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A young woman in a black dress and white shawl holds a croquet mallet behind her back. She stands in the midground of the composition in a sunlit patch of grass strewn with three croquet In the foreground, three croquet balls mirror the wickets, and a white dog sits beneath a tree amongst a watering can and many small flower pots. Two more young women kneel and lounge in the grass in the background next to a small round pond with a fountain; an arcade of columns can be seen beyond the water.<br />
Signed and dated, in the plate, l.l.: "J.J. Tissot / 1878"
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French (culture or style))
Le Croquet
1878
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2014/2.223

Guy Krogh
Untitled [Four children in costumes]
1952
Bequest of Alva Gordon Sink
1998/2.21
This print consists of a series of horizontal bands that are made up of a variety of patterns, from grids to dots. The colors used are black, dark and light orange, yellow, pink, tan, white, blue, and red. At the base of the print, there is text in tan that reads: "The theory of relativity, may certainly be a true description of the facts concerned, even though the theory a theory which took such liberties fully, with the help of what is nothing but a host of metaphors taken from the languages of physics, of biology, and of social life, works out / their categorical structure, and only recasts what has formed concentric circles, surrounded by smaller orbs of the same space; then again a vertical band filled with horizontal strokes; and lastly, two vertical bands of concentric circles". The print is signed and numbered (l.r.) "Eduardo Paolozzi A.P 7".
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (British (modern))
Theory of Relativity
1967
Gift of Professor Diane M. Kirkpatrick
2000/2.11.9
Sticker added to front of the print stamped with the numbers "1345". Colors: green, blue, purple, peach, yellow. Paper size: lh 44 &amp; rh 44 1/5cm x tw 61 2/5cm &amp; bw 61 3/10cm. Plate &amp; Image Size: lh 30 4/5cm &amp; rh 30 3/5cm x tw 45 3/5cm &amp; bw 45 2/5cm.
Artist Unknown
Mother and Children in Garden
Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.
2008/2.442
In this photograph of a young girl she wears a light-colored dress and is standing underneath a wisteria plant. The plant grows over a wooden fence. The girl holds plant material in her hands.
Kay Denton (American (North American))
The Foundling #6
1998
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
2013/2.118
In the lower third of the hanging scroll are three figures. Tao Yuanming is the larger figure on the right with his two attendants on the left. They are divided by a table. In the background is a screen which separates the figures from the landscape.
Nakabayashi Chikkei
Tao Yüan-ming
1840 – 1867
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1982/1.197
This photograph shows the photographer Alfred Stieglitz seated in an interior, a tall, vertical painting by Georgia O’Keeffe positioned on a picture railing above his head.
Ansel Adams (American (North American))
Alfred Stieglitz and Painting by Georgia O'Keeffe, at an American Place, New York City
1939 – 1944
Gift of Harry H. Lunn, Jr.
1987/1.170
This photograph depicts a crowd of people gathered outside on a low platform. The crowd appears to viewing an event happening in the sky above them. In the foreground stands a woman who faces the photographer, a camera raised to her eyes.
Garry Winogrand (American (North American))
Cape Kennedy, Florida
1969
Gift of Stanley T. Lesser, A.B. 1951, J.D. 1953
1981/2.65.1
A photograph of three people. On the left of the frame, a figure is obscured and silhouetted, looking out of the doorway where a young woman stands next to a young boy. 
Mel DiGiacomo
Untitled
1996 – 2006
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
2014/2.197
Photograph of a young girl reclining in a plush chair in an interior space. She crosses her legs, and dangles a string of gum above her mouth.
Kay Denton (American (North American))
Pleasure of Privacy: Gum
2000
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
2013/2.115
In this print, a woman in a patterned blue robe with white seals holds a black sash in both hands.  She looks over her left shoulder.  Behind her, a white and blue cloth is tied to the lattice on a wall.  A cylindrical lantern sits on the floor.<br />
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Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Toyokuni ga; Publisher’s seal: Akasaka Kichi; Censor’s seals: Ne 3, Mera, Watanabe; Mondo tsuma Oyasu
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese (culture or style))
Onoe Kikujirô II as Mondo's Wife, Oyasu; from Sumidagawa tsui no kagamon
1852
Gift of Herbert Barrows
2000/2.286
This bright, busy assemblage resembles Mexican folk art. Some elements within it are irridescent glass marbles, shards of glass, three owl figurines, a blue feather, part of a white china plate with a floral design, pieces of brightly colored Mexican terracotta pottery, and a broken W. Goebel "Barnyard Hero" figurine of a boy and duck. All are attached to a blue wooden board.
George Vargas
Children's Garden
2001
Gift of the artist
2004/1.156
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