Exchange: W24 Rodena-Krasan - AAS 395/ GERMAN 396 / HISTORY 396

W24 Rodena-Krasan - AAS 395/ GERMAN 396 / HISTORY 396 - Germany and the Black Diaspora

A naturalistic rendering of a human face. Eyes carved in relief are convex and almond-shaped with narrow slits and are placed in round, concave eye sockets. Nose is slender at the bridge and rounded at the tip. The horizontal mouth is partially opened. Half rounded ears display metal loops, one includes a tag with the number 039641-HAV(?). The "hair" is attached with a cloth headband, covered in snakeskin, placed high on the forehead and is made from clay and red tukula powder. The face shows striated, scarifcation patters underneath and to the sides of the eyes; the forehead shows is a chingelyengelye cross motif. The patina is smooth and redish brown in color.

Chokwe
Pwo Mask
wood, tukula powder, clay, string, metal, fur, snakeskin, cloth
11 7/8 in x 11 1/4 in x 6 11/16 in (30.1 cm x 28.6 cm x 17 cm)
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern

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Hendrick Goltzius
Adoration of the Magi, from 'The Life of the Virgin', in the manner of Lucas van
engraving on ivory laid paper
19 15/16 in x 14 15/16 in (50.64 cm x 37.94 cm);28 1/16 in x 22 1/16 in (71.28 cm x 56.04 cm);19 15/16 in x 14 15/16 in (50.64 cm x 37.94 cm);18 11/16 in x 13 ⅞ in (47.47 cm x 35.24 cm)
Museum Purchase

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Max Beckmann
The Negro. No.6 from the Series of Ten Prints, 'Der Jahrmarkt'
drypoint on paper
11 ⅜ in x 10 ⅛ in (28.89 cm x 25.72 cm);17 ½ in x 13 ¾ in (44.45 cm x 34.92 cm);22 1/16 in x 18 in (56.04 cm x 45.72 cm)
Museum Purchase

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Josef Eberz
Nächtlicher Circus
woodcut on paper
12 9/16 in x 9 ⅝ in (31.91 cm x 24.45 cm);19 ¼ in x 14 ¼ in (48.89 cm x 36.2 cm)
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser

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E. F. Chapman
Phrenological Head
porcelain
12 in. ( 30.5 cm )
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton

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A monumentally stylized head of a woman. Her head is tilted slighty to the viewer's right. Her eyes, nose, and lips are large and almost mask-like. She appears to be wearing a hat of a modern style. Shading is executed with powerful parallel lines and cross-hatching. The year of the work's execution, 1916, appears in the lower right.

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Head of a Woman (Frauenkopf)
wood cut on paper
12 in x 9 in (30.48 cm x 22.86 cm);10 ⅛ in x 7 ⅛ in (25.72 cm x 18.1 cm);19 ⅜ in x 14 ⅜ in (49.21 cm x 36.51 cm);12 11/16 in x 9 ⅝ in (32.23 cm x 24.45 cm)
Museum Purchase

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A colored print of a white hand holding onto a brown hand. Above their grasp is both Hebrew block and English lettering that translates/reads: "'Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By...". The painting illustrates the need for diversity during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.

Ben Shahn
Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By
photo-offset reproduction on paper
28 1/4 in. x 24 1/4 in. x 3/4 in. ( 71.76 cm x 61.6 cm x 1.91 cm )
Gift of the Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communication, Founder Warren M. Robbins

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László Moholy-Nagy
Militarism (Militarismus)
gelatin silver print from rephotographed photomontage on paper
7 1/16 in x 5 1/8 in (17.94 cm x 13.02 cm);19 5/16 in x 14 5/16 in (49.05 cm x 36.35 cm);7 1/16 in x 5 1/8 in (17.94 cm x 13.02 cm);6 3/4 in x 4 13/16 in (17.15 cm x 12.22 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art

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Max Pechstein
Heidenstamm, from "Marsyas"
drypoint and etching on paper
14 11/16 in x 10 11/16 in (37.31 cm x 27.15 cm);19 ⅜ in x 14 3/10 in (49.21 cm x 36.35 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art

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This print shows two figures dancing in front of three musicians by the water with a moon in the sky and reflected in the water. A far away seaside fort is visible in the upper left corner.

Miguel Covarrubias
Afro-Cuban Dancers and Percussionists
lithograph on paper
9 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in (23.5 cm x 34.29 cm);11 15/16 in x 16 1/16 in (30.32 cm x 40.8 cm);22 1/16 in x 28 1/8 in (56.04 cm x 71.44 cm)
Museum Purchase

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A black and white print that features a person holding his head in clenched fists. His clothing is creased by his dynamic position, back is haunched. Below the drawing is stylized Hebrew block print. Translated it reads "These martyrs I well remember, and my soul melts with secret sorrow. Evil men have devoured us and eagerly consumed us". The calligraphy is a prayer recited for the Musaf Service during Yom Kippur.

Ben Shahn
Warsaw
serigraph on paper
40 1/4 in. x 31 in. x 3/4 in. ( 102.24 cm x 78.74 cm x 1.91 cm )
Gift of the Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communication, Founder Warren M. Robbins

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Gerhard Marcks
Orpheus in the Underworld, No. 6 from the Orpheus Series.
woodcut on paper
12 ⅝ in x 14 ¼ in (32.07 cm x 36.2 cm);15 ⅛ in x 18 in (38.42 cm x 45.72 cm);18 in x 22 in (45.72 cm x 55.88 cm)
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser

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