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Gordon Parks
American Gothic, Washington, D.C.
photograph on paper
10 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (27.31 x 29.21 cm);7 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (19.68 x 29.21 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the University of Michigan Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Director's Acquisition Committee, 2019
A "Norton Abrasives" wooden crate is filled with empty rusted gallon paint containers with dried paint inside. A cracked rearview mirror is attached to one side and an American flag is smushed into one side of the box. A small toy platypus sits inside one of the paint cans, although the platypus is moveable; instructions to museum state that museum staff can place platypus where they please.
Tyree Guyton
Untitled (Paint Cans)
paint cans, wooden crate, American flag, rearview mirror, and ceramic figurine
33 1/2 in x 28 1/8 in x 12 in (85.09 cm x 71.44 cm x 30.48 cm)
Gift of H. David Zucca
People standing in a grassy field holding politcal signs.
Robert F. George
Election Day at Battlesboro High School
postcard on paper
4 13/16 x 9 7/8 in. (12.07 x 25.08 cm)
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
This print has three main images all printed in a monochromatic grey. At the top is an image of a man, in a tweed coat and fur hat, polishing a motorcycle. The scene is from a pier. The sign says "GANGWAY 1," with the ocean and the Statue of Liberty in the background. The central image is a detail of the face of the Statue of Liberty, with a small boy visible in her crown. The bottom image is more abstracted shapes from a dot-matrix image.
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
Fifty Nine Varieties of Paradise
photolithograph on paper
14 15/16 in x 10 in (37.94 cm x 25.4 cm)
Gift of Professor Diane M. Kirkpatrick
Charles Kezar
Miss Liberty
acrylic on canvas
54 in. x 46 in. x 2 in. ( 137.2 cm x 116.8 cm x 5.1 cm )
Gift of the Nathan T. Whitman Trust
This photograph depicts a scene at a crowded political demonstration in a city. The crowd is waving flags and signs, and a reporter is extending a microphone to a yelling man wearing a construction hardhat.
Garry Winogrand
New York City
gelatin silver print on paper
9 1/16 in x 13 7/16 in (23.02 cm x 34.13 cm)
Gift of Stanley T. Lesser, A.B. 1951, J.D. 1953
This photograph depicts a cement interior with individuals on foot and in cars passing before a large American flag mural painted on the wall.
Robert Frank
American Flag in Brick Wall
gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 11 1/16 in (20.32 cm x 28.1 cm);10 15/16 in x 13 15/16 in (27.78 cm x 35.4 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm);7 15/16 in x 11 1/8 in (20.16 cm x 28.26 cm)
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952
<span style="font-size:12pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:">A small child sleeping in a chair on what appears to be the lid of a toilet. The child has blankets around them and is leaning over to the left. There is white tile and a wall-mounted toothbrush holder visible in the background.</span></span><br />
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American
Untitled
photograph on paper
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (8.89 x 6.35 cm)
Gift of Peter J. Cohen, selected by Museum visitors, 2019-2020
A small child in a high chair, seated behind what appears to be a cake with a single candle in it. The child&#39;s mouth is open as they gaze up towards the upper left of the image.
American
Untitled
photograph on paper
5 3/8 x 3 in. (13.65 x 7.62 cm)
Gift of Peter J. Cohen, selected by Museum visitors, 2019-2020

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