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Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark hat and blue scarf against swirling green and teal background.

The Blue Scarf

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of buildings, windows and a street on the right page; left page blank.

(Sketchbook) Old Street, Ouchy

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil study of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, drawn on aged paper.

(Untitled) (Study of Standing Male Nude)

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Pastel drawing of a dancer with raised arms in a sheer costume and red drapery, beside a vase and fruit bowl.

Anna Pavlova in Oriental Fantasy, Chicago, 1915-16

William Penhallow Henderson

Pale wash drawing of a rocky riverbank with evergreen trees on the left and a misty wooded shore across calm water.

Montmorency River, Quebec

Johann Hermann Carmiencke, 1850

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a towered building among tall cypress trees and distant hills, with a blank facing pag

(Sketchbook) (Untitled)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a riverside town with a church spire, stone tower, and hilltop castle ruin above the water.

Oberwesel

George Elbert Burr, 1900

G.K. Warren

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Soft crayon drawing of a woman's head with long dark hair framing her face, with handwritten inscription below.

Female Head

Ernest Joseph Laurent, 1910

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark bobbed hair and a fur stole against a grey background.

The Countess Carraciolo

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a fountain framed by trees, with a domed basilica and rooftops in the background.

Untitled - George Elbert Burr, 1900

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a Rhone valley with steep mountains, a village and a church spire, in an open sketchbook.

(Sketchbook) Up Rhone Valley from Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Charcoal and pastel drawing of a seated woman with short wavy hair, arms crossed on her knee, looking to the side.

The Model

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a path climbing a hillside past trees, with two small figures standing near the top.

Path

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a building with rooftops and chimneys, and handwritten notes beside it.

(Sketchbook) Old House, Lausanne

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Graphite sketch of a twisting nude male figure with arm raised, plus a small horse head study in the upper left corner.

Dream of a Broncho #3

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a stone-paved Pompeii street with stepping stones and a figure in a long coat and hat standing among ruins.

Street Crossing, Pompeii

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark curly hair in a yellow off-shoulder dress against a golden background.

Laura In Yellow

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of seated men in hats, some playing instruments, gathered beneath trees in an outdoor scene.

Untitled (Seated Figures and Musicians)

Howard Russell Butler

Charcoal drawing of a mother holding a child before a burning village with smoke and flames behind them.

Mother and Child and Burning Village

Paul Albert Laurens, 1930

Pencil sketch of the town of Bacharach on the Rhine, seen from above between wooded hills with ruined walls.

Bacharach from Above (Rhine)

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a derailed railway coach tilted beside tracks in a rocky landscape with distant mountains.

Untitled (Derailed Coach)

Howard Russell Butler

Pastel drawing of a bearded man in a white turban above a study of a raised hand, on a tan background.

Mirza Abul Fazl

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Major General Irvin McDowell

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Charcoal drawing of dark windblown trees beside a winding dirt road across an open field, signed Max Bohm 1917.

Untitled - Max Bohm

Pencil sketch of a shadowed stone archway and round tower with foliage on an aged cream paper.

Le Chateau de Chevenevase

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Pencil sketch of a two-masted lumber schooner under sail on choppy water, with white highlights on the waves.

Lumber Boat, Mackinac

George Elbert Burr, 1880

Major General Alfred Pleasonton

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Pencil sketch of a goat seen from behind, standing with raised head and spread ears on cream paper.

Goat

Henry G. Keller, 1930

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with arms raised behind her head, lowered eyes, and soft green background.

In Pose

Alice Pike Barney, 1910