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Figure Subject is a print that showcases a nude woman looking off as she rests her arms and stands on a windy brick ground, barefoot. Wiltz plays with perspective by not having the road directly lead to the background--he even has the supposed ground…

A gray sky overlooks the main street of a small mountain town, rendered by Prestipino with flat shapes and minimal shading. The unrealistic proportions and perspective in the painting give the image a visual appearance that evokes American folk art,…

Anchel’s lithograph is a perceptive depiction of an urban recreational space, which has numerous activities occurring around its focal point that create a dynamic of movement and energy. In the distance, tall buildings provide the backdrop for a…

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A crowd of young faces steal the spotlight in Children’s Theatre. The children are energetic, with several of them seemingly unable to sit still. The lively group is separated by rows of seats, which adds containment to the otherwise hectic scene.…

Ballet Dancer No. 4 is a lithograph depicting a ballerina in motion, her upper body bent towards the ground, with most of her weight placed on her right leg. The other leg is bent at the knee and propped up on a platform of some kind. Most…

In Monsters, white contour lines curve around humanoid figures. One figure is leaf shaped, stretching from the print’s top left corner to the bottom right. This leaf resembles a human face, with eyes, eyebrows, and even forehead lines at the top, a…

In The Postman, a seated man and his instrument take up most of the print. His clothes indicate that he is, indeed, a postman, but his identity as a musician comes first here. His instrument appears to be almost the size of his upper body, and it…

A group of men works together, repairing at least two nets used to catch fish. All the men in this painting are either bent over or facing away from the viewer. Very little individual detail is shown. It seems that the fishermen are in a rural…

Bronx River and County Center, White Plains is a scenic oil painting overlooking the eponymous landmarks the title suggests. Jumping past the absence of a foreground into the middle ground, half of the painting’s composition is taken up by billowing,…