Spencer Museum of Art The University of Kansas
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Naked

June 27 - October 4, 2009 | Kress Gallery

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.


Edouard Drouot, 1859-1945b
born Sommevoire, France; died Paris, France
Swords into Plowshares, circa 1903
bronze, marble
Gift of E. Louis Murray in memory of Edgar Allan Haage, 1978.0179

Frederic Leighton, 1830-1896
born Scarborough, England; died London, England
The Sluggard (An Athlete Awakening from Sleep), 1890
bronze, patina
Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund, 1993.0016

Pierre Francqueville, known as Pietro Francavilla, 1548-1615
born Cambrai, France; died Paris, France
Anatomical Male Figure, late 1500s
bronze
Museum purchase: State funds, 1957.0076.b

Roman, Imperial era
Torso of Apollo, circa 100 BCE-100 CE
marble
Museum purchase: State funds, 1963.0002

Rockwell Kent, 1882-1971
born Tarrytown, New York; died Au Sable Forks, New York
Man with Pitchfork, 1939
pencil on paper
Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund, 1972.0227

Lawton Silas Parker, 1868-1954
born Fairfield, Michigan; died Pasadena, California
untitled (nude study), late 1800s
charcoal on paper
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Dryer, 2003.0184.02

John Severinus Conway, 1852-1925
born Dayton, Ohio; died Tenafly, New Jersey
Male Nude with Jug, circa 1880
pencil, charcoal on paper
Museum purchase: State funds, 1974.0039

Theodor Mintrop, 1814-1870
born Essen-Werden, Germany; died Düsseldorf, Germany
Allegory of Spring, 1851
graphite on paper laid to canvas
Museum purchase: Elmer F. Pierson Fund and Friends of the Art Museum, 1982.0052

Francesco Grigiotti, active 1604-1635
Adam and the Beasts in the Garden, 1631
sepia ink on parchment
Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund, 1972.0264

Niccolò della Casa, active 1543-1547
born France, active Italy
Portrait of Baccio Bandinelli, circa 1543-1547
engraving
Museum purchase: Elizabeth M. Watkins Fund, 1960.0040

Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528
born and died Nuremburg, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany)
St. Jerome in Penitence, circa 1497
engraving
Gift of the Max Kade Foundation, 1969.0090

Max Oppenheimer, 1885-1954
born Vienna, Austria; died New York, New York
Der Blutende (Bleeding Man), 1911
oil on canvas
Museum purchase: State funds, 1975.0042

Robert Mapplethorpe, 1949-1989
born New York, New York; died Boston, Massachusetts
The Sluggard, 1988
gelatin silver print
Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund, 1995.0064

John Coplans, 1920-2003
born London, England; died New York, New York
Self-portrait (Seated Figure, No. 1), 1987
gelatin silver print
Gift of Donald E. Sloan, 1995.0063

Saeki Shunko, 1909-1942
born Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Umi no otoko (Man of the Sea)
ink, color, sand on paper
Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Fund, 2009.0020

Jon O'Neal, born 1957
The Bonham Project Panel, 1993
gelatin silver print
Gift of the artist, 1993.0285

Dennis K. Helm, 1946-1992
Rainbow Icon, 1991
ink, paint, crayon
Gift from the Estate of Dennis K. Helm, 1993.0291

after Maruyama Ōkyo, 1733-1795
born Anafuto, Japan; died Kyoto, Japan
The Complete Book of True Figure Studies, late 1700s-early 1800s
ink on paper
Museum purchase: Barbara Benton Wescoe Fund, 1996.0025.a,b,c