1985.R.22 Honoré Daumier, Head of Pasquin
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The figure of Pasquin was derived from the 16th-century Italian Comedia dell'Arte.
1985.R.28 Paul Gauguin, Portrait Vase of Mme. Schuffenecker
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
It was most probably during 1889, when he was briefly living in his friend Emile Schuffenecker’s studio that Paul Gauguin completed Portrait Vase of Mme.
1982.26.FA Piet Mondrian, Apple Tree, Pointillist Version
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This tree is composed of radiating branches of intense color and slashing lines.
1982.27.FA Fernand Léger, Three Women and Still Life (Déjeuner)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The monumental bodies of Three Women and Still Life (Déjeuner) are composed of sleek gray
1982.28.FA Fernand Léger, Composition with Tree Trunks
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Geometric shapes in blue, red, brown, and black intersect with forms that resemble ob
1982.29.FA Fernand Léger, The Divers (Red and Black)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Fernand Leger explained his intentions for the series of Divers paintings, which he began
1984.48.FA Henry Moore, Girl
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Henry Moore carved this smooth, gracefully contoured figure with minimal facial features, the hint of a coiffure
1984.63 Jean-Achille Benouville, Colosseum Viewed from the Palatine
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A successful landscape painter, Jean-Achille Benouville frequently exhibited canvases featuring the environs of Paris, among other French cities, at the Paris Salon from 1834 onward. Nevertheless, he is best known for the paintings he produced during sojourns in Italy, which are notable for their great sensitivity to the depiction of light and atmosphere.
1978.55.FA Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, Information (General Desaix and the Peasant)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In Information
1979.40.FA Antonio Canova, Victory
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The most accomplished and celebrated sculptor of the Neoclassical era, Antonio Canova drew inspir