Collection Highlights :: Carleton College

Toyohara Chikanobu: Cherry Blossom Battle

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:04:11 -0500

Toyohara Chikanobu (1837–1912, Japan)

Cherry Blossom Battle, triptych, color woodblock print, 14½ x 28½ in., 1880
Gallery purchase, 2004

Mike Lynch: Marquet Elevator

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:18:49 -0500

Mike Lynch (b. 1938, United States)

Marquet Elevator, ink, watercolor, gouache on gray paper, 64¼ x 94¼ in., not dated
Gift of Mary Lamp, 1995

Anonymous: Dancing Figure

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:15:18 -0500

Anonymous, China
Dancing Figure, unglazed ceramic, partially molded, partially hand-formed with polychrome decoration, 11 x 4½ x 3 in., Tang dynasty (618–907)
Gift of Percy T. Watson, Class of 1903

Charles Biederman: Untitled

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:00:17 -0500

Charles Biederman (1906 - 2004, United States)

Untitled, painted wood and steel relief, 52½ x 62 x 13 in., 1940 Gift of Lydia Hedin ’33, 1999
Originally commissioned for waiting room of Interstate Medical Clinic, Red Wing, Minnesota

Anthony Barboza: James Baldwin

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:00:07 -0500

Anthony Barboza (b. 1944, United States)

James Baldwin, silver gelatin print, 20⅞ x 20⅜ in., 1975
Gift of Raphael Bernstein P ’86, 1984

Anonymous: Head of a Woman

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:55:06 -0500

Anonymous, China

Head of a Woman, preparatory study for ancestor portrait; gouache on paper, 12¼ x 9¾ in. image field on larger folded sheet, 1880s
Gift of Ian and Deane Barbour, 2003

Jacques Lipchitz: The Reader

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:50:09 -0500

Jacques Lipchitz (1891–1973, b. Lithuania, lived and worked in France and the United States)

The Reader, cast bronze, 16 x 5½ x 6 in., 1918
Gift of the Class of 1955, purchased from the artist’s studio

Eliot Porter: Ferry, Chongqing, Sichuan

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:45:39 -0500

Eliot Porter (1901–90, United States)

Ferry, Chongqing, Sichuan, color photograph (laser dye transfer print), 9½ x 14¼ in., 1980
China portfolio of seven photographs, DEP Editions, New York
Gift of Arthur D. Kowaloff ’68, 1985

Kohl Flask and Unguentaria

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:39:02 -0500

Eastern Mediterranean region
Kohl Flask and Unguentaria, glass, 5½ x 1½ in., 7 x 3¾ in., 5 x 2 in., first to third century

Paul Cadmus: Shore Leave

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:32:32 -0500

Paul Cadmus (1904–99, United States)

Shore Leave, etching, 10 x 11 in., 1935
Gift of Pomerat family through their friend, Carleton zoology professor Thurlo B. Thomas, 1968

Michelle Holzapfel: Chrysalis

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:10:35 -0500

Michelle Holzapfel P ’95 (b. 1951, United States)

Chrysalis, cherry burlwood carved bowl, 33 x 7½ x 7½ in., 1998
Given by Ruth Harkison Waterbury and David M. Waterbury.

Mauricio Lasansky: El Cardenal

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:01:42 -0500

Mauricio Lasansky (b. 1914, Argentina, lives in the United States)

El Cardenal, color intaglio print (engraving, etching, drypoint, soft-ground resist, aquatint, electric stippler), 31½ x 19½ in., 1964. Artist’s proof, edition of 50. Purchased through Carleton Centennial Print Invitational with funds from General Service Foundation via John M. Musser, 1966.