# Presentation: 170386

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Pottery and Baskets, c. 1100– c. 1960, Various artists

1-A.1 Anasazi Pottery, c. 1100, Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon. Jar at left, height 10 1/4  in. (26 cm.). Photograph by P. Hollembeak. ©American Museum of Natural History Library, New York.

1-A.2 Sikyátki polychrome bowl, c. 1350–1700, height 3 1/3 in., diameter 10 3/4 in. (27.4 x 9.3 cm.). Catalog no. 155479, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Photograph by D. E. Hurlbert.

1-A.3  María Montoya Martínez and Julian Martínez (San Ildefonso Pueblo, American Indian, c. 1887–1980; 1879-1943), Jar, c. 1939. Blackware, height 11 1/8 in., diameter 13 in. (28.26 x 33.02 cm.). National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. 

1-A.4 Louisa Keyser (Dat So La Lee, Washoe; ca. 1850–1925), Beacon Lights, 1904–1905. Willow, western redbud, and bracken fern root, diameter 16 in., height 11 1/4 in. (40.64 x 28.58 cm.). T751; Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y. Photograph by Richard Walker.

1-A.5 Carl Toolak (c. 1885– c. 1945, Inupiat, Point Barrow, Alaska), Baleen basket, 1940. Baleen (whalebone) and ivory, height 3 1/2 in., diameter 3 1/3 in. (9.0 x 8.5 cm.). Courtesy of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Wash., Catalog number 1.2E1180.

1-A.6 Attributed to Caesar Johnson (1872–1960), Gullah rice fanner basket, c. 1960. Rush, diameter 17 1/2 in., height 2 1/2 in. (44.45 x 6.35 cm.). Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, S.C. Photograph by Susan Dugan.  

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Mission Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, San Antonio, Texas, 1755, Various artists

1-B.1 Mission Nuestra Señora de la Concepción de Acuña, San Antonio, Texas, 1755.  Ernst F. Schuchard (1893–1972). Mission Concepcion, fresco details of façade 1932. Watercolor on paper, 17 1/2 x 17 in. (45 x 44 cm.) in frame. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library. Ernst F. Schuchard papers, Gift of Mrs. Ernst F. Schuchard and daughters in memory of Ernst F. Schuchard. 

1-B.2 Convento and church at dusk. San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Texas. © George H. H. Huey. 

1-B.3 Detail. “Eye of God” decoration on ceiling of the library. San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Texas. © George H. H. Huey.

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2-A John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere, 1768
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815) Paul Revere, 1768. Oil on canvas, 89.22 x 72.39 cm (35 1/8 x 28 1/2 in.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Joseph W. Revere, William B. Revere and Edward H. R. Revere, 30.781. Photograph © 2008 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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2-B Silver of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries, Various artists
2-B.1 Paul Revere, Jr. (American: 1734–1818), Teapot, 1796, Silver; Overall 6 1/16 x 11 5/8 in., 668.7 grams (15.4 x 29.5 cm, 21.499 troy ounces); Base 5 11/16 x 3 3/4 in. (14.4 x 9.5 cm):  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933 (33.120.543) Image © 1986 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2-B.2 Thomas William Brown (Wilmington, North Carolina), tea service. Silver, c. 1840–50. Courtesy North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, N.C. 

2-B.3 Gene Theobald (American, active 1920s–1930s), “Diament” teapot, 1928. Wilcox Silver Plate Company, American (active 1867–1961), division of International Silver Company, American, founded 1898. Silverplate and plastic. Overall 7 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (19.05 x 16.828 x 9.208 cm.). Location: Meriden, Connecticut.  Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Tex., The Jewel Stern American Silver Collection, Gift of Jewel Stern.  

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3-A Grant Wood, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1931

Grant Wood (American, 1892–1942), The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1931, Oil on Masonite; H. 30, W. 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1950 (50.117) Photograph © 1988 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art © Estate of Grant Wood / Licensed by VAGA, New York.  

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3-B Gilbert Stuart, George Washington (the Lansdowne portrait), 1796

Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), George Washington, (the Lansdowne portrait), 1796. Oil on canvas, 97 1/2 x 62 1/2 in. (247.6 x 158.7 cm.). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; acquired as a gift to the nation through the generosity of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.  © 2008 Smithsonian Institution, Courtesy, National Portrait Gallery.

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4-A Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851

Emanuel Leutze (American: 1816–1868), Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851, Oil on canvas; 149 x 255 in. (378.5 x 647.7 cm): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897 (97.34) Photograph © 1992 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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4-B Hiram Powers, Benjamin Franklin, 1862

Hiram Powers (1805–1873), Benjamin Franklin, 1862. Marble, height 97 1/2  in., width 34 7/8 in., depth 21 5/8 in. (247.7 x 88.6 x 54.9 cm.). U.S. Senate Collection.

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5-A Thomas Cole, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm — The Oxbow, 1836

Thomas Cole (American, born England, 1801–1848), View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm — The Oxbow, 1836, Oil on canvas; 51 1/2 x 76 in. (130.8 x 193 cm): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1908 (08.228) Image © 1995 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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5-B N. C. Wyeth, Last of the Mohicans, cover illustration, 1919

N. C. Wyeth (1882–1945). Last of the Mohicans, cover illustration, 1919. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Brandywine River Museum. Anonymous gift, 1981. Reprinted with the permission of Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division from Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Illustrations © 1919 Charles Scribner’s Sons; copyright renewed 1947 Carolyn B. Wyeth. 

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6-A John James Audubon, American Flamingo, 1838

John James Audubon (1785-1851). Robert Havell (1793-1878), Engraver after John James Audubon.  American Flamingo, 1838. Hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper, plate: 97 x 65 cm (38 3/16 x 25 9/16 in.) sheet: 101.28 x 68.26 cm (39 7/8 x 26 7/8 in.)  Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James, 1945.  8.431. Image ©2006 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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6-B  George Catlin, Catlin Painting the Portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa — Mandan, 1861/1869

George Catlin (American, 1796–1872), Catlin Painting the Portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa — Mandan, 1861/1869. Oil on card mounted on paperboard, 18 1/2 x 24 in. (47 x 62.3 cm.). Paul Mellon Collection.  Image © 2006 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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7-A Thomas Cole and others, State Capitol, Columbus, Ohio, 1838–1861

Ithiel Town and A. J. Davis, architects; design largely by Thomas Cole, Ohio State Capitol, Columbus, Ohio, 1838–1861. Photograph © Tom Patterson, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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7-B George Caleb Bingham, The County Election, 1852

George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879), The County Election, 1852. Oil on canvas, 38 x 52 in. (96.5 x 132.1 cm.). Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Mo., Gift of Bank of America.

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8-A Albert Bierstadt, Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, 1865

Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902), Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, 1865. (Accession no. 1991.879)  Oil on canvas, 64 1⁄2 x 96 1⁄2 in. (163.83 x 245.11 cm.). Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Ala.; Gift of the Birmingham Public Library.

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8-B Black Hawk, “Sans Arc Lakota” Ledger Book, 1880–1881

8-B.1 Black Hawk (c. 1832–1890), “Sans Arc Lakota” Ledger Book (plate no.18), 1880–1881. Pen, ink, and pencil on paper, 9 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (24.13 x 39.4 cm.). Entire book: 10 1/4” x 16 1/2” x 1 3/4”; width with book opened: 33 1/2”.  T614; Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y. Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, New York.

8-B.2 Black Hawk (c. 1832–1890), “Sans-Arc Lakota” Ledger Book (plate no.3), 1880–1881. Pen, ink, and pencil on paper, 9 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (24.13 x 39.4 cm.). Entire book: 10 1/4” x 16 1/2” x 1 3/4”; width with book opened: 33 1/2”.  T614; Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y. Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, New York. 

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9-A Winslow Homer, The Veteran in a New Field, 1865

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910), The Veteran in a New Field, 1865, Oil on canvas; 24 1/8 x 38 1/8 in. (61.3 x 96.8 cm): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967 (67.187.131) Image © 1995 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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9-B Alexander Gardner, Abraham Lincoln, Pres., U.S., 1809-1865, 1865

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Abraham Lincoln, Pres., U.S., 1809-1865. April 10, 1865. Photographic print.  Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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10-A  Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial, 1884–1897

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial, Beacon and Park Streets, Boston, MA, 1884–1897. Bronze, 11 x 14 ft. (3.35 x 4.27 m.).  Photograph courtesy of Carol M. Highsmith. 

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10-B Quilts of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Various artists

10-B.1  Hannah Greenlee (c. 1827-before 1896) and Emm Greenlee (died c. 1910), Crazy Quilt, begun by Hannah and finished by her daughter, Emm, 1896. Fabric scraps (some homespun), length 90 in. width 70 in (228.6 x 181.6 cm). Historic Carson House, Marion, N.C. Gift of Ruth Greenlee.

10-B.2  Susan Noakes McCord (1829-1909; McCordsville, Hancock County, Indiana), Grandmother’s Fan Quilt, c. 1900. Wool, silk, and cotton, length 80 1/2 in., width 70 1/2  in. (204.47 x 179.07 cm.). From the Collections of The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Mich.

10-B.3  Bars Pattern Quilt. Top: plain-weave wool; back: grey-and-blue plain-weave cotton. Circa 1920. Gift of "The Great Women of Lancaster."  Collections of the Heritage Center of Lancaster County. Overall dimensions 72" x 80"

10-B.4  Bar Pattern Quilt. Top: plain-weave wool; back: brown-and-white printed-check plain-weave cotton. Circa 1925. Given in memory of Louise Stoltzfus. Collections of the Heritage Center of Lancaster County.  Overall dimensions 77.5" x 77.5"

10-B.5  Split Bars Pattern Quilt. Top: plain-weave and crepe wool; back: black-and-white twill printed-pattern plain-weave cotton. Circa 1935. Collections of the Heritage Center of Lancaster County.  Overall dimensions 76" x 76"

10-B.6  Lone Star Pattern Quilt. Top: plain-weave wool; back: red, green, and white printed-plaid, plain-weave cotton. Circa 1920.  Gift of Irene N. Walsh. Collections of the Heritage Center of Lancaster County.  Overall dimensions 89" x 89"

10-B.7  Bars--Wild Goose Chase Pattern Quilt. Top: Plain-weave and crepe wool; back: wine-and-white floral-print, plain-weave cotton. Circa 1920. Gift of Irene N. Walsh. Collections of the Heritage Center of Lancaster County.  Overall dimensions 72.5" x 79.5"

10-B.8  Diamond in the Square--Sunshine and Shadow Variation Pattern Quilt. Top: purple plain-and twill-weave wool; back: purple twill-weave cotton. Circa 1935. Gift of "The Great Women of Lancaster." Collections of the Heritage Center of Lancaster County.  Overall dimensions 80" x 80"

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11-A Thomas Eakins, John Biglin in a Single Scull, c. 1873

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916), John Biglin in a Single Scull, c. 1873. Watercolor on off-white wove paper; 19 5/16 x 24 7/8 in. (49.2 x 63.2 cm): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1924 (24.108) Photograph © 1994 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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11-B James McNeill Whistler, Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, 1876–1877

James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, 1876–1877 (two views). Oil paint and gold leaf on canvas, leather, and wood, room dimensions: height 13 ft. 11 5/8 in., width 33 ft. 2 in., depth 19 ft. 9 1/2  in. (425.8 x 1010.9 x 608.3 cm.). Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1904.61.

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12-A John Singer Sargent, Portrait of a Boy, 1890.

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925).  Portrait of a Boy, 1890.  Oil on canvas, 56 1/8 x 39 1/2 in.  Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Patrons Arts Fund.  Photograph © 2007 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.

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12-B Childe Hassam, Allies Day, May 1917, 1917

Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935), Allies Day, May 1917, 1917. Oil on canvas, 36 1/2 x 30 1/4 in. (92.7 x 76.8 cm.). Gift of Ethelyn McKinney in memory of her brother, Glenn Ford McKinney. Image © 2006 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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13-A Walker Evans, Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1929

Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975), [Brooklyn Bridge, New York], 1929, printed ca. 1970, Gelatin silver print: 17.2 x 12.2 cm. (6 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Arnold H. Crane, 1972. (1972.742.3) © The Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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13-B Louis Comfort Tiffany, Autumn Landscape, 1923–1924

Louis Comfort Tiffany (American: 1848–1933), Autumn Landscape, 1923–1924, Tiffany Studios (1902–1938), Leaded Favrile-glass window: 11 ft. x 8 ft. 6 in. (335.3 x 259.1 cm):  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Robert W. de Forest, 1925 (25.173) Photograph © 1997 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

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14-A Mary Cassatt, The Boating Party, 1893/1894

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926), The Boating Party, 1893/1894. Oil on canvas, 35 7/16 x 46 1/8 in. (90 x 117.3 cm.). Chester Dale Collection. Image © 2006 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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14-B Joseph Stella, Brooklyn Bridge, c. 1919–1920

Joseph Stella (1877–1946), Brooklyn Bridge, c. 1919–1920. Oil on canvas, 84 x 76 in. (213.36 x 193.04 cm.). Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Gift of Collection Société Anonyme.

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15-A Charles Sheeler, American Landscape, 1930

Charles Sheeler (1883–1965), American Landscape, 1930. Oil on canvas, 24 x 31” (61 x 78.8 cm). Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (166.1934).  Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.

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15-B William Van Alen, The Chrysler Building, 1926–1930 

William Van Alen (1883–1954), The Chrysler Building, 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, New York, 1926–1930. Steel frame, brick, concrete, masonry, and metal cladding, height 1046 ft. (318.82 m). 

15-B.1 Chrysler Building, New York City, 1930. Photographic print. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

15-B.2  Detail. Steeple of the Chrysler Building in New York. © Photo Company/zefa/CORBIS. 

15-B.3  Detail. Workers waterproofing Art Deco stainless steel eagle ornament of sixty-first floor. © Nathan Benn/CORBIS.

15-B.4 Detail. Thirty-first floor decoration based on radiator cap and hubcap designs. Photograph by Scott Murphy, Ambient Images, Inc.

15-B.5 Detail. Art Deco elevator doors at the Chrysler Building. © Nathan Benn/CORBIS.

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16-A Edward Hopper, House by the Railroad, 1925

Edward Hopper (1882–1967). House by the Railroad. 1925. Oil on canvas, 24 x 29”. Given anonymously (3.1930). Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.

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16-B Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, 1935–1939

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), Fallingwater (Kaufmann House, Mill Run, Pa., 1935–1939.) Photograph courtesy of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. 

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17-A Jacob Lawrence, The Migration of the Negro Panel no. 57, 1940–1941

Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), The Migration of the Negro Panel no. 57, 1940–1941. Casein tempera on hardboard, 18 x 12 in. (45.72 x 30.48 cm.). Acquired 1942.  The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.  Art © 2008 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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17-B Romare Bearden, The Dove, 1964

Romare Bearden, (1914–1988) © VAGA NY. The Dove. 1964. Cut-and-pasted photoreproductions and papers, gouache, pencil and colored pencil on cardboard, 13 3/8 x 18 3/4”.  Blanchette Rockefeller Fund (377.1971)  Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY © Estate of Romare Bearden Trusts.

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18-A Thomas Hart Benton, The Sources of Country Music, 1975

Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), The Sources of Country Music, 1975. Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 120 in. (182.9 x 304.8 cm.). Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, Inc., a Section 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization chartered by the State of Tennessee in 1964. Art © Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee.

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18-B Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother and Children, 1936

Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), Migrant Mother and Children (Destitute pea pickers in California, a 32 year old mother of seven children.), February 1936. Black-and-white photograph.  Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Photograph Collection. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

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19-A Norman Rockwell, Freedom of Speech, The Saturday Evening Post 1943, 1943 

Norman Rockwell (1894–1978), Freedom of Speech, The Saturday Evening Post, February 20, 1943. Oil on canvas, 45 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. (116.205 x 90.170 cm.). The Norman Rockwell Art Collection Trust, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass. www.nrm.org ©1943 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, Ind. All rights reserved. www.curtispublishing.com.

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19-B James Karales, Selma-to-Montgomery March for Voting Rights in 1965, 1965

James Karales (1930–2002), Selma-to-Montgomery March for Voting Rights in 1965, 1965. Photographic print. Located in the James Karales Collection, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. Photograph © Estate of James Karales.

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20-A Richard Diebenkorn, Cityscape I, 1963

Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993), Cityscape I, 1963. Oil on canvas, 60 1⁄4 x 50 1⁄2 in. (153.04 x 128.27 cm.). San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Purchased with funds from Trustees and friends in memory of Hector Escobosa, Brayton Wilbur, and J. D. Zellerbach. © Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.

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20-B Martin Puryear, Ladder for Booker T. Washington, 1996

Martin Puryear (1941–), Ladder for Booker T. Washington, 1996. Wood (ash and maple), 432 x 22 3/4 in., narrowing at the top to 11⁄4  x 3 in. (1097.28 x 57.785.cm., narrowing to 3.175 x 7.6 cm.). Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson, by Exchange.

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