Sentences with phrase «significant public repository»

The donation includes work by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Rauschenberg, as well as 15 works by Jasper Johns that will make the Menil the most significant public repository of the 86 - year old artist's drawings, representing every decade of his career.

A gift of 47 paintings, sculptures and works on paper from collector, scholar and advocate Gordon W. Bailey, featuring such renowned 20th - century artists as Leroy Almon, Burlon Craig, Roy Ferdinand, Howard Finster, Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Elijah Pierce, Herbert Singleton, Purvis Young and Thornton Dial, Jr. — This is Bailey's third substantial gift to the High since 2010 and further underscores his commitment to helping build the Museum's collection, which is recognized as one of the world's most significant public repositories of work by American self - taught artists.

The gift strengthens the High's identity as one of the world's most significant public repositories of work by American self - taught artists and adds particular strength to the Museum's holdings of American contemporary art and works created by African American and Southern artists.