Exchange: F15 Huffman - ENGLISH 124 - Argumentation and Monsters

F15 Huffman - ENGLISH 124 - Argumentation and Monsters

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
The sleep of reason produces mosters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);7 7/16 in x 4 11/16 in (18.89 cm x 11.91 cm);8 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in (21.59 cm x 14.92 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

Hans Fischer
Les monstres imaginaires
etching on paper
16 3/16 x 24 15/16 in. (41.1 x 63.3 cm);22 x 28 in. (55.88 x 71.12 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Kripke

At the center of this work, there is a red, yellow, and blue figure with a gold hoop earring in the right ear. Eight black spiders dangle from lines on each side of figure and a snake-like createure is at the top. The whole watercolor has a rusty-orange backdrop.

William Baziotes
Figure with Spiders
watercolor on laid paper
11 13/16 in x 8 7/8 in (30 cm x 22.6 cm);22 3/16 in x 18 3/16 in (56.36 cm x 46.2 cm)
Gift of Gerome Kamrowski

Zoan Andrea; Andrea Mantegna; Italian
Descent into Limbo
engraving on laid paper
16 in x 12 3/16 in (40.64 cm x 30.96 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art

A nude man and woman at center struggle with one another; a snake and a seated figure are visible in the background. The two central figures with intertwined limbs suggesting a struggle are positioned above a sharp-toothed mammal resembling a fox.

Max Pechstein
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 8 - And Lead Us Not into Temptation (Das Vaterunser - Und führe uns nicht in Versuchung)
woodcut with hand-coloring on paper
23 ½ in x 16 ¼ in (59.69 cm x 41.28 cm);28 ⅛ in x 22 in (71.44 cm x 55.88 cm)
Museum Purchase

This is a hanging scroll painted with ink and color on paper with the main subject of a demon or <em>oni</em>. The demon has horns in its head and stands as if in motion. On its front leg closest to the viewer is a piece of paper with writing. Above its head is an inscription in four lines descending in order from the upper right. On the bottom right corner is another inscription followed by two red seals.

Japanese
Demon Soliticing Contributions
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
35 5/16 in. x 10 3/4 in. ( 89.7 cm x 27.3 cm )
Gift of Rudolf and Mary Arnheim

Japanese
Netsuke of man tossing demon-repelling beans, while a demon hides behind a screen
ivory
1 13/16 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in (4.6 cm x 5.4 cm x 3.5 cm)
Gift of the William T. and Dora G. Hunter Collection

Nepali
Devimahatmya manuscript page: The Goddess Ambika fights a host of demons
ink and opaque watercolor on paper
4 5/8 in. x 8 1/16 in. ( 11.75 cm x 20.48 cm )
Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund

Jacques Callot
La Tentation de St. Antoine
etching on paper
14 in x 18 ⅛ in (35.56 cm x 46.04 cm);22 1/16 in x 28 1/16 in (56.04 cm x 71.28 cm);14 in x 18 3/16 in (35.56 cm x 46.2 cm)
Museum Purchase

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Here comes the bogey-man (Que viene el coco.)
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 1/2 in x 6 in (21.59 cm x 15.24 cm);8 1/4 in x 5 5/16 in (20.96 cm x 13.49 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

Bust of a figure from the chest up in three-quarters pose. The head, or perhaps a mask, is white, resembling a skull with a halo of white hair. The neck is dark brown with two white bands like chokers around it, perhaps securing the mask. The figure wears a dark red garment that is trimmed in ornate lace in white and gold. The background is a deep teal green-blue.

Guillermo Meza
Ah Puch
oil on canvas
45 3/8 in x 33 7/16 in (115.2 cm x 85 cm);46 1/4 in x 34 1/2 in x 1 in (117.48 cm x 87.63 cm x 2.54 cm)
Museum Purchase

Adolph Gottlieb
Beasts at Night
gouache on off-white wove paper
18 in x 23 3/4 in (45.7 cm x 60.3 cm);26 1/16 in x 32 1/16 in (66.2 cm x 81.5 cm);18 in x 23 7/8 in (45.8 cm x 60.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Florence L. Stol

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