Exhibition
In Her View
Highlights from the Keith and Jim Straw Collection
Trade Routes, 2013, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, 1940-2025).
When
Through May 18
Where
Main Building, Korman Galleries 221-223
About
This exhibition celebrates the remarkable paintings, drawings, and prints by women artists in the Keith and Jim Straw collection. The local Philadelphia couple began collecting art in the 1970s, when it was still relatively unusual to focus a collection on women artists. They initially pursued works by artists active in the 1800s, but over time their collection expanded to include living makers with whom the pair often built personal relationships. In celebration of the promised gift of works from the Straw collection to the Philadelphia Art Museum, this exhibition features notable works by Lilly Martin Spencer, Suzanne Valadon, Betye Saar, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Kay WalkingStick, among others. Together, these artworks celebrate the resilience and creativity of women artists through time.
Curators
Tara Contractor, Assistant Curator
Em Dombrovskaya, Suzanne Andrée Curatorial Fellow
Laurel Garber, Park Family Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings
Support
All exhibitions at the Philadelphia Art Museum are underwritten by the Annual Exhibition Fund. Generous support is provided by Andrea Baldeck, M.D.; Julia and David Fleischner; Robert Hayes; and Mark W. Strong and Dana Strong.
Image Gallery
Nu Allongé Sur un Divan (Nude Lying on a Couch), 1921, Suzanne Valadon (French, 1865 – 1938).
Nature Morte (Still Life), 1920, Suzanne Valadon (French, 1865 – 1938).
Cheetah and Hartebeest Full Tilt, 1984, Emma Amos (American, 1937-2020).
Self Portrait on Display, 1998, Susan Hauptman (American, 1947 – 2015).
Trade Routes, 2013, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, 1940-2025).
Mother and Child; Come to Mama, 1858, Lilly Martin Spencer (American (born England), 1822 – 1902).
Waiting, 1881, Mary K. Trotter (American, 1859 – 1925).
Where Are the Generations?, 1991, Kay WalkingStick (Citizen of the Cherokee Nation, born 1935).
Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1865, Adelheid Dietrich (German, 1827-1891).