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Open sketchbook with pencil drawings of two sailboats on calm water and a small cross monument at lower right.

(Sketchbook) Ouchy

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of two mules pulling a cart with a spoked wheel on yellowed, torn paper.

Two Mules and Cart

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Fantasy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a river edge with a tall poplar and leafy trees reflected in still water.

From Eton

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Charcoal drawing of low farm buildings under a stormy sky with diagonal rain strokes and muddy ruts in the foreground.

An Ambulance Post

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pastel set design of a dim living room with a fireplace, pink armchair, wooden chairs, and red checkered curtains.

Alice's Living Room--False Proscenium (set design)

William Penhallow Henderson

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river with steep hillsides, a hilltop castle ruin, and a village church along the bank.

Rhine, from Caub

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a stone farmhouse with a red tiled roof, trees, a pig and a wooden fence.

Farmyard, Albi

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Sunset over the sea with orange and pink clouds, dark rocks and surf in the lower left foreground.

Maine Coast (#34)

Howard Russell Butler, 1920

Graphite pencil cloud study on paper, shaded grey sky with white cloud forms and a dark horizon band below.

Venice

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pen and ink sheet with five studies of raised muscular arms and hands showing anatomy and shading.

Arm Studies, #2

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Vamp of 1900 (Lottie Stein)

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of Monte Rosa mountain peaks above a valley with conifers and shrubs in the foreground.

Monte Rosa from Ceppomorelli

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Untitled (Two Drawings of Men)

Howard Russell Butler

Pen line drawing of a woman's face and shoulders, facing forward with bobbed hair, signed Gorky in the upper left.

Head

Arshile Gorky, 1940

Pencil sketch of Castle Reichenberg with a tall tower and walls on a hill above dense trees, dated 1900.

Castle Reichenberg, near St. Goarshausen

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Colorful drawing of a crowd fleeing a burning opera house, with flames and smoke at upper left and tiered balconies.

Fire in an Opera House

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1890

Pencil sketch of figures carrying a bundle on a shore, with a sailing ship with masts at right and hills behind.

Crushed

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river with a hilltop castle, steep cliffs, a steamboat, and riverside houses.

Rhine at St. Goar

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Titian Hair

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Four pen and ink studies of human legs and feet at different angles, with dense cross-hatching showing musculature.

Study of Anatomy, #5

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pencil sketch of a hillside town with a church tower, buildings along a river, and mountains behind.

Ventimiglia

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel portrait of a young woman with dark bobbed hair and a white fichu, on tan paper, signed Alice Pike Barney.

Jaqueline with Fichu

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of two grazing cows with heads lowered to grass on a torn, pale sheet of paper.

Untitled (Two Cows)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of Marksburg castle on a steep hill above Braubach village and the Rhine river, with a church steeple.

Castle Marksburg at Braubach, Rhine

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel drawing of a woman with blue hair gazing upward against swirling green and blue tones.

Lunar

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Abstract crayon drawing with overlapping orange, brown, purple and yellow shapes outlined in black ink on cream paper.

Untitled - Arthur Dove, 1940

Arthur Dove, 1940

Pencil sketch of a river valley with steep hills, a steamboat with smoke, a sailboat, and trees along the banks.

Up Rhine from Hirzenach

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Red chalk drawing of a woman with curly hair reclining among coiled serpents and spiky shell-like creatures.

(Untitled--Woman and Serpent)

George Grey Barnard, 1920

Watercolor drawing of a castle-like stone armory with conical turrets, arched entrance, and tower, by Cass Gilbert.

Preliminary study for an Armory Building for Shattuck School, Faribault, Minnesota

Cass Gilbert, 1890