Acquisitions & Donations
The American Friends of the Centre Pompidou supports the Centre Pompidou with significant loans and gifts of art and design. Since 2010, more than 625 works of art valued at more than $70 million have been donated or pledged to the American Friends from a generous group of thoughtful collectors and donors. Please take a moment to browse through some of the spectacular works that are now enhancing the Centre Pompidou collection thanks to our valued friends.
2014
ACQUISITIONS
Anne Collier
Negative (California), 2013
C-print
90 3/8 × 72 1/4 inches (229.6 × 183.5 cm)
Edition 2 of 5 + 2APs
Anne Collier
Woman with a Camera (The Stepford Wives), 2013
C-print
63 1/16 × 50 3/4 inches (160.2 × 128.9 cm)
Edition 3 of 5 + 2APs
Elad Lassry
Eggs, 2010
C-print, painted frame
14 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (36.8 × 29.2 × 3.8 cm)
Edition AP1 of 5 + 2APs
Elad Lassry
Pillow 3, 2012
C-print, painted frame
14 1/2 × 11 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (36.2 × 29.2 × 3.8 cm)
Edition AP1 of 5 + 2APs
Elad Lassry
Figure 42, 2011
C-print, painted frame
14 1/2 × 11 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (36.2 × 29.2 × 3.8 cm)
Edition AP1 of 5 + 2APs
Elad Lassry
Fringe, 2011
C-print, painted frame
14 1/2 × 11 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (36.2 × 29.2 × 3.8 cm)
Edition AP2 of 5 + 2APs
Ana Mendieta
Silueta Series – Tumba #5, 1977
Color photograph mounted on wood
13 1/4 × 20 inches (33.7 × 50.8 cm)
Purchased by the Centre Pompidou Foundation with funds provided by Vivian Ostrovsky and Catherine Petitgas
Sterling Ruby
SP248, 2013
Spray paint on canvas
160 × 235 inches (406.4 × 596.9 cm)
Purchased by the Centre Pompidou Foundation with funds provided by Albert and Renee Laboz
DONATIONS
Louise Bourgeois
Janus Fleuri, 1968
Bronze, gold patina, hanging piece
10 1/8 x 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (25.7 x 31.8 x 21.3 cm)
Edition 1 of 6 of 6 + 1 AP, cast in 1968 in Pietrasanta, Italy
Gift of The Easton Foundation
Sam Falls
Untitled (Venice Rain, Rope 8), 2013
Fabric dye on synthetic rope and canvas
116 × 80 inches (294.6 x 203.2 cm)
Gift of Dominique and Didier Guyot
Lissie Habie
Untitled, Tapestry series, 1998
Cyanotype
12 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (31 × 21.5 cm)
Gift of Mitchell Denburg and the Denburg-Habie Family
Lissie Habie
Botanica, Tapestry series, 1998
Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown Print
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24 × 19 cm)
Gift of Mitchell Denburg and the Denburg-Habie Family
Lissie Habie
Ask, Tapestry series, 2000
Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown Print
10 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (27 × 19 cm)
Gift of Mitchell Denburg and the Denburg-Habie Family
Lissie Habie
Come, Tapestry series, 2000
Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown Print
11 x 7 1/8 inches (28 x 18 cm)
Gift of Mitchell Denburg and the Denburg-Habie Family
Lissie Habie
Raspberries, Tapestry series, 1998
Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown Print
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24 x 19 cm)
Gift of Mitchell Denburg and the Denburg-Habie Family
Lissie Habie
Silvestre, Tapestry series, 2000
Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown Print
9 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches (25 x 19 cm)
Gift of Mitchell Denburg and the Denburg-Habie Family
Lissie Habie
Fruits and Flowers III, Tapestry series, 2000
Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown Print
9 x 7 1/2 inches (23 x 19 cm)
Gift of Mitchell Denburg and the Denburg-Habie Family
Alex Israel
Sky Backdrop, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
108 x 192 inches (274.3 x 487.7 cm)
Gift of Kathy and Steve Guttman
Wyatt Kahn
Untitled 9, 2011
Oil on polypropylene, artist’s frame
30 7/8 x 29 3/4 inches (78.3 x 75.6 cm)
Edition 2 of 3 variants
Gift of Kathy and Steve Guttman
Wyatt Kahn
Untitled 10, 2011
Oil on polypropylene, artist’s frame
30 7/8 x 29 3/4 inches (78.3 × 75.6 cm)
Edition 3 of 3 variants
Gift of Kathy and Steve Guttman
Wyatt Kahn
Untitled 11, 2013
Oil on polypropylene, artist’s frame
30 7/8 x 29 3/4 inches (78.3 × 75.6 cm)
Edition 1 of 5 + 3APs, all unique variants
Gift of Kathy and Steve Guttman
R.H. Quaytman
Spine, Chapter 20, 2010
Oil, silkscreen ink, gesso on wood
Two panels: 52 3/8 × 32 3/8 inches (133 × 82.2 cm)
and 20 × 32 3/8 inches (50.8 × 82.2 cm)
Promised gift of Kathy and Steven Guttman