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A nude model sits against a cabinet reading. She is shown largely in profile; her head, wraped in a scarf, looks down at the book she holds. She faces left and her left leg is crossed over the right. Behind her on the cabinet are objects including fabric.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Little Nude Model Reading
1890
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.428
&quot;The&nbsp;composition&nbsp;is&nbsp;classic&nbsp;for&nbsp;Chikuto&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;central&nbsp;foreground&nbsp;grouping&nbsp;of&nbsp;trees, a&nbsp;low&nbsp;middle&nbsp;ground&nbsp;area, and&nbsp;a steeply&nbsp;rising&nbsp;series&nbsp;of&nbsp;hills.&nbsp;The&nbsp;large&nbsp;trees&nbsp;have&nbsp;curving trunks&nbsp;outlined&nbsp;by&nbsp;sinuous&nbsp;dry&nbsp;brushwork&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;Chikuto trademark.&nbsp;The&nbsp;varied&nbsp;brushwork&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;foliage&nbsp;suggests&nbsp;a wide&nbsp;variety&nbsp;of&nbsp;plants.&nbsp;The&nbsp;soft&nbsp;pastel&nbsp;tints&nbsp;are characteristic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Chikuto&#39;s, reserved&nbsp;palette.&quot;<br /> <br /> <b id="docs-internal-guid-6eefd8f4-7fff-20d5-0596-42dde0727b25">Adams, Celeste, and Paul Berry. <em>Heart, Mountains, and Human Ways: Japanese Landscape and Figure Painting: a Loan Exhibition from the University of Michigan Museum of Art.</em> Museum of Fine Arts, 1983.</b>&nbsp;
Nakabayashi Chikutō
Mountain Landscape in Summer
1800 – 1849
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1982/2.56
This is an abstract print, vertically oriented, with a multicolored background of yellow, orange, blue, and shades of black and brown. There are three large blue oval shapes towards the center with soft black lines and shapes over the colors.
André Masson (French (culture or style))
Composition
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase
1957/2.21
This half-length pastel portrait depicts a woman looking directly out of the portrait with her body turned slightly toward her right. She wears an elaborate diaphanous collar with lace fringes that is tied at the neck with a pink ribbon and a dress made of luxurious fabrics. While the face of the sitter is smooth and idealized, her clothing is rendered with meticulous attention to detail and texture.
Francis Cotes
The Honorable Mrs. John Proby, Later Lady Carysfort (née Elizabeth Allen)
1751
Museum Purchase
1965/1.186
This portrait of a middle aged man is shown in a bust-length view, looking at the viewer, much as if this were a miniature on ivory. The man wears a dark blue coat with a white collar and cravat.
Louis Boilly
Portrait of Lafayette (?)
1761 – 1845
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
1973/2.41
Olitski has covered nearly the entire canvas in the same grey acrylic using a spray gun.  On the right side of the canvas, there is a group of vertical lines in red, blue, and white. 
Jules Olitski (American (North American))
Absalom Passage—18
1973
Purchase made possible by the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Gosman
1973/2.82

Claude Emile Schuffenecker
Peasant Woman
1851 – 1934
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hirschl
1979/2.135

Albert Joseph Moore (British (modern))
Figure of a Woman
1841 – 1893
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1955/1.108

Adelaide Cole Chase (American (North American))
The Parkers' House
1868 – 1944
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.214

Bill Jensen (American (North American))
Red Passion
1977
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
1997/1.126
This print shows an image of a portion of a skyscraper building. The building has alternating rows of light and dark grey-blue windows, which fade into shades of purple towards the top. In the background, orange and yellow sky with grey clouds is visible and a small smoke stack can be seen in the distance. The print is numbered (l.l.) "7/20" and signed (l.r.) "leJeune" in pencil.
Philippe LeJeune (French (culture or style))
Image
1985
Gift of Claire Spitler
1986/2.64.4
This watercolor, chalk and pastel on brown paper depicts a loosely sketched landscape with a dramatic grey-blue cloud taking up most of the composition. A triangular sliver of green and white water interrupts the land and sky from the left below the horizon line. The foreground is rendered in a broad wash of brown watercolor.
John Linnell
Landscape with Stormy Sky
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2012/2.221
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