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Forming the Collection

Notice the image credit that goes with each image. After listing the artist’s name, artwork title, year the artwork was created, materials, and dimensions, it shows when and how The Phillips Collection acquired the artwork. When you go to the museum, the label next to each artwork will also tell you this information.   

Art collector Julia J. Norrell gave these artworks to the Phillips as a gift:

Look for the Grey Barn Out Back, Joshua Eliason Jr. barnyards and farmhouse, with a tunnel leading underneath the road to another station, Centerville, Indiana

Jeanine Michna-Bales, Look for the Gray Barn Out Back, Joshua Eliason Jr. barnyards and farmhouse, with a tunnel leading underneath the road to another station, Centerville, Indiana (from Through Darkness to Light: Photographs along the Underground Railroad), 2013. Digital chromogenic print, 12 ½ x 18 in. Gift of Julia J. Norrell in memory of John Dingell

Collection item 2018.016.0005

J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Star Koroba HD 229/71 (from Hairstyles), 1971. Gelatin silver print, 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. Gift of Julia J. Norrell

Collection item 2017.018.0001

Renée Stout, In My Dreams, You Get to Start Over (with the floating spheres), 2009. Mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 in. Gift of Julia J. Norrell, 2017

Individual art collectors give gifts of artworks to museums.
  • Look closely at these artworks. What do you see that connects these artworks?
  • Why might someone give a gift of art to a museum?

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