Masterworks of Abstract Expressionism Gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum

When the Princeton University Art Museum opens its new building in early 2025, eight masterpieces of abstract painting, a recent gift from Preston H. Haskell, Class of 1960, will be on view in the galleries. These canonical paintings‚—Willem de Kooning's Woman II (1961), Helen Frankenthaler's Belfry (1979), Hans Hofmann's The Chair (1944) and Composition #3 (1952), Joan Mitchell's Aires pour Marion (1975—76), Gerhard Richter's Abstract Painting (613-3) (1986), Jean-Paul Riopelle's Terre Promise (1960), and Mark Rothko's Untitled (1968)‚—constitute one of the most significant gifts of art in the Museum's history.