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.
Duane Linklater
Powder-coated trap, mirror, gypsum board, plywood, steel wall studs
2016
Amie Siegel
Cibachrome print
2013
Rose Nestler
Leather, thread, batting, grommets, hooks
2018
Rose Nestler
Two-channel digital video (color, silent): 20 min.
2017-18
Cauleen Smith
Archival pigment print
2015
Georgina Reskala
Gelatin silver print
2017
Juventino Aranda
Oil stick on 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
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
Oil on canvas
ca. 1976
Claire Fejes
Watercolor on paper
1963
Claire Fejes
Etching
n.d.
Bernhard Schneider-Blumberg
Oil on canvas
1914
Alison Bremner
Latex paint on deer hide with horsehair
2017
Rie Muñoz
Woodcut
1970
Viktor A. Predil
Oil on canvas
ca. 1900
Fritz Chwala
Oil on canvas
n.d.
Julian E. Itter
Oil on canvas
ca. 1898
C. Reder
Oil on canvas
n.d.
Thomas Spinks
Oil on canvas
1888
Victor Steinbrueck
Pen and ink on paper
1973
Peter Millett
Letterpress and woodcut
1993
Jimmy Jet
Letterpress and lithograph
1993
Gene Gentry McMahon
Letterpress and woodcut
1993
Mrs. Crispwick
Letterpress and lithograph
1993
Scott Smith
Letterpress and woodcut
1993
T. Michael Gardiner
Letterpress and lithograph
1993
Dennis Evans
Letterpress and print
1993
Jeffrey Bishop
Letterpress and lithograph
1993
Mare Blocker
Letterpress and linocut
1994
Virginia Paquette
Letterpress and lithograph
1994
Mauricio Robalino
Letterpress and print
1994
C.T. Chew
Letterpress and print
1994
Jose Rodriguez Guerra
Letterpress and lithograph
1994
Robert Kraftt
Letterpress and print
1994
George Chacona
Letterpress and print
1994
Julie Paschkis
Letterpress and linocut
1994
Lockwood Dennis
Letterpress and woodcut
1994