Exchange: F14 Gibelyou - UC 254 - Predicting the Future. Visions of the Future and the Past

F14 Gibelyou - UC 254 - Predicting the Future. Visions of the Future and the Past

Franz Marc
Tierlegende
woodcut on paper
7 3/4 in x 9 7/16 in (19.68 cm x 23.97 cm);7 3/4 in x 9 7/16 in (19.68 cm x 23.97 cm);19 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in (48.89 cm x 36.2 cm)
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser

Night view of New York City skyscrapers seen from above.

Berenice Abbott
New York at Night
gelatin silver print on paper
13 3/8 in x 10 1/2 in (33.97 cm x 26.67 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm);20 1/16 in x 16 in (50.96 cm x 40.64 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern and the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund

Michael Kenna
The Rouge Study #60, Dearborn, MI
sepia-toned gelatin silver print on paper
7 15/16 in x 7 1/2 in (20.2 cm x 19 cm)
Gift of Shirley Kollins in memory of Lee Kollins

André Masson
The Industrial Beast (La Bête industrielle), Plate IX from "Bestiary (Bestiaire)"
lithograph on paper
16 in x 12 in (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm);16 in x 12 in (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm)
Museum Purchase

This woodcut print is vertically oriented. The upper half of the piece is celestial with an angel standing on a cloud blowing a trumpet. Men on fire-breathing beasts exit from the clouds. At the very top center, a white-bearded figure, shown from the torso to the head, holds four trumpets. Rays emanate from his head to form a halo, and he is framed in a half circle. Directly below him is an altar with vines on the sides and four child-faces spitting water out. The upper right corner features an angel blowing a trumpet and the upper left features a smiling angel with hands clasped in prayer. The lower half of the print is terrestrial and depicts a chaotic battle scene. Four angels with wings and swords attack a crowd of men, including a pope, a bishop and a king, as well as commoners. These figures are all crowded into the foreground with contorted postures. There is a city on a hill visible in the distance. The center bottom has Dürer’s signature of letter "D" contained within a letter &q

Albrecht Dürer
The Four Avenging Angels from the 'Apocalypse'
woodcut on laid paper
15 15/16 in x 11 3/10 in (40.48 cm x 28.73 cm);22 in x 18 ⅛ in (55.88 cm x 46.04 cm)
Gift of the Friends of the Museum of Art in honor of Bret Waller

This painted miniature Shahnama page was made by the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460 in Baghdad, Iraq. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene depicts <em>Gaiumart the First Shah</em> from the Shahnama, the Persian book of kings.

Iranian
Gaiumart the First Shah, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
10 7/16 in. x 7 1/16 in. ( 26.5 cm x 18 cm )
Museum Purchase

John Tunnard
South Polar Quadrille
ink, colored crayons, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper
15 1/8 x 22 1/16 in. (38.4 x 56 cm);26 1/8 x 32 1/8 in. (66.2 x 81.5 cm);15 3/16 x 22 1/8 in. (38.42 x 56.04 cm)
Museum Purchase

In the foreground, there is a man laying on a large human-sized book, one hand on his chin and the other holding a pencil to the page. In front of his pencil, the text "Mendez" and "1945" is printed. On the pages of the book are a skeleten-creature and on the opposite page an angel. Behind the man and the book is a large cactus, and then a large cross rises from its base. The cross is encircled by a large snake-like creature whose head is open, facing away, and an eagle is crucified with knives. Coming from the ends of the cross are what seems to be spears, pointing clockwise. Behind this foreground scene, there is an army marching under a flag with the skull and crossbones. A priest follows behind the army, seemingly coming from the open mouth of the large serpent whose tail holds the feet of the crucified eagle. To the left there are two more crucified figures, whose crosses are on fire. In the far background, there is a vista of a large city.

Leopoldo Méndez
Lo que puede venir
woodcut on paper
12 in x 6 15/16 in (30.48 cm x 17.62 cm);14 ¼ in x 10 ⅜ in (36.2 cm x 26.35 cm);22 ⅛ in x 18 ⅛ in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm)
Museum Purchase

Along the bottom of the composition are two horizontal bands with white borders. Within these bands are organic shapes bordered in dark lines. At the top half of the composition is square with white borders that showcases a heavily lined scene reminiscent of waves in the ocean. The background of the piece is highly texturized.

Gabor Peterdi
A Genesis
color etching on paper
20 1/16 in x 14 ⅝ in (50.96 cm x 37.15 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Gulick

Ernst Haas
Arizona, from "The Creation"
dye transfer print on paper
12 7/8 in. x 19 1/2 in. ( 32.7 cm x 49.5 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

This photograph depicts a desert landscape with a craggy rock formation rising in the far distance in the central portion of the horizon. A dirt road extends through the foreground. The top half of the image depicts a vast, cloudless sky in tones of blue and pink.

Richard Misrach
Shiprock Triptych #2
cibachrome print on paper
8 1/16 in x 10 1/16 in (20.48 cm x 25.56 cm)
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick

This photograph depicts an aerial view of an earth work of a human figure encased by the shape of a pentagon.

Marilyn Bridges
Ha-ak, Blythe Site #1, Blythe, CA
gelatin silver print on paper
20 in x 24 in (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)

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