Acquisitions
The Frick Collection has continued to expand its holdings in the decades following Henry Clay Frick's death in 1919. Since then, nearly half of the Collection's paintings and several important sculptures and decorative art objects have been acquired.
2010 Acquisitions
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Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840)
Plum Branches Intertwined, 1802–4
Watercolor on vellum
12 9/16 x 10 3/8 in. (31.9 x 26.4 cm)
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010 (2010.3.01)Over the course of fifty years—from the 1950s until his death in 2010 at the age of eighty-one—former Frick Collection Director Charles A. Ryskamp (1928–2010) assembled an extraordinary personal trove of European drawings. Reflecting on his pursuits in 2009, Dr. Ryskamp remarked, “I have always believed that giving, as much as acquiring, is the principle of my collecting.” This spirit of sharing is embodied in a group of ten superb drawings that he bequeathed to the Frick, selected from among his large and varied collection by Anne L. Poulet, Director Emerita, and curators Colin B. Bailey and Susan Grace Galassi. Other sheets were donated to The Morgan Library & Museum, where Dr. Ryskamp served as Director from 1969 to 1987, or auctioned at Sotheby’s for the benefit of Princeton University, where he began his career as a professor of literature. The works bequeathed to the Frick transform the museum’s holdings in drawings, enlarging them by nearly a third, while complementing the permanent collection’s focus on landscape and figural subjects. MORE »
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Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)
Moroccan Interior, 1832
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper
3 13/16 x 5 7/8 in. (9.7 x 14.9 cm)
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010 (2010.3.02) -
Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867)
Pond at the Edge of the Woods (Etang en lisière de bois), 1853
Pencil on paper
7 1/2 x 12 13/16 in. (19.1 x 32.5 cm)
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010 (2010.3.03) -
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
Study of a Male Nude with a Sword, ca. 1856–59
Graphite on rose colored wove paper
11 x 8 1/8 in. (27.9 x 20.6 cm)
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010 (2010.3.04) -
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770)
Young Man Holding a Book, ca. 1758
Pen, brown ink, and brown wash on paper
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010 (2010.3.05) -
George Stubbs (1724–1806)
Portrait of Warren Hastings, ca. 1791
Watercolor over graphite
5 3/8 x 4 5/16 in. (13.7 x 10.9 cm)
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010 (2010.3.06) -
Henry Fuseli (1741–1825)
Fallen Horseman Attacked by a Monstrous Serpent (recto); Satan Looming over Job and a Seated Old Man (verso), ca. 1800
Pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
15 x 11 11/16 in. (38.1 x 29.7 cm)
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010 (2010.3.07) -
William Blake (1757–1827)
Owen Glendower, ca. 1820
Graphite on laid paper
9 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (23.1 x 18 cm)
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010 (2010.3.08) -
David Wilkie (1785–1841)
Study of Two Figures (for The Burial of the Scottish Regalia), ca. 1832
Black, red, and brown chalk with touches of blue, pink, peach and white gouache on brown wove paper
14 3/8 x 18 3/8 in. (36.6 x 46.7 cm)
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010 (2010.3.09) -
Edwin Landseer (1802–1873)
Otterhounds, 1838–44
Watercolor and gouache on wove paper with graphite framing lines
11 1/2 x 17 7/8 in. (29.2 x 45.5 cm)
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp, 2010 (2010.3.10)