An Expanded Collection

major artworks to be featured in new building

Images from left: Jackson Pollock, Black and White (Number 6), 1951; enamel on canvas; 56 x 45 in.; Promised gift of Helen and Charles Schwab; © 2011 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Andy Warhol, Triple Elvis, 1963; silkscreen ink and spray paint on linen; The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at SFMOMA; © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/ARS, New York; photo: courtesy Gagosian Gallery, New York. Shomei Tomatsu, Japan World Exposition, Osaka, 1970; dye transfer print; 10 3/8 in. x 15 1/2 in.; Promised gift of Randi and Bob Fisher; © Shomei Tomatsu

SFMOMA has benefitted from the generosity of visionary collectors throughout its history. Through gifts and bequests from donors like Harry and Mary Margaret Anderson, Albert Bender, Elise S. Haas, and Phyllis Wattis, SFMOMA has strengthened its collections and its service to the public.

Continuing this tradition, in 2009 the museum announced a groundbreaking partnership with Doris and Don Fisher to bring the Fisher Collection — one of the world's leading collections of contemporary art — to SFMOMA. And in February 2011 SFMOMA received an unprecedented 195 promised gifts of art from nine Bay Area collectors through the Collections Campaign. This permanent collection expansion, like the building expansion that will house it, will provide even more impactful art experiences for the public at SFMOMA.