Exhibition
Building a Legacy Collection: A Survey of Invitational Acquisitions
May 20, 2016 through July 31, 2016
Ralston Crawford, New Orleans #5. 
Charles Sheeler, Barn Reds. 
Willem de Kooning, Woman. 
David Bates, Bait Shop. 
Lari Pittman, Thankfully, you will have taught me freedom within constraints. 
Ben Nicholson, Two Forms, Version Three. 
Robyn O'Neil, The Last Man on Earth. 
Morris Graves, Bird Attacking A Stone. 
Hans Hofmann, Fruit Bowl. 
Alexander Brook, Peggy Bacon and Metaphysics. 
Ralston Crawford, New Orleans #5. 
David Bates, Bait Shop. 
Lari Pittman, Thankfully, you will have taught me freedom within constraints.
Since 1888, forward-thinking stewards of Sheldon Museum of Art’s growing collection have regularly organized exhibitions that feature recent masterworks of contemporary art. The museum has acquired more than two hundred fifty artworks directly from artists participating in these exhibitions through the support of generous collectors and donors. This survey will include approximately twenty such pieces that exemplify the depth and breadth of Sheldon’s holdings.
Support for this exhibition and its programming has been provided by Ethel S. Abbott Charitable Foundation Exhibitions and Programs Fund and the Dillon Foundation.