Nude, 1923
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Imogen Cunningham 2011 United States
Gelatin silver print
6 15/16 x 9 1/2 in. (17.6 x 24.2 cm)
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, Purchase. © (1923), 2010 The Imogen Cunningham Trust, www.ImogenCunningham.com
Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Friday 28 October 2011 to Sunday 29 January 2012
This exhibition will present the first wide-ranging survey of American art from the period between the end of World War I and the onset of the Great Depression.
This exhibition will feature 130 artworks of painting, sculpture, and photography created by seventy-five artists.
Paul Cadmus, 1928
© All rights reserved Luigi Lucioni 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 16 x 12 1/8 in. (40.6 x 30.8 cm) Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund
© All rights reserved Luigi Lucioni 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 16 x 12 1/8 in. (40.6 x 30.8 cm) Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Two Women, 1924
© All rights reserved George Wesley Bellows 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 57 x 60 in. (144.8 x 152.4 cm) Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Lent by Karl Jaeger, Tamara Jaeger, and Karena Jaeger © Bellows Trust
© All rights reserved George Wesley Bellows 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 57 x 60 in. (144.8 x 152.4 cm) Portland Museum of Art, Maine, Lent by Karl Jaeger, Tamara Jaeger, and Karena Jaeger © Bellows Trust
Self-Portrait with Rita, 1922
© All rights reserved Thomas Hart Benton 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 49 x 39 3/8 in. (104.5 x 100 cm). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Mooney. © T. H. Benton and R. P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / UMB Bank Trustee / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Art Resource, NY
© All rights reserved Thomas Hart Benton 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 49 x 39 3/8 in. (104.5 x 100 cm). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Mooney. © T. H. Benton and R. P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / UMB Bank Trustee / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Art Resource, NY
Black Prophet, 1925
© All rights reserved Winold Reiss 2011 United States
Pastel on Whatman board 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) Private collection. © The Reiss Trust
© All rights reserved Winold Reiss 2011 United States
Pastel on Whatman board 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) Private collection. © The Reiss Trust
Congo, circa 1928
© All rights reserved Aaron Douglas 2011 United States
Gouache and pencil on paper board 14 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (36.5 x 24.1 cm) North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Gift of Susie R. Powell and Franklin R. Anderson
© All rights reserved Aaron Douglas 2011 United States
Gouache and pencil on paper board 14 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (36.5 x 24.1 cm) North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Gift of Susie R. Powell and Franklin R. Anderson
Gloria Swanson, circa 1925
© All rights reserved Nickolas Muray 2011 United States
Gelatin silver print 12 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (32.4 x 23.8 cm) George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, New York, Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray. © Estate of Nickolas Muray
© All rights reserved Nickolas Muray 2011 United States
Gelatin silver print 12 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (32.4 x 23.8 cm) George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, New York, Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray. © Estate of Nickolas Muray
The Amazon, 1925–26
© All rights reserved Joseph Stella 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 27 x 22 in. (68.6 x 55.9 cm) The Baltimore Museum of Art, Purchased with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection, BMA 1991.13. Photo: Mitro Hood
© All rights reserved Joseph Stella 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 27 x 22 in. (68.6 x 55.9 cm) The Baltimore Museum of Art, Purchased with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection, BMA 1991.13. Photo: Mitro Hood
Self-Portrait as a Photographer, 1924
© All rights reserved Yasuo Kuniyoshi 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 20 3/8 x 30 1/4 in. (51.8 x 76.8 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.11). © Estate of Yasuo Kuniyoshi / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY
© All rights reserved Yasuo Kuniyoshi 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 20 3/8 x 30 1/4 in. (51.8 x 76.8 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 (1984.433.11). © Estate of Yasuo Kuniyoshi / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY
Lighthouse Hill, 1927
© All rights reserved Edward Hopper 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 29 1/16 x 40 1/4 in. (73.8 x 102.2 cm) Dallas Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Purnell, 1958.9. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper, licensed by the Whitney Museum of American Art
© All rights reserved Edward Hopper 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 29 1/16 x 40 1/4 in. (73.8 x 102.2 cm) Dallas Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Purnell, 1958.9. © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper, licensed by the Whitney Museum of American Art
Brooklyn Ice House, 1926
© All rights reserved George Copeland Ault 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm) Newark Museum, Purchase 1928 The General Fund, 28.1760
© All rights reserved George Copeland Ault 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm) Newark Museum, Purchase 1928 The General Fund, 28.1760
Aeroplane, 1928
© All rights reserved Elsie Driggs 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 44 x 38 in. (111.8 x 96.5 cm) The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund. © Merriman Gatch
© All rights reserved Elsie Driggs 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 44 x 38 in. (111.8 x 96.5 cm) The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund. © Merriman Gatch
Vegetable Dinner, 1927
© All rights reserved Peter Blume 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 25 1/4 x 30 1/4 in (64.1 x 76.8 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., Museum Purchase. © Estate of Peter Blume / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
© All rights reserved Peter Blume 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 25 1/4 x 30 1/4 in (64.1 x 76.8 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., Museum Purchase. © Estate of Peter Blume / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Razor, 1924
© All rights reserved Gerald Murphy 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 32 1/16 x 36 1/2 in. (81.4 x 92.7 cm) Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, Gift of the Artist. © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
© All rights reserved Gerald Murphy 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 32 1/16 x 36 1/2 in. (81.4 x 92.7 cm) Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, Gift of the Artist. © Estate of Honoria Murphy Donnelly / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
The Bathers, circa 1928
© All rights reserved John Steuart Curry 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 30 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. (76.5 x 101.9 cm) The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Purchase: Acquired with a donation in memory of George K. Baum II by his family, G. Kenneth Baum, Jonathan Edward Baum, and Jessica Baum Pasmore, and through the bequest of Celestin H. Meugniot. © Estate of John Steuart Curry. Photo: Jamison Miller
© All rights reserved John Steuart Curry 2011 United States
Oil on canvas 30 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. (76.5 x 101.9 cm) The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Purchase: Acquired with a donation in memory of George K. Baum II by his family, G. Kenneth Baum, Jonathan Edward Baum, and Jessica Baum Pasmore, and through the bequest of Celestin H. Meugniot. © Estate of John Steuart Curry. Photo: Jamison Miller
