W15 Najarian - Intro to Acting: 20th-century American Realism in Acting

In an interior composed of muted browns, red, and green paint, a woman sits on a couch or bed with her legs crossed, leaning with her chin in her left hand while holding a handkerchief in her right hand. She gazes directly at the viewer.
Frederick Carl Frieseke
Hélène
oil on canvas
25 9/16 in x 32 in (64.93 cm x 81.28 cm);33 ½ in x 39 ½ in x 2 ¼ in (85.09 cm x 100.33 cm x 5.72 cm)
Gift of Mr. John B. Tillotson
William Horace Littlefield
Standing Boxer
etching on paper
8 ⅜ in x 4 ⅞ in (21.27 cm x 12.38 cm)
Gift of William H. Littlefield
Portrait of the actress Greta Garbo. 
Edward Steichen
Greta Garbo
gelatin silver print on paper
13 7/8 in x 10 7/8 in (35.24 cm x 27.62 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm);14 7/16 in x 11 3/16 in (36.67 cm x 28.42 cm)
Museum Purchase
John Sloan
Strikers and Scabs (or Inferiors and Equals)
crayon, graphite, black ink on tracing paper mounted on rice paper
17 ¼ in x 18 11/16 in (43.82 cm x 47.47 cm);26 1/16 in x 32 1/16 in (66.2 cm x 81.44 cm);17 ¼ in x 18 11/16 in (43.82 cm x 47.47 cm)
Museum Purchase
Sears Gallagher
(Christmas Card)
etching on paper
3 15/16 x 4 7/8 in. (10 x 12.3 cm);2 15/16 x 4 in. (7.46 x 10.16 cm)
Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Alfred H. White
Jean Paul Slusser
Bathers
linoleum cut on paper
6 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (16.5 x 23.7 cm);6 1/2 x 9 5/16 in. (16.5 x 23.6 cm);19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in. (49 x 36.3 cm);9 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. (25 x 32 cm)
Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Alfred H. White
Seven figures wearing brightly colored clothes dance together in a room.
Elizabeth Olds
Harlem Dancers
woodcut on paper
10 1/16 in x 14 ⅛ in (25.56 cm x 35.88 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Moses Oley
Worker with Mallet
lithograph on paper
16 ¼ in x 12 ¼ in (41.28 cm x 31.12 cm);16 ¼ in x 12 ¼ in (41.28 cm x 31.12 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Donato Rico
Conversation Piece
linoleum cut on paper
14 1/16 in x 12 1/16 in (35.72 cm x 30.64 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Eugene Fitsch
Men on a Parkbench
lithograph on paper
11 9/16 x 16 1/16 in. (29.3 x 40.7 cm)
Bequest of Jean Paul Slusser
Photograph of a woman reading at a bus stop in front of a department store vitrine.
Walker Evans
Woman Reading at the Bus Stop in Front of S. Klein on the Square Department Store, Union Square East, New York City
gelatin silver print on paper
7 in x 5 1/4 in (17.78 cm x 13.34 cm);19 3/8 in x 14 3/8 in (49.21 cm x 36.51 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the Centennial of The Michigan Daily
This etching contains two standing women at a counter. The woman on the right drinks while the woman on the left eats. They both have hats on; the woman on the right wears high heels, a knee-length skirt, and a petticoat.
Isabel Bishop
Lunch Counter
etching on paper
19 11/16 in x 14 5/8 in x 5/8 in (50 cm x 37.2 cm x 1.6 cm);7 1/4 in x 3 15/16 in (18.5 cm x 10 cm)
Gift of Clan Crawford, Jr.

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