National Native American Heritage Month~ November 9

Illustration by Angel DeCora for
Francis La Flesche’s book The Middle Five

1900 / Oil on canvas / No size available / Original held by J. Andrew Darling

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Paying Tribute to Smith’s First Known Native American Graduate
https://www.smith.edu/newssmith/fall2003/decora.php

National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 28

Lee Krasner, Springs, New York by Irving Penn

1972 / Gelatin silver print / Paper: 9 15/16″x8 1/16″ / ©The Irving Penn Foundation
From the exhibition “PROOF: Photography in the Era of the Contact Sheet”

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CONTACT SHEET: After a roll of film was developed, the negatives were cut into strips and printed by contact. The 36 exposures of a roll of 35 mm film or the 12 exposures of 2¼ inch film fit comfortably on an 8 x 10 inch sheet of paper. With an 8 x 10 inch enlarger, the same array of negatives could produce a so-called enlarged contact, often measuring 16 x 20 or 20 x 24 inches.
~ https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/proof-photography-era-contact-sheet-collection-mark-schwartz-and-bettina-katz

National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 27

Knitting in the Library by Mary Cassatt

c.1881 / Softground etching and aquatint / Various collections, incl. Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

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Working drawing for the print, from the Cleveland Museum of Art:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.85.a
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.85.b

National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 14

Nee Nee in Braddock by Swoon

2014 / Eight-color screenprint on handmade, hand-painted paper
31″x22″ / Various collections, including Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

“We know that works of art can enhance the patient environment when carefully chosen and thoughtfully curated. Artworks lend comfort, beauty and wit to the environment. They promote innovation by challenging our ways of seeing. Above all, they assert the strength of our humanity in the face of sickness and misfortune.”
~http://www.clevelandclinic.org/lp/power-of-art/

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National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 11

Will You Forget Me by Emma Amos

1991 / Acrylic on canvas with fabric collage and African fabric borders
65″x45″ / Emma Amos/Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, NY

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