This Week in Photos

This Week in Photos: Davis Gallery Collection

In This Week in Photos, we explore the expansive Collections of Hobart and William Smith. Through the generosity of devoted benefactors, the Collections comprise a range of works from significant and influential artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Here, Violent Turn, Mixed media print, by James Rosenquist in 1977, Gift of William and Barbara Welsh Jr. P'84
Conjunction, Lithograph on Arches paper, by Romare Bearden in 1979, Gift of Kenneth L. Halsband '88
Walrus, Stone, by Canadian Inuit in 2009
The Old Brick Plant, Watercolor, by Arthur Dove in 1937, Gift of Richard A. Scudamore ’55. Dove was a member of the Hobart class of 1903 before receiving his undergraduate degree from Cornell University. Originally from Geneva where his father owned a brick plant, he painted many of his most influential works while living on Exchange Street.
Japanese Buddha, gift of Kenji Tanaka L.H.D.’92
Ritorno d'Autumno, Lithograph, by Giorgio de Chirico in 1969, Gift of Robert North in memory of Marion de Mauriac North ’32, L.H.D.’78
Faro Mask, Organizer of Universe, Master of Rain, Wood, Gift of Dr. Stephen Weininger
Formulation: Articulation, II:31, Screenprint, by Josef Albers in 1972, Gift of William and Barbara Welsh Jr. P'84
Spring Shower, Woodcut, by Ansei Uchuma in 1966, Gift of Robert North in memory of Marion de Mauriac North ’32, L.H.D.’78
Macarena Esperanza, Lithograph, by Audrey Flack in 1972, Gift of William and Barbara Welsh Jr. P'84
Flying Fox Dreaming, Ochre and acrylic on paper, by Dorothy Djukulul in 2006. Gift of The Clarence A. Davis ’48 Endowed Fund for the Visual Arts
Color Nature Landscapes II, Cibachrome, by Franco Fontana in 1973, Gift of Chester J. and Patricia M. Straub P’87
Martin Luther King Jr, Gelatin Silver, by Flip Schulke in 1964. Gift from Jim and Wendy Agah. The Agah Collection focuses primarily on works by Jacques Lowe, Flip Schulke, Edward Quigley, Bill Witt, Leonard Freed, Dmititri Baltermants and Ken Heyman.
After Holbein, Lithograph, by Jasper Johns in 1993, Gift of the George D. and Freida B. Abraham Foundation. Dr. George Abraham is a member of the Hobart class of 1959.
How the West is One, Tintype wet collodion process, digitally printed on paper, by Will Wilson in 2012. Gallery purchase, The Clarence A. Davis '48 Endowed Fund for the Visual Arts.
Otherworldly, Woodcut, by Karen Kunc in 2012, Gallery purchase, The Clarence A. Davis ’48 Endowed Fund for the Visual Arts
Early Classic Carved Bowl with Wave Design, Cut Foot and Deity Marks, 250-550, Ceramic, Loan of Dr. J. Philip Keeve '48
Boo-Hoo, Linocut by Kara Walker in 2000, gift of Friends of Houghton House - Paula Kalenik '71
Hatsuhana under the Waterfall, Woodcut, by Utagawa Yasugoro in 1840
Untitled color lithograph by Paul Klee, gift of Michael W. Levy ’72
Blue Vertical, Gouache on paper, by Carl Plansky in 1988, Gallery purchase, Friends of Houghton - Paula Kalenik ’71
Mimi, Linocut by Elizabeth Catlett in 2007. Gallery purchase, The Art Collection Fund. Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Untitled, Ink and color on paper, Chiang Chaoshen in 1980
Woman, Print, by Georges Rouault in 1928, Department of Art and Architecture purchase
People Have Enough Trouble Without Being Intimidated by an Artichoke, Lithograph, by Robert Rauschenberg in 1979, Gift of the George D. and Freida B. Abraham Foundation
Arrest of the Paleteros, 32 color serigraph, by Frank Romero in 2010, Gallery purchase, Friends of Houghton - Paula Kalenik '71
Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama, Gelatin Silver, by Arthur Rothstein in 1937, Gift of Lewis W. Siegel ‘70
Divan Japonais, Crayon, ink, lithograph on paper, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1893, Gift of Theodore C. Max ’50
Inheritance, Woodblock on chine collé, by Alison Saar in 2003, Gift of George D. and Freida B. Abraham Foundation
Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Voroshilov, outside Council of Ministers Building, by Dmitri Baltermants. Gift from journalist George Stephanopoulos. The Stephanopoulos Collection features work from a range of photographers depicting politics and institutions, television and media, Civil Rights movements and the Great Depression.
Eye of the Beholder, Serigraph by Robert Davidson in 1993, anonymous gift
Blissful Swing III, Linocut, by Vuyile Cameron Voyiya, 1990-1999, Gift of Edward T. Pollack ’55 in honor of HWS President Emeritus Mark D. Gearan L.H.D. ’17, P’21 and Mary Herlihy Gearan L.H.D. ’17, P’21 in recognition of their strong support for the performing arts.