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Charcoal drawing of a seated nude woman in a head wrap against a dark textured background.

Untitled (nude)

Robert Henri, 1920

Watercolor of a dense cushion of small white phlox flowers with yellow centers and green foliage on a pale background.

Phlox (Phlox caespitosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pastel drawing of a reclining nude woman with dark hair resting on white pillows and lavender drapery.

Reclining Model

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, 1890

Young Woman in Green

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of pink globemallow flowers with red centers, buds, and lobed green leaves on stems against a pale background.

Orange-Eye Globemallow (Sphaeralcea davidsonii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a purple trillium flower above three broad green leaves on a slender stem, on a plain background.

Trillium erectum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Drawing of two towhee birds, one brown and one black with white wing patches, perched on a pale log.

Towhee Bunting

John James Audubon, 1810

Charcoal study on brown paper of an outstretched arm with a clenched fist, shaded to show forearm muscles.

Arm study for Equestrian Monument

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Watercolor of pink mountain rose-bay rhododendron blossoms and buds with large green leaves on a pale background.

Mountain Rose-Bay (Rhododendron catawbiense)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Norman Prince

John Elliott, 1920

Night watercolor of illuminated Chicago skyscrapers and a monument on a pedestal under a dark blue sky.

Chicago, London Guaranty Building

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Watercolor of two red desert mariposa lily flowers with green stems and buds on a cream background.

Desert Mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of two slender stems with clusters of purple tubular flowers and buds against a plain pale background.

Grass Nut (Brodiaea laxa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Head study of a man with a mustache, lit warmly against a dark grey background.

Albert Clifford Barney

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Brown wash drawing of a muddy country road with bare trees, two walking figures, and a distant chimney under a pale sky.

Landscape

Ferdinand Luigini, 1910

Watercolor of partridgeberry plant with red berries, white flowers, pink buds and green leaves on trailing stems.

Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a shepherd with a staff and hat standing in a field with grazing sheep and a dog.

Shepherd and Sheep

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman with upswept hair and red lips against a brown background, signed and dated 1900.

Gladys

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of two death camas stalks with clusters of creamy white flowers and slender green leaves on a pale background.

Death Camas (Zygadenus venenosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a spicebush branch with two dark red flowers, buds, and broad green leaves on a pale background.

Spicebush (Calycanthus occidentalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of two red wood lily flowers with spotted petals and green whorled leaves on tall stems against a pale background.

Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Loose pastel portrait of a dark-haired woman with red lips resting her hand on a large dark crystal globe.

The Crystal Globe

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of Castle Rheinfels above St. Goar, showing ruined walls and towers on a wooded hillside with vines below.

Castle Rheinfels, St. Goar

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of a drooping Western Hemlock branch with green needles and hanging purple-brown cones on pale paper.

Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor botanical study of Pseudocymopterus montanus with pink umbel flowers on curving green stems and feathery leaves.

Pseudocymopterus montanus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of wooden fishing platforms with lift nets along a river mouth, with hills in the distance and a figure at the

Mouth of the Arno

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a Rhone valley landscape with steep mountains, trees, and a village house on terraced slopes

(Sketchbook) Down Rhone Valley from Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of two yellow trillium flowers with broad green leaves and stems on a pale background.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium hugeri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Watercolor of a cushion of magenta purple saxifrage flowers and green leaves on dark moss against a cream background.

Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Pencil sketch sheet with numbered studies of nude male figures in diving, reclining and stretching poses.

Nude Studies, Bell

Solon H. Borglum, 1920