Explore the Galleries Audiotour

EXPLORE THE GALLERIES AUDIOTOUR

Explore the collection with these short talks about artworks. Follow the map to help you navigate through the galleries.

1

Sol LeWitt,  (Hartford, Connecticut, 1928 – 2007, New York).

Wall Drawing #1240, Planes with broken bands of color (Akron).

Gift of the artist. Fabrication funded by a gift from the Gregory Hackett Family Foundation 2005.20

2

Roy E. Wilhelm, (Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 1895 – 1954, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio).

North Hill Viaduct Under Construction, 1922

Gift of the Akron Clinic 1962.75

3

Elliot Torrey, (East Hardwick, Vermont, 1867 – 1949, San Diego, California).

Surf, c. 1920

Gift of Mr. A. H. Marks 1923.1

4

Richard Estes, (Kewanee, Illinois, 1932 – )

Food City, 1967

Purchased, by exchange, with funds raised by the Masked Ball 1955-1963 1981.13

5

Andy Warhol, (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1928 – 1987, New York, New York)

Single Elvis, 1963

Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the L. L. Bottsford Estate Fund 1972.1

6

Mickalene Thomas, (Camden, New Jersey, 1971 – )

Girlfriends and Lovers, 2008

The Mary S. and Louis S. Myers Endowment Fund for Painting and Sculpture 2010.1

7

Gene Davis, (Washington, D.C., 1920 – 1985, Washington, D.C.).

Sky Hook, 1981

Gift of Mary Jane and Shattuck Hartwell 1997.3

8

Matthew Kolodziej. (Charlottesville, Virginia, 1967 – )

Good Neighbors, 2009

Museum Acquisition Fund 2009.28