Works on paper are damaged by exposure to light over time.

Works on paper are damaged by exposure to light over time.

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Why?
Works on paper are damaged by exposure to light over time.
Homer
Degas
Dürer
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Objects may need conservation treatment or repair.
Robert Lee MacCameron, The Absinthe Drinker
Wen Ying Tsai, Double Level Diffraction
They may be similar to other works of art already on view.
Mary Lou Dooley, Silver Surge
Hans Hofmann, Ruby Gold
The artist’s reputation may not have stood the test of time.
Maxim Kopf, Jacob and the Angel
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And some . . .
Darrell Austin, The Garden
How
the show
is organized
MAG’s Collecting History: Director’s Cut
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Masterworks on Paper
Utagawa
Ruscha
Dewing
Picasso
Vignettes
Mystery objects
Classical tastes
Mother and child
Artist/
educators
Staff Picks
Bracht
Witkin
Schimmel
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Random Picks
Allen
Keyser
Lechay
Krims
Dextra
Unknown
A quartet
of Marie’s
favorites Birger Sandzen, In the Nevada Desert, 1917
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B. J. O. Nordfeldt, Starlings Flocking, 1947
Jacob Keller, Chair, ca. 1900
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Unknown First Nations artist, Indian Basket
Kurt Feuerherm
And now on to Rachael Baldanza
Fritz Trautmann
Edna Weeks Smith
Hilda Altschule Coates (aka Hilda Altschule)
(American, 1900- 1983)
Edna Weeks Smith
(American, MAGical Creative Workshop teacher,
Clothesline founder, igniter of children’s imaginations)
Third Ward Patterns, nd
Serigraph
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Ralph Avery
(American, 1906 – 1976)
Back Female Nude, 1949
A Rochester Corner, nd
Peter Berg (American, 1948 - 1991)
Potato Salad Man, 1973
Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Take it away Sydney Greaves
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A Taste for the Classical
Josiah Wedgwood, English, 1730—1795
Copy of the Portland Vase, 1790 or after
Ceramic jasperware
Gift of Mrs. C. Schuyler Davis in memory of her father, Dr. Howard Osgood, 39.12
Unknown, Austrian or Flemish Glass Medal of Otto IV, 17th century
After a woodcut medallion portrait by
Hubert Golzius (Netherlandish, 1526—1583)
Glass, paint and enamel
Buswell‐Hochstetter Bequest, 55.170.6
Francis Coates Jones, American, 1857—1932
Ready for the Fête
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Albert Eastwood Estate, 58.6
John F. Flanagan, American, 1898—1952
Aphrodite and Swift Runners Medal, 1932
Bronze
Gift of Edward G. Miner, 32.21
Unknown, American
Roman Scene, 19th century
Needlepoint on silk with watercolor
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. John M. Topham, 75.137
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Hiram Powers, American, 1805—1873
Francis Granger (1792—1868), 1837
Marble
Bequest of Antoinette Pierson Granger, 30.73
Roy Lichtenstein, American, 1923—1997
Temple, 1964
Offset lithograph
The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery, 75.243
Ralph Avery, American, 1906—1976
Jonathan Child House, South Washington Street, Rochester
Watercolor and gouache with graphite on paper
Gift of the Estate of Ralph Avery, 77.152.51
Italian, made in Rome
Micromosaic Jewelry , about 1840
Glass, gold and onyx
Gift of Miss Mary Wright, 29.76a/b, 29.77, 29.78a/b, 29.79a/b/c/d
Chiyo Ueyama is next
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MYSTERY OBJECTS
Unknown, Egyptian
Pair of Ears, no date
Wood
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. William R. Taylor, 23.19
Unknown artist
Figure of a Horned Animal, no date
Bronze
Unknown, Chinese
Lotus Shoes, no date
Silk
Gift of Lewis E. Jewell, 14.58
Gift of Dr. Alvah S. Miller, 48.57
Unknown artist
Label Designs for Japanese Tea, no date
Watercolor on paper
General Acquisition Fund, 74.50.33 and 74.50.42
Homer C. Ledford
American, 1927–2006
Dulcimer, 1968
Wood
Anonymous gift, T52.2
Tom Phillips
British, born 1937
Opus 18: Last Notes from Endenich, 1975
Color lithograph
Anonymous gift, T382
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Thaddeus C. Kolacki
American, 1937–2000
Untitled, no date
Color woodcut
Bequest of Isabel C. Herdle, 2005.61
Unknown artist
Bird, no date
Bone
Bequest of Isabel C. Herdle, 2005.144
Here’s Jess Marten
MOTHER
AND CHILD
Giacomo Manzù
Italian, 1908 – 1991
Maternity, 1956
Bronze
Ivan Mestrovic (American, 1883 – 1962)
Madonna and Child, 1917
Bronze
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Egyptian, Greco-Roman,
2nd Century
Lamp Fragment with Isis
Nursing Horus
Terracotta
Indian, 17th-18th century
Kali, Goddess of
Destruction
Brass
David Heath (American, born 1931)
From "A Dialogue with Solitude," 1952-1962
Silver print
Italian, 17th century
Madonna and Child
Wood, polychrome
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787 – 1867)
Beauty Enjoying the Breeze with Child Treasure
Color woodcut
François LeMoyne
(French, 1688 – 1737)
Charity
Oil on canvas
Ara Pacis, Rome,
1st century BCE
Somali refugees,
July 8, 2011
Käthe Kollwitz
(German, 1867 – 1945)
Mothers, 1919
Lithograph
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Nancy Norwood’s Quick Picks
Saint Barbara, 1470s-1480s
South German (probably Ulm)
Wood, polychromy, gilding
Bertha Buswell Bequest, 55.46
Death of a Nun, probably 1700s
after Daniele da Volterra (Italian, 1509-1566)
Red chalk on paper
Bertha Buswell Bequest, 55.73
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Death of a Nun, probably 1700s
after Daniele da Volterra (Italian, 1509-1566)
Red chalk on paper
Bertha Buswell Bequest, 55.73
Copy of the Barovier Wedding Goblet, early 1900s
after Angelo Barovier’s 16th century work for the Duke of Ferrara
Glass, enamel, gilding
Buswell-Hochstetter Bequest, 55.97
Ceremonial Horse Cover presented to the Russian Imperial Court from
the Emir of Bukhara, 1860-1920
Gold and silk embroidery on fabric
Gift of Mr. Benjamin Forman, 36.26
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Ceremonial Horse Cover presented to the Russian Imperial Court from
the Emir of Bukhara, 1860-1920
Gold and silk embroidery on fabric
Gift of Mr. Benjamin Forman, 36.26
Waterfall, probably 1950s
Tetsuro Sawada (Japanese, 1919-1986)
Gouache and sumi ink on paper
Marion Stratton Gould Fund, 60.42
Marjorie Searl on the Watson Family
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Left to right: Haushalter: Portrait of James Sibley Watson, Sr., watercolor, 1899, 2005.13
Haushalter: Portrait of James Sibley Watson, Jr., oil on canvas, 1899, 2005.19
Irving Wiles: Portrait of Michael Lasell Watson, oil on canvas, 1921, 2005.18
All gifts of Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Watson
Three Generations of Watson Men
Table by Michael Lasell Watson, Jr.
Yellow birch, 1975
Gift of the artist in memory of his grandmother, Hildegarde Lasell Watson, 83.4
Near the Pond by Frans Wildenhain
Ceramic and wood, 20th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Watson, 97.16
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A few more “Staff Picks”…
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