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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Elsie Wagg, 1894, oil on canvas, courtesy of the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen PhD Foundation
American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection
American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection features more than 100 works of art by renowned American artists such as John Singer Sargent, Elizabeth Catlett, Mary Cassatt, Robert Henri, Sarah Miriam Peale, Thomas Cole, and Charles Alston, among others.
Though many objects from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection have been on view at other museums, ranging from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is the first exhibition to bring the best of the collection together in one location.
75th Anniversary: New Visions for the Permanent Collection
For 75 years, the Museum’s Permanent Collection has been shaped by landmark gifts, sustained generosity, and careful stewardship. What began as a regional commitment to art has grown into a collection defined by depth, continuity, and evolving perspective.
This exhibition reflects both history and momentum. At its core are gifts made in honor of the Museum’s 75th Anniversary — works that expand the Collection across media, cultures, and time periods. Installed in dialogue with longstanding holdings, these new acquisitions illuminate established strengths while opening new areas of inquiry.
Judith Peto Leiber (1921-2018), Personalized Roanoke Star Clutch, undated, Swarovski crystals, onyx, gold plate, Taubman Museum of Art; Gift of Rosalie K. and Sydney Shaftman, 2008.079
A Sparkling Legacy: The Judith Leiber Collection
Judith Leiber created exquisitely designed couture women’s accessories that blur the boundaries between fashion and fine art. Most known for her semiprecious adorned minaudières, or compact occasion cases, her creations also include day bags, belts, and pillboxes.
The Rosalie K. and Sydney Shaftman Gallery was reimagined in celebration of the Taubman Museum of Art’s 75th Anniversary. Envisioned as a sparkling cavern, the installation was designed as an homage to architect Randall Stout’s first vision for the gallery, which would have displayed the minaudières in plexiglass boxes suspended from the ceiling to the floor.
The cavern concept is in keeping with Stout’s idea of the second-floor hallway as a riverbed with gallery “caverns” branching from it.
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925), Portrait of Norah Gribble (detail), 1888, Oil on canvas, Acquired with Funds Provided by the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust, 2000.021
Our Permanent Collection
The Taubman Museum of Art has more than 2,000 works in the collection, including sculptures, photographs, paintings, figures, drawings, artifacts, and objects.
Free general admission — always. Come explore.
