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Inside Look: Selected Acquisitions from the Georgia Museum of Art

Saturday, Sep 18, 2021 — Sunday, Jan 30, 2022



With more than 17,000 objects in its collection, the museum cannot show everything all the time. This exhibition features many previously unseen works of art, including new gifts and purchases across our curatorial departments that have filled critical gaps in the permanent collections. Visitors will discover examples from the Femfolio portfolio, featuring prints by artists such as Faith Ringgold and Miriam Schapiro; a suite of abstract prints by Sophie Taeuber-Arp; selections from the John and Sara Shlesinger Collection of contemporary art; Russian portraits from the Belosselsky-Belozersky family; important abstract and self-taught objects by African American artists; photographs of celebrity culture and everyday life in 1960s England by Lewis Morley; and scenes of the resilient communities of Appalachia by photographers Milton Rogovin and Arthur Tress.

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    Arthur Tress (American, b. 1940), “Girl with Doll, Keystone, WV,” 1968. Fiber-based gelatin silver print. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gifted by Dr. Pat and Patricia Kennedy. GMOA 2020.2026.
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    Bill Traylor (American, 1854 – 1947), untitled (multiple figures with blue house), n.d. Watercolor and graphite, 8 × 22 1/2 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of George Morton and Karol Howard. GMOA 2017.214.
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    Ivan Andreevich Vinberg (Russian, 1798 – 1851), miniature portrait of Princess Elena Pavlovna Belosselsky-Belozersky (1812 – 1888), (née Bibikova/Bibikoff, in her second marriage Princess Kochubei), ca. 1843. Watercolor on ivory, gilded brass for the frame, 3 3/8 × 2 3/8 × 1/2 inches (framed). Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Marina Belosselsky-Belozersky Kasarda. GMOA 2018.148.
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    Portrait of Prince Konstantin Esperovich (1843 – 1920) and his grandson Prince Sergei Sergeevich (1898 – 1978), 1898 – 99. Photographic print, birch wood and silver, 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3/8 inches (framed). Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Marina Belosselsky-Belozersky Kasarda. GMOA 2018.151.
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    Beverly Buchanan (American, 1940 – 2015), “Shot Gun House,” 1992. Mixed media, 14 1/4 × 10 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Ann Oliver in loving memory and honor of her husband Ted Oliver. GMOA 2019.321.
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    Miriam Schapiro (Canadian, 1923 – 2015), “Court Jester.” Digital print with hand lithography, 12 × 12 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Byrnece Purcell Knox Swanson Acquisitions Fund and the Richard E. and Lynn R. Berkowitz Acquisition Endowment. GMOA 2019.329.14.
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    Milton Rogovin (American, 1909 – 2011), untitled, Appalachia Series, 1962 – 71. Double weight fiber based gelatin silver print, 10 × 8 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Michelle Melin-Rogovin in memory of Mark Rogovin. GMOA 2020.215.
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    Mika Tajima (American, b. 1975), “Deal or No Deal,” 2008. MDF lacquer, 72 × 16 × 2 inches (each ladder). Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; The John and Sara Shlesinger Collection. GMOA 2019.456.
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    Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss, 1889 – 1943), “Échelonnement,” from an untitled portfolio of 10 prints after original works by Sophie Taueber-Arp, 1957. Color serigraph on heavy paper, 13 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (image). Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by Martha Randolph Daura. GMOA 2020.44.9
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Curator

Nelda Damiano, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art; Shawnya L. Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art; Asen Kirin, Parker Curator of Russian Art; and Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art

Galleries

Lamar Dodd, Charles B. Presley Family, Rachel Cosby Conway, Alfred Heber Holbrook and Boone and George-Ann Knox I Galleries

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