The UWMAC’s acquisition policy emphasizes works that artistically and historically amplify and reinforce the fine and decorative works of art already in the UWMAC and reflect its mission and goals. UWMAC will continue its ongoing efforts to build relationships with both local and national collectors through loans and gifts. The recent group of acquisitions represents the continuation of the UWM Art Collection’s ongoing pedagogical mission to the student body, faculty, staff, and community, as well as expand and diversify its permanent collection through gifts.

Recent Acquisitions to the UWM Art Collection:
Please note that these works are not necessarily on view.

2016

Donor: Tom and Virginia Maher
Year Donated: 2016
Artist: Larry Rivers
Title: Dutch Masters
Date: 1985
Medium: Acylic relief cast paper, edition 4
Dimensions: 16 x 21.5 inches

 

 

 

2015
Donor: Gift of BMO Financial Group and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Rufino Tamayo
Title: Untitled
Date: n.d.
Medium: Screenprint
Dimensions: 30 x 66 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of BMO Financial Group and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Chen Ting Shih
Title: Night and Day #70
Date: 1981
Medium: Screenprint
Dimensions: 54 x 102 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of BMO Financial Group and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt
Title: Tulip: Blue
Date: 1976
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: 38 1/2 x 31 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of BMO Financial Group and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt
Title: Tulip: Sandstone
Date: 1976
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: 38 1/2 x 31 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of BMO Financial Group and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt
Title: Tulip: Green
Date: 1976
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: 38 1/2 x 31 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of the Joseph and Betsy Ritz Friebert Family Partnership and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Joseph Friebert
Title: Thought
Date: Late 1970s
Medium: Monotype
Dimensions: 9 x 9 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of the Joseph and Betsy Ritz Friebert Family Partnership and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Joseph Friebert
Title: Night
Date: 1992
Medium: Color lithograph
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 13 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of the Joseph and Betsy Ritz Friebert Family Partnership and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Joseph Friebert
Title: The Audience
Date: 1989
Medium: Color monotype and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 5 x 6 3/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of the Joseph and Betsy Ritz Friebert Family Partnership and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Joseph Friebert
Title: Backstage
Date: 1990
Medium: Monotype
Dimensions: 14 x 11 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of the Joseph and Betsy Ritz Friebert Family Partnership and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Joseph Friebert
Title: Landscape with Trees
Date: 1970
Medium: Charcoal drawing on paper
Dimensions: 30 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Portrait of Matisse
Date: n.d.
Medium: Oil on matboard
Dimensions: 8 x 6 1/2 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: J. Jones
Date: 2000
Medium: Oil on paper
Dimensions: 14 x 11 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Mask
Date: n.d.
Medium: Linoleum cut
Dimensions: 10 x 8 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Woods
Date: 1989
Medium: Ink drawing on paper
Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Untitled
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 19 5/8 x 15 1/2 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Head #104
Date: 1998
Medium: Digital print
Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 16 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Limbo
Date: n.d.
Medium: Mono print
Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Portrait of Jean Dubuffet
Date: n.d.
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Dimensions: 34 x 28 1/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Inside; 1/5
Date: n.d.
Medium: Collograph
Dimensions: 28 x 31 3/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Studio; 1/1
Date: n.d.
Medium: Monotype
Dimensions: 42 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Athletes
Date: n.d.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Chinatown
Date: 2001
Medium: Mixed media on board
Dimensions: 49 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: The Clock; 1/1
Date: n.d.
Medium: Monotype
Dimensions: 35 x 23 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Untitled
Date: n.d.
Medium: Collograph printing plate
Dimensions: 10 x 14 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Slats; A/P
Date: n.d.
Medium: Collograph
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Gift of Kenn Kwint and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Kenn Kwint
Title: Untitled
Date: n.d.
Medium: Collograph
Dimensions: 11 x 17 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Sylvia Solochek Walters
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Sylvia Solochek Walters
Title: Falling Bear
Date: 2006
Medium: Color woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 25 x 29 inches, Image: 20 x 24 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Sylvia Solochek Walters
Year Donated: 2015
Artist: Sylvia Solochek Walters
Title: Best Wishes Albrecht Durer
Date: 1973
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 26 5/8 inches, Image: 18 x 21 3/4 inches

 

 

 

2014
Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Harrison Begay
Title: Road Runner
Date: 20th Century
Medium: Color silkscreen on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches, Image: 4 x 5 5/8 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Harrison Begay
Title: Sandpainter
Date: 20th Century
Medium: Color screenprint on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, Image: 5 x 4 5/8 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Harrison Begay
Title: Untitled
Date: 20th Century
Medium: Color screenprint on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 13 inches,
Image: 9 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Harrison Begay
Title: Untitled
Date: 20th Century
Medium: Color screenpint on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches, Image: 9 x 9 15/16 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Cerberus, the Dog of Hell; from The Divine Comedy
Date: 20th Century
Medium: Color wood engraving on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 x 10 1/4 inches,
Image: 10 x 6 15/16 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Ben Shahn
Title: Partings Long Seen Coming, from For the Sake of a Single Verse
Date: 1968
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 3/4 x 17 3/8 inches, Image: 19 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Ben Shahn
Title: To Childhood Illnesses, from For the Sake of a Single Verse
Date: 1968
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches, Image: 22 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Ben Shahn
Title: Beside the Dying, from For the Sake of a Single Verse
Date: 1968
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet and image: 21 3/4 x 17 3/8 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Ben Shahn
Title: Beside the Dead, from For the Sake of a Single Verse
Date: 1968
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet and image: 21 3/4 x 17 3/8 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Guillermo Silva Santamaria
Title: Just Married
Date: 1966
Medium: Embossed hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 x 12 1/4 inches,
Image: 6 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Takahaski Shotei
Title: Junks in Inatori Bay, Izu
Date: ca.19445
Medium: Color woodblock print
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches, Image: 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Hannah Gollin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Takahaski Shotei
Title: Junks in Inatori Bay, Izu
Date: ca.19445
Medium: Color woodblock print
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches, Image: 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Jean Stamsta
Title: Yellow Lilly
Date: 1985
Medium: Fiber, sequence, and paint on handmade paper
Dimensions: H-19 W-27 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Jean Stamsta
Title: Snake
Date: 2000
Medium: Acrylic on handmade wasp nest paper
Dimensions: H-25.25 W-25.3 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Jean Stamsta
Title: Tropical Garden Octopus
Date: 1999/2003
Medium: Acrylic, mirror, fiber, glitter, on paper
Dimensions: H-27.75 W-2.87 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Jean Stamsta
Title: Untitled
Date: n.d.
Medium: Woven and dyed wool and synthetic fiber
Dimensions: H-36.5 W-34 D-0.75 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Tom and Virginia Maher
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg
Title: Untitled
Date: 1968
Medium: Offset lithograph in color on smooth wove paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 34 1/2 x 26 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Tom and Virginia Maher
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Allan D’Arcangelo
Title: Morning Star
Date: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen in five colors
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 x 46 1/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Tom and Virginia Maher
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Leonard Baskin
Title: The Great Bird Man
Date: ca. 1963
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 61 3/8 x 30 inches

 

 

 

Donor: Floriann Martin
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Charles Bilger Spalding
Title: Untitled (Battle Scene from Greek War for Independence)
Date: 1830
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 19 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Robert E. von Sternberg
Title: Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, 2006
Date: 2006
Medium: Inkjet print
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/16 x 19 1/16 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Robert E. von Sternberg
Title: Rockview Trailer Park, Morro Bay
Date: 2013
Medium: Inkjet print
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 in x 19 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Robert E. von Sternberg
Title: Silvas Oil Company, Ventura, California
Date: 2012
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 in x 19 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Todd Walker
Title: Teresa, Phoenix
Date: 1980
Medium: Offset lithographic print
Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 x 9 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Todd Walker
Title: Ambiguity
Date: 1987
Medium: Offset lithographic print
Dimensions: 9 x 13 1/2 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Todd Walker
Title: Picacho II
Date: 1984
Medium: Offset lithographic print
Dimensions: 8 x 11 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Robert W. Fichter
Title: Bend in the Road 1
Date: 2013
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 15 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Robert W. Fichter
Title: Bend in the Road 2
Date: 2013
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 15 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Darryl Curran
Title: Five Squash Blossoms
Date: 1996
Medium: Archival pigment print
Dimensions: Image: 18 x 11 3/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Darryl Curran
Title: Napkin and Backlit Bottle
Date: 1994
Medium: Archival pigment print
Dimensions: Image: 18 x 11 3/4 inches

 

 

 

Donor: The Museum Project
Year Donated: 2014
Artist: Darryl Curran
Title: Savoy Cabbage, Baby’s Breath, Blade
Date: 1995
Medium: Archival pigment print
Dimensions: Image: 18 x 12 5/16 inches