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Part of: Selected American, European, and Asian landscape paintings, and works of realism; and various sketches, etchings, and studies; and a few photographs.  Works are by Rembrandt, Monet, Benton, Whistler, Picasso, Mattise, Kensett, Innes, Millet, Pissaro, Shahn, and more.  (137 resources )
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40 Items in this Learning Collection
Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.291)
The two-armed figure dances with his right leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm crosses his body and rests above the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. Tassels hang from him hips and under his armpits adding a great sense of movement to the whole figure. Multi-hooded snakes are at the base and also around the bottom of the club. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. He is a pair with 1980/2.291.<br />
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Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.290)
The two-armed figure dances with his left leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm is extended down his body and holds onto the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt almost forming an apron. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings in the form of roaring lions and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. The whole is badly weathered and not nearly as crisp as his partner, 1980/2.290.<br />
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Ganesha, seated on a double lotus throne
Ganesha is shown here seated on a double lotus throne, in a royal posture with the soles of his feet together. He has four arms, and holds two of his attributes in the rear pair: an ax and a rosary. His trunk curls down across his rotund belly to reach for a bowl of sweets that rests in his left forward arm. The cobra slung across his shoulder, now hard to make out because of the centuries of wear of the stone, indicates Ganesha's lineage as the son of the Shiva, in his aspect as the great ascetic. Almost 27 inches high, this sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesha is carved of andesite, a volcanic stone common to the island of Java in Indonesia. Andesite is a soft stone and erodes easily, which is why the carving is no longer crisp.
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Landscape in the Style of Huang Gongwang

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Cold Light and Snowy Mountains
Purple cloth background with a scene of a mountain. The top of the mountain is on the right side.
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Red Trees, Blue Mountains
Landscape colored with the bright hues of autumn. Pavilions are nestled among clouds and mountain forests. A rustic staircase appears between wisps of clouds and trees, winding up the slope next to waterfalls.
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In the Spirit of Li Bai's Poetry
Green mountains create the edge of a river. Red flowers grow on the hill framing the scene in the right corner, and two boats sail the waters below. In the upper center of the painting is calligraphic text.
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Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches
Painted and inscribed on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. The artist depicts a view of the narrow, winding roadway cutting through a magnificent rocky mountain. <br />In his inscription, Chang claims to use methods of Song masters that were adopted in painting the scene. A small detail on the lower right of the painting represents a couple of tiny figures standing aside the road. One figure is depicted as making life-sketches of the scene.
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Geese and Reeds (two of a pair)
A grounded and a flying goose is paired in both paintings, creating a contrast of stillness and movement. A goose swoops into the scene from the top left, while the neck of the grounded goose follows a graceful curve to look at the approaching bird. The swaying reeds and grass around the grounded goose add lightness to the composition. Between the two geese are three lines of calligraphy.<br /> <br /> These two hanging scroll paintings depict geese and reeds. Based on the style, the use of silk and the mounting method, it is assumed that the two works are part of the same set. Plate 278-1 (2009/1.488.1) depicts three geese including one with its head plunged into the water, while Plate 278-2 (2009/1.488.2) depicts two. Both works depict reeds on the right part of the painting. Yang&rsquo;s signature in &ldquo;boneless&rdquo; stroke style, effective in portraying light and shade, is striking. Yang Gihun (楊基薰, 1843&ndash;?), who painted these works, was active mainly in Pyeongyang which is currently located i
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Geese and Reeds (one of a pair)
A grounded and a flying goose is paired in both paintings, creating a contrast of stillness and movement. The goose is the water has its head turned to watch the descent of the goose flying in from the right. The upper left corner contains calligraphic text, and creating ripples in the water in the foreground is a goose with its head below the surface, and bottom in the air. Reeds come in from the right.<br /> <br /> These two hanging scroll paintings depict geese and reeds. Based on the style, the use of silk and the mounting method, it is assumed that the two works are part of the same set. Plate 278-1 (2009/1.488.1) depicts three geese including one with its head plunged into the water, while Plate 278-2 (2009/1.488.2) depicts two. Both works depict reeds on the right part of the painting. Yang&rsquo;s signature in &ldquo;boneless&rdquo; stroke style, effective in portraying light and shade, is striking. Yang Gihun (楊基薰, 1843&ndash;?), who painted these works, was active mainly in Pyeongyang which is cur
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Kris handle in the shape of an ogre

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Vanitas (Still Life), with globe, skull, candle, tazza, and covered cup
This remarkable still life depicts a table crowded with, among other things, a gilded covered goblet, a wide saucer-shaped silver tazza, a celestial globe painted with images of the constellations, a skull wearing a laurel wreath, and an extinguished candle, all rendered in exquisite detail with careful attention paid to the effects of light and texture. While the arrangement of objects may appear casual, the composition is artfully balanced along two diagonal axes centered on the two cups that lie crossed on the table. The repetition of ovoid shapes throughout the painting and the monochrome tonality with its restricted range of hues and values, a hallmark of Heda's style, assures the seamless integration of the sundry objects into a unified whole.<br />
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The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
This painting depicts the interior of a room where four men are grouped around a table. They are painted as half-length figures, and their forms fill the foreground. They are painted in warm tones of brown, red and green and dressed in 16th century Netherlandish clothing. There is a king, wearing a pointed crown, who, with his right arm awkwardly crossed over his left, points to another man across the table. He has a furrowed brow and his mouth is partially open as if he is speaking. Next to him is a man looking downward, intently counting coins piled on the table. The third man pauses while writing in a book, his hand with the pen is stopped in mid-air, and looks back at the king. The fourth man, on the other side of the table, has his hands clasped in a pleading gesture and his eyes meet the gaze of the king. Items in the room and on the table such as books, scissors, a money bag, and an hourglass, are painted in great detail. In the upper right, a small outdoor scene, painted in tones of light green, shows
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes
The half-length figure of a woman looks directly out of the painting and holds the bearded head of a man on a platter in her hands. She wears a fine robe with large white sleeves and collar, a soft hat with a small white feather, and a bejeweled pin on her left shoulder. The face of an older woman with deeply wrinkled skin appears in the shadows behind her.
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Eve Tempted by the Serpent
A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
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Last Supper
A photograph of eight boys, all of which are the same person, voraciously eating a loaf of white bread off a rock in a forest.
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Ah Puch
Bust of a figure from the chest up in three-quarters pose. The head, or perhaps a mask, is white, resembling a skull with a halo of white hair. The neck is dark brown with two white bands like chokers around it, perhaps securing the mask. The figure wears a dark red garment that is trimmed in ornate lace in white and gold. The background is a deep teal green-blue.
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Heavenly Officials with Son and Auspicious Offerings (Diptych)
Left panel of a diptych on a cardboard backing. A bearded figure is dressed in an elaborate robe with crane motifs and is holding a vase with long flowers. He stands against a green-blue background, which is covered in a lattice of white clouds. A smaller, childlike figure stands next to him and is holding a teapot with a speech bubble above it. They are facing right.
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White Territory
This abstract painting is primarily white with a large squarish area of dark green in the top left quadrant. Loose brushwork varies from wide, full strokes to the short, rapid strokes at the compositions center. Pigment application ranges from a very thin wash to heavy impasto.
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Composition
This painting has a series of flat, colorful, overlapping geometric and biomorphic abstract forms in greens, yellows, purple, reds, black, grey, and white. The painting is signed in black (l.l.) "herbin".
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The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)
A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.
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Sea and Rain
The painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
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The Bullfight (Courses de taureaux)
A bull in the center charges to the left toward a horse rearing up with a bullfighter on its back. The bullfighter leans forward to plunge a spear into the bull's shoulder area. Flags and spectator stands lie in the background.
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Espace-temps en fusion
Winding through the center of this print, a melting clock oozes from the top right to the bottom center in red, yellow and blue. To the left of the base of the clock is a bright orange and red bolder. In the background, there is a large landscape with mountains and a cloudy sky. There are three figures in the scene. At the bottom right, a figure is seated with a staff and behind it is a large shape in yellow, red and blue. At the center, there is a sketch of a mounted figure on a rearing horse; and at the upper right, there is a figure with a strong shadow. The print is signed (l.r.) and numbered (l.l.) in pencil. 
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"Untitled" (March 5th) #2
Two forty-watt light bulbs in simple porcelain light sockets hang together by their extension cords from a nail on the wall.
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Standing Figure
An elongated female nude figure with minimal features stands on a small rectangular base with left foot slightly forward. The metal has a texture resembling molten wax.
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Tintern Abbey
A large, Gothic ruin dominates the scene. The west portal of a large church stands with full light, from the left, illuminating its portal. Along its second story ivy grows across the facade while trees cluster in the L-shaped angle toward the right and other vegetation is evident along the roofline of the structure. Several women enter through the main doorway of the building. A stone wall encircles the structure and two houses occupy the land immediately to the left of the church ruin. In the foreground a lane leads past the church with a man leading a black horse and a running hound in the right foreground, and a figure with its back to the viewer is visible at the left foreground. Behind the scene, dark, wind-swept clouds indicate a recent storm that has now passed, allowing golden light to suffuse the landscape.
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After Manet
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
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Chasing a Slaver
Ship chasing another ship. Shore on the right hand side of the painting.
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Simpsonville

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Mother©
This is a line drawing on white paper a ladder in the center, with the word "Mother" below it followed by the copyright symbol.
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Joseph the Carpenter
This print shows a shipyard, with three laborers working on the hull of a large boat under a dark sky.
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Love is What You Want
This sculpture is a pink neon light in the shape of a heart with the words &quot;Love is What You Want&quot; inscribed within the heart.
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Rocky Mountains
This loosely sketched landscape shows a large white mountain with blue sky beyond. Some details and highlights are created in yellows, reds and blacks.  
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Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California
This photograph depicts a flat, boulder-strewn valley leading up to a range of cloud-swept mountains in the distance. 
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Paris #206
Photo of a woman in a floor-length and brightly striped formal gown standing in a multi-level staircase. The photo is taken from above and captures the woman, her companion, and the ornate handrail and stair runner.
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David Chun - Chinese Shrimp Camp
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Seven Kiowah Men

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Untitled (No. XXIII)

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Untitled (Swan Painting)
Abstract painting of a white swan on a pink and green background.
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Global 19th Century

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93 Items in this Learning Collection
Boulevard de l'Impératrice (N. Africa)

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Landscape: Dunes
A landscape is portrayed with shrubbery at the forefront and buildings on the horizon.
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Ko-kiyomizu ware flower vase with painted design of plum and bamboo

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Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

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Heidelberg Castle

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Winchester Cathedral Castle Ruins

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Gateway - Paris

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Firenze - Palazzo Pitti, La Fontana

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Chiesa di S. Maria della Salute

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The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #39 Okazaki, Yahagi Bridge over the Toyokawa River
The print depicts an arch bridge over water, with travelers walking across the bridge. Several boats are sailing on the water, while two fishermen are standing on the shallow area by the waterbank.
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Landscape

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Landscape
A stream with trees on either side. Rocks in and around the stream and a fence in the grass on the left side of the image.
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Plane Trees, Riva-sul-Garda

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Pitti Palace

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Milano, Corso Vittorio Emanulele
Photographed from the upper stories of a building and looking down, this image depicts a street scene in the Italian city of Milan; the city’s cathedral visible in the distance.
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Oaks in Birklands, Sherwood
This photograph depicts a clearing in a forest with two old oak trees in the foreground, a bed of ferns around their bases.  
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Peterhof Palace
Photograph of Peterhof Palace and the Grand Cascade from an oblique view.
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Edge of the Woods

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Country Road and Carriage

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Berne, Fontaine de Cours

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Acquedotto con Ponticello, Rome

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Falls of the Hudson

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Poplars, Royal Gardens
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View of Venice

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Le Supplicié Mamija Hasimé

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Scholar Strolling in the Mountains
<p>&quot;This&nbsp;landscape&nbsp;is&nbsp;characteristic&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Unkoku school&nbsp;in&nbsp;its&nbsp;sharp&nbsp;tonal&nbsp;contrasts&nbsp;and&nbsp;dramatic composition. The&nbsp;right&nbsp;side&nbsp;is&nbsp;dominated&nbsp;by&nbsp;a&nbsp;jutting&nbsp;sheer&nbsp;cliff&nbsp;face whose magnitude&nbsp;is&nbsp;suggested&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;tall&nbsp;trees&nbsp;emerging&nbsp;from&nbsp;its side.&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;far&nbsp;distance&nbsp;are&nbsp;other&nbsp;rugged&nbsp;peaks&nbsp;that&nbsp;tower over&nbsp;unseen&nbsp;valleys.&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;foreground&nbsp;stands&nbsp;a&nbsp;scholar with a&nbsp;staff&nbsp;viewing&nbsp;the&nbsp;spectacle&nbsp;before&nbsp;him.&nbsp;His&nbsp;young attendant holds&nbsp;the&nbsp;scholar&#39;s&nbsp;favorite&nbsp;instrument, the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<em>ch&#39;in</em>. In the&nbsp;middleground&nbsp;a&nbsp;small&nbsp;open&nbsp;air&nbsp;pavilion&nbsp;under&nbsp;two&nbsp;pine trees&nbsp;punctuates&nbsp;a&nbsp;flat&nbsp;stretch&nbsp;of&nbsp;peninsula,&nbsp;and&nbsp;beyond,
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Castle Heidelberg

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Rilato Bridge, Venice
This photograph depicts a view of a marble covered bridge spanning the width of a city canal.  Along the embankments are a series of gondolas and a few seated men.
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Tower Falls

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Tétouan (Morocco)

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Rodez Cathedral

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Nevers

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Temple in Wintry Mountains

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Caribbean Port

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Point Judith Light

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Landscape
This painting depicts a lush green countryside with an expanse of blue sky. It shows a hillside overlooking a small lake. There is a vista of fields and hills that extends beyond the lake to the horizon.<br /> In the foreground, a woman wearing a long dress and a bonnet and carrying a walking stick and basket, walks toward the viewer along a dirt path. The path runs from a building on the far left toward the bottom of the painting. The vegetation is painted in sharp detail in dark tones of green and brown.<br /> In the right half of the composition, there is a scene of a distant village and farms viewed through the trees on the edge of the hillside. In contrast to the shadowy wooded area, the view is bathed in bright sunlight. There is a lone bird in flight in the light blue sky that fills the top half of the painting.
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Bordeaux, Vue de Cenon

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Venetian Building (recto); Naples Waterfront (verso)

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View of the Generalite, Granada

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Marine
Man with medium long hair and a mustache. He is looking forward and has a long white collar at his neck.;
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Cathedral, Florence

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Comparisons between Mountains and Seas: Mt. Rokuso in Kazusa Province, Kazusa Kanozan
The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A mountain with pine trees and steps leading to the top loom over the image. The sea appears behind the mountain in the distance.
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Luxembourg Gardens
Outdoor scene of a park setting with small figures and an urn atop a stone column-like form in the left foreground rendered in bold, flat, horizontal patches of color in browns, greens and whites.
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Le Givre a Veneux
A country scene with swirls of color all around. There are two distant reddish-colored buildings ibehind a fence that runs along the left side of the dirt path, which recedes to a vanishing point at the center of the work. Trees line the right-hand side of the dirth path. Two people in the lower right corner appear to be working; one stands straight, while the other bends over.
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Fish Market, Honfleur (Marché aux poissons)
A group of figures stand in a market place flanked by brown and tan buildings under a freely-painted sky. Most of these figures are women in the high linen headdresses characteristic of the region. At center is a woman with a red jacket.
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L'Englise d'Aulnay-sous-Bois
A winter scene with a steepled church in the center surrounded by other buildings, including a three-story building on the right hand side. A bird perches on top of the steeple. Snow covers the ground and the trees in front of the church are bare. Pinks, whites, browns and blues dominate the palette.
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Paysage d'Eure et Loir
A street scene with a darkened sky and long buildings. There is snow and dust on the roads, telephone poles leading into the far distance and a low horizon line.
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Constantinople from Mount Boulgourlou

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Intérieur de la mosquée Amrou
Photograph of the columns in the interior of a mosque.
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Roofless House after the Lucknow Mutiny
This photograph depicts a view of a devastated palatial building. Before its shattered portico is a pile of rubble and fragments of columns. Four men in turbans are seated on the ground before the building. 
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Biskra
Three men praying towards an orange and grey storm, two camels on left hand side. One man is standing, others are kneeling.
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Jaffa, la passe—The channel at Jaffa
View of a wharf from across a channel. Ships and small boats populate the middle ground, while a city rises behind. The foreground is mainly seawater.
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La Pointe du Sérai
View down onto a busy seaport populated by numerous steamships and smaller watercraft. A sliver of land with various towers and domed structures stretches across the horizon line in the distance. 
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Polish Market

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Yosemite Valley, Looking West
Landscape painting, despicts a valley surrounded by steeply inclined mountains. The foreground is occupied by trees, cows, and still water. Light emanates from lower-right end of the valley, illuminating the left-most rock face. (Larson 2/5/18)
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Bord de Riviere
In this painting, a river stretches from the lower left corner to the middle of the composition. One small rowboat is seen in the middle of the river. Trees line both sides of the composition, receding backwards, and people walk on a path to the right of the river. A city is seen in the distance, and a cloudy blue sky dominates the upper portion of the canvas and is reflected in the river.
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University of Michigan

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Paris, Avenue Foch
A vibrant colored street scene with a mansard-roofed building in the background next to a dome-topped building. In the foreground there are two women in a white horse-drawn cart with a driver. There are people on the street, and trees frame the image on the left and right.
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St. Peter's and the Vatican on the Feast of Corpus Christi
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Jamaica Bay
Horizontal landscape of a misty harbor view with several small boats in distance near center
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Venice - Church of the Gesuati on the Zattere

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Landscape at Palo

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Pont de l'Estacade
This painting shows a view of the Seine river in Paris, including the wooden bridge, the Pont de l'Estacade. The foreground is filled is small boats and a dock winch, while the in the distance the bridge and buildings of Paris glow in late afternoon light.
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The Dead Sea, from Masada

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The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)
A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.
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View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Horizontal view of harbor scene with water, dock, and boats. Small figures and trees on pier in middle ground. WMC painted in green in lower right corner.
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Le Port de le Havre (Le Havre, un Bassin)
Boats are docked at a seaport under an expanse of cloudy, overcast sky. The horizon line is low, and all the vessels are sailboats, with the exception of one dingy on the left hand side. The color palette is dominated by greys, blues, blacks, browns and whites.
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Crossing the Great Salt Lake

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The Lincoln Memorial

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Landscape with Tower

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Fantastic Rock and Lighthouse

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Glen Lyon Falls
A waterfall takes up the bottom half of the image with trees and hills behind a body of water.&nbsp;
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Versaille DePuis Le Parterre Du Midi
A view of a waterfront building with rising hills in the background.&nbsp;
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Untitled

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The Departure

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Plaster Works, Los Angeles
A photograph of an oblique view of a plaster mill in Los Angeles, California. 
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Sea and Rain
The painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
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Solar Effect in the Clouds--Ocean
Seascape depicting a cloud-filled sky over the ocean with sunlight reflecting on the rippling water.
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Sur le Flat-Iron
Ink and gouache drawing in black, gray and white on tan paper with tall vertical structure at center of composition rendered in a series of quick vertical and diagonal lines.
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Chasing a Slaver
Ship chasing another ship. Shore on the right hand side of the painting.
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Sailing Boats in Harbor

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The Star
A sailboat with its sails set aloft in the shape of two triangles is silhouetted against a cloudy sky illuminated by the sun. Reflections of the boat and sun reach into the foreground of the image toward the viewer. 
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Kelp Gatherers

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Tropical Ocean

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The City of Ambition
Photograph of the Singer Building in New York, located at Broadway and Liberty. Open to the public in 1908, it was the tallest building in America for one year. In 1968 it was the world's largest skyscaper to be demolished.
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The Steerage
A view of steerage passengers gathered on two decks of a steamship.&nbsp;
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The Bridge
View of the Brooklyn Bridge stretching across the East River at twilight with city buildings in the foreground. 
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The Holland House
A photograph of the Holland House in New York City. Below the building is a wintery street; silhouetted pedestrians and carriages travel in front of the large hotel.
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Emigrants

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Le premier homme tué que j’ai (The First Killed I Saw)

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Entre les deux mon coeur balance

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Paysage à Auvers

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No. 247

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The Transforming World

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Sean Joseph Kramer
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May 25, 2022 4:29 p.m.

41 Items in this Learning Collection
Sea and Rain
The painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
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Jamaica Bay
Horizontal landscape of a misty harbor view with several small boats in distance near center
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View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Horizontal view of harbor scene with water, dock, and boats. Small figures and trees on pier in middle ground. WMC painted in green in lower right corner.
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Le Port de le Havre (Le Havre, un Bassin)
Boats are docked at a seaport under an expanse of cloudy, overcast sky. The horizon line is low, and all the vessels are sailboats, with the exception of one dingy on the left hand side. The color palette is dominated by greys, blues, blacks, browns and whites.
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The Star
A sailboat with its sails set aloft in the shape of two triangles is silhouetted against a cloudy sky illuminated by the sun. Reflections of the boat and sun reach into the foreground of the image toward the viewer. 
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La Pointe du Sérai
View down onto a busy seaport populated by numerous steamships and smaller watercraft. A sliver of land with various towers and domed structures stretches across the horizon line in the distance. 
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Boulevard de l'Impératrice (N. Africa)

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Roofless House after the Lucknow Mutiny
This photograph depicts a view of a devastated palatial building. Before its shattered portico is a pile of rubble and fragments of columns. Four men in turbans are seated on the ground before the building. 
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The City of Ambition
Photograph of the Singer Building in New York, located at Broadway and Liberty. Open to the public in 1908, it was the tallest building in America for one year. In 1968 it was the world's largest skyscaper to be demolished.
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Tropical Ocean

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Chasing a Slaver
Ship chasing another ship. Shore on the right hand side of the painting.
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The Lincoln Memorial

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Statue of Liberty, New York

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The Steerage
A view of steerage passengers gathered on two decks of a steamship.&nbsp;
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Perils of the Sea ('Peril on the Sea')

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Figure of a Girl in Blue (portrait of Miss Minnie Clark)
Portrait of a woman with dark hair and fair skin seated in a chair wearing a blue dress amid a sparse background of blues, greens, and browns; her body is positioned at an angle towards the right, while she looks directly out at the viewer.
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The Maid of Finistère

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Oka and Walmacho
In this painting, done in broad brush strokes, the figures of two women fill the composition. The woman on the right is seated in profile and the other, standing behind her, gazes out into the distance. They both wear shawls which make their bodies monolithic forms. A strong outline appears, especially around their heads, because they are set againist a plain white wall. There is also a strong color contrast between the dark black shawl worn by the standing woman and light pink shawl of the seated one. An amulet made of bone and feathers hangs on the wall in the upper right corner of the painting.
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F. Holland Day in Algerian Costume
Photograph of F. Holland Day in an "Algerian costume." Day sits cross-legged and looks down on his clasped hands resting in his lap.
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Seven Kiowah Men

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Model for cavalry soldier
Plaster sculpture of a man dressed in a Civil War military uniform; arms are broken off at mid-bicep. <br />
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Engineering Corps
A group of soldiers stand and sit in a landscape; some face the camera while others are posed engaged in conversation. Behind them stand several tall trees and between them a tent with the flaps decorated with an American flag. Seated alone to the left is a young African-American man holding a broom.
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Soldier

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Guerre Civile
A man laying on his back dominates this landscape-oriented black-and-white lithograph. He is fully dressed. Positioned diagonally across the foreground and depicted using dramatic foreshortening, his face is near the viewer (a mustache is visible, and he wears a hat reminiscent of a kepi, or military hat), while his stiff upturned feet lead the eye towards the ramshackle wall of paving stones that cuts horizontally across the top third of the composition. A pair of feet peeking out of striped trousers jut into the lower right foreground, while stones and possibly a wheel fill the left foreground. Hazy fences and buildings rise in the background empty stretches of street.<br /><br /> The work is signed on the stone (on one of the piled-up paving stones) in the front left foreground: “Manet / 1871”.<br /><br /> Title printed in typeface below the image: "GUERRE CIVILE"
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A vingt ans

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La glace à main

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Votes for Women
In this drawing, four women walkshoulder to shoulder toward the left. They are wearing long skirts of the early twentieth century and sashes, and they are carrying pendants over their right shoulders and small pieces of paper in their left.
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Business-Men's Class
In an interior space, a large group of men stand with their right arms out and their left elbows bent with their hands on their hips. They are all facing a man whose back is to the viewer. He is also holding his right arm out.
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Versaille DePuis Le Parterre Du Midi
A view of a waterfront building with rising hills in the background.&nbsp;
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The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)
A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.
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Deer in the Woods
A deer stands in front of a tree, with tail towards the viewer. There is a creek that runs along the left side of the image. It is a heavily wooded area with stones in the creek and brighter green grass on the right side.
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Sunset
Landscape scene depicting trees silhouetted against a reddening sky with a dead fallen tree trunk lying diagonally across the foreground.
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Spring Landscape
Landscape painting depicting a dirt pathway with steps and a wooden railing cutting through the center of the composition leading to a house on a hill in the distance. On either side of the path are blooming trees bearing pink and white blossoms in a green meadow.
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Landscape at Palo

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The Dead Sea, from Masada

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Alpine View, Glacier (Savoie)
Photograph of a glacier in the Alps near Savoie, viewed from a village at the base of the mountains.
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Canyon de Chelly
A team of seven people on horses and a dog cross the desert. They appear small compared to the vast rocky landforms behind them.
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No. 247

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University of Michigan

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St. Michael Vanquishing Satan

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The First Mirror (Looking into the Hand Mirror)

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New Athens

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Created by
Sean Joseph Kramer
Last Updated
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28 Items in this Learning Collection
Napoleon I as a Child

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Bust of George Washington (1732-1799), after Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828)
This is a white marble sculpture that depicts the upper torso of a man. There is drapery wrapped loosely around his figure. He is shown staring into the viewer's space and his facial expression is calm and reserved. This sculpture is carved in a realistic manner and rests on a columnar pedestal.
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University of Michigan

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Detroit Observatory, University of Michigan

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President's House, University of Michigan

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Versaille DePuis Le Parterre Du Midi
A view of a waterfront building with rising hills in the background.&nbsp;
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Pont de l'Estacade
This painting shows a view of the Seine river in Paris, including the wooden bridge, the Pont de l'Estacade. The foreground is filled is small boats and a dock winch, while the in the distance the bridge and buildings of Paris glow in late afternoon light.
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Luxembourg Gardens
Outdoor scene of a park setting with small figures and an urn atop a stone column-like form in the left foreground rendered in bold, flat, horizontal patches of color in browns, greens and whites.
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Boulevard de l'Impératrice (N. Africa)

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The Lincoln Memorial

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Sea and Rain
The painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
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The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)
A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.
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Deer in the Woods
A deer stands in front of a tree, with tail towards the viewer. There is a creek that runs along the left side of the image. It is a heavily wooded area with stones in the creek and brighter green grass on the right side.
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Sunset
Landscape scene depicting trees silhouetted against a reddening sky with a dead fallen tree trunk lying diagonally across the foreground.
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St. Michael Vanquishing Satan

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L'Appollo del Belvedere

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The Life Class
A group of artists in a studio with easels, painting a nude figure on a stage.
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Business-Men's Class
In an interior space, a large group of men stand with their right arms out and their left elbows bent with their hands on their hips. They are all facing a man whose back is to the viewer. He is also holding his right arm out.
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Le Café de la Nouvelle Athènes

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Bust of Diana
Bust-length figure of a woman with head turned proper left, down-turned eyelids and crescent moon atop head; executed in bronze with a rich, dark patina on a brownish stone base.<br />
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Figure of a Girl in Blue (portrait of Miss Minnie Clark)
Portrait of a woman with dark hair and fair skin seated in a chair wearing a blue dress amid a sparse background of blues, greens, and browns; her body is positioned at an angle towards the right, while she looks directly out at the viewer.
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Charity (La Charité)
Painting of a woman holding two sleeping nude babies, wearing white fabric draped over her head and shoulders with abundant blue-green fabric wrapped and loosely gathered around the rest of her body standing in front of a lush background with areas of blue sky peaking through the foliage.
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Statue of Liberty, New York

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Stereoscope Image, Sample Set No.1: Colossal Hand and Torch "Liberty"
This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of the Statue of Liberty’s hand protruding from the roof of a building/tent. There are men standing in the base of her torch and a crowd on the ground below. There are other buildings in the distance. It is surrounded by the text: Sample Set No. 1; 2025—Colossal Hand and Torch “Liberty”.
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Engineering Corps
A group of soldiers stand and sit in a landscape; some face the camera while others are posed engaged in conversation. Behind them stand several tall trees and between them a tent with the flaps decorated with an American flag. Seated alone to the left is a young African-American man holding a broom.
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Model for cavalry soldier
Plaster sculpture of a man dressed in a Civil War military uniform; arms are broken off at mid-bicep. <br />
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Soldier

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Guerre Civile
A man laying on his back dominates this landscape-oriented black-and-white lithograph. He is fully dressed. Positioned diagonally across the foreground and depicted using dramatic foreshortening, his face is near the viewer (a mustache is visible, and he wears a hat reminiscent of a kepi, or military hat), while his stiff upturned feet lead the eye towards the ramshackle wall of paving stones that cuts horizontally across the top third of the composition. A pair of feet peeking out of striped trousers jut into the lower right foreground, while stones and possibly a wheel fill the left foreground. Hazy fences and buildings rise in the background empty stretches of street.<br /><br /> The work is signed on the stone (on one of the piled-up paving stones) in the front left foreground: “Manet / 1871”.<br /><br /> Title printed in typeface below the image: "GUERRE CIVILE"
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Selected American, European, and Asian landscape paintings, and works of realism; and various sketches, etchings, and studies; and a few photographs.  Works are by Rembrandt, Monet, Benton, Whistler, Picasso, Mattise, Kensett, Innes, Millet, Pissaro, Shahn, and more. 

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137 Items in this Learning Collection
Glen Lyon Falls
A waterfall takes up the bottom half of the image with trees and hills behind a body of water.&nbsp;
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Two Cows
A shepherdess stands between two cows who are grazing at the center of the image. In the foreground is the indication of a rough track leading towards the distance at left. At the right is a woman bending over beneath a tree.
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Vachere au Bord de l'Eau
A woman sits at the left on a grassy bank looking at a group of cows standing in water. Behind are trees and a hill rising up in the distance.<br />Possible watermark at center left (of verso); image shows a fleur de lis over a triangle. Paper size: lh 26 2/5cm &amp; rh 26 1/2cm x w 19 1/2cm. Plate size: lh 19 7/10cm &amp; rh 19 9/10cm x w 13 2/5cm. Image size: lh 19 1/10cm &amp; rh 19cm x tw 12 2/5cm &amp; bw 12 1/2cm.
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Faneuses (Haymakers)
A group of women can be seen in a field raking hay. The central woman faces the viewer in the foreground; she wears a hat that shades her face. Behind her are two other women, also raking hay, shown from behind.
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Couseuse

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La Cardeuse (The Wool Carder)
A woman is shown seated in a simple interior. She is holding carding combs and is seated next to a pile of uncarded wool on one side and skeins of yarn on the other. Behind her is the wheel of a spinning wheel.
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Le Paysan rentrant du fumier (Man with a Wheelbarrow or Peasant Returning from the Dung Heap)

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The Mendicant

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Mount Hood from The Dalles
Landscape painting with white mountain peak in center background, body of water in foreground, and a Native American encampment to left.
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On the White Hills

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Le Givre a Veneux
A country scene with swirls of color all around. There are two distant reddish-colored buildings ibehind a fence that runs along the left side of the dirt path, which recedes to a vanishing point at the center of the work. Trees line the right-hand side of the dirth path. Two people in the lower right corner appear to be working; one stands straight, while the other bends over.
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Jamaica Bay
Horizontal landscape of a misty harbor view with several small boats in distance near center
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Bords de Riviere ou les Oies
Paper size: h 36 1/2cm x tw 46 1/2cm &amp; bw 47cm. Image size: lh 21 3/5cm &amp; rh 21 1/2cm x tw 32cm &amp; bw 32 1/5cm.
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Bords du Loing, près de Saint-Mammès

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The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)
A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.
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Buildings with Water Tank (Bellevue Plantation, Virginia)
In this painting there are six buildings surrounded by green grass and tall tress without leaves. On the right side of the painting, a green and brown water tank rises out of and stands above the buildings at the height of a tree house. A brown fence separates the water tank from the buildings behind it.
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Landscape with Church and Cows
A landscape with a church and cows, river in the center.
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Perils of the Sea ('Peril on the Sea')

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The Dam Wood
In a desolate, wintery landscape stand a group of leafless trees with tall grasses beyond.
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Self Portrait with Saskia
Trimmed to plate mark. Paper size: lh 12 1/10cm &amp; rh 12 3/10cm x tw 10 3/5cm &amp; bw 11cm.
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Sea and Rain
The painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
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Iceberg landscape reflected in water

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Sailboat on choppy water at nighttime

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Sailboat on calm water in the distance at nighttime

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Lonesome 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.
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Self-Portrait

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Mine Strike
Two shadowed figures with weapons on the left face a group of four figures, in the light, on the right. Of the four, one is holding a sign and another is lying on the ground. Smoke from a fire billows in the background alongside industrial machinery.
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City in Autumn

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The Willow Pond

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Landscape
Landscape of flat terrain; water, perhaps a small stream, in the foreground; four leafless trees (two large, two small) right of center, and two leafless trees left of center, below a cloud-filled sky.
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Upton Lane, Sompting

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The Adur, near Shoreham

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Paysage
Landscape with a horizon line just below center. Land resembles horizontal waves in various shades of green. Line of trees at the horizon on left. The sky is blue-grey with four clouds.
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Reading Beneath the Trees (La Lecture sous les Arbres)
A sketch of a hillside in the background, seen through the trees. The trees heights are low on the left, leaving the left corner of the image open, and extending taller towards the top of the page as they move right. Between the far right tree and the second to the right is a woman, about 1/5 the size of the tree she stands against. About halfway up the trunk, between the same two trees is a square structure with one darkened window in the middle and a dark scribble to the right of it.
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The Adirondacks
Landscape with minute figure standing on the banks of a lake among trees and boulders in the foreground and mountains in the distance; blue sky with dark storm clouds on left and white cumulonimbus cloud on right.
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White Mountains (Mount Washington from Sunset Hill, North Conway)
Landscape painting with mountain peak at center and rolling mountains to either side; valley in foreground with houses hidden among trees in deep shadow and along hillside; blue sky above with wispy clouds.
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White Mountains in September, North Conway, New Hampshire
Landscape with trees in foreground, valley in middle ground dotted with minute figures of sheep and a farmer with a team of oxen pulling well-filled haywain. Mountains in distance with a snow-capped mountain in center background.
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Scene in the Catskills
This landscape painting depicts a rocky hillside beneath a blue sky and towering cloud formations. In the foreground area, a stream flows between boulders and cascades over rocks. There is a large square boulder with the roots and stump of a dead tree. The right side of the painting has green vegetation along the edege of the stream and tall green-leafed trees further back on the side of the hill. On the left, beyond the hill, there is a glimpse of far distant mountains. This scene is painted in warm tones of green and brown in a realistic manner. Patches of sunlight highlight areas of the hillside, boulders and the stream.
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Sunset Near Darien
Landscape painting of costal scene overlooking a body of water using an aerial perspective; three tree tops in center in darkened foreground in front of a glowing sky
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Landscape
This painting depicts a lush green countryside with an expanse of blue sky. It shows a hillside overlooking a small lake. There is a vista of fields and hills that extends beyond the lake to the horizon.<br /> In the foreground, a woman wearing a long dress and a bonnet and carrying a walking stick and basket, walks toward the viewer along a dirt path. The path runs from a building on the far left toward the bottom of the painting. The vegetation is painted in sharp detail in dark tones of green and brown.<br /> In the right half of the composition, there is a scene of a distant village and farms viewed through the trees on the edge of the hillside. In contrast to the shadowy wooded area, the view is bathed in bright sunlight. There is a lone bird in flight in the light blue sky that fills the top half of the painting.
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American Landscape

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The Edge of the Forest

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Valley of the Pemigewasset
Landscape painting with blue sky, blue/purple mountains, and forest greenery. Foreground occupied by livestock, felled trees, a cabin, and a figure on horseback. Larson 2/5/18
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Landscape—Evening
This painting depicts a quiet rural scene. A river runs from the foreground back into the distance, flanked on either side by green trees along the banks. A twilight sky dominates with salmon and blue hues. Ducks or geese fly just above the trees at right. A small figure fishing is visible on the left bank. The painting is signed and dated in paint (l.r.) "Daubigny 1870" (the date is somewhat obliterated).
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Evening Glow
This painting shows a landscape with a distant horizon and trees on the left hand side. The evening sky is depicted with yellows, oranges and greens. The painting is signed and dated (l.l.) "H.M. Kitchell / 1910".
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Rembrandt in Velvet Cap and Plume

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Mountain Valley with River and Buildings
Trees, figures by a river, small house on the left hand side, mountains behind.
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The Star
A sailboat with its sails set aloft in the shape of two triangles is silhouetted against a cloudy sky illuminated by the sun. Reflections of the boat and sun reach into the foreground of the image toward the viewer. 
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The Kitchen, One of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature,' or the 'French Set'
A dark interior view is shown with a deep recessed space. At the end of the space is a window; the recessed space is full of reflected light and a woman is seen framed against the bright view out the window. Closer to the viewer, the foreground is filled with domestic objects: furniture on the left with vases stored on top; a wall rack with plates stored on the right and other objects with basins or pots below the plates.
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The Pool, One of the 'Sixteen Etchings,' or the 'Thames Set'
A man in a cap sits in a rowboat in the foreground, his chin on his hand looking at the viewer. A number of other boats, all unoccupied, create a barrier between the man and the open expanse of the river that curves towards the left in the distance. The water&#39;s edge is congested with wooden buildings and ships, some in dry dock.
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La Vieille aux Loques
An old woman in a white cap sits in a cluttered interior. Positioned just inside the doorway, the woman is surrounded by piles of cloth with domestic objects on shelves and walls that gleam in the darkness.
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La Vieille aux Loques
An old woman in a white cap sits in a cluttered interior. Positioned just inside the doorway, the woman is surrounded by piles of cloth with domestic objects on shelves and walls that gleam in the darkness.
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The Storm
A stormy and blustery landscape dominates the scene; at the lower left corner, a man with a moustache leans into the wind, clutching his coat in front of him with his right hand and holding his hat in place with his left hand. The landscape is flat and largely open; small groups of trees are visible in the distance and dark lines in the sky represent clouds and squall lines. In the center of the image are faint diagonal lines "cancelling" the plate.
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Sketching, No. 1; an illustration for 'Passages from Modern English Poets'
A rural countryside with a river flowing into the distance at the right dominates the scene. Two figures in a rowboat are at the center of the image and at the lower right corner, an artist, seated on a camp stool and facing away from the viewer, sketches the rowers.
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The "Adam and Eve," Old Chelsea
Black and white view of boats in a port. Small sailboats are docked along the edge of the water. Buildings are grouped at the water&#39;s edge.&nbsp;
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Autumnal Scene

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The Return Home

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California Orange Grove
Painting of landscape scene with blue sky and green field. Mountains and three houses in background in the upper-left quadrant. Grove with orange trees in center. Two men fishing along the banks of a stream in the lower right foreground.
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Landscape with Travelers

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Sunset on the Penobscot
A man with a fishing pole on a dock at a lake. There is a yellow cloudy sky above.
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View of the Fortifications at Gennep on the Maas River
The low horizon used in this landscape painting creates a sense of expansive sky and flat terrain, which is divided equally between river and land. Figures and animals engage in variety of activities on the riverbank and in boats, including fishing and ferrying cargo and animals. Silhouetted against the vast sky stands a fortress on a spur of land with an orange flag flying from its tower. The opposite bank is visible in the distance as a dark broken line across the shining stretch of water.
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Mountain Landscape

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Scholar in a Landscape
A vertical painting with signature on the right side. Colors primarily include gray and faded browns/oranges. Paper is faded yellow color.
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Landscape

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Landscape with River

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Boating by the Peach Leaf Crossing, from the album, Twelve Views of Jinling (Nanjing) (one of pair of albums)
Colored pring of a small body of water, surrounded by houses and small mountains. A gray wall is in the background. Text in upper left corner.
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Summer near Bethel, Maine
Landscape featuring three cows in a green and yellow field approaching a water source. Trees occupy the middle ground and a mountain range is visible against the blue sky. Larson 2/5/18&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;
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The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kichizo Edition): #34 Futagawa
Group of people carrying parcels and leading horses in front of a shop. Other travelers can be seen crossing in the distance. There is a tall tree by the store, and across the water is a smal hill with trees on it. The skyline is edged in pink, suggesting dawn or dusk. Writing in upper right and left corners. Title in red box in upper right corner.
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Yosemite Valley, Looking West
Landscape painting, despicts a valley surrounded by steeply inclined mountains. The foreground is occupied by trees, cows, and still water. Light emanates from lower-right end of the valley, illuminating the left-most rock face. (Larson 2/5/18)
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View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Horizontal view of harbor scene with water, dock, and boats. Small figures and trees on pier in middle ground. WMC painted in green in lower right corner.
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River Landscape

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Sacred Bridge at Nikko

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Winter in Weehawken
This winter landscape scene is painted in light pastel colors including, white, blue, pink and gray. The artist has used vigorous brushstrokes and the paint has been applied thickly on the canvas. The scenery is not painted in detail but done in an impressionistic manner.<br /> In the foreground, a snow-covered hill slopes downward from the upper right side of the composition to the lower left. There is one tall tree that frames the scene on the far right and several others clustered on the left. In the middleground area, seen through the branches of these trees, there are factories and buildings of a town. Also, there are figures ice skating on a pond, at the far left of the composition. In the far distance, seen over the edge of the slope, is the skyline of a city, the shapes of skyscrapers silhouetted against a cloudy sky.
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Washing Clothes
A group of women gather to wash clothes in a river while a man looks on.
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Sunset
Landscape scene depicting trees silhouetted against a reddening sky with a dead fallen tree trunk lying diagonally across the foreground.
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Bacalan, near Bordeaux

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Landscape--Trees by the River

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Autumn, Hastings-on-Hudson

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Le pont sur le Lot

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The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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.
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Landscape
Painting of a blue mountain overlooking a house and river on a gold support with brown flowers.&nbsp;
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The Rape of Europa

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Young Artists

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Tobago, from "The Creation"

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A Path through Autumn Woods

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Le Marais aux Canards

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Sunset, Yosemite

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Fishing at Sunset

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Figures in a Landscape with Sunset Sky

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Frisian Landscape

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Untitled, New York Sunset
An oil painting of New York City skyscrapers against a sunset. A large cloud is set in the middle of the sky.
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Nueva York
A sunset cityscape view with the sun right above the high-rise buiildings in New York City.
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Ann Arbor, Home of the University of Michigan
This landscape of a town has trees and a few figures in the foreground, homes in the midground, and the skyline of a small city in the background.
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Downtown Detroit
Cityscape showing downtown Detroit against a reddish orange sky in 1947. Along the bottom edge of the painting, people wait to load a bus and several vehicles drive on a street perpendicular to them. Multiple buildings several stories tall line the background of the painting.
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Landscape

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Twilight
Landscape painting featuring a row of trees in the middle distance, separating a glowing sky above and a meadow in the foreground. The painting is signed and dated (l.r.) "D W Tryon 1905"
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Morning
This pastel drawing shows a seascape with a beach and body of water, and clouds overhead. The drawing is signed and dated (l.l.) "D.W. TRYON 1906".
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Wooded Landscape with a Distant Sunset
This watercolor painting dominated by shades of browns depicts a wide path leading down to a waterfront. The path is flanked by small hills and shaded with large trees, and a person seems to walk along the left side of the path. In the distance across a body of water are faint outlines of buildings, possibly a city on the shore, and a sunset indicated by the orange tint in the clear sky. 
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Fleurs et mains (Flowers and Hands); After the crayon drawing

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Le Repas Frugal
At the center of the scene, a man and a women sit at a table with an empty plate, two glasses, and a large bottle on the table before them. Their gazes are in nearly opposite directions and they appear gaunt.
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Profil de femme (Woman's Profile)

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Rays coming from a break in the sky, 1 - Cha 1

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Roses and Flowers in a Glass
This painting depicts a glass vase with roses, phlox, and other flowers standing on a table. One pink rose lies next to the vase on the table; the background is an undifferentiated background of brown/tan.
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Huron River

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Landscape

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Fishing Boats at Tarragona

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Barn in Snow
At the center of the painting, there is a red barn surrounded by snow covered ground. There are large trees on both sides of the barn, and a yellow house in the background. 
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Early Spring, Ann Arbor

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Fishing Boats (Recto and Verso)

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The Green Cottage

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Seated Male Nude
A male nude sits on an orange pillow with his knees up and hands on them. The figure, which fills much of the space, is in an interior. The walls, a doorway, and a chair are visible.
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Self-Portrait
A middle-aged man in a gray-green button up shirt and wearing glasses looks at the viewer. He is shown in bust.
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Winter Scene

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Seascape
Waves crashing on the rocks which are mostly situated on the right bottom half of the image. The sky is gray and blue while the water is a mix of greens, blues and white.
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Landscape
A stream with trees on either side. Rocks in and around the stream and a fence in the grass on the left side of the image.
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The Road to Ann Arbor

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Autumn

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Landscape with Tower

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Barcos de Vela
A number of sailboats are sailing on the deep green sea; and there are black and white clouds in the sky.
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Landscape

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A Large Tree

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Amoenissimae Effigies. Plate 23. Die Zuyder Zee.

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Twilight
Landscape painting with green marshy field in foreground, a grouping of trees in the middle ground on right side of canvas, and blue sky with patches of soft clouds above.
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Chasing a Slaver
Ship chasing another ship. Shore on the right hand side of the painting.
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Landscape with Washerwoman
This landscape scene has an expansive blue sky in the upper half of the composition contrasted with the dark countryside, painted in hues of dark green and brown, in the lower portion. On the horizon, in between these two areas, is a mountain range with sharp pointed peaks. The forms of the bright white clouds mimick the foliage of the trees.<br />There are figures in the foreground area, although the rugged countryside shows no sign of habitation. On the right, two women are shown bending over, washing clothes in a small stream. There is a man sitting next to a laundry basket in the far left corner. A fourth figure, seen from the back only, is placed in the center area of the foreground.
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Landscape with Flock of Sheep

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Storm in the North Sea
Painting of distant ship in choppy dark blue and green waters. Sky is cloudy with windows of blue. Larson 2/7/18<br /> &nbsp;
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Untitled (Landscape)
This painting features a landscape consisting of a grassy meadow with leafy green trees, accompanied by a blue sky punctuated by clouds.  Wooded areas surround the verdant clearing where two women, one standing and the other sitting, are located.  Across from the figures, to their right, is a brown cow.  The recto of the painting is signed "Corot" on the lower left.
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A Squall

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In the Mountain Fastness
Dark landscape set atop a rocky mountain with sparse vegetation. There is a small boulder in the left foreground space with a dead tree standing beside it; in the right foreground there is what appears to be a small cave. A dead and broken tree lies across the bottom of the picture frame. There are mountains in the distance and a dark stormy sky above with a break in the clouds near the center of the canvas that reveals a sunny blue sky.
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Two Girls Reading (Deux Enfants Lisant)
Two girls, depicted in bold geometric shapes and block colors, reading a book together. The figure seated at viewer's right, slightly taller, is green and wearing yellow. The figure at viewer's left has a face of blue and white and is clothed in red resting her clasped hands upon an open book.
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Peacock

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Lane at Cooksbridge
Figures in a winter landscape. A couple and their small dog are silhouetted against snow and ice on a diagonal path lower right by a rail fence and a pollard willow. He is in a top hat and jacket, she in a long coat and broad hat, carrying an umbrella. A cottage with three chimneys and a steep roof is right of center behind a hedge and gate parallel to the path. Another house and wooded horizon are visible through the distant haze under a golden sky.
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The Nor'easter
Ship, centered on page, is sailing on choppy water rendered in blue, grey, and white against a cloudy sky. (Larson 2/7/18)
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Mount Chocurua, New Hampshire, from Walker's Pond
There is a pond on the left hand side, trees on the right, mountains on the left and top left.
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Seascape

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Canterbury Cathedral and Weed Grown Waste

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40 Items in this Learning Collection
Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.291)
The two-armed figure dances with his right leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm crosses his body and rests above the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. Tassels hang from him hips and under his armpits adding a great sense of movement to the whole figure. Multi-hooded snakes are at the base and also around the bottom of the club. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. He is a pair with 1980/2.291.<br />
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Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.290)
The two-armed figure dances with his left leg raised and wrapped around a club. His left arm is extended down his body and holds onto the club and his right hand is raised almost to his ear. He wears much of jewelry including bracelets, anklets, necklaces with should loops and an elaborate belt almost forming an apron. His stomach protrudes over the belt. He also has large earrings in the form of roaring lions and a jewel encrusted crown. His eyes bulge out and his mouth is open showing his teeth. The whole is badly weathered and not nearly as crisp as his partner, 1980/2.290.<br />
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Ganesha, seated on a double lotus throne
Ganesha is shown here seated on a double lotus throne, in a royal posture with the soles of his feet together. He has four arms, and holds two of his attributes in the rear pair: an ax and a rosary. His trunk curls down across his rotund belly to reach for a bowl of sweets that rests in his left forward arm. The cobra slung across his shoulder, now hard to make out because of the centuries of wear of the stone, indicates Ganesha's lineage as the son of the Shiva, in his aspect as the great ascetic. Almost 27 inches high, this sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesha is carved of andesite, a volcanic stone common to the island of Java in Indonesia. Andesite is a soft stone and erodes easily, which is why the carving is no longer crisp.
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Landscape in the Style of Huang Gongwang

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Cold Light and Snowy Mountains
Purple cloth background with a scene of a mountain. The top of the mountain is on the right side.
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Red Trees, Blue Mountains
Landscape colored with the bright hues of autumn. Pavilions are nestled among clouds and mountain forests. A rustic staircase appears between wisps of clouds and trees, winding up the slope next to waterfalls.
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In the Spirit of Li Bai's Poetry
Green mountains create the edge of a river. Red flowers grow on the hill framing the scene in the right corner, and two boats sail the waters below. In the upper center of the painting is calligraphic text.
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Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches
Painted and inscribed on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. The artist depicts a view of the narrow, winding roadway cutting through a magnificent rocky mountain. <br />In his inscription, Chang claims to use methods of Song masters that were adopted in painting the scene. A small detail on the lower right of the painting represents a couple of tiny figures standing aside the road. One figure is depicted as making life-sketches of the scene.
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Geese and Reeds (two of a pair)
A grounded and a flying goose is paired in both paintings, creating a contrast of stillness and movement. A goose swoops into the scene from the top left, while the neck of the grounded goose follows a graceful curve to look at the approaching bird. The swaying reeds and grass around the grounded goose add lightness to the composition. Between the two geese are three lines of calligraphy.<br /> <br /> These two hanging scroll paintings depict geese and reeds. Based on the style, the use of silk and the mounting method, it is assumed that the two works are part of the same set. Plate 278-1 (2009/1.488.1) depicts three geese including one with its head plunged into the water, while Plate 278-2 (2009/1.488.2) depicts two. Both works depict reeds on the right part of the painting. Yang&rsquo;s signature in &ldquo;boneless&rdquo; stroke style, effective in portraying light and shade, is striking. Yang Gihun (楊基薰, 1843&ndash;?), who painted these works, was active mainly in Pyeongyang which is currently located i
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Geese and Reeds (one of a pair)
A grounded and a flying goose is paired in both paintings, creating a contrast of stillness and movement. The goose is the water has its head turned to watch the descent of the goose flying in from the right. The upper left corner contains calligraphic text, and creating ripples in the water in the foreground is a goose with its head below the surface, and bottom in the air. Reeds come in from the right.<br /> <br /> These two hanging scroll paintings depict geese and reeds. Based on the style, the use of silk and the mounting method, it is assumed that the two works are part of the same set. Plate 278-1 (2009/1.488.1) depicts three geese including one with its head plunged into the water, while Plate 278-2 (2009/1.488.2) depicts two. Both works depict reeds on the right part of the painting. Yang&rsquo;s signature in &ldquo;boneless&rdquo; stroke style, effective in portraying light and shade, is striking. Yang Gihun (楊基薰, 1843&ndash;?), who painted these works, was active mainly in Pyeongyang which is cur
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Kris handle in the shape of an ogre

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Vanitas (Still Life), with globe, skull, candle, tazza, and covered cup
This remarkable still life depicts a table crowded with, among other things, a gilded covered goblet, a wide saucer-shaped silver tazza, a celestial globe painted with images of the constellations, a skull wearing a laurel wreath, and an extinguished candle, all rendered in exquisite detail with careful attention paid to the effects of light and texture. While the arrangement of objects may appear casual, the composition is artfully balanced along two diagonal axes centered on the two cups that lie crossed on the table. The repetition of ovoid shapes throughout the painting and the monochrome tonality with its restricted range of hues and values, a hallmark of Heda's style, assures the seamless integration of the sundry objects into a unified whole.<br />
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The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
This painting depicts the interior of a room where four men are grouped around a table. They are painted as half-length figures, and their forms fill the foreground. They are painted in warm tones of brown, red and green and dressed in 16th century Netherlandish clothing. There is a king, wearing a pointed crown, who, with his right arm awkwardly crossed over his left, points to another man across the table. He has a furrowed brow and his mouth is partially open as if he is speaking. Next to him is a man looking downward, intently counting coins piled on the table. The third man pauses while writing in a book, his hand with the pen is stopped in mid-air, and looks back at the king. The fourth man, on the other side of the table, has his hands clasped in a pleading gesture and his eyes meet the gaze of the king. Items in the room and on the table such as books, scissors, a money bag, and an hourglass, are painted in great detail. In the upper right, a small outdoor scene, painted in tones of light green, shows
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes
The half-length figure of a woman looks directly out of the painting and holds the bearded head of a man on a platter in her hands. She wears a fine robe with large white sleeves and collar, a soft hat with a small white feather, and a bejeweled pin on her left shoulder. The face of an older woman with deeply wrinkled skin appears in the shadows behind her.
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Eve Tempted by the Serpent
A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
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Last Supper
A photograph of eight boys, all of which are the same person, voraciously eating a loaf of white bread off a rock in a forest.
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Ah Puch
Bust of a figure from the chest up in three-quarters pose. The head, or perhaps a mask, is white, resembling a skull with a halo of white hair. The neck is dark brown with two white bands like chokers around it, perhaps securing the mask. The figure wears a dark red garment that is trimmed in ornate lace in white and gold. The background is a deep teal green-blue.
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Heavenly Officials with Son and Auspicious Offerings (Diptych)
Left panel of a diptych on a cardboard backing. A bearded figure is dressed in an elaborate robe with crane motifs and is holding a vase with long flowers. He stands against a green-blue background, which is covered in a lattice of white clouds. A smaller, childlike figure stands next to him and is holding a teapot with a speech bubble above it. They are facing right.
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White Territory
This abstract painting is primarily white with a large squarish area of dark green in the top left quadrant. Loose brushwork varies from wide, full strokes to the short, rapid strokes at the compositions center. Pigment application ranges from a very thin wash to heavy impasto.
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Composition
This painting has a series of flat, colorful, overlapping geometric and biomorphic abstract forms in greens, yellows, purple, reds, black, grey, and white. The painting is signed in black (l.l.) "herbin".
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The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)
A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.
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Sea and Rain
The painting depicts a solitary male figure standing along the shore. The thin layers of paint evoke a misty, overcast day with the figure standing perhaps on a tidal flat.
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The Bullfight (Courses de taureaux)
A bull in the center charges to the left toward a horse rearing up with a bullfighter on its back. The bullfighter leans forward to plunge a spear into the bull's shoulder area. Flags and spectator stands lie in the background.
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Espace-temps en fusion
Winding through the center of this print, a melting clock oozes from the top right to the bottom center in red, yellow and blue. To the left of the base of the clock is a bright orange and red bolder. In the background, there is a large landscape with mountains and a cloudy sky. There are three figures in the scene. At the bottom right, a figure is seated with a staff and behind it is a large shape in yellow, red and blue. At the center, there is a sketch of a mounted figure on a rearing horse; and at the upper right, there is a figure with a strong shadow. The print is signed (l.r.) and numbered (l.l.) in pencil. 
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"Untitled" (March 5th) #2
Two forty-watt light bulbs in simple porcelain light sockets hang together by their extension cords from a nail on the wall.
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Standing Figure
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Tintern Abbey
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After Manet
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
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Chasing a Slaver
Ship chasing another ship. Shore on the right hand side of the painting.
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Simpsonville

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Mother©
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Joseph the Carpenter
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Love is What You Want
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Rocky Mountains
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Mt. Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California
This photograph depicts a flat, boulder-strewn valley leading up to a range of cloud-swept mountains in the distance. 
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Paris #206
Photo of a woman in a floor-length and brightly striped formal gown standing in a multi-level staircase. The photo is taken from above and captures the woman, her companion, and the ornate handrail and stair runner.
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David Chun - Chinese Shrimp Camp
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Seven Kiowah Men

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Untitled (No. XXIII)

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Untitled (Swan Painting)
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The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)

Accession Number
1976/2.134

Title
The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)

Artist(s)
Claude Monet

Artist Nationality
French (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1880

Medium & Support
oil on canvas

Dimensions
23 ¾ in x 39 3/10 in (60.33 cm x 99.85 cm);32 ½ in x 48 in x 2 ¾ in (82.55 cm x 121.92 cm x 6.99 cm)

Credit Line
Acquired through the generosity of Russell B. Stearns (LS&A, 1916), and his wife Andree B. Stearns, Dedham, Massachusetts

Label copy
March 28 2009
The winter of 1879–80 was one of Europe’s coldest on record and Monet, who was living in the small town of Vétheuil, witnessed first hand the devastation when the frozen Seine river thawed, dislodging large ice floes that inundated the countryside and damaged bridges. In this painting, Monet explores two contrasting aspects of painting: spatial recession and surface patterning. As the Seine recedes at the left, Monet’s vertical reflections and horizontal floes superimpose a painterly grid that brings the eye constantly back to the surface of the canvas. The exploration of this tension between depth and surface was one of the defining concerns of his career.
This debacle of the Seine was the subject of about twenty paintings that Monet worked on into the early spring of 1880. These paintings of ice floes chart Monet’s early fascination with capturing the same motif under differing conditions of light and at different times of day. They were produced over a period of months, while Monet’s later series such as those of haystacks, poplar trees, and Rouen cathedral, were extended investigations of the ephemeral effects of light on a motif during ever-narrower time frames—some as brief as fifteen minutes in duration.

Physical Description
A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Primary Object Type
landscape

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Landscapes
hills
ice
riverbanks

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