This exhibition is offered by the Spencer Museum of Art for the educational and artistic purposes described in the exhibition description. The exhibition contains adult themes and viewer discretion is advised.
attributed to Philippe Vignon, 1638-1701
Portrait of Baptist May, late 1600s
oil on canvas
Museum purchase: State funds, 1954.0156
Julian Alden Weir, 1852-1919
born West Point, New York; died New York, New York
Portrait of Alexander Webb Weir, 1892
oil on canvas
Museum purchase: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Crosby Kemper, Jr., the Barbara Benton Wescoe Fund, and the Friends of the Art Museum, 1981.0108
Andrew Raftery
born 1962 Goldsboro, North Carolina
Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative, 2002
engraving
Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund, 2003.0107.b, c, d
Frank Bez
Nico and Andy Warhol as Batman and Robin, circa 1966
published in Esquire magazine, August 1966
gelatin silver print, airbrushing
Gift of Esquire, Inc., 1980.0860
Carl Fischer
born 1924 New York, New York
untitled (woman shaving), circa 1965
published in Esquire magazine, March 1965, cover
chromogenic color print
Gift of Esquire, Inc., 1980.0864
Artist Unknown
United States, mid 1900s
untitled (young man in white T-shirt), circa 1962
gelatin silver print, airbrushing
Gift of Esquire, Inc., 1980.0458.01 and 02
Philip-Lorca DiCorcia
born 1951 Hartford, Connecticut
Japan, 1994
chromogenic color print (Ektacolor)
Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund, 1999.0146
Neil Selkirk, born 1947
Wayne Newton with personal aide and body guard, Mitch Greenberg, 1973
published in Esquire magazine, December 1973
gelatin silver print
Gift of Esquire, Inc., 1980.0331
Weegee, 1899-1968
born Zloczew, Austria-Hungary (present-day Poland); died New York, New York
Transvestite and Paddy Wagon, New York, circa 1940
gelatin silver print
Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund, 1987.0108
Adrian Piper
born 1948 Harlem, New York
It Doesn't Matter 1-3, 1975
gelatin silver print, crayon, printed 1975
Museum purchase: Helen Foresmen Spencer Art Acquisition Fund, 2000.0145
Orval Hixon, 1884-1982
born Ray County, Missouri; died Lawrence, Kansas
Bothwell Brown, 1920
gelatin silver print
Gift of Orval Hixon, 1971.0326
August Sander, 1876-1964
born Herdorf, Germany; died Cologne, Germany
Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen, 1926
gelatin silver print, printed 1980
Museum purchase: State funds, 1987.0111