Abby Weed Grey Collection of Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Art
Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection at Grey Art Museum, NYU, 2019.…
Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection at Grey Art Museum, NYU, 2019. Photo: Nicholas Papananias
The New York University Art Collection
The NYU Art Collection, which the Grey Art Museum has stewarded since its opening in 1975, was initiated in 1958 with Francis Picabia’s Résonateur (c. 1922) and Fritz Glarner’s Relational Painting (1949–50). Today, the collection includes nearly 7,000 objects and is primarily composed of late-19th- and 20th-century works, ranging from Pablo Picasso’s monumental public sculpture Bust of Sylvette (1968), to one of Joseph Cornell's boxes, Chocolat Menier (1952), to a bronze Heech sculpture (1972) by Iranian modernist Parviz Tanavoli. The NYU Art Collection includes major donated acquisitions, such as the Abby Weed Grey Collection of Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Art and the Cottrell-Lovett Collection.
Explore a partial list of artists in the NYU Art Collection at the bottom of this page.
The collection’s particular strength is American painting from the 1940s to the present, with works by such well-known artists as Romare Bearden, Helen Frankenthaler, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Louise Nevelson, Kenneth Noland, and Ad Reinhardt. European prints are also well represented, with works by Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, and Picasso, to name a few.
When Abby Weed Grey endowed the Grey Art Museum in 1974, she expanded the NYU Art Collection with a gift of some 1,000 works of modern art that she acquired during her frequent travels in Asia and the Middle East. Truly an unparalleled and unique resource, the Abby Weed Grey Collection of Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Art includes some of the largest institutional holdings of Iranian, Indian, and Turkish modern art outside those countries.
One focus of Grey Art Museum acquisitions is art that has emerged from downtown New York’s creative milieu, as seen in works by Norman Bluhm, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Deborah Kass, and Glenn Ligon, among others. In 2022 the museum announced a major gift of over 200 works by downtown New York artists from longtime art patrons and social activists Dr. James Cottrell and Mr. Joseph Lovett.
Featured Artworks
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Eren Eyüboğlu, Two Sisters, n.d. Oil and lithograph on paper, 22 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Nevin Islek, Self Portrait, 1965. Oil and sand on paper mounted on masonite, 20 x 13 3/4 in. Grey Art Museum, New York…
Nevzat Akoral, Around the Fire, n.d. Woodcut on paper, 27 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Nevzat Akoral, Porters, n.d. Woodcut on paper, 27 3/4 x 19 5/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift…
Mustafa Aslier, Anatolia, c. 1960. Mixed media and woodcut on paper, 29 1/8 x 19 5/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York…
Mustafa Aslier, Exile, c. 1962. Etching on paper, 13 3/4 x 19 5/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection.…
Mustafa Aslier, Our Mother, c. 1960. Etching on paper, 19 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Aliye Berger, Composition, n.d. Etching and drypoint on paper, 36 7/8 x 14 5/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Aliye Berger, The Flying Cranes, 1964. Cardboard cut on paper, 13 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Nurullah Berk, Nettles, 1967. Oil on canvas, 32 x 23 1/2 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift of…
Sabri Berkel, Composition, n.d. Monoprint, 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift of…
Sadan Bezeyis, The Rising of a Rose, 1968. Oil on canvas, 37 1/4 x 32 5/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Nejad Melih Devrim, Polonaise, 1962. Watercolor on paper, 24 1/8 x 18 7/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Âbidin Elderoğlu, Mask, 1963. Watercolor, ink, and collage on paper, 11 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University…
Âbidin Elderoğlu, Six Lines of Abstracted Calligraphy, 1960. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 17 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.…
Devrim Erbil, Istanbul, 1968. Oil on canvas, 35 x 51 1/4 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift of…
Cemil Eren, Needles, Pins, and Nails, 1956. Needles, pins, nails, and sheet metal on clay on burlap, 13 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.…
Cemil Eren, Train Accident, 1969. Oil on canvas, 31 1/4 x 39 1/2 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection.…
Cemil Eren, Vision, 1963. Oil on canvas, 45 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift of…
Mustafa Esirkus, Folk Dancers in Blue, n.d. Oil on canvas, 38 x 51 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection.…
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboglu, Full Moon, 1961. Oil and glue on canvas, 50 7/8 x 42 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboglu, Man Carrying a Goat, 1956. Silkscreen on paper, 18 1/4 x 15 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University…
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboglu, Motif Rouge, 1960. Crayon, watercolor, and collage on paper, 19 1/8 x 24 7/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New…
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboglu, Peasant Mother and Child, 1952. Silkscreen on paper, 17 13/16 x 12 13/16 in. Grey Art Museum, New York…
Eren Eyüboğlu, Design for Mosaic, 1957. Gouache and pencil on cardboard, 18 3/4 x 20 in. Grey Art Museum, New York…
Gündüz Gölönü, Resmigeçit, 1969. Etching on paper, 20 x 26 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift of…
Ahmet Gürsoy, Fall, 1970. Oil on canvas, 34 x 50 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift of Abby Weed…
Nevin Islek, Self Portrait, 1965. Watercolor on paper, 19 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Özer Kabaş, Animals and Figures, n.d. Ink on paper, 11 x 8 1/4 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift…
Özer Kabaş, Composition, 1964. Paper collage with metallic watercolors, ink, and graphite on Masonite, 19 1/4 x 26 in. Grey…
Özer Kabaş, Exile, 1968. Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift of…
Özer Kabaş, Merhaba, Mrs. Grey, 1969. Grease pencil, felt-tip pen, and acrylic on paper, 24 x 19 in. Grey Art Museum, New…
Ercümend Kalmık, Fishing Boat, 1967. Linocut on paper, 16 1/4 x 19 3/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Ercümend Kalmık, Fishing Nets, 1969. Oil on canvas, 54 1/4 x 43 1/4 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection.…
Ercümend Kalmık, Still Life, 1965. Gouache, ink, and pencil on paper, 14 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York…
Hasan Kavruk, Composition II, 1958. Oil on paper, 16 15/16 x 9 7/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection.…
Fethi Kayaaalp, A Man, n.d. Woodcut on paper, 29 1/3 x 18 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection. Gift of…
Füreya Koral, Design for Mosaic I, 1965. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 22 x 15 in. Grey Art Museum, New York…
Füreya Koral, Design for Mosaic II, 1965. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 22 x 15 in. Grey Art Museum, New York…
Füreya Koral, Hittite Sun, 1956. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 5 5/8 x 15 5/8 in. Grey Art Museum, New York…
Adnan Turani, Abstract Composition, 1960. Oil on mat board, 19 7/8 x 16 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Adnan Turani, Motif for Turkish Rug, 1969. Oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 40 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art…
Fahrelnissa Zeid, Abstraction Black and Gray, n.d. Lithograph on paper, 25 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. Grey Art Museum, New York…
Fahrelnissa Zeid, Composition in Red and Blue, n.d. Lithograph on paper, 30 x 22 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University…
Fahrelnissa Zeid, Red and Yellow, n.d. Lithograph on paper, 28 x 22 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection.…
Ali Avni Çelebi, The Kite, n.d. Felt-tip pen on paper, 8 1/2 x 11 in. Grey Art Museum, New York University Art Collection.…
Collection Highlights
Artists in the Collection
Shiva Ahmadi
Mahmud Ahmadi
Nevzat Akoral
Ambadas
Jaya Appasamy
Siah Armajani
Mustafa Aslier
Milton Avery
Donald Baechler
Jamal Bakhshpour
Prabhakar Barwe
Romare Bearden
Aliye Berger
Nurullah Berk
Sabri Berkel
Sadan Bezeyis
Dhanraj Bhagat
Norman Bluhm
Ilya Bolotowsky
James Brown
Ali Avni Çelebi
Joseph Cornell
Bimal Das Gupta
Shanti Dave
Elaine De Kooning
Willem De Kooning
Sonia Delaunay
Nejad Melih Devrim
Kamran Diba
Bijan Dowlatshahi
Âbidin Elderoğlu
Devrim Erbil
Cemil Eren
Ahmad Esfandiari
Mustafa Esirkus
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu
Eren Eyüboğlu
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Roland Flexner
Helen Frankenthaler
Adam Fuss
Mansour Ghandriz
Fritz Glarner
Gündüz Gölünü
Behrooz Golzari
Arshile Gorky
Adolph Gottlieb
Marcos Grigorian
Satish Gujral
Ahmet Gürsoy
Grace Hartigan
Mary Heilmann
Al Held
Hans Hofmann
Somnath Hore
Peter Hujar
Maqbool Fida Husain
Nevin Islek
Mahmud Javadipur
Özer Kabaş
Ercüment Kalmık
Deborah Kass
Alex Katz
Hasan Kavruk
Fethi Kayaalp
Hossein Kazemi
Adrian Kellard
Krishen Khanna
Hossein Khatayi
Sumbat Kiureghian
Füreya Koral
Chitrangada Krishna
Devayani Krishna
Kanwal Krishna
Nicholas Krushenick
Ram Kumar
Yayoi Kusama
Glenn Ligon
Tom Lloyd
Sirous Malek
Édouard Manet
Robert Mapplethorpe
Agnes Martin
Seyhoun Masoumeh
Henri Matisse
Suzanne McClelland
Anjolie Ela Menon
Joan Mirò
Morteza Momayez
Robert Motherwell
Mir-Hossein Mousavi (Khameneh)
Louise Nevelson
Kenneth Noland
Nasser Ovissi
Ru'in Pakbaz
Francis Picabia
Pablo Picasso
Faramarz Pilaram
Robert Rauschenberg
Krishna Reddy
Ad Reinhardt
Bernard (Tony) Rosenthal
Behjat Sadr
Mohan Samant
Gulam Rasool Santosh
Sohrab Sepehri
Cindy Sherman
Laurie Simmons
Philip Smith
Francis Newton Souza
Mumtaz Sultan Ali
Vivan Sundaram
Jazeh Tabatabai
Sadegh Tabrizi
Parviz Tanavoli
Esmail Tavakoli
Adnan Turani
Jehangir P. Vazifdar
Kara Walker
Hamid Zarrine-Afsar
Fahrelnissa Zeid
Charles Hossein Zenderoudi