The development of The Maslow Collection begins in 1982 with the first major purchases taking place in 1983.
In 1983
51 prints, 13 photographs and 3 paintings were purchased, including:
Prints (selected)
Until Photographs Could be Taken from Earth Satellites by David Salle Phil III by Chuck Close Serial Systems by Sol Lewitt Puppet by Susan Rothenberg Signs and Hotshot by Robert Rauschenberg Horse Blinders by James Rosenquist Alphabet by Jasper Johns Haystack and Huh! by Roy Lichtenstein Metro, Petro, Neuro, Psycho by Edward Ruscha Clinton Plaza (Black Series) ; Singerli Variation Squared with Colored Ground IV and Pergusa Three - State I by Frank Stella Jules, Gretchen, Mark State II by Robert Longo In the Garden #40 by Jennifer Bartlett Pine Barrens Tree Frog by Andy Warhol Barbecued Beef by Wayne Thiebaud
Photographs (selected)
Winding Towers by Hilla and Bernd Becher Wall Street by Kenneth Snelson The Automat by Berenice Abbott Construct NYC-8 by Barbara Kasten Drawer with Silverware by Wright Morris Gettysburg, 1974 by Lee Friedlander
Paintings
Polarity by Anthony Sorce The Wind Demons by Rex Lau Tree by Michael Falcone
Between 1984 and 1986
The Collection began to include more paintings along with the continuing interest in acquiring important prints and photography, including works by artists not from the United States, such as the Peter Bommels painting.
During these three years works by John Beerman, Robert Cumming, Edward Henderson, and James Biederman were first purchased, in the years to follow the Maslows continued to purchase a significant number of important works by these two artists.
Prints (selected)
Four Panels from Untitled and Target with Four Faces by Jasper Johns The Kindergarten Robes by Jim Dine Two Paintings: Sleeping Muse by Roy Lichtenstein Radiance by Dorothea Rockburne Lament for Lorca by Robert Motherwell Two Boys on a Raft by Sandro Chia Telemone #1 by Francesco Clemente Campbell's Soup I (Onion, Black Bean, Pepper Pot) by Andy Warhol
Photographs (selected)
Eye/Ear, andThree Chairs/Mexico (plus 8 additional images) by Robert Cohen White Calla Lily, New York by Walter Winings Nelson
Paintings (selected)
Untitled (MP #126) and (MP #127) by Jack Goldstein Streets of Tupelo by Thornton Willis Go-Jo by James Biederman Young Man Frozen by a Waterfall by Steven Campbell The World is Breathing by John Beerman Untitled (54-85) by Peter Plagens New York - Natural History by Peter Bommels Vein, Vain, Vane by Edward Henderson
Other Works on Paper (selected)
Ba Boom by James Biederman Hemisphere and Industry Bowl by Robert Cumming
From 1987 to the present
The Maslow Collection has continued to add important prints, photographs, paintings and works on paper, along with a select number of three dimensional works.
Artists such as Anthony Sorce, Melissa Meyer, Joel Shapiro, Edward Henderson, Jerry Zeniuk, Will Mentor, Tracy Grayson, Willy Heeks, Frank Owen, Kevin O'Toole, Andrew Spence, Peter Halley, Larry Brown, Rex Lau and Scott Kelley have been collected in depth, some with as many as 15 to 30 individual works in the Collection.
Other artists such as Terry Winters, David Reed, Sandy Skogland, Jane Henderson, David Hornung, Jennifer Bartlett, Gary Lang, Cary Smith, Karla Knight, Mel Kendrick, Barbara Kasten, Sherry Levine, Robert Jessup, and Gary Stephan have one or more works in the Collection.
Significant Additions since 1986 (selected)
1987
The Laws of Interior Design (photograph) and Something on the Wall (painting) by Sandy Skogland No. 230 (for Beccafumi) (painting) by David Reed Basswood with Clay and Holes (sculpture) by Mel Kendrick The Sky Lark and the Frog (photograph) by Hamish Fulton Moor (painting) by Susan Laufer Wanderings III (work on paper) by Jurgen Partenheimer
1988
The Seasons and Coat Hanger 1 (prints) by Jasper Johns Amadeus (painting) by Anthony Sorce Small Constellations 3 (painting) by Robert Cumming Prison (print) by Peter Halley Back Out (painting) by Gary Lang
1989
La Penna di hu (print) by Frank Stella A Tale of Mexico (painting) by Larry Brown From Rhapsody (print) by Jennifer Bartlett C21 H23 N O5 (painting) by Scott Kelley Hearts of Space (painting) by Anthony Sorce
1990
Meltdown (print) by Sherrie Levine Furrows (print) by Terry Winters Dome (painting) by Willy Heeks The Lost Order (painting) by Will Mentor Garden, Amagansett (photographs, 7 images) by Ellen Phelan The Coppers: Wall (painting) by Frank Owen The Return (painting) by Ross Neher Sculpture LW 60-90 (sculpture) by Kevin O'Toole
1991
At the Soldiers and Sailors Home (painting) by Nicholas Africano Main Street (print) by Edward Ruscha Volterra (painting) by Melissa Meter Pink Hat (painting) Aaron Fink Red Perceives Only a Bulb in the Outline (photograph) by Robert Cumming Coal Mines (photographs) by Bernd and Hilla Becher Tripod (photograph) by William Wegman I Want to Know You (painting) by Cary Smith Mirror #33 (painting) by Gary Lang
1992
Jerusalem Walls and Windows, Study (work on paper) by David Rankin The Night Juggler (painting) by Donald McLaughlin Untitled (#45418) (painting) by Gary Stephan Untitled (AVS/glowing Presence) (painting) by Anthony Sorce
1993 - 1999
Christmas Eve (painting) by Martin Mull In Love with Night (painting) by Melissa Meyer Tuner (mixed media) by Jane Hammond Big A Go Go (painting) by Rochelle Feinstein Untitled No. 12 (painting) by Alex Greenfield Four Panels (work on paper) by Anthony Sorce Fisher Beach (painting) by John Beerman
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Polarity by Anthony Sorce - One of the first paintings acquired for the Collection in 1983.
Phill III by Chuck Close acquired in 1983
Construct NYC-8 by Barbara Kasten acquired in 1983
The Automat by Berenice Abbott acquired in 1983
Young Man Frozen by a Waterfall by Steven Campbell acquired in 1885
Campbell's Soup I (Onion, Black Bean, Pepper Pot) by Andy Warhol acquired in 1985
Something on the Wall by Sandy Skogland acquired in 1987
Basswood with Clay and Holes by Mel Kendrick acquired in 1987
Small Constellations 3 by Robert Cumming acquired in 1988
Dome by Willy Heeks acquired in 1990
Meltdown (one of four prints) by Sherrie Levine acquired in 1990
In Love with Night by Melissa Meyer acquired in 1993
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