The Collectors Club plays a prominent role in growing and augmenting the Permanent Collection. These acquisitions are the core of the Clay Center’s Collection. The images on these pages are works of art acquired by the Collectors Club for the Clay Center. To see the Clay Center’s entire collection or for more information on the artists and artworks on these pages go to www.avampatoart.org

Click on the links below to see Collectors Club purchases.   

2005 – present Acquisitions    


Image:
Didier Massard
The Grotto
chromogenic print, edition of 12, 2003
2009 Purchase




2000 - 2004 Acquisitions       


Image:
Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920)
Steep Street
spit bite aquatint, soft ground, drypoint, ed. 28/50, 1989
2002 Purchase




1995 - 1999 Acquisitions


Image:
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (1887-1968)
Prohibition 1920
oil on canvas, 1920 
1995 Purchase




1993 - 1994 Acquisitions


Image:
Stuart Davis (1894-1964)
Theater on the Beach
lithograph on paper, artist proof, 1931
1993 Purchase



1992 Acquisitions


Image:
Viola Frey (1933-2004)
Artist Studio Series Polyptych #1
pastel on paper, 1990-91
1992 Purchase



1991 Acquisitions

Image:
John Marin (1870-1953)
Downtown, The El
etching on paper, 1921
1991 Purchase




1990 Acquisitions                             

Image:
David Maxim (b. 1945)
Ring of Heaven 
acrylic & mixed media, 1988
1990 Purchase




1989 Acquisitions                   

Image:
Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
Seward Park
color lithograph on paper, 1936
1989 Purchase




1988 Acquisitions


Image:
Steve Currie (b. 1954)
Pero Peheiro
green marble & limestone, 1987
1988 Purchase



1986 - 1987 Acquisitions


Image:
Chuck Close (b. 1940)
Phil II
handmade paper, ed. 11/15, 1982
1987 Purchase