F17 Miller - ENGLISH 362 - U.S. Modernism in Words and Images

Stuart Davis
Two Figures & El
lithograph on paper
11 in x 15 in (27.94 cm x 38.1 cm);22 1/16 in x 18 ⅛ in (56.04 cm x 46.04 cm);16 9/16 in x 20 15/16 in (42.07 cm x 53.18 cm)
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
In a nocturnal setting, a large crowd of people is corralled into a space encased by a railing.  The figures are in various states of distress and unrest.  
George Wesley Bellows
The Crowd
lithograph on paper
12 7/8 in x 15 7/8 in (32.7 cm x 40.32 cm)
Dr. Herbert & Doris Sloan
Hyman Warsager
My Backyard No.2
wood engraving on paper
14 in x 17 ⅛ in (35.56 cm x 43.5 cm);14 in x 17 ⅛ in (35.56 cm x 43.5 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
A photograph of a couple wearing 3-D glasses and kissing inside of a movie theater. 
Weegee
Lovers, Palace Theater, New York City
gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 10 in (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm)
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
A composite print from two negatives, each representing a moment from a dance performance. The woman wears a large cloth, which she manipulates with her motions to create forms and shapes.
Barbara Morgan
Martha Graham—Lamentation
gelatin silver print on paper
15 7/8 in x 19 7/8 in (40.3 cm x 50.5 cm);22 3/16 in x 28 1/4 in (56.36 cm x 71.76 cm);15 15/16 in x 19 15/16 in (40.5 cm x 50.7 cm);13 9/16 in x 18 in (34.5 cm x 45.7 cm)
Gift of Frances U. and Scott K. Simonds
This is an abstract face of a figure looking to the right. The head is divided into compartments of varying textures by several straight lines. There are piano keys are on the left side of the head, and a cigarette at top left. 
Sargent Claude Johnson
Lenox Avenue
lithograph on paper
12 ½ in x 8 9/16 in (31.75 cm x 21.75 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Around and behind a central image of a sewing machine are overlapping images of people, ships, a building fire, the Statue of Liberty, and small blocks of text.
Ida Abelman
My Father Reminisces
lithograph on paper
14 9/16 in x 18 7/16 in (36.99 cm x 46.83 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
A young girl seated on a wooden porch, hands up to her neck.
Dorothea Lange
The Eight-Year Old Daughter of a Tobacco Farmer
toned gelatin silver print on paper
10 in. x 10 in. ( 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm )
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction # (407697 - LCUSF34 - 17918
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Frederick W. Becker
Drummer
wood engraving on paper
8 ⅛ in x 6 in (20.64 cm x 15.24 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Alexander Calder
Quilt
lithograph on paper
22 in x 29 7/8 in (55.9 cm x 75.9 cm)
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
Edward Hopper
Night Shadows
etching on Van Gelder wove paper
10 ¾ in x 13 13/16 in (10 ¾ in x 35.08 cm)
Gift of Dr. & Mrs. S.J. Axelrod
Ethel Struss
Karl Struss (Portrait of Karl Struss with Bell & Howell Motion-Picture Camera an
linocut on paper
9 ¾ in x 13 ⅜ in (24.77 cm x 33.97 cm)
Gift of Karl Struss

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