Art and Artifacts Collections

Art and Artifacts database

detail of work by artist Bethany Collins. Zoomed in to reveal erasure of text and remaining text "“but he continued to grieve for his native land, dragging his steps up and down along the shore of the sounding sea in great distress.”

Recent Additions

Works on Paper

Bethany Collins, The Odyssey: 1990/1851/1980/2002/2000 (2020), detail. Graphite and toner on Somerset paper. Seymour Adelman Fund Purchase, 2022.6.19.1-5.

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Recent Conservation

Attending to the Details

Kano screen (2014.4.15) illustrating a scene from The Tale of Genji newly restored through extensive conservation treatment

Abstraction of central red star-like shape with yellow and blue

Collection Strengths

Works on Paper

The William and Uytendale Scott Memorial Study Collection introduced over 300 works of art on paper by women artists to the College's holdings. This gift enhanced collections that already boasted works by Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, and Marie Laurencin among others. It has since grown significantly through gifts from Margaret Healy and recent purchases to include artists such as Emma Amos, Nanette Carter, Carmen Lomas Garza, and Miriam Schapiro.

Collection Strengths

Bryn Mawr’s Art and Artifacts collections number more than 50,000 objects. These include fine, decorative, and culturally-specific art objects from across place and time, archaeological and ethnographic materials, as well as scientific instruments and specimens. The collections enhance the educational mission of 91��˶�� by supporting teaching and learning across diverse academic departments. Each year hundreds of objects from the collections are used by faculty, students, and outside scholars for research and exhibition development.

Carrie Robbins, Curator/Academic Liaison for Art and Artifacts

Marianne Weldon, Collections Manager for Art and Artifacts

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