Artist: Ruth Anderson Wilson Title: Alphabet Quilt Audio: Date: 1931 Dimensions: 86″ x 74″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Cotton fabric, batting, and thread Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Barbra Buckner Higginbotham. © Artist’s Estate Description: Ruth Anderson Wilson made this alphabet quilt during the Great […]
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Artist: Robert Motherwell Title: London Series II: Untitled Audio: Date: 1971 Dimensions: 28 1/2″ x 41″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Screenprint works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. å© Dedalus Foundation and VAGA (Visual Artists and Galleries Association, Inc.) Description: This series of screenprints, produced in […]
Artist: Olindo Mario Ricci Title: Famous Libraries of the World: The Augustan Library and The Alexandrian Library Audio: media/Olindo.Mario.Ricci.mp3 Date: 1936-1939 Dimensions: 9 Location in Library: Second floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: Description: Descripotion/ Provenance: Funded by the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project. © Artist’s […]
Artist: Marc Mellon Title: Don Quixote Audio: media/Marc.Mellon.mp3 Date: 2004 Dimensions: 24″ x 14″ x 8″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Bronze Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Marc Mellon. å© Marc Mellon Description: Mellon is well known for his expressive portrait busts and commemorative statues of […]
Artist: Käthe Kollwitz Title: Praying Girl Audio: Date: 1892 Dimensions: 12 11/16″ x 9 11/16″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Etching;works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. å© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Description: Although Kollwitz is best known for her anguished portrayals of […]
Artist: Joseph Hirsch Title: Lunch Hour Audio: Date: 1942 Dimensions: 9″ x 11 3/4″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Lithograph; works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artist’s Estate Description: A powerfully expressive draftsman and painter, Hirsch depicted people in ordinary, everyday scenes. In this lithograph, […]
Artist: Jim Lee Title: Receding Orchard Audio: Date: 2001 Dimensions: 14″ x 171/2″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Woodcut works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. å© Jim Lee Description: Artist and printmaker Jim Lee creates original […]
Artist: Robert Motherwell Title: London Series II: Untitled Audio: Date: 1971 Dimensions: 28 1/2″ x 41″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Screenprint; works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. å© Dedalus Foundation and VAGA (Visual Artists and Galleries Association, Inc.) Description: Robert Motherwell was one of the […]
Artist: Robert Motherwell Title: Africa Suite Number 7 Audio: Date: 1970 Dimensions: 40 3/4″ x 28 1/4″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Screenprint works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Dedalus Foundation and VAGA (Visual Artists and Galleries Association, Inc.) Description: Motherwell’s goal was to depict […]
Artist: Robert Motherwell Title: Africa Suite, Number 10 Audio: Date: 1970 Dimensions: 40 3/4″ x 28 1/4″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Screenprint, works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Dedalus Foundation and VAGA (Visual Artists and Galleries Association, Inc.) Description: By the 1950’s Motherwell had […]
