W16 Brakefield - ENGLISH 230 - Contemporary Representations of "the Road"

This is a print of an African American man in a mule-drawn wooden cart. There is a yew tree in the cart, behind the man. The man wears a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, dark pants, and a cap. The road is empty, with fields surrounding the road. There is a wooden church in the background with a tall cross in the ground beside the church.
Thomas Hart Benton
Lonesome Road
lithograph on paper
( );22 1/16 in x 18 in (56.04 cm x 45.72 cm)
Gift of Suzanne Beutler
Joseph Shapiro
Up the Road
lithograph on paper
10 3/16 in x 8 11/16 in (25.88 cm x 22.07 cm)
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration, New Deal art project
This photograph depicts a rural landscape with a handmade sign painted and shaped like a corncob standing in the right portion of the frame.
Burk Uzzle
Untitled
gelatin silver print on paper
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm);14 5/16 in x 19 5/16 in (36.35 cm x 49.05 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
This photograph depicts a cement interior with individuals on foot and in cars passing before a large American flag mural painted on the wall.
Robert Frank
American Flag in Brick Wall
gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 11 1/16 in (20.32 cm x 28.1 cm);10 15/16 in x 13 15/16 in (27.78 cm x 35.4 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm);7 15/16 in x 11 1/8 in (20.16 cm x 28.26 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
Bruce Lowney
Crossroad
screenprint on paper
16 15/16 in x 25 ⅛ in (43.02 cm x 63.82 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
John Collier
View from the Dix Road Bridge, Detroit, Michigan, from "Detroit Focus 2000"
black and white photograph on paper
11 in. x 14 in. ( 27.9 cm x 35.5 cm )
Gift of Detroit Focus 2000, and partial purchase with funds from the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
This photograph depicts a parked car on the side of a snowy road with a painted mural of a sunset or sunrise on the wall beyond.
Greg Reeder
Untitled
gelatin silver print on paper
11 in x 14 in (28 cm x 35.5 cm);14 5/16 in x 19 5/16 in (36.35 cm x 49.05 cm);11 in x 14 in (28 cm x 35.5 cm);7 1/16 in x 13 1/16 in (18 cm x 33.2 cm)
Museum Purchase
A man standing in the middle of a street that had been flooded. There are piles of debris in front of the houses.
Leonard Freed
Debris Piled by Side of Road After Flood, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
vintage gelatin silver print on paper
8 x 10 in. ( 20.32 x 25.4 cm )
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
A photograph of two motorcycles driving on a highway. A woman rides the first motorcycle, which is cropped at the right-side of the frame, while a man and woman ride behind in the mid-ground.
Danny Lyon
From Dayton to Columbus, Ohio
gelatin silver print on paper
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)
This is a black and white photograph depicting two sides of a rural road running through the upper portion of the work. In the foreground, where the viewer stands, is a grassy hillside that slopes downward toward the road. There are some small skinny trees, large boulders and rocks. In the background there are low lying buildings, telephone poles and rows of cultivated trees.
Joe Deal
Fontana, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 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
Kids waiting for a bus. One boy with his hand on a dog while they stand there. The bus is coming down a dirt road.
D. James Galbraith
First Day of School, Hartland, Michigan
vintage gelatin silver print on paper, laid down on board
10 7/8 x 13 1/2 in. ( 27.62 x 34.29 cm )
Gift from the D. James Galbraith Family
Text: The Road to Frace - He is Keeping It Open -- The Road to Berlin - He is Building It -- The Gunds that Do It - He is Making Them -- But - The Liberty Bond You Buy - It Backs Them All
James Montgomery Flagg
The Road to France - He is Keeping It Open, But - The Liberty Bond You Buy - It Backs Them All
lithograph on paper
24 7/16 x 18 3/4 in. (62 x 47.5 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons

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