Adopt-A-Treasure

In honor of The Dayton Art Institute’s 90th Anniversary celebration, the museum is offering a special adoption program. A wide variety of works in the museum’s permanent collection, from Monet to Nevelson and Bissolo, are available for sponsorship.

The 90 Treasures will be announced on June 27 and continues through December 31, 2009. We are excited to highlight our own masterpieces in 90 Treasures, and focus on the art that is a part of our community every day.

Please view below images and names of the works available for adoption. They have been grouped at $10,000, $5,000, $2,500, and $1,000 levels. Think about the works that are your favorites, which you visit time and time again, or perhaps remember from a school field trip as a child.

There will be an accompanying label displayed with each work of art, which will include your name and any other designation you would like to make. For example, “In honor of my grandchildren, Kate and William Smith.” Also, The Dayton Art Institute will host a special gathering on Tuesday, June 23, 6:00 – 8:00pm for all our adoptive parents and their families as a special thank you for your support.

We will be happy to meet with you personally to share a complete list of the works in the exhibition. This adoption program will provide important support to the museum. Your generosity enables the museum to inspire and provide art experiences for young and old alike.

For more information, please call Dona Vella, Deputy Director for Development and External Affairs,at 937-512-0143, email dvella@daytonartinstitute.org or download form, and send it in with your top two choices to 456 Belmonte Park North, Dayton OH 45405 or fax it to 937-223-3140.

Partial List of Paintings Available for Adoption

$10,000 LEVEL

Claude Monet (1840 – 1926), Water Lilie,1903, Oil on canvas, 32 x 40 inches, Gift of Mr. Joseph Rubin, 1953.11		Hopper, Edward (1882-1967), High Noon, 1949, Oil on canvas, 27 ½ x 39 ½ inches, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Howell, 1971.7

Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1641), Study Heads of an Old Man, c. 1612, Oil on oak panel, 26 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches, Gift of Mrs. And Mrs. Carlton W. Smith, 1960.82		Dale Chihuly, American, born 1941, Aurora Red Ikebana with Bright Yellow Stems, 2001, Blown glass, 63 x 50 x 17 inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by an anonymous donor, John Berry, Sue and Donald Dugan, Warren and Barbara Fryburg, Anne Greene, Bill and Sandy Gunlock, Steve and Sue Libowsky, Elden and June Lindquist, Steve and Lou Mason, Bill and Judy McCormick, Judy and David Montgomery, NCR Corporation, Bob and Linda Nevin, Carol and Richard Pohl, Jr., Violet Sharpe, Frank and June Shively, Doug and Flora Thomsen, Lee and Betsy Whitney, Judy Wyatt, Bill and Dorothy Yeck, and gift of Mr. and Mrs. T. Hart Fisher in memory of Fredricka Patterson Lewis by exchange, 2001.87

Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917), After the Bath, c. 1895, Pastel on paper, 18 X 23 1/4 inches Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Haswell, 1952.33		Chimu, North Coast, Peru, Mummy Mask, 900-1470, Gold, 10 ½ x 16 ½ in., Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Ralf Kircher and Mr. Louis Jacobs, 1967.46

Chinese, Relief with Design of Dragons, Ming Dynasty, 15th century, Marble 50 1/2 x 90 x 4 1/2 inches (each), Gift of Mrs. Harrie G. Carnell, 1928.48.1-2		Songye people, group of three power figures: Male Power Figure (Nkishi), 19th century, Wood, horn, iron, brass tacks, glass beads, raffia, cloth, fiber, tukula, symbolic substances, 22 1/18 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches, 2007.114 Female Power Figure (Nkishi), 19th century, Wood, horn, iron, brass tacks, glass beads, raffia, cloth, fiber, tukula, symbolic substances, 14 9/16 x 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches, 2007.115 Child Power Figure (Nkishi), 19th century, Wood, horn, iron, brass tacks, glass beads, raffia, cloth, fiber, tukula, symbolic substances, 8 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches. Gifts of Dianne Komminsk in memory of LaVerne Shone

$5,000 LEVEL


Alfred Jensen, American, born in Guatemala, 1903 – 1981, Madonna and child, 1958, Oil on canvas, 75 x 40 inches, Museum purchase, 1960.23		Wogamusin People (Melanesian), Slit Gong, 20th century, Wood, pigment, 101 x 10 x 10 inches, Gift of Donald and Sue Dugan in memory of Douglas Newton, 2008.5
Pier Francesco Bissolo (active 1492 – 1554), The Holy Family with a Donor in a Landscape, Early 1520's, Oil on wood panel, 31 1/2 x 39 3/4 inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by the John Berry Family, The James F. Dicke Family, and the Deaccessioned Works of Art Fund, 1998.41
		Gaston La Touche (1854 – 1913) Dinner at the Casino, c. 1906, Oil on canvas, 39 x 37 5/8 inches, Gift of Mrs. Robert Schermer, 1975.33

Japanese, Mt. Fuji at Musashi Plain, Edo period, late 17th-early 18th century Pair of six-panel folding screens, Ink and colors on gold paper, 66 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches (each panel), Museum purchase, 1960.24.1-2		Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29 – 1682) Landscape with Waterfall and Castle, c. 1670, Oil on canvas, 27 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches, Gift of the Arkaydia Foundaiton of the Rike-Kumler Company, 1953.1

Frismuth, Harriet (1880-1980), Joy of the Waters, 1917, Cast bronze, 63 ½ x 15 x 16 inches, Gift of Mrs. Harrie G. Carnell, 1919.1		Chinese, Watchtower, Eastern Han dynasty, 2nd century, Earthenware with green glaze, 44 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 16 inches, Museum purchase in memory of Kathleen (Kit) Johnston and in recognition of the many DAI volunteers she epitomized, 1992.18

Nam June Paik, American, born Korean (1932 – 2006) Software by: Jud Yalkut, American, born 1938 Four Decades, 1989, Video Installation, 96 x 80 x 23 1/4 inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by Society Bank by exchange, 1999.123		Indian, Jain Shrine, 18th century, Wood with relief, glass inlay and traces of pigments, 62 x 55 x 32 inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Carnell Bequest for Fine Arts Objects, 1945.66

$2,500 LEVEL

		Helen Frankenthaler, American, born 1928, Sea Change, 1982, Acrylic on unprimed canvas, 38 x 116 ½ inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by the 1987 and 1988 Associate Board Art Ball, 1987.53
John Henry Twachtman, American, 1853 – 1902, View of the Brush House, Cos Cob, Connecticut (The Artist's Home), c. 1901, Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 30 ¼ inches, Gift of Mr. William P. Patterson, 1988.66
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904) Dance of the Almeh, 1863, Oil on wood panel, 19 3/4 x 32 inches, Gift of Mr. Robert Badenhop, 1951.15
		Nevelson, Louise (1900-1988), Untitled, 1985, Wood and black paint, 64 x 43 ½ inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by the James F. Dicke Family, 2003.7
Mattia Preti (1613 – 1699) The Roman Empress Faustina Visiting St. Catherine of Alexandria in Prison, c. 1640-43, Oil on canvas, 167 1/2 x 100 inches, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Elton F. MacDonald, 1961.108
		Cristoforo Solari (active 1489 – 1527), The Dead Christ, c. 1500, Marble, 27 x 12 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by the 1971 Associate Board Art Ball and the Virginia V. Blakeney Endowment, 1970.29

Cornell, Joseph (1903-1972), Les Constellations des Voisines du Pole (The Stars Neighboring the North Pole), c. 1950s, Mixed media, 17 ¼ x 11 x 4 ¼ inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by the James F. Dicke Family, 2001.91

$1,000 LEVEL


Giovanni Battista Franco (c. 1510 – 1561), Noli Me Tangere, c. 1537, Oil on poplar panel, 67 1/2 x 52 1/2 inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. Robert Badenhop, 1980.11		Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686 – 1755), Still Life with Game in a Landscape, c. 1730, Oil on canvas, 84 1/16 x 63 5/8 inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by the 1983 Associate Board Art Ball, 1983.48

Colima, Dog, 200 B.C.-A.D. 300, Terra-cotta with red slip, Height: 9 ¼ inches, Museum purchase, 1960.15		Jan de Bray (1627 – 1697), Portrait of Dammas Guldewagen, c. 1657, Oil on canvas, 44 x 37 inches, Gift of Mr. Carlton W. Smith, 1969.32

Japanese, Shinto Male Deity, 15th century, Japanese cypress; single woodblock construction, Height: 21 ½ inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Honorable Jefferson Patterson, 1979.145		Egyptian, Noble Couple, 1210-1162 B.C., Limestone, pigment, 16 x 13 ¾ x 1 ¼ inches, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Jefferson Patterson Endowment Fund, 1972.48