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2014|15 COLLECTION IN REVIEW From July 2014 to June 2015, the Vancouver

Art Gallery acquired 234 artworks through purchase and donation, bringing the total number

of works in the collection to 11,617.

The Gallery has consistently demonstrated a strong commitment to British Columbia artists

and in 2014/15 purchased many new works, including those by promising local artists Kim

Kennedy Austin, Julia Feyrer, Babak Golkar, Una Knox and Dan Starling, all acquired with

the assistance of the Audain Emerging Artists Acquisition Fund. The additional purchase of a

monumental new oil on canvas painting by emerging local artist Andrew Dadson was made

possible by a generous donation from Phil Lind, while donations from Rick Erickson and Tim

Kerr helped facilitate the purchase of works by the renowned Haida artist Robert Davidson.

The proceeds of the Jean MacMillan Southam Major Art Purchase Fund contributed towards

the purchase of Klatsassin (2006) by Stan Douglas, a major video work that relates directly to

the history of British Columbia. Additional purchases of work by Myfanwy MacLeod, Evelyn Roth

and Ron Terada were made with the Art Acquisition Fund, while the assistance of the Canada

Council for the Arts matching funds grant program contributed to purchase of large-scale

paintings by Vancouver artists Landon Mackenzie and Neil Wedman.

Donations of artwork are essential to the growth of the permanent collection and the Gallery

is grateful to all of the donors who contributed to the Gallery’s holdings in the last year. The

Gallery was especially thrilled to receive a donation of oil sketches by Group of Seven painter

J.E.H.MacDonald from Ephry and Melvin Merkur in December of 2014. This donation sub-

stantially bolstered the Gallery’s holdings of historical Canadian art, as did the donation of

a major BC landscape painting by E.J. Hughes from H. Richard Whittall and his family, and

Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa’s finalization of their Promised Gift of a Sisiutl head-

dress by a Nuu-chah-nulth artist. Representation of Canada’s First Nations artists was also

strengthened by a donation of drawings by the Inuit artists Napachie and Annie Pootoogook

from long-time supporters of the Gallery Claudia Beck and Andrew Gruft.

The Gallery continued to develop its exceptional collection of photography in the 2014/15

fiscal year through many donations of important historical and contemporary photographs.

The Rossy Family Foundation very generously supported the purchase of 33 photographs by

Harry Morey Callahan, helping to make the Gallery’s collection the largest of Callahan’s work

in Canada and the second largest in the world. Donations of historical photographs by John

Vanderpant, Robert Frank, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Alfred Stieglitz and Giorgio Sommer further

OPPOSITE: Babak Golkar, From Africa to the Americas (including To Cubism), 2014, chromogenic print, wood, stain, Plexiglas, Collectionof the Vancouver Art Gallery, Purchased with the proceeds from the Audain Emerging Artists Acquisition Fund

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added to the Gallery’s representation of the history of photography generally, and the gift of

an important photograph and original negative of Emily Carr in her Studio (1939) by Harold

Mortimer-Lamb marked an important bridge between the two great strengths of the Gallery’s

collection: photography and the work of Emily Carr. The Gallery is grateful to Claudia Beck and

Andrew Gruft, Bill Jeffries and The Vanderpant Collection for these donations. Significant dona-

tions of contemporary photographs were also made by Thomas H.Bjarnason, Robert Keziere

and Coleen and Howard Nemtin. Most contemporary photography entered the collection this

year through donations from the artists themselves: Robert Burley donated fifteen photographs

from his The Disappearance of Darkness series; Karin Bubaš donated eight photographs from

her Ivy House series; and individual photographic works were donated by Christos Dikeakos,

James Nizam and Hong Chun Park. We are particularly grateful to artists who donate their

own work to the permanent collection. In addition to the photographers mentioned above, in

the last year the Gallery’s collection of contemporary art also greatly benefited from donations

made by the following artists: Angela Grossmann, Shelagh Keeley, Keith Langergraber, Landon

Mackenzie, Alex Morrison, Evelyn Roth, Kara Uzelman and Lawrence Weiner, who continues

to contribute to his poster archive with annual donations to the Gallery.

Ten drawings by the Royal Art Lodge, a group of fabric sculptures by former Royal Art

Lodge members Drue Langlois and Michael Dumontier, a stoneware piece by Mona Hatoum

as well as a significant print by Ed Rucha were all generously donated by Monty James Cooper.

Donald Ellis gifted the complex hide and thread sculpture Constrictor (2010) by Brian Jungen,

and Phil Lind donated Ron Terada’s iconic sign Entering City of Vancouver (2002). Other important

donors included David Allison and Chris Nicolson, Erica Claus, Kate Clifford, Neil Campbell,

Sean B.Murphy, the family of Stanley E. Read, Evann Siebans and Keith Doyle, The Warhol

Foundation and a Private Collection in Vancouver. We are enormously grateful to all of our

donors, without whose generosity the growth of Gallery’s permanent collection would not

be possible—thank you!

Chicago [store front], c.1954

chromogenic print

Purchased with funds

donated by The Rossy Family

Foundation

Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago

[Eleanor on bed, Barbara in

window], 1954

silver gelatin print



Foundation

Port Huron [Eleanor nude

from below], 1960




Foundation

Maine [grasses in low light],

1962




Foundation

Maine [tree leaves], c.1962




Foundation

Rhode Island [tree branches],

1962




Foundation

Untitled [unidentified street,

possibly in Italy], c.1968




Foundation

Untitled [unidentified street,

possibly in Italy], c.1968




Foundation

New York [skyscrapers], 1974




Foundation

Morocco [buildings], 1980

dye transfer print



Foundation

Morocco [road in foreground,

white wall in distance], 1980

dye transfer print



Foundation

Morocco [wall with palm

trees], 1980

dye transfer print



Foundation

Morocco [wall with palm

trees, white car in centre],

1980

dye transfer print



Foundation

Mexico [buildings with

doorway in centre], 1982

dye transfer print



Foundation

Portugal [building facades],

1982

dye transfer print



Foundation

Portugal [building facades,

shadow in foreground], 1982

dye transfer print



Foundation

Portugal [street view with two

trees in foreground], 1982

dye transfer print

Purchased with fundsdonated by The Rossy FamilyFoundation

Portugal [view down narrowstreet], 1982dye transfer printPurchased with fundsdonated by The Rossy FamilyFoundation

Atlanta [man on sidewalk],1984dye transfer printPurchased with fundsdonated by The Rossy FamilyFoundation

From the Peachtree Series

[triptych, peeling posters],1987–1990chromogenic printPurchased with fundsdonated by The Rossy FamilyFoundation

COBURN, ALVIN LANGDON

The Temple, c.1907photogravureGift of Bill Jeffries

CORSAUT, SHARE

Monoprint #3—series 1, 1978silver gelatin printGift of Robert Keziere

Changing Squares—paper/grid/cardhousephotogram No.2, 1979silver gelatin printGift of Robert Keziere

No.14, 1981instant dye process printGift of Robert Keziere

Filter Folds No.4, 1982instant dye process printGift of Robert Keziere

Untitled, 1982instant dye process printGift of Robert Keziere

DADSON, ANDREW

Partially Painted, 2015oil on canvas


donated by Phil Lind

DAVIDSON, ROBERT

Raven Fin, 2014

red cedar, acrylic paint


from the Jean MacMillan

Southam Major Art Purchase

Fund, the Vancouver Art

Gallery Acquisitions Fund

and donations from Rick

Erickson and Tim Kerr

Octopus (Nuu), 2014

acrylic on canvas

Vancouver Art Gallery

Acquisitions Fund

DIKEAKOS, CHRISTOS

Concrete Debris, 2007–9

chromogenic print

Gift of the Artist

DOUGLAS, STAN

Klatsassin, 2006

single-channel video


from the Jean MacMillan

Southam Major Art Purchase

Fund and the Vancouver Art

Gallery Acquisitions Fund

FALK, GATHIE

Cabbage (from Hanging

Cabbages Environment),

c.1984

ceramic, paint

Gift of Erica Claus

FEYRER, JULIA

The Poodle Dog Ornamental

Bar, 2009

single-channel video

Purchased with proceeds

from the Audain Emerging

Artists Acquisition Fund

FOUQUET, MONIQUE

#41, 1979

graphite on paper

Gift of Robert Keziere


OPPOSITE: Andrew Dadson, Partially Painted, 2015, oil on canvas, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Purchased with fundsdonated by Phil Lind

FRANK, ROBERT

City Fathers

(Hoboken, New Jersey),

1955–6


Gift of Claudia Beck and

Andrew Gruft

GOLKAR, BABAK

Brancusi’s Alien Fascination

(including Constantin),

2014

chromogenic print, steel,

wood, stain




From Africa to the Americas

(including To Cubism),

2014

chromogenic print, wood,

stain, Plexiglas




The Rise and Fall of the Sun

(including The Rise of the

Sun and The Fall of the Sun),

2014

chromogenic print, textile,

rubber




Tearless (including Never

Forgetting Richter), 2014

chromogenic print, wax,

cotton, wood




GROSSMANN, ANGELA

Broken Mirror, 2011

acrylic, collage on textile

Gift of the Artist

HATOUM, MONA

T42, 1993–8

stoneware

Gift of Monty James Cooper

HOGARTH, WILLIAM

John Wilkes, Esq., 1763etching on paperBequest of Stanley E. Read

HUGHES, E.J.

Breaker Beach, VancouverIsland, 1963oil on canvasGift of H. Richard Whittall

JUNGEN, BRIAN

Constrictor, 2010hide, threadGift of Donald Ellis

KEELEY, SHELAGH

House of Memory, House ofRegret, 1985graphite, oil stick, pigment,wax on paperGift of Claudia Beck andAndrew Gruft

after Lucretius /De RerumNatura / the nature of things,2012

26 unique sheets, acrylic on plastic filmGift of the Artist

KNOX, UNA

When What Becomes Who,2009single-channel videoPurchased with proceedsfrom the Audain EmergingArtists Acquisition Fund

KYDD, OWEN

Two Curves, Pico Boulevard,2012single-channel videoPurchased with proceedsfrom the Audain EmergingArtists Acquisition Fund

LANGERGRABER, KEITH

Britannia Beach (from theseries MorphologicalArchitecture), 2013graphite on paperGift of the Artist


ABOVE: Stan Douglas, Klatsassin, 2006 (still), single-channel video, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Purchased with funds fromthe Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisitions Fund and the Jean MacMillan Southam Major Art Purchase Fund OPPOSITE: Robert Frank,City Fathers—Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955–56, silver gelatin print, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of Claudia Beck andAndrew Gruft, © Robert Frank, Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

MENS REA, 2013offset lithograph on paperGift of Moved Pictures Archiveand Giorgio Persano Gallery

MISS READ THE BERLIN ARTFAIR, 2013offset lithograph on paperGift of Moved Pictures Archiveand Miss Read (MichalisPichler and Vanessa Adler)

SLIGHTLY SHATTEREDSHARDS, 2013offset lithograph on paperGift of Moved Pictures Archiveand Editions Block, London

UNDERGROUND, 2013offset lithograph on paperGift of Moved Pictures Archiveand Rivington Press, London

CRISSCROSSED, 2014offset lithograph on paperGift of Moved Pictures Archiveand Christina GuerraContemporary Art

WEEK END #3, 2014offset lithograph on paperGift of Moved Pictures Archiveand Week End Festival

WEEK END #3, 2014offset lithograph on paperGift of Moved Pictures Archiveand Week End Festival

DEACCESSIONS

ONLEY, TONI

Fort Rodd Hill, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

Heel Stone, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

Lonely Place, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

Presence in the Garden, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

Silent Avenue, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

Silent Grove, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

Silent Sentinels, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

Silent Stage, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

Still Land, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

Still Life, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

Still Water, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

White Cloud, 1968screenprint on paperGifted to the Kamloops ArtGallery

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ABOVE: John Vanderpant, Straw Hat [N.L. Cheney], c.1932, silver gelatin print, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of TheVanderpant Collection OPPOSITE: Ron Terada, Jack, 2013, acrylic on canvas, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisitions Fund

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