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.
Karl Heinrich Gruppe, 1893-1982
born Rochester, New York
Building Toward Unity, Youth of the Scout World, 1952
bronze
Gift of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, 1954.0053
Bertold Nebel, 1889-1964
born Basel, Switzerland; died Westport, Conneticut
medal (injured soldier recieving water), 1945
bronze
Gift of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, 1954.0066
Brenda Putnam, 1890-1975
born Minneapolis, Minnesota
flight medal, 1942
bronze
Gift of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, 1954.0067
Sidney Biehler Waugh, 1904-1963
born Amherst, Massachusetts
To Be Nameless in Worthy Deed Exceeds an Infamous History, 1946
bronze
Gift of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, 1954.0070
Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1870-1952
born Karlsruhe, Germany; died New York, New York
Genesis medal, 1949
bronze
Gift of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, 1954.0076
Laura Gardin Fraser, 1889-1966
born Chicago, Illinois; died Westport, Connecticut
hunting medal, 1930
bronze
Gift of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, 1954.0086
Robert Tait McKenzie, 1867-1938
born Almonte, Ontario, Canada; died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rejoice Oh Young Man in Thy Youth, 1936
bronze
Gift of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, 1954.0104
Joseph Emile Renier, 1887-1966
Prometheus medal, 1941
bronze
Gift of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, 1954.0106
Chester Beach, 1881-1956
born San Francisco, California
In War the Fathers Bury Their Sons, 1937
bronze
Gift of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, 1954.0096
Matt McCoy
born 1962
MULTI-CORP, Functionless Multi-Tool, 1986
wood, metal
Bequest of Richard M. Hollander, 1991.0422
Howard Forsberg, 1918-2002
born Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died Albuquerque, New Mexico
untitled, 1951
published in Coronet magazine, February 1951
gouache on board
Gift of Esquire, Inc., 1980.0992
John Vachon, 1914-1975
born Saint Paul, Minnesota; died New York, New York
Washington, D.C., circa 1940
gelatin silver print
Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund, 1985.0089
Ruth Harris Bohan, 1891-1981
born and died Kansas City, Missouri
Jack Dempsey Championship Fight, N.Y., 1927
oil on canvas
Gift of Ruth Harris Bohan, 1970.0074
David Wilcox
untitled, 1970
tempera on panel
Gift of Esquire, Inc., 1980.0525
Fred L. Freeman, 1906-1988
Atom War - Underseas, 1951
published in Esquire magazine, 1952
Gift of Esquire, Inc., 1980.0794
Lewis Wickes Hine, 1874-1940
born Oshkosh, Wisconsin; died Dobbs Ferry, New York
Bolting Up a Big Turbine, 1920
gelatin silver print
Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund, 1986.0064
Tom Huck
born 1972 Farmington, Missouri
Chili Dogs, Chicks, and Monster Trucks, 1999
from 2 Weeks in August: 14 Rural Absurdities
woodcut
Gift of Don C. Omer and Joyce DeLancey Omer, 1999.0085.05
Sebastião Salgado
born 1944 Aimorés, Minas Gerais, Brazil
untitled, from the Serra Pelada Mine, 1986
gelatin silver print
Museum purchase: State funds, 1993.0032
Larry Burrows, 1926-1971
Reaching Out, 1966
from TIME Magazine, 1971, "At a First-Aid Center during Operation Prairie"
dye transfer print, printed 1985
Museum purchase: State funds, 1985.0147
Boris Ignatovich, 1899-1976
born Lutsk, Russia (present-day Ukraine); died Moscow, Soviet Union (present-day Russia)
In the Bath, 1935
from Soviet Avant-Garde
gelatin silver print, printed 1999
Gift of David Tate Peters, 2004.0203.13
Paul Cadmus, 1904-1999
born New York, New York; died Weston, Connecticut
Horseplay, 1900s
etching
Museum purchase: State funds, 1971.0009
Jill Krementz
born 1940 New York, New York
Party at the Electric Circus, 1967
published in Esquire magazine, December 1967
gelatin silver print
Gift of Esquire, Inc., 1980.0353
Rudolph Janu, born 1934
Connecticut Motorcycle Gang, mid-late 1900s
gelatin silver print
Gift of Esquire, Inc., 1980.0376.01
Danny Lyon
born 1942 Brooklyn, New York
Ohio River, 1966
gelatin silver print
Museum purchase: National Endowment for the Arts, 1975.0015