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Watercolor of a rugged mountain range with dark evergreen slopes, pale rock faces, and yellow and red shrubs in the foregroun

Great Range

Lewis C. Daniel, 1940

Painting of billowing lavender clouds over a pale field with small trees and colorful flowering shrubs in the foreground.

The Storm

Abram Molarsky, 1934

Oil portrait of an elderly Navajo man in a red headwrap and geometric woven blanket against a golden background.

Tlizzy-Thlanny

Carl Moon, 1940

Miniature portrait of a young boy in a navy jacket with a white ruffled collar against a pale blue sky.

Samuel Bowden

Samuel Bowden, 1950

Painting of a green meadow and calm creek with trees and a distant white domed building under a hazy sky.

Mouth of James Creek

De Lancey Gill, 1940

Oval miniature portrait of a man with gray hair, dark coat and white cravat against a blue sky background.

Ira Allen

William Wood, 1940

Watercolor landscape of green trees around a pond, with a red church spire in the distance under pink and blue clouds.

Untitled - A. H. O. Rolle, 1940

A. H. O. Rolle, 1940

Painting of two pack mules with bundles and riders crossing desert sand toward red mesas, with a woman carrying a child in th

Going Home with the Harvest

Carl Moon, 1940

Oil portrait of an older man with a mustache in a dark suit and white collar, one hand resting on a table, against a dark bac

William T. Evans

Alphonse Jongers, 1940

Painting of three nude women in a landscape with a blue lake, trees, and golden hills under a pale sky.

Nudes in Landscape

Arnold Friedman, 1940

Woman in yellow fringed dress playing flute beside a resting bear, a pale dog and a white cat under a tree.

The Flute Player

Edwin Willard Deming, 1940

Painting of a thatched cottage, cows by a river, and a distant windmill under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Windmill

E. Landseer Harris, 1950

Nighttime rural scene with a red barn, white house, glowing utility pole light, and a dark road under a black sky.

Bright Light at Russell's Corners

George Ault, 1946

Watercolor of a studio interior with a red wood stove, black stovepipe, wooden staircase, easel, and small framed flower pain

Studio Interior

George Ault, 1949

Painting of a large aloe plant with four tall red and yellow flower spikes against a dry landscape and blue mountains.

Aloes

Josephine Joy, 1935

Naive painting of a cream cottage with red tile roof, garden of flowers and trees, woman playing harp beside a dog, and a pon

Irish Cottage

Josephine Joy, 1935

Painting of white magnolia blossoms and buds among dark glossy leaves, with speckled seed pods, on a grey background.

Magnolia Blossoms

Josephine Joy, 1935

Painting of mouflon and bobtailed sheep in a wire-fenced enclosure with a log shelter and eucalyptus trees behind.

Moufflon--Bobtailed Sheep

Josephine Joy, 1935

Painting of a seated woman in red facing a man at a barred doorway, with a servant holding a candle in an ornate room.

Prisoner's Plea

Josephine Joy, 1935

Painting of a whitewashed mission church with bell tower and eucalyptus trees, with a robed figure on a dirt path.

San Diego Mission

Josephine Joy, 1935

Painting of four peacocks, some perched on a railing and branches and two displaying fanned tails, beneath a drooping willow.

Trysting at Evening

Josephine Joy, 1935

Painting of white herons nesting in a bare tree with woven baskets, a ladder, a blue pond and rocks below.

Waterbirds Nesting

Josephine Joy, 1935

Abstract painting of a dark sun above layered orange and yellow sunset bands, with wavy green and blue forms and a brown hill

Sun

Arthur Dove, 1943

Painting of a suspension bridge with converging cables, curved roadways, and dark blue water under a cloudy sky.

Metropolitan Port

Joseph Stella, 1935

Watercolor of a pink-hued mesa rising over grassland and dark shrubs under a pale overcast sky.

In the Plateau Country, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1931

Watercolor of a meadow with red and blue wildflowers, dark trees and distant rooftops under a pale overcast sky.

Michigan

William Henry Holmes, 1932

Stylized fish with patterned scales swim over green zigzag waves in a bold black-outlined drawing on tan paper.

Holcha Krake - Fish Design for a Ceramic Plate

Holcha Krake, 1944

Painting of a stepped concrete spillway, arched bridge and curving walls with green hills and trees behind.

Spillway, Ashokan Dam

Arnold Wiltz, 1934

Painting of a snow-capped mountain above a pine forest, with a winding river and wooden bridge through a green meadow.

In the Cascade Mountains

Edward Bruce, 1931

Oil painting of a rocky coastal inlet with blue water, brown hills, a winding road, and pale sky.

Yankee Point

Edward Bruce, 1931

Cubist-style watercolor still life of a pitcher, fruit bowl, apple, and red patterned tablecloth in muted greens.

Still Life

Earl Horter, 1939

Painting of a woman nursing an infant before an industrial city with smokestacks, with two women beside her.

Industry SAAM-1964.1.92 1

Arthur Durston, 1934

Mural study of figures in a park beneath a large tree, with birds in flight, a dog, and a man in a brown coat in the foregrou

Scenes of New York--Central Park (mural study, Madison Square Postal Station, New York City)

Kindred McLeary, 1937

Painting of a crowded Lower East Side street with tenements, a fruit cart, laundry lines, and people including children and a

Scenes of New York--Lower East Side (mural study, Madison Square Postal Station, New York City)

Kindred McLeary, 1937

Watercolor of a clown in a polka-dot costume balanced on an elephant's head, arms raised, before a striped circus tent.

Clown Elephants

Fugi Nakamizo, 1940

Watercolor of a park path with walkers and a lamppost, framed by tall city towers and trees under a pale sky.

Central Park Plaza

Fugi Nakamizo, 1940

Loose watercolor of a stormy landscape with blue mountains, a dark tree in the foreground and green and ochre hills.

Untitled (Summer Landscape)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Brown ink sketch of an oasis with palm trees, a large tree, shrubs, and robed figures walking along a path.

Untitled (North African Oasis)

Thomas Handforth, 1920

Hand-colored botanical drawing of purple-leaved cineraria with magenta daisy-like flowers and green serrated leaves on beige

Purple-leaved Cineraria, A Native of the Canary Isles

Frances Jauncey Ketchum

Untitled (Portrait of a Young Woman)

Ida Josephine Burgess, 1880

Ink and pink-tinted sketch of a seated nude woman seen from behind, arms raised and hands behind her head.

Seated Nude

Ink line drawing of a standing female nude with one arm raised, signed Nadelman in the lower right corner.

Standing Female Nude

Elie Nadelman, 1900

Watercolor of a cottage fireplace with glowing embers and two andirons, framed by a dark chimney breast and pale mantel.

Untitled (Cottage Fireplace)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Study for Disciple Kneeling at the Tomb

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Pencil sketch of a rocky desert valley with steep cliffs and peaks, labeled as the Israelite encampment near Mt. Sinai.

Mt. Sinai

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of a standing monk in a long hooded robe, head raised, hands clasped at the waist, on tan paper.

Untitled (Study of a Standing Monk)

Ida Josephine Burgess, 1880

Angular charcoal drawing of two female figures in a fragmented geometric interior setting.

Two Figures

Pencil sketch of a small wooden cabin with a chimney beside leafy trees and a dirt road in the foreground.

Early Home

Henry Farrer, 1900

Graphite and red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman with closed eyes holding a mandolin on a rocky base.

Nude Figure with Mandolin

Laurent-Honoré Marqueste, 1920

Chalk drawing of a turbaned bearded man drinking from a cup, with grapevines and a poem text block above.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Soul of the Cup

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of Malta's stone fortifications, a cannon in the foreground, and boats in a harbor beyond the walls.

Fortifications at Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor study of allegorical harvest figures with a wreath, cornucopia of grapes, sheaves of grain and workers in a lunett

Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Drawing of a bearded man and two women under grapevines beside a carved wine jug tomb, with verse text in the center.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Tomb

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a street before a gateway with robed figures, a donkey, minarets and a palm tree behind the walls.

Entrance to Bazaar

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor study of an allegorical lunette with a winged seated woman, standing man, kneeling woman, and cherub.

Firm Belief--Truth, Boldness, Self-Reliance (study for over-door, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pen and ink drawing of mounted officers and soldiers with flags riding along a road toward distant ships.

The Surrender of Cornwallis

F. Luis Mora, 1930

Watercolor and pencil drawing of an Egyptian temple interior with columns, stone fragments, animal sculptures, and a small fi

Ancient and Modern Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Black and white ink drawing of a tree framing a distant town with church spires and a white fountain in a garden.

Untitled - H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Drawing of a nude woman seen from behind raising a wine cup, with a bending figure above and verses of the Rubáiyát beside he

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Love

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pen and ink studies of reclining camels, including a saddled camel and a sketched camel head, on pale paper.

(Camel Studies)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a rocky canyon with steep cliffs and a winding road, inscribed Yellowstone Park, Golden Gate.

Yellowstone Park, Golden Gate

Thomas Moran, 1890

Loose ink and colored pencil sketch of a nude woman reclining on a bed with raised legs, against a grey background.

Reclining Female Nude

Pencil sketch of a carved column capital with scrolls and acanthus leaves on a grey-green paper.

Capital of Column at Theatre at Azani

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of billowing clouds over rolling hills, with handwritten color notes including gray and blue.

Lower Geyser Basin

Thomas Moran, 1890