Exchange: W18 Diran - ENVIRON 139 - Poetics of the Anthropocene

W18 Diran - ENVIRON 139 - Poetics of the Anthropocene

This photograph depicts a scene at a zoological park, showing a group of people standing by a railing looking downwards into a pool with a walrus.

Garry Winogrand
New York City
gelatin silver print on paper
13 7/16 in x 9 1/16 in (34.13 cm x 23.02 cm)
Gift of Stanley T. Lesser, A.B. 1951, J.D. 1953

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This drawing shows a girl holding a bird close up to her face. She is depicted from the side. The artist signed and dated the work in pencil (l.l.) "Richard Wilt 1957".

Richard Wilt
A Girl and a Bird
ink on paper
18 in x 24 in (45.72 cm x 60.96 cm)
Gift of the Estate of James van Sweden

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This photograph depicts an elevated, wide view of a curving river winding through a wooded valley, with snowcapped mountains rising in the distance. The sky above the landscape is filled with clouds.

Ansel Adams
The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
gelatin silver print on paper
22 3/16 in x 28 1/16 in (56.36 cm x 71.28 cm);26 1/8 in x 32 1/8 in (66.36 cm x 81.6 cm)
Gift of Harry H. Lunn, Jr.

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This is a black and white photograph of an outdoor scene showing a grassy knoll amidst a barren landscape. There is a dirt track that curls around and up to the top of the hill and several tracks in the tall grass around it. In the foreground several dirt roads with tire markings converge in front of the knoll.

Joe Deal
San Bernardino, California (II), 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

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This print shows a landscape with a mountain rising in the middle of the background. There are trees and grass in front, and a body of water in the foreground. At the center, on the edge of the water, sits a faucet, a razor, and a toothbrush in a clear glass as if the body of water is a sink.<br />
The print is signed (l.r.) "Doug Webb" and numbered (l.l.) "197/275" in pencil.

Doug Webb
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
screenprint on paper
29 1/2 in x 36 in (74.93 cm x 91.44 cm);21 1/2 in x 29 in (54.61 cm x 73.66 cm)
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick

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This print is a colorful image of a sink filled with green water. At the center, there is a miniature boat that floats in the water. On the counter-space of the sink at the back, there sits various toiletries such as mouthwash, perfume, toothbrushes, and a razor. Almost out of the frame, a red washcloth hangs off the left edge of the sink. The print is signed (l.r.) "Doug Webb" and numbered (l.l.) "AP 24/75" in pencil.

Doug Webb
Urban Daydream II
screenprint on paper
29 5/16 in x 35 9/16 in (74.45 cm x 90.33 cm);21 3/4 in x 28 15/16 in (55.25 cm x 73.5 cm)
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick

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Michael Kenna
The Rouge Study #17, Dearborn, MI
sepia-toned gelatin silver print on paper
7 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in (20 cm x 19 cm);16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Shirley Kollins in memory of Lee Kollins

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Image of a book lying open to a page featuring a painting of a burning ship. A newsclipping featuring a photo of a burning oil rig lies on the book across the open page.

Joanne Leonard
Turner and Plumes of Smoke
inkjet print on paper
24 3/4 in x 36 in (62.87 cm x 91.44 cm);20 3/4 in x 31 in (52.71 cm x 78.74 cm)
Gift of the artist

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Four spare industrial structures rise at different angles into an empty landscape. On the viewer's right, a scaffolding rises from the lower corner and angles to the left. On the left, another scaffold structure runs from the bottom corner along the left edge. In the middle, a building-like structure rises from the bottom of the composition and leans into the visual space, resting on a long rectangular solid that is draped with a cloth.

Kay Sage
Bounded on the West by the Land Under Water
oil on canvas
28 1/8 x 35 7/8 in. (71.4 x 91 cm);29 5/16 x 37 x 1 13/16 in. (74.3 x 93.98 x 4.5 cm);28 1/8 x 35 7/8 in. (71.4 x 91 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Kay Sage Tanguy

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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

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