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W15 McAdams - ENGLISH 124 - Robots

Eugène Atget
Men's Fashions
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
10 in x 13 in (25.4 cm x 33.02 cm);19 3/10 in x 14 3/10 in (49.05 cm x 36.35 cm);13 in x 10 in (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm);9 in x 6 4/5 in (22.86 cm x 17.3 cm)
Museum Purchase

Elliott Erwitt
Wilmington, North Carolina, from "Master Prints Volume II"
gelatin silver print on paper
19 15/16 in x 23 15/16 in (50.64 cm x 60.8 cm);21 15/16 in x 27 15/16 in (55.72 cm x 70.96 cm)
Gift of Mr. Clayton E. Wilhite

This photograph depicts two models standing in an elegant interior. They are embracing and kissing, posed to appear as mannequins.

Helmut Newton
Mannequins, Quai d'Orsay, Paris
gelatin silver print on paper
12 3/16 in x 8 1/16 in (30.96 cm x 20.48 cm)
Gift of Gerald and Selma Lotenberg

George Grosz
Streetscene (Strassenszene)
lithograph on paper
20 ½ in x 15 ⅛ in (52.07 cm x 38.42 cm)
Museum Purchase

A man clothed in pants, shoes, and a long-sleeved shirt sits at a small table with his hands folded. Part of a loaf of bread sits on the upper left corner of the table. The man is in a small room with a small, square, barred window high on the wall behind him. There is a toilet without a lid behind him to his left.

George Grosz
In Prison
ink on wove paper
18 13/16 in x 12 3/8 in (47.78 cm x 31.43 cm);24 in x 17 1/2 in (60.96 cm x 44.45 cm)
Gift of Herbert Barrows

At the center of the print are two faceless figures. Located in the corner of room, near a door that is ajar, the one figure is standing barefoot and wearing draped clothing. The second figure sits to the left in cushioned chair; his legs and lower arms (below his elbows) are encased in brick facade; upper arms and body are columns. The seated figure wears a top hat that is outlined in blue and there are blue dots on their bodies. Bricks on the right side of body are brown. The print is signed (l.r.) "G. de Chirico" and numbered (l.l.) "28/100" in pencil.

Giorgio de Chirico
Il ritorno del figliol prodigo
color lithograph on paper
20 3/4 in x 16 in (52.71 cm x 40.64 cm);28 1/16 in x 22 1/16 in (71.28 cm x 56.04 cm);20 3/4 in x 16 in (52.71 cm x 40.64 cm);16 3/8 in x 12 1/4 in (41.59 cm x 31.12 cm)
Museum Purchase

André Masson
The Industrial Beast (La Bête industrielle), Plate IX from "Bestiary (Bestiaire)"
lithograph on paper
16 in x 12 in (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm);16 in x 12 in (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm)
Museum Purchase

Michelle Andonian
Fleetwood Cadillac Plant, from "Detroit Focus 2000"
black and white photograph on paper
11 in x 14 in (27.9 cm x 35.5 cm)
Gift of Detroit Focus 2000, and partial purchase with funds from the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund

Jim Dine
Art
screenprint and lithograph on paper
35 x 24 3/4 in. (88.9 x 62.8 cm);40 15/16 x 31 1/16 in. (103.9 x 78.8 cm)
Gift of Joshua L. Mack

A mixed media assemblage consisting of welding goggles, rusted metal, a padlock, and two rusted bells hanging from a chain mounted on a wooden board with screws. The position of the objects, with goggles at the top, makes the assemblage look vaguely face-like.

George Vargas
Michigan Worker
welding goggles, metal, hanging bells, rusty bottle cap, pulleys, chains, and padlock mounted on plywood
20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in (53.02 cm x 26.35 cm x 6.51 cm);20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in (53.02 cm x 26.35 cm x 6.51 cm)
Gift of the artist

This vertical oriented print shows a robot sitting on a chair with a revolver in his right hand.

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
No Heroes Developed
screenprint on paper
14 15/16 in x 10 in (37.94 cm x 25.4 cm)
Gift of Professor Diane M. Kirkpatrick

This dark maroon print shows a frontal, three-quarter view of a robotic female who looks off to the left.

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
Twenty Traumatic Twinges
screenprint on paper
14 15/16 in x 10 in (37.94 cm x 25.4 cm)
Gift of Professor Diane M. Kirkpatrick

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