyteller, 1981. Color lithograph
  • John Himmelfarb, Bridge, 1982. Lithograph
  • John Himmelfarb, Lava Flow (red), 1986. Etching
  • E. Hunt, Split Hok Hok, Serigraph
  • George Hunt, Morning Flight, 1991. Serigraph
  • Richard Hunt, Kwa-gulth Moon, 1991. Serigraph
  • Gavin Jantjes, Zulu, 1988. Acrylic on paper
  • Jaun de Javier, Queen, Lithograph
  • Luis Jimenez, Trapped Coyote, 1989. Lithograph
  • Vera Klement, Self-Portait, 2012. Mixed media drawing
  • Ellen Lanyon, Thimble Box, 1973. Lithograph
  • Ellen Lanyon, Metamorphosis of a Damsel Fly, 1978. Etching with hand coloring
  • Ellen Lanyon, Cockatoo Clock, 1975. Lithograph with primsacolor
  • June Leaf, Woman with a Dagger in her Mouth, 1966. Black and white etching
  • June Leaf, Beauty Parlor, 1975. H/C etching
  • June Leaf, Girl Pushing Old Man in a Wheelchair, 1963. Black and white linocut
  • Jack Levine, Kronos (self portrait), Etching and aquatint
  • Percy Martin, The Conference, 1983. Etching
  • Percy Martin, Play a Song of Freedom, Sisters, 1989. Etching/aquatint
  • Paul McPhail, Untitled (bloody face), Mono-print
  • Henry Moore, Elephants, Etching
  • Audrey Niffenegger, There once were three Sisters, Hand-colored aquatint etchings
  • Audrey Niffenegger, Nest, 1985. Aquatint/etching
  • Gladys Nilsson, A Sort of Self, Watercolor and graphite
  • Gladys Nilsson, Little Pond, 2007. Watercolor and gouache
  • Ed Paschke, Kontata, 1984. Color lithograph
  • Ed Paschke, Kontato, 1984. Color lithograph
  • Pablo Picasso, Illustration for Carmen, Drypoint
  • Mateo Romero, Sun Feather's Dream, Lithograph
  • Susan Rothenburg, Tilting, 1986. Woodcut and lithograph
  • Susan Rothenburg, Dead Rooster #4, 1993. Woodcut
  • Kiyoshi Saito, Untitled, Japanese woodcut
  • Ben Adair Shoemaker, Hawk, Woodcut
  • Hollis Sigler, Dancing on the Edge III, 1992. Monoprint
  • Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Fish for a Lifetime, Lithograph
  • Jimmy Lee Sudeth, Toto, Oil on wood
  • Manolo Valdes, Las Meninas I, Color etching
  • Charles Wells, Hart Crane, Etching
  • James Wells, African Nude, 1980.
  • William T. Wiley, Canetti in Marrakesh, 2001. Etching
  • Shirley Woodson, Seeking Softer Light, 1994. Lithograph 

 

December 2023

  • Glen Davies, Sketch book, 1973-74, ink and pencil on paper
  • Glen Davies, Paradise Lost, acrylic on paper
  • Glen Davies, Death and the Artist, ink and watercolor on paper
  • Glen Davies, Broken Home, color pencil, ink, and acrylic on paper
  • Glen Davies, Grotto of Broken Dreams, Prismacolor, acrylic and ink on paper
  • Glen Davies, Untitled 1, Pentel marker on paper
  • Glen Davies, Untitled 2, Pentel marker on paper

 

  • Vik Muniz, Death of Chatterton, Cibachrome
  • Vik Muniz, Bacchus Astride a Barrel (after Rubins), Chromogenic print
  • Vik Muniz, Self-Portrait, Back of Head, Chromogenic prints

 

  • Saul SteinbergUntitled, 1964-66 (circa), ink and crayon on paper 
  • Saul Steinberg, Untitled, 1968 (circa), Lithograph 
  • Saul Steinberg, Preferendum 70, 1970, lithograph
  • Saul Steinberg, Music and China, 1970, Color lithograph with collage 
  • Saul Steinberg, Untitled, 1970-80, conte crayon on paper
  • Saul Steinberg, Luxor, 1971, lithograph
  • Saul Steinberg, Untitled, 1976-77, offset lithograph on wove paper
  • Saul Steinberg, Sphynx, 1984, color etching
  • Saul Steinberg, Gogol I, 1984, etching and aquatint with collage
  • Saul Steinberg, Las Vegas, 1995, Etching with color aquatint
  • Saul Steinberg, Untitled, 1961-62, ink, crayon, colored pencil and pastel with collage on cut brown paper bag

 

 

  • Helen Frankenthaler, Untitled, 1967, screenprintPasseggiata Romana, Etching and aquatint
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Untitled (Cleveland Orchestra Print), screenprint
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Altitudes, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Door, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, ed. 25/39, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, WP1, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, WP2, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, WP3, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, WP4, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, WP5, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, WP6, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, WP7, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, WP8, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, WP9, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, WP10, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP1, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP2, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP3, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP4, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP5, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP6, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP7, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP8, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP10, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP11, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP12, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP 13, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, TP14, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Divertimento, Cancellation proof, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Tout a coup, etching, aquatint, and drypoint
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Un Poco Mas, lithograph
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Monotype XIV, monotype
  • Helen Frankenthaler, All About Blue, lithograph and woodcut

 

October 2023

  • Iké Udé, Town and Country, 1994, Flexprint on sintra mount, 40 x 30 inches
  • Hala Schoukair, Untitled, 2014, ink on paper, 7 x 6-5/8 inches
  • Hala Schoukair, Untitled, 2014, ink on paper, 6-5/8 x 7 inches
  • Hala Schoukair, Untitled, 2019, ink on paper, 12 x 18 inches
  • Hala Schoukair, Untitled, 2020, thread and ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches
  • Hala Schoukair, Untitled, 2020, thread and ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches
  • Hala Schoukair, Untitled, 2020, thread and ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches
  • Hala Schoukair, Untitled, 2020, thread and ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches
  • Hala Schoukair, Untitled, 2019, ink on paper,12 x 18 inches
  • Sarah Pickering, Flick’s Nightclub, from the series Explosions, Fires, and Public Order, 2004, photograph, 30 1/4 × 39 11/16 inches
  • Yancey Hughes, Sign of the Times, 2023, inkjet print, 27 15/16 × 40 1/16 inches, 2023.15
  • Alireza Shojaian, Sharok & Arthur, from the series Sous le Ciel de Shiraz, 2022, acrylic and pencil on wood, 24 x 36 inches, TR7.2023, 2023.16

August 2023 

  • Louise Lawler, Not Yet Titled, 2001/2006, cibachrome mounted on aluminum box, wood edge
  • Louise Lawler, Untitled, 2006, cibachrome
  • LaToya Ruby Frazier, Zion holding a picture of Shea sipping water from her fresh water spring at age thirteen (1997), Jasper County, Newton, Mississippi, 2017, gelatin silver print
  • LaToya Ruby Frazier, Shea Cobb, Amber Hasan, and Her Children, Nieces, and Nephews (Zari, DJ, Jayda, Justin, Justace, Jaylen) and Their Friends Playing in the Water Moses West Is Spraying from His Atmospheric Water Generator on North Saginaw Street Between East Marengo Avenue and East Pulaski Avenue, Flint, Michigan, gelatin silver print
  • An-My Lê, Fragment IV: Family under the Presidio-Ojinaga-International Bridge, Texas/Mexico Border, from Silent General, 2019, Pigment print
  • An-My Lê Marine Corps Weapons Company (I), Earthquake Relief, Grand Goave, Haiti, from Events Ashore, 2010, Pigment print
  • zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal, Krystal and Ruth, 2018, Inkjet print, 16 x 24 inches

 

June 2023 

  •  Victor Vasarely, Untitled, n.d., screenprint
  • Gene Davis, Untitled 1, 1981 Pentel marker on paper
  • Gene Davis, Untitled 2, 1981 Pentel marker on paper
  • Kenneth Noland, Quartet #2, 2001, iris print with varnish
  • Rick Bartow, Bird Watchers, mixed media, monotype on paper
  • Corita Kent, come alive, color screenprint
  • Bill Wheelock, Quantum Grey? Or Horizontal Drawing?, ink on paper
  • Deb Puretz, Ming 1 & 2 diptych, mixed intaglio print
  • Deb Puretz, Plate used to create Ming 1 & 2, Copper plate acid-etched from photograph of engineering drawings of prototype chips by Micro Module Systems
  • Deb Puretz, Transparency used to create Ming 1 & 2, transparency film
  • Deb Puretz, Collage 06 RVC, Semiconductor wafer print (monoprint)
  • Deb Puretz, EE, Semiconductor wafer print with etching, chine collée (rice paper on top) and possibly sugarlift (monoprint)
  • Max Gimblet, Warsaw Sumi, lithograph on paper
  • Orit Siman-Tov, ‘Rescue Excavations’, The Western Wall Plaza, pigment print 
  • Orit Siman-Tov, ‘Rescue Excavations’, Beit She’an, pigment print 
  • Orit Siman-Tov, ‘Citypass’, pigment print 
  • Orit Siman-Tov, ‘Citypass’, pigment print