Photography and Works on Paper
The museum’s wide-ranging works on paper collection features approximately 16,350 drawings, prints, watercolors, collages, and mixed media objects spanning more than 500 years. The collection includes drawings and prints by Renaissance masters Albrecht Dürer, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, and Rembrandt van Rijn as well as works by Enlightenment artists Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Francisco Goya; Impressionists Mary Cassatt and Auguste Renoir; modernists Pablo Picasso and Agnes Martin; and contemporary artists Edgar Heap of Birds, Kara Walker, and Andy Warhol.
HoMA’s extensive photography collection numbers over 1,600 works and contains modern and contemporary innovators such as Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Diane Arbus, Catherine Opie, and Thomas Struth.
For information on additional works on paper see also Japanese woodblock prints.
Highlights from the collection
Xmas tree in a living room in Levittown, L.I. 1963
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971). 1963/printed 1969–1970. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Jeffrey Fraenkel, 2020 (2020-02-01)
Untitled (Supermodel)
Kerry James Marshall (American, born 1955). 1994. Graphite, mixed-media, collage. Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and James Jensen in honor of TCM’s 20th Anniversary (TCM.2008.29)
Clifton
Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989). 1981. Silver gelatin print. Purchase, 1989 (20600)
Studies of Flowers and Butterflies
Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish, 1542–1601). 1590. Watercolor on parchment. Purchase, Charles Montague Cooke, Jr. Fund, 1956 (13758)
Kahulumanu
Kapulani Landgraf (b. 1966. Kānaka ‘Ōiwi. Lives and works in Pū‘ahu‘ula, Kāne‘ohe, Ko‘olau Poko, O‘ahu.) 2011. Hand-etched silver gelatin prints on netting. Purchase, 2016 (2016-1-01)
Jerome Caja
Catherine Opie (American, born 1961). 1993. Cibachrome print. Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of James Jensen (TCM.2004.53)
Ulu A‘e Ke Welina A Ke Aloha (The Growth of Love is the Essence within the Soul)
Franco Salmoiraghi (American, active Hawaiʻi, born 1942). 1977. Gelatin silver print. Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of the Honolulu Advertiser Collection at Persis Corporation (TCM.1983.5.502)
Untitled (July 20, 2013 2:02pm)
Richard Misrach (American, born 1949). 2013, printed 2020. Archival pigment print. Gift of the Artist, in Loving Memory of Jay Jensen, 2021 (2021-02-01)
Paradise 33, Kaua‘i (Hawaiian Islands)
Thomas Struth (German, born 1954). 2006. Chromogenic print. Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of Thomas Struth and Tara Bray Smith (TCM.2009.13.1)
Substrat 1 III
Thomas Ruff (German, born 1958). 2001. Color photograph on plexiglass. Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of anonymous donor (TCM.2005.9)
Untitled (Robert’s Rabbit Head)
Joseph Cornell (American, 1903–1972). c. 1966. Mixed-media collage. Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation (TCM.2002.49.10)
Jeune Fille au Corsage Rose Clair (Young Woman with Auburn Hair in a Pink Blouse)
Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926). 1895. Pastel on paper. Bequest of Kathryn and Arthur Murray, 1997 (26337)
Nativity
Jean Charlot (American, born France, 1898–1979). c. 1949. Ink and wash on paper. Gift of Ben Norris, 1992 (23722)
Charleston
Robert Frank (American, 1924–2019). 1956. Silver gelatin print. Purchase, 1989 (20601)
Magnolia Blossom
Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883–1976). 1925. Gelatin silver print. Purchase, 1987 (19855)
Saint Jerome in His Study
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). 1514. Engraving. Exchange/purchase, Richard P. Groves Acquisition Fund, 1980 (17569)
The Bath: Woman Sponging Her Back
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). c. 1887. Pastel on paper. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Clark Jr., 1979 (17400)
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828). 1891. Etching and aquatint. Purchase, 1940 (11470)
Study for The Cardplayers
Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906. c. 1890–1896. Graphite on paper. Purchase, 1937 (10957)
Study for “Dance in the Country”
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919). 1883. Carbon pencil on paper. Purchase, 1937 (10955)
The Presentation in the Temple
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). 1639. Etching and drypoint. Gift of Anna Rice Cooke, 1927 (5628)
Forward Together
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000). 1997. Silkscreen. Partial gift of Robert and Jean Steele; partial purchase with funds from the John V. Levas Trust, 2023 (2023-06-06)
TRY CARE DON’T INSULT THEIR BEAUTY (asking for respect towards indigenous spirits of past and present in light of offensive tourism and sports mascots)
Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne, American, born 1954). 2011. Ink on rag paper. Purchase, 2016 (2016-31-03)
The 3 Gorges Dam Migration
Yun-Fei Ji (Chinese, born 1963).2009. Hand-colored woodcut. Purchase, 2016 (2016-7-01)
Ruth, Roses, and Revolver
Man Ray (American, 1890–1976). 1942. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Jane and Marc B. Nathanson, 2014 (2014-29-23)
The Means to an End—A Shadow Drama in Five Acts
Kara Walker (American, born 1969). 1995. Hard-ground etching and aquatint, five panels. Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and purchased with funds derived from gifts of the Honolulu Advertiser Collection at Persis Corporation, by exchange (TCM.1996.50.a-e)
Electric Chairs
Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). 1971. Color screenprints. Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and purchased with funds given by The Shidler Family Foundation, Peter and Amy Russell, Reginald and Annette Kwok, and The Friends of The Contemporary Museum (TCM.1996.29.1 – 10)
Christopher Isherwood Talking to Bob Holman
David Hockney (British, born 1937). 1983. Collage and chromogenic development prints. Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of the Honolulu Advertiser Collection at Persis Corporation (TCM.1991.22.02)