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The Studio, 1977, Jacob Lawrence, gouache on paper, 30 x 22 in., partial gift of Gull Industries; John H. and Ann Hauberg; Links, Seattle; and gift by exchange from the Estate of Mark Tobey, 90.27, © Jacob Lawrence. Talking Tintype, Swil Kanim, Violinist, Citizen of the Lummi Nation, from the series Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange: dᶻidᶻəlalič, 2017, printed 2019, Will Wilson, archival pigment print, 56 1/4 × 44 1/4 in., Ancient and Native American Art Acquisition Fund, 2019.26.1, © Will Wilson. Minidoka Series #2: Exodus, 1978, Roger Y. Shimomura, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 72 in., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ofell H. Johnson, 79.5, © Roger Y. Shimomura. Aam’halait, ca. 1860, Tsimshian, maple wood, abalone shell, paint, 9 3/8 x 9 x 3 in., Gift of John H. Hauberg, 91.1.47. Blanket Stories: Three Sisters, Four Pelts, Sky Woman, Cousin Rose, and All My Relations, 2007, Marie Watt, wool blankets, satin binding, with salvaged industrial yellow cedar timber base, 150 x 40 x 40 in., General Acquisition Fund, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2007.41, © Marie Watt. Mo (Seaweed), 1977, George Tsutakawa, bronze, 51 x 15 in., Base: 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 15 in., Gift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2009.52.82, © George Tsutakawa Estate. Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast, 1870, Albert Bierstadt, oil on canvas, 52 1/2 x 82 in., Framed: 71 1/2 × 101 1/2 × 7 in., Gift of the Friends of American Art at the Seattle Art Museum, with additional funds from General Acquisition Fund, 2000.70. Saint Woman, 2015, Amy Sherald, American, b. 1973, oil on canvas, 54 x 43 in., Private Collection, © Amy Sherald, Image courtesy of the artist and Hauser and Wirth, photo: Natali Wiseman. Gwendolyn Knight, 1934-35, Augusta Savage, painted plaster, 18 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 9 in., Gift of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, 2006.86. Photo: Kat Bryant Flaherty. Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum), 2022, Nicholas Galanin, Native American (Tlingit/Unangax), born 1979, General Acquisition Fund, 2022.33, © Nicholas Galanin, photo: Scott Leen.
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Saint Woman, 2015, Amy Sherald, American, b. 1973, oil on canvas, 54 x 43 in., Private Collection, © Amy Sherald, Image courtesy of the artist and Hauser and Wirth, photo: Natali Wiseman. Red Barns, 1933, Kenjiro Nomura, oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in., Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 33.224, © Kenjiro Nomura, photo: Alborz Kamalizad. Song for the Moon, 2002, Shaun Peterson (Qwalsius), acrylic on canvas, 101 x 42 x 1 in., Gift of the Seattle Art Museum Docents, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2022.17, © Shaun Peterson. Mount Rainier, Bay of Tacoma – Puget Sound, 1875, Sanford Robinson Gifford, oil on canvas, 21 x 40 1/2 in., Partial and promised gift of Ann and Tom Barwick and gift, by exchange, of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brechemin; Max R. Schweitzer; Hickman Price, Jr., in memory of Hickman Price; Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hirschl; and the Estate of Louise Raymond Owens, 90.29. Gypsy Baron crazy quilt, ca. 1887, Mrs. Jones, silk velvet, metallic thread, jacquard woven silk, paint: pieced, embroidered, 60 x 68 in., Gift of Mrs. Jacqueline A. Wood, 75.23. Bracelet, totemic eagle design, ca. 1900, Native American, hammered and engraved silver coin, 1 5/8 in., Diam.: 2 in., L.: 7 1/8 in., Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 74.34. Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast, 1870, Albert Bierstadt, oil on canvas, 52 1/2 x 82 in., Framed: 71 1/2 × 101 1/2 × 7 in., Gift of the Friends of American Art at the Seattle Art Museum, with additional funds from General Acquisition Fund, 2000.70. Elevator screen from the Chicago Stock Exchange, ca. 1893-94, Louis Sullivan, lintel, columns and kick plates: cast iron electroplated with copper, grilles: cast and wrought iron protected with a Bower and Barff finish, decorative T-shaped elements: electroformed copper, 114 x 165 x 6 in., The Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff Endowment for the Decorative Arts, the Gates Foundation Endowment, the General Acquisition Fund, and an anonymous gift in honor of Julie Emerson, 2008.81. Anthony of Padua, 2013, Kehinde Wiley, oil on canvas, 72 × 60 in., Gift of the Contemporary Collectors Forum, 2013.8, © Kehinde Wiley. Dr. Silvester Gardiner (1708-1786), probably 1772, John Singleton Copley, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in., Gift of Ann and Tom Barwick, Barney A. Ebsworth, Maggie and Douglas Walker, Virginia and Bagley Wright, and Ann P. Wyckoff; and gift, by exchange, of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gerber; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brechemin; Mrs. Reginald H. Parsons Memorial; Anne Parsons Frame, in memory of Lieutenant Colonel Jasper Ewing Brady, Jr., and Maud B. Parsons; Estate of Louise Raymond Owens; Anonymous donors; and Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection; with additional funds from the American Art Support Fund and the American Art Acquisition Fund, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2006.125. Four Self-Portraits, 1995, Alfredo Arreguin, oil on canvas, painting: 49 3/8 x 42 3/8 in., frame: 55 x 43 in., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Art Acquisition Fund, 2022.13, © Alfredo Arreguin. Blocks, 2003, Annie Mae Young, quilted fabric, 90 1/2 x 74 in., General Acquisition Fund, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2005.199, © Annie Mae Young. General Toussaint L’Ouverture, from the “The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture”, 1986, Jacob Lawrence, silkscreen on Bainbridge two ply rag paper through hand-cut film stencils, image: 28 1/2 x 18 1/2 in., paper: 32 1/4 × 22 in., General Acquisition Fund, 2021.18.2. © Estate of Jacob Lawrence/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: L. Fried. Image: Courtesy of Nicholas Galanin.
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Gwendolyn Knight, 1934-35, Augusta Savage, painted plaster, 18 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 9 in., Gift of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, 2006.86. Music–Pink and Blue No. 1, 1918, Georgia O’Keeffe, oil on canvas, 35 x 29 in., Gift of Barney A. Ebsworth, 2000.161. Photo: Courtesy of Theresa Papanikolas. Photo: Scott Areman.
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Coulee Dam Construction: Skip Way and Grout Shed, 1939, Z. Vanessa Helder
transparent watercolor, 18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in., framed: 30 1/4 in. x 27 3/4 in., Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 39.54.
