Sentences with phrase «first work by»

More than 80 years ago, in 1930, The Phillips Collection's founder, Duncan Phillips, acquired the first work by Klee for the museum, Tree Nursery.

Additionally, Bag's Untitled Project for the Andy Warhol Museum — the first work by an outside artist commissioned by that institution — will be included in Art Basel Miami Beach's Film Sector.

That beautiful Modigliani and steamy Balthus - as well as a late Rene Magritte, the first work by the Belgian surrealist to enter the collection - are fractional gifts of Shirley Davis and her late husband Thomas.

Was the first work by a living artist to be acquired by the National Gallery of Ireland.

Among these is White Flower (1960), which was acquired by the Guggenheim in 1963 and was the first work by the artist to enter any museum collection.

· 1917: The Contemporary Art Society gave the first Paul Gauguin, Tahitians (circa 1891) to Tate, the first work by Gauguin to enter a UK public collection · 1928: The first Barbara Hepworth (Barbara Skeaping as she was known then) is purchased in 1928:, the Terracotta Goose — was purchased by Ernest Marsh through the Contemporary Art Society Pottery and Crafts Fund in 1928 from Beaux Arts for # 15 15s · 1933: Pablo Picasso, Flowers (1901) is gifted to Tate, it was the first work by Picasso to be acquired by Tate · 1946: The first work by Francis Bacon is purchased, Figure Study II, for # 175 and is donated to Kirklees Museums and Galleries in 1952 · 1950: Lucian Freud, Still Life with Squid and Sea Urchin (1949) is purchased in 1950 and gifted to Harris Museum in 1952.

The museum announces the acquisition of its first work by Weems, «May Flowers,» a 2002 photograph from her May Days Long Forgotten series depicting three girls dressed in their Sunday best, lounging in the grass.

Untitled (1994) is the first work by Joel Shapiro in Storm King's collection.

This is the first work by Whitney to enter the DMA's collection, and it is currently on view in the DMA's fourth level Arts of the Americas gallery.

The Farley gift also included the museum's first work by Richard Serra, Bessie Smith, 1999, a large etching titled for the great American blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s.

The acquisition of Abstract (2012) by the Contemporary Art Society for GoMA is the first work by the artist to enter a UK public collection.

In addition to landmark gifts to Tate that have included Picasso, Matisse, Anthony Caro and Damien Hirst, the CAS has a track record of substantial support to regional museums: CAS gifted a major painting by Francis Bacon to Huddersfield in the mid-40s, an installation by Olafur Eliasson to Eastbourne in the late 90s and most recently donated a work by rising star Hito Steyerl to GOMA in Glasgow, the first work by this artist to enter a public collection in this country.

It would also be the first work by Troyon to enter the collection, where it would join works by other Barbizon artists, including Corot, Rousseau and Barye, whose landscape from the forest of Fontainebleau was recently purchased by the High at auction.

«Torch» would be the first work by this important mid-century artist to enter the High's collection and would be a landmark addition to its growing collection of work by prominent African American artists.

Oppenheim's teacup was purchased by MoMA for $ 50 — making it the first work by a woman the museum acquired and earning Oppenheim the title of «First Lady of MoMA.»

Bitumen is the first work by this innovative artist to enter the National Gallery's collection.

In 1899 a local collector bequeathed one to the Art Institute, reportedly the first work by a Chicago artist to enter the museum's collection.

This is the first work by Thomas to enter VMFA's permanent collection.

MoMA's first work by the artist, who died last year, was a gift from trustees Glenn Dubin, Tony Tamer and Ronnie Heyman.

Walter Ufer's vibrant On the Rio Grande marks the first work by a member of the famed Taos Society of Artists to be acquired for VMFA's collection.

Royal Museums Greenwich has acquired «Ship of Fools» (2017), the first work by Kehinde Wiley to enter a public collection in the United Kingdom.

Jitish Kallat's «Covering Letter», is an immersive installation and the first work by the artist that enters the Museum's collection.

It is the first work by Fairey to enter the collection.

«The museum acquired its first work by an African American artist in 1944 when Leslie Garland Bolling's 1935 sculpture Cousin - on Friday entered the collection.

This is the first work by Lowe to enter the museum's collection.

This is the first work by the artist to enter VMFA's collection.

Sculpture with Strings (date unknown) by Barbara Hepworth, one of the great British sculptors of the modern era, is the first work by the artist to enter the Gallery's collection.

In 2015, the Obamas hung Thomas's work Resurrection in the Old Family Dining Room in the White House, making it the first work by an African American woman to be shown in the building's public quarters as part of its permanent collection.

The 10 - foot - high painted steel «Zig V» (1961) is the first work by Smith to enter the Fine Arts Museums» collection.

The museum also announced that Artist Rooms had acquired its first work by the installation artist Phyllida Barlow.

Robert Neal's Untitled (Fisherman's House at River's Edge), oil on canvas, circa 1939, was the first work by the artist to appear at auction, and also sold for $ 27,500.

The first work by Gilliam to enter the museum's collection, the painting was acquired under the leadership of Agustín Arteaga, who started as director... Read More

The work, which was unveiled at the Gallery in 2010, is the first painted portrait of British - born Wintour and also the first work by influential American artist Katz to enter the Gallery's Collection.

[18][19] The painting is the first work by an African - American woman to hang in the public spaces of the White House as part of the permanent collection.

In addition to landmark gifts to Tate, that included the first Picasso, Matisse, Anthony Caro and Damien Hirst to enter a UK public collection, the CAS has a track record of substantial support to regional museums, including the first work by Francis Bacon to Huddersfield in 1952, an installation by Olafur Eliasson to Eastbourne in 2003 and most recently a piece by Kader Attia for Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art in 2016.

«Air Mail Stickers» will now be in the opening exhibition, along with other recent acquisitions by artists who are not American by birth but have resided here, including «July 4, 1967,» the Whitney's first work by the Japan - born conceptualist On Kawara, or «Blanco y Verde,» an abstract painting from 1959 by Carmen Herrera, the 99 - year - old Cuban - born artist, who now resides in Manhattan.

Two major acquisitions for the San Diego Museum of Art this month: Lucas Cranach the Younger's Nymph of the Spring (c. 1537 — 1540), described by the museum as its «most important Northern Renaissance painting» and John Singer - Sargent's Portrait of John Alfred Parsons Millet (1892), the first work by the painter to enter its collection.

Not only is this the first work by Vall to enter the museum's collection, it is also the first work acquired under the new phase of the Meadows Acquisition Challenge Fund, established in 2006.

In addition to landmark gifts to Tate, that included the first Picasso, Matisse, Anthony Caro and Damien Hirst to enter a UK public collection, the Contemporary Art Society has a track record of substantial support to regional museums, including the first work by Francis Bacon to Huddersfield in 1952, an installation by Olafur Eliasson to Eastbourne in 2003 a piece by Kader Attia for Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art in 2016 and most recently an installation by Dineo Seshee Bopape to the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne in 2017.

This piece is the first work by an African Artist to end up in a European collection.

The High acquired «Indian Country,» the first work by Whitney to enter the Museum's collection, in conjunction with the 2016 Collectors Evening.

As the first work by Gilliam to enter the DMA's collection, Leaf advances and complements the DMA's holdings in postwar abstraction, particularly its collection of works related to the Washington Color School including Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland and Paul Reed.

The acquisition, Ship of Fools (2017) is the first work by Kehinde Wiley to enter a public collection in the United Kingdom.

Artist Julie Mehretu's Untitled (2012), featured in the Variations exhibition, represents the first work by the artist to come in to LACMA's collection.

In March of 2010, deCordova acquired its first work by an international sculptor and continues to bolster the curatorial program by exhibiting high - quality, accessible art of nationally and internationally recognized artists indoors and out.

A film by Hito Steyerl, Abstract (2012), has been acquired by the Contemporary Art Society for GoMA, becoming the first work by the artist to enter a public collection in the UK.

A number of the museum's donors helped raise the funds for the acquisition, which is also the first work by the artist to enter the museum's collection.

In February 2016, LACMA acquired Ahn's Water SZLB15 (2015), a painting from the Water series and the first work by a Korean American artist to enter LACMA's collection.

On view will be the nominal three (to William of Ockham), 1963, an installation that was of seminal importance to the artist's body of work, in that it was the first work by Flavin to explore a systematic procedure.

Highlights include the first work by a Black artist to enter the museum's collection, Dox Thrash's watercolor Griffin Hills, as well as works by Jacob Lawrence, James Lesesne Wells, and Hale Woodruff.