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Contents
Adams, R. The Wallabout Market
Artist: R. Adams Title: The Wallabout Market Audio: Date: 1930s Dimensions: 20″ x 57″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Watercolor Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artist’s Estate Description: In 1637, Joris Jansen de Rapelje, the father of the first European baby born in New York, purchased 335 acres of land in Brooklyn.…
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Anderson, Lennart. President Vernon Lattin
Artist: Lennart Anderson (American, b. 1928) Title: President Vernon Lattin Audio: Date: 2000 Dimensions: 19″ x 18″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas board Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Lennart Anderson Description: Vernon E. Lattin was Brooklyn College’s seventh president, serving from 1992 to 2000. This portrait of Lattin was…
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Arruda, John. The Blind Leading the Blind
Artist: John Arruda (American, b. 1947) Title: The Blind Leading the Blind Audio: Date: 1993 Dimensions: 34″ x 40″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of John Arruda and Sally Bowdoin. © John Arruda Description: Exceedingly imaginative and dramatic, Arruda creates compelling portrayals of all…
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Arruda, John. Dodge Dart, 2005
American, b.1947 Dodge Dart, 2005 Acrylic on canvas 36”x 44”
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Arruda, John. Nicotine Man, 1987
American, b.1947 Nicotine Man, 1987 Oil on board 25 3/4”x 31 1/2” On loan from Danita Branam
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Baumbach, Harold. Untitled
Artist: Harold Baumbach (American, 1904-2002) Title: Untitled Audio: Date: 1980 Dimensions: 50″ x 40″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Harold Baumbach. © Artist’s Estate Description: A self-taught painter, Baumbach became well known in the 1930’s for his densely patterned street scenes and Brooklyn…
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Baumbach, Harold. Aspen
Artist: Harold Baumbach (American, 1904-2002) Title: Aspen Audio: Date: 1983 Dimensions: 50″ x 28″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Harold Baumbach. © Artist’s Estate Description: This work, which references no specific subject matter, reflects Baumbach’s experimentation with abstraction. His use of bold, dissonant…
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Booker, Chakaia. Echoing Factors
Artist: Chakaia Booker Title: Echoing Factors Audio: Date: 2004 Dimensions: 66″ x 96″ x 24″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Rubber tires, wood Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Chakaia Booker Description: In Echoing Factors, Booker’s use of pattern, texture, and subtle variations…
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Botkin, Henry. George Gershwin
Artist: Henry Botkin (American, 1896-1983) Title: George Gershwin Audio: Date: 1930 Dimensions: 37″ x 46″ Location in Library: On Loan to the Brooklyn College President’s Office Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artist’s Estate Description: Henry Botkin was the first cousin of composer George Gershwin. In the late 1920’s Gershwin…
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Braque, Georges. Bird of the Woods
Artist: Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) Title: Bird of the Woods or Bird XVII Audio: Date: 1958 Dimensions: 19 1/4″ x 21 1/8″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Color lithograph works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Description: Braque is one the great artists and innovators…
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Bursztyn, Alberto Marcos. En el taller de mi abuela (In my grandma’s workshop)
Artist: Alberto Marcos Bursztyn Title: En el taller de mi abuela (In my grandma’s workshop) Audio: Date: 2016 Dimensions: n/a Location in Library: First floor Media: Mixed media Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Alberto Marcos Bursztyn. Description: As a child, I often sat on the floor of my abuela Sara’s workshop while…
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Calder, Alexander. Stabile
Artist: Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Title: Stabile Audio: Date: c. 1965 Dimensions: 25″ x 31″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Lithograph works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Calder Foundation, New York; Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Description: Alexander Calder revolutionized sculpture by making movement one of its main components. His…
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Canadé, Vincent. Hills
American, 1879-1961 Hills, c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 16” x 20” The Brooklyn College Library Collection Vincent Canadé was born in San Giorgio Albanese, Italy, and is mainly known for his landscape paintings. He was active during the 1920s and 30s. In this painting, a Federal Art Project commission, Canadé depicts two lonely houses. They are…
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Clements, Katy
Shirley Chisholm-Courage Exemplified Woven Tapestry, 2023 30″ x 42″ Gift of the artist Katy Clements has been a lifelong fiber artist, and a Brooklyn resident since 2005. From 2014 to 2020, she worked as a photographer for the City of New York. It seemed to her a natural progression to bring together fiber work and…
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Csoka, Stephen. Autumn Woods
American, 1897-1989 Autumn Woods, c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 24”x 29” The Brooklyn College Library Collection Before arriving in the U.S. during the Great Depression, Stephan Csoka was considered one of Hungary’s most talented young artists. In America he worked as a housepainter with his father-in-law before becoming an art teacher at both Hunter College and…
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D’Agostino, Vincent. Flowers
American, 1896-1981 Flowers, c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 30 1/4” x 24” The Brooklyn College Library Collection Vincent D’Agostino studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in the city where he was born, and later with the renowned American artists George Bellows and Charles Webster Hawthorne. While employed by the WPA, D’Agostino participated in the Federal…
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Davis, Hubert. End of Summer
1902-1981 End of Summer, c.1935-1943 Lithograph 24” x 19” The Brooklyn College Library Collection Hubert Davis studied with the renowned painters Fernand Léger in Paris and Thomas Hart Benton in New York. His work was widely exhibited in his own time, and he associated with artists such as Reginald Marsh and Edward Hopper. Davis illustrated…
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Delson, Elizabeth. A New Direction (Marine Forms II)
Artist: Elizabeth Delson (American, 1932-2005) Title: A New Direction (Marine Forms II) Audio: Date: 1974 Dimensions: 24″ x 30″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil relief, sand on wood panel Owner: Gift of Sidney L. Delson. © Artist’s Estate Description: Delson was a painter and printmaker whose works reflected her exploration of nature and…
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Delson, Elizabeth. Celestial Spheres
Artist: Elizabeth Delson Title: Celestial Spheres Audio: Date: 1974 Dimensions: 30″ round Location in Library: Lower level Media: Acrylic relief with gold leaf with built-up center on wood panel Owner: Gift of Sidney L. Delson. © Artist’s Estate Description: Delson was a painter and printmaker whose works reflected her exploration of nature and spiritual moods.…
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Delson, Elizabeth. Fiery Fields
Artist: Elizabeth Delson (American, 1932-2005) Title: Fiery Fields Audio: Date: 1968 Dimensions: 30″ x 30″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil on canvas Owner: Gift of Sidney L. Delson. © Artist’s Estate Description: Delson was a painter and printmaker whose works reflected her exploration of nature and spiritual moods. Delson described her artistic philosophy this…
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Delson, Elizabeth. Garden of Allah
Artist: Elizabeth Delson (American, 1932-2005) Title: Garden of Allah Audio: Date: 1971 Dimensions: 34″ x 36″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil relief on wood panel Owner: Gift of Sidney L. Delson. © Artist’s Estate Description: Delson was a painter and printmaker whose works reflected her exploration of nature and spiritual moods. Delson described…
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Delson, Elizabeth. Magic Circle
Artist: Elizabeth Delson (American, 1932-2005) Title: Magic Circle Audio: Date: 1975 Dimensions: 30″ round Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil relief on wood panel Owner: Gift of Sidney L. Delson. © Artist’s Estate Description: Delson was a painter and printmaker whose works reflected her exploration of nature and spiritual moods. Delson described her artistic…
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Delson, Elizabeth. Painted Desert III (Green Sky)
Artist: Elizabeth Delson Title: Painted Desert III (Green Sky) Audio: Date: 1971 Dimensions: 24″ x 24″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil relief on wood panel Owner: Gift of Sidney L. Delson. © Artist’s Estate Description: Delson was a painter and printmaker whose works reflected her exploration of nature and spiritual moods. Delson described…
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Dennett, Lissy. Wind Song
Artist: Lissy Dennett (American) Title: Wind Song Audio: Date: 1993 Dimensions: Location in Library: First floor Media: Marble Owner: Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Lissy Dennett. © Lissy Dennett Description: Dennett, an alumna of Brooklyn College, is a recognized sculptor whose works evoke forms from nature. Dennett’s elegant forms are infused with a force…
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Deutsch, David. Rotunda
Artist: David Deutsch (American, b. 1943) Title: Rotunda Audio: Date: 2002 Dimensions: 64″ x 71″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on linen Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © David Deutsch Description: By painting scores of miniature, indecipherable, framed portraits in a tightly…
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Dodina, Asya, and Polishchuk, Slava. Collapse
Artist: Asya Dodina, Slava Polishchuk Title: Collapse Audio: Date: Dimensions: Location in Library: First floor Media: Owner: On loan from artists. © Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk Description: Related Websites – Interview with Asya Dodina & Slava Polishchuk, Studio International – Asya Dodina& Slava Polishchuk ” What Remains”, NY ART BEAT
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Dodina, Asya, and Polishchuk, Slava. Cones
Artist: Asya Dodina, Slava Polishchuk Title: Cones Audio: Date: 2003 Dimensions: 100″ x 116″ Location in Library: Second floor Media: Oil/mixed media on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift from the artists in honor of Professor Anthony Cucchiara Description: Two artists, in collaboration, have combined these natural shapes, cones and shells. The interconnections,…
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Dodina, Asya, and Polishchuk, Slava. What Remains
Artist: Asya Dodina, Slava Polishchuk Title: What Remains Audio: Date: 2012 Dimensions: Triptych, each section, 37 inches x 37 inches Location in Library: First floor Media: Graphite on rice paper and canvas, debris Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of the artists. Description: The artists’ choice of media is essential for this work, as…
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Dodina, Asya. Window I
Artist: Asya Dodina Title: Window I Audio: Date: 1999 Dimensions: 92″ x 56″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil on canvas Owner: On loan from artist. © Asya Dodina Description: Related Websites – Interview with Asya Dodina & Slava Polishchuk, Studio International – Asya Dodina& Slava Polishchuk ” What Remains”, NY ART BEAT
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Dodina, Asya. Window II
Artist: Asya Dodina Title: Window II Audio: Date: 1999 Dimensions: 50″ x 56″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: On loan from artist. © Asya Dodina Description: Related Websites – Interview with Asya Dodina & Slava Polishchuk, Studio International – Asya Dodina& Slava Polishchuk ” What Remains”, NY ART BEAT
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Evans-Cato, Nicolas. Bridge
Artist: Nicolas Evans-Cato (American, b. 1973) Title: Bridge Audio: Date: 1999 Dimensions: 36″ x 54″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on linen Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Nicolas Evans-Cato Description: Evans-Cato portrays gritty urban scenes with great reverence. His predilection for…
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Galos, Ben. Lewis Street
American, 1894-1963 Lewis Street, c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 23 1/2” x 29 3/4” The Brooklyn College Library Collection Ben Galos emigrated from Belarus to the U.S. in 1913. Galos’s bustling industrial environment is reminiscent of the Ashcan School. The influence of the American Realists of the early 1900s such as Robert Henri and George Sloan…
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Galos, Ben. Old Farmhouse
American, 1894-1963 Old Farmhouse, c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 23 1/2” x 29 1/4 ” The Brooklyn College Library Collection Ben Galos was born Berel Goloschin in Vitebsk, Belarus, and immigrated to New York with his family at the age of nineteen. He studied at the National Academy of Design and although he exhibited his work…
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Gennarelli, Anthony G. The Musical Mermaid
Artist: Anthony G. Gennarelli (American, 1915-2001) Title: The Musical Mermaid Audio: Date: 1988 Dimensions: 21″ x 15″ x 7″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Siena marble Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of the family of Anthony G. Gennarelli in honor of Barbara L. Gerber. © Artist’s Estate Description: This is one of…
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Gennarelli, Anthony G. The Sybil
Artist: Anthony G. Gennarelli (American, 1915-2001) Title: The Sybil Audio: Date: 1992 Dimensions: 17″ x 13″ x 9″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Celestine marble Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of the family of Anthony G. Gennarelli. © Artist’s Estate Description: The artist inventively captures the uniqueness of the marble with a…
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Gennarelli, Arturo Toscanini
Artist: Anthony G. Gennarelli Title: Arturo Toscanini Audio: Date: 1994 Dimensions: 21″ x 9″ x 9″ Location in Library: Second floor Media: Cold cast bonded bronze Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of the family of Anthony G. Gennarelli. © Artist’s Estate Description: Music is a recurrent theme in many of Gennarelli’s sculptures. In…
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Giacometti, Alberto. Awaiting
Artist: Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966) Title: Awaiting Audio: Date: c. 1963 Dimensions: 10 1/2″ x 8″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Etching; works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Description: Related Websites– Alberto Giacometti at MoMA– Alberto Giacometti at Artchive
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Gray, Luke. Smart Paint #1
Artist: Luke Gray (American, 1961) Title: Smart Paint #1 Audio: Date: 1998 Dimensions: 66 x 65 “ Location in Library: First floor Media: Acrylic on canvas Owner: Gift from Luke Gray. © Luke Gray Description: Luke Gray lives in Brooklyn and has been exhibiting in the New York area since the late 1980s. Major commissioned works…
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Gross, Chaim. Dancing Girls
Artist: Chaim Gross (American, b. Austria, 1904-1991) Title: Dancing Girls Audio: Date: 1965 Dimensions: 43 1/2″ x 29″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Charcoal on paper; works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation. © The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation Description: Gross was primarily…
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Guston, Philip. Untitled, From the Suite of Ten Lithographs
Artist: Philip Guston (Canadian, 1913-1980) Title: Untitled, From the Suite of Ten Lithographs Audio: Date: 1966 Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 30 inches Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Lithograph on paper works on paper Owner: Brooklyn College Description: Guston is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. He is best…
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Hartmann, Maria. Skylight
Artist: Maria Hartmann Title: Skylight Audio: Date: 2000 Dimensions: 60″ x 90″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: On loan from artist. © Maria Hartmann Description:
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Hermes, Allen. Jean
American, 1913-2004 Jean, c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 39 1/2” x 25” The Brooklyn College Library Collection Born in England in 1913, Allen Hermes came to the United States at the age of sixteen. An outstanding art student, Hermes attended Syracuse University on a full scholarship. He was also awarded a fellowship to study art and…
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Hine, Charles. Walt Whitman
Artist: Charles Hine (American, 1827-1871) Title: Walt Whitman Audio: Date: 1860 Dimensions: 27″ x 22″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Description: Charles Hine painted this portrait of Walt Whitman, the great, iconoclastic poet, when Whitman was forty-two years old and living in Brooklyn. Whitman loved this…
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Hirsch, Joseph. Lunch Hour
Artist: Joseph Hirsch (American, 1910-1981) Title: Lunch Hour Audio: Date: 1942 Dimensions: 9″ x 11 3/4″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Lithograph; works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artist’s Estate Description: A powerfully expressive draftsman and painter, Hirsch depicted people in ordinary, everyday scenes. In this lithograph, which was the…
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Hirsch, Joseph. Sleeping Head
Artist: Joseph Hirsch (American, 1910-1981) Title: Sleeping Head Audio: Date: 1949 Dimensions: 20 5/8″- 15 3/4″ Location in Library: Third floor Joseph Hirsch Media: Lithograph Lithograph Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection Description: One of Hirsch’s strongest images, and one of his rarest prints. This image was drawn directly on the stone in one afternoon,…
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Kelly, J. Redding. Dean Mario Cosenza
Artist: J. Redding Kelly (American, 1868-1939) Title: Dean Mario Cosenza Audio: Date: 1934 Dimensions: 50″ x 35″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artist’s Estate Description: Professor Cosenza, a classical scholar, was the first provost of Brooklyn College and the first Italian to serve as…
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Kentridge, William. Dancing Couple
Artist: William Kentridge (South African, b. 1955) Title: Dancing Couple Audio: Date: 2003 Dimensions: 73″ x 51″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Offset lithograph, works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © William Kentridge Description: In Dancing Couple, Kentridge aims to “depict the…
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Kentridge, William. Typewriter
Artist: William Kentridge (South African, b. 1955) Title: Typewriter Audio: Date: 2003 Dimensions: 30 1/2″ x 36 11/16″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Sugarlift aquatint, works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with The Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © William Kentridge Description: The typewriter in this print is…
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R.B. Kitaj
American, 1932-2007 In Our Time: Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the most Part, 1969 Serigraph Prints 29.5″ – 21″ The Brooklyn College Library Collection Kitaj’s screen-printed images of book covers represent a random sampling of actual ones from the artist’s eclectic, beloved library. Although born in Ohio, Kitaj traveled extensively, and…
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Kollwitz, Käthe. Praying Girl
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945) Title: Praying Girl Audio: Date: 1892 Dimensions: 12 11/16″ x 9 11/16″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Etching;works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Description: Although Kollwitz is best known for her anguished portrayals of mothers with children,…
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Laufman, Sidney. The Apple Tree
American, 1891-1985 The Apple Tree, c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 23 1/2” x 29 1/2” The Brooklyn College Library Collection Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Laufman studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Art Student’s League in New York. Robert Henri was his most important teacher. From 1920 to 1933, Laufman lived in Paris…
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Lee, Jim. Receding Orchard
Artist: Jim Lee (American, b. 1954) Title: Receding Orchard Audio: Date: 2001 Dimensions: 14″ x 171/2″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Woodcut works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Jim Lee Description: Artist and printmaker Jim Lee creates original woodcuts to illustrate…
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Lee, Jim. River
Artist: Jim Lee Title: River Date: 1998 Dimensions: 14″ x 171/2″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Woodcut, works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. å© Jim Lee
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Lieberman, William. Twilight
Twilight, c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 24” x 29 1/2” The Brooklyn College Library Collection A woman with a basket and cane makes her way down a snow-packed path. The landscape is filled with barren trees, silhouetted against a pastel sky. Pink, blue, mauve, and gold –the colors of a winter’s twilight– are reflected on the…
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Loguirato, Joseph. Everything and Nothing
Artist: Joseph Loguirato Title: Everything and Nothing Audio: Date: 2006 Dimensions: 24″ x 36″ x 16″ Location in Library: Media: Acrylic on masonite Owner: On loan from artist. © Joseph Loguirato Description:
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Lord, Richard. Neptune; Bailey Fountain, Brooklyn, New York
Artist: Richard Lord Title: Neptune (detail); Bailey Fountain, Brooklyn, New York Audio: Date: 1989 Dimensions: 39 1/2″ x 27″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Cibachrome photograph Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of the artist. © Richard Lord Description: Working in a photojournalistic style, Lord has captured images of both rural and urban…
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Margulies, Joseph. President Harry D. Gideonse (1901-1985)
Artist: Joseph Margulies (Austrian, 1896-1984) Title: President Harry D. Gideonse (1901-1985) Audio: Date: 1949 Dimensions: 44″ x 36″ Location in Library: First Floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artist’s Estate Description: Harry D. Gideonse was Brooklyn College’s second president, serving from 1939 to 1966. During his 27 years as president,…
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Mellon, Marc. Don Quixote
Artist: Marc Mellon (American, b. 1951) Title: Don Quixote Audio: Date: 2004 Dimensions: 24″ x 14″ x 8″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Bronze Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Marc Mellon. © Marc Mellon Description: Mellon is well known for his expressive portrait busts and commemorative statues of prominent figures, such…
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Meyer, Seymour. The Torch
Artist: Dr. Seymour Meyer Title: The Torch Audio: Date: 1971 Dimensions: 27 1/2″ x 8″ x 8″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Bronze Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Dr. Seymour Meyer. © Dr. Seymour Meyer Description: Dr. Meyer is a renowned hand surgeon and internationally recognized sculptor who graduated from Brooklyn…
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Motherwell, Robert. Africa Suite, Number 10
Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991) Title: Africa Suite, Number 10 Audio: Date: 1970 Dimensions: 40 3/4″ x 28 1/4″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Screenprint, works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Dedalus Foundation and VAGA (Visual Artists and Galleries Association, Inc.) Description: By the 1950’s Motherwell had moved away from…
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Motherwell, Robert. Africa Suite, Number 7
Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991) Title: Africa Suite Number 7 Audio: Date: 1970 Dimensions: 40 3/4″ x 28 1/4″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Screenprint works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Dedalus Foundation and VAGA (Visual Artists and Galleries Association, Inc.) Description: Motherwell’s goal was to depict not a physical…
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Motherwell, Robert. London Series II: Untitled
Artist: Robert Motherwelll (American, 1915-1991) Title: London Series II: Untitled Audio: Date: 1971 Dimensions: 28 1/2″ x 41″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Screenprint works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Dedalus Foundation and VAGA (Visual Artists and Galleries Association, Inc.) Description: This series of screenprints, produced in London, explores variations…
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Muniz, Vik. Ad Reinhardt
Artist: Vik Muniz (American, b. Brazil, 1960) Title: Ad Reinhardt Audio: Date: 2000 Dimensions: 44″ x 66″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Cibachrome Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Vik Muniz Description: Muniz collected dust and detritus from the galleries and offices of…
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Murray, Elizabeth. Rescue
Artist: Elizabeth Murray (American, 1940-2007) Title: Rescue Audio: Date: 1996 Dimensions: 118″ x 136″ x 7″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas, wood painting Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Elizabeth Murray Description: Elizabeth Murray is known for her large, distinctively…
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Nickson, Graham. Red Towel
Artist: Graham Nickson (British, b. 1946) Title: Red Towel Audio: Date: c. 1990 Dimensions: 37 1/2” x 73 1/2” Location in Library: Third floor Media: Acrylic on canvas Owner: Brooklyn College Library Collection Description: A solitary figure holds up a beach towel in a grassy field, under a blazing sun. Nickson intensifies the foreground of…
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Pacheco, Ferdie. Advice
Artist: Ferdie Pacheco (American, b. 1927) Title: Advice Audio: Date: 1984 Dimensions: 72″ x 40″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil on canvas Owner: Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Noreen Andreoli. © Ferdie Pacheco Description: After having the self-proclaimed “Greatest of All-Time” Muhammad Ali’s ear for fifteen years as his doctor, the artist…
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Pacheco, Ferdie. Marciano Victorious
Artist: Ferdie Pacheco (American, b. 1927) Title: Marciano Victorious Audio: Date: 1983 Dimensions: 48″ x 30″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Noreen Andreoli. © Ferdie Pacheco Description: As the only Heavyweight Champion to retire undefeated (with 43 knockouts), perhaps it is not a…
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Pantuhoff, Igor. Untitled (Landscape)
American, 1911-1972 Untitled (Landscape), c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 16 1/2” x 24” The Brooklyn College Library Collection After immigrating to New York, the Russian born Pantuhoff lived in Greenwich Village where he came into contact with the emerging Abstract Expressionists. Pantuhoff, however, followed a different path. Although he first painted portraits of distinguished individuals such…
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Patterson, Claude. A Day in June
American, 20th century A Day in June, c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 19 3/4” x 23 1/2” The Brooklyn College Library Collection Although an artist from the American Midwest, one can see the influence of Impressionism in this work by Claude Patterson. It shares affinities with Camille Pissarro’s painting of 1872, Orchard in Bloom, Louveciennes, evident…
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Pearlstein, Philip. President Francis P. Kilcoyne
Artist: Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924-2022) Title: President Francis P. Kilcoyne Audio: Date: 1968 Dimensions: 44″ x 36″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Philip Pearlstein Description: President Francis P. Kilcoyne (1903-1985) was Brooklyn College’s third president, serving from 1966 to 1967. A lifelong liberal, Kilcoyne…
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Pearlstein, Philip. President Robert L. Hess
Artist: Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924-2022) Title: President Robert L. Hess Audio: Date: 1989 Dimensions: 44″ x 36″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Philip Pearlstein Description: Robert L. Hess (1932-1992) was Brooklyn College’s sixth president, serving from 1979 to 1991. President Hess assumed the presidency…
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Polishchuk, Slava. Wall
Artist: Slava Polishchuk Title: Wall Audio: Date: 2002 Dimensions: 90″ x 448″ Location in Library: Second floor Media: Oil and paper on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Slava Polishchuk. © Slava Polishchuk Description: Human suffering and its inevitability has long been a theme in Polishchuk’s work. Inspired by Jeremiah’s Lament in…
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Ramsey, Debra. Graphite Veil # 3
This painting embody a dynamic between being fully realized abstract painting and arrested gestures in a state of undoneness. The shades of graphite and the gestures within it are markers of time and change, and place. The making of painting is a process of accumulating lessons. These factors seem in kinship with the act…
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Ramsey, Debra. Graphite Veil # 4
This painting embody a dynamic between being fully realized abstract painting and arrested gestures in a state of undoneness. The shades of graphite and the gestures within it are markers of time and change, and place. The making of painting is a process of accumulating lessons. These factors seem in kinship with the act…
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Rand, Archie. Dinah Washington
Artist: Archie Rand Title: Dinah Washington Audio: Date: 1970 Dimensions: 18″ x 72″ Location in Library: Second floor Media: Acrylic and enamel on canvas Owner: On loan from artist. © Archie Rand Description: Related Websites – Archie Rand’s Biography – Archie Rand, Presidential Professor of Art at Brooklyn College
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Ricci, Olindo Mario. Famous Libraries of the World: The Augustan Library and The Alexandrian Library
Artist: Olindo Mario Ricci (American, b. Italy, 1904-1982) Title: Famous Libraries of the World: The Augustan Library and The Alexandrian Library Audio: Date: 1936-1939 Dimensions: 9 feet Location in Library: Second floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: Provenance: Funded by the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project. © Artist’s Estate Description: Gracing the Library’s grandest…
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Ruscha, Edward. News, Mews, Pews, Brews, Stews and Dues
Artist: Edward Ruscha Title: News, Mews, Pews, Brews, Stews & Dues Audio: Date: 1970 Dimensions: Six prints, each 23″ x 32″ This portfolio is number 122 Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Silkscreen prints on paper works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Edward Ruscha Description: In the series News, Mews, Pews,…
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Russell, Alfred. Autumn
Artist: Alfred Russell (American, 1920-2007) Title: Autumn Audio: Date: 1968 Dimensions: 50″ x 40″ Location in Library: Third floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artist’s Estate Description: During the 1940’s and early 1950’s Russell painted in the Abstract Expressionist style, but he later turned to the figure and the classical…
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Schwab, Doug. Gerard Siani and Greg Saucedo
Artist: Doug Schwab Title: Gerard Siani and Greg Saucedo Audio: Date: 2000 Dimensions: Location in Library: Second floor Media: Platinum-palladium print Owner: On loan from artist. © Doug Schwab Description:
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Schwab, Doug. Kim and Randi
Artist: Doug Schwab Title: Kim and Randi Audio: Date: c. 2001 Dimensions: Location in Library: Second floor Media: Platinum-palladium print Owner: On loan from artist. © Doug Schwab Description:
