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Courtyard in the Sultan's Palace; Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant

Title: Courtyard in the Sultan's Palace
Artist: Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant
Physical Description: This painting shows a scene set in a courtyard with high white walls that is open to the sky. Beyond the wall there is flowering vegetation, tall trees and a tower with a balustrade with keyhole shaped openings. There are two clay pots resting on top of the wall and an oriental style carpet hanging over one side. Within this courtyard, there are three women who are looking at two small leopards that wear metal chains and stand in a keyhole shaped opening of the far right wall. The women, grouped together on the far left side, are wearing 19th century Moroccan dress, including richly embroidered, garments, headscarves and shoes. There is bright sunlight streaming into the room which creates shadows on the walls and floor.
Artist Life Dates: 1845-1902
Century: Late 19th-early 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1872-1902
Accession Number: 1895.99
Medium and Support: oil on panel

Storm in the North Sea; Robert Hopkin

Title: Storm in the North Sea
Artist: Robert Hopkin
Artist Life Dates: Scotland, 1832-1909
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1832-1909
Accession Number: 1910.1
Medium and Support: oil on canvas

Evening Glow; Hudson Kitchell

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Title: Evening Glow
Artist: Hudson Kitchell
Physical Description: A landscape with trees on the left hand side. Evening sky with yellows, oranges and greens.
Artist Life Dates: 1862-1944
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: 1910
Accession Number: 1918.1
Medium and Support: oil on canvas

Fine Arts; Ulysses Ricci

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Title: Fine Arts
Artist: Ulysses Ricci
Physical Description: Broken disc.
Artist Life Dates: 1888-1960
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1920
Accession Number: 1920.1
Medium and Support: plaster

Drama; Ulysses Ricci

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Title: Drama
Artist: Ulysses Ricci
Physical Description: Two faces, one serious, one laughing. Pineapple in between with a ribbon hanging down.
Artist Life Dates: 1888-1960
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1920
Accession Number: 1920.2
Medium and Support: plaster

Poetry and Music; Ulysses Ricci

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Title: Poetry and Music
Artist: Ulysses Ricci
Physical Description: Broken disc.
Artist Life Dates: 1888-1960
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: circa 1900-1920
Accession Number: 1920.3
Medium and Support: plaster

Repose of Evening; Ben Foster

Title: Repose of Evening
Artist: Ben Foster
Artist Life Dates: 1852-1926
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1852-1923
Accession Number: 1923.1
Medium and Support: oil on canvas

The Church at Sézanne; Samuel Chamberlain

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Title: The Church at Sézanne
Artist: Samuel Chamberlain
Artist Life Dates: 1895-1975
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1895-1929
Accession Number: 1929.1
Medium and Support: etching on paper

A Stable Court in Essex; Samuel Chamberlain

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Title: A Stable Court in Essex
Artist: Samuel Chamberlain
Artist Life Dates: 1895-1975
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1895-1929
Accession Number: 1929.2
Medium and Support: drypoint on paper

Poplars, Royal Gardens; Otto Bacher

Title: Poplars, Royal Gardens
Artist: Otto Bacher
Artist Life Dates: 1856-1909
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1856-1909
Accession Number: 1930.2
Medium and Support: etching on paper

Lolita; Edward Stodart

Title: Lolita
Artist: Edward Stodart
Artist Life Dates: 1841-1914
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1841-1914
Accession Number: 1930.20
Medium and Support: stipple engraving on paper

The Pool; Charles Storm van's Gravesande

Title: The Pool
Artist: Charles Storm van's Gravesande
Artist Life Dates: 1841-1924
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1841-1924
Accession Number: 1930.21
Medium and Support: etching on paper

Textile; Artist Unknown, India

Title: Textile
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description: This square of fabric illustrates the tie-dye technique, with dots of fabric gathered into a tight bunch and dyed contrasting colors. The bunching threads are still in place.
Century: Late 19th-Early 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1870-1920
Accession Number: 1930.32
Medium and Support: resist dyeing textile

Batik cloth; Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java

Title: Batik cloth
Artist: Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
Century: late 19th century–early 20th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1880-1930
Accession Number: 1930.36
Medium and Support: wax resist natural dyes on cotton

Kimono Fragment, with Stenciled Design of Chrysanthemums, Hemp-leaf Flowers, and Snowflakes; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Kimono Fragment, with Stenciled Design of Chrysanthemums, Hemp-leaf Flowers, and Snowflakes
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1860-1912
Accession Number: 1930.39
Medium and Support: silk crepe (chirimen) with paste-resist designs

Textile; Anonymous American

Title: Textile
Artist: Anonymous American
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 20th century
Accession Number: 1930.60
Medium and Support: printed silk

Goldfish; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

Title: Goldfish
Artist: Ohara Shôson (Koson)
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1926
Accession Number: 1930.64
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper

Hawk in snow; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

Title: Hawk in snow
Artist: Ohara Shôson (Koson)
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1926
Accession Number: 1930.65
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper

Nandina bush and flycatchers in the snow; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

Title: Nandina bush and flycatchers in the snow
Artist: Ohara Shôson (Koson)
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1929
Accession Number: 1930.66
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper

Wild geese; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

Title: Wild geese
Artist: Ohara Shôson (Koson)
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1926
Accession Number: 1930.67
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper

Wisteria and swallows; Ohara Shôson (Koson)

Title: Wisteria and swallows
Artist: Ohara Shôson (Koson)
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1926
Accession Number: 1930.68
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper

Across the Valley; Alfred Hutty

Title: Across the Valley
Artist: Alfred Hutty
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1954
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1877-1930
Accession Number: 1930.70
Medium and Support: etching on paper

Farmyard; Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

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Title: Farmyard
Artist: Alessandro Mastro-Valerio
Artist Life Dates: 1887-1953
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1887-1953
Accession Number: 1931.1
Medium and Support: drypoint on paper

Park Avenue, New York; William E. Walcot

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Title: Park Avenue, New York
Artist: William E. Walcot
Artist Life Dates: 1874-1943
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1874-1943
Accession Number: 1931.10
Medium and Support: etching on paper

Venice; Sir Frank William Brangwyn

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Title: Venice
Artist: Sir Frank William Brangwyn
Artist Life Dates: 1867-1956
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1867-1956
Accession Number: 1931.11
Medium and Support: etching on paper

Craigmillar Castle; Sir David Young Cameron

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Title: Craigmillar Castle
Artist: Sir David Young Cameron
Artist Life Dates: 1865-1945
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1865-1945
Accession Number: 1931.12
Medium and Support: etching and drypoint on paper

Oka and Walmacho; Victor Higgins

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Title: Oka and Walmacho
Artist: Victor Higgins
Physical Description: In this painting, done in broad brush strokes, the figures of two women fill the composition. One is seated in profile view and the other, standing behind her, gazes out into the distance. The forms of their bodies are set againist a plain white wall creating a strong outline, especially around the area of their hair and faces. 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. There is an amulet made of bone and feathers hanging on the wall in the upper right corner of the painting.
Artist Life Dates: 1884-1949
Century: 19th-20th century
Object Creation Date: 1915
Accession Number: 1931.13
Medium and Support: oil on canvas

The Sisters; Edward Potthast

Title: The Sisters
Artist: Edward Potthast
Artist Life Dates: 1857-1927
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1917
Accession Number: 1931.14
Medium and Support: oil on canvas

Winter in Weehawken; Henry Reuterdahl

Title: Winter in Weehawken
Artist: Henry Reuterdahl
Physical Description: 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.; 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.
Artist Life Dates: 1871-1925
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1907
Accession Number: 1931.15
Medium and Support: oil on canvas

The Steps (copper plate); Childe Hassam

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Title: The Steps (copper plate)
Artist: Childe Hassam
Artist Life Dates: 1859-1935
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1859-1931
Accession Number: 1931.18A
Medium and Support: copper plate on paper

The Steps; Childe Hassam

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Title: The Steps
Artist: Childe Hassam
Artist Life Dates: 1859-1935
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1859-1931
Accession Number: 1931.18B-D
Medium and Support: etching on paper

Gargano Coast; Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

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Title: Gargano Coast
Artist: Alessandro Mastro-Valerio
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1887-1953
Accession Number: 1931.2
Medium and Support: drypoint on paper

Landscape with House; Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

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Title: Landscape with House
Artist: Alessandro Mastro-Valerio
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1887-1953
Accession Number: 1931.3
Medium and Support: drypoint on paper

Landscape - Silver Clouds; Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

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Title: Landscape - Silver Clouds
Artist: Alessandro Mastro-Valerio
Artist Life Dates: 1887-1953
Century: early 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1887-1931
Accession Number: 1931.4
Medium and Support: drypoint on paper

Peasant Girls; Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

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Title: Peasant Girls
Artist: Alessandro Mastro-Valerio
Artist Life Dates: 1887-1953
Century: early 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1887-1931
Accession Number: 1931.5
Medium and Support: drypoint on paper

Rocky Coast; Alessandro Mastro-Valerio

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Title: Rocky Coast
Artist: Alessandro Mastro-Valerio
Artist Life Dates: 1887-1953
Century: early 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1887-1931
Accession Number: 1931.6
Medium and Support: etching on paper

Dressmaker; Peggy Bacon

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Title: Dressmaker
Artist: Peggy Bacon
Artist Life Dates: 1895-1989
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1895-1931
Accession Number: 1931.7
Medium and Support: etching on paper

Clouds; Arthur B. Davies

Title: Clouds
Artist: Arthur B. Davies
Artist Life Dates: 1862-1928
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1920
Accession Number: 1931.8
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper

East Side Interior; Edward Hopper

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Title: East Side Interior
Artist: Edward Hopper
Artist Life Dates: 1882-1967
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1882-1931
Accession Number: 1931.9
Medium and Support: etching on paper

Venice; Arthur Heintzelman

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Title: Venice
Artist: Arthur Heintzelman
Artist Life Dates: 1891 - 1965
Century: 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1891-1932
Accession Number: 1932.1
Medium and Support: etching on paper

The Pond; André des Fontaines

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Title: The Pond
Artist: André des Fontaines
Physical Description: Hilly green landscape with tres, blue skies and clouds. Pond on the right hand side.
Artist Life Dates: 1869-1946
Century: 20th-century
Object Creation Date: circa 1920
Accession Number: 1932.2
Medium and Support: oil on canvas