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Pastel stage set of a dusk garden terrace with a girl, blue chairs, a draped table and pink roses.

March Hare's Garden (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910

Watercolor of a dusk landscape with silhouetted trees, rolling blue hills, and a pale yellow glowing sky.

After-Glow

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Watercolor of a cranberrybush branch with red berries and lobed green leaves on a pale background.

Cranberrybush (Viburnum pauciflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Pastel drawing of a reclining nude woman resting on a blue and ochre textured ground, one arm raised behind her head.

Reclining Nude Figure of a Girl

Thomas Dewing, 1920

Watercolor of Spanish bayonet yucca seed pods with dried brown petals and spiky green leaves, painted in 1935.

Spanish Bayonet (Yucca baccata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of white and blue columbine flowers with green leaves, buds, and yellow stamens on a pale background.

Columbine (Aquilegia ecalcarata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of white Atamasco lilies with pink-tipped petals, yellow stamens, green leaves and buds, by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Atamasco-Lily (Atamosco atamasco)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of a tall crenellated tower beside rooftops, shrubs and cypress trees, titled Cathedral, Fiesole.

Cathedral, Fiesole

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with conifer trees, a rocky stream, and steep peaks under a pale sky.

On the Road near Landro, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of pale Indian Pipe plants with drooping bell-shaped flowers and pink-tinged stems on a light background.

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Pencil sketch of old Lausanne houses with steep roofs, chimneys, a domed spire and pedestrians on a cobbled street.

Old Houses, Lausanne

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a man in pince-nez spectacles and moustache, turned three-quarters, on a green ground.

James McNeill Whistler

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Watercolor of two nodding purple American pasqueflowers with yellow stamens, green feathery leaves, and grass at the base.

American Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla ludoviciana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1922

Watercolor of a thorny branch with pink locust flowers hanging among green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

New Mexican Locust (Robinia neomexicana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a cliffrose branch with white flowers, yellow centers, lobed green leaves and feathery seed plumes.

Cliffrose (Cowania stanshuriana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Colored pencil drawing of the steamship U.S.S. Tybee in a busy harbor with flags, small boats, and waterfront buildings.

U.S.S. Tybee

William O. Golding, 1930

Model in Yellows

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of white northern anemone flowers on slender stems above green lobed leaves, on a pale background.

Northern Anemone (Anemone parviflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of purple Jacob's ladder flowers with feathery green leaves on a pale background.

Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium viscosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Watercolor of an evening primrose with a yellow open flower, several buds and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Evening Primrose (Oenothera lavandalaefolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Pastel portrait of a pale figure with wide eyes and a white ruffled collar, set against a yellow and green glowing background

Moon Madness

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of yellow butterfly weed flowers with narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Butterfly Weed (Ascelpias tuberosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of two tall stems with red tubular penstemon flowers, green leaves and buds on a cream background.

Pentstemon (Pentstemon barbatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of moored sailing boats and a domed church across a Venetian lagoon, with rippling water reflections.

Giudecca--Venice

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with a dark bob, red lips, pearl necklace, and orange shawl against a gray background.

Nightclub

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Soft pastel portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a red garment against a blurred ochre and blue background.

Reverie

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a White Dryad plant with four tall stems topped by feathery seed heads and small green leaves on cream paper.

White Dryad (Dryas octopetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

James W. Shields

James Edward Kelly, 1870

Abstract drawing in green, black and grey with a dark rectangular car shape among flattened organic forms.

Car across the Street

Arthur Dove, 1940

Watercolor of a rock willow branch with white fuzzy catkins, yellow stamens and green leaves on a cream background.

Rock Willow (Salix vestita)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930