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Recent Acquisitions


The Frye Art Museum continues to strategically build its collection through purchases and gifts, both deepening existing areas of strength and diversifying holdings to reflect the Museum’s expansive curatorial program and Seattle’s globalized present.

Acquisitions of the last ten years demonstrate the Museum’s commitment to growing and contextualizing its distinctive historical collections of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century European and American art while broadening its holdings of contemporary works to embrace previously underrepresented identities, perspectives, and forms of expression. To some extent, acquisitions mirror the Museum’s exhibition history, creating a material record of the institution’s engagement with local, national, and international artists and commemorating the special audience connection formed through temporary presentations. Contemporary artworks chosen for the collection often respond to or complicate the narratives around mediums and genres traditionally associated with the Frye, like painting, landscape, and portraiture.

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Image of Black Face with Wide Chest
Black Face with Wide Chest

Tschabalala Self
Colored pencil, acrylic paint, gouache, charcoal, graphite on archival inkjet print
2021

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Black Face Red Bone with Black Bob

Tschabalala Self
Colored pencil, acrylic paint, gouache, charcoal, graphite on archival inkjet print
2021

Image of Three Slices
Three Slices

Amoako Boafo
Oil on canvas
2021

Image of Baby Blue
Baby Blue

Amoako Boafo
Oil on canvas
2021

Image of Ground of Ground
Ground of Ground

Harry Gould Harvey IV
Black walnut from the Delano Sawmill, white oak from Prudence Island, MDF, colored pencil, charcoal, gouache, and pigments of goldenrod, Aronia Viking chokecherry, and rose petals
2022

Image of Disaster Kitchen
Disaster Kitchen

Molly Zuckerman-Hartung
Oil, collage, plastic garbage bag, camouflage pants
2008-2011

Image of For Fun
For Fun

Khari Johnson-Ricks
Watercolor on paper with acetate
2021

Image of Pink on Black Group
Pink on Black Group

Katherine Bradford
Acrylic on canvas
2022

Image of Night Forest
Night Forest

Ann Leda Shapiro
Watercolor and watercolor pencil on archival paper
2022

Image of After Boucher: Untitled
After Boucher: Untitled

Molly Jae Vaughan
Oil pencil on paper
2022

Image of Mangahufo' I famaguon
Mangahufo' I famaguon

Gisela McDaniel
Oil on panel, found object, sound
2021

Image of Allegory of the Raging Sun
Allegory of the Raging Sun

Kat Lyons
Oil on canvas
2021

Image of Madrone + Mullan
Madrone + Mullan

Sadie Wechsler
Archival inkjet print in madrone artist's frame
2021

Image of Free me from this body, my voice can carry only so far. Free me from this body, as I lay on the grass it feels heavy and I can't move. Free me from this body, the color burns brown with dark limbs so tired and missing the weightless breadth of above
Free me from this body, my voice can carry only so far. Free me from this body, as I lay on the grass it feels heavy and I can't move. Free me from this body, the color burns brown with dark limbs so tired and missing the weightless breadth of above

Sky Hopinka
Inkjet print on Dibond
2020

Image of Formation
Formation

Kelly Akashi
Chromogenic crystallograph in aluminum artist's frame
2021

Image of Butterfly
Butterfly

Bony Ramirez
Acrylic, soft oil pastel, color pencil, wallpaper, metal chain, dried coconuts
2021

Image of Portrait of Erwin Wurm
Portrait of Erwin Wurm

Joseph Park
Oil on panel
2007

Image of Trap
Trap

Duane Linklater
Powder-coated trap, mirror, gypsum board, plywood, steel wall studs
2016

Image of Lot 248 (still)
Lot 248 (still)

Amie Siegel
Cibachrome print
2013

Image of Strange Business
Strange Business

Rose Nestler
Two-channel digital video (color, silent): 20 min.
2017-18

Image of Dress for Success
Dress for Success

Rose Nestler
Leather, thread, batting, grommets, hooks
2018

Image of Egungun
Egungun

Cauleen Smith
Archival pigment print
2015

Image of Untitled #041220
Untitled #041220

Georgina Reskala
Gelatin silver print
2017

Image of Untitled (Badlands)
Untitled (Badlands)

Juventino Aranda
Oil on wool Pendleton blanket
2018

Image of Untitled
Untitled

Ko Kirk Yamahira
Acrylic and graphite on partially unwoven canvas with wood
2019

Image of To a Flame
To a Flame

Anthony White
PLA (plastic) on panel
2019

Image of this trembling turf (the shallows)
this trembling turf (the shallows)

Mary Ann Peters
White ink
2018

Image of Snowflake Drawing #5 (Double Lotus Pod)
Snowflake Drawing #5 (Double Lotus Pod)

Jeffry Mitchell
Graphite, ink, carbon transfer, and watercolor on paper
2018

Image of From Sea to Dawn
From Sea to Dawn

Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, Hesam Rahmanian
Digital video (color, silent); 6:21 min.
2016

Image of If Marco Polo Brought the Pasta Meme to Europe from China, He didn't Need to be a Pasta Chef but all he Had to do was to Disperse the Meme in the Environment and Other Humans Infected by it, Would Express it in their Behaviour
If Marco Polo Brought the Pasta Meme to Europe from China, He didn't Need to be a Pasta Chef but all he Had to do was to Disperse the Meme in the Environment and Other Humans Infected by it, Would Express it in their Behaviour

Rokni Haerizadeh
Gesso, watercolor and ink on printed paper
2017-18

Image of Portrait of a woman
Portrait of a woman

Fritz Hickmann
Oil on canvas mounted to board
1855

Image of North Slope #15, Kuparuk
North Slope #15, Kuparuk

Mary Henry
Colored pencil on paper
1975

Image of Brooks Range
Brooks Range

Mary Henry
Colored pencil on paper
1975

Image of Birmingham (right)
Birmingham (right)

Toyin Ojih Odutola
Four-color lithograph with gold leaf
2014

Image of Birmingham (center)
Birmingham (center)

Toyin Ojih Odutola
Four-color lithograph with gold leaf
2014

Image of Birmingham (left)
Birmingham (left)

Toyin Ojih Odutola
Four-color lithograph with gold leaf
2014

Image of Du jaroj da seksa perforto kontrau virinaj Egiptaj manifestaciantoj, kaj jam ni portas trancilojn en la stratoj...
Du jaroj da seksa perforto kontrau virinaj Egiptaj manifestaciantoj, kaj jam ni portas trancilojn en la stratoj...

Ellen Lesperance
Gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
2014

Image of Adam and Eve Dressed
Adam and Eve Dressed

Janette K. Hopper
Linocut
1996

Image of Sewing Mukluks
Sewing Mukluks

Claire Fejes
Etching
n.d.

Image of Kahhoaruk of Noatak
Kahhoaruk of Noatak

Claire Fejes
Watercolor on paper
1963

Image of Inside the Tent
Inside the Tent

Claire Fejes
Oil on canvas
ca. 1976

Image of Mädchen mit Guitare (Girl with Guitar)
Mädchen mit Guitare (Girl with Guitar)

Bernhard Schneider-Blumberg
Oil on canvas
1914

Image of Chemically Tanned
Chemically Tanned

Alison Bremner
Latex paint on deer hide with horsehair
2017

Image of Untitled [landscape in snow]
Untitled [landscape in snow]

Viktor A. Predil
Oil on canvas
ca. 1900

Image of Eat Frye's Baby Beef
Eat Frye's Baby Beef

Victor Steinbrueck
Pen and ink on paper
1973

Image of Berry Pickers
Berry Pickers

Rie Muñoz
Woodcut
1970

Image of Untitled
Untitled

Fritz Chwala
Oil on canvas
n.d.

Image of Untitled
Untitled

Julian E. Itter
Oil on canvas
ca. 1898

Image of Untitled [Landscape with houses]
Untitled [Landscape with houses]

C. Reder
Oil on canvas
n.d.

Image of Untitled
Untitled

Thomas Spinks
Oil on canvas
1888