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(Iowa State Capitol Rotunda) (Hunting, study for panel)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil and watercolor design of a winged figure above a green serpent-wrapped column, flanked by torches and an inscribed ped

(Untitled) (Mansfield 1907)

George Grey Barnard, 1900

Pen drawing of a narrow stepped street with an archway and timber balconies, with a pencil sketch of a turbaned head at left.

Steps and Doorways, Algiers

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a young woman with long flowing hair, looking directly at the viewer.

Natalie with Flowing Hair

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a sunlit path through a dark forest with tall trees and undergrowth.

Landscape with Path through Forest

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1900

Mrs. Fleming Newbold

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a man in a hat sketching outdoors under a white parasol, with trees behind him and an easel in front.

Max Weyl

William Henry Holmes, 1870

Charcoal study of a nude woman seen from behind, arms outstretched, with swirling drapery, on tan paper.

Untitled (study for ceiling, Empire Theatre, N.Y.)

William de Leftwich Dodge, 1900

Brown and white drawing of several geyser eruptions rising from rocky ground beneath a steamy sky, with pine trees at the hor

Yellowstone Geyser

Richard Norris Brooke, 1920

Watercolor of a Venetian church facade with Corinthian columns, a pediment, and an arched doorway under a blue sky.

La Salute, Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1910

Pencil drawing of an elderly woman in a headscarf reading a book in a chair beside a tiled stove.

(Woman Seated, Reading)

Thomas Charles Farrer, 1860

Elizabeth Dunn Finney

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1850

Charcoal sketch of three figures in an interior room beside a doorway, with loose quick strokes and a signature in the lower

Untitled (Group of Figures)

George Luks, 1920

Charcoal and red chalk sketch of a curly-haired male head resembling a classical bust, on yellowed paper.

(Untitled--Head)

George Grey Barnard, 1920

General John Newton

James Edward Kelly, 1890

General Daniel Butterfield

James Edward Kelly, 1900

Anna May Wong

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark curly hair, black neck ribbon and white fichu, looking upward against a blue-gray backgr

Laura in Fichu

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a nude female figure floating with flowing drapery and swirling forms around her, dated 1910.

Le Lys Casse (The Broken Lily)

George Grey Barnard, 1910

Katherine Hemmick Johnson

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil and wash drawing of a crouching horned creature with a grotesque face and a toad below.

Therefore*

George Grey Barnard, 1920

Glowing woman in flowing gold and green drapery, wearing a star crown, standing over dark blue water at night.

Woman Clothed with the Sun

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil and brown wash drawing of a female figure in a spiraling dance pose with swirling drapery.

The Dance

George Grey Barnard, 1910

Pencil and wash drawing of a nude male figure arching in a leap above clouds, with a sunrise over the sea behind.

The Leap of the Soul

George Grey Barnard, 1920

Drawing of pottery jars and a crescent moon over a figure carrying a jar, with a verse panel across the center.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The End of Ramazan

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil and wash study sheet showing a standing nude, a helmeted youth with draped cloth, and a carved animal head.

Studies of Sculante

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Charcoal study of a standing woman with long dark hair, hands clasped, gazing downward, in a loose robe.

Study for Rachel from The Mothers of the Bible

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Monochrome abstract drawing of a seated figure in a room with a lamp, shelves and chair, rendered in angular geometric planes

Abstract--Seated Figure

Ink and wash drawing of a standing woman in a wide-brimmed hat, surrounded by bold angular dark shapes.

Standing Figure of a Woman

Charcoal sketch of costumed dancers on a stage with an arched backdrop, a horse form above, and a spectator at left.

Theatrical Scene