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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 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

Image of Bamboo No.26
Bamboo No.26

Nancy Mee
Letterpress and print
1994

Image of Bamboo No.25
Bamboo No.25

Carolyn Law
Letterpress and lithograph
1994

Image of Bamboo No.24
Bamboo No.24

Gayle Bard
Letterpress and lithograph
1994

Image of Bamboo No.23
Bamboo No.23

George Tsutakawa
Letterpress and Sumi ink
1994

Image of Bamboo No.22
Bamboo No.22

Karen Guzak
Letterpress and print
1994

Image of Bamboo No.21
Bamboo No.21

Michael Spafford
Letterpress and woodcut
1994

Image of Bamboo No.20
Bamboo No.20

Fay Jones
Letterpress and lithograph
1994

Image of Bamboo No.19
Bamboo No.19

Rebecca Struck
Letterpress and print
1994

Image of Bamboo No.18
Bamboo No.18

Barbara Noah
Letterpress and print
1994

Image of Bamboo No.17
Bamboo No.17

Lockwood Dennis
Letterpress and woodcut
1994

Image of Bamboo No.16
Bamboo No.16

Julie Paschkis
Letterpress and linocut
1994

Image of Bamboo No.15
Bamboo No.15

George Chacona
Letterpress and print
1994

Image of Bamboo No.14
Bamboo No.14

Robert Kraftt
Letterpress and print
1994

Image of Bamboo No.13
Bamboo No.13

Jose Rodriguez Guerra
Letterpress and lithograph
1994

Image of Bamboo No.12
Bamboo No.12

C.T. Chew
Letterpress and print
1994

Image of Bamboo No.11
Bamboo No.11

Mauricio Robalino
Letterpress and print
1994

Image of Bamboo No.10
Bamboo No.10

Virginia Paquette
Letterpress and lithograph
1994

Image of Bamboo No.9
Bamboo No.9

Mare Blocker
Letterpress and linocut
1994

Image of Bamboo No.8
Bamboo No.8

Jeffrey Bishop
Letterpress and lithograph
1993

Image of Bamboo No.7
Bamboo No.7

Dennis Evans
Letterpress and print
1993

Image of Bamboo No.6
Bamboo No.6

T. Michael Gardiner
Letterpress and lithograph
1993

Image of Bamboo No.5
Bamboo No.5

Scott Smith
Letterpress and woodcut
1993

Image of Bamboo No.4
Bamboo No.4

Mrs. Crispwick
Letterpress and lithograph
1993

Image of Bamboo No.3
Bamboo No.3

Gene Gentry McMahon
Letterpress and woodcut
1993

Image of Bamboo No.2
Bamboo No.2

Jimmy Jet
Letterpress and lithograph
1993

Image of Bamboo No.1
Bamboo No.1

Peter Millett
Letterpress and woodcut
1993

Image of Waves Floater
Waves Floater

Romero Britto
Acrylic paint and oil pen on canvas
2017

Image of Sketch for The Pig Went Down to the Harbor and Wept #3
Sketch for The Pig Went Down to the Harbor and Wept #3

Jim Woodring
Pencil and acrylic ink on paper
2016

Image of The Pig Went Down to the Harbor and Wept #6
The Pig Went Down to the Harbor and Wept #6

Jim Woodring
Acrylic ink on paper
2016

Image of Karla Kay Keeley
Karla Kay Keeley

Ray Fullmer
Oil on canvas
ca. 1952-57

Image of Untitled [Six dogs]
Untitled [Six dogs]

Eugène-Joseph Verboeckhoven
Oil on panel
1858

Image of Shepherd in the Hills
Shepherd in the Hills

Attributed to Salvator Rosa
Oil on linen
n.d.

Image of Hermann H. Frye, father of Charles H. Frye
Hermann H. Frye, father of Charles H. Frye

Henry Raschen
Oil on canvas
n.d.

Image of Louisa Rier Frye, mother of Charles H. Frye
Louisa Rier Frye, mother of Charles H. Frye

Henry Raschen
Oil on canvas
n.d.

Image of Mt. McKinley from the Headwaters of the Talkeetna River, Alaska
Mt. McKinley from the Headwaters of the Talkeetna River, Alaska

Sydney Laurence
Oil on canvas
1918

Image of This Is Who We Are
This Is Who We Are

Inye Wokoma
Two-channel digital video (color, sound): 16:13 min.
2016

Image of Our Blood Is In These Stones: Yirim Seck
Our Blood Is In These Stones: Yirim Seck

Inye Wokoma
Digital print
2016

Image of Our Blood Is In These Stones: Versa Ruff
Our Blood Is In These Stones: Versa Ruff

Inye Wokoma
Digital print
2016

Image of Our Blood Is In These Stones: Daye Wokoma
Our Blood Is In These Stones: Daye Wokoma

Inye Wokoma
Digital print
2016

Image of Our Blood Is In These Stones: Ama-Ibi Wokoma
Our Blood Is In These Stones: Ama-Ibi Wokoma

Inye Wokoma
Digital print
2016

Image of Dawn in Luxor
Dawn in Luxor

Kahlil Joseph
16mm film transferred to two-channel digital video (color, sound); 4:1 min.
2016

Image of Alice™ (you don’t have to think about it)
Alice™ (you don’t have to think about it)

Kahlil Joseph
Digital video (color, sound); 18:41 min.
2016

Image of Eidolon
Eidolon

Cris Bruch
Aluminum composite
2015

Image of Street Action
Street Action

Buster Simpson
Archival inkjet print in artist-made frame
1974/2013

Image of Painted Silhouette
Painted Silhouette

Buster Simpson
Archival inkjet print in artist-made frame
1974/2013

Image of Window Installation
Window Installation

Buster Simpson
Archival inkjet print in artist-made frame
1974/2013