Crosscurrents Contemporary Art from the Speed Art Museum Collection and Beyond

Polly Apfelbaum, American
Wallflowers (Mixed Emotions), 1990
Mixed media, wire, paper, tack, pencil, glitter
69 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (177.2 x 3.2 cm). overall
Purchased with funds from the New Art Collectors and the Alice Speed Stoll Accessions Trust 2004.9.3

Anthony Akinbola, American, born 1991
Lift Every Voice, 2022
Durags, acrylic, on wood panel
149 x 73 1/2 in. (378.5 x 186.7 cm.) (overall)
72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm.) (panel)
Museum purchase with funds generously donated by Jim Gray, Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, Erik Eaker and John Brooks, Sarah and Chuck O’Koon, and Ruth Simons

Alice Neel, American
Priscilla Johnston, 1966
Oil on canvas
70 1/16 x 30 in. (178 x 76.2 cm)
71 1/2 x 31 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (181.6x 79.4 x 3.8cm.)(frame)
Purchased with funds from the New Art Collectors and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1980.14

Esteban Jefferson, American
March 15, 2023 (Meserole Street & Avenue of Puerto Rico, Brooklyn), 2023
Oil paint and graphite on linen
60 × 51 in. (152.4 × 129.5 cm.)
Museum purchase with funds generously donated by Brooke Brown Barzun and Matthew Barzun, 2024.4

Naudline Pierre, American
For Now, I Promise, 2023
Oil and oil stick on canvas
36 × 72 in. (91.4 × 182.9 cm.)
Museum purchase through the gift of Speed Contemporary, and funds generously donated by Woo Speed McNaughton, Sara and James Haynes, Sally and Stanley Macdonald, Dr. Jeffrey and Mrs. Susan Callen, Lopa and Rishabh Mehrotra, Nick and Ursula Melhuish, and Ruth Simons, 2024.6

Bob Thompson, American
Self-Portrait in the Studio, 1960
Oil on board
40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm.)
Museum Purchase with Alice Speed Stoll Accessions Fund and funds generously donated by Ambassador Matthew Barzun and Brooke Brown Barzun, Greg Brown and Scott Rogers, John S. and Mary Moss Greenebaum, and Alfred Shands, 2017.20