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Gallery | Legendary Voices: Art For The Next Century

Koo Schadler, Illuminated Self-Portrait, 2007, egg tempera on true gesso finished. Permanent Collection Fund. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Richard Diebenkorn, Sleeping Woman (detail), 1961, oil on canvas. Director’s Fund, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Ethel Fisher, The Conversation (Two Women) (detail) 1978, oil on canvas. Gift of Margaret Fisher. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Brent Harris, Diasporic Spirit, 2020, cypress wood, iron nails, steel. David Isaacson Fund. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tel el Amarna Vase, ca.1910, Favrile glass. Elisabeth Claire Lahti Fund. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Ibrahim Said, Calling (detail), 2013, white earthenware. Elisabeth Claire Lahti Fund. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Tim Rollins, Invisible Man (after Ralph Ellison), South Bronx (detail), 2003,acrylic, pencil, printed book pages on canvas. Gift of the Art League in Honor of their 50th Anniversary Celebration. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Jerry Kearns, Right of Way, 1875-1922 (detail), 1992, acrylic on canvas. Elisabeth Claire Lahti Fund. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
 
Catherine Hinkle, Interlude (detail), 1951, oil on canvas. Gift of the Marilyn Hinkle Trust. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Fred Wessel, Cassiopeia, 2014, egg tempera with gold, silver, and palladium leaf. Rosemary and John Brown Fund and the Elisabeth Claire Lahti Fund. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Jack Beal, The Sense of Smell, 1987, oil on canvas. Blanche Hull Fund. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.  
Martha Mayer Erlebacher, Man in a Red Beret, 1986, oil on board. Art Auction Fund. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Richard Koppe Blue Silence, ca. 1962, oil on canvas. Gift of the artist. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Kota Ezawa, National Anthem (San Francisco 49ers) (detail), 2019, durantrans transparency and lightbox. Elisabeth Claire Lahti Fund. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
Robert Seldon Duncanson, Heart of the Andes (detail), 1871, oil on canvas. Gift of Elizabeth Upjohn Mason & Lowell B. Mason, Jr.. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.

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