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Watercolor and pencil sketch of ships at sea, a wooded coast, a boat hull study, and a plant drawing with handwritten notes.

Coastal Scene

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of purple and lilac violet flowers with lobed green leaves on a brown ground, against a cream background.

Southern Coast Violet (Viola septemloba)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Abstract watercolor and ink landscape of outlined organic shapes in olive, brown, green and blue, dated 1940.

Over the Harbor, Centerport

Arthur Dove, 1940

Pencil sketch of a lake framed by distant hills, with trees, a stone wall, and small figures in the foreground.

Sea of Tiberias, From Tabor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a cloudy sky over a green sea, with dark cliffs on the left and figures beside a boat on the beach.

On the California Coast

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Watercolor of a blue headland over a sandy shore with pink reflections under a glowing yellow and pink sky.

Watercolor no. 6, Blue Coast

Allen Tucker, 1930

Watercolor of waves crashing on rocks along a sandy beach, with a tall sea stack and two figures walking in the foreground.

On the Coast of California

William Henry Holmes, 1930