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Watercolor of pink phlox flowers with yellow centers, slender green leaves and buds on thin stems against a pale background.

Phlox stansburyi

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

Pastel drawing of a short-haired nude woman leaning against a gold screen decorated with roses and green leaves.

Nude against Screen

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of blue-violet bellflowers and buds on slender green stems against a pale background.

Bellflower (Campanula)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

G.K. Warren

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Woman in a yellow gown with a serpent and birdcage, above a reclining nude figure, against a dark swirling background.

Babylon

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of yerba mansa with white cone-shaped flower spikes, white bracts and broad green leaves on reddish stems.

Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

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 young woman with dark hair, red lips and a white ruffled collar against a green background.

Pierette

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of a stem with nodding white and pink fairy lantern flowers and long green leaves on a pale background.

White Fairy Lantern (Calochortus albus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

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

Pastel portrait of a woman with upswept hair, head turned upward, against a loose teal and grey background.

Self-Portrait in Light Tones

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a branch with green pinnate leaves and drooping clusters of purple wisteria-like flowers on a pale background.

American Wisteria (Kraunhia frutescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

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

Path

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark feathered hat and black fur stole, looking to the side against a tan background.

Marianne with Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of a white and yellow western azalea branch with blossoms, buds and long green leaves on a brown stem.

Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Major General Irvin McDowell

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Youthful Model

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of slim larkspur with blue flowers on tall stems above green palmate leaves, on a cream background.

Slim Larkspur (Delphinium depauperatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark hair and a flower ornament, glancing over her bare shoulder against a green background.

La Cigale

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a yellow mariposa lily stem with an open bloom, closed buds, a seed pod, and green leaves on pale paper.

Goldenbowl Mariposa (Calochortus claratus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Major General Alfred Pleasonton

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Pastel drawing of a woman in a white crinoline gown against a dark green background, by Alice Pike Barney, 1910.

En Crinoline

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of a pitcher plant with tubular green leaves and a nodding pink and maroon flower on a curved stem.

Catesby Pitcherplant (Sarracenia catesaei)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1929

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

Goat

Henry Keller, 1930

Meditation

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of purple prairieclover stems with dense magenta and grey flower heads and feathery green leaves on pale paper.

Purple Prairieclover (Petalostemon purpureum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Charcoal and chalk study of a leather boot on tan paper, signed Solon H. Borglum, made as a study for an equestrian monument.

Boot, study for Equestrian Monument

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a yellow shawl holding a swaddled infant against a warm, glowing background.

By Lamplight

Alice Pike Barney, 1910