David C. Driskell: Collector | AUGUST 2025
David C. Driskell: Collector
August 29, 2025 – March 1, 2026
David C. Driskell: Collector celebrates the David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Collection at the Portland Museum of Art. This exhibition presents selections from this iconic collection alongside Driskell’s own works, offering audiences an intimate view of his artistic vision and impact. By exploring the ways Driskell engaged with art as a creator, mentor, educator, and collector, the show highlights his enduring influence on museums, art history, and the cultural landscape of Maine.
Books in this collection include artists features in the show including Edward Mitchell Bannister to late-20th-century icons such as Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, and Alma Thomas.
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Chronicle Books - Mid-Century Modern Women in the Visual Arts
$24.95Mid-Century Modern Women in the Visual Arts features an unparalleled collection of real-life heroines of the art, design, and fashion industries. ...
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Penguin Random House LLC - Beware of The Woman Artist
$40.00From mystic and groundbreaking color theorist Hilma af Klimt to the multi-disciplinary storyteller Megan Rooney, this thoughtfully curated and stun...
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Penguin Random House LLC - Reckoning
$55.00This important book showcases the potent role of visual art in African American history and culture. Featuring black artists working in a range of ...
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Pomegranate - Alma Thomas: Springtime 500-Piece Circular Jigsaw Puzzle
$21.95• Gather with family and friends for puzzle-piecing together! • Our luxury puzzles are crafted with attention to every detail • High-quality 250-GS...
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The Art Book
$44.95The latest, thoroughly revised edition of Phaidon's award-winning and globally-bestselling art survey, featuring works from more than 600 of the wo...
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Kehinde Wiley: A Portrait of a Young Gentleman by Melinda McCurdy, Kehinde Wiley, Malik Gaines, Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
$40.00Presenting Kehinde Wiley’s hotly anticipated response to a legendary Gainsborough portraitThis volume presents A Portrait of a Young Gentleman, a n...
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Black American Portraits From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
$49.95Edited with text by Christine Y. Kim and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews. Forewords by Mary Schmidt Campbell and Michael Govan. Text by Hilton Als, Bridge...
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Afro-Atlantic Histories
$69.95Edited with text by Adriano Pedrosa, Tomás Toledo. Text by Ayrson Heráclito, Deborah Willis, Hélio Menezes, Kanitra Fletcher, Lilia Moritz Schwarcz...
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Alma Thomas: The Eclipse 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
$22.95Alma Thomas (American, 1891–1978) The Eclipse, 1970 Freshly inspired by the 1969 Moon landing, Alma Thomas created the glowing, mosaic-like work ...
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Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder
$50.00Text by Judy Glickman Lauder, Anjuli Lebowitz, and Adam D. Weinberg. Foreword by Mark Bessire. Nearly 160 images by some eighty photographers, sele...
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The Soul of a Nation Reader: Writings by and about Black American Artists, 1960 - 1980 by Mark Godfrey, Allie Biswas, Zoé Whitley
$39.95A comprehensive compendium of artists and writers confronting questions of Black identity, activism and social responsibility in the age of Malcolm...
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Still Life with Sunset, 1966 by David Driskell
$3.505 x 7 in. note card. Artist: David Driskell (United States, 1931-2020) Oil on canvas 48 x 32 inches Collection of Joseph and Lynne Horning, Washin...
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Self-Portrait, 1953 by David Driskell
$3.505 x 7 in. note card. Artist: David Driskell (United States, 1931–2020) Oil on board 15 1/4 x 11 inches Collection of the Estate of David C. Driske...
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Homage to Romare, 1976 by David Driskell
$3.505 x 7 in. note card. Artist: David Driskell (United States. (1931 - 2020). Collage and gouache on Masonite 23 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches Virginia Museu...
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David Driskell Artist Educator Author by Pat Davison Reef
$22.95This book is a visual biography for young readers between ages of 8 and 12 and all adults who are looking for an introduction to an important Maine...
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David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History
$45.00Contribution by Thelma Golden and Richard J.Powell and Julie L McGee and Renee Maurer and Jessica May The first publication to survey the entire...
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Procession II, 1988 by David Driskell
$3.505 x 7 in. note card. David Driskell, United States (1931-2020). Paint, encaustic and collage on paper. Gift of the American Academy of Arts and ...
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