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Pencil sketch on cream paper showing several studies of horses, including legs, hooves and a bowed head.

Horses

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a red top before a sunlit window grid.

Against the Window

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of a drooping evergreen branch with dark purple hanging cones and green needles on a cream background.

Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pastel drawing of a standing woman in a dark hooded robe against a blue and red background on brown paper.

Sara Algood As Cathleen Ni Houlihan, Chicago, 1915

William Penhallow Henderson

Pastel portrait study of a dark-haired man with a mustache, head only, against a brown background.

Ali Kuli Khan

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of lilac mariposa lily blossoms and buds on slender green stems against a pale background.

Lilac Mariposa (Calochortus splendens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Pencil drawing of a young man in a cap and tunic seated and holding a lute, over a faint grid of transfer lines.

(Untitled) (Young Man with Lute)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman in a wide black hat with a feather, wearing a green jacket and pearl necklace.

Hat and Shadow

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a lechuguilla agave flower spike with green buds, yellow blossoms, and maroon stamens on white paper.

Lechuguilla (Agava lechuguilla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Graphite study of a seated nude woman reading an open book, with faint grid lines, by Kenyon Cox.

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

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pastel portrait of a mustached man in a gold turban, yellow robe and pink scarf against a green background.

Gold Turban

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of red wind poppies with dark centers, green buds and slender stems on a pale background.

Wind Poppy (Stylomecon heterophylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Charcoal sketch of a standing soldier in a plumed helmet and uniform, holding a rifle, drawn on tan paper.

A Soldier

Jean-Paul Laurens, 1920

Charcoal and yellow chalk drawing of a crouching boy reaching toward a snake on blue-grey paper.

Crouching Boy with Snake

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

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

Pen and ink sketch of three heads of a woman in different poses, with handwritten French and Italian notes on the page.

Three Portrait Heads of a Woman

Albert Besnard, 1910

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman in a dark gown with a black cat, seated before a patterned screen and colorful cushion.

The Decorator

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

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

Red chalk drawing of a haloed figure at a table with other draped figures in an interior, by Benedetto Luti.

Drawing - Benedetto Luti

Painting of a woman in a yellow gown seated beside a carved bench, with her reflection visible in a mirror behind her.

Reflected Grace

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

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

Pastel drawing of a seated woman in a white dress leaning on a wooden bench, on a warm brown paper ground.

Lady in White

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Soft pastel portrait of a woman's face framed by green hair, with red lips and muted gray background.

Petite

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

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

Head of a Girl

Marius Avy, 1910

Pastel portrait of a young woman in a white gown seated beside a bush of red roses against a soft, swirling background.

Young Woman with Roses

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

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

Pencil sketch of a leaning, gnarled tree at a river's edge with two people rowing a boat in the distance.

Oak Cliff--Dallas

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel drawing of a woman with long windswept auburn hair and a fur wrap against a pale blue-grey background.

Circe

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

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