Collection by the Decades: Works from the Permanent Collection

September 4 – December 12, 2026

The Zillman presents a selection of works from the collection acquired at each ten year interval since
its inception in 1946 to the present. The Museum’s collection began on the Orono campus under the
guidance of UMaine art faculty member Vincent Hartgen.

The earliest acquisitions from 1946 include Jean Leon Gerome Ferris’ work Spanish Girl and Charles
Meryon’s La Ministre De La Marine. Works from 1986 include an important work on paper by Pablo
Picasso titled Jacqueline in a Straw Hat that was a gift of Robert Venn Carr Jr., who also donated hundreds
of substantial modern and contemporary works. Rounding out the selection are 2026 acquisitions of
gelatin silver prints by Marilyn Bridges and Kristin Capp that enhance ZAM’s significant photography
holdings and demonstrate the strategic and continued growth of the collection.

  • Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 – 1991). Under the El at the Battery, New York, 1936. Gelatin silver print. Museum purchase: Stebbins and Schildknecht Art Fund, 96.12.5
  • Jonathan Bailey (American, born 1954). Iceberg #4, St. Anthony, Newfoundland, 2004. Gold-toned gelatin silver print. Museum purchase, 2006.6
  • Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889 – 1975). Aaron, 1940. Lithograph. Museum purchase: The Kenduskeag Fund, 56.25.G
  • Thomas Berding (American, born 1962). Tumbler, 2016. Oil, acrylic, and Flashe on canvas. Gift of the artist, 2016.13
  • Georges Braque (French, 1882 – 1963). Pal (Bouteille de Bass et Verre sur une Table), 1911, print 1954. Etching. Gift of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938
  • Marilyn Bridges (American, born 1948). Both: Gelatin silver print
    • Kahiltna Glacier, Alaska, 1990. Gift of Ralph Gibson, 2026.1.68
    • Tweed Field, Le Roy, New York, 1981. Gift of Ralph Gibson, 2026.1.67
  • Alexander Calder (American, 1898 – 1976). Les Affichistes, 1923. Lithograph. Gift of Ernest Lowenstein, Roten Galleries, 66.38.G
  • Kristin Capp (American, born 1964). Both: Archival pigment print
    • Shirts, Transient Hotel, New York, 1997. Gift of Ralph Gibson, 2026.1.1
    • Westbound Tracks, Lamona Colony, Washington, 1996. Gift of Ralph Gibson, 2026.1.1
  • Jim Dine (American, born 1935). A Heart on the Rue de Grenelle, 1981. Etching, soft ground etching, and aquatint, with hand coloring. Gift of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938.
  • Jean Léon Gérôme Ferris (American, 1863 – 1930). Spanish Girl, 1881. Etching. 46.3.G
  • Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746 – 1828). Nadie Se Conoce (Nobody Knows Himself) from Los Capricos, 1799. Lithograph. Museum purchase, 66.10.G
  • Alisa Henriquez (Jamaican, born 1964). Makeover Culture Disfigured No. 7, 2016. Digital prints, found paper, foam core, and resin on wood panel. Gift of the artist, 2016.14
  • Karen Kunc (American, born 1952). Arborvitae, 2003. Color woodcut. Gift of Siri Beckman, 2006.1.9
  • Charles Meryon (French, 1821 – 1868). La Ministgre De La Marine, 1846. Etching. Gift of the Carnegie Corporation, 46.24.G
  • Emily Lansingh Muir (American, 1904 – 2003). Frieze #2, 1965. Oil on masonite. Museum purchase, 66.58.P
  • Katja Oxman (German, born 1942). In An Adjoining Room, 1997. Etching and aquatint. Anonymous gift, 2006.15.1
  • Waldo Peirce (American, 1884 – 1970). Mother Almost Asleep … Artist Also, 1916. Charcoal on paper. Gift of Jonathan Peirce, 76.60.G
  • Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 – 1973). Jacqueline au Chapeau de Paille (Jacqueline in a Straw Hat), 1962. Color linocut. Gift of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 86.8.36
  • James Whistler (American, 1834 – 1903). The Kitchen, 1858. Etching and drypoint. Gift of William P. Viles, Class of 1928, 56.72.G