Asheville Art Museum adds 29 artworks to its collection

ASHEVILLE, NC.- The generosity of the Museum's Collectors’ Circle members and additional contributors enabled the Asheville Art Museum to acquire 29 new artworks for its Collection at the end of 2022. The Museum welcomed artworks created throughout the 20th and 21st centuries in a range of media, representing both regionally and nationally recognized artists. These artists included Jasper Johns, Luzene Hill of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, two objects by Asheville-born Sherrill Roland, 10 silver gelatin photographs of the people and culture of Appalachia by Shelby Lee Adams, and three ceramic sculptures by Wesley Harvey.

The Museum’s Collectors’ Circle is a specialized group formed to encourage the exchange of ideas and interests, art learning, connoisseurship, and collecting. The group supports the proactive development, stewardship, and conservation of the Museum’s Collection.

"Being a part of the Collectors' Circle is one of the highlights of our involvement with the Asheville Art Museum since we are active collectors personally," says Collectors' Circle Member Tom Butler. "As retired museum directors, we recognize and appreciate the importance of an active acquisitions program.”

Collectors’ Circle members are dedicated to increasing their own knowledge of American art and fine-art collecting while also growing the Museum’s Collection through annual purchases from an acquisition fund created by yearly dues.

"The 2022 Circle’s purchases provided new artworks for several important areas of the Museum Collection," says Collectors' Circle Member Marilyn Laufer, "but we are particularly pleased to help add important artworks by artists such as Lisa Hunt, Jasper Johns, and Sherrill Roland at this year’s event.”

The Museum is grateful for these new year-end acquisitions, which add to the strengths of its more than 7,500 holdings, and looks forward to sharing them with the community of Western North Carolina and its many visitors in the years to come.

The Following 29 Artworks Were Acquired for the Asheville Art Museum's Collection:

Shelby Lee Adams, 10 silver gelatin prints on paper. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nat C. Myers Photography Fund. © Shelby Lee Adams.

• Crow & Brice, 1993, edition 1/25, image: 12 ¾ × 9 ¾ inches, sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 inches, 2022.40.01.

• Tyler & Sheba, 2001, edition 7/25, image: 9 ¾ × 13 inches, sheet: 11 × 14 inches, 2022.40.02.

• Jesse Estep, 1986, edition 1/25, image: 12 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches; sheet: 14 × 11 inches, 2022.40.03.

• Berthie Napier with Pipe & John, 1992, edition 3/25, image: 9 ¾ × 13 inches, sheet: 11 × 14 inches, 2022.40.04.

• The Napier Brothers with Puppies, 1993, edition 15/25, image: 9 ¾ × 12 7/8 inches, sheet: 11 × 14 inches. 2022.40.05.

• Nora’s Bedroom, 1995, edition 3/25, image: 9 5/8 × 12 3/8 inches, sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 inches, 2022.40.06.

• Driving Straight to Hell, 1998, edition 6/25, image: 9 5/8 × 12 7/8 inches, sheet: 11 × 14 inches, 2022.40.07.

• Amanda with Dolls, 2002, edition 1/25, image: 12 ½ × 9 7/8 inches, sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 inches, 2022.40.08.

• The Home Funeral, 1990, edition 12/25, image: 9 ¾ × 13 inches, sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 inches, 2022.40.09.

• Donnie with Baby & Cows, 1999, edition 12/25, image: 8 ½ × 12 7/8 inches, sheet: 11 × 14 inches, 2022.40.10.

Three objects by Wesley Harvey. Museum purchase with funds provided by 2022 Collectors’ Circle members Gary Greener & Bret McAllister. © Wesley Harvey.

• JUDAS Vase from Triptych: JUDAS, Grindr, Come In Me Bro!, 2022, earthenware, glaze, decals, luster, leather, and zipper, 13 × 7 × 7 inches, 2022.41.01.01.

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• Grindr Vase from Triptych: JUDAS, Grindr, Come In Me Bro!, 2022, earthenware, glaze, decals, and luster, 13 × 7 × 7 inches, 2022.41.01.02.

• Come In Me Bro! Vase from Triptych: JUDAS, Grindr, Come In Me Bro!, 2022, earthenware, glaze, luster, epoxy resin, gold enamel, and gold leaf, 13 ¼ × 7 × 7 inches, 2022.41.01.03.

Diego Romero, three artworks. Museum purchase with funds provided by 2022 Collectors’ Circle members Butch & Kathy Patrick. © Diego Romero.

• Apocalypto, 2011, lithograph on BFK Rives paper, printer: Jack Lemon, publisher: Black Rock Editions, edition 33/50, image: 20 × 19 7/8 inches, sheet: 26 × 26 inches, 2022.50.01.

• American Diastrophism, 2020, lithograph on BFK Rives paper, printer: Steve Campbell, publisher: Black Rock Editions, edition 17/40, image: 22 ½ × 20 inches, sheet: 26 ½ × 24 inches, 2022.50.02.

• Pueb Fiction, 2020, lithograph on gray Somerset Velvet paper, printer: Steve Campbell, publisher: Black Rock Editions, edition 36/40, image: 19 ½ × 16 5/8 inches, sheet: 23 ½ × 20 ½ inches, 2022.50.03.

Sherrill Roland, two artworks from the exhibition Sugar, Water, Lemon Squeeze. © Sherrill Roland, courtesy of the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles.

• 168.816, 2022, steel, enamel, Kool-Aid, acrylic medium, and epoxy resin, 32 3/8 × 51 × 9 inches. 2022 Collectors’ Circle purchase, 2022.47.01.

• With Heart, Letter #121313, 2021, acrylic glass, wood, LED lights, and aluminum, 70 ½ × 33 × 4 ½ inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by 2022 Collectors’ Circle members Kevin Click & April Liou, 2022.47.02.

Luzene Hill, Untitled, 2017, mixed media, gouache, and ink on Arches paper, 13 × 16 inches. 2022 Collectors’ Circle purchase, 2022.42.01. © Luzene Hill.

Claude Raguet Hirst, Roses, 1881, oil on canvas, canvas: 8 ½ × 10 ½ inches, frame: 15 7/8 × 18 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by 2022 Collectors’ Circle members Vito Lenoci and Frances Myers, 2022.43.01

Lisa Hunt, Astral Variant #2, 2022, gold leaf paper, 24k gold leaf, ink, and wood panel, approximately 80 × 48 × 2 inches. 2022 Collectors’ Circle purchase, 2022.44.01. © Lisa Hunt Studio.

Jasper Johns, Ocean, 1996, 12-color lithograph on Somerset paper, edition 34/50, publisher: ULAE (Universal Limited Art Editions), 27 7/8 × 36 ¾ inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by 2022 Collectors’ Circle members Joey Gigliotti and Steven Gigliotti, 2022.45.01. © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

Mary Fife Laning, Two Women and Child Crossing the Street, 1925, etching on paper, 7 × 5 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by 2022 Collectors’ Circle members Frances Myers and Kathy Hemes, 2022.46.01. © Estate of Mary Fife Laning.

Tema Stauffer, Eudora Welty’s Bedroom, Jackson, Mississippi, 2020 (printed 2023), archival pigment print on paper, edition 1/8, 30 × 36 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by 2022 Collectors’ Circle members Olivia & Gary Zahler, 2022.48.01. © Tema Stauffer.

Pennerton West, Morning Joy, circa 1950, engraving and etching on paper, edition 5/30, image: 9 × 6 inches, sheet: 15 × 11 1/8 inches. 2022 Collectors’ Circle purchase in memory of Susan Holden, 2022.49.01. © Estate of Pennerton West.

Cara Romero, Arla Lucia, 2020, photogravure on BFK Rives paper, printer: Jack Lemon, publisher: Black Rock Editions, edition 36/50, image: 20 × 12 inches, sheet: 25 7/8 × 18 1/8 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by 2022 Collectors’ Circle members Butch & Kathy Patrick, 2022.50.04. © Cara Romero.

Jiha Moon, Magic Hand (Peach), 2020, lithograph with appliques on BFK Rives paper, printer: Steve Campbell, publisher: Black Rock Editions, edition 8/25, image: 16 × 11 ¼ inches, sheet: 24 × 19 ¼ inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by 2022 Collectors’ Circle members Butch & Kathy Patrick, 2022.50.05. © Jiha Moon.

Jordan Craig, Liking Olives Now, 2021, 2 color etching aquatint with chine collé on Arches paper, printer: Steve Campbell, publisher: Black Rock Editions, edition 10/20, image: 12 × 12 inches, sheet: 22 ½ × 20 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by 2022 Collectors’ Circle members Butch & Kathy Patrick, 2022.50.06. © Jordan Craig.