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Walt Kuhn, Hare and Hunting Boots, 1926, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.15

Hare and Hunting Boots

Walt Kuhn · 1926 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.15

This painting shows a woman sitting upright in a yellow-and-tan reclining chair, her body turned to the right, her face turned toward us. Her skin is pale, with shades of pale yellow and light pink, and shadows in a pale green shade. She has deep-set brown eyes, arched eyebrows, and a small pink mouth set in a neutral expression. Her curling hair is light purple and put in an updo. She is wearing a white and lilac polka-dot blouse with puffy sleeves, complemented by a long skirt with stripes of black, gray, and green. In her lap, she holds a small black, tan, and light-green dog, cradling it gently with both hands. The background features a grassy area enclosed by a wooden fence painted with lines of green, teal, and dark red, with a large, slightly bent tree trunk visible to the left. The sky above has a cloudy appearance made by crisscrossing lines of white, purple, pink, and green. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and visible, especially those in the background. In some places, like the fence, the tree trunk, and the back of the chair, the light brown surface under the paint is visible.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Lady with a Dog, 1891, oil on cardboard, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.22

Lady with a Dog

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1891 · oil on cardboard ·  Accession ID  1972.9.22

André Derain, Still Life, 1913, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.10

Still Life

André Derain · 1913 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.10

Walt Kuhn, Dryad, 1935, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.13

Dryad

Walt Kuhn · 1935 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.13

Shown from the thighs up, a woman faces our left in profile as she lifts up one hand and holds a closed fan in the other in this vertical painting. The woman has pale, peachy skin, and her dark hair is tied with a pink bow at the back of her crown. She looks to our left with heavy-lidded eyes. She has a delicately pointed nose, and her lips are closed. Her electric-blue, long-sleeved shirt is tight fitting and has a scooped neck. A blue cloth ties around her waist and falls over a brown skirt. One knee juts forward. Her right hand, farther from us, is held face-high with the palm facing away. The fan is held out in the other hand in front of the woman’s waist. The background is streaked with smoky blue and gray. The artist signed and dated the lower right corner, “Picasso 1905.”
Pablo Picasso, Lady with a Fan, 1905, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.19

Lady with a Fan

Pablo Picasso · 1905 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.19

Beyond a dense screen of stylized, dark brown tree trunks, bending branches, and sage and moss-green leaves, a man and woman ride side-by-side on horseback and embrace in this vertical landscape painting. Both people have pale skin. Closest to us, two spindly trees almost reach the top edge of the canvas, their stylized leaves silhouetted against the sky. Trees and bushes with laurel and dark green leaves create a band across the foreground. Near the bottom center of the composition, the woman is closer to us but she turns her face to touch noses with the man riding next to her. Long, straight blond hair flows to her waist. She has pronounced, dark eyes under heavy brows, and a large nose. She wears a burgundy-red jacket with horizontal, gold stripes across the chest. A white shirt beneath shows through where the jacket gapes open at the chest and at her cuffs. She holds the reins of her black horse in her left hand. The man turns his torso toward the woman and wraps his left arm, to our right, around the woman’s shoulders. He looks at her with black eyes under dark brows. He has a black, handlebar mustache and white hair. He wears a black and gold three-corner hat and a navy-blue jacket with gold braid in front and around the neck. His horse is brown with a silvery-white mane. Behind the people, the forest comes about two-thirds of the way up the composition. One tan-brown cloud hangs in the sky that lightens from seafoam green along the top edge to oyster white along the horizon. The artist signed the painting in the lower right: “Henri Rousseau.”
Henri Rousseau, Rendezvous in the Forest, 1889, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.20

Rendezvous in the Forest

Henri Rousseau · 1889 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.20

This drawing shows a woman seen from the back, standing with her head bent forward. She appears to be lifting a white skirt or dress over her head, and her shoulders and neck are covered by white fabric. She is otherwise nude. Her head is entirely obscured except for a sliver of dark hair, and she has pale skin. She stands on a pile of blue and white fabric. The background features green foliage, including grass and a brown tree trunk in the top right corner. The visible lines of the drawing provide some texture.
Edgar Degas, Young Woman Dressing Herself, 1885, pastel over charcoal on tan wove(?) paper mounted on board, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.9

Young Woman Dressing Herself

Edgar Degas · 1885 · pastel over charcoal on tan wove(?) paper mounted on board ·  Accession ID  1972.9.9

A nude woman with brown skin and long black hair stands to our right against a landscape swirling with jewel-toned greens, pinks, and purples while a man, also with brown skin, sits under a tree behind her in this stylized vertical painting. The woman's body is angled to our right, and she cuts her black eyes back to look off to our left. She touches her chin with the fingertips of her right hand, closer to us, while her left hand holds a white cloth over her groin. The ground beneath her is swirled with bright pink, lilac purple, and some strokes of canary yellow. To our left and behind the woman, the man wears a topaz-blue robe, and he kneels with his hands on his knees. A band of vivid orange and kelly green in front of his knees could be abstracted flowers. His oval face is rimmed with a band of black. He has a wide nose, and his pink lips are parted to reveal his teeth. His eyes are wide open as he looks down under black brows. A craggy, dark teal-blue tree trunk curves up and across the background, and a red and green faced serpent floats near the upper right corner. The artist signed, dated, and inscribed the title in the lower left corner, "P Gauguin 92 Parau na te Varua ino."
Paul Gauguin, Parau na te Varua ino (Words of the Devil), 1892, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.12

Parau na te Varua ino (Words of the Devil)

Paul Gauguin · 1892 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.12

A stocky, muscular man with his face painted white and wearing a skin-tight, oyster-white costume sits on a wooden chair, leaning forward toward us with his elbows resting on his knees in this vertical painting. The man nearly fills the canvas, and his feet are cropped by the bottom edge. His body is angled slightly to our left with his knees spread wide, but he looks out at us. He wears a pale, beige-colored cap and his cream-white bodysuit may have a loosely painted, wide collar. His nearly straight eyebrows and closed lips are painted black, and his narrow gray eyes are outlined in black, against the white oval of his painted face. His clasped hands, ears, and his skin visible along the edges of his makeup are pale peach. The background is earth brown. The artist signed and dated the work with red paint between one of the man’s legs and the leg of the chair, near the lower center: “Walt Kuhn 1929.”
Walt Kuhn, The White Clown, 1929, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.16

The White Clown

Walt Kuhn · 1929 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.16

This painting depicts the head and shoulders of a man in profile, facing the right. His skin is painted in shades of orange, with some areas given an olive-green tint. He has a dark mustache under a straight nose, and his eye has been painted with an indistinct black oval. The man wears a tall brown hat and a light-colored shirt with a brown coat or vest over it, and the hint of a black bowtie. He has a long white pipe in his mouth. The background consists of abstract brushstrokes in dark blues and browns. The brushstrokes in the painting are all thick and visible, creating clear streaks of color.
Paul Cezanne, Man with Pipe, 1892/1896, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.3

Man with Pipe

Paul Cezanne · 1892/1896 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.3