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A photograph from a rooftop. An entrance to the roof is seen in the foreground adjacent to a wall covered in graffiti. Beyond the architecture of the roof, a flock of pigeons flies in an open sky.
Danny Lyon (American (North American))
Roof Top, Cypress Avenue
1992
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
2013/2.355
A photograph of an elderly man in an interior space. In the foreground, three pigeons sit on top of a large cage. The man holds a fourth bird and another cage sits behind him.
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French (culture or style))
Henri Matisse, Vence, France
1944
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
1999/1.97
A young soldier crouches down amid a crowd of people to feed a large flock of pigeons. 
Dmitri Baltermants (Russian (culture or style))
On Holiday: Young Soldier Feeds the Pigeons, Red Square, Moscow
1947
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)
2012/2.91
A photograph of exterior walls. A doorway is visible in the top right of the image, with a large open gateway below. In the lower left of the frame, a pigeon is silhouetted against the gateway. The monochrome photograph has a flattened depth of field.
Pete Turner (American (North American))
Doorway to Nowhere
1963
Gift of Selma and Gerald Lotenberg
2004/2.131.7
A photograph of a view from a rooftop. A man stands on the left side of the composition, watching pigeons fly above the scene. In the distance, more pigeons flock above the skyline.
Danny Lyon (American (North American))
Pigeon Coop
1992
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
2013/2.351
The apple-green fabric is pure silk brocade, woven in an overall pattern of maple leaves scattered on a flowing stream—an allusion to a famous classical poem. Lying on top of the brocade is a thick layer of embroidery, with plum blossoms in red silk, and pine branches and doves in dazzling metallic threads of gold, silver, and copper.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Wedding cloak
1920 – 1980
Gift of Diana and Theodore Golden
1986/1.215
A flock of pigeons take flight in a large public square.
Dmitri Baltermants (Russian (culture or style))
The Pigeons of Red Square
1939 – 1990
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
2016/2.431
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