Collection Highlights: Recent Acquisitions
Each year, many new objects are added to Cooper Hewitt's collection. The examples shown here were purchased or donated in just the last few years. They include a wide variety of media and span the Renaissance to the 21st century, reflecting the great diversity of the museum's holdings.
- Wall Hanging, H22 C20 O13
- tapestry weave of alpaca, silk, and metallic threads; cochineal dye.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2020-16-1
- This object was made by Bi Yuu.
- Chair, Remolten N1: Monolita Chair 10, Quitralco, Osorno Volcano, May 17, 2019
- stoneware, volcanic lava.
- Gift of Juan Yarur Torres.
- 2020-15-1
- There are 6 images of this object.
- Table, Cocktail Table
- teak, iron.
- Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions....
- 2020-14-5
- There are 4 images of this object.
- Buffet, Buffet
- walnut, thermoset plastic, metal.
- Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions....
- 2020-14-4
- There are 11 images of this object.
- Lamp, Floor Lamp
- steel, aluminum, paint.
- Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions....
- 2020-14-3
- This object was made by Ralph O. Smith Co..
- There are 5 images of this object.
- Lamp, Table Lamp
- steel, chrome, paint.
- Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions....
- 2020-14-1
- This object was made by Ralph O. Smith Co..
- There are 8 images of this object.
- Textile, Views of Paris
- cotton.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-15
- This object was made by Patterson Fabrics.
- Drawing, Europe Year 3000
- graphite, color pencil, crayon, and collage on paper.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-12
- Drawing, Perspectival Street View
- graphite and color pencil on paper.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-9
- Drawing, Betty
- pen and ink, graphite, color pencil, crayon and collage.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-8
- Drawing, Three Couples
- pen and ink, crayon, and rubber stamp on paper.
- Gift of Saul Steinberg Foundation.
- 2020-13-6
- Textile, The Nest
- cotton.
- Gift of Susan Howatt.
- 2020-12-1
- This object was made by Riverdale Drapery Fabrics and Associated American Artists.
- Drawing, Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design...
- watercolor and charcoal on white wove paper; verso: watercolor and charcoal.
- Gift of Walter Hood.
- 2020-11-1-a,b
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Installation, The Substitute
- software: maya, unreal engine, illustrator, aftereffects, reaper protools,....
- 2020-10-1
- This object is part of the Digital collection.
- Basin, Shaving Basin (for the Mexican Market)
- porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
- Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
- 2020-9-1
- There are 6 images of this object.
- Poster, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 21st Anniversary
- color separation lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Merrill C. Berman.
- 2020-8-1
- Basin, Basin
- porcelain.
- Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
- 2020-4-1
- Textile, Carnivale
- cotton.
- Gift of Ellen J. Katz.
- 2020-3-4
- This object was made by Associated American Artists.
- Textile, Bees in a Bonnet
- cotton.
- Gift of Ellen J. Katz.
- 2020-3-3
- This object was made by Associated American Artists.
- Textile, Imperial Seal
- cotton.
- Gift of Ellen J. Katz.
- 2020-3-2
- This object was made by Associated American Artists.
- Guidance Images, Inter-skintone Couple Emoji
- images (computer generated).
- Gift of Emojination.
- 2020-1-2-1/55
- Guidance Images, Person With Headscarf Emoji
- images (computer generated).
- Gift of Emojination.
- 2020-1-1
