A selection of 2003 museum acquisitions

Apollo, Dec, 2003

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Kunsthaus, Zurich

Bertalda frightened by Kuhleborn by Theodor yon Hoist (1810-44), c. 1830. Oil on canvas, 151.7 x 91.5 cm

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Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Adorant, Burmese, 19th century. Wood, leather, gilt, glass inlay ht 61 cm. Part of a gift of 150 objects from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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Cleveland Museum of Art

Mother and child, possibly Yombe people, Congo, mid-late 19tb century. Wood, ht 25.9 cm

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St Louis Art Museum

Self-portrait with stylus by Max Beckmann (1884-1950), 1917. Drypoint, 29.7 x 23.5 cm

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Sketchbook: a drawing of B. W. 1928-1930 by Eric Gill (1882-1940), 1928-30. Pencil, 28.5 x 22 cm. Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Cat study by Edward Hopper (1882-1967), 1941. Conte crayon, 38.1 x 53.3 cm

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Portland Art Museum, Oregon

Femme en corset by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), 1896. Colour lithograph, 52.7 x 40.6 cm

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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Danaid by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), 1902. Marble, 33 x 48.3 x 63.5 cm

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Dallas Museum of Art

Still life, bouquet, and compotier by Henri Matisse (1869-1954), 1924. Oil on canvas, 74.3 x 92.7 cm

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Brucke Museum, Berlin

Nude in dunes by Otto Mueller (1874-1930), 1923. Distemper on hessian, 87 x 108 cm

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Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL

Gathering lilies by Abbott Fuller Graves (1859-36), c. 1900. Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 72 cm

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Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA

Birch tree in a landscape by Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907), 1899. Oil on composite board, 55.4 x 42.1 cm.

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National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Still life with apples and Breton pottery by Roderic O'Conor (1860-1940) c. 1896. Oil on board, 49.5 x 55.5 cm

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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Mermaid by Edward Munch (1863-1944), 1896. Oil on canvas, 66 x 103 cm

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Shrouded figure seated before a fantastic architectural setting by Francisco Borges Salas (1901-94), 1928. Black chalk and stumped pencil heightened with white chalk on grey paper, 63.5 x 48.4 cm

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Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA

Wounded Amazon by Franz van Stuck (1863-1928), 1905. Oil on canvas, 62.8 x 72.7 cm.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Pierre Matisse by Balthus (1908-2001), 1938. Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 88.9 cm

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Tate

The billiard table by Georges Braque (1882-1963), 1945. Oil and sand on canvas, 89.5 x 116 cm

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Museum of Modern Art, Takasaki, Japan

Composition 1947 by Ben Nicholson (1894-1982), 1947. Oil and pencil on panel, 45.7 x 45.7 cm

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Marguerite wearing a toque by Henri Matisse (1869-1954), 1918. Oil on canvas, 80 x 64.7 cm

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