Grace Volpe
Untitled (autumn leaves)
Watercolor, 2021, 9 ½” x 7 ¾”

Robert Volpe (1942-2006)
Lower East Side
Etching, A.P., 1974, 6 ¾” x 9 ½”
Framing donated by Grace Volpe, the artist’s wife

William Behnken, N.A.
Close of Day (detail)
Lithograph, Edition 40, 2019, 7” x 26 ¼”

Jan Van Eyck (c. 1390-1441)
La Vierge Au Donateur
Reproduced in photogravure by Boussod & Valadon, date unknown, 6 ½” x 6 ¼”
Gift of Lewis Chapman in memory of Lewis V. Chapman, Sr.

Milan Meliharek
Untitled
Watercolor, 1988, 14” x 21 ½”
Gift of Bob Skeele

Pat DeCicco
Hannah St. Bridge
Oil monotype, 1/1, 1997, 8” x 6 ¼”
Gift of Denise Galeno

Bill Murphy
Monroe Ave
Etching, Edition 50, 1977, 13” x 14 ½”
Anonymous gift

Norman Pate (1923-2004)
Untitled
Mixed media, date unknown, 10” x 8”

Francesca D’Atria Romano
Miss Liberty in a Snowy Twilight
Etching, A.P., 1986, 10 ½” x 8 ¼”
Gift of Bob Skeele

Mary Rouncefield
Maiden Voyage
Screen print, A.P., 2009, 14 ¾” x 18 ½”

John A. Noble (1913-1983)
Export
Lithograph, Edition 200, 1951, 12” x 15 5/8”
Gift of the Noble Family

Sage Reynolds
Serpentine necklace
Serpentine with prehenite and agate beads with sterling silver, 2019

Bo Kass (1938-2020)
Ferry Slip – Governors Island, NYC
Silver gelatin print, 2004, 11” x 16 ¼”

Miriam Quen Cheikin
Irises
Woodcut, 2020, 11 ¼” x 14 ¼”

Reda Abdel Rahman
Manhattan
Acrylic, tempura, and gold leaf on canvas, 2018, 20” x 16”

Curt Schlevogt (1869-1959)
Vanity set
From the Ingrid series
Malachite, c. 1940
Gift of Gale Bellafiore, in memory of Kurt Thomas

F. Halperin
Abraham Lincoln
Engraving, 1866, 13” x 10”
Based on a drawing from life by F.B. Carpenter, 1864
Gift of Ciro Galeno, Jr.

Patricia Langer
Emergence
Lithograph, Edition 4, 2019, 13 ½” x 21”

John A. Noble (1913-1983)
Kaleen
Reproduction of the original oil painting, c. 1947, 15 ¼” x 19 ¼”
Gift of McAllister Towing & Transportation

Valerie Quinlan (1937-2021)
Brooch and cufflinks
Sterling silver

Carl Rutberg, Lindman New York
Gift certificate for one custom-made necktie or bow tie

Artist unknown
Crest of the Richmond Masonic Lodge, No. 66
Letterpress plate, 19th century
Letterpress print, 2021

Lewis Chapman and Sage Reynolds used the printing press at Art Lab at Snug Harbor Cultural Center to create the print from this plate.

Gift of Lewis Chapman

Robert Parent (1923-1987)
Miles Davis
Photograph, c. 1955, 16” x 23 ¼”
Gift of Samuel A. Turvey

Ellen Nathan Singer
The Blue Kite
Woodcut and pen, 2020, 13” x 9 ½”

Kristi Pfister
Road & Sky
Watercolor, 2021, 8 ¼” x 5 ¼”

Margaret Cogswell
Wyoming Studio View
Watercolor and colored pencil on paper, 2011, 22” x 30”

John “Wichita Bill” Noble (1874-1934)
On the Plage
Tipped in print, 1919, 7 ¼” x 8 ½”
Gift of Ciro Galeno, Jr.

Alexander Schilling (1859-1937)
Sketches from “Old Place” Staten Island
Engraving, 1890, 15” x 10”
Gift of Carol Chapman

Eleanor Dragonette (1923-1997)
Untitled
Watercolor, date unknown, 14 ½” x 10 ½”
Gift of Nancy L. Pouch

John A. Noble (1913-1983)
Towing Out—End of Sail in the East River
A Downtown Trilogy #3
Lithograph, Edition 295, 1975, 14” x 18”
Gift of Charles Schafer

Jack Demyan (1923-1999)
Untitled (winter scene)
Acrylic on canvas, date unknown, 7 ¼” x 9 ¼”

Richard Aberle Florsheim (1916-1979)
Fireworks
Lithograph, A.P., IV/V, c. 1960, 31” x 18 ¼”
Gift of Sylvan Cole (1918-2005)

Roger Sherry
Spike rack
Fabricated from reclaimed detritus collection while walking the North Shore railroad tracks in 1975

John Sanderson
Two Harbors, Minnesota
Photograph, 2016, 16” x 20”
Gift of the artist in memory of James McCormack

Mike Shane
Full Moon with Airplane, 2017
Archival pigment print, 2017, 7” x 7”

John Stobart
Boston Harbor End Paper
Limited edition print, Edition 600, 1991, 14 ½” x 31 ¾”
Gift of Bob Skeele

Lance Reha
Sun & Steel
Photograph, 2021, 16” x 20”

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
El Greco
Etching, A.P., Edition 25, 1965, 8 ¾” x 5 ¾”
Gift of Nick Dowen

Elle Finn
Mediterranean Rooftops
Pen and ink with embossing, 2021, 18 ½” x 13”

Elle Finn
San Gimingnano, Italy
Pen and ink with embossing, 2021, 19” x 13”

Michael McWeeney
Battery Park City (detail)
Archival pigment print, 2002, 26 ¾” x 9 ¾”

Sarah Yuster
Uncertain Conditions
Oil on medium-density fiberboard, 2020, 18” x 24”

Bill Higgins
Ghost Ship
Photograph, 2017, 17 ¼” x 11 ½”

John A. Noble (1913-1983)
Sand Tow, Henry Steers
Lithograph, Edition 150, 1949, 11 ¼” x 16”
Gift of James M. Scott, in memory of Dr. Dennis J. Donovan

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