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Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973-2023

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A green monochrome oil on canvas portrait of two women outside, one sitting on a bench and one standing near her, by Thomas Wilmer Dewing, 1891.

Selected Works

Dwight Tryon

A delicate harmonious landscape by Dwight Tryon, 1915.

John Marin

A watercolor landscape by John Marin, 1912.

Fairfield Porter

An oil on canvas portrait of the young artist Larry Rivers by Fairfield Porter, c. 1951.

Charles Willson Peale

A painted portrait of Rachel Bolitho Sutton by Charles WIlson Peale, c. 1783.

Alex Katz

An oil on canvas portrait of Stanley by Alex Katz, 1973.

William Matthew Prior

A oil on canvas portrait of the baby Ida Olivia Sawyer by William Matthew Prior, c. 1855.

Rebecca Salsbury Strand James

A still life painting on glass of a single white tulip in a black two-handled vase. Red velvet curtains frame the vase in the background, painted before 1940.

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Oil and tempera on board depicting people walking along the path of a mountainous landscape. The woman in the front appears tired and is getting comfort from the younger man walking with her, 1934-35.

Louise Nevelson

A black, painted, monochromatic plaster sculpture of a cat by Louise Nevelson, circa 1930s.

Installation Views

  • Wooden lion sculpture on a low platform with a portrait on the left wall and landscape paintings in the background
  • A bronze sculpture in a vitrine and two portrait paintings on a dark blue wall
  • Exhibition title wall reading "Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973–2023" with a framed painting of two female figures.
  • A row of seven portrait paintings on two adjoining white walls.
  • Two portrait paintings, each on a blue wall; additional framed works visible in the distance.
  • Gallery view with a bronze relief sculpture on the left, landscape paintings on the right wall, and a bronze figurative sculpture in the background.
  • Three framed works on a white partition wall and a bronze figurative sculpture visible in the background.
  • A bronze sculpture of an archer and three framed paintings on a lavender wall.
  • Gallery of framed landscape paintings on white walls.

Installation view of Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973-2023, Upper Jetté Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Phillips

Installation view of Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973-2023, Upper Jetté Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Phillips

Installation view of Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973-2023, Upper Jetté Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Phillips

Installation view of Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973-2023, Upper Jetté Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Phillips

Installation view of Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973-2023, Upper Jetté Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Phillips

Installation view of Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973-2023, Upper Jetté Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Phillips

Installation view of Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973-2023, Upper Jetté Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Phillips

Installation view of Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973-2023, Upper Jetté Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Phillips

Installation view of Constellations: Forming the Collection, 1973-2023, Upper Jetté Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Phillips