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Biennial Report 2019–2020
Biennial Report 2019–2020
Report of the President
and 2020 continued the great tradition of St. Louis art employed throughout the closure so that we could
collectors to share their treasures with an enthusiastic reopen without delay in mid-June 2020 under the
public. The exhibition Millet and Modern Art: From protocols established by the City of St. Louis.
Van Gogh to Dalí presented some of the finest works of
art from around the world, and, to our delight, we were What the Museum represents and how it can continue
able to extend it longer than expected to allow more to serve the community became especially urgent
people to see it even after the pandemic closure. considerations in a year such as 2020. How we reach
out and nurture during a pandemic; how we address
The Museum’s financial position remained solid, in issues of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion;
large part thanks to the exceptional generosity of the and the kinds of leadership that will be needed in the
taxpayers of St. Louis county and city, and the largesse future are all questions we had to answer. As issues of
of numerous philanthropic donors. In February of social justice faced our community and the country,
2019, this strength enabled the St. Louis Art Museum the Board of Commissioners completed an in-depth
Foundation to make the final payment on debt related study of what the Museum had done, and what it
to the construction of the David Chipperfield–designed should consider doing further, to promote racial and
East Building. The payment retired the last remaining social equity. The Diversity Study Group Report,
bond debt 31 years ahead of schedule. Also during adopted unanimously by the Board of Commissioners,
these two years, the Museum saw the growth of its contains more than 140 areas to be considered for
endowment, which was valued at $240 million on action. In 2020, the entire Museum began considering
December 31, 2020—an increase of $43 million those areas and implementing appropriate changes—
(21 percent) since the close of the prior biennial all with the goal of making the Museum accessible
period in 2018. to and comfortable for all of the community and a
model of responsible stewardship. The institution
During these two years, attendance was consistently is determined to remain a vibrant resource for all
robust, reaching 503,000 visitors in 2019 and St. Louisans in all respects.
225,000 in 2020, notwithstanding the closure due
to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are gratified to While our efforts to replace a strong director of 22
Caspar David Friedrich, German, 1774–1840; Sunburst in the Riesengebirge, 1835; oil on canvas; 10 × 12 1/2 inches; Friends Fund, years may encourage us to celebrate our past successes,
Museum Purchase, Director’s Discretionary Fund, the Ann Goddard Trust, and the Third Wednesday Group 1:2019 have achieved a 2019 average Net Promoter Score
(NPS) of +86. The average NPS for art museums our challenge now is to look ahead to address new
is +54. The score is a measure of consumer loyalty challenges and aim to do even better. In 2020, we
and advocacy used across many industries, and, asked the entire community—made up of our museum
The years 2019 and 2020 were consequential ones Our governance is strong. Under the direction of “family” of board members, staff, and donors; our St.
for the Saint Louis Art Museum as we continued to Jack Musgrave, president from 2016 through 2019, increasingly, by museums. NPS is determined based
on the question “On a scale of 0 to 10, how likely are Louis community; and the art-museum community—
pursue our mission, as expanded in 2020: our boards continued to be engaged and competent what it thinks the Museum needs in its next director.
you to recommend the Saint Louis Art Museum to a
leaders of the Museum. Their passion and commitment Led by the Museum’s boards and administered by
friend or family member?” Visitors’ numeric response
The Saint Louis Art Museum collects, presents, to the Museum continued in 2020. As part of a 2020 outside consultants, that inquiry yielded substantial
determines the NPS, which can range from -100 to
interprets, and conserves works of art of the diversity initiative, the Museum formalized the diversity insights and valuable information to be used by a
+100. Scores above 0 are considered good, over 50
highest quality across time and cultures; educates, of those boards as a priority. search committee to identify a new director.
excellent, and above 70 world-class.
inspires discovery, and elevates the human spirit;
preserves a legacy of artistic achievement for the Our staff remained robust over the period under the able The inquiry also confirmed—indeed, with resounding
The year 2020 presented several opportunities for
people of St. Louis and the world; and engages, leadership of Brent Benjamin, director of nearly 22 years. enthusiasm—that the Saint Louis Art Museum is an
Museum leadership to reflect on its mission and
includes, and represents the full diversity of the In 2020, came the announcement of his retirement, to institution valued by its community, and that we must
ask how it could continue to enhance its role in the
St. Louis community supporting it. take place in 2021, and the commencement of a process continue to pursue our mission with dedication and
community. During the three-month closure, the
to identify a successor. The community expressed its deep success as we move through the many biennial periods
Museum recognized the need to reach out to its
Our pursuit of that mission requires solid governance, appreciation for all he has done for the Museum, as well to come.
community in ways it had not previously. Our digital
a strong staff, sensitive acquisitions, expert as for the museum world nationally and internationally, communications were enhanced by the Object of the
interpretation, a sound financial position, and a as an exemplary director and leader. Day email, the Wee Wednesdays video course, and
community that understands and appreciates the various virtual programs for Members and others.
institution. During the past two years, we enhanced Acquisitions, exhibitions, and education were significant We maintained operations, with most staff working Charles A. Lowenhaupt
our capability in all these areas. during the biennial period. Donations of art in 2019 off-site, and managed to keep our staff safe and President, Board of Commissioners
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Report of the Director
museums around the world to immediately rethink In 2020, the Museum acquired a collection of 825 works
their plans for upcoming exhibitions. The Museum is of art from Ted L. Simmons, St. Louis Cardinals’ catcher
fortunate for its deep and broad holdings, as well as and Hall of Fame inductee, and Maryanne Ellison
the expertise of its curatorial and exhibitions staff— Simmons, a fine-art printer and publisher. The Simmons
institutional strengths that allowed us quickly to develop collection is a transformative addition to the Museum’s
Storm of Progress: German Art After 1800 from the holdings, particularly in the area of works on paper
Saint Louis Art Museum. from the last 60 years.
Two additional main exhibitions were organized by Several notable works that entered the collection
prominent partner institutions. The Museum seldom underscore the Museum’s commitment to expanding
presents large-scale retrospectives of living artists, so in the diversity of artists in the collection through
the 2019 exhibition Rachel Whiteread we were honored strategic acquisitions. In 2019, the Museum purchased
to bring to St. Louis the first comprehensive survey Charles I, a large-scale painting by Kehinde Wiley and
of the British sculptor’s work. The exhibition was one of the standout works from the 2018 exhibition
organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kehinde Wiley: Saint Louis. Based on the Museum’s
and Tate Britain, London. Opening in late 2019, the 1633 portrait of the English king by Daniel Martensz
exhibition Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt Mytens the Elder, Wiley’s painting switched the gender
from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston gave our of the sitter from male to female to depict St. Louisan
audiences the pleasure of experiencing 70 paintings Ashley Cooper. Later in 2019, the Museum purchased
from one of America’s premier holdings in this genre. at auction Seated Woman, a sculpture by the African
American artist Elizabeth Catlett, one of the nation’s
During these two years, the Museum also offered a leading 20th-century sculptors. Dating from the
range of more focused exhibition projects. These include artist’s most critical period, 1955 to 1968, the piece
special initiatives, our Currents and New Media Series is Catlett’s earliest work in wood to have come to the
exhibitions, and temporary installations of light-sensitive auction market. In 2020, the Museum purchased a
works on paper and textiles. Noteworthy among these large stoneware storage jar signed and dated by David
projects were two exhibitions developed from gifts Drake, an enslaved African American potter whose
of entire collections. The 2019 presentation Poetics extraordinary ceramics are highly sought after by
Józef Bakós, American, 1891–1977; Untitled (Frijoles Canyon), c.1920–25; oil on board; 18 × 23 7/8 inches; Gift of John and Susan Horseman, of the Everyday: Amateur Photography, 1890–1970 museums and private collectors. Acquiring such
in honor of Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Art 95:2019; © Estate of Józef Bakós celebrated the 2018 gift of 150 works of vernacular a work has been a long-held Museum priority.
photography from St. Louis collectors John and Teenuh
Foster. The Shape of Abstraction: Selections from the The Saint Louis Art Museum continued to play a
Ollie Collection, which opened in late 2019, presented vital role in the cultural life of St. Louis in 2019 and
a selection of 40 paintings, drawings, and prints by 2020, and after reopening revealed itself to be a safe
During the past two-year period, the Museum’s Four of our main exhibitions were organized by the Saint Black artists—highlights of a larger 2017 gift from New refuge during a challenging time. For this, the last
exhibition program provided visitors with an Louis Art Museum. Graphic Revolution: American Prints Jersey–based collector (and St. Louis native) Ronald biennial report that I will introduce as I prepare for
extraordinary range of great art, from the masterworks 1960 to Now, which opened in 2018 and continued into Maurice Ollie and his wife, Monique McRipley Ollie. retirement, I want to express my deep gratitude to the
of Paul Gauguin, the Dutch old masters, and Jean- 2019, presented works from the collection and St. Louis Museum’s staff, its board leadership, and the St. Louis
François Millet and those artists who were inspired by lenders that vividly illustrated modern and contemporary Generous gifts of art during the biennial period further community for providing the resources necessary
him, to postwar American prints, contemporary African artists’ reimagining of a centuries-old art form. The 2019 elevated the Museum’s holdings. A 2019 donation of for our expansion, acquisitions, programs, and
American artists working in abstract modes, and British exhibition Paul Gauguin: The Art of Invention was the 16 paintings by St. Louis collectors and Commission operations, as well as their goodwill and enthusiasm
sculptor Rachel Whiteread. Thanks to the goodwill and first in St. Louis to highlight the exceptional range of Vice President John and Susan Horseman features for our ongoing efforts to continue to burnish our
generosity of our supporters, the Museum also enriched this artist’s production. Co-organized with the Van Gogh excellent examples of American Surrealism, American Museum’s reputation as an enduring and engaging
and diversified its holdings through the acquisition of Museum in Amsterdam, the 2020 exhibition Millet and Scene, and modernist painting. Filling these previous St. Louis treasure.
1,551 works of art. Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dalí illuminated Millet’s significant gaps in the collection, the Horseman gift
critical role in the birth and development of modern art. allows the Museum to present a more compelling
The biennial period also brought us the existential We are especially grateful to the show’s international and diverse story of American art. Also in 2019,
challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. The Museum lenders, who agreed to extend exceptional loans so that St. Louis photographer and photography historian
Brent R. Benjamin
closed for three months, then reopened with new we could keep this groundbreaking exhibition on view David R. Hanlon gave a collection of 19th-century
The Barbara B. Taylor Director
protocols that, as I write this message, are still in place and after the Museum reopened in June 2020. The pandemic photographic prints that significantly expands our
are designed to protect the health of our staff and visitors. significantly disrupted international art shipping, forcing holdings from the first four decades of the medium.
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Exhibitions and Collections
The years 2019 and 2020 witnessed extraordinary challenges and
accomplishments for the Museum’s exhibition program and collection.
The Museum continued to offer visitors the chance The pandemic did not slow the growth of the collection.
to experience world-class exhibitions including During 2019 and 2020, the number of new acquisitions
Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dalí, reached its highest level in a decade. The Museum
done in partnership with the Van Gogh Museum, continued to benefit from the generosity of its supporters
Amsterdam; Rachel Whiteread, organized by the and acquired 1,551 works during this period, bringing
National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Tate the number of objects in the collection to nearly 36,000.
Gallery, London; and Paul Gauguin: The Art of With an expanding collection, much effort has been
Invention, from the collection of the Ny Carlsberg placed on modernizing art-storage spaces. Off-site
Glyptotek, Copenhagen. More than 160,000 people storage was increased to accommodate collection
attended the main exhibitions in 2019 and 2020. In growth, and a two-year rehousing project was launched
the collection spaces, the Museum featured several to provide better protection for works on-site. A
exhibitions drawn from recent acquisitions: Poetics complete seismic review of works on view and in
of the Everyday: Amateur Photography, 1890–1970; storage was also undertaken in 2019.
Javanese Batik Textiles; and The Shape of Abstraction:
Selections from the Ollie Collection. Since 2011, work has been underway to restore John J.
Egan’s Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of
In 2020, the pandemic brought everything to a halt, the Mississippi Valley. Acquired in 1953, the work is
shuttering museums and stranding works of art on over 7 feet high and nearly 350 feet long. Painted in
loan. Massive shifts in exhibition schedules occurred, the mid-nineteenth century, it functioned as a scrolling
and museums everywhere were required to develop slideshow, transporting audiences on an imagined
entirely new ways of operating. The Museum’s own journey down remote waterways. Damaged by constant
exhibition schedule was reworked to accommodate travel, the work—the only known Mississippi River
limited shipping routes and travel bans. International panorama to survive—was in a state of disrepair. In
shows were cancelled or postponed. Collections staff 2019, the final panels were restored, and the work is
were essential personnel during the required three- now on permanent display in Sculpture Hall.
month closure of the Museum, making regular on-site
checks of works in the closed gallery spaces and in
storage. Virtual condition reporting became the new
normal for overseeing the safe packing of works,
and a new system of electronic tracking of shipments
allowed all of the loans from exhibitions to return to
lenders without incident.
Conservators Rebecca Heyman, Corrine Long, and Mark Bockrath prepare John J. Egan’s c.1850 Panorama of the
Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley. The panorama is now fully conserved and on view in Sculpture Hall
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Acquisitions
Edward Middleton Manigault,
Canadian (active United States),
1887–1922; Landscape with a Horse,
1912; oil on canvas; 27 × 33 inches;
Gift of John and Susan Horseman, in
honor of Melissa Wolfe, Curator of
American Art 105:2019
Walter Pach, American, 1883–1958;
The Subway, 1919; oil on canvas;
26 × 31 inches; Gift of John and
Susan Horseman, in honor of Melissa
Wolfe, Curator of American Art
106:2019
Walter Wellington Quirt, American,
1902–1968; The Future Belongs
to the Workers, 1933; tempera on
board; 15 × 37 inches; Gift of John
and Susan Horseman, in honor of
Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American
Art 107:2019
Esphyr Slobodkina, American (born Russia), 1908–2002; Levitator Abstraction, c.1950; oil on Masonite; 24 × 45 1/2 inches; The Linda and Harvey Saligman Zoltan L. Sepeshy, American (born
Endowed Acquisition Fund; Gift of J. Harold Pettus, Gift of Edward J. Costigan in memory of his wife, Sara Guth Costigan, Gift of August A. Busch Jr., Hungary), 1898–1974; Driftwood
Gift of the Estate of Moses Soyer, Gift of Mrs. Richard Meade in memory of her husband, Richard Worsam Meade IV, and Gift of Stuart M. Chambers,
all by exchange 28:2019; Courtesy of the Slobodkina Foundation
and Dying Tree, c.1940; tempera on
panel; 18 × 24 inches; Gift of John
and Susan Horseman, in honor of
Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American
American Art Art 108:2019
Paintings Esphyr Slobodkina, American
(born Russia), 1908–2002;
John Carlton Atherton, American, O. Louis Guglielmi, American (born Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American (born Levitator Abstraction, c.1950; oil
1900–1952; The Sleepers, 1945; oil on Egypt), 1906–1956; The Persistent Japan), 1889–1953; Morning, 1920; on Masonite; 24 × 45 1/2 inches; Walt Kuhn, American, 1877–1949; Golden and Blue Bolero, 1946; oil on canvas; 24 × 20 inches; Gift of
canvas; 26 1/2 × 43 1/2 inches; Gift of Sea, No. 1, 1934; oil on canvas; oil on canvas; 16 × 20 inches; Gift of The Linda and Harvey Saligman John and Susan Horseman, in honor of Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Art 101:2019
John and Susan Horseman, in honor 16 × 14 inches; Gift of John and Susan John and Susan Horseman, in honor Endowed Acquisition Fund; Gift of
of Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Horseman, in honor of Melissa Wolfe, of Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American J. Harold Pettus, Gift of Edward J.
Art 94:2019 Curator of American Art 99:2019 Art 102:2019 Costigan in memory of his wife,
Sara Guth Costigan, Gift of August A.
Józef Bakós, American, 1891–1977; Paul E. Harney, American, 1850–1915; Michael Lenson, American (born Busch Jr., Gift of the Estate of
Feeding Time, c.1910; oil on canvas; Russia), 1903–1971; Where Are We Moses Soyer, Gift of Mrs. Richard
Untitled (Frijoles Canyon), c.1920–25; Sculpture Ancient Art
oil on board; 18 × 23 7/8 inches; Gift 8 × 10 1/4 inches; Gift of John J. Oleski Now?, c.1949; oil on canvas; 56 × Meade in memory of her husband,
of John and Susan Horseman, in honor 76:2019 36 inches; Gift of John and Susan Richard Worsam Meade IV, and Elizabeth Catlett, American (active Sculpture
of Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Horseman, in honor of Melissa Gift of Stuart M. Chambers, all by Mexico), 1915–2012; Seated Woman,
Art 95:2019 Mervin Jules, American, 1912–1994; Wolfe, Curator of American Art exchange 28:2019 1962; mahogany; 22 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 7 Head of a Boy, 1st century AD;
KKK, c.1950; oil on board; 20 × 103:2019 inches; Friends Fund Endowment; Gift Roman, Imperial period; marble;
Morris Graves, American, 1910–2001; 24 inches; Gift of John and Susan Valleja “Wally” Strautin, American of Edward J. Costigan in memory of his height: 7 11/16 inches; Funds given
Sidewalk Drinking Fountain, Night, Horseman, in honor of Melissa Wolfe, Helen Lundeberg, American, 1908– (born Latvia), 1898–1995; Abstraction wife, Sara Guth Costigan, by exchange; by Dorothy and Kent Kreh 92:2019
c.1934–35; oil on board mounted on Curator of American Art 100:2019 1999; The Mountain, c.1933; oil on Composition (Untitled), c.1940s; oil The James D. Burke Art Acquisition
canvas; 28 3/4 × 18 3/4 inches; Gift of Celotex; 48 × 54 inches; Gift of John on canvas; 35 × 32 1/2 inches; Gift of Fund, Eliza McMillan Trust, Funds
John and Susan Horseman, in honor Walt Kuhn, American, 1877–1949; and Susan Horseman, in honor of John and Susan Horseman, in honor given by the Alturas Foundation, and
of Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Golden and Blue Bolero, 1946; oil on Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American of Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Museum Purchase 75:2019
Art 98:2019 canvas; 24 × 20 inches; Gift of John Art 104:2019 Art 109:2019
and Susan Horseman, in honor of
Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Art
101:2019
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Acquisitions
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Textiles The Americas Ludvik Reginfo Pérez, Cuban;
the Americas Comparsa Banner, 1987; cotton
Bondoukou-region artist; associated Cuba and paint; 48 7/16 × 34 1/16 inches;
African Art with Côte d’Ivoire; Chief’s Cloth, Museum Purchase 210:2019
c.1930–50; cotton, leather, and Textiles
Arms and Armor natural and synthetic dyes; 120 × 85 United States
inches; Funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Cuban artist; Abakua Ireme Costume,
Yoruba artist; Nigeria; Ceremonial Richard A. Liddy 198:2019 1940s; canvas, burlap, paint, metal Basketry and Beadwork
Sword (udamalore) and Sheath, mid- zipper, metal bells, metal finial,
20th century; glass beads, iron, metal Mossi artist; Burkina Faso; Saddle wooden sticks, and cowrie shells; Aleutian artist; Aleutian Islands,
coins, cloth, and fiber; 21 × 8 1/2 × Blanket, early 20th century; cotton 62 3/16 × 61 inches; Museum Purchase Alaska; Basket, early to mid-20th
6 inches; Gift from the collection of and leather; 44 1/8 × 51 3/16 inches; 207:2019a-e century; rye grass and dyed wool;
Bernhard Voss and Margaret Cohen Friends Fund Endowment 20:2020 3 1/4 × 3 inches; Gift of Marisa
Voss 313:2020a,b Cuban artist; Shango Costume, 1980; Longrais Human 241:2019a,b
Yoruba artist; Nigeria; Beaded Crown cotton, cast cowrie shells, cowrie shells,
(adenla), early 20th century; glass plastic beads, plastic buttons, wood, Hopi artist; probably made in
Ivories beads and cloth; height: 30 inches; and paint; vest: 20 11/16 × 17 5/16 Coconino County, Hopi Reservation,
Gift of Thomas Alexander and Laura inches, pants: 19 7/8 × 31 1/2 inches; Arizona; Yogyapu (plaque), mid-20th
Kongo-Vili artist; Loango Coast; Rogers 19:2020 Museum Purchase 208:2019a-e century; rabbitbrush, yucca, common
Carved Tusk and Stopper, late 19th dunebroom, and dyes; 14 3/4 × 14 1/2
century; elephant ivory; 9 1/2 × 1 1/2 Gerardo “Yaya” Del Rio Gomez, inches; Gift of Celeste Michel Drain
inches; Gift of Charles and Blanche Wood Cuban; Carnaval Sombrero, c.1987; 1:2020
Derby 196:2019 cotton, satin, cardboard, foil, sequins,
Woyo artist; Democratic Republic of animal fur, straw hat, and polyester; Wazhazhe (Osage) artist; Pawhuska,
Kongo-Vili artist; Loango Coast; Congo or Angola; Vessel Lid, early hat: 4 15/16 × 20 1/2 inches, cape: Osage Reservation, Oklahoma; Peyote
Two Carved Tusks, late 19th century; 20th century; wood; 2 × 5 1/2 inches; 17 5/16 × 29 3/4 inches; Museum Case, c.1910; glass beads and plastic
elephant ivory; 21 1/4 × 2 inches, Eliza McMillan Trust 197:2019 Purchase 209:2019 container; 7/8 × 1 7/8 inches; Gift of
22 1/4 × 2 inches; Gift of David R. Marisa Longrais Human 242:2019a,b
Human Jr. 391-392:2020
Sculpture
Northern Yoruba artist; Nigeria;
Twin Memorial Figures (ibeji), early
20th century; wood, beads, pigment,
and metal; each: 14 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 3
inches; Gift from the collection of
Bernhard Voss and Margaret Cohen
Voss 315:2020.1-.2
Yoruba artist; Oyo state, Nigeria;
Twin Memorial Figure (ibeji), early
20th century; wood, cowrie shells,
cloth, pigment, and fiber; 12 1/2 ×
6 × 9 1/2 inches; Gift from the
collection of Bernhard Voss and
Margaret Cohen Voss 314:2020a,b
Yoruba artist; Nigeria; Beaded Crown (adenla), early 20th century; glass beads and cloth; height: Mossi artist; Burkina Faso; Saddle Blanket, early 20th century; cotton and leather; 44 1/8 × 51 3/16 inches;
30 inches; Gift of Thomas Alexander and Laura Rogers 19:2020 Friends Fund Endowment 20:2020
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Acquisitions
Stone and Mineral Dish with Foliated Rim, early 19th Tsuishu Yōzei XX, Japanese, 1880– Two Scholars, Attendant, and Donkey
century; Japanese; porcelain with 1952; Writing Box (suzuribako) with in a Landscape, 17th–18th century;
Anishinaabe artist; Great Lakes underglaze cobalt blue decoration; Design of Azalea and Kerria Blossoms, Korean; hanging scroll; ink on silk;
region; Pipe, mid-19th century; 1 3/4 × 12 1/4 inches; Gift of Joy 1922; carved colored lacquers image: 15 3/4 × 14 7/8 inches; Funds
soapstone, pipestone, and lead; and Jerry Sandweiss 302:2020 (chōshitsu) on wood core; 1 3/8 × given by Mr. David V. Kromm and
3 1/2 × 8 inches; Gift of Donald A. 8 1/4 × 4 3/4 inches; The Langenberg Mrs. Young-Hie Nahm Kromm,
Herbst and Danielle Foster-Herbst, Nin’ami Dōhachi, Japanese, 1783– Endowment Fund 72:2019a-d Dr. and Mrs. Moon Hea Nahm, and
in memory of Lorenz Kneedler Ayers, 1855; Handled Bowl with Design of Mr. and Mrs. Tae Hea Nahm, in
Anna Marguerite Spackman Ayers, Snow on Bamboo, mid-19th century; memory of Dr. and Mrs. Chung C.
Donald Frederick Herbst, and stoneware with underglaze iron oxide Paintings Nahm 81:2019
Barbara Ayers Herbst 235:2019 decoration; 7 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 8 1/4
inches; The Langenberg Endowment Fusen Tetsu, Japanese, 1891–1976;
Lakota (Sioux) artist; probably Fund 82:2019 Southern Island, 1920s–30s; hanging Prints
made in South Dakota; Pipe Bowl, scroll: ink and color on silk; 44 5/8
1900–1920; pipestone; 4 1/4 × 8 × × 15 13/16 inches; The Langenberg Akiyama Iwao, Japanese, 1921–
1 1/8 inches; Gift of Toby Herbst and Lacquerware Endowment Fund 83:2019 2014; The Flute Player, 1976; color
Danielle Foster-Herbst 309:2020 woodblock print; sheet: 9 1/2 × 8
Dish with Design of Two Dragons Okamura Utarō, Japanese, 1899–1971; 15/16 inches; Gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Chasing a Flaming Pearl amidst Mount Fuji, 1955–71; hanging scroll: Robert Mills 231:2019
Textiles Clouds, 18th century; Ryūkyūan; ink and color on silk; image: 16 15/16
lacquer on wood core with mother- × 20 1/16 inches; The Langenberg
Mary Johnson, Diné (Navajo), active of-pearl inlay; 1 1/2 × 13 5/8 inches; Endowment Fund 23:2020
Anishinaabe artist; Great Lakes region, United States; Hand Drum, 1850–1900; 3 × 16 inches; 1960s–70s; Rug, c.1970; wool and The Langenberg Endowment Fund
Gift of Donald A. Herbst and Danielle Foster-Herbst, in memory of Lorenz Kneedler Ayers, dye; 49 × 37 inches; Gift of Kathryn 5:2020
Anna Marguerite Spackman Ayers, Donald Frederick Herbst, and Barbara Ayers Herbst 234:2019 Berridge Mleczko 195:2019
Ellen Smith, Diné (Navajo), 1907–
2004; Rug, c.1970; wool and dye;
38 1/2 × 23 inches; Gift of Kathryn
Drawings and Watercolors Yup’ik artist; Alaska, Nunivak Island;
Berridge Mleczko 194:2019
Carved Tusk, mid-20th century; ivory,
Oki’ cize‑ta’wa, Lakota (Sioux), 1850– baleen, and pigment; 2 3/4 × 17 1/4 ×
1924; Three Ledger Drawings, c.1900; 1 3/4 inches; Bequest of Marshall O.
colored pencil on paper; each: 8 1/4 × Buder 328:2020
Asian Art
13 1/2 inches; Gift of Toby Herbst and
Danielle Foster-Herbst 310-312:2020 East Asia
Metalwork
Basketry
Ivories Diné (Navajo) artist; Southwest;
35 Baskets and 1 Basket Stand, late
Concha Belt, c.1910; silver, copper,
Iñupiaq artist; Alaska; Billiken, mid- 19th–late 20th century; Japanese;
and leather; 4 × 38 inches; Funds
20th century; ivory, gold, and pigment; bamboo, rattan, and rootwood;
given by the Gateway Indian Art
1 1/4 × 1 1/8 × 1 1/8 inches; Gift of The Nancy Jane Davidson Shestack
Club 2:2020
Marisa Longrais Human 243:2019 Collection, bequest of Alan Shestack
226-262:2020
Iñupiaq artist; Alaska; Pipe, 1885; Musical Instruments
ivory and pigment; 10 × 1 1/4 × 3/4
inches; Gift of Marisa Longrais Human Ceramics
Anishinaabe artist; Great Lakes
240:2019 region; Hand Drum, 1850–1900;
Dish with Design of Chrysanthemums
hide, pigment, wood, and metal nails;
attributed to Guy Kakarook, Iñupiaq, and Arabesque Foliage Scrolls, late
3 × 16 inches; Gift of Donald A.
c.1865–1906; Saint Michael, Nome, 17th century; Japanese; Arita ware,
Herbst and Danielle Foster-Herbst,
Kawerak, Alaska; Cribbage Board, Ko Imari type; porcelain with
in memory of Lorenz Kneedler Ayers,
1890s; ivory and pigment; 2 3/4 × 22 underglaze cobalt blue, overglaze
Anna Marguerite Spackman Ayers,
× 1 3/4 inches; Bequest of Marshall O. polychrome enamel, and gold
Donald Frederick Herbst, and
Buder 327:2020 decoration; 2 7/8 × 14 inches;
Barbara Ayers Herbst 234:2019
Museum Purchase, by exchange
4:2020 Flower Basket (hanakago) in the Form of a Double Gourd with Wood-root Stand, late 19th–early 20th century; Japanese, Meiji or Taishō period;
bamboo, rattan, and rootwood; 11 × 20 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches; The Nancy Jane Davidson Shestack Collection, bequest of Alan Shestack 232:2020
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Acquisitions
Saitō Kiyoshi, Japanese, 1907–1997; South Asia Sculpture
Maiko (2), c.1960; color woodblock
print; sheet: 16 3/4 × 11 3/16 inches; Drawings and Watercolors Figure of the Monk Śāriputra, Chief
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mills Disciple of the Buddha, 19th century;
229:2019 Devī with the Demons Śumbha and Burmese; wood with lacquer, gilding,
Niśumbha, Detached Folio from a and colored glass; 12 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/4
Utagawa Kunisada III, Japanese, 1848– Bound Manuscript Volume of the inches; Gift of Joy and Jerry Sandweiss
1920; engraved by Watanabe Horiei II, Devī Māhātmya, 19th century; Indian; 304:2020
Japanese, active late 19th century; opaque watercolor on paper; sheet:
Jōruri Kyōgen Opening at the Ichimura 4 1/16 × 6 13/16 inches; Gift of Joy Seated Figure of a Buddha, 1903;
Theatre, 1893; color woodblock and Jerry Sandweiss 301:2020 Laotian; wood with gilding; 7 3/4 ×
prints; 14 15/16 × 29 5/16 inches; 3 5/8 × 2 1/4 inches; Gift of Joy and
The Margaret and Irvin Dagen Fund Double Sided Detached Page from Jerry Sandweiss 303:2020
for Modern and Contemporary a Bound Manuscript Volume of the
Japanese Prints in honor of Steven Bhagavad Gītā, 19th century; Indian;
Owyoung 316:2020a-c ink and opaque watercolor on paper; Textiles
3 9/16 × 5 3/4 inches; Gift of Joy and
Utagawa Kuniteru II, Japanese, Jerry Sandweiss 299:2020 Blanket (phaa tuum), mid-20th
1830–1874; Pedagogic Brocade century; Laotian; silk, local natural
Prints Published by the Ministry of Krishna as Shrinathji with Two Gopis dyes, imported dark purple, and
Education: Biographies of Great and Two Priests, late 19th century; indigo handspun cotton; 70 1/16 ×
People of the Occident, 1873; group Indian; opaque watercolor on paper; 34 1/4 inches; William K. Bixby Trust
of 14 color woodblock prints; Gift of 2 5/8 × 3 5/8 inches; Gift of Joy and for Asian Art 68:2019
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lowenhaupt Jerry Sandweiss 300:2020
297:2020.1-.14 End Piece of a Healing Cloth
Three Figures and Herd of Buffalo (soeng phaa sabai), late 19th century;
Utagawa Yoshikazu, Japanese, active in a Landscape, mid-19th century; Laotian; handspun cotton, natural
Tsuishu Yōzei XX, Japanese, 1880–1952; Writing Box (suzuribako) with Design of Azalea and Kerria Blossoms, 1922; 1848–1870; France (Furansu), 1861; Indian; opaque watercolor on paper; silk, and natural dyes; 42 1/8 × 18 1/8
carved colored lacquers (chōshitsu) on wood core; 1 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 4 3/4 inches; The Langenberg Endowment Fund 72:2019a-d color woodblock print; sheet: 14 3/8 sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 5/16 inches; Gift of inches; William K. Bixby Trust for
× 9 3/8 inches; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joy and Jerry Sandweiss 298:2020 Asian Art 69:2019
Charles A. Lowenhaupt 292:2020
Shaman’s Cloth (phaa phii mon),
Fukui Ichirō, Japanese, 1893–1966; Kawakami Kureshirō, Japanese, Nishimura Goun, Japanese, 1877–
Île exposition en plein air par Itzirō born 1901; Face (Kao), 1977; color 1938; Yamagishi Kazue, Japanese,
Watanabe Sadao, Japanese, 1913– Southeast Asia mid-19th century; Laotian; handspun
1996; The Last Supper, 1973; hand- indigo cotton, natural silk, natural
Foukoui 1924 (Broadside for the woodblock print; sheet: 17 3/4 × 1891–1984; Bunraku Puppet in the colored kappazuri-dyed stencil print dyes, silver strips, and pre-dyed
Ceramics
Second Exhibition of Fukui Ichirō’s 14 7/16 inches; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Role of Asahina Saburō Yoshihide, on washi paper; sheet: 13 × 8 7/8 imported cotton fabric; 82 11/16 ×
Plein Air Paintings), 1924; woodblock Robert Mills 228:2019 from the play Yotsugi Soga (The inches; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert 15 3/4 inches; William K. Bixby
Covered Jar, 14th–16th century; Thai;
print; sheet: 18 13/16 × 12 15/16 Soga Heir), from the series Dai Mills 230:2019 Trust for Asian Art 71:2019
glazed stoneware; 3 1/8 × 3 3/4 inches;
inches; The Margaret and Irvin Dagen Kawanishi Hide, Japanese, 1894– Chikamatsu zenshū furoku mokuhan
Gift of Joy and Jerry Sandweiss
Fund for Modern and Contemporary 1965; Carmen (Act I), 1933; color (supplements to the Complete Shaman’s Cloth (phaa phii mon),
305:2020a,b
Japanese Prints in honor of Steven woodblock print; sheet: 11 3/8 × Works of Chikamatsu), 1922; color Textiles late 19th century; Laotian; handspun
Owyoung 317:2020 15 5/8 inches; The Margaret and woodblock print with mica; sheet: cotton, silk, and natural dyes; 58 1/4
Jar, 14th–16th century; Thai; glazed
Irvin Dagen Fund for Modern and 16 1/4 × 11 9/16 inches; Gift of Mr. 30 Textiles, 20th century; Japanese; × 27 9/16 inches; William K. Bixby
stoneware; 2 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches;
Kanmei, active early to mid-20th Contemporary Japanese Prints in and Mrs. Robert Mills 227:2019 silk and cotton; Gift of the Jeffrey Trust for Asian Art 70:2019
Gift of Joy and Jerry Sandweiss
century; engraved by Aoyanagi honor of Steven Owyoung 84:2019 Krauss Collection of Japanese 306:2020
Isao, Japanese, active mid-20th Pictorial Board and Dice Game Textiles 262-291:2020
century; Portrait of General Douglas Kawanishi Hide, Japanese, 1894–1965; (sugoroku): Great Victory over Russia
MacArthur, 1947; color woodblock Kawara-senbei Shop, from the series and Advertising Handbill (hikifuda); Patchwork Wrapping Cloth (jogakbo), Prints
print; sheet: 16 13/16 × 11 inches; One Hundred Scenes of Kōbe, 1936; Ise Takeshi Clothing Store, Japanese; mid-20th century; Korean; plain-
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. color woodblock print; 6 7/16 × 1904; color lithograph; sheet: 14 3/4 weave silk pieced and hand sewn, with Sriwan Janehuttakarnkit, Thai, born
Lowenhaupt 330:2020 10 3/16 inches; The Margaret and × 20 1/4 inches; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. attached ribbon and cord; 17 7/8 × 1953; The Vegetarian Festival, 2005;
Irvin Dagen Fund for Modern and Charles A. Lowenhaupt 293:2020 18 1/8 inches; William K. Bixby Trust linocut; sheet: 17 5/8 × 15 1/16 inches;
Kasamatsu Shirō, Japanese, Contemporary Japanese Prints in for Asian Art 322:2020 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mills
1898–1991; Following the Mist at honor of Steven Owyoung 22:2020
222:2019
Dawn, late 1930s–early 1940s; color
woodblock print; sheet: 8 1/4 ×
10 3/4 inches; Gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles A. Lowenhaupt 294:2020
14 15
Acquisitions
Tsuruoka Kakunen, American Teapot, c.1780; Chinese; porcelain designed by Cornelis Pronk, Dutch,
(born Japan), 1892–1977; Parrot with overglaze enamel decoration and 1691–1759; Dish, c.1740; Chinese;
on a Camellia Branch, 1940; color gilding; 5 × 7 3/8 × 4 5/8 inches; Gift of porcelain with underglaze decoration;
woodblock print; sheet: 19 3/4 × 9 5/8 Marisa Longrais Human 387:2020a,b 10 × 1 inches; Funds given by The
inches; The Margaret and Irvin Dagen Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A.
Fund for Modern and Contemporary Taxile Doat, French, 1851–1938; Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Japanese Prints in honor of Steven University City Porcelain Works, 21:2020
Owyoung 321:2020 University City, Missouri, 1912–1914;
Vase, 1913; glazed porcelain; 9 3/4 Van Briggle Pottery Company,
× 2 11/16 inches; Gift of Leeds Art Colorado Springs, Colorado, founded
Decorative Arts and Design Foundation in honor of Brent R. 1899; Vase, 1904; glazed stoneware
Benjamin 331:2020 with copper-plated metal mount; 18
Ceramics × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches; Gift of Leeds
David Drake, American, c.1801–after Art Foundation in honor of Brent R.
Plate, c.1780; Chinese; porcelain 1870; made at Stony Bluff Manufactory, Benjamin 308:2020
with overglaze enamel decoration and Edgefield District, South Carolina;
gilding; 1 × 9 inches; Gift of Marisa Jar, 1857; alkaline-glazed stoneware;
Longrais Human 389:2020 17 × 15 3/8 × 15 3/8 inches; Richard Fiber Art
Brumbaugh Trust in memory of Richard
Sugar Bowl, c.1840–70; Chinese; Irving Brumbaugh and Grace Lischer Kiki Smith, American (born Germany),
porcelain with overglaze enamel Brumbaugh, Friends Fund, Marjorie born 1954; Familiar (Blue) and
decoration and gilding; 5 1/4 × 5 Wyman Endowment Fund, The Familiar (Rust), 2001–2; wool;
1/8 × 3 3/4 inches; Gift of Marisa Lopata Endowment Fund, Mary dimensions variable; Gift of Ted L. and
Longrais Human 388:2020a,b Elizabeth Rosborough Decorative Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and funds
Chiura Obata, American (born Japan), 1885–1975; Dawn, Knights Ferry, Stanislaus County, 1930; color woodblock Arts Fund, and the Margarita M. and given by the Marian Cronheim Trust
print; sheet: 13 1/2 × 17 13/16 inches; The Margaret and Irvin Dagen Fund for Modern and Contemporary Japanese Roland E. Jester Endowment Fund for Prints and Drawings, Museum
Prints in honor of Steven Owyoung 203:2019; © Obata Family for the Decorative Arts 326:2020 Purchase, Friends Fund, The Sidney S.
and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund,
United States and the Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund
811-812:2020
Drawings and Watercolors
Kiki Smith, American (born Germany),
Chiura Obata, American (born Tsuruoka Kakunen, American (born Tsuruoka Kakunen, American (born born 1954; Owl and Pussycat, 2001–2;
Japan), 1885–1975; Branch of Japan), 1892–1977; Untitled (Rolling Japan), 1892–1977; Carmel Highland screenprinted dolls; each: 24 × 12 × 2
Heavenly Bamboo in a Banko Hills with Horse), 1943; watercolor on at Twilight, 1938; color woodblock inches; Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne
Stoneware Jar with Design of Crabs, paper; 14 5/8 × 21 1/4 inches; Funds print; sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 3/8 inches; Ellison Simmons; and funds given by
c.1940s; watercolor on paper; 14 3/8 given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. The Margaret and Irvin Dagen Fund the Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints
× 19 3/8 inches; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lowenhaupt 86:2019 for Modern and Contemporary and Drawings, Museum Purchase,
Charles A. Lowenhaupt 295:2020 Japanese Prints in honor of Steven Friends Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie
Tsuruoka Kakunen, American (born Owyoung 320:2020 Cohen Print Purchase Fund, and the
Chiura Obata, American (born Japan), Japan), 1892–1977; Untitled (Storm Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund
1885–1975; Camellia (tsubaki), 1941; Clouds Forming over Mesquite and Tsuruoka Kakunen, American (born 821-822:2020
watercolor on paper; 15 1/2 × 20 5/8 Distant Mountain), 1943; watercolor Japan), 1892–1977; Golden Gate
inches; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. on paper; 15 × 22 3/4 inches; Funds Bridge in Fog, 1937; color woodblock
Lowenhaupt 296:2020 given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. print; sheet: 10 1/4 × 15 1/4 inches;
Lowenhaupt 85:2019 The Margaret and Irvin Dagen Fund
Chiura Obata, American (born Japan), for Modern and Contemporary
1885–1975; Untitled (Persimmon Japanese Prints in honor of Steven
Branch and Bee), 1940; watercolor Prints Owyoung 319:2020
and ink on paper; sheet: 17 3/8 × 22 7/8
inches; Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Chiura Obata, American (born Tsuruoka Kakunen, American (born
Ellison Simmons; and funds given by the Japan), 1885–1975; Dawn, Knights Japan), 1892–1977; Night Mist Over
Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and Ferry, Stanislaus County, 1930; color San Francisco City Hall, 1936; color
Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends woodblock print; sheet: 13 1/2 × woodblock print; 15 1/4 × 10 5/8
17 13/16 inches; The Margaret and inches; The Margaret and Irvin Dagen David Drake, American, c.1801–after 1870; made at Stony Bluff Manufactory, Edgefield District, South
Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen
Carolina; Jar, June 6, 1857; alkaline-glazed stoneware; 17 × 15 3/8 × 15 3/8 inches; Richard Brumbaugh
Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza Irvin Dagen Fund for Modern and Fund for Modern and Contemporary Trust in memory of Richard Irving Brumbaugh and Grace Lischer Brumbaugh, Friends Fund, Marjorie
McMillan Purchase Fund 768:2020 Contemporary Japanese Prints in Japanese Prints in honor of Steven Wyman Endowment Fund, The Lopata Endowment Fund, Mary Elizabeth Rosborough Decorative Arts
honor of Steven Owyoung 203:2019 Owyoung 318:2020 Fund, and the Margarita M. and Roland E. Jester Endowment Fund for the Decorative Arts 326:2020
16 17Acquisitions
Furniture Ivories Needlework Picture, c.1775–1800;
English; silk, chenille, and paint on silk;
Frederick Wallace Dunn, American, Whale Tooth Scrimshaw, 1850–90; 20 × 16 inches; Gift of Marisa Longrais
1905–1984; Murnane Glass Company, American; ivory; 3 3/8 × 2 3/8 × 8 inches; Human 386:2020
University City, Missouri; Mirror, Bequest of Marshall O. Buder 329:2020
1939–40; mirrored glass and wood; Lotte Fochler Frömel, Austrian, 1884–
50 1/4 × 42 inches; Given in memory of 1972; Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna,
Ethan A. H. Shepley Jr. and Margaret B. Lighting Austria, 1903–1932; Eisfuch or Sorrel
Shepley by their children 239:2019 Textile Sample, designed 1910–11,
Formafantasma, Amsterdam, probably made c.1913; block-printed
Double-Back Settee, 1745–55; English; Netherlands, founded 2009; Flos, linen; 43 1/2 × 28 1/2 inches; Marjorie
mahogany, beech, pine, and replacement S.p.A., Merano, Italy, founded Wyman Endowment Fund 10:2020
upholstery; 38 × 56 × 28 inches; Gift 1962; Wirering Wall Lamp, 2017;
of the estate of Jack L. Croughan, aluminum and rubber; 81 7/8 × Josef Hoffmann, Austrian, 1870–1956;
MD 307:2020 12 5/8 × 1/2 inches; Gift of Centro Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria,
Modern Furnishings 30:2019 1903–1932; Apollo Textile Sample,
designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, designed 1910–11, probably made
Scottish, 1868–1928; Armchair, for the Greta Magnusson Grossman, American c.1913; block-printed linen; 43 × 27
Men’s Smoking Room, Miss Cranston’s (born Sweden), 1906–1999; Ralph O. inches; Marjorie Wyman Endowment
Argyle Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow, Smith Manufacturing Company, Fund 8:2020
Scotland, 1898; ebonized oak; 54 1/4 × American, c.1949–1954; Grasshopper
24 5/8 × 19 inches; Friends Fund Floor Lamp, 1947–48; enameled steel, Jean Baptiste Huet I, French, 1745–
Endowment, Richard Brumbaugh Trust enameled aluminum, and brass; 50 1/4 1811; Oberkampf Manufactory,
in memory of Richard Irving Brumbaugh × 15 × 15 inches; Funds given by the Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1760–1843;
and Grace Lischer Brumbaugh, Mary Ruth Kelso Renfrow Art Club 80:2019 The Activities of the Factory (Les
Elizabeth Rosborough Decorative Arts Travaux de la Manufacture) Quilted
Fund, Director’s Discretionary Fund; Panel, 1783–84; copperplate-printed
Gift of Pauline Gehner Mesker, Bequest Metalwork cotton; 39 × 39 inches; The Margarita
of Ruth Sudholt Wunderlich, Gift of M. and Roland E. Jester Endowment
Andrew W. Johnson, Mrs. J. Russell Lurelle Guild, American, 1898–1985; Fund for the Decorative Arts, and the
Forgan, and Mrs. Bradford Shinkle Constellation Platter, 1939; aluminum; Richard Brumbaugh Trust in memory
in memory of Mrs. Jackson Johnson, 18 × 1 inches; Gift of the Myles Family of Richard Irving Brumbaugh and
Bequest of Richard Brumbaugh, Gift of 79:2019 Grace Lischer Brumbaugh 26:2019
Mrs. D. S. Wenzlick, Bequest of Mildred
Conner, Funds given by the Decorative Kiki Smith, American (born Germany), Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Austrian,
Arts Society, Gift in memory of born 1954; Finger Bowl, 1995; silver; 1881–1965; Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna,
Mrs. Greenfield Sluder by her 6 1/2 × 16 × 16 inches; Gift of Ted L. Austria, 1903–1932; Papageienwald
children, Bequest of Lina Zidovinac, and Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and or Parrot’s Forest Textile Sample,
Funds given by Joseph Pulitzer in funds given by the Marian Cronheim designed 1910–11, probably made
memory of his wife, Elinor Wickham Trust for Prints and Drawings, c.1913; block-printed linen; 41 × 30 3/4
Pulitzer, and Bequest of Mrs. George Museum Purchase, Friends Fund, inches; Marjorie Wyman Endowment
Spearl, all by exchange 73:2019 The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Fund 9:2020
Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza
Julia Hall Rice, American, 1849–1919; McMillan Purchase Fund 813:2020 Elizabeth Knight, English, 1784–1805;
Table, 1876; walnut; 29 1/2 × 38 × Adelaide, or the Shepherdess of the
20 1/2 inches; Mary Jo and David Alps Needlework Picture, 1800; silk,
Abrahamson Endowment 74:2019 Textiles chenille, and paint on silk; 14 × 11
1/2 inches; Gift of Marisa Longrais
Carl Otto Czeschka, Austrian, 1878– Human 385:2020
Glassware 1960; Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna,
Austria, 1903–1932; Haushund or A. Joel Robinson, American, born
designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish, 1868–1928; Armchair, for the Men’s Smoking Room, Miss Cranston’s Argyle Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow, Christopher Dresser, Scottish, 1834– House Dog Textile Sample, designed c.1923; L. Anton Maix Fabrics;
Scotland, 1898; ebonized oak; 54 1/4 × 24 5/8 × 19 inches; Friends Fund Endowment, Richard Brumbaugh Trust in memory of Richard Irving Brumbaugh and 1904; James Couper & Sons, Glasgow, 1910–11, probably made c.1913; Roman Candles Textile, 1951–52;
Grace Lischer Brumbaugh, Mary Elizabeth Rosborough Decorative Arts Fund, Director’s Discretionary Fund; Gift of Pauline Gehner Mesker, Bequest of Ruth Sudholt Scotland; Vase, c.1890; blown glass; block-printed linen; 43 1/2 × 28 1/2 printed linen; 72 × 50 1/2 inches;
Wunderlich, Gift of Andrew W. Johnson, Mrs. J. Russell Forgan, and Mrs. Bradford Shinkle in memory of Mrs. Jackson Johnson, Bequest of Richard Brumbaugh, 5 × 6 × 6 inches; Cronheim Bettman inches; Marjorie Wyman Endowment Marjorie Wyman Endowment Fund
Gift of Mrs. D. S. Wenzlick, Bequest of Mildred Conner, Funds given by the Decorative Arts Society, Gift in memory of Mrs. Greenfield Sluder by her children, Endowed Acquisition Fund 202:2019 Fund 11:2020 12:2020
Bequest of Lina Zidovinac, Funds given by Joseph Pulitzer in memory of his wife, Elinor Wickham Pulitzer, and Bequest of Mrs. George Spearl, all by exchange
73:2019
18 19Acquisitions
European Art to 1800
Drawings and Watercolors Paintings
Federico Barocci, Italian, c.1533–1612; Johann Georg Platzer, Austrian, 1704– Emanuel de Witte, Dutch, c.1617–
Study for the Head of Saint Francis, 1761; Bacchus and Ariadne, c.1735; oil 1692; The Interior of the Oude Kerk
c.1594–95; oil on brown paper; 11 5/8 on copper; 22 1/8 × 31 13/16 inches; in Amsterdam, c.1670; oil on panel;
× 8 7/8 inches; Gift of Jon and Barbara Funds given by Dr. E. Robert and 16 3/4 × 12 1/4 inches; Funds given by
Landau 238:2019 Carol Sue Schultz 26:2020 Dr. E. Robert and Carol Sue Schultz
93:2019
Johann Georg Platzer, Austrian,
1704–1761; Bacchus and King
Midas, c.1735; oil on copper; 22
1/8 × 31 5/16 inches; Funds given
by Opal and Arthur H. Meyer Jr.
27:2020
Simhah Viterbo, Italian, 1739–1779; Torah Ark Curtain (Parokhet), 1754–55; silk, silk and metallic thread, vellum,
metal sequins, metal wire, cotton thread, velvet, metallic fringe, and linen backing; 87 × 66 inches; The Deane and
Paul Shatz Endowment Fund for Judaica 2:2019
Oscar Saccorotti, Italian, 1898–1986; Chintz Curtain, 1720–40; Indian, for Simhah Viterbo, Italian, 1739–1779;
Manifattura Italiana Tappeti Artistici the European market; painted and dyed Torah Ark Curtain (Parokhet),
(MITA), Italy, 1926–1976; Goats cotton; 112 1/2 × 61 inches; Marjorie 1754–55; silk, silk and metallic Johann Georg Platzer, Austrian, 1704–1761; Bacchus and Ariadne, c.1735; oil on copper; 22 1/8 × 31 13/16 inches; Funds given by Dr. E. Robert and
(Capre) Textile, c.1948; printed Wyman Endowment Fund 7:2020 thread, vellum, metal sequins, metal Carol Sue Schultz 26:2020
cotton; 54 × 72 inches; Gift of the wire, cotton thread, velvet, metallic
Italian Government 31:2019 fringe, and linen backing; 87 × 66
inches; The Deane and Paul Shatz
Endowment Fund for Judaica 2:2019
20 21Acquisitions
Modern and Contemporary Art
Mixed Media
Mark Newport, American, born 1964; Shara Hughes, American, born 1981; Dyani White Hawk, Sičangu Lakota,
Captain America, 2007; acrylic yarn Fight or Flight, 2018; oil and acrylic born 1976; Untitled (Quiet Strength
and buttons with wooden hanger; on canvas; 68 × 60 inches; Gift of VI), 2019; acrylic and oil on canvas;
75 × 21 × 2 inches; Gift of Ted L. and the Katy and Kyle Miller Family 72 × 52 inches; Funds given by
Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and funds Foundation 29:2019 Gary C. Werths and Richard Frimel
given by the Marian Cronheim Trust 25:2020
for Prints and Drawings, Museum Jörg Immendorff, German, 1945–2007;
Purchase, Friends Fund, The Sidney S. Folgen, 1983; acrylic on canvas; 31 3/4 Kehinde Wiley, American, born 1977;
and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, × 39 3/4 inches; Gift of Jack and Susan Charles I, 2018; oil on linen; 96 × 72
and the Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund Cowart in honor and memory of our inches; Funds given by Gary C. Werths
754:2020 St. Louis Friends and Morton D. May and Richard Frimel, Barbara and
332:2020 Andy Taylor, Anabeth and John Weil,
John and Susan Horseman, Nancy
Paintings Helen LaFrance, American, 1919– and Kenneth Kranzberg, Michael
2020; Church Picnic, 1998–2000; oil and Noémi Neidorff, David Obedin
Mike Bidlo, American, born 1953; on canvas; 18 × 36 inches; Funds given and Clare Davis, Adrienne D. Davis,
Campbell’s Soup Can (Not Warhol), by James M. and Rev. Dr. Barbara G. Yvette Drury Dubinsky and John Paul
1984; oil on canvas; 20 × 16 1/4 inches; Willock 6:2020 Dubinsky, Mrs. Barbara S. Eagleton,
Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Hope Edison, Roxanne H. Frank,
Simmons; and funds given by the Helen LaFrance, American, 1919– Rosalyn and Charles Lowenhaupt,
Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and 2020; Marching Band, 1994–99; oil on Jack and Susan Musgrave, Dr. and
Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends canvas; 18 × 24 inches; Funds given by Mrs. E. Robert Schultz, Susan and
Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Lotsie and Rick Holton 204:2019 David Sherman III, Pam and Greg
Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza Trapp, Mark S. Weil and Joan Hall-
McMillan Purchase Fund 457:2020 Gabriele Münter, German, 1877–1962; Weil, Keith H. Williamson, and the
Cemetery with a New Grave, 1908; Third Wednesday Group 27:2019
James G. Davis, American, 1931–2016; oil on artist board; 12 7/8 × 16 inches;
Man in a Box, 1985; oil on canvas; Bequest of Morton D. May, by
81 × 67 inches; Gift of John and Susan exchange 206:2019
Horseman, in honor of Melissa Wolfe,
Curator of American Art 97:2019 Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Enrolled
Salish, Confederated Salish and
Caspar David Friedrich, German, Kootenai Nation, MT, born 1940;
1774–1840; Sunburst in the I See Red: Migration, 1995; mixed
Riesengebirge, 1835; oil on canvas; media on canvas; 60 × 50 inches;
10 × 12 1/2 inches; Friends Fund, Siteman Contemporary Art Fund, and
Museum Purchase, Director’s funds given by Gary C. Werths and
Discretionary Fund, the Ann Richard Frimel 325:2020
Goddard Trust, and the Third
Wednesday Group 1:2019 Richard Tuttle, American, born 1941;
Two With Any Two #9, 1999; acrylic
Walter Gramatté, German, on fir plywood; 11 × 11 × 1 3/4 inches;
1897–1929; Woman at the Table Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison
(Samovar), 1922; oil on canvas; 30 Simmons; and funds given by the
9/16 × 26 1/4 inches; Gift of The Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and
Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation, Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends
Winnipeg, Canada 119:2019 Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen
Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza
McMillan Purchase Fund 846:2020 Kehinde Wiley, American, born 1977; Charles I, 2018; oil on linen; 96 × 72 inches; Funds given by Gary C. Werths and Richard Frimel, Barbara and Andy
Taylor, Anabeth and John Weil, John and Susan Horseman, Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg, Michael and Noémi Neidorff, David Obedin and Clare Davis,
Adrienne D. Davis, Yvette Drury Dubinsky and John Paul Dubinsky, Mrs. Barbara S. Eagleton, Hope Edison, Roxanne H. Frank, Rosalyn and Charles
Lowenhaupt, Jack and Susan Musgrave, Dr. and Mrs. E. Robert Schultz, Susan and David Sherman III, Pam and Greg Trapp, Mark S. Weil and Joan Hall-Weil,
Keith H. Williamson, and the Third Wednesday Group 27:2019; © 2019 Kehinde Wiley, Courtesy of the Saint Louis Art Museum and Roberts Projects
22 23Acquisitions
Sculpture
Pietro Calvi, Italian, 1833–1884; Edward Kienholz, American, Kiki Smith, American (born Germany),
Othello, c.1870; marble and bronze; 1927–1994; Nancy Reddin Kienholz, born 1954; Tailbone, 1993; bronze;
height: 35 1/2 inches; Bequest of American, 1943–2019; The Jerry Can 1 3/4 × 6 × 4 1/4 inches; Gift of Ted L.
Morton D. May, Bequest of Edith Standard, 1979; gasoline can, epoxy and Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and
J. and C. C. Johnson Spink, Gift of resin, electrical components, metal and funds given by the Marian Cronheim
Margaret Donk Waters, and Gift of Formica stand, Fresnel lens system, Trust for Prints and Drawings, Museum
Professor and Mrs. Theo Haimann, cassette player, specially produced Purchase, Friends Fund, The Sidney S.
all by exchange 13:2020a,b cassette tapes, automotive paint, and and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund,
doily; 66 1/2 × 22 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches; and the Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund
Yoan Capote, Cuban, born 1977; Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison 829:2020
Touch, 2008; bronze with metal Simmons; and funds given by the
hinges; displayed: 6 1/2 × 13 1/8 Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and Kiki Smith, American (born Germany),
× 7 1/2 inches; Gift of Ted L. and Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends born 1954; in collaboration with
Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and funds Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Richard Tuttle, American, born 1941;
given by the Marian Cronheim Trust Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza Bouquet, 2001; silk, pinewood, gold,
for Prints and Drawings, Museum McMillan Purchase Fund 742:2020a-c and wire; 9 1/2 × 10 × 9 inches;
Purchase, Friends Fund, The Sidney S. Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison
and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, Liliana Porter, Argentine, born 1941; Simmons; and funds given by the
and the Eliza McMillan Purchase To Fix It (Wall Clock II), 2018; metal; Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and
Fund 460:2020 11 × 3 × 4 1/2 inches; Gift of Ted L. Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends
and Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen
Michele Oka Doner, American, born funds given by the Marian Cronheim Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza
1945; Tattooed Doll (female), 1968; Trust for Prints and Drawings, McMillan Purchase Fund 803:2020
glazed porcelain with iron oxide; Museum Purchase, Friends Fund,
12 × 7 × 8 inches; Gift of Ted L. and The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Ernest Trova, American, 1927–2009;
Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and funds Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza Seated Figure, 1986; stainless steel;
given by the Marian Cronheim Trust McMillan Purchase Fund 773:2020 17 × 15 × 4 1/2 inches; Gift of Ted L.
for Prints and Drawings, Museum and Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and
Purchase, Friends Fund, The Sidney S. Thomas Sleet, American, born 1956; funds given by the Marian Cronheim
and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, Integration 4D, 2018; wood, acrylic Trust for Prints and Drawings,
and the Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund paint, and charring; 17 × 18 × 8 1/2 Museum Purchase, Friends Fund,
554:2020 inches; Funds given by Yvette Drury The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print
Dubinsky and John Paul Dubinsky Purchase Fund, and the Eliza McMillan
Mona Hatoum, Palestinian (born 323:2020 Purchase Fund 842:2020
Lebanon), born 1952; Untitled (Meat
Grinder), 2006; bronze; 9 1/2 × 8 Kiki Smith, American (born Germany), H. C. Westermann, American, 1922–
× 3 1/4 inches; Gift of Ted L. and born 1954; Bird Group, 1999; bronze 1981; Dustpan #7 (Western Hemlock),
Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and funds with emerald inlay; dimensions variable; 1972; galvanized steel, brass, and
given by the Marian Cronheim Trust Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison wood; 15 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches;
for Prints and Drawings, Museum Simmons; and funds given by the Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison
Purchase, Friends Fund, The Sidney S. Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and Simmons; and funds given by the
and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints
and the Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen and Drawings, Museum Purchase,
620:2020 Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza Friends Fund, The Sidney S. and
McMillan Purchase Fund 796:2020.1-.6 Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund,
and the Eliza McMillan Purchase
Pietro Calvi, Italian, 1833–1884; Othello, c.1870; marble and bronze; height: 35 1/2 inches; Bequest of Morton D. May, Bequest of Edith J. and
Kiki Smith, American (born Germany), Fund 849:2020 C. C. Johnson Spink, Gift of Margaret Donk Waters, and Gift of Professor and Mrs. Theo Haimann, all by exchange 13:2020a,b
born 1954; Me In The Corner,
2005; porcelain; 10 × 8 × 10 inches; Zarina, Indian (active United States),
Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison 1937–2020; Steps, 1981; cast paper
Simmons; and funds given by the with black pigment and surface sizing
Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and with aluminum powder; 21 1/2 × 21
Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches; Funds given by
Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Gary C. Werths and Richard Frimel
Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza 324:2020
McMillan Purchase Fund 819:2020
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