Recent Acquisitions

Gifts, bequests, and purchases of significant objects are essential to the growth of the Museum's collection. All of the objects outlined below have added depth to the collection, enabling the institution to build on its commitment to fully portray the art and history of the region. The Museum is grateful for the generous gifts received this year and every year.


Tom Zetterstrom (b. 1945)
Maple and Cherry (Canaan Mountain, Connecticut), 1994
Silver gelatin print, 8 x 10 inches
Signed; on rear of print and on inside of mat
Museum purchase with an anonymous gift
2010.1.1

Limber Pine (Donner Pass, California), 2005
Silver gelatin print, 8 x 10 inches
Signed; on rear of print and on inside of mat
Museum purchase with an anonymous gift
2010.1.2

Weeping Beach (Bristol, Rhode Island), 1999
Silver gelatin print, 8 x 10 inches
Signed; on rear of print and on inside of mat
Museum purchase with an anonymous gift
2010.1.3

American Elm, Summer (Egremont, Massachusetts), 1993
Silver gelatin print, 8 x 10 inches
Signed; on rear of print and on inside of mat
Museum purchase with an anonymous gift
2010.1.4


Anni Albers (1899 - 1994)
Fox I , 1972 (photo above)
photo-offset lithograph
24 in. x 20 in. (60.96 cm x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Mr. Charles T. Clark, New Haven, CT
2010.2


Wilson Henry Irvine (1869-1936)
The Broken Wall, c. 1926 (photo above)
Oil on canvas, 31 ¼ x 45 ¼ inches
Gift of Mr. George M. Yeager, Bronxville, NY
2010.3

Margaret Cooper (1874–1965)
Cooper Farm, Lyme, Connecticut, 1953
Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches
Signed lower right
Gift of Elizabeth Chamberlain, Old Lyme, Connecticut
2010.4

John Henry Twachtman (1853–1902)
Dock at Newport, 1893
Etching, Lifetime Impression, plate mark 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches on sheet 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, sight
Gift of Frank Racette, Putnam, Connecticut
2010.5

Wilson Henry Irvine (1869–1936)
Study for The Machine and its Product ca. 1930
Conte crayon, ink and pencil on paper, 11 1/4 x 12 inches, sight
Signed lower left: Wilson Irvine
Gift of George Yeager, New York, New York
2010.6

Easel once owned by Ivan Olinsky
Oak, 8 feet 2 inches high
Gift of Allan Denenberg, Larchmont, New York, in honor of David and Mary Dangremond
2010.7


George M. Bruestle (1872-1939)
On the Maine Coast, n.d. (photo above)
Oil on board, 12 x 16 inches
Signed lower left; Geo. M. Bruestle
Gift of Martha Walker, Watch Hill, Rhode Island
2010.8



A selection of American Art Books, Exhibition Catalogues and Monographs
Gift of John C. Evans, Essex, CT