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Lewis Baltz
United Sates, born 1945
Selections from New
Industrial Park Near Irvine,
1974
8 x 10 inches
Gift of an anonymous donor in
memory of Laurie Howard Cox
1977.15.1-3 (group of 3)
Alexander Calder
United States, 1898-1976
Nine Elements, 1950
Painted steel mobile
92-1/2 inches
Bequest of Marcia Simon
Weisman Foundation
1995.51.3
Jim Campbell
United States, born 1956
Shadow (for Heisenberg),
1993-1994
custom electronics, video
camera, glass cube with LCD
material, and statue
Purchase made possible
through gift of Henry W.
Hind, Class of '39 and Diana
V. Hind, Class of '40
2000.31
Joseph Cornell
United States, 1903-1972
Sand Fountain, 20th century
Wood, sand, and glass
11 -1/2 x 7 x 4 -1/2 inches
Purchased with the aid of
funds from the National
Endowment for the Arts
1970.83
( plus Cornell films)
Jay DeFeo
United States, 1923-1989
Origin, 1956
Oil on canvas
92 x 79 -3/4 inches
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John S.
Hilson
1980.24
Lewis deSoto
United States, born 1954
Observatory, 1992
Video
Gift of Robert Shimshak and
Marion Brenner
2000.25.5
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Marcel Duchamp
France, 1887-1968
Boite en Valise, 1966
Outside red leather, red
linen lining; containing
miniature replicas,
photographs, and color
reproductions of works by
Marcel Duchamp
15 x 16 x 4 inches
Purchase made possible by a
bequest from Therese Bonney,
Class of 1916
1993.27
Kota Ezawa
United States, born Japan
1969
The Simpson Verdict, 2002
DVD (with digibeta
submaster), ed. of 15
Purchase made possible
through a bequest from
Therese Bonney
2005.2
Dan Flavin
United States, 1933-1996
Monument for V. Tatlin
1969
Fluorescent light, baked
enamel on steel, plastic, and
metal filings
Gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Weisman
1977.16
Terry Fox
United States, born 1943
Works from the Labyrinth,
“Diagram of the turns of the
Chartres Labyrinth”
1971-78
Purchased with the aid of
funds provided by the
National Endowment for the
Arts and the University Art
Museum Council
1980.11.a-s
Terry Fox
United States, born 1943
Antennae, 1993
Steel, wood, and paint
Gift of Ann Hatch in
appreciation of Jacqelynn
Baas
59 x 64 -1/2 x 19 -1/2 inches
1999.4
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Terry Fox
United States, born 1943
Transparent Abelard, 2005
Paper and needle
36 x 8 x 8 inches (with
pedestal)
Text:
“Strange Defeat. How to get
away. Quick the eye of a
needle? The smallest
needle’s eye, so Abelard
won’t be able to come
looking for us. He
renounces the chaste coitus
permitted by God.”—Artaud
Anthology
Frank Gillette
United States, born 1941
Aransas, 1978
1978
6-monitor video installation
Gift of Ann Williams Harithas
1978.27
Ken Goldberg
United States, born Nigeria
Ouija 2000, 1999
Ongoing internet
installation, including XY
robot, software, rugs, tent,
plastic hardware for tent,
metal candlesticks, crocheted
shawl, tablecloth, Parker
Brothers' Ouija board game
Purchase made possible
through gifts from the artist
and Catharine Clark Gallery,
San Francisco
2000.33
Hans Haacke
German, born 1936
Small Wave #5
1968
Plexiglass, liquid
8-3/4 x 60-3/16 x 1-1/16
inches
Museum Purchase
1968.85
Eva Hesse
United States, 1936-1970
Test Pieces, 1966 (selection)
1979.17.1-30
David Ireland
United States, born 1930
Good Hope, 1990-1991
concrete, wire, copper,
broom, painted wooden stool
76 x 24 inches
Purchase made possible by a
bequest from Therese Bonney,
Class of 1916
1992.38
Robert Irwin
United States, born 1928
No Title
1969
Acrylic lacquer on shaped
acrylic plastic disc
Museum purchase
1976.16
Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe
Sol Lewitt
United States, born 1928
A sphere lit from the top,
four sides, and all their
combinations, 2004
Portfolio of 28 pure pigment
ink jet prints on paper, ed.
12/19
18 x 18 inches each, 80 x
141-1/2 inches installed
Purchase made possible
through a gift from Therese
Bonney
2005.11.1-28
Richard Misrach
United States, born 1949
1 from from the Golden Gate
Series, 2000
Chromogenic color print
40 x 50 inches
Gift of the artist, courtesy
of Fraenkel Gallery
2002.38.3
Shirin Neshat
United States, born Iran 1957
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Fervor, 2000
Video/sound Installation:
duration 10 minutes; 2
digital video disks, 2
digital Beta Master clones
General Acquisitions Fund
purchase
2001.5
Dennis Oppenheim
United States, born 1938
Time Pocket, 1968
Black and white photography,
topographical map, hand stamp
60 x 40 inches
Gift of Steven and Nancy
Oliver
1998.69.4
Dennis Oppenheim
United States, born 1938
Ground Gel, 1972
Photograph and videotape
Dims are incorrect in db
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Frankel 1986.25
Annual Rings, 1968-69
60 x 40 inches
five photographic panels
Gift of Steven and Nancy
Oliver
1998.69.10.a-e
Jackson Pollock
United States, 1912-1956
Number 6, 1950
Oil on canvas
35 x 36 inches
Anonymous gift
1996.25
+ Hans Namuth film
Alan Rath
United States, born 1959
Train of Thoughts, 1994
Suitcase, clock, chain,
fluorescent lamp,
electronics, speaker
22 x 65 x 30 inches
Gift of John and Earlene
Taylor
1996.35.a-c
George Rickey
United States, 1907-2002
Tidal 1, 1961
Copper, brass and aluminum
mounted on board
33 x 64 x 14 -1/2 inches
Gift of Pierre and Margaret
S. Delfausse
1973.37
Alan Saret
United States, born 1944
Blue-Red Ten-Five Permutation
Cluster, 1979
Coated wire
Gift of Alan Saret
1979.12
Shirley Shor
United States, born Israel
1971
Landslide, 2004
Sandbox, custom software, PC,
and projector, ed. 2 plus
artist's proof
Purchase made possible
through a bequest from
Therese Bonney
2005.7
Diana Thater
United States, born 1962
RGB Sun, 2000
Triple monitor work: three
video monitors, three
laserdisc players, three
laserdiscs
General Acquisitions Fund
purchase
2000.10.a-i (maybe)
Jean Tinguely
Switzerland, 1925-1991
Black Knight
1964
Steel, wire, electric motor
27 x 21 x 17 inches
Gift of Robert W. Sarnoff
1968.74
(maybe Breer film)
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Long Term Loans
Charles Sheeler
Manhatta (film) and a
selection of photographs
Joseph Stella
1877-1946
Battle of Lights, Coney
Island, 1915-1918
Oil on canvas
39 x 29-1/2 inches
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Stieglitz
Photographs (Equivalents
series)
(George Eastman House)
Joseph Stella
1877-1946
Bridge, 1936
50-1/8 x 30-1/8 inches
Oil on canvas
Collection SFMOMA, The United
States General Services
Administration, formerly
Federal Works Agency, Works
Projects Administration,
allocated to the San
Francisco Museum of Modern
Art
Max Weber
1881-1961
Night, 1915
Oil on canvas
48 x 40-1/4 inches
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Possible new acquisitions
Mark Klett
Inigo Manglano-Ovalle
Alan Ruppersberg
Other potential loans:
Robert Smithson’s Spiral
Jetty (EAI, The Film-Makers’
Cooperative, Eastman House)
Sheeler painting/photographs
Tinguely film by Breer (The
Fillm-Makers’ Cooperative)
Hans Namuth Pollock film
(PFA)