Once the initial collection was finished, the university received George Segal's "Abraham and Issac" as a gift in 1979. The piece was commissioned for Kent State University in memorial of the 1970 Kent State shootings , but it was deemed too provocative. Segal subsequently donated it to Princeton as it was where he taught sculpture, and it was installed in 1979. The university would continue to receive additional sculptures through purchasing, continued support by the Putnam family through the Mildred Andrews Fund, or as gifts from artists; however, only Segal's work was included in the collection.