Exchange: Line of Progress

Line of Progress

This photograph depicts railroad tracks cutting through a man-made passage. To the right of the tracks stands a lone man looking into the distance.

Andrew Russell
Malloy's Cut, Sherman Station, Laramie Range
albumen print on paper
8 in x 9 13/16 in (20.32 cm x 24.92 cm);14 5/16 in x 19 5/16 in (36.35 cm x 49.05 cm);8 in x 9 13/16 in (20.32 cm x 24.92 cm);5 15/16 in x 8 in (15.08 cm x 20.32 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Bond

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Wilfred Byron Shaw
Progress
etching on paper
18 1/16 x 22 1/16 in. (45.8 x 56 cm);8 11/16 x 11 7/16 in. (22 x 29 cm);15 3/16 x 18 9/16 in. (38.5 x 47 cm)
Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Alfred H. White

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Michael Kenna
The Rouge Study #60, Dearborn, MI
sepia-toned gelatin silver print on paper
7 15/16 in x 7 1/2 in (20.2 cm x 19 cm)
Gift of Shirley Kollins in memory of Lee Kollins

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This is a black and white photograph with an elevated point of view. It depicts a thick diagonal white line on pavement with a figure standing on the left beside it. The figure is only partially shown with a dark silhouette, but details of his shoe, placed parallel the to white line, are precise. The figure holds a long thin plank of wood at his side that mimics the diagonal white line.<br />

Ralph Gibson
Perfect Future, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"
photograph on fiber paper
19 1/16 in x 13 in (48.5 cm x 33 cm)
Gift of Selma and Gerry Lotenberg

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Two tall, rectangular intersecting planes, one black and one white, create the appearance of a tall, minimal structure. Vertical lines of black and white add to the structure, which at its base projects slightly into a rough square shape that seems to delineate a kind of ground or base. The space around the structure is ochre.

László Moholy-Nagy
Construction (Konstruktion)
color lithograph on paper
23 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (59.06 x 43.82 cm);28 1/16 x 22 1/16 in. (71.28 x 56.04 cm);23 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (59.06 x 43.82 cm)
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser

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Cantilever chair frame formed by a continuous line of thin steel tubing (connected under the seat with an additional piece of tubular steel), with separate lengths of black canvas wrapped around it at the seat and back.

Marcel Breuer
Chair (model B33)
chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas
32 in x 19 1/4 in x 24 in (81.28 cm x 48.9 cm x 60.96 cm)
Bequest of Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe

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A black gun barrel with a bullet facing the barrel and "VICTORY" in white text in the upper left corner.

Shigeo Fukuda
Victory (Reproduction)
screenprint on paper
40 ½ in x 28 ¾ in (102.87 cm x 73.02 cm)
Gift of the DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion

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A collage drawing with "When was the future?" in the middle of the object. The words are cut out of pictures of trees and a city's skyline. The background of the collage is the view of of a tall building and a cutout of a youth doing a handstand is placed on the balcony. A picture of a tree is included by the person.

Jakob Kolding
When was the future?
collage on paper
16 9/16 in. x 11 11/16 in. ( 42 cm x 29.7 cm )
Museum Purchase

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This mixed media collage consists of a long skein of yarn of varying colors attached at point A at the top of the print, creating a jumbled mass of yarn below and exiting at point C, also at the top of the canvas.

Buky Schwartz
Line A-C
mixed media, wool on canvas
28 1/4 in x 20 1/4 in (71.76 cm x 51.44 cm)
Gift in honor of Dr. E. Bryce and Harriet Alpern, by their children

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Elevated and angled view down Fifth Avenue from the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.

Alvin Langdon Coburn
Fifth Avenue, from the St. Regis
photogravure on paper
7 3/8 in x 5 7/8 in (18.7 cm x 14.9 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.5 cm x 49.2 cm);7 7/8 in x 6 1/4 in (20 cm x 15.9 cm)
Museum Purchase

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Elevated view of a rain-glazed street lined with parked cars and trees.

Walker Evans
Main Street, Saratoga Springs, New York
gelatin silver print on paper
7 3/8 in x 6 5/16 in (18.73 cm x 16.03 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 in (56.2 cm x 45.72 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art

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