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The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection is the Museum’s permanent collection of two- and three-dimensional art. This international collection boasts over 14,000 works and spans eight centuries, with strengths in works on paper and contemporary craft, and includes notable holdings by artists from Arkansas, the American South region, and across the United States.

  • Elaine de Kooning (New York, New York, 1918 – 1989, Southampton, New York), Standing Bull, 1958, oil and acrylic on canvas, 78 1/4 x 108 1/4 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Robert Mallary. 1973.024.

  • Thomas Hart Benton (Neosho, Missouri, 1889 – 1975, Kansas City, Missouri), Clay County Farm, 1971, oil on canvas, 32 x 22 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Bequest from the Estates of Louise and Fred Dierks. 2012.008.001.

  • Peter Voulkos (Bozeman, Montana, 1924 – 2002, Bowling Green, Ohio), Cruciform Vase, 1958, glazed and underglaze-painted stoneware, 28 1/2 x 21 x 7 1/2 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchased with an anonymous gift. 1992.080.

  • Francesco Bassano II (Bassano del Grappa, Italy, 1549 – 1592, Venice, Italy), Adoration of the Shepherds, circa 1580, oil on canvas, 37 x 52 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. 1934.001.

  • George Romney (Beckside, Lancashire, England, 1734 – 1802, Kendal, Westmorland, England), Lady Willoughby de Broke, 1779 – 1781, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 1/4 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust. 2019.006.001.

  • Perle Fine (Boston, Massachusetts, 1905 – 1988, East Hampton, New York), Grand March Opening Theme, 1945, oil on canvas, 42 x 59 1/2 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase.

  • Barbara Hepworth (Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, 1903 – 1975, St. Ives, Cornwall, England), Two Heads (Christmas), 1970, white polished marble on artist-designed wood base, 17 x 20 1/4 x 15 1/4 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Bequest from the Estates of Louise and Fred Dierks. 2012.008.005. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

  • Jennifer McCurdy (Newport, Rhode Island, 1955 – ), Butterfly Vessel, 2010, wheel-thrown, altered, and carved porcelain, 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 8 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Ethel and Arthur Furman.

  • Asher B. Durand (Maplewood, New Jersey, 1796 – 1886, Maplewood, New Jersey), Study for “June Shower,“ 1853, oil on canvas, 16 1/2 × 24 1/2 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Fred W. Allsopp.

  • George Boorujy (New Providence, New Jersey, 1973 – ), Chatham Bend, 2017, ink on paper, 55 1/4 × 88 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase, Collectors Group Fund.

  • Isamu Noguchi (Los Angeles, California, 1904 – 1998, New York, New York), Untitled, 1980 – 1981, basalt on wood base, 19 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of John and Robyn Horn. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Diego Rivera (Guanajuato, Mexico, 1886 – 1957, Mexico City, Mexico), Dos Mujeres (Two Women) (detail), 1914, oil on canvas, 77 3/4 x 63 1/2 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Abby Rockefeller Mauzé. 1955.010.

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Peter Pincus (Rochester, New York, 1982 – ), A Familiar Kind of Riddle (detail), 2018, colored porcelain and luster mounted on wood, 52 x 89 x 5 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase, Contemporaries Fund. 2021.008.001. John Polak Photography, courtesy of Ferrin Contemporary.

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The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts extends its gratitude to The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust for grant awards supporting stewardship and conservation of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection.