A world-renowned and historically important collection of artistic prints that has captured the imagination of artists and art lovers worldwide has officially found a home at the University of Colorado Art Museum in Boulder, the museum announced Tuesday.

The Sharkive is a distinguished collection comprising more than 40 years of printmaking collaborations between renowned artists and Shark’s Ink of Lyons, Colorado. The nearly $1.35 million acquisition is made possible by donations from many arts patrons; the College of Arts and Sciences; and $750,000 from the Kemper Family Foundations, UMB Bank.

Italo Scanga, Italian (1932 – 2001), Salvare, 1990, edition 9/10, lithograph, 18 ½ x 11 ½ inches, Gift of Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, 94.04.12, Photo: Jeff Wells / © Italo Scanga Foundation
Enrique Chagoya, American (b. 1953), Hand of Power, 1997, CU Impression, lithograph and woodcut, 25 x 37 inches, Gift of the Artist and Shark’s Ink., 97.02, © Enrique Chagoya
Manuel Ocampo, Filipino (b. 1965), The Compensatory Motif in the Libidinal Economy of a Painter’s Bad Inconscience, 2001, Patron’s Impression 4/4, lithograph and chine colle, 30 x 22 inches, Gift of funds from Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, 2003.28, Image courtesy Shark’s Ink, © Manual Ocamop / Gallery Paule Anglim
Hung Liu, Chinese (b. 1948), The Martyr, 2001, from the series “Unofficial Portraits”, Patron’s Impression 3/4, lithograph and collage, 30 x 30 inches, Gift of the Artist and Shark’s Ink., Gift of funds from Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, 2003.29, © Hung Liu
Hung Liu, Chinese (b. 1948), The Bride, 2001, from the series “Unofficial Portraits”, TP 1/2, lithograph and collage, 30 x 30 inches, Gift of the Artist and Shark’s Ink., Gift of funds from Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, 2003.30, © Hung Liu
Hung Liu, Chinese (b. 1948), Leaping, 2003, from the series “Crossing the River”, Patron’s Impression 4/4, lithograph, 30 x 44 1/2 inches, Gift of the Artist and Shark’s Ink., Gift of funds from Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, 2003.31, © Hung Liu
Hung Liu, Chinese (b. 1948), Carrying, 2003, from the series “Crossing the River”, Patron’s Impression 3/4, lithograph and collage, 30 x 20 inches, Gift of the Artist and Shark’s Ink., Gift of funds from Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, 2003.32, © Hung Liu
Peter Saul, American (b. 1934), Self Portrait with Haircut, 2003, Patron’s Impression 3/4, lithograph, 30 x 22 inches, Gift of the Artist and Shark’s Ink., Gift of funds from Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, 2003.34, © Peter Saul
Barbara Takenaga, American (b. 1949), Shaker Blue, 2004, Patron’s Impression 4/4, hand-colored screen print, 24 x 20 inches, Gift of the Artist and Shark’s Ink., Gift of funds from Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, 2004.07, © Barbara Takenaga
Jane Hammond, American (b. 1950), My Heavens!, 2004, Patron’s Impression 4/4, lithograph and collage, 30 x 51 inches, Gift of the Artist and Shark’s Ink., Gift of funds from Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, 2004.08, Image courtesy Shark’s Ink, © Jane Hammond
Betty Woodman, American (b. 1930), Vases and Windows III-04, 2010, collage and woodcut monotype, 38 ¼ x 34 ½ inches, Gift of David and Annette Raddock, 2013.05, Photo: Jeff Wells / © Betty Woodman