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Collection Loans

Through loans from our art collection, the Terra Foundation contributes to exhibitions and programs that enhance the scholarship on and the understanding of American art.

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A woodcut engraving of a marsh at night. — Arthur Wesley Dow, *Marsh Creek*, between 1903 and 1905. Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1996.5

Exhibition Loans

Institutions seeking to borrow artwork from the collection for a temporary exhibition should send a formal letter of request (by mail or email attachment) to Turry M. Flucker, Vice President for Collections and Partnerships / Terra Foundation for American Art / 120 East Erie Street / Chicago, IL 60611 / USA or [email protected].

Please submit requests at least 12 months before the opening of the exhibition.

Include the following information in loan requests:

Title and description of the exhibition, including whether a catalogue is planned
Object(s) requested
Significance of the proposed object(s) from the collection to the exhibition
The venue(s) and dates of the exhibition

A facilities report from the borrowing institution and all venues should be submitted for review before the loan can be presented for approval to the foundation’s Board of Directors.

Contact Us

To discuss possible loans in advance of sending a request, or if you have questions, please contact Andrew Reyes-Burkeholder, Collection Associate, at [email protected] for information about the full loan review process.

Art Collection Loans

Twelve small paintings, hanging in two rows of six, on a maroon wall. — *John Leslie Breck: American Impressionist,* Mint Museum Uptown, September 18, 2021–January 2, 2022. Image courtesy of The Mint Museum.

Colorful, abstract painting hanging on a gray wall. — *In The Streets: Modern Life and Urban Experiences in the Art of the United States, 1893-1976.* Image courtesy of Pinacoteca de São Paulo. Photographer: Isabella Matheus. Installation view includes Beauford Delaney's *Untitled (Village Street Scene)* (1948) at center and Reginald Marshs's *Chicago* (1930) at right.

Many paintings hanging in a row on a purple wall. — *Impressionism and its Overlooked Women.* Image courtesy of Ordrupgaard, Photographer: Anders Sune Berg. Installation includes Mary Cassatt's *Jenny and Her Sleepy Child* (third from right) and *Summertime* (second from right).

Art Collection Loan Programs

Terra Collection-in-Residence

Through the foundation’s Terra Collection-in-Residence program, artworks are loaned for extended periods to invited academic museums in the United States and international museums with strong connections to universities and research opportunities.

The foundation collaborates with partners to identify objects for loan that amplify an institution’s permanent collection and invite the presentation of new contexts, voices, and practices. The program helps museums expand the stories they can tell with their permanent collections and provides opportunities for interdisciplinary research and teaching with American art.

The foundation initiates projects through invitation only. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Katherine Bourguignon, Senior Curator and Collection Program Officer, at [email protected].

Terra Collection-in-Residence

Art Institute of Chicago Partnership

Works from the Terra Foundation Art Collection are regularly on view at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute and the Terra Foundation have partnered with each other to present an expansive vision of the arts of the Americas. The foundation loans foster connections across both collections to broaden narratives of American art.

Loans at the Art Institute of Chicago

Collection Resources

A photograph of a row of metal racks on wheels. One rack is pulled out from the row so its contents are visible: several framed paintings hang on the rack as if it were a wall. — Image credits and captions, clockwise, left to right: Lyonel Feininger, *Denstedt*, 1917 © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn; Yasuo Kuniyoshi, *Boy with Cow*, 1921 © 2020 Estate of Yasuo Kuniyoshi / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Helen Torr, *Purple and Green Leaves*, 1927; Arthur Dove, *Boats Going through Inlet*, c. 1929, courtesy: The Estate of Arthur G. Dove/ Terry Dintenfass, Inc.; Joseph Stella, *Telegraph Poles with Buildings*, 1917. All works pictured are in the Terra Foundation Collection, photo by Michael Tropea

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Three people reading and sitting at a long white table. A book shelf filled with books runs the length of the wall behind them. — The Terra Foundation Library for American Art is a non-circulating research library located in Paris, France, and open to the public.

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