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Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art

March 29 - May 29, 2005

 

(above: Benjamin West, 1738­1820, Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation, 1784, Pen and ink over black chalk with touches of red and blue chalk on laid paper, 44.2 x 30.9 cm (17 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches). Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.959.104)

 

In honor of the Hood Museum of Art's twentieth anniversary, the museum is proud to present a major new exhibition, Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art. On view from March 29 to May 29, 2005, this traveling exhibition highlights a stunning diversity of works dating from 1769 to 1969, many of which have never before been on view. Nearly 120 works feature the talents of such distinguished artists as John Singleton Copley, John James Audubon, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Joseph Stella, Jackson Pollock, Eva Hesse, and Romare Bearden. Taken as a whole, these drawings and watercolors reveal the rich variety of approaches, media, and subjects that have attracted American artists over the course of two centuries. Highlights range from Copley's magnificent 1769 pastel portrait of New Hampshire's last royal governor, John Wentworth, to early-nineteenth-century folk portraits and landscapes, lyrical nineteenth-century watercolor marines and interiors, dynamic images of New York City in the jazz age, and purely abstract compositions by pioneering artists associated with abstract expressionism and minimalism.

The Hood will host the opening festivities for this signature exhibition on Friday, April 1. Barbara J. MacAdam, Jonathan L. Cohen Curator of American Art, will present "The Paper Chase: Investigating Dartmouth's American Watercolors and Drawings" in the Arthur M. Loew Auditorium at 4:30 P.M. A reception hosted by the Friends of Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art will follow in Kim Gallery.

Marks of Distinction is the result of a multiyear research project and a concerted effort to strengthen the museum's impressive holdings of American drawings and watercolors through gifts and purchases. The exhibition will be accompanied by a 282-page illustrated catalogue copublished with Hudson Hills Press. The publication provides an overview of the American collection by renowned art historian and former Dartmouth professor John Wilmerding; a history of the collection's development by Barbara MacAdam; in-depth scholarly entries on eighty of the museum's most noteworthy American drawings and watercolors by MacAdam, Mark Mitchell, Derrick Cartwright, Katherine Hart, and Barbara Thompson; as well as illustrations of about 170 additional collection highlights.

According to curator Barbara MacAdam, "This exhibition and its accompanying catalogue bring to light some of the Hood's finest works of American art. Thanks to the generous assistance of the Henry Luce Foundation and many other supporters of the museum, we have been able to give intensive attention to the development, research, and publication of the museum's greatest asset, its permanent collection."

Special educational resources will accompany the Hood's exhibition including a reading area in the galleries. Selected works in the show will be paired with audio components that make connections with the visual art through music, prose, and poetry. A family guide designed for children ages 6 to 12 will be available for the duration of the exhibition as a fun and informative way for families to explore the show together. In addition, a special book bag, filled with hand-picked reading resources for children that focus on particular artists in the show such as Calder, Cassatt, Whistler, Lawrence, and Bearden, will be available free of charge for check out at the Visitor Services Desk.

Organized by the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, this exhibition is supported in part by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. Its presentation at the Hood Museum of Art is generously supported by the Bernard R. Siskind 1955 Fund and the Hansen Family Fund. Following the exhibition's debut at the Hood Museum of Art, approximately eighty of the works in Marks of Distinction will travel to the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Michigan, from June 24 to September 4, and the National Academy Museum in New York City, from October 20 to December 31.

 

Twentieth Anniversary of the Hood Museum of Art

The Hood Museum of Art marks its twentieth anniversary in 2005 with a yearlong series of exciting exhibitions and programs that probe the museum's collections from their inception to the museum's vision for their future. The year includes a critical look at how the permanent collections are interpreted and used by Dartmouth faculty; the museum's recent acquisitions in new media; Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art; and a major installation by internationally renowned American artist and curator Fred Wilson.

 

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John Singleton Copley, 1738­1815
Governor John Wentworth, 1769
Pastel on laid paper, mounted on canvas
59.8 x 45.0 cm (23 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Esther Lowell Abbott, in memory of her husband, Gordon Abbott;
D.977.175 (right: John Singleton Copley, 1738­1815, Governor John Wentworth, 1769)
 
Benjamin West, 1738­1820
Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation, 1784
Pen and ink over black chalk with touches of red and blue chalk on laid paper
44.2 x 30.9 cm (17 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.959.104
 
Sarah Broome
View on the River Dee near Bala, 1795
Watercolor over graphite on laid paper, 45.8 x 54.9 cm (18 x 21 5/8 inches)
Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund
and a partial gift from Neil Kamil; W.2004.40
 
Henry Williams, 1787­1830
Clarissa, c. 1805­10
Watercolor on ivory
10.2 x 7.6 cm (4 x 3 inches)
Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Marsh; W.981.79
 
John James Audubon, 1785­1851
American Buzzard or White Breasted Hawk . . . Falco Leverianus, c. 1810­20
Pastel, graphite, chalk, and white opaque watercolor on wove paper
53.0 x 43.1 cm (20 7/8 x 16 15/16 inches)
Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund
and the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund; D.2003.52
 
Charles Robert Leslie, British of American parents, 1794­1859
Bust of Homer, c. 1811­15
Ink wash over graphite on wove paper, mounted on a separate sheet
inscribed in pen and ink
sheet: 12.2 x 9.5 cm (4 13/16 x 3 11/16 inches); mount: 22.2 x 28.4 cm
(8 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches)
Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund;
D.998.12.2
 
Attributed to Sarah Goodridge, 1788­1853
Possibly Dolly Miltimore Rousseau, c. 1822­23
Watercolor on ivory
11 x 8.6 cm (4 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. D. G. Brummett to Dartmouth College Library, transferred 2002
W.999.28.34
 
Attributed to Sarah Goodridge, 1788­1853
Possibly Mary Lane Miltimore Hale, c. 1824­27
Watercolor on ivory
9.5 x 6.5 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. D. G. Brummett to Dartmouth College Library, transferred 2002; W.999.28.35
 
Thomas Sully, 1783­1872
The Last Moments of Tom Coffin, 1824
Black ink wash with traces of pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper
with watercolor wash border
sheet: 18.7 x 15.9 cm (7 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches);
mount: 22.2 x 28.6 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches)
Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund; D.999.39
 
Thomas Birch, 1779­1851
Landscape with a River, 1827
Ink wash over charcoal on laid paper
sheet: 17.8 x 24.7 cm (7 x 9 3/4 inches);
mount: 22.1 28.0 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches)
Purchased through the Miriam and Sidney Stoneman Acquisitions Fund; D.999.41
 
B. D. Stanhope
New York Fashions, c. 1830
Watercolor on wove paper
20.6 x 15.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/16 inches)
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; W.935.1.59
 
Joseph H. Davis, active 1832­37
Obed Varney, Age 24, 1835
Opaque and transparent watercolor and graphite on wove paper
30.9 x 23.0 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/16 inches)
Gift of Nancy and Lane Woodworth Goss, Class of 1955; W.997.52
 
Unidentified artist
Dartmouth College, c. 1835
Black, white, and colored chalk on marble-dusted drawing board
26.3 x 39.4 cm (10 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches)
Dartmouth College Library; D.999.28.4
 
Sarah Goodridge, 1788­1853
Daniel Webster, c. late 1830s
Watercolor on ivory
9.0 x 7.0 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches)
Gift of Edwin Allen Bayley, Class of 1885; W.X.47.1
 
Attributed to Ann Frances Ray (Mrs. Gilbert Pillsbury), nineteenth century
Dartmouth College, c. 1840
Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite indications (with pen and ink border) on wove paper
18.2 x 28.2 cm. (7 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches)
Purchase made possible through a gift from the Class of 1951, with the assistance of
Dartmouth College Library; W.989.15
 
Seth Eastman, 1808­1875
View of Concord, New Hampshire, July 1841
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
11.3 x 18.1 cm (4 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; W.998.3
 
Ann[-a] [-e] [-ie] Elisabeth L. Hobbs, 1828­1886
The Last of His Tribe, c. 1845­50
Pastel on marble-dusted drawing board
43.8 x 52.8 cm (17 1/4 x 20 5/8 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.961.7
 
C. Burton, nineteenth century
Profile Portrait of a Man, 1847
Graphite and ink wash on wove paper
30.5 x 25.1 cm (12 x 9 7/8 inches)
Gift of Miss Brownlee McKee; D.X.124.2
 
C. Burton, nineteenth century
Profile Portrait of a Woman, 1847
Graphite and ink wash on wove paper
30.6 x 25.2 cm (12 1/16 x 9 15/16 inches)
Gift of Miss Brownlee McKee; D.X.124.1
 
John William Hill, 1812­1879
High Bridge, c. 1848
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
55.8 x 80.9 cm (21 15/16 x 31 7/8 inches)
Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund; W.999.6 (right: John William Hill, 1812­1879,
High Bridge, c. 1848)
 
Daniel Huntington, 1816­1906
William Cullen Bryant, Daniel Webster, and Washington Irving, 1852
Graphite and brown and black ink, heightened with white chalk and opaque white
watercolor on tan (discolored to brown) illustration board
33.5 (irreg.) x 44.8 cm (13 1/4 [irreg.] x 17 5/8 inches)
Dartmouth College Library; D.968.66
 
James Bard, 1815­1897
The Steamer, Menemon Sanford, 1854­55
Graphite heightened with watercolor and white chalk on wove paper
67.8 x 119.4 cm (26 3/4 x 47 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.964.133
 
William Trost Richards, 1833­1905
Palms, 1856
Graphite on wove paper
18.5 x 18. 3 cm (7 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches)
Purchased through a gift from the estate of Josephine P. Albright; D.997.12
 
Eastman Johnson, 1844­1906
The Album, 1859
Charcoal on wove paper
33.5 x 38.0 cm (13 1/8 x 15 inches)
Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund; D.2003.17
 
Martin Johnson Heade, 1819­1904
Two Studies of Islands from The Thousand Islands Sketchbook, c. 1860
Graphite on wove paper
16.2 x 25.7 cm (6 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.999.40
 
William Trost Richards, 1833­1905
Along the River, c. 1860
Graphite on laid paper
19.5 x 14.7 cm (7 11/16 x 5 13/16 inches)
Gift of Ellen and Theodore Conant, in memory of Grace Richards Conant;
D.996.35
 
Thomas Nast, 1840­1902
Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," 1862
Brush and ink and white opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper
sheet: 21.6 x 21.6 cm (8 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches); mount: 31.1 x 25.2 cm (12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.944.31.2
 
Thomas Moran, 1837­1926
Solitude, 1865
Charcoal and white chalk on tan wove paper
75.1 x 62.4 cm (29 9/16 x 24 5/8 inches)
Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund;
D.998.12.1
 
John Henry Hill, 1839­1922
Lake Scenery, 1866
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
26.8 x 38.9 cm (10 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; W.957.1
 
William Trost Richards, 1833­1905
Beach Scene, c. 1870
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on tan wove paper
16.7 x 34.6 cm (6 9/16 x 13 5/8 inches)
Purchased through gifts from Richard and Diana Beattie and a partial gift of
Theodore and Ellen Conant; W.997.11
 
Samuel Colman, 1832­1920
Fishing Boats, Étretat, 1873
Verso: Etretat
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
23.0 x 34.4 cm (9 x 13 1/2 inches)
Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund; W.998.11
 
Fidelia Bridges, 1835­1923
Pansies, c. 1875
Graphite on wove paper
17.1 x 14.5 cm (6 3/4 x 5 11/16 inches)
Purchased through a gift from the Estate of David Hull, Class of 1960;
D.2003.5
 
John Francis Murphy, 1853­1921
Pride of the Meadow, 1876
Graphite on tan wove paper
35.6 x 17.7 cm (14 x 7 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son,
Everett Egginton, Class of 1921; D.954.20.659
 
John Singer Sargent, 1856­1925
The West Portals of the Cathedral of Saint Gilles du Gard, c. 1878
Transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gray paint[?] over graphite on cream wove paper
24.6 x 33.1 cm (9 11/16 x 13 inches)
Purchased through the Robert J. Strasenburgh II 1942 Fund and the Julia L. Whittier Fund; W.988.54
 
Mary Cassatt, 1844­1926
Drawing for "Evening," 1879/80
Conte crayon on wove paper
20.1 x 22.1 cm (7 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches)
Purchased through gifts from the Lathrop Fellows; D.2003.16 (right: Mary Cassatt, 1844­1926, Drawing for "Evening," 1879/80)
 
Julian Scott Ledger Artist A, Kiowa, Southern Plains, nineteenth century
Osage Dance, 1880
Graphite and colored crayon on laid ledger paper
19.2 x 31.1 cm (7 9/16 x 12 1/4 inches)
Purchased through the Robert Strasenburgh '42 Acquisition Fund; D.2003.18.2
 
Winslow Homer, 1836­1910
Boys Bathing, 1880
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
14.5 x 33.6 cm (5 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches)
From the estate of Tatiana Ruzicka (1915­1995). Presented in 1996 by Edward Connery Lathem
in memory of Rudolph Ruzicka (1883­1978); W.996.47
 
Winslow Homer, 1836­1910
Beaching a Boat, c. 1881­82
Pen and brown iron gall ink on laid paper
7.6 x 20.6 cm (3 x 8 1/8 inches)
From the estate of Tatiana Ruzicka (1915­1995). Presented in 1997 by Edward Connery Lathem
in memory of Rudolph Ruzicka (1883­1978); D.997.44
 
John Francis Murphy, 1853­1921
Yellow Birch, Adirondacks, 1883
Graphite on wove paper
35.4 x 25.4 cm (13 15/16 x 10 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton,
Class of 1921; D.954.20.663
 
James McNeill Whistler, 1834­1903
Maud Reading in Bed, 1883­84
Opaque and transparent watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on tan cardboard
25.1 x 17.8 cm (9 7/8 x 7 inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Allen, Jr., Class of 1932; W.971.26 (right: James McNeill Whistler, 1834­1903, Maud Reading in Bed, 1883­84)
 
William Fowler Hopson, 1849­1924
Boat on a Marsh, 1890
Transparent and opaque watercolor and pen and ink over
graphite on wove paper
13.5 x 13.8 cm (5 5/16 x 5 7/16 inches)
Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Jr. 1919 Fund; W.983.37.2
 
John Singer Sargent, 1856­1925
Study for a Mural in the Boston Public Library or the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, c. 1890­1924
Charcoal on laid paper
48.1 x 62.5 cm (19 x 24 5/8 inches)
Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, sisters of the artist;
D.929.10.7
 
Hermann Dudley Murphy, 1867­1945
Standing Male Nude, 1893
Charcoal on laid paper, mounted on cardboard
62.9 x 31.8 cm (24 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College; D.X.151.1
 
Maurice Brazil Prendergast, 1859­1924
Woman with a Parasol, c. 1893­94
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
21.9 x 16.5 cm (8 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches)
Purchase made possible through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Harrison; W.938.8
 
Maurice Brazil Prendergast, 1859­1924
The Harbor from City Point, 1895
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
35.6 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 inches)
Bequest of Warren Upham, Class of 1916; W.976.136 (right: Maurice Brazil Prendergast, 1859­1924, The Harbor from City Point, 1895)
 
John Singer Sargent, 1856­1925
Study for the Mural "Judgment," Boston Public Library, c. 1895­1910
Charcoal on laid paper
48.5 x 62.6 cm (19 1/8 x 24 5/8 inches)
Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, sisters of the artist;
D.929.10.4
 
Everett Shinn, 1876­1953
Trafalgar Square, London, 1900
Pastel on tan wove paper
25.1 x 35.5 cm (9 7/8 x 14 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.951.48
 
Charles Wellington Furlong, 1874­1967
Profile of a Standing Male Figure, 1902
Charcoal and graphite on laid paper, mounted on board
62.3 x 48.3 cm (24 9/16 x 19 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.966.113.3
 
Charles Wellington Furlong, 1874­1967
Seated Female Figure, 1902
Charcoal and graphite on laid paper, mounted on board
62.4 x 48.5 cm (24 9/16 x 19 1/8 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.966.113.5
 
Childe Hassam, 1859­1935
Weir's Garden, 1903
Transparent and opaque watercolor and pen and brown ink over charcoal on wove paper
37.0 x 54.6 cm (14 5/8 x 21 1/2 inches)
Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund; W.962.90
 
Everett Shinn, 1874­1967
Illustrated Letter to Augustus Saint-Gaudens from Everett Shinn,
Depicting the "Masque of Ours," 1906
Pen and brown ink on blue wove paper
16.2 x 25.2 cm (6 3/8 x 9 15/16 inches)
Dartmouth College Library; D.999.28.28
 
John Singer Sargent, 1856­1925
Preliminary Figure Study for "Hell," Boston Public Library Mural Project, c. 1910
Charcoal on laid paper
47.6 x 62.2 cm (18 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches)
Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, Sisters of the Artist; D.929.10.5
 
Abraham Walkowitz, 1878­1963
New York, c. 1910­20
Pen and ink and ink wash over graphite on wove paper, mounted on gray wove paper
24.7 x 15.6 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.996.8
 
John Sloan, 1871­1951
Ludlow, Colorado, 1914, drawing for illustration in The New York Call, April 25, 1914
Lithographic crayon on wove paper
47.6 x 31.7 cm (18 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches)
Gift of John and Helen Farr Sloan; D.952.44
 
Ada Gilmore (Chaffee), 1883­1955
In the Garden, 1915
Opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on card, tipped onto mount with painted border
card: 8.2 x 14.0 cm (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches); mount: 22.5 x 28.4 cm (8 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches)
Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund; W.2001.21
 
George Wesley Bellows, 1882­1925
The Boardwalk, c. 1915
Black, salmon, and blue crayon and tan wash over graphite on slightly textured cream wove paper
40.9 x 55.8 cm (16 1/8 x 22 inches)
Gift of A. Conger Goodyear; D.940.20
 
Blanche Lazzell, 1878­1956
Fox Glove, 1920
Charcoal on gray laid paper
41.4 x 31.8 cm (16 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches)
Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund; D.2002.24
 
Gifford Reynolds Beal, 1879­1956
Riverside Drive, n.d.
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on blue-gray laid paper
24.1 x 31.4 cm (9 1/2 x 12 5/16 inches)
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; W.935.1.7
 
George Benjamin Luks, 1867­1933
Sketch of Two Men, c. 1920s
Black crayon on wove paper
17.5 x 21.1 cm (6 7/8 x 8 5/16 inches)
Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund; D.962.108
 
F. Luis Mora, 1874­1940
Isadora Duncan, c. 1920s
Pastel on brown laid paper
45.1 x 43.8 cm (17 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches)
Bequest of Mary Fanton Roberts; D.957.19
 
Lyonel Feininger, 1871­1956
Seascape with Cloudy Sky, 1922
Pen and ink over watercolor on laid paper
29.4 x 35.8 cm (11 5/8 x 14 1/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Daisy V. Shapiro, in memory of her son, Richard David Shapiro, Class of 1943;
W.962.190
 
John Sloan, 1871­1951
Family on Fire Escape, 1922, drawing for illustration in Hearst's International, August 1922
Ink wash, charcoal, and graphite on wove paperboard
43.5 x 58.5 cm (17 1/8 x 23 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.946.12.3
 
Marguerite Thompson Zorach, 1887­1968
Sixth Avenue "L," 1924
Watercolor and graphite on heavy wove paper
56.7 x 39.5 cm (22 5/16 x 15 9/16 inches)
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; W.935.1.75 (right: Marguerite Thompson Zorach, 1887­1968, Sixth Avenue "L," 1924)
 
Charles Ephraim Burchfield, 1893­1967
Early Morning, 1925
Conte crayon and brush and ink over graphite on two sheets (joined) of heavy newsprint
mounted on thin cardboard
36.7 x 22.5 cm (14 7/16 x 8 7/8 inches)
Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund; D.963.3
 
George Ault, 1891­1948
Back of Patchin Place, 1927
Graphite on heavy wove paper
39.9 x 29.8 cm (15 3/4 x 11 11/16 inches)
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; D.935.1.98
 
Velino Shije Herrera (Ma-Pe-Wi), American/Pueblo, 1902­1973
Rain Dance ­ Annual Fiesta ­ Zia Pueblo, c. 1927
Opaque watercolor on tan wove paper mounted on cardboard
48.0 x 62.7 cm (18 7/8 x 24 11/16 inches)
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; W.935.1.80
 
Stuart Davis, 1894­1964
Statue, Paris, 1928
Opaque watercolor over graphite on tan wove paper
37.2 x 39.1 cm (14 5/8 x 15 3/8 inches)
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; W.935.1.15
© Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
 
George Overbury Hart, 1868­1933
Comedy Play at Sarah Bernhardt Theater, Paris, 1929
Pastel and watercolor over graphite on wove paper
13.3 x 20.8 cm (5 1/4 x 8 3/16 inches)
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; D.935.1.27
 
Emil Ganso, 1895­1941
Nightfall in Paris, c. 1929
Opaque watercolor over graphite on illustration board
38.3 x 32.1 cm (15 1/16 x 12 5/8 inches)
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; W.935.1.21
 
Walt Kuhn, 1880­1949
Culture, n.d.
Pen and ink and graphite with white watercolor and green pastel on
cardstock, toned brown by artist
25.4 x 45.1 cm (10 x 17 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Harrison; D.940.35
 
Philip Evergood, 1901­1973
Hoboken, c. 1930s
Brush and ink and crayon on wove paper
33.0 x 47.7 cm (13 x 18 3/4 inches)
Gift of Elizabeth E. Craig; D.2002.30.5
 
Joseph Stella, 1877­1946
Dying Lotus, c. 1930­32
Pastel, colored crayon, metalpoint (probably silverpoint), and possibly graphite over an
artist-prepared ground on wove paper
40.4 x 29.7 cm (15 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches)
Gift of Helen Farr Sloan; D.952.133 (right: Joseph Stella, 1877­1946, Dying Lotus, c. 1930­32)
 
Alexander Calder, 1898­1976
The Exits (Les Sorties), 1931
Pen and ink on wove paper
57.8 x 78.5 cm (22 3/4 x 30 7/8 inches)
Gift of Peter A. Rübel, Class of 1938T; D.965.61
© 2004 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
 
Emil Bisttram, 1895­1976
Taos Mountains, 1932
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on heavy wove paper
48.3 x 63.5 cm (19 x 25 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Howard Giles; W.959.71.4
 
Paul Cadmus, 1904­1999
Deposition, 1932
Transparent and opaque watercolor and ink over graphite on heavy,
handmade wove (J. Whatman) paper
28.6 x 39.1 cm (11 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches)
Gift of Ilse Bischoff; W.956.45
Courtesy of the Estate of Paul Cadmus and DC Moore Gallery, New York
 
Paul Cadmus, 1904­1999
Puerto de Andraitx: Mallorca (Majorcan Landscape), 1932
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper
23.2 x 28.7 cm (9 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches)
Gift of Ilse Bischoff; W.975.86
Courtesy of the Estate of Paul Cadmus and DC Moore Gallery, New York
 
Paul Cadmus, 1904­1999
Factory Worker: Francisco, 1933
Graphite on newsprint
32.7 x 25.1 cm (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches)
Purchased through gifts by exchange; D.996.18
Courtesy of the Estate of Paul Cadmus and DC Moore Gallery, New York
 
Peggy Bacon, 1895­1987
Morris Ernst, 1934
Pastel on gray wove paper
43.6 x 35.9 cm (17 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches)
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; D.935.1.99
 
Charles Demuth, 1883­1935
Beach Study No. 3, Provincetown, 1934
Watercolor and graphite on wove paper
21.5 x 28.1 cm (8 1/2 x 11 1/16 inches)
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; W.935.1.16
 
Paul Starrett Sample, 1896­1974
Two Men Seated with Small Town Backdrop, California, 1935
Recto and verso: watercolor over graphite on wove paper
28.6 x 39.0 cm (11 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches)
Gift of the artist, Class of 1920, to Dartmouth College Library
Transferred 1983; W.983.34.225
 
Isabel Bishop, 1902­1988
Sleeping Child, c. 1935
Pen and ink and ink wash over graphite, with framing indications in
graphite, on wove paper
24.7 x 15.3 cm (9 3/4 x 6 inches)
Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund; D.2003.75
Courtesy of the Estate of Isabel Bishop and DC Moore Gallery, New York
 
Paul Cadmus, 1904­1999
Ilse Bischoff, 1937
Pen and India ink and graphite on wove paper
35.5 x 30.2 cm (14 x 11 7/8 inches)
Gift of Ilse Bischoff; D.975.85
Courtesy of the Estate of Paul Cadmus and DC Moore Gallery, New York
 
Arthur Dove, 1880­1946
Boat Houses, 1938
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper, mounted on original secondary support
sheet: 12.7 x 17.8 cm (5 x 7 inches); mount: 25.4 x 35.4 cm (10 x 13 15/16 inches)
Bequest of Jay R. Wolf, Class of 1951; W.976.189
 
Grant DeVolson Wood, 1892­1942
Fruit, 1938
Watercolor and graphite on illustration board
29.8 x 37.8 cm (11 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches)
Gift of Robert S. Engelman, Class of 1934; D.960.90.2
© Estate of Grant Wood / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
 
Grant DeVolson Wood, 1892­1942
Vegetables, 1938
Watercolor and graphite on illustration board
29.2 x 37.1 cm (11 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches)
Gift of Robert S. Engelman, Class of 1934; D.960.90.1
© Estate of Grant Wood / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
 
Bill Traylor, c. 1854­1949
House with Figures and Animals, 1939
Colored pencil and graphite on cardboard
56.0 x 36.2 cm (22 x 14 1/4 inches)
Purchased through the Florence and Lansing Porter Moore 1937 Fund; D.2003.53
 
Jackson Pollock, 1912­1956
Untitled (Number 37), c. 1939­40
Pen and brown and black ink, graphite, and orange colored pencil on smooth coated paper
35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 inches)
Purchased through a gift from Olivia H. and John O. Parker, Class of 1958,
the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund, and the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund;
D.986.8
© 2004 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
 
Thomas Hart Benton, 1889­1975
"Routining" the Fish, 1943
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite on wove paper
35.3 x 42.2 cm (13 15/16 x 16 5/8 inches)
Gift of Robert S. Engelman, Class of 1934; D.960.89.2
© T. H. Benton and R. P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / UMB Bank Trustee / Licensed by VAGA,
New York, NY
 
Edwin Walter Dickinson, 1891­1978
The Bee: Lothrup Weld's House, 1943
Graphite on smooth wove paper
24.9 x 29.1 cm (9 13/16 x 11 1/2 inches)
Purchased through the Claire and Richard P. Morse 1953 Fund and the William S. Rubin Fund;
D.991.15
 
Irving Norman (Irving Noachowitz), 1906­1989
Great Orator, 1944
Graphite and colored pencil on wove paper
30.5 x 56.1 cm (12 x 22 1/8 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.2002.68
 
Paul Starrett Sample, 1896­1974
Approach to White River, 1946
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on heavy wove paper
39.0 x 57.4 cm (15 1/4 x 22 5/8 inches)
Gift of the artist, Class of 1920, in memory of his friend Albert Inskip Dickerson, Class of 1930
and Dean of Freshmen, 1956­1972; W.972.222
 
Paul Starrett Sample, 1896­1974
Will Bond, c. 1948
Graphite on wove paper
30.5 x 45.7 cm (12 x 18 inches)
Gift of the artist, Class of 1920, to Dartmouth College Library; transferred 1983; D.983.34.7
 
Milton Avery, 1885­1965
Autumn Sea, 1948
Transparent and opaque watercolor on wove paper
58.2 x 78.5 cm (22 7/8 x 30 7/8 inches)
Gift of Stephen F. Mandel, Class of 1952; W.994.32
© 2004 Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
 
Paul Cadmus, 1904­1999
Self-Portrait, 1948
Transparent and opaque watercolor on green wove paper
22.1 x 15.8 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches)
Gift of Ilse Bischoff; D.975.83
Courtesy of the Estate of Paul Cadmus and DC Moore Gallery, New
York
 
Dong Kingman, 1911­2000
Philadelphia, 1948
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
57.5 x 38.6 cm (22 5/8 x 15 3/16 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; W.951.73
 
John Marin, 1870­1953
Sea Piece in Red (Sea Piece, 3), 1951
Opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite with touches of red crayon on heavy wove paper
38.8 x 53.4 cm (15 1/4 x 21 inches)
Partial and promised gift of L. Graeme Bell, III, Class of 1966; W.2000.51
© 2004 Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
 
Ralston Crawford, 1906­1978
Box Car & New Orleans, 1951
Pen and ink on wove paper, 28.1 x 39.1 cm (11 1/16 x 15 5/16 inches)
Purchased through the Claire and Richard P. Morse 1953 Fund and the
Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund; D.996.33
By permission of the Ralston Crawford Estate, Courtesy Salander O'Reilly Galleries
 
David Smith, 1906­1965
3/20/52, 1952
Brush and egg ink and opaque watercolor on wove paper
46.6 x 59.7 cm (18 3/8 x 23 5/8 inches)
Purchased through the Miriam and Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund; P.997.42
© Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
 
Andrew Wyeth, born 1917
Winter Light, 1953
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on heavy wove paper
50.9 x 71.2 cm (20 x 28 inches)
Presented to Robert Frost in 1954, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday,
and given to the College in 1982 by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Connery Lathem; W.987.20
© Andrew Wyeth
 
Thomas George, b. 1918
Untitled, c. 1954­55
Pen and ink and brush and ink on wove paper
43.7 x 30.4 cm (17 3/16 x 12 inches)
Gift of the artist, Class of 1940, and his wife, LaVerne George; D.989.45.7
 
Clarence Holbrook Carter, 1904­2000
Coal Draw, 1955
Graphite heightened with white opaque watercolor on wove paper
20.6 x 28.5 cm (8 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches)
Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund;
D.999.30
 
Adolph Gottlieb, 1903­1974
Male and Female, c. 1955­56
Brush and ink over graphite on wove paper
33.7 x 25.4 cm (13 1/4 x 10 inches)
Bequest of Lawrence Richmond, Class of 1930; D.978.164
© Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
 
Ilse Martha Bischoff, 1901­1990
Still Life: Fungus, 1957
Casein on illustration board, toned gray by artist
43.1 x 55.8 cm (17 x 22 inches)
Gift of the artist through the Friends of the Dartmouth Library; W.962.61
 
Ilse Martha Bischoff, 1901­1990
Still Life: Lemons, 1958
Casein over graphite on wove paper, toned gray by artist
21.4 x 36.0 cm (8 7/16 x 14 1/8 inches)
Purchased through a gift from the Friends of Dartmouth Library and the
Julia L. Whittier Fund; W.958.245
 
Joan Mitchell, 1926­1992
Untitled, c. 1959
Oil pastel and oil paint on wove paper
35.0 x 42.8 cm (13 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches)
Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; D.2002.28
 
Leonard Baskin, 1922­2000
Janus, 1961
Ink wash over graphite on heavy wove paper
57.0 x 78.3 cm (22 7/16 x 30 7/8 inches)
Gift of Dr. Frederick R. Mebel, Class of 1935,
in honor of Churchill P. Lathrop; W.978.154
 
Larry Rivers, 1923­2002
Double Money Drawing, 1962
Crayon and graphite on wove paper
30.6 x 31.4 cm (12 x 12 3/8 inches)
Bequest of Jay R. Wolf, Class of 1951; D.976.194
© Estate of Larry Rivers / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
 
Walter Tandy Murch, 1907­1967
Study #18, 1962
Transparent and opaque watercolor and charcoal on very thick wove paper
58.4 x 44.5 cm (23 x 17 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. George, Class of 1940; D.995.61
 
Jacob Lawrence, 1917­2000
Soldiers and Students, 1962
Opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper
57.0 x 77.3 cm (22 1/2 x 30 3/16 inches)
Bequest of Jay R. Wolf, Class of 1951; W.976.187
© Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
 
Lee Bontecou, b. 1931
Untitled, 1964
Graphite on wove graph paper
42.0 x 54.9 cm (16 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches)
Bequest of Jay R. Wolf, Class of 1951; D.976.217.1
 
Eva Hesse, 1936­1970
Untitled, 1964
Opaque and transparent watercolor, pen and black ink, felt-tip marker, and crayon on wove paper
57.0 x 72.3 cm (22 3/8 x 28 1/2 inches)
Purchased through gifts from the Lathrop Fellows; D.2004.1
© The Estate of Eva Hesse. Hauser & Wirth Zurich London
 
Robert Indiana, born 1928
The American Way-Hug #1, 1964
Conte stencil rubbing
76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 inches)
Bequest of Jay R. Wolf, Class of 1951; D.976.144
© 2004 Morgan Art Foundation Ltd. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
 
Charles Wilbert White, 1918­1979
Exploding Star (Awake), 1965
Charcoal on (Crescent) illustration board
102.0 x 76.4 cm (40 1/8 x 30 1/16 inches)
Purchased through a gift from Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924; D.968.24
 
Agnes Martin, born 1912
Untitled, 1967
Pen and red and gray ink and gray wash on wove paper
30.2 x 29.6 cm (11 7/8 x 11 11/16 inches)
Purchased through the William S. Rubin Fund and the Contemporary Art Fund; D.2003.51
 
Jacob Lawrence, 1917­2000
Flight II, 1967, painting for illustration (in slightly modified form) in
Harriet and the Promised Land (New York: Windmill Books, Simon & Schuster, 1968;
reprint, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993)
Opaque watercolor and tempera over graphite on wove paper
39.2 x 35.0 cm (15 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches)
Bequest of Jay R. Wolf, Class of 1951; W.976.204
© Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
 
Ivan Albright, 1897­1983
Persepolis, Iran, 1967
Watercolor and brush and ink on lightweight cardstock
38.4 x 50.5 cm (15 1/8 x 19 7/8 inches)
Gift of Josephine Patterson Albright; W.986.56.32
 
Romare Howard Bearden, 1911­1988
Two Figures, 1968
Collage of commercially-prepared, coated, colored paper, prepared photographic paper,
and transparent and opaque watercolor on cream wove paper, with additions of
graphite and black ink on card, mounted on smooth-surfaced plywood panel
50.8 x 40.8 cm (20 x 16 1/16 inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Bernstein; P.977.179
© Romare Bearden Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY (right: Romare Howard Bearden, 1911­1988, Two Figures, 1968)
 
Dimitri Hadzi, b. 1921
Sculpture Studies, 1969
Pen and ink with opaque watercolor corrections on wove paper
25.5 x 37.9 cm (10 1/16 x 14 15/16 inches)
Gift of the artist; D.969.34

 

Related event

American art curator and scholar Mark D. Mitchell will present a slide lecture entitled "Freedom Fighters: John Sloan and the American Moderns in the Dartmouth Collection" on Friday, May 20, at 4:30 P.M. in the Hood Museum of Art's Arthur M. Loew Auditorium. Refreshments will follow in the Kim Gallery. Dr. Mitchell, who received his Ph.D. in art history from Princeton University in 2002, is the Assistant Curator of Nineteenth-Century Art at the National Academy Museum in New York. He was formerly a curatorial assistant at the Hood Museum of Art, where he intensively researched works in the museum's collection in preparation for the current exhibition Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Watercolors and Drawings from the Hood Museum of Art, in which the work of Sloan is featured. Dr. Mitchell authored almost thirty of the entries in the accompanying catalogue, including one that addressed John Sloan's brutally powerful black crayon drawing entitled Ludlow, Colorado, of 1914. (right: John Sloan, Ludlow, Colorado, 1914, drawing for illustration in the New York Call, April 25, 1914, lithographic crayon on wove paper. Gift of John and Helen Farr Sloan)

Since its initial publication as a cover illustration both for a socialist newspaper, the New York Call, and soon thereafter the influential magazine The Masses, John Sloan's drawing of a coal miner's suicidal vengeance after the murders of his wife and children has become an icon of American labor history. It is an enduring memorial to the twenty individuals-thirteen of them women and children-who were shot or burned to death when Colorado National Guardsmen fired upon an undefended union tent colony on April 20, 1914, in what was quickly dubbed the Ludlow Massacre. Sloan's drawing is a cornerstone of the Hood's collection of modern drawings and watercolors. Dr. Mitchell will provide the art historical and cultural context for this and other early-twentieth-century American drawings and watercolors featured in the exhibition.

Dr. Mitchell has particular expertise in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American art. Prior to his work on the Hood's collection, he was a curatorial assistant at the Princeton University Art Museum, where he catalogued the museum's collection of American drawings and watercolors and subsequently authored nineteen catalogue entries for the first volume of American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum, published in 2004. He also curated the first-ever exhibition of the work of luminist painter Francis A. Silva for Berry-Hill Galleries in New York and authored the accompanying catalogue, published in 2002. Dr. Mitchell is currently writing a catalogue of the art collection at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and is co-organizing a major traveling exhibition for the National Academy Museum entitled Luminism Revisited: The Art and Collection of James A. Suydam, 1919-1865, which will open in the fall of 2006.


Note:

1. These works are featured in the Hood's venue. Only about 80 of the objects will be traveling.

 

rev. 5/16/05

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