Purchase and installation of deck, ramp, and rail for preservation.
FAIN: PG-271800-20
Henry Gallery Association, Inc. (Seattle, WA 98195-1410)
Sylvia Wolf (Project Director: January 2020 to November 2024)
The purchase of storage equipment for the gallery’s Founders Collection and for large-scale framed contemporary photographs and works on paper, which was recommended in a 2019 preservation assessment. The Henry Gallery at the University of Washington stewards a teaching collection that serves the campus and wider community. Collection highlights include paintings by Winslow Homer and Childe Hassam; a robust array of photographs including works by Richard Avedon, William Eggleston, and Nan Goldin; and prints that range from old masters to post-war works, by artists such as Albrecht Dürer, William Hogarth, Jim Dine, and Kiki Smith. The storage racks would be purchased at a discounted rate from the Seattle Art Institute, which no longer needs them following a recent renovation.
This proposal supports a long-term commitment to reconfigure and expand storage capacity at the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington (UW) to improve care and preservation of our historical and contemporary collections. It outlines the purchase and installation of durable and permanent equipment and supplies for an auxiliary collection storage space within the museum. Our plans are to install deck and rails for racks specifically to fit the needs of our Founder’s Collection and large-scale framed contemporary photographs and works on paper.