Exchange: F17 Ball - ENGLISH 125 - Writing and Academic Inquiry

F17 Ball - ENGLISH 125 - Writing and Academic Inquiry

Art related to the novel, Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward

An aerial view of a flooded farmhouse, outbuildings and trees with boats at the farmhouse door.

Arthur Rothstein
Mississippi River Flood
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

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A man standing in the middle of a street that had been flooded. There are piles of debris in front of the houses.

Leonard Freed
Debris Piled by Side of Road After Flood, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
8 x 10 in. ( 20.32 x 25.4 cm )
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

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Square black and white monotype image of mottled waves.

Joseph Friebert
Flood
monotype on paper
15 in x 11 in (38.1 cm x 27.94 cm)
Gift of the Joseph and Betsy Ritz Friebert Family Partnership and Kohler Foundation, Inc.

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A "Norton Abrasives" wooden crate is filled with empty rusted gallon paint containers with dried paint inside. A cracked rearview mirror is attached to one side and an American flag is smushed into one side of the box. A small toy platypus sits inside one of the paint cans, although the platypus is moveable; instructions to museum state that museum staff can place platypus where they please.

Tyree Guyton
Untitled (Paint Cans)
paint cans, wooden crate, American flag, rearview mirror, and ceramic figurine
33 1/2 in x 28 1/8 in x 12 in (85.09 cm x 71.44 cm x 30.48 cm)
Gift of H. David Zucca

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Baldwin Lee
Untitled, Columbia, SC
gelatin silver print on paper
15 7/8 in x 20 1/16 in (40.32 cm x 50.96 cm)
Museum Purchase

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Baldwin Lee
Untitled, Monroe, LA
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 19 7/8 in (40.64 cm x 50.48 cm)
Museum Purchase

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A photograph of a young girl looking out of a window in a log cabin. The inside of the wooden window is pasted with newspaper advertisements.

Arthur Rothstein
Girl at Gee's Bend
gelatin silver print on paper
19 15/16 in x 15 15/16 in (50.6 cm x 40.5 cm);24 1/8 in x 20 1/16 in (61.3 cm x 51 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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Baldwin Lee
Untitled, Vicksburg, MS
gelatin silver print on paper
15 7/8 in x 20 1/16 in (40.32 cm x 50.96 cm)
Museum Purchase

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Baldwin Lee
Untitled, Vicksburg, MS
gelatin silver print on paper
16 1/16 in x 19 15/16 in (40.8 cm x 50.64 cm);16 1/8 in x 20 in (40.96 cm x 50.8 cm);15 1/8 in x 19 in (38.42 cm x 48.26 cm);22 1/4 in x 28 1/4 in (56.52 cm x 71.75 cm)
Museum Purchase

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This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.

Carrie Mae Weems
After Manet
chromogenic print on paper
33 ¾ in x 33 ¾ in x 1 ½ in (85.73 cm x 85.73 cm x 3.81 cm);33 ¾ in x 33 ¾ in x 1 ½ in (85.73 cm x 85.73 cm x 3.81 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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This pop-up book has laser-cut black silhouettes on white paper. Text contrasts with background; white text on black pages, black text on white pages. There is a ship embossed on the cover of the book.

Kara Walker
Freedom, a Fable
paper
9 5/16 in x 8 3/8 in (23.6 cm x 21.3 cm)
Gift of The Peter Norton Family Foundation

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A black and white photograph of a house, single level, positioned to the right of the shot. Three children stand to the left, holding tires, and four more are on the porch.

Danny Lyon
A house in the Delta
gelatin silver print on paper
8 ¾ in x 12 ¾ in (22.23 cm x 32.38 cm);11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

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