Welcome to the Anderson Collection
Stanford University's free museum of modern and contemporary American art

Open Wed - Sun

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Advance reservations not required.
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Candy Counter

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Pink and White over Red

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Ocean Park #60

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Lucifer

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Hunk, Moo Anderson give modern art masterpieces to Stanford

…fty years and about 2,000 acquisitions later, “Hunk” and “Moo” Anderson – who made their fortune in the food service business – enjoy the sort of monosyllabic recognition in the American art scene that Sting, Cher and Prince command in pop culture. Kirk McGuire Sculpture kirkmcguire.com Amazing Bronze Sculptures & Tables LTD ­ Fine Art & Furnishings On Sept. 21, the Anderson Collection at Stanford Unive…

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Barrier

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Wall Painting No. IV

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Makida III

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Japanese Dancer Series No. 12 [Makiko]

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Japanese Dancer Series No. 2 [Makiko]

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Homage to the Square: Diffused

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Red in Red

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Before, Again IV

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Standing Figure II

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Sky Garden

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Window

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Stanford’s Anderson Collection museum to feature trove of couple’s art

…tractions by Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Diebenkorn, Agnes Martin and Robert Motherwell. Stanford is really making the arts equal to the sciences, math, humanities and so forth. To be a part of that is really a great thing. – Harry ‘Hunk’ Anderson It goes on and on, through the library, kitchen and three bedrooms. This September, however, 121 works by 86 artists, half from the house and half from Quadrus, a Cliff May-designed com

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A new lust for art takes hold in Silicon Valley

…ng thing comes on the market, (art collectors in the area) can’t always get on a plane and go to New York to see them. So now that really amazing thing will come to them.” And there is certainly evidence of an increasing appetite for contemporary and modern art in the suburbs. Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, which highlights postwar and modern works, is returning to San Mateo in October for its fifth annual edition; over the course of its three…

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The Museum of Hunk, Moo & Putter: The Anderson Collection at Stanford will Rock You

…s ability to provide a meaningful encounter with the art it presents. Which is why The Anderson as successful it is in the experience it provides is worth a visit. In the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, one still has the opportunity to commune with Hunk, Moo and Putter’s treasures and see, taste and feel how Art rocks your brain. I am an award-winning journalist and producer who has created print, video and online media content for…

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A Private Passion Goes Public: Stanford’s Anderson Collection

…mid-century giants like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning to contemporary artists including Martin Puryear. The collection is a gift from Harry “Hunk” Anderson, a co-founder of the Saga food-service company, his wife Mary Margaret “Moo” Anderson and their daughter Mary Patricia “Putter” Anderson Pence. The new 33,000-square-foot, $36-million building, designed by Richard Olcott, contains works by 86 artist…