Cars and Car Culture

Ann Mikolowski
Super '76
lithograph on paper
30 1/8 in. x 22 5/16 in. ( 76.5 cm x 56.7 cm )
Gift of the Michigan Workshop of Fine Prints.
This photograph depicts a view of a landscape with streets lined with telephone poles and a rocky butte rising in the distance. The large, dark shadow of a car is cast on the road in the foreground.
Garry Winogrand
Castle Rock, Colorado
gelatin silver print on paper
9 1/16 in x 13 7/16 in (23.02 cm x 34.13 cm)
Gift of Stanley T. Lesser, A.B. 1951, J.D. 1953
Ron Kleemann
Gas Line, from "City-Scapes Portfolio"
screenprint on paper
22 1/16 x 29 15/16 in. (56 x 76 cm)
Gift of Eugene Schuster
This image depicts a driverless Model T Ford automobile sitting in front of a wooden barn.
Wright Morris
WR5 Model T in Front of Barn
gelatin silver print on paper
10 1/16 in x 7 7/8 in (25.5 cm x 20 cm);19 5/16 in x 14 5/16 in (49.05 cm x 36.35 cm);10 1/16 in x 7 15/16 in (25.5 cm x 20.2 cm);9 7/16 in x 7 1/2 in (24 cm x 19 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
Larry Rivers
Buick
graphite on paper
16 5/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. ( 42.3 cm x 35.3 cm )
Gift of Herbert Barrows
A profile view of a farmhouse featuring a car and a tree without leaves.
Walker Evans
Westchester, New York, Farmhouse
gelatin silver print on paper
18 in x 14 7/8 in (45.72 cm x 37.78 cm);22 in x 18 in (55.88 cm x 45.72 cm);4 13/16 in x 6 11/16 in (12.22 cm x 16.99 cm)
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
Tyree Guyton
Dotty-Wotty House
woodcut on paper
14 15/16 in. x 22 7/16 in. ( 38 cm x 57 cm )
Gift of Alexa Lee
Tyree Guyton
Dotty-Wotty House
etching and engraving on paper
14 15/16 in. x 22 7/16 in. ( 38 cm x 57 cm )
Gift of Alexa Lee
Tyree Guyton
Dotty Wotty 2

sugarlift on paper
30 in. x 22 7/16 in. ( 76.2 cm x 57 cm )
Gift of Alexa Lee
A sedan parked in an empty lot on a snowy night is illuminated by a brightly-lit electric Christmas star.
Joel Meyerowitz
JFK Airport, New York City
gelatin silver print on paper
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm);217 1/2 in x 22 1/8 in (552.45 cm x 56.2 cm)
Gift of Selma & Gerald Lotenberg
Courtyard behind a group of buildings with a car and several motorcycles parked in front.
Eugène Atget
Cour, Rue de Valence
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
10 in x 13 in (25.4 cm x 33.02 cm)
Museum Purchase
Robert Bechtle
'61 Pontiac
lithograph on paper
29 15/16 x 22 1/16 in. (75.9 x 55.9 cm)
Museum Purchase

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American Orientalist art at the turn of the 20th century
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78 Collection Object Sources

Super '76 (1976/2.82)
Buick (2000/2.204)
Dotty Wotty 2
(1995/1.51)
'61 Pontiac (1974/1.253)
World's Fair (2000/2.158.4)
Fifth Avenue, NYC (2000/2.158.6)
Pittsburgh, PA (1978/2.32)
Danville, Virginia (2000/2.139.2)
Chicago (2002/1.185)
Auto Wreck (1943.89)
Untitled (1977/1.158)
Near Kingston (1943.136)
Don's 1953 Ford (2013/2.341)
Young Mechanic (2013/2.342)
Caught Looking (2013/2.136)
American Gothic (2013/2.137)
Peace March (2013/2.94)
Knoxville, 1967 (2013/2.344)
Untitled (2014/2.123)
Untitled (2014/2.130)
Michigan Worker (2004/1.153)
Temple of Autos (2004/1.155)
Michael (2004/1.154)
Child Run Over (1949/2.59)

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