COLLECTIONS

PERMANENT COLLECTION

560 ITEMS ACCESSIONED 21 ITEMS PURCHASED

538 ITEMS DONATED

34 OBJECTS LOANED ART LIBRARY

1,215 ITEMS ENTERED

779 ITEMS PURCHASED

436 ITEMS DONATED

785 INTERLIBRARY LOAN REQUESTS

5,434 USERS 28 PROGRAMS

ART & HISTORY

A total of 560 items were accessioned into the permanent collection of The Ringling during the fiscal year. Of these, 21 items were purchased and 538 items were donated. Gifts of contemporary art included work by Doug and Mike Starn, Yasumasa Morimura, Richard Artschwager, and Ed Ruscha from the collection of Ina Schnell. A large selection of work from the photographer Mike Disfarmer from Michael W. Sonnenfeldt and Katja B. Goldman, and a video by Aaron Pexa purchased with funds provided by Dr. Michael A. Kalman. In Asian art we received gifts of Japanese prints from Charles and Robyn Citrin, and Ming dynasty porcelain and Qing dynasty paintings from Mabel Hobart Cabot in memory of her father Richard Bryant Hobart. In modern glass, Nancy and Philip Kotler and Warren and Margot Coville made additional gifts to their already substantial collection, and in the Circus arts, Howard Tibbals added 49 posters featuring Buffalo Bill and the stars of the Wild West Show.

The Ringling loaned 34 objects this year. Florida loans were made to the Governor’s Mansion and the FSU President’s House in Tallahassee. We also had loans to FSU (a sculpture in the College of Medicine), as well as the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College.

Art Library

A total of 1,215 books and publications were entered into the Library’s collection this fiscal year. Of these, 779 items were purchased and 436 items were donated. Noteworthy new donations included significant new collections of research material including Studio Glass books from the collection of Nancy and Phillip Kotler, and a collection of books on photography contributed by Warren and Margot Coville. Robyn and Charles Citrin gifted books on Japanese prints, including a rare set of 17 volumes about Japanese woodblock prints, and Mabel Hobart Cabot contributed two collections of out-of-print books on China and Tibet that add to our growing Asian art and history collection.

The Library was visited by 5,434 users over the year and also processed 785 interlibrary loan requests. Twenty eight library education programs were presented during the year, including the very popular Literati Book Club.

This spring we relaunched eMuseum, our online collections portal, at eMuseum.ringling.org. People from around the world can now access the entire accessioned collection, as well as thousands of research materials from our archival holdings.

eMuseum

EXPANDING THE RINGLING EXPERIENCE 7,286

6,173 UNITED STATES (84.72%)

132 FRANCE (1.81%)

131 CANADA (1.80%)

116 ITALY (1.59%)

103 NETHERLANDS (1.41%)

75 GERMANY (1.03%)

41 SPAIN (0.56%)

37 RUSSIA (0.51%)

29 JAPAN (0.40%)

MOST VIEWED OBJECT (A TIE!)

MOST FREQUENTLY SEARCHED TERM AL G. BARNES

MOST USED FILTER DEPARTMENT ARCHIVES

MOST VISITED COLLECTION

EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART