Artist: Harold Baumbach Title: Aspen Audio: Date: 1983 Dimensions: 50″ x 28″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Harold Baumbach. å© Artist’s Estate Description: This work, which references no specific subject matter, reflects Baumbach’s experimentation with abstraction. His use […]
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Artist: Graham Nickson Title: Red Towel Audio: Date: c. 1990 Dimensions: 37 1/2Û x 73 1/2Û Location in Library: Third floor Media: Acrylic on canvas Owner: Brooklyn College Library Collection Description: A solitary figure holds up a beach towel in a grassy field, under a blazing sun. Nickson intensifies the […]
Artist: Georges Braque Title: Bird of the Woods or Bird XVII Audio: Date: 1958 Dimensions: 19 1/4″ x 21 1/8″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Color lithograph works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. å© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Description: Braque is one the […]
Artist: G. W. Waters Title: Walt Whitman Audio: Date: 1877 Dimensions: 27″ x 22″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artist’s Estate Description: Walt Whitman’s friend and benefactor John H. Johnston commissioned G. W. Waters to paint this portrait of […]
Artist: Ferdie Pacheco Title: Marciano Victorious Audio: Date: 1983 Dimensions: 48″ x 30″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Noreen Andreoli. å© Ferdie Pacheco Description: As the only Heavyweight Champion to retire undefeated (with 43 knockouts), perhaps it is […]
Artist: Ferdie Pacheco Title: Advice Audio: Date: 1984 Dimensions: 72″ x 40″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil on canvas Owner: Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Noreen Andreoli. å© Ferdie Pacheco Description: After having the self-proclaimed “Greatest of All-Time” Muhammad Ali’s ear for fifteen years as his doctor, […]
Artist: Elizabeth Delson Title: Fiery Fields Audio: Date: 1968 Dimensions: 30″ x 30″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil on canvas Owner: Gift of Sidney L. Delson. å© Artist’s Estate Description: Delson was a painter and printmaker whose works reflected her exploration of nature and spiritual moods. Delson described […]
Artist: Edward Ruscha Title: News, Mews, Pews, Brews, Stews & Dues Audio: media/Edward.Ruscha.mp3 Date: 1970 Dimensions: Six prints, each 23″ x 32″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Silkscreen prints on paper works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. å© Edward Ruscha Description: In the series News, Mews, […]
Artist: Elizabeth Murray Title: Rescue Audio: media/Elizabeth.Murray.mp3 Date: 1996 Dimensions: 118″ x 136″ x 7″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas, wood painting Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. å© Elizabeth Murray Description: Elizabeth Murray is known […]
Artist: Elizabeth Delson Title: Painted Desert III (Green Sky) Audio: Date: 1971 Dimensions: 24″ x 24″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil relief on wood panel Owner: Gift of Sidney L. Delson. å© Artist’s Estate Description: Delson was a painter and printmaker whose works reflected her exploration of nature […]
