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Three figures, two men and a woman, are seen seated around a round table with a lamp; all are engaged in reading in the pool of light provided by the lamp. The rest of the interior is fairly dark, particularly in the portion of the room behind the lamp. The man at the back of the table is shown roughly face-on; the man to the left is leaning back with his legs stretched out in front of him; the woman is closest to the viewer, shown in profile, holding her book fairly close to her face.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Music Room
1858
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.334
A man stands in an apron and rolled sleeves in the water door of a building along a canal. Another figure is seen kneeling and reaching down to the water at the left edge of the water door. The building and its reflection fills the frame; the emphasis is on the figures in the darkened opening, along with their reflections, while the upper story of the building is only summarily indicated.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Pierrot
1889
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.406
Smiling woman, slightly hunched and looking out at viewer, in see-through negligee pulling up her left stocking.
George Grosz (German (culture or style))
Woman in Negligee
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection
2007/2.80
5 men sitting, in various states of watching. 1 man in first "row," in hat, facing left with arms crossed. In 2nd row, three men - (l) head in hands, legs crossed; (c) man in suit and hat, looking at viewer, hand in groin; (r) slumped figure in hat and suit, spectacles, covers groin, looks at ground. 1 man in last row, in hat, looks to the left.
George Grosz (German (culture or style))
The Onlookers (Die Zuschauer)
1915 – 1916
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection
2007/2.120

Earl Cavis Kerkam
Nude
1946 – 1956
Gift of Herbert Barrows
2000/2.283
A man clothed in pants, shoes, and a long-sleeved shirt sits at a small table with his hands folded. Part of a loaf of bread sits on the upper left corner of the table. The man is in a small room with a small, square, barred window high on the wall behind him. There is a toilet without a lid behind him to his left.
George Grosz (German (culture or style))
In Prison
1918
Gift of Herbert Barrows
2000/2.224
In the top left, a volcano erupts with flame shooting upward. Around the volcano, wrapping from the center of the image to the lower left corner, are dozens of individuals who seem to be fleeing the eruption. The larged figure is a mother, a baby in her arms and her mouth and eyes wide open. The entire drawing consists of lines, including shading, with underlying washes of color.
Alfred Kubin (Austrian)
The Omen (Das Zeichen)
1907 – 1917
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection
2007/2.106
Man and woman at table. Man central figure, from top to bottom of image, with his right leg resting on his left knee and his face turned to look out, left. Man identified by detailed masculine face, short hair, pants and shirt with heeled shoes. Woman identified by skirt, heeled shoe, and hat. Only one foot visible, as she sits with her back to us. She is much smaller than the man's figure. Table has no visible support, no visible chairs, though figures appear to be sitting.
George Grosz (German (culture or style))
Couple
1915
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection
2007/2.109

Josef Mikl
Untitled
1963
Gift of Herbert Barrows
2000/2.215
The subject rests their head which is crooked in one direction. Their eyes are shut, brow furrowed, and mouth open to the surface that their head is resting upon.
Ronald Kitaj
Head
Gift of Herbert Barrows
2000/2.191

Philip Guston
Untitled
1964
Gift of Herbert Barrows
2000/2.234
A rural countryside with a river flowing into the distance at the right dominates the scene. Two figures in a rowboat are at the center of the image and at the lower right corner, an artist, seated on a camp stool and facing away from the viewer, sketches the rowers.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
Sketching, No. 1; an illustration for 'Passages from Modern English Poets'
1861
Museum purchase
1938.11
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