UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S FISCHER MUSEUM OF ART RECEIVES GIFT OF 700 WORKS

The University of Southern California has announced that collector Eugene Rogolsky has donated seven hundred works, including photographs, prints, paintings, and sculptures, to its Fischer Museum of Art.

The gift includes works by Jiří Anderle, Laura Aguilar, Jonathan Borofsky, Charles Bragg, Jo Ann Callis, Judy Chicago, Elsa Flores, Dan McCleary, Frank Romero, Peter Shire, George Tooker, and Jerome Witkin. Fifty-five of the works are by artist Carlos Almaraz, who was friends with Rogolsky.

Curator Tim Wride said, “His holdings of Almaraz’s work span the breadth of the artist’s career—from graduate school to his too-early death at the age of forty-eight. Through Almaraz, Gene became acquainted with Carlos’ wife, Elsa Flores, as well as other members of the East LA and Otis School of Art and Design communities. Works by these artists form another cornerstone of the Rogolsky collection.”