M.C. Richards
M.C. Richards, “Magical Objects,” date unknown. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Julia Connor. Hazel Larsen Archer, Portrait of M.C. Richards, ca. 1952. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer. M.C....Barbara Stone Rice
Barbara Stone Rice, Weaving, ca. 1948. Cotton warp and wool woof, later made into a garment. Collection of Megan Rice. Barbara Stone Rice (Student 1948-1949 and 1952-1953) (b.1925-d.2008) Barbara Stone Rice was a student of Anni Albers during her final years leading...Mary Fitton Fiore
Mary Fitton Fiore, Nick, n.d. Ink on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Mary Fitton Fiore (Student 1949-1956) (b.1924-d.2017) Mary Fitton first became interested in attending Black Mountain College after seeing an ad...Wanda Lea Austin
Wanda Lea Austin, Untitled, no date. Oil on canvas. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Estate of Wanda Lea Austin. Wanda Lea Austin (b.1926-d.2006) Wanda Lea Austin, an Illinois native, graduated from the Evanston Collegiate...Marianne Preger-Simon
Marianne Preger-Simon, Merce Cunningham Company: Black Mountain Beginnings, Summer 1953. Photocopy of drawings (copies). Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Marianne Preger-Simon (Student 1953 Summer Session) (b.1929) Dancer...Karen Karnes
Karen Karnes and David Weinrib, Coil-built Fireplace, ca. 1975. Stoneware and iron grate. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Abel Weinrib Karen Karnes (Faculty and Resident in Ceramics 1952-1954) (b.1925-d.2016) Karen Karnes was a...Hilda Morley
The-Wild-Cherry-Tree Hilda Morley, The Wild Cherry Tree, 1960 Hilda Morley (Faculty Literature and Hebrew 1952-1956) (b.1916-d.1998) Hilda Morley came to teach at Black Mountain College with her husband, the composer Stefan Wolpe. While at the college, Hilda taught...Dorothea Rockburne
Dorothea Rockburne, Shadowed Perimeter, 2004 – 2008, Edition 63/70. Etching and silkscreen on Somerset paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Marie Tavroges Stilkind, Dorothea Rockburne, ca. 1952. Vintage gelatin silver...Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence
Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, Lullaby, 1992. Offset lithograph on paper. Collection of Connie Bostic. Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence (Faculty Spouse, Informal Dance Instructor 1946 Summer Session) (b.1913-d.2005) Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence was born in Barbados and moved to...Susan Weil
Hazel Larsen Archer, Portrait of Susan Weil, ca. 1948. Vintage gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer. Susan Weil, Musical Chairs, 1995. Acrylic on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center . Gift of the Artist Susan...Jo Sandman
Jo Sandman, Untitled, 1952. Oil on canvas. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Jo Sandman (Student 1951 Summer Session) (b.1931) Boston-based artist Jo Sandman’s practice has explored painting, drawing, experimental...Marie Stilkind
Ray Johnson (b.1927-d.1995), Marie Tavroges Stilkind at the Museum of Modern Art, 1960s. Archival pigment prints. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Marie Tavroges Stilkind. Installation photo by Michael Oppenheim. Marie...Cornelia “Nell” Goldsmith
Nell GoldsmithHeyns (Student 1942-1944) (b.1924-d.2011), Self-portrait at Studies Building, ca. 1943 -1944. Archival pigment print from a digital scan of a color slide. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives, State of North Carolina. Cornelia “Nell” Goldsmith (Heyns)...Ati Gropius Forberg Johansen
Ati Gropius Forberg Johansen Above: Untitled (Guitar), 1945. Oil on cardboard. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. | Below: Footnotes on the year 1944, ca. 1995. Ink on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of...Faith Murray Britton
Faith Murray Britton, Untitled, n.d. Tempera paint on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Faith Murray Britton (Student 1941-1942) (b.1922-d.1983) The Weaver, painted by alumna Faith Murray Britton in the summer of...Jack Tworkov
Jack Tworkov, “KTL #1,” 1982. Lithograph. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Pat and Ed Butler. Jack Tworkov, “L-SF-ES #1,” 1979. Etching with aquatint, copyright proof #2 for subscriber’s edition. Collection of Black...Mim Sihvonen
Mim Sihvonen, Wooden Plates made at Black Mountain College, n.d. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Mim Sihvonen, Stool made at Black Mountain College, 1948. Maple. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center....Elaine de Kooning
Elaine de Kooning, Fairfield Porter, 1956. Ink and casein on paper. Collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Gift of Helen Porter and Jim Dyke, 2017.50 Clemens Kalischer (Visiting Photographer 1948 and 1954) (b.1921-d.2018), William...Lore Kadden Lindenfeld
Lore Kadden Lindenfeld, Weaving Sample with Diagram, ca. 1948. Textile and paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Lore Kadden Lindenfeld (Student 1945-1948) (b.1921-d.2010) Lore Kadden came to the United States with her...
