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The Horse, from Histoire Naturelle (Natural History), Pablo Picasso, 1942, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
Medium: Lift-ground aquatint and etching
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Fire Engine, Ron Kleeman, 1976, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
Size: 35 3/8 x 38 ½ in. (89.85 x 97.79 cm) (image) Medium: Color screenprint
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Through the Night, Bertha Lum, 1912, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
Size: image, sheet: 5 5/8 x 14 3/16 in. (14.29 x 36.04 cm) Medium: Color woodcut
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Banshee Pearls (11), Kiki Smith, 1991, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
from a suite of 12 lithographs–.3-5,.8,.10,.11 and .1,.2,.6,.7,.9,.12 each framed together in two frames; two grey faces and one black face in negative; face of woman with large teeth left of center; hair imagery in lower corners; ink splotches overall; ink drips in LLC Size: 22 ¾ x 30 5/8 in. (57.79 x 77.79 cm) (sheet) 73 ¼ x 66 ¼ in. (186.06 x 168.28 cm) (outer frame, received framed with .3-5,.8,.10,.11) Medium: Lithograph printed in black and gray on cream Japan paper
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Bouquet-Black and Gold, Karl Schrag, 1973, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
Size: 25 ¼ x 18 1/2in. (64.1 x 47cm) Medium: Black india ink, yellow gouache, red and orange watercolor on dark yellow paper
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Yellow Center, Herbert Bayer, 1970, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
Size: 29 ¾ x 29 ¾ in. (75.57 x 75.57 cm) (image) 32 x 31 ¾ in. (81.28 x 80.65 cm) (sheet) Medium: Color screenprint
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Black-capped Chickadee, Maurice R. Bebb, 1968, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
Size: 4 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (12.38 x 18.1 cm) (plate) 7 9/16 x 9 ¾ in. (19.21 x 24.77 cm) (sheet) Medium: Color soft-ground etching, aquatint, satin
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Still Life with Pears, Skip Steinworth, 1992, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
Part X of Vermillion Archive Collection Archive Proof Size: 22 x 25 in. (55.88 x 63.5 cm) (image) 27 x 29 ½ in. (68.58 x 74.93 cm) (sheet) Medium: Color lithograph and screenprint
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De Stijl, Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg, 1950, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
yellow and orange text on off-white paper; text: ‘Schilderskunst architectuur meubelen De Stijl 1917-31 Stedelijk museum a'dam tot 1 october’ Size: 19-½ x 27-½ in. (49.5 x 69.9 cm) Medium: Color lithograph
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Mais puisque je vous dis que j'ai un mari…, Paul Gavarni, 1838, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
two figures wearing tailcoats, vests and top hats seated on a bench; figure on L appears to be a woman; back of another figure at L Size: 7 7/8 x 6 ¼ in. (20 x 15.88 cm) (plate) 13 7/8 x 10 ¼ in. (35.24 x 26.04 cm) (sheet) Medium: Lithograph
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Cover of the “Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard”, Pierre Bonnard, 1897, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
interior view featuring five prints with still lives and landscapes in green and red on a round table with a red and white tablecloth; small grey cat in LRQ on top of table, batting at a crumpled piece of paper; text in URQ: “6 rue Laffitte / 2e année / ALBUM / D'ESTAMPES / ORIGINALES / DE / LA GALERIE / VOLLARD / 1897” A prominent French painter, sculptor, and printmaker of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Pierre Bonnard demonstrated a deep commitment to the graphic arts as evidenced in his extensive oeuvre of editioned prints, illustrated books, and other publications. Among these varied works is this delightful lithographic album wrapper featuring a domestic interior with an assortment of fine art prints casually spread across a wooden table. Though he included no people, Bonnard activates the scene by including a playful house cat who strolls across the table and paws at a crumbled piece of paper. When folded vertically at the center, the oversize lithograph served as the outer wrapper for Ambroise Vollard’s second “Album d'estampes originales” (Album of Original Prints). Bonnard positioned the publication’s title and date on the right-hand side of the composition, thus assuring it would be centered when the sheet was folded. Vollard was the foremost publisher of prints and illustrated books in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Paris. Along with Bonnard, he worked regularly with such prominent artists as Edouard Vuillard, Georges Rouault, and Pablo Picasso. Size: 23 13/16 × 34 5/8 in. (60.48 × 87.95 cm) (sight) 31 ¾ × 41 ¾ × 1 ½ in. (80.65 × 106.05 × 3.81 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Color lithograph
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Untitled (Calendar schemes, letterforms, cloaked figures), James Castle, after 1945, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
recto: standing cartoonish figure at R with large ears-repeated again at L on a plate or sign with “M-OD” below; two grids between figures, with all spaces except 8 filled with various designs; verso: part of a label from a bag of sugar. Not signed. Calendar schemes, letterforms, and pictographs appear regularly in Castle’s drawings and handmade books. Though he never learned to read or write, Castle understood the implicit function of calendars, letters, and words as abstract sign systems that convey information or meaning. For Castle, the conventional utility of these systems was less important than their formal or structural properties. Indeed, as seen in this example, repetition, rhythm, and the harmonious arrangement of form were paramount. That the meaning of his pictographs and letterforms is not readily apparent does not negate their appeal as abstract designs. The meaning of the cloaked figures is unknown, but these and other similar motifs are common among Castle’s drawings. Size: 4 3/16 x 10 3/16 in. (10.64 x 25.88 cm) Medium: Soot on white found paper (commercially printed Amalgamated Fine Granulated Sugar wrapper)
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The Smith’s Yard, James Abbot McNeill Whistler, 1895, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
Size: image, sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.45 x 19.37 cm) 18 x 14 in. (45.72 x 35.56 cm) (mat, Size I) Medium: Lithograph
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Portrait of Carl Oscar Borg, Troy Kinney, November 1914, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
head and center chest of a man with reddish-brown hair and moustache, wearing a red tie Size: 8 ¾ × 6 1/8 in. (22.23 × 15.56 cm) (sight) 11 9/16 × 9 3/16 × 1 ¼ in. (29.37 × 23.34 × 3.18 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
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Wood Chat, No. 32, William Lewin, 1789, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
Size: 9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in. (24.29 x 19.37 cm) (sheet) Medium: Gouache and watercolor on off-white wove paper. Per cat.card: Original drawing, h.c.
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Fashion Plate, from Les Robes de Paul Poiret, Paul Poiret, 1908, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
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La Noblesse (Peach) from Pomona Londinensis, William Hooker, 19th century, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
“very carefully h.c.” Size: 13 ¼ x 9 7/8 in. (33.66 x 25.08 cm) (plate) Medium: Aquatint and stipple engraving