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The Discerning Eye: Five Perspectives on the Addison Collection

Organized by: Addison Gallery of American Art
09/04/2007 - 12/30/2007

Exhibition Objects (108)

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Image of #8 6556c Steadying the Rocker

Howes Brothers - #8 6556c Steadying the Rocker 1983.20.8

Image of A Winter-Morning—Shovelling Out.

Winslow Homer - A Winter-Morning—Shovelling Out. 1973.88

Image of A Young Woman Between Carrolburg Place and Half Street

Dawoud Bey - A Young Woman Between Carrolburg Place and Half Street 1993.16

Image of Afternoon on the Maas

Charles Adams Platt - Afternoon on the Maas 1930.136

Image of Al Jolson

anonymous - Al Jolson 1987.497

Image of Altonell Hines

Carl Van Vechten - Altonell Hines 1994.10.20

Image of Andover Theological Seminary from the N.W.

Robert Andrews - Andover Theological Seminary from the N.W. 1946.115

Image of Andrew Jackson

Samuel Lovett Waldo - Andrew Jackson 1955.3

Image of Aretha Franklin

Lee Friedlander - Aretha Franklin 1989.61.4

Image of Arrangement for Drums

Benton Murdoch Spruance - Arrangement for Drums 1942.36

Image of Beaufort, South Carolina

Robert Frank - Beaufort, South Carolina 1989.77.55

Image of Billie Holiday, Recording Studio, N.Y.C.

Milton Hinton - Billie Holiday, Recording Studio, N.Y.C. 1985.37

Image of Black Self

Wendy Ewald - Black Self 2006.56

Image of Carl Dix

William Short - Carl Dix 1992.66.17

Image of Caught in the Ice Floes (Melville Bay/Greenland Coast)

William Bradford - Caught in the Ice Floes (Melville Bay/Greenland Coast) 1949.27

Image of Charleston, South Carolina

Robert Frank - Charleston, South Carolina 1989.77.13

Image of Checkerboard [Under The El]

Louis Lozowick - Checkerboard [Under The El] 1931.55

Image of Christmas Boxes in Camp

Winslow Homer - Christmas Boxes in Camp 1991.166

Image of Clarence Fitch

William Short - Clarence Fitch 1992.66.21

Image of Colonial Paradise

José Bedia - Colonial Paradise 2003.3

Image of Coltrane and Elvin, New York

Roy DeCarava - Coltrane and Elvin, New York 1985.86

Image of Coretta and Martin Luther King

Henri Cartier-Bresson - Coretta and Martin Luther King 1987.328

Image of Covered Wagons in the Rockies

Alvan Fisher - Covered Wagons in the Rockies 1959.11

Image of Dancers, New York

Roy DeCarava - Dancers, New York 1985.85

Image of David Levy Yulee

George Peter Alexander Healy - David Levy Yulee 1990.90

Image of Domicile

Mark Bronenkant - Domicile 1986.8

Image of Dordrecht

Charles Adams Platt - Dordrecht 1928.46

Image of Eight Bells

Winslow Homer - Eight Bells 1935.52

Josef Albers - Formulation: Articulation II, Folder 11 1975.41.44

Josef Albers - Formulation: Articulation II, Folder 31 1975.41.64

Image of From the Cortlandt Street Ferry

Joseph Pennell - From the Cortlandt Street Ferry 1991.34

Image of Funeral — St. Helena, South Carolina

Robert Frank - Funeral — St. Helena, South Carolina 1989.77.4

Image of Ghost

Carroll Dunham - Ghost 1991.54

Image of Gloucester Harbor.

Winslow Homer - Gloucester Harbor. 1989.70

Image of Graduation

Roy DeCarava - Graduation 1951.29

Image of Gravediggers, Marion, Arkansas

Eugene Richards - Gravediggers, Marion, Arkansas 1974.21

Image of Homage to Brancusi

Joseph Cornell - Homage to Brancusi 1998.110

Image of Horace Pippin

Carl Van Vechten - Horace Pippin 1994.10.36

Image of Humorous, Phlegmatic . . .

Gillian Brown - Humorous, Phlegmatic . . . 1993.20

Image of I Saw Your Voice

Fred Tomaselli - I Saw Your Voice 2000.33

Image of Indiantown, FL #4

Bruce Bennett - Indiantown, FL #4 1991.189

Image of Into the Deep

Carter Potter - Into the Deep 1998.171

Image of Islote Inaccesible, Lejano, Solo

José Bedia - Islote Inaccesible, Lejano, Solo 2003.4

Image of It looks like we are goofing off

Jim Goldberg - It looks like we are goofing off 1999.2.9

Image of Italian Landscape

Washington Allston - Italian Landscape 1943.31

Image of James Meredith after being shot with bird shot

Jack R. Thornell - James Meredith after being shot with bird shot 1987.550

Image of Jumps

Vito Acconci - Jumps 1991.14

Image of Kimberley

David Ireland - Kimberley 2003.68

Image of Kissing the Moon

Winslow Homer - Kissing the Moon 1946.19

Image of Lehnstedt

Lyonel Feininger - Lehnstedt 1938.36

Image of Limehouse

James McNeill Whistler - Limehouse 1936.39

Image of Lynching, Marion, Indiana

Lawrence H. Beitler - Lynching, Marion, Indiana 1987.413

Image of Made Possible by the Generous Donation of Potato Chip Bags Economy Class Passeng

Tony Feher - Made Possible by the Generous Donation of Potato Chip Bags Economy Class Passeng 1999.21

Image of Man in Green Coat

John Greenwood - Man in Green Coat 1955.9

Image of Man Looking at Pants on Fulton Street

Dawoud Bey - Man Looking at Pants on Fulton Street 1993.19

Image of Mary Elizabeth Martin

John Singleton Copley - Mary Elizabeth Martin 1942.32

Image of MDC Park, Brighton, Massachusetts

Nicholas Nixon - MDC Park, Brighton, Massachusetts 1992.19.64

Image of Milt Jackson

Lee Friedlander - Milt Jackson 1989.61.7

Image of Moses and The Brazen Serpent

Benjamin West - Moses and The Brazen Serpent 1938.66

Image of Mothers and Newborns at Rwandan Refugee Camp, Lumasi, Tanzania

Fazal Sheikh - Mothers and Newborns at Rwandan Refugee Camp, Lumasi, Tanzania 2006.33

Image of Mount Washington from the Valley of Conway, after John F. Kensett (1816–1872), engraved by James Smillie, printed by J. Dalton

James David Smillie - Mount Washington from the Valley of Conway, after John F. Kensett (1816–1872), engraved by James Smillie, printed by J. Dalton 1945.17

Image of Muscle Boys

Leonard Freed - Muscle Boys 2002.7

Image of New York

Helen Levitt - New York 1991.25

Image of News Boy

Henry Inman - News Boy 1955.14

Image of Night in the Park

Edward Hopper - Night in the Park 1987.624

Image of Night Windows

John Sloan - Night Windows 1933.71

Image of No. 1

Anne Ryan - No. 1 1960.8

Image of North Carolina

Elliott Erwitt - North Carolina 1986.19

Image of Paul Robeson as "The Emperor Jones" New York

Edward Steichen - Paul Robeson as "The Emperor Jones" New York 2007.65.23

Image of Persistence of Life

Stanley William Hayter - Persistence of Life 1946.118

Image of Pimp at the Blue Palace, West Memphis, Arkansas

Eugene Richards - Pimp at the Blue Palace, West Memphis, Arkansas 1974.13

Image of Place Pasdeloup No. 2

Stuart Davis - Place Pasdeloup No. 2 1933.42

Image of Professor Henry A. Rowland

Thomas Eakins - Professor Henry A. Rowland 1931.5

Image of Rachel Hill Townsend, Monrovia, Liberia (Dental surgeon)

Max Belcher - Rachel Hill Townsend, Monrovia, Liberia (Dental surgeon) 1994.52

Image of Restaurant window with girl inside, Charleston, South Carolina

Peter Sekaer - Restaurant window with girl inside, Charleston, South Carolina 1999.12

Image of Roadside, Lewisburg, Alabama

Walker Evans - Roadside, Lewisburg, Alabama 1994.18.3

Image of Romare Bearden

Carl Van Vechten - Romare Bearden 1994.10.4

Image of Sad

Jennifer Bartlett - Sad 2007.32

Image of Screen 4

Lorna Simpson - Screen 4 2000.83

Thumbnail for missing image of Sculptured Activities

Barry Le Va - Sculptured Activities 1994.25

Image of Shadow Dance

Martin Lewis - Shadow Dance 1944.56

Image of Shadows on the Ramp

Martin Lewis - Shadows on the Ramp 1931.54

Image of Sharecropper, West Memphis, AR

Eugene Richards - Sharecropper, West Memphis, AR 1974.20

Image of Sketch of Maua, Apia. One of Our Boat Crew

John La Farge - Sketch of Maua, Apia. One of Our Boat Crew 1931.8

Image of Soiling of Old Glory, Boston City Hall

Stanley Forman - Soiling of Old Glory, Boston City Hall 1987.347

Image of Spanky and Buckwheat Shining Shoes

anonymous - Spanky and Buckwheat Shining Shoes 1987.496

Image of Stump Speaking, after painting by George Caleb Bingham

John Sartain - Stump Speaking, after painting by George Caleb Bingham 1938.51

Image of The Drummond Brothers

Benjamin West - The Drummond Brothers 1931.19

Image of The Monk

George Inness - The Monk 1956.6

Image of The North Woods

Louis Prang - The North Woods 1938.50

Helen Frankenthaler - This is Not a Book 2003.44.77.1-11

Image of Tile I

Brice Marden - Tile I 1999.10

Image of Tom Wharton

Thomas Sully - Tom Wharton 1969.15

Image of Trolley, New Orleans

Robert Frank - Trolley, New Orleans 1989.77.18

Image of U.S. Marine, Hughes, Arkansas

Eugene Richards - U.S. Marine, Hughes, Arkansas 1974.77

Image of Untitled

Walker Evans - Untitled 1988.3

Tony Feher - Untitled 1999.22

Image of Untitled

Vaclav Vytlacil - Untitled 2005.17

Image of Untitled (C83 254)

Hannelore Baron - Untitled (C83 254) 2006.47

Image of Untitled (joke)

Richard Prince - Untitled (joke) 2001.48

Image of Untitled (speech/hands) #1

Glenn Ligon - Untitled (speech/hands) #1 2001.14

Image of Used Shoes

Michael Spano - Used Shoes 1992.3

Image of We Wait a Long Time To See You, To Beat You

Charles Long - We Wait a Long Time To See You, To Beat You 2007.68

Image of Wedding Party in South Carolina

Leonard Freed - Wedding Party in South Carolina 1986.20

Image of Wild Turkey

John James Audubon - Wild Turkey 1981.268.1

Image of Yazoo City, Mississippi

Nicholas Nixon - Yazoo City, Mississippi 1992.19.65

Image of Young Man on Muewga Road with Bicycle Muguga Kenya

Lonnie Graham - Young Man on Muewga Road with Bicycle Muguga Kenya 2003.13

Image of Zora Neale Hurston

Carl Van Vechten - Zora Neale Hurston 1994.10.24

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Artists (81)

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Alvan Fisher (Needham, MA, Aug 9, 1792 - Feb 13, 1863, Dedham, MA)
Anne Ryan (Hoboken, NJ, July 20, 1889 - April 17, 1954, Morristown, NJ)
anonymous
Antonio Gunter
Barry Le Va (Long Beach, CA, Dec 28, 1941 - Jan 24, 2021, New York, NY)
Benjamin West (Springfield, PA, Oct 10, 1738 - Mar 11, 1820, London, England)
Benton Murdoch Spruance (Philadelphia, PA, Jun 25, 1904 - Dec 6, 1967, Philadelphia, PA)
Brice Marden (Bronxville, NY, Oct 15, 1938 – Aug 9, 2023, New York NY)
Bruce Bennett (Apr 11, 1961 - )
Carl Van Vechten (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jun 17, 1880 - Dec 21, 1964, New York, NY)
Carroll Dunham (New Haven, CT, Nov 5, 1949 - )
Carter Potter (Los Angeles, CA, 1961 - )
Charles Adams Platt (New York, NY, Oct 16, 1861 - Sep 12, 1933, Cornish, NY)
Charles Long (Long Branch, NJ, 1958 - )
David Ireland (Bellingham, WA, 1930 - May 16, 2009, San Francisco, CA)
Dawoud Bey (Jamaica, NY, Nov 25, 1953 - )
Edward Hopper (Nyack, NY, Jul 22, 1882 - May 15, 1967, New York, NY)
Edward Steichen (Luxembourg, Mar 27, 1879 - Mar 25, 1973, West Redding, CT)
Elliott Erwitt (Paris, France, Jul 26, 1928 – Nov 29, 2023, New York, NY)
Eugene Richards (Dorchester, MA, Apr 25, 1944 - )
Fazal Sheikh (New York, NY, 1965 - )
Fred Tomaselli (Santa Monica, CA, Jun 8, 1956 - )
George Inness (Newburgh, NY, May 1, 1825 - Aug 3, 1894, Bridge-of-Allan, Scotland)
George Peter Alexander Healy (Boston, MA, Jul 15, 1813 - Jun 24, 1894, Chicago, IL)
Gillian Brown (Manchester, NH, Apr 25, 1951 - )
Glenn Ligon (New York, NY, 1960 - )
Hannelore Baron (Dillingen (Saarland), Germany , Jun 8, 1926 - Apr 1987, Riverdale, Bronx, NY)
Helen Frankenthaler (New York, NY, Dec 12, 1928 - Dec 27, 2011, Darien, CT)
Helen Levitt (New York, NY, Aug 31, 1913 - March 29, 2009, New York, NY)
Henri Cartier-Bresson (Chanteloup,Seine-et-Marne, France, Aug 22, 1908 - August 3, 2004, Céreste (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France))
Henry Inman (Utica, NY, Oct 28, 1801 - Jan 17, 1846, New York, NY)
Howes Brothers (Ashfield, MA, active ca. 1880-1907 - )
Jack R. Thornell (Vicksburg, Mississippi, Aug 29, 1939 - )
James David Smillie (New York, NY, Jul 16, 1833 - Sep 14, 1909, New York, NY)
James McNeill Whistler (Lowell, MA, Jul 11, 1834 - Jul 17, 1903, London, England)
Jennifer Bartlett (Long Beach, CA, Mar 14, 1941 – July 25, 2022, Amagansett, NY)
Jim Goldberg (New Haven, CT, Jun 3, 1953 - )
John Greenwood (Boston, MA, Dec 10, 1727 - Sep 16, 1792, Margate, England)
John James Audubon (Les Cayes, Haiti, West Indies, Apr 26, 1785 - Jan 27, 1851, New York, NY)
John La Farge (New York, NY, Mar 31, 1835 - Nov 14, 1910, Providence, RI)
John Sartain (London, England, Oct 24, 1808 - Oct 25, 1897, Philadelphia, PA)
John Singleton Copley (Boston, MA, Jul 3, 1738 - Sep 9, 1815, London, England)
John Sloan (Lock Haven, PA, Aug 2, 1871 - Sep 7, 1951, Hanover, NH)
José Bedia (Havana, Cuba, Jan 13, 1959 - )
Josef Albers (Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, Mar 19, 1888 - Mar 25, 1976, New Haven, CT)
Joseph Cornell (Nyack, NY, Dec 24, 1903 - Dec 29, 1972, Flushing, NY)
Joseph Pennell (Philadelphia, PA, Jul 4, 1860 - Apr 23, 1926, New York, NY)
Lawrence H. Beitler (active in Marion, ID, active 1930s - 1961or 1963 [see Embark] >)
Lee Friedlander (Aberdeen, WA, Jul 14, 1934 - )
Leonard Freed (Brooklyn, NY, Oct 23, 1929 - Nov 30, 2006, Garrison, N.Y.)
Lonnie Graham (Cleveland, OH, 1954 - )
Lorna Simpson (Brooklyn, NY, Aug 13, 1960 - )
Louis Lozowick (Ludvinovka, Ukraine, Russia, Dec 10, 1892 - Sep 9, 1973, South Orange, NJ)
Louis Prang (Breslau, Germany, Mar 12, 1824 - Jun 15, 1909, Los Angeles, CA)
Lyonel Feininger (New York, NY, Jul 17, 1871 - Jan 13, 1956, New York, NY)
Mark Bronenkant (Racine, WI, Jun 2, 1949 - )
Martin Lewis (Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, Jun 7, 1881 - Feb 22, 1962, New York City, NY)
Max Belcher (Philadelphia, PA, Apr 9, 1944 - )
Michael Spano (Bronx, NY, 1949 - )
Milton Hinton (Vicksburg, MS, Jun 23, 1910 - Dec 19, 2000, Queens, NY)
Nicholas Nixon (Detroit, MI, 1947 - )
Peter Sekaer (Copenhagen, Denmark, Jul 19, 1901 - Jul 14, 1950, Ardsley, NY)
Richard Prince (Comox, BC/ Panama Canal Zone, Apr 6, 1949 - )
Robert Andrews (active in Boston, MA, d. 1856 or 1857)
Robert Frank (Zurich, Switzerland, Nov 9, 1924 - Sept 9, 2019, Inverness, Nova Scotia)
Roy DeCarava (New York, NY, Dec 9, 1919 - Oct 27, 2009, New York, NY)
Samuel Lovett Waldo (Windham, CT, Apr 6, 1783 - Feb 16, 1861, New York, NY)
Stanley Forman (Winthrop, MA, July 10, 1945 - )
Stanley William Hayter (Hackney, London, England, Dec 27, 1901 - May 4, 1988, Paris, France)
Stuart Davis (Philadelphia, PA, Dec 7, 1892 - Jun 24, 1964, New York, NY)
Thomas Eakins (Philadelphia, PA, Jul 25, 1844 - Jun 25, 1916, Philadelphia, PA)
Thomas Sully (Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, Jun 19, 1783 - Nov 5, 1872, Philadelphia, PA)
Tony Feher (Albuquerque, NM, 1956 - June 24, 2016)
Vaclav Vytlacil (New York, NY, 1892 - Jan 5, 1984, New York, NY)
Vito Acconci (Bronx, NY, Jan 24, 1940 - April 27, 2017, Manhattan, New York City, NY)
Walker Evans (St. Louis, MO, Nov 3, 1903 - Apr 10, 1975, New Haven, CT)
Washington Allston (Waccamaw, SC, Nov 5, 1779 - Jul 9, 1843, Cambridgeport, MA)
Wendy Ewald (Detroit, MI, Jun 28, 1951 - )
William Bradford (Fairhaven, MA, Apr 30, 1823 - Apr 25, 1892, New York, NY)
William Short (Cincinnati, OH, Sep 17, 1947 - )
Winslow Homer (Boston, MA, Feb 24, 1836 - Sep 29, 1910, Prout's Neck, Scarboro, ME)

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