F16 Coursey - ENGLISH 125 - Satire and Composition

Honoré Victorin Daumier
Conférence de Londres
hand-colored lithograph on paper
8 13/16 in x 11 13/16 in (22.38 cm x 30 cm);18 in x 22 3/16 in (45.72 cm x 56.36 cm)
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
James Gillray
The Generae of Patriotism: or The Bloomsbury Farmer Planting Bedfordshire Whear
hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
9 3/4 in. x 13 13/16 in. ( 24.8 cm x 35.1 cm )
Museum Purchase
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Los Proverbios (also known as "Los Disparates"), plate 6: Hizonos dios y maravillamos nos ("It is amazing--and we were made by God") or Disparate furioso (Furious Folly)
etching and burnished aquatint on paper
9 5/8 in x 13 3/4 in (24.45 cm x 34.92 cm);18 in x 22 in (45.72 cm x 55.88 cm);8 9/16 in x 12 5/8 in (21.75 cm x 32.07 cm);9 5/8 in x 13 3/4 in (24.45 cm x 34.92 cm);11 3/4 in x 17 1/16 in (29.85 cm x 43.34 cm)
Transfer from the University Library
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Devout profession (Devota profesion)
etching, aquatint and drypoint on paper
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);7 7/8 in x 4 15/16 in (20 cm x 12.54 cm);8 1/8 in x 5 11/16 in (20.64 cm x 14.45 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
A skeleton, with a rifle strapped to his back and a flag of the skull and crossbones in his hand, rides a horse over 13 skulls. The skeleton is wearing a sombrero and he has a handlebar mustache. 
José Guadalupe Posada
Calavera Zapatista
relief engraving on metal
8 7/8 in x 8 3/8 in (22.54 cm x 21.27 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm);18 5/8 in x 13 3/4 in (47.31 cm x 34.92 cm)
Museum Purchase
This print shows a black and white skull on a hairy, insect-like body with a tail and six legs. The figure holds another skull in its right hand and a bone in its left hand. Other smaller skulls and bones surround the figure.
José Guadalupe Posada
Calavera Huertista
relief engraving on paper
8 9/16 in x 8 9/16 in (21.75 cm x 21.75 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm);16 5/8 in x 13 3/4 in (42.23 cm x 34.92 cm)
Museum Purchase
George Wesley Bellows
Business Men's Class
lithograph on paper
11 1/2 x 17 3/16 in. (29.2 x 43.5 cm);25 x 30 1/4 in. (63.5 x 76.8 cm);24 1/16 x 29 1/2 in. (61 x 74.8 cm)
Gift of Gilbert M. Frimet
Three women in dresses sit side by side in an interior space. There are three men standing in the background on the left side.
George Wesley Bellows
Three Girls
lithograph on paper
12 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in (32.4 cm x 39.4 cm);11 5/16 in x 13 7/8 in (28.8 cm x 35.3 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
Elliott Erwitt
Coke Machine and Missile, Alabama, U.S.A., from "Recent Developments"
gelatin silver print on paper
14 in. x 11 in. ( 35.5 cm x 27.9 cm )
Gift of Lawrence and Carol Zicklin
Elliott Erwitt
Cats & Dogs, Alabama, U.S.A., from "Recent Developments"
gelatin silver print on paper
14 in. x 11 in. ( 35.5 cm x 27.9 cm )
Gift of Lawrence and Carol Zicklin
Elliott Erwitt
Las Vegas, from "Master Prints Volume I"
gelatin silver print on paper
20 1/16 in. x 23 15/16 in. ( 51 cm x 60.8 cm )
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Sobel

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