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.
Clarissa Tossin
Porcelain
2021
Clarissa Tossin
Silicone, black pigment, tree bark
2022
Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe
Oil on canvas
2020
Eden Seifu
Acrylic on canvas
2022
Tschabalala Self
Colored pencil, acrylic paint, gouache, charcoal, graphite on archival inkjet print
2021
Tschabalala Self
Colored pencil, acrylic paint, gouache, charcoal, graphite on archival inkjet print
2021
Srijon Chowdhury
Oil on linen
2022
Amoako Boafo
Oil on canvas
2021
Amoako Boafo
Oil on canvas
2021
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
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung
Oil, collage, plastic garbage bag, camouflage pants
2008-2011
Khari Johnson-Ricks
Watercolor on paper with acetate
2021
Katherine Bradford
Acrylic on canvas
2022
Ann Leda Shapiro
Watercolor and watercolor pencil on archival paper
2022
Molly Jae Vaughan
Oil pencil on paper
2022
Gisela McDaniel
Oil on panel, found objects, sound
2021
Kat Lyons
Oil on canvas
2021
Sadie Wechsler
Archival inkjet print in madrone artist's frame
2021
Kelly Akashi
Chromogenic crystallograph in aluminum artist's frame
2021
Bony Ramirez
Acrylic, soft oil pastel, color pencil, wallpaper, metal chain, dried coconuts
2021
Joseph Park
Oil on panel
2007
Duane Linklater
Powder-coated trap, mirror, gypsum board, plywood, steel wall studs
2016
Amie Siegel
Cibachrome print
2013
Rose Nestler
Two-channel digital video (color, silent): 20 min.
2017-18
Rose Nestler
Leather, thread, batting, grommets, hooks
2018
Cauleen Smith
Archival pigment print
2015
Georgina Reskala
Gelatin silver print
2017
Juventino Aranda
Oil on wool Pendleton blanket
2018
Ko Kirk Yamahira
Acrylic and graphite on partially unwoven canvas with wood
2019
Anthony White
PLA (plastic) on panel
2019
Mary Ann Peters
White ink
2018
Jeffry Mitchell
Graphite, ink, carbon transfer, and watercolor on paper
2018
Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, Hesam Rahmanian
Digital video (color, silent); 6:21 min.
2016
Fritz Hickmann
Oil on canvas mounted to board
1855
Mary Henry
Colored pencil on paper
1975
Toyin Ojih Odutola
Four-color lithograph with gold leaf
2014
Toyin Ojih Odutola
Four-color lithograph with gold leaf
2014
Toyin Ojih Odutola
Four-color lithograph with gold leaf
2014
Ellen Lesperance
Gouache and graphite on tea-stained paper
2014
Janette K. Hopper
Linocut
1996
Claire Fejes
Etching
n.d.
Claire Fejes
Watercolor on paper
1963
Claire Fejes
Oil on canvas
ca. 1976
Bernhard Schneider-Blumberg
Oil on canvas
1914
Alison Bremner
Latex paint on deer hide with horsehair
2017
Viktor A. Predil
Oil on canvas
ca. 1900
Victor Steinbrueck
Pen and ink on paper
1973
Rie Muñoz
Woodcut
1970