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Anchel’s lithograph depicts a large balcony appearing to be located in a theater. Figures stand above and below it, all in groups except for one. Most of the figures hold happy or neutral expressions, whereas the lone figure is almost brooding. He…

Several people gather Christmas trees in a snowy, urban setting. The foreground includes two men, a woman and a baby, a young child, and (incongruously) a cat all gathered around a pile of Christmas trees. In the background we see a butcher at work,…

In Autumn Landscape, at first glance, the viewer appears to be standing on a riverbank, looking into a dense and active landscape. The foreground is filled with thick foliage, where leaves are depicted through repeating oval shapes and emphasized…

A large and elegant boat dominates this scene, immediately drawing the viewer’s attention. Those few people visible in Jacks' print, scattered around the docks, appear almost ghost-like, as if incorporated into the backdrop. Their small number and…

A tightly framed composition focuses upon the traditional christening of a new ship, whose size can only be inferred. Unlike a peacetime ceremony, the dignitaries are military and the occasion is serious. Using a limited palette of saturated…

We witness a body in pain through a narrowly focused, irregular aperature. The setting, it's implied, is some kind of institutional hospital or sanatorium: a thin mattress upon a spartan bedframe; garments stripped of pattern or individuality.…

The Life Boat depicts a small wooden boat in stormy waters, nineteen survivors from an unknown disaster. Some passengers look out at the water, others grasp onto each other, and one figure holds an oar. One person pulls another out of the water. The…

The Wizard of Oz by Ruth Harper is an oil painting that visually interprets the world created by L. Frank Baum. The composition centers on a young female figure, likely Dorothy Gale, surrounded by a wide array of characters and animals drawn from…

We behold an arch bridge under construction in a seemingly non-urban setting, its steel ribs elevated over gray flowing water underneath—perhaps indicating that a large boat has just passed underneath. The area surrounding the bridge contains greens…

Three months before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and direct US involvement in World War II, military mobilization was impacting many walks of American life. Here, a satirical cover juxtaposes the scale of an ice cream man--and the simpler life he…