Jiro Okura and the Mountain Lake Workshop (Japanese, 1942-2014), Nisso Screen: Borrowed View (detail), 1997, ink, paper, wax, and wood, Taubman Museum of Art; Gift of Ray Kass in memory of Jim Yeatts, 2005.031.001-.006
Selections From the Permanent Collection: 1950 to the Present
Apr 08, 2022 – Sep 21, 2025
Selections from the Permanent Collection: 1950 to the Present focuses on the Museum’s holdings dating from the last 70 years, in particular gifts from Martha Randolph Daura; Ray Kass and Jerrie Pike and the Mountain Lake Workshop and Symposium; Edwin A. and Lois B. Sieveking; and Mitchell Kaneff and Viviane Kaneff in honor of their father, Howard T. Kaneff.
Artists on view include John Cage, Pierre Daura, Ray Kass, Dorothy Gillespie, Annette Nancarrow, and Hunt Slonem, among others.
SELECTED WORKS
Dorothy Gillespie (American, 1920-2012), Autumn Clouds (detail), 1962, Oil on canvas, Collection of the Taubman Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. Edwin C. Woods, 1986.066
Katherine Porter, (American, born 1941), Convergence, 1992-94, oil on board, Taubman Museum of Art; Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Funds, 1996.001
Annette Nancarrow (American, 1907-1992), Self Portrait, n.d., oil on canvas, Taubman Museum of Art; 75th Anniversary Gift from Mitchell Kaneff and Viviane Kaneff, In Honor of Howard Kaneff, 2022.007
John Cage (American, 1912-1992), Not Wanting To Say Anything About Marcel Plexigram II, 1969; silkscreened Plexiglas mounted in walnut base, 14 1/2″ x 14 1/2″ x 14 1/2″, Purchased with funds from the Cherry Hill Endowment. 2006.005.001a‑i, .002
Purvis Young (American, 1943-2010), Untitled (Diptych) , ca. 1990, oil and ink on plywood and oil and acrylic on paper, Taubman Museum of Art; Gift of Ray Kass in Honor of Pete Rippe, 1997.002
Pierre Daura, (Catalan-American, 1896-1976), Daura with Cane and Brushes, circa 1970-1971, oil on canvas, Taubman Museum of Art, Gift of Martha Randolph Daura, 2003.026
