Untitled Document


The CU Art Museum's Permanent Collection, University of Colorado at Boulder, contains over 5,000 works of art. The collection was started in 1939 to be used as a teaching tool for students. It has grown into a comprehensive art collection that enriches the educational experience of students, faculty, and the broader campus community, as well as the Colorado public, through exposure to original works of art and by furthering exposure to art history, museum studies, contemporary art practice, and other social and cultural issues that can be addressed through original works of art. The Permanent Collection’s mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit, interpret, and contextualize original works of art within a pluralistic research and teaching context. The Collection focuses on modern and contemporary works of art, as well as works from a diversity of cultural and artistic heritages and histories that range from ancient art traditions through the present. The Permanent Collection is the only public resource of its kind for the state of Colorado and is the only public art collection in Boulder. The Permanent Collection has grown over the years through the generosity of many donors and modest acquisitions funds. The collection includes works from numerous time periods and cultures, including Old Master works on paper, Southwestern and South American Santos, Southeast Asian pottery, African sculpture, British 18th century prints, American prints of the 1930s and 1940s, Japanese ukiyo-e prints, 19th century photography, Pop art, Minimalist works on paper, and contemporary sculpture, prints, photographs, and paintings. Major gifts by Polly and Mark Addison beginning in the early 1990’s significantly expanded the representation of modern and contemporary art in the collection.
The CU Art Museum's Permanent Collection features several significant Ancient Collections including Ancient Greek Pottery, Roman Glass, and Iranian Pottery. As a comprehensive University Art Museum these collections enhance the museum's teaching, exhibitions, and research of art produced by various ancient civilizations from diverse regions of the world.
Horie Nekozane [Horie and Nekozane] Utagawa Ichiyusai Hiroshige, Japanese (1797-1858) # 96, from the series "One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo" 1856 woodcut 13 1/4" x 8 1/2" Helen Baker Jones Collection --in memory of her father James H. Baker, former president of CU (1892-1914) CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder	Log Jam (Backwaters Up Millinocket Way No. 3) Marsden Hartley, American (1877-1943) 1939-40 oil on masonite 22" x 28" Purchased from Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder	Snake Cup, 1984 Elizabeth Murray (1940- 2007) Lithography 32 x 25 inches Gift of Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder