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Theodore Polos
Twin Peaks
1938
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
1943.108
The composition has a wide path in the middle heading into the background, with buildings on eiher side and three telephone poles in the middle. The top of a tree can be seen over the buildings in the top left of the scene. The front center portion of the pathway has some darker horizontal marks, and a dark figure is on the pathway in the center right of the composition.
Saitō Kiyoshi (Japanese (culture or style))
Biyakugoji, Nara
1963
Gift of Dr. Lawrence Preuss
1986/2.68
A long street recedes at the center of the image. In the center is a flagpole surmounted by a winged lion (symbol of St. Mark, and therefore of Venice). In the foreground at lower left is a group of women seated working together making lace. Other than a man and boy at the right of the flagpole, the street is largely empty.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Mast, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
1879 – 1880
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.383
Photograph of metal chairs in a park adjacent to the Champs-Élysées Avenue in Paris. In the background, a woman walks by.
André Kertész (American (North American))
Chairs of Paris
1927
Gift of Maxine and Lawrence K. Snider
2013/2.295
This photograph depicts a view of an urban scene with telephone poles and electrical wires strung up and down a winding street.<br />
 
Kristin Capp (American (North American))
Wires, Santa Tereza, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2003
Gift of Ms. Kathleen Lauster and Mr. Jarir Derouach
2014/2.371

Elliott Erwitt
Ballycotton, Ireland, from "Master Prints Volume II"
1968 – 1985
Gift of Mr. Clayton E. Wilhite
1987/1.253.4
This photograph depicts a cement interior with individuals on foot and in cars passing before a large American flag mural painted on the wall.
Robert Frank (American (North American))
American Flag in Brick Wall
1956
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952
2000/2.134

Bruce Davidson
Untitled (Child in Graveyard), from "Welsh Miners"
1981
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
1983/2.243.9

Leonard Pytlak
Underpass
1939
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
1943.112

Nancy R. Davison
Ocean Avenue Extension
1982
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
1984/2.3
An open piazza that borders the water is dominated by a mast just to the right of center. In the foreground there is a group of figures, as well as in front of the buildings that form the perimeter of the square. In the distance is a pedestrian bridge as well as the masts of ships in the water.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Little Mast, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
1879 – 1880
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.373

John Tunnard
South Polar Quadrille
1947
Museum Purchase
1954/2.49
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