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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor of a stormy Grand Canyon scene with a sunlit rock formation under dark clouds and a shadowed foreground.

Grand Canyon in Stormy Weather, Arizona

Thomas Moran, 1908

Pencil sketch of a Paris street with bare trees, a street lamp, pedestrians, and tall building facades with chimneys.

View of a Paris Street

Griffith Baily Coale, 1910

Pencil sketch of stylized hounds running diagonally along angular railings and stair forms on cream paper.

Design for Railings, Hounds

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Circular orange luggage label study with a large black letter A and white text reading ORIENT LINE.

Study for a Luggage Label, Orient Line

E. McKnight Kauffer, 1935

Pencil sketch of a winged putto leaning on a pedestal, with faint architectural lines around it on tan paper.

Sketch of Genius for "Tradition"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil design sketch of a hound-shaped wall sconce holding a lantern, with small scroll ornament studies beside it.

Design for Sconce, Hound

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman with curly hair modeling a small figure beside a potted flowering plant.

Virginia Modeling, Study for Etching

Jerome Myers, 1920

Pencil drawing of a seated helmeted female figure with a spear and oak branch, in a circular classical composition.

Study for "Courage," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil sketch of two angular fighting horses rearing inside a circular border on an octagonal cream sheet.

Design for Trivet, Fighting Horses

William Hunt Diederich, 1910

Watercolor of a standing winged angel in a pink robe holding a sprig of leaves, with a muted brown background.

Angel

Louise Cox, 1910

Brown ink drawing of allegorical women with scales, a staff and olive branch beneath classical columns, with playing children

The Beneficence of the Law, Design for Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, New Jersey

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil sketch of a Baltimore skyline with rooftops and spires, grid panels and handwritten colour notes, 1920.

Baltimore Skyline

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Pencil and wash drawing of an ornate coffered ceiling with a central panel of allegorical figures and cherubs among clouds.

Ceiling of Courtroom, Federal Building, Cleveland, OH

Arnold William Brunner, 1910

Pencil study of a seated robed woman holding balance scales, drawn within a circular frame on a tan ground.

Study for "Justice," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Watercolor elevation of a bank main entrance with green double doors, a clock flanked by winged figures, and a pedestrian.

Design for main entrance door for the Bankers' Trust Company, New York, NY

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1920

Watercolor of low tide flats with a figure carrying a rifle, marsh grass, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Low Tide, Annisquam

Walter Shirlaw, 1910

Pencil drawing of two women confronting on a street before a millinery shop, one holding a crying baby and an umbrella.

Lux et Veritas

Louis M. Glackens, 1910

Ink drawing of a cherub in an ornate chariot with an eagle shield, sunburst rays and a 1917 banner.

Study for cartoon "Welcome in the Year 1917"

Winsor McCay, 1910

Drawing of a seated man beside a reclining older woman on a floral sofa, in a room with a chandelier and framed portrait.

He Sat Still, Studying His Mother's Strong, Lined Face

Elizabeth Shippen Green, 1910

Watercolor of a man leaning toward a woman in a pink dress reading a letter in a sloped-roof attic beside a desk and trunk.

"He is the image of you"

Arthur Ignatius Keller, 1910

Red chalk sketch of a man's head and shoulders on tan paper, with wavy hair and a slight smile.

Study for portrait, Bell Tilghman

Harriet Blackstone, 1920

Design drawing of a golden hair comb with a nymph figure rising from swirling waves and blue enamel accents on gray paper.

Design for a Nymph Comb

Eugène Samuel Grasset, 1910

Pencil sketch of two hounds playing within a decorative framed border, with wavy bands above and below.

Two Hounds at Play

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Watercolor front elevation of a fire house with arched wooden doors, sculpted pediment, and adjacent city buildings.

Design for a fire house: front elevation

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1910

Charcoal study on tan paper of three arms and hands in different poses, one pointing, one gripping, one curled.

Three Studies of Arms

Edwin Howland Blashfield, 1910

Pencil sketch of two female heads with high collars and handwritten notes on brows and collar color.

Sketch of Two Female Heads for Chinese Figure in "The Marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific," Mural in the Wisconsin S…

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Plan drawing of a square monument with a circular central court, black colonnade and red accents, with competition lettering

Monument of the soldiers, sailors and marines

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1920

Charcoal study of a mustached man's head and shoulders on a torn cream sheet, with handwritten name and date below.

Study for portrait, Vicente Blasco Ibañez

Harriet Blackstone, 1910

Pencil study of a seated nude woman with a floral headband, resting her chin on her hand while reading a book.

Nude Study for "The Contemplative Life" for Lunette in the Administration Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil sketch of a cathedral interior with draped black fabric, an arched opening, and a circular medallion above.

Funeral of James Cardinal Gibbons at Roman Catholic Cathedral, Baltimore, MD

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Pencil design drawing of an arched gate with iron bars and two hounds shown in the upper arched panel.

Design for a Gate, Two Hounds

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Pencil drawing of a woman in a white dress standing on a wooden staircase, hand on the banister, cloak over her arm.

As She Saw Marcia Her Face Lit Up

Elizabeth Shippen Green, 1910

Graphite study of a seated nude figure with winged helmet and rod, over a squared grid, on cream paper.

Nude Study for "The Active Life," Lunette in the Administration Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Graphite sketch of several jockeys on galloping horses drawn in angular, overlapping lines on pale translucent paper.

Jockeys on Horseback

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Pencil design sketch of a teapot and two covered sugar bowls with scroll handles on tan paper.

Drawing - George E Germer, 1910

George E Germer, 1910

Engraved plate of three rococo staircase balustrade designs with scrolling panels, consoles, and a putto with urn finial.

Nouveaux desseins de Rampes d’Escalier avec Panneaux et Consolles

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1910

Black crayon drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, arm raised, set among dense dark foliage strokes.

Nude

Childe Hassam, 1910

Hand-colored etching of a curly-haired woman in a blue dress seated at a table beside a potted flowering plant.

Virginia Modeling

Jerome Myers, 1910

Etching of a shepherd poling a boat with sheep through a flooded marsh lined with bare willows and poplars.

In the Deluged Marsh - The Shepherd (Au marais inonde - Le berger)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Black and white lithograph of a busy city street with pedestrians, storefronts, a street lamp, and a horse cart.

Lafayette Street

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of Trinity Church spire at the end of a crowded Wall Street lined with tall stone buildings and pedestrians.

Trinity Church from Wall Street

Vaughan Trowbridge, 1910

Red-ink architectural sheet showing facade elevations, a section, and three floor plans of a standardized rural house, Type C

Standardized Rural House

Hector Guimard, 1920

Sketch of a woman in a loose robe reading in a tufted armchair beside a doorway.

Déshabille

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etched print of a Brooklyn power house with two smokestacks, a crane, and a suspension bridge over the water.

Power House, Brooklyn Edison Works

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Reddish-brown architectural elevation of the Hotel Guimard facade on Rue Mozart, Paris, showing Art Nouveau balconies and orn

No. 7, Facade Elevation of Hotel Guimard, 122 Rue Mozart, Paris

Hector Guimard, 1910

Etching of a crowded Fifth Avenue at noon with pedestrians, carriages and an omnibus beside tall buildings and a stone column

Fifth Avenue, Noon

Childe Hassam, 1910

Dark brown etching of the Brooklyn Bridge towers and lit roadway at night, with a small boat on the water.

Brooklyn Bridge at Night

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Loose oil sketch of three pink peonies and green leaves against a dark reddish-brown wash on pale paper.

Red Peonies

Samuel Colman, 1920

Pencil-like sketch of a harbor town with rooftops, a tall tower, and masts reflected in still water.

Inner Harbor

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of an old wooden windmill beside smoking factory chimneys and a mine headframe under a pale sky.

Old and New Mills, Valenciennes

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Oil painting of heavy green ocean swells breaking over dark rocks, with white surf and a distant headland under a pale sky.

Heavy Swells

Howard Russell Butler, 1910

Pencil sketch of a seated nurse in a white veil at a table with a candlestick and statue beside her.

Red Cross Nurse

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of a Gothic skyscraper above construction cranes, scaffolding and workers on Vesey Street, with smoke filling the sky

Caissons on Vesey Street

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Watercolor corner design for a mosaic floor with red acanthus scrolls and a twisted ribbon border over a tessera grid.

Corner Design for Mosaic Floor

Frederick Krieg, 1910

Grey lithograph of a French cruiser on harbor water with a shoreline of smokestacks and buildings behind it.

French Cruiser

Childe Hassam, 1910

Nocturnal harbor scene in brown tones with clouds above, rows of lights on shore and water, and a lighthouse at center.

The Bay, New York

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Colored design drawing of a geometric mosaic floor with a central floral medallion, teal lattice tiles, and maroon and gold b

Design for Mosaic Floor

Frederick Krieg, 1910

Pencil sketch of a New York skyline with rooftops in the foreground and several tall towers rising in the background.

New York Skyline - Light Buildings

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of the Woolworth Building's tall Gothic tower above a busy city street with carriages and pedestrians.

The Woolworth Building

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a rough sea breaking on a shore, with small figures on the sand and taped edges.

Rough Sea Breaking upon Shore

Winslow Homer, 1910

Loose charcoal sketch of a man in a vest seen from behind, standing in a cluttered workshop with bottles and a press.

Joseph Pennell

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of a tree-lined city street with brick townhouses, a stone building at left, and pedestrians on the sidewalk.

Pierrepont Place, Montague Terrace

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Pencil sketch of a seated draped woman beside a donkey and tree, with the handwritten word plenty below.

Study for "Plenty"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Black and white lithograph of a New York skyline with several tall towers above low buildings, under scribbled clouds.

New York Skyline - Dark Buildings

Childe Hassam, 1910