Three Centuries of American Art – Antiquities, European and American Masterpieces from The Fayez S. Sarofim Collection June 27–September 6, 2021
John Singer Sargent, Madame Ramón Subercaseaux, c. 1880–81, oil on canvas, Fayez S. Sarofim Collection.
Lee Krasner, The Green Fuse, 1968, oil on canvas, Fayez S. Sarofim Collection. © 2021 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
El Greco, The Crucifixion, 1575–80, oil on copper, Fayez S. Sarofim Collection.
Installation view of Three Centuries of American Art – Antiquities, European and American Masterpieces from The Fayez S. Sarofim Collection
Installation view of Three Centuries of American Art – Antiquities, European and American Masterpieces from The Fayez S. Sarofim Collection
Installation view of Three Centuries of American Art – Antiquities, European and American Masterpieces from The Fayez S. Sarofim Collection
Joan Mitchell, Then, Last Time I, 1985, oil on canvas, Fayez S. Sarofim Collection. © Estate of Joan Mitchell
Egyptian, Figure of a Nude Man, c. 550–450 BC, limestone, Fayez S. Sarofim Collection.
Three Centuries of American Art highlights more than 200 works from the private collection of Fayez S. Sarofim. The Houston-based collector has assembled an extraordinary representation of painting in America, from Impressionism through Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimalism, and contemporary art. He has also acquired objects that reflect his Egyptian heritage, including Coptic carvings and textiles. But it is his devotion to 19th- and 20th-century painting that is at the center of his collection and this exhibition.
Grouped in thematic galleries, the masterpieces on view include works by Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, and John Singer Sargent. Also represented are Helen Frankenthaler, George Inness, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Henry Moore, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol, among many others.
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Three Centuries of American Art – Antiquities, European and American Masterpieces from The Fayez S. Sarofim Collection | June 27–September 6, 2021
• Included with general admission. Advance timed tickets recommended.
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Lead Corporate Sponsor:
Generous funding provided by:
Gail and Louis Adler
Nancy and Rich Kinder
Ellen and Charles Sheedy
Vivian L. Smith Foundation