Exchange: The Anthropological Body

The Anthropological Body

Barbara Morgan
Valerie Bettis
gelatin silver print on paper
10 7/8 in. x 14 in. ( 27.7 cm x 35.5 cm )
Gift of the Willard and Barbara Morgan Archives

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Barbara Morgan
Erick Hawkins in 'El Penitente'
gelatin silver print on paper
20 in. x 10 3/16 in. ( 50.8 cm x 25.9 cm )
Gift of the Willard and Barbara Morgan Archives

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Photograph depicting two men engaged in calisthenics, using their joined hands and connected knees to pull away from each other. In the background a man lies on the same wooden deck, while another man clothed in a towel can be seen in the background of the image.

André Kertész
My Brothers
gelatin silver print on paper
7 3/4 in x 9 11/16 in (19.68 cm x 24.61 cm);14 5/16 in x 19 5/16 in (36.35 cm x 49.05 cm);7 15/16 in x 9 15/16 in (20.16 cm x 25.24 cm);7 3/4 in x 9 11/16 in (19.68 cm x 24.61 cm)
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Strauss

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Max Waldman
Pain, performed by Paul Sanasardo, Judith Blackstone, New York, 1970
gelatin silver print on paper
19 15/16 in. x 15 7/8 in. ( 50.6 cm x 40.3 cm )
Transfer from the University of Michigan Dance Department

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Max Waldman
Pain, performed by Paul Sanasardo, Judith Blackstone, New York, 1970
gelatin silver print on paper
15 15/16 in. x 19 15/16 in. ( 40.5 cm x 50.6 cm )
Transfer from the University of Michigan Dance Department

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Rick Chapman
Sammy Sosa, Chicago, Illinois, from "The ESPY Collection"
gelatin silver print on paper
14 in x 10 15/16 in (35.5 cm x 27.8 cm)
Gift of the artist

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A photograph of a leaping man in mid-air with arms outstretched and legs tucked backward viewed from below.

Aaron Siskind
Terrors and Pleasures of Levitation, No. 99
gelatin silver print on paper
6 13/16 in x 4 9/16 in (17.3 cm x 11.59 cm);4 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in (11.75 cm x 11.43 cm);19 3/8 in x 14 3/8 in (49.21 cm x 36.51 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation

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A group of dancers caught in motion; all leaping in the air in synchrony with their bodies hunched over.

Barbara Morgan
Charles Weidman—Lynchtown—(Humphrey-Weidman group)
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm);22 1/8 in x 28 3/16 in (56.2 cm x 71.6 cm)
Gift of the Willard and Barbara Morgan Archives.

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Eight male figures (three kneeling in front and five standing in back) wearing orange tank tops and white shorts face the viewer; two basketballs and five trophies between figures in the foreground. Figures stand in front of a background of fragmented, arched and circular areas of color in blues and golds.

Jacob Lawrence
Champions
tempera over black colored pencil on wood board
19 13/16 in x 24 in (50.32 cm x 60.96 cm);18 1/8 in x 9 3/8 in (46.04 cm x 23.81 cm)
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis

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In an interior space, a large group of men stand with their right arms out and their left elbows bent with their hands on their hips. They are all facing a man whose back is to the viewer. He is also holding his right arm out.

George Wesley Bellows
Business-Men's Class
lithograph on wove paper
15 3/4 in x 21 in (40 cm x 53.3 cm);22 in x 28 1/16 in (55.9 cm x 71.3 cm)
Museum Purchase

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William Horace Littlefield
Fallen Boxer
etching on paper
8 9/16 in x 15 ⅝ in (21.75 cm x 39.69 cm)
Gift of William H. Littlefield

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William Horace Littlefield
Boxing (La Boxe; Series of Six Prints)
lithograph on paper
23 ½ in x 15 ⅝ in (59.69 cm x 39.69 cm);28 1/16 in x 22 1/16 in (71.28 cm x 56.04 cm);23 ½ in x 15 ⅝ in (59.69 cm x 39.69 cm);18 ½ in x 11 ½ in (46.99 cm x 29.21 cm)
Museum Purchase

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