Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

The Acquisitions

Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012

Wooden rattle mid 20th–late 20th century, Carved wood, fiber, 2012.384

William J. Whittemore Charles Courtney Curran, 1887, Oil on board, 2012.406

Vase (Pomona ware, Midwestern type) about 1890–1900, Blown round vase, square amber top, acid-frosted surface, polychrome enameled daisy and leaf and fern types, late acid-frosted back panel, 2012.72

Vase Designed by Frederick C. Carder, 1925–30, Blown glass, 2012.65

Vase Designed by Frederick C. Carder, 1925–30, Blown glass, 2012.66

Vase Grueby Faience Company, about 1897, Glazed stoneware, 2011.1689

United States Patent for Roswell Gleason's Magic Caster about 1871, Ink on paper, SC.Gleason III

Two tripod dishes, five pottery vessels, one Peccary effigy knob, five effigy supports from pottery vessel, one feline effigy metate, one figure, one seated figure (sukia) 800–1400 CE, Earthenware, earthenware with slip paint, or stone (basalt?), 2011.2084-2095, 2011.2448

Twelve-piece vanity set Manufactured by Tiffany & Co., designed and made 1934, Silver, mahogany, mirrorred glass, Bakelite, velvet, 2011.1649.1-12

The Tribuna of the Uffizi Amasa Hewins, about 1830–33, Oil on canvas, 2011.2102

The Dancing Bear Anne Lyman Powers, about 1952, Oil on canvas, 2011.1688

Table Possibly designed by Jules Buoy, about 1937, Nickle-plated metal, painted wood, 2011.1651

Sugar bowl with lid Designed by Mary Einstein Wright, designed about 1955; made about 1955-59, Glazed earthenware, 2012.254a-b

Study for Lincoln the Frontiersman Avard Fairbanks, deisgned 1940-44; this cast 1980-89, Painted plaster, 2011.2103

"Skyscraper" desk and bookcase Designed by Paul Theodore Frankl, about 1928, Walnut, paint, brass handles, electrical wiring and light bulb, 2011.1647

Side chair Master of Toledo, about 1870–1890, Mahogany, replaced upholstery, 2012.252

Seaweed and Shells Edna Reindel, 1932, Oil on canvas, 2012.408

Screen Designed by Donald Deskey, about 1930, Wood, canvas, metal fittings, aluminum leaf, paint, 2011.1648

Raw Glass Between Jared French, about 1948, Tempera on Whatman board, 2012.407

Ramekin and saucer (Pomona ware, second ground) Made by New England Glass Co., East Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 1885–88, Blown glass with amber rim, second ground, blueberry design in red, gold, and blue, 2012.70a-b