Dada and Neo-Dada

This drawing has abstract forms done in black, brown and white against a plain cream colored background. The forms overlap and bleed color into each other. Some text in the bottom right corner shows "RR 17".
Hans Richter
Dadakopf
ink and gouache on paper
16 1/4 in. x 14 in. ( 41.28 cm x 35.56 cm )
Gift of Dr. Daniel and Sandra Mato
This abstract composition shows a loose collection of shapes, out of which appears the profile of a human head, showing the left side of the face. Around the head are arrows, circles with spokes, cross-hatched lines, a number four, and a heart. 
Kurt Schwitters
Komposition mit Kopf im Profil
lithograph on paper
15 1/4 in x 11 1/8 in (38.74 cm x 28.26 cm);19 in x 14 in (48.26 cm x 35.56 cm)
Museum Purchase
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
In Prison
ink on wove paper
18 13/16 in x 12 3/8 in (47.78 cm x 31.43 cm);24 in x 17 1/2 in (60.96 cm x 44.45 cm)
Gift of Herbert Barrows
George Grosz
The Family
brush and ink on cream-colored paper
23 3/8 in. x 18 1/8 in. ( 59.3 cm x 46 cm )
Museum Purchase
This is a red line drawing on cream colored paper. There are curvilinear lines of various lengths and widths with an artist's signature in the lower right corner- "Robert Schwitters, 3.8.1926."
Kurt Schwitters
Untitled
red crayon on medium thick, medium textured cream wove paper
19 1/4 x 14 5/16 in. (48.89 x 36.35 cm);19 1/4 x 14 5/16 in. (48.89 x 36.35 cm)
Gift of Herbert Barrows
George Grosz
The Hero (Der Held)
lithograph on paper
12 3/4 x 8 13/16 in. (32.23 x 22.38 cm);21.9 x 17.9 in. (55.72 x 45.56 cm)
Museum Purchase
In front, a woman wearing a hat depicted in profile faces to the left with three male figures behind her, one of which, depicted in profile and facing to the right, has the top of his head cut off; the background is comprised of architectural and figural fragments.
George Grosz
Streetscene (Strassenszene)
lithograph on paper
20 ½ in x 15 ⅛ in (52.07 cm x 38.42 cm)
Museum Purchase
George Grosz
Religion of the Sword
ink on paper
25 5/16 in x 19 13/16 in (64.29 cm x 50.32 cm);30 in x 24 3/4 in (76.2 cm x 62.87 cm)
Gift of Helmut Stern
A small, thin silver disk. In the center are seven convex circular protrusions (one in the center surrounded symmetrically by the six others) that appear like balls set within individual depressions. There are other less uniform depressions surrounding the center design. An incised line runs around the circumference.
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp Art Medal 28/100, based on Sink Stopper (Bouche Évier), 1964
silver
2 7/16 in. x 2 7/16 in. x 3/8 in. ( 6.2 cm x 6.2 cm x 1 cm )
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
This small sculpture is made from crumpled paper and aluminum foil coated in resin. One end of the sculpture is blue, the other a brown-red, and the center is silver.  Pieces of paper which look like newsprint are stuck to the bottom of the sculpture. The piece is deceptively light.
John A. Chamberlain
Untitled
paper, aluminum foil, glue, and painted resin
4 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in (11.75 cm x 19.05 cm x 13.02 cm);8 7/16 in x 10 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in (21.43 cm x 26.04 cm x 26.04 cm)
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
Jim Dine
Throat, from the portfolio "11 Pop Artists"
silkscreen on paper
30 in x 24 in (76.2 cm x 60.96 cm);36 in x 30 in (91.44 cm x 76.2 cm)
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
Jim Dine
Art
screenprint and lithograph on paper
35 x 24 3/4 in. (88.9 x 62.8 cm);40 15/16 x 31 1/16 in. (103.9 x 78.8 cm)
Gift of Joshua L. Mack

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50 Collection Object Sources

Dadakopf (2004/2.22)
In Prison (2000/2.224)
The Family (1949/1.204)
Untitled (2000/2.175)
Untitled (1997/1.120)
Art (1997/2.23)
Braid (1974/1.249)
Voice (1968/2.27)
Ventriloquist (2011/1.61)
Souvenir (1983/1.150)
Untitled (1996/1.70)
Stunt Man III (1964/1.88)
Cliché Vere (2006/2.78)
Tilt (1989/1.55)
Flirt (1983/1.137)
Rival (1972/2.377)
Prize (1974/1.256)
Score (2011/1.66)
5:29 Bay Shore (2011/1.69)
Untitled (1976/2.106)
$108 Bill (1976/2.111)
A Lie (1985/2.18)
Mother© (1985/2.19)
Untitled (1987/2.7)
Dutch Master (2000/2.252)
Ctric News Topi (1983/1.194)

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