Collection Timeline: Collection Timeline
Follow the evolution of modern and contemporary art, from 1862 to the present, through works in the Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s collection.
Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878). Scène de rivière (River Scene), ca. 1860–70. Oil on wood, 15 3/8 x 26 1/2 inches (39.1 x 67.3 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Bequest of Edmund Hayes, 1924 (1924:20).
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879). Une salle d'attente, 1850-1853. Oil on paper mounted on paper, support: 12 1/8 x 9 7/16 inches (30.8 x 24 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 1964 (1964:12).
1870–1890
Impressionism
Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Chemin de halage à Argenteuil (Towpath at Argenteuil, Winter), 1875-76. Oil on canvas, 23 5/8 x 39 3/8 inches (60 x 100 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Charles Clifton, 1919 (1919:8).
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Le Christ jaune (The Yellow Christ), 1889. Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 28 7/8 inches (92.1 x 73.3 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Purchase Funds, 1946 (1946:4).
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, active in France, 1853–1890). La maison de La Crau (The Old Mill), 1888. Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (64.8 x 54 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1966 (1966:9.22).
Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891). Étude pour "Le Chahut" (Study for "Le Chahut"), 1889. Oil on canvas, support: 21 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches (55.3 x 47 cm); framed (artist frame): 26 5/8 x 23 x 1 inches (67.7 x 58.5 x 2.6 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Purchase Funds, 1943 (1943:10).
Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946). The Street, Fifth Avenue, 1896. Photogravure, 26 x 19 1/2 inches (66 x 49.5 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Fund, 1911 (1911:9.11).
1885–1915
Early Photography
Photo-Pictorialists
Edward Steichen (American, 1879–1973). Nocturne-Orangerie Staircase, Versailles, ca. 1910. Gum bichromate print, 18 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 1 1/8 inches (46.4 x 54.6 x 2.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Fund, 1911 (1911:9.10).
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901). Divan Japonais, 1893. Color lithograph poster, 31 15/16 x 23 15/16 inches (81.2 x 60.8 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Anonymous Gift, 1980 (P1980:56).
André Derain (French, 1880–1954). The Trees, ca. 1906. Oil on canvas, 23 3/8 x 28 1/2 inches (59.4 x 72.4 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., in memory of Helen Northrup Knox, 1971 (K1971:26). © Estate of André Derain / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929). Tam Gan, 1914. Oil on canvas, support: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Sarah A. Gates Fund, 1915 (1915:2).
Chaïm Soutine (Russian, born Belarus, active in France, 1893-1943). Page Boy at Maxim's, ca. 1927. Oil on canvas, support: 51 x 26 inches (129.6 x 66.1 cm); framed: 64 5/8 x 39 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (164.2 x 101 x 14 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Edmund Hayes Fund, 1953 (1953:4).
Vassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944). Fragment 2 for Composition VII, 1913. Oil on canvas, support: 34 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches (87.7 x 99.7 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1947 (RCA1947:1).
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938). Frauenbildnis (Portrait of a Woman), 1911. Oil on canvas, 46 3/8 x 34 5/8 inches (117.8 x 88 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Purchase Funds, 1957 (1957:3R).
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). Nude Figure, late spring 1910. Oil on canvas, 39 x 30 3/4 inches (99.1 x 78.1 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Purchase Funds, 1954 (1954:11). © 2016 Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
1909–1914
Futurism
Giacomo Balla (Italian, 1871–1958). Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash), 1912. Oil on canvas, 35 3/8 x 43 1/4 inches (89.9 x 109.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear and Gift of George F. Goodyear, 1964 (1964:16). © Estate of Giacomo Balla / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome
Robert Delaunay (French, 1885–1941). Soleil, Tour, Aéroplane (Sun, Tower, Airplane), 1913. Oil on canvas, 52 x 51 5/8 inches (132.1 x 131.1 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; A. Conger Goodyear Fund, 1964 (1964:14).
Morgan Russell (American, 1886-1953). Synchromy in Orange: To Form, 1913–14. Oil on canvas, 135 x 121 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (343 x 308.7 x 3.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1958 (K1958:16). © Estate of Morgan Russell.
Francis Picabia (French, 1879-1953). Composition mécanique, 1919. India ink and wash on paper, sheet: 10 x 14 15/16 inches (25.4 x 38 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Elisabeth H. Gates Fund, 1970 (1970:3). © Estate of Francis Picabia / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
1915–1925
Suprematism
Kazimir Malevich (Russian, 1878-1935). Suprematist Composition: Expressing the Feeling of Fading Away, 1916–17. Pencil on paper, 6 1/16 x 4 3/16 inches (15.4 x 10.7 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, 1968 (RCA1968:6).
1917–1931
Geometric abstraction
de Stijl
Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872-1944). Composition No. 11, 1940-42—London, with Blue, Red, and Yellow, 1940–42. Oil on canvas, 32 1/2 x 28 inches (82.6 x 71.2 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1944 (RCA1944:10). © Mondrian / Holtzman Trust.
László Moholy-Nagy (American, born Hungary, 1894-1946). D IV, 1922. Oil on canvas, 37 x 29 1/2 inches (94 x 75 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 1973 (1973:8). © Estate of László Moholy-Nagy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989). The Transparent Simulacrum of the Feigned Image, 1938. Oil on canvas, support: 28 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches (72.4 x 92.1 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1966 (1966:9.3). © Estate of Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000). Going to Work, 1943. Gouache on paper, 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (54.7 x 37 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1944 (RCA1944:7). © The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Pierre Soulages (French, born 1919). 4 July 1956, 1956. Oil on canvas, 51 x 38 inches (129.6 x 96.6 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr.,1956 (K1956:13). © Pierre Soulages / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / VEGAP, Madrid.
Jackson Pollock (American, 1912-1956). Convergence, 1952. Oil on canvas, 93 1/2 x 155 inches (237.5 x 393.7 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr.,1956 (K1956:7). © The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Mark Rothko (American, born Daugavpils, Russia (now Latvia), 1903-1970). Orange and Yellow, 1956. Oil on canvas, 91 x 71 inches (231.2 x 180.4 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1956 (K1956:8). © Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008). Ace, 1962. Five panels: oil, cardboard, wood and metal on canvas, 108 x 240 inches (274.4 x 609.6 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1963 (K1963:15). © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Jirō Yoshihara (Japanese, 1905-1972). To Martha’s Memory, 1970. Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 36 1/4 inches (73.1 x 92.1 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson to The Martha Jackson Collection, 1980 (1980:14). © Estate of Jirō Yoshihara.
Francis Michael Celentano (American, 1928–2016). Kinetic Painting III, 1967. Acrylic on Masonite with motor, 48 inches (121.9 cm) diameter. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1968 (K1968:8). © Estate of Francis Michael Celentano.
Victor Vasarely (French, born Hungary, 1906–1997). Vega-Nor, 1969. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 inches (200 x 200 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1969 (K1969:29). © Fondation Vasarely / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). 100 Cans, 1962. Casein, spray paint, and pencil on cotton, 72 x 52 inches (182.9 x 132.1 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1963 (K1963:26). © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Campbell's trademarks used with permission of Campbell Soup Company
Kenneth Noland (American, 1924-2010). Day, 1964. Acrylic resin paint on canvas, 69 3/4 x 69 3/4 inches (177.2 x 177.2 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Charles W. Millard III in memory of Gordon M. Smith, 1997 (1997:8). © Estate of Kenneth Noland / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Donald Judd (American, 1928-1994). Untitled, 1969. Galvanized iron and Plexiglas, each unit: 6 x 27 1/8 x 24 inches (15.3 x 69 x 61 cm); overall (ten units): 120 x 27 1/8 x 24 inches (304.8 x 68.9 x 61 cm); Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Edmund Hayes Fund, 1972 (1972:4). © Judd Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Eduardo Macentyre (Argentine, 1929-2014). Pintura Generativa, 1969. Acrylic on canvas, 39 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches (100.4 x 100.4 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1970 (K1970:3). © Estate of Eduardo Macentyre.
Cory Arcangel (American, born 1978). MIG 29 Soviet Fighter Plane and Clouds, 2005. Two handmade hacked Nintendo cartridges, two game systems and multichannel presentation, edition 5/5, dimensions variable. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Purchase Funds, 2006 (2006:11a-d).
Richard Estes (American, born 1932). Urban Landscapes, 1972. Screen print, edition: 73/75, 19 3/4 x 27 1/2 inches (50.2 x 69.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Charles W. Goodyear Fund, 1973 (P1973:4.1-8).
Alan Sonfist (American, born 1946). The Rock Monument of Buffalo, 1980. Eight embedded boulders, overall: 7 x 24 x 24 feet (2.2 x 7.4 x 7.4 m). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Herbert and Paula Molner, 2014 (2014:23a-h). © Alan Sonfist.
Eva Hesse (American, born Germany, 1936-1970). Untitled, 1970. Fiberglass over wire mesh, latex over cloth over wire, box: 12 x 9 x 4 1/2 inches (30.5 x 22.9 x 11.5 cm); cord: 78 inches (198.2 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Elisabeth H. Gates and Sherman S. Jewett Funds, 1978 (1978:5). © Estate of Eva Hesse.
Robert Barry (American, born 1936). Art Work (It Is Always Changing . . .), 1970. Wall-based installation accompanied by certificate, sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (27.7 x 21.3 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; The Panza Collection and George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, by exchange, Bequest of Arthur B. Michael, by exchange, Albert H. Tracy Fund, by exchange and Bequest of John Mortimer Schiff, by exchange, 2015 (2015:14.1).
Cindy Sherman (American, born 1954). Untitled Film Still, 1979. Gelatin silver print, edition 5/10, 8 x 10 inches (20.4 x 25.4 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Steven and Cecile Biltekoff, 1997 (P1997:20). © Cindy Sherman
Ana Mendieta (American, born Cuba, 1948-1985). Still from Corazón de Roca con Sangre, 1975. Super 8 film, color, silent, transferred to DVD, edition of 6, running time: 3 minutes, 3 seconds. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Sherman S. Jewett Fund, by exchange, Gift of the Winfield Foundation, by exchange, Bequest of John Mortimer Schiff, by exchange and Gift of Thomas Robins, Jr. in memory of Louisa Robins, by exchange, 2014 (2014:5.1). © Estate of Ana Mendieta.
Hannah Wilke (American, 1940-1993). Installation view from The Hannah Wilke Monument, 1976.
Georg Baselitz (German, born 1938). Elke-Akt 2, 1976. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 63 3/4 inches (200.1 x 162 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., by exchange, 2001 (2001:10).
James Turrell (American, born 1943). Gap from the series “Tiny Town,” 2001. Light installation, dimensions variable. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Purchase Funds, 2005 (2005:44). Photograph by Tom Loonan. © James Turrell.
Susan Philipsz (Scottish, born 1965). Installation view from The River Cycle, 2012. Six-channel sound installation, edition: 1/3, running time: 7 minutes, 50 seconds. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Albert H. Tracy Fund, by exchange, Gift of the Winfield Foundation, by exchange, Fellows for Life Fund, by exchange, Philip J. Wickser Fund, by exchange and Harold M. Esty, Jr. Fund, 2012 (2012:15). © Susan Philipsz.
Nick Cave (American, born 1959). Speak Louder, 2011. Mixed media including black mother of pearl buttons, embroidery floss, upholstery, armature, and mannequins, 93 1/2 x 199 x 123 inches (237.5 x 505.5 x 312.4 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Purchased jointly by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2018 (2018:2a-g). © Nick Cave. Photo by James Prinz Photography. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.