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Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000)

Red Barns and Tall Trees Casting Shadows in a Snow Covered Precisionist Landscape, 1970

Oil on canvas laid to masonite

22 × 28 in (55.9 × 71.1 cm)

Three Fruit (Drei Früchte), Paul Klee, 1927, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

A. Conger Goodyear Fund Size: 19 ¼ x 12 ¾" (48.9 x 32.4 cm) Medium: Ink on paper on board

Lovers (1970) - Montserrat Gudiol

Sword Guard (Tsuba), ca. 1615–1868, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 Size: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness ¼ in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 5 oz. (141.7 g) Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper

Still Life with Wild Strawberries, Adriaen Coorte, 1705, Mauritshuis Museum

This little still-life is a miracle of simplicity. On a stone tabletop, a few strawberries lie in front of a dark background. A stalk is hanging over the edge, and a white flower sticks up out of the fruit. The seeds of the red strawberries are indicated by dots of white paint. Little is known of Adriaen Coorte except that he probably lived in the city of Middelburg. He was unknown for a long time, until he was rediscovered in the second half of the twentieth century and his paintings became very popular.

Hardy Plants, Paul Klee, 1934, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

Abstract plants. Size: 16 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (40.96 x 54.93 cm) Medium: Oil on pulpboard

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Soupir, plate five from Poesies de Mallarmé, Henri Matisse, 1932, Art Institute of Chicago: Prints and Drawings

Matisse’s first livre d’artiste (artist’s book), Poems of Stéphane Mallarmé (Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé) was the second publication produced by Albert Skira. The first was Pablo Picasso’s illustrations for Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Les Métamorphoses), published the year before. Both series use the simple power of the etched line to suggest volume and movement. In the case of Matisse, he avoided heavy shading so as not to detract from the ethereality of Mallarmé’s poetry. While inspired by the poems, Matisse’s prints stand alone as works of art and call upon some of his most iconic imagery: flowers, nudes, and portraits. Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey Memorial Size: 317 × 245 mm (image); 332 × 252 mm (sheet, plate mark not visible) Medium: Etching in black on ivory laid Japanese vellum

Painting, 1927, Joan Miro

Medium: oil,canvas