Collections

Works in Museum and Private Collections

James Valerio’s paintings and works on paper are held by museums across the United States and in private collections. The works below are listed with the institutions’ own collection records wherever a public record exists.

Museum collections — individually verified works

  1. Untitled, 1963 — Photo-etching, aquatint, lift ground and etching, from two plates, in black on ivory wove paper, Image/plate: 33 × 45.5 cm (13 × 17 15/16 in.); Sheet: 37.2 × 50.5 cm (14 11/16 × 19 15/16 in.) — Art Institute of Chicago — Bequest of Vera Berdich (Reference 2010.824)
  2. Untitled, from Screen Prints 1970, 1970 — Color screenprint on off-white wove paper, Image: 36.2 × 36.2 cm (14 5/16 × 14 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38.1 × 38 cm (15 × 15 in.) — Art Institute of Chicago — Gift of Mary E. Stauss (Reference 2005.589.71)
  3. Resting in the Shade, 1982 — Graphite on ivory wove paper, 75.6 × 105.4 cm (29 13/16 × 41 1/2 in.) — Art Institute of Chicago — Jalane and Richard Davidson Collection (Reference 2003.521)
  4. Still Life with Flowers and Mirror, 1983 — Graphite with touches of stumping and erasing on ivory wove paper, 74.9 × 105.4 cm (29 1/2 × 41 1/2 in.) — Art Institute of Chicago — Jalane and Richard Davidson Collection (Reference 1999.936)
  5. Self-Portrait, 1986 — Graphite on ivory wove paper, 73.7 × 58.4 cm (29 1/16 × 23 in.) — Art Institute of Chicago — Jalane and Richard Davidson Collection (Reference 2022.1770)
  6. Seated Model, 1983 — Charcoal over graphite on Canson Ingres paper, 39 1/8 × 25 1/4 in. — Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts — Purchase (Object 1985.002.003)
  7. Portrait of Tom (Study for Tom’s Choice), 1991 — Graphite on paper, 28 1/2 × 23 in. — Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts — Purchase, Tabriz Fund (Object 1991.050)
  8. Self-Portrait, 1993 — Graphite on paper, 33 × 29 in. — Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts — Purchased with Gallery Contributions (Object 1993.027)
  9. Self-Portrait, 1998 — Graphite on paper, 20 5/8 × 18 1/2 in. — Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts — Gift of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr. in memory of Carolyn and Tommy Polk (Object 2021.011.016)
  10. Townsend Wolfe, 2002 — Graphite on paper, 19 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. — Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts — Gift of the artist and Jean and George Adams in honor of Townsend Wolfe on his retirement after 34 years as Director of the Arkansas Arts Center (Object 2002.057)
  11. Study for ‘Fractured Still Life with Decoy,’ 1983 — Pencil on paper — Boise Art Museum — Permanent Collection, Gift of Glenn C. Janss
  12. Ruth and Cecil Him, 1982 — Oil on canvas — Butler Institute of American Art — Museum Purchase 1991
  13. Still Life on Chenille Spread, 1983 — Lithograph — Cleveland Museum of Art — Gift of Phyllis Sloane (Accession 2001.226)
  14. Hands & Sink, 2003 — Pencil on paper, 28 5/8 × 27 7/16 in. (72.7 × 69.7 cm) — Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art — Gift of Helen Porter and Jim Dyke (Object 2017.63)
  15. Luncheon on the Rocks, 1989 — Oil on canvas, 96 × 84 in. — Delaware Art Museum — F. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1989 (Object 1989-49)
  16. Dishes 2, 1985 — Graphite on paper, 29½ × 41½ in. — Huntsville Museum of Art — Purchased with funds from the Women’s Guild of the Huntsville Museum of Art (Accession 1987.02)
  17. Still Life with Decoy, 1983 — Oil on canvas, 84 × 100 in. — The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1985 (Object 1985.242)
  18. Study for “Still Life with Decoy”, 1983 — Graphite on paper, two panels, each 82 × 48 in. — The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Frumkin, 1986 (Object 1986.275ab)
  19. Surprise, 1989 — Oil on canvas, 96 × 84 in. — Milwaukee Art Museum — Gift of Joel and Carole Bernstein Family Collection (Object M2015.107)
  20. Dream Scape, 2010 — oil on canvas, 90 × 108 in. — New Trier High School — Art Department, Ann Brierly Gallery — Gift of Patricia Valerio, 2019
  21. Elizabeth’s Visit, 1981 — Oil on canvas, 92 1/8 × 100 5/16 in. — Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts — Gift of David N. Pincus (Accession 1985.66)
  22. Untitled, 1970 — 15 1/16 × 15 1/8 in. (38.3 × 38.4 cm) — Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago— Purchase, Anonymous Gift (Object 1995.16.29)
  23. L.A., 1981 — Pencil on wove paper (two joined pieces), Sheet: 29 × 30 3/4 in. (73.7 × 78.1 cm) — Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago — Gift of Ronald and Andrea Sandler (Object 2002.59)
  24. Greg, 1982 — Lithograph, sheet 30 × 22 in., edition 29/30 — Whitney Museum of American Art — Gift of Nancy and Arnold Smoller in honor of Maria-Flora Miller Smoller (Accession 2000.80)

Private collections — as documented in published sources

  1. Night Fires (year not published) — Collection of the Union League Club of Chicago, as documented in Fine Art Connoisseur (Mar/Apr 2010)
  2. Backyard, 1993 — Oil on canvas, 84 × 96 in. — Private collection — lender credit in the exhibition Green Woods and Crystal Waters, Ringling Museum, 2000 (exhibition record)
  3. Nature Study, 1988 — Private collection of Cricket Taplin — named by the collector herself in The Art Newspaper, “Collector’s Eye” (Dec 1, 2021), where she calls it the first work she ever bought
  4. Reclining Nude, 1982 — Graphite on paper — Collection of Dr. Eugene A. Solow, Chicago — catalogued in Chicago Collects (Art Institute of Chicago, 1988) (catalogue)
  5. Still Life (undated) — Charcoal and pencil on paper, 48 × 85 in. — Documented through Christie’s — provenance: Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York; exhibited at the Oakland Museum of California, 1982
  6. Pat combing her hair, 1983 — Oil on canvas, 92 × 100 in. — Documented through Christie’s — Property from the Estate of Carolyn and Joel Gibbs (New York, 2013, Lot 187)
  7. Still Life #2, 1978 — Oil on canvas, 96 × 116¼ in. — Documented through Sotheby’s — Provenance: Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York; Private Collection, New York
  8. Study for Studio Figures, 1982 — Graphite on paper, 91 × 98 in. — Phyllis Seltzer Trust, Cleveland — documented through Hindman, Chicago, 2023, Lot 99
  9. Summer Songs, 1986 — Oil on canvas, 90¾ × 85¾ in. — Phyllis Seltzer Trust, Cleveland — documented through Hindman, Chicago, 2023, Lot 98
  10. Burning, 1991 — Oil on canvas, 72 × 84 in. — Phyllis Seltzer Trust, Cleveland — documented through Hindman, Chicago, 2023, Lot 85
  11. Two Models on Studio Floor, 1998 — Oil on canvas, 90 × 100 in. — Phyllis Seltzer Trust, Cleveland — documented through Hindman, Chicago, 2023, Lot 100; provenance George Adams Gallery, New York
  12. Frances, 1974 — Oil on canvas, 86 × 72 in. — Collection of Neal and Graciela Meltzer — documented in the George Adams Gallery exhibition “In the Eye of the Beholder,” 2003
  13. Nude, 1971 — Lithograph, edition 3/22, 13¼ × 10 in. — Documented through Freeman’s, Chicago, Lot 144

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