Sponsor a Work from our Permanent Collection
This past year, the Museum has had the unique opportunity to reimagine the permanent collection galleries to focus on some of our most important and loved works, including some that may not always get the attention they deserve. From Impressionism to Cubism and beyond, this new installation emphasizes both visual and historical connections between diverse works, including major works by European artists like Monet, Matisse, Degas, and Picasso; highlights by important American modernists like Marsden Hartley and Charles Demuth; and renowned Columbus artists as well.
To celebrate this beautiful installation of the permanent collection, we invite you to sponsor a work you love. Maybe it has inspired you on a walk through the galleries? Maybe it has a special meaning for you or your family? Whatever the reason, we invite you to “own” this work through 2023. To recognize your sponsorship, your chosen work will include a label with your name, a quote about why it is special to you, and any additional information you would like to include to share with others.
We’ve included some of our most beloved works here. Many additional works are on view and available for your sponsorship at a variety of levels as well. To discuss additional opportunities, please contact Gabriel Mastin at gabriel.mastin@cmaohio.org or 614-629-0307, or Lucy Ackley at 614-629-0351.
If you are sponsoring a piece in the CMA permanent collection be sure to list the piece and exactly how you would like to be recognized on the donor wall.
Gallery 4: The Social Body
Jacob Lawrence, Street Scene—Restaurant, about 1936.
Tempera on paper mounted on board, Museum Purchase, Derby Fund, from the Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art, 1930–1970
Reginald Marsh, Hudson Bay Fur Company, 1932.
Egg tempera on muslin mounted to particle board, Museum Purchase, Howald Fund.
Gallery 4: Elijah Pierce Wall
Elijah Pierce, Crucifixion, mid 1930s.
Carved and painted wood with glitter on wood panel, Museum Purchase
Elijah Pierce, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Kennedy Brothers, 1977.
Carved and painted wood relief with glitter, Museum Purchase
Elijah Pierce, Elijah Escapes the Mob, 1950s.
Carved and painted wood relief, Museum Purchase
Elijah Pierce, Watergate, 1975.
Carved and painted wood relief with glitter, Museum Purchase
Gallery 6: Queer / Modern
Paul Cadmus, Le Ruban Dénoué: Hommage à Reynaldo Hahn, 1963.
Egg tempera on gessoed Masonite, Museum Purchase, Derby Fund, from the Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art, 1930–1970
Gallery 6: Berenice Abbot Collection
Berenice Abbott, Djuna Barnes, 1926–1930.
(printed c. 1955-1970) Gelatin silver print, Gift of Eric Daiter and Lisa Casale
Berenice Abbott, Magnetic Field, 1982.
Gelatin silver print, laid down, Gift of John L. Wirchanski in Memory of William Petrakis
Berenice Abbott, Soap Bubbles, 1982.
Gelatin silver print, laid down Gift of John L. Wirchanski
Gallery 7: Light/Impression
Camille Pissarro, Landscape at Osny, about 1883.
Oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, Howald Fund
Claude Monet, The Mediterranean (Cap d’Antibes), 1888.
Oil on canvas, Bequest of Frederick W. Schumacher
Edgar Degas, Houses at the Foot of a Cliff (Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme), about 1895–98. Oil on canvas, Gift of Howard D. and Babette L. Sirak, the Donors to the Campaign for Enduring Excellence, and the Derby Fund
Claude Monet, View of Bennecourt, 1887.
Oil on canvas, Gift of Howard D. and Babette L. Sirak, the Donors to the Campaign for Enduring Excellence, and the Derby Fund
Claude Monet, Weeping Willow, 1918.
Oil on canvas, Gift of Howard D. and Babette L. Sirak, the Donors to the Campaign for Enduring Excellence, and the Derby Fund
Gallery 8: The Center Cannot Hold
Francisco Goya, Que Guerrero, about 1779 (published 1877).
Etching, Thomas Ewing French Collection of Prints: Gift of Janet French Houston
Francisco Goya, The Carnivorous Vulture (plate 76 from The Disasters of War), 1810‒20 (published 1863). Etching and aquatint, Museum Purchase, Howald Fund
Paula Modersohn-Becker, The Three-Legged One, 1903.
Oil on paper laid down, Museum Purchase, Howald Fund
Paul Cézanne, Victor Chocquet Seated, about 1877.
Oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, Howald Fund
Alexej Jawlensky, Schokko with Red Hat, 1909.
Oil on board, Gift of Howard D. and Babette L. Sirak, the Donors to the Campaign for Enduring Excellence, and the Derby Fund.
Gallery 9: The Picture In Pieces
Blanche Lazzell, [Untitled], 1924.
Graphite pencil, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Diamond in memory of Dante J. Scono
Pablo Picasso, Seated Man with Pipe, 1916.
Watercolor and graphite pencil, Gift of Ferdinand Howald
Henri Matisse, Yellow Roses with Cage of Parakeets, 1924.
Oil on canvas, Gift of Ferdinand Howald
Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Compote and Glass, 1914–15.
Oil on canvas, Gift of Ferdinand Howald
Ross Hallway
George Bellows, Summer Night, Riverside Drive, 1909.
Oil on canvas, Bequest of Frederick W. Schumacher
Ross Hall: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt Collection
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt Allegory Of The Stonewall Riot (Statue Of Liberty Fighting For Drag Queen, Husband, And Home), 1969. Foil, plastic wrap, pipe cleaners, linoleum, glitter, acrylic paint, acrylic floor shine, food coloring, staples, wire, printed material, and found objects, Museum Purchase, Derby Fund
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, The Romantic Reality of Proletarian Constructivism, 1985–86. Mixed media, Museum Purchase, Derby Fund
Margaret M. Walter Wing
Christopher Ries, Sunflower, 2012.
Cut, ground, polished, engraved optic crystal with oil paint and 24 karat gold, Museum Purchase
Helen Frankenthaler, Captain’s Paradise, 1971.
Acrylic on canvas, Museum Purchase with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and two anonymous donors
Kehinde Wiley, Portrait of Andries Stilte II, 2006.
Oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, Derby Fund, courtesy of the Artist and Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
Derby Court
Dale Chihuly, Isola di San Giacomo in Palude, 1996.
Glass and metal, Anonymous Gift and Museum Purchase, Duckworth Fund
Mel Chin Room
Mel Chin, Spirit, 1994.
White oak, tall grass prairie plants, steel, industrial patina, sheetrock, paint. Museum Purchase, Howald Fund
Atrium
Lino Tagliapietra, Endeavor, 1998–2003.
Installation of thirty-five glass boats, Museum Purchase with funds provided by Geraldine Schottenstein in memory of Jerome Schottenstein
