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Some of our recent Acquisitions: Lichtenstein, Christo, and Paik
The Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, which includes artworks in all media—from painting and sculpture to film and media art, photographs, folk art and contemporary craft—reveals key aspects of America's rich artistic and cultural history from the colonial period to today. In recent years, the museum's acquisition efforts have focused on strengthening its modern and contemporary collections.
Below are links to selected major acquisitions.
2010
- Cory Arcangel, Video Painting (2008)
- Jim Campbell, Grand Central Station #2 (2009)
- Walton Ford, Visitation (2004)
- John Gossage, Four untitled photographs from the series The Pond (ca. 1981-1985)
- Jacob Lawrence, Bar and Grill (1941)
- Sol LeWitt, Color Bands (2000)
- Sol Lewitt, Wavy Brushstrokes Superimposed #1-#4 (1995)
- Kerry James Marshall, SOB, SOB (2003)
- Mark Newport, Batman 2 (2005)
- Tim Rollins and K.O.S., By Any Means Necessary (after Malcolm X) (2008)
- Thomas Ruff, jpeg de01 (2005)
- Jean Shin, Chemical Balance III (2009)
2009
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972-1976, A Documentation Exhibition
- Sheila Hicks, The Silk Rainforest (about 1975)
- Karen LaMonte, Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery (2009)
- Hughie Lee-Smith, Confrontation (ca. 1970)
- Hughie Lee-Smith, The Beach (1962)
- Robert Longo, Untitled (Hercules) (2008)
- Nam June Paik Archive
- Charles White, Untitled (1950)
- William Wiley, Grebeny–The Burning Village after Bosch (1994)
2008
- Roy Lichtenstein, Modern Head (1974/1990)
- Walton Ford, Tur (2007)
- 40 photographs by Barbara Bosworth (1989-2005)
2007
- John Gossage, 54 untitled photographs from the series The Pond (1985)
- David Hockney, Savings and Loan Building (1967)
- Jenny Holzer, For SAAM (2007)
- Beth Lipman, Bancketje (Banquet) (2003)
2006
- Philip Pearlstein, Two Models in a Window with Cast Iron Toys (1987)
- Nam June Paik, Zen for TV (1963, 1976 version)
- John Singleton Copley, Robert Hooper (ca. 1770-1772)
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