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Curated Group

Adventure – Collection Theme

Curated by UMMA Curators

Group Details:

Objects in UMMA’s collection related to the theme of Adventure.

Don’s 1953 Ford

1967; printed 2010

Danny Lyon

gelatin silver print on paper

1995

Katherine O'Brien

toned gelatin silver print on paper

Devimahatmya manuscript page: The Goddess Ambika fights a host of demons

circa 1725

Nepali

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Die Sonne, No. 3 from the series 10 Holzschnitte…

1914

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

woodcut on paper

Cleanliness is Next to Godliness

circa 1985

Doug Webb

screenprint on paper

1986

Doug Webb

screenprint on paper

1986

Doug Webb

serigraph on paper

1984

Doug Webb

serigraph on paper

Urban Daydream II

1985

Doug Webb

screenprint on paper

Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona

1942; printed 1981

Ansel Adams

gelatin silver print on paper

1912

Franz Marc

woodcut on paper

After the Buffalo Run, North Montana

1879

Laton Alton Huffman

colotype print on paper

A Confrontation between Equestrian Warriors, from an illustrated book

circa 1860

Japanese

woodblock print on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and battle scene

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Ragamala series: Nata Ragini 3 (Battle scene)

circa 1750

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

The Death of Dara, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Asfandiyar Slays a Dragon, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Siyavush Displays His Prowess before Afrasiyab, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”)

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Gushtasp Slays the Wolf, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Iraj Is Slain by His Brothers, from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”)

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Rustam Fights with Ashkabus, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Kai Khusrau Crosses the Jihun, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

circa 1460

Iranian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Bicycles on Sunday (Bicicletas en domingo), from “Manuel Alvarez Bravo”

1966; printed circa 1981

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

gelatin silver print on paper

Calavera Zapatista

circa 1910-1913

José Guadalupe Posada

relief engraving on metal

The Labors of Hercules: The Nemean Lion (one of the set of 13 prints)

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: The River-god Achelous (one of the set of 13 prints)

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: The Infant Hercules (one of the set of 13 prints)

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: The Giant Antaeus (one of the set of 13 prints)

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: The Dragon of the Garden of the Hesperides (one of the s

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: Centaurs and Hippodamia (one of the set of 13 prints)

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: Nessus and Deianira (one of the set of 13 prints)

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: The Pillars of Hercules (one of the set of 13 prints)

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: The Labors of Hercules: Cerberus (one of the set of 13 p

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: The Cerynean Hind (one of the set of 13 prints)

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules #13: Cacus

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: The Lernean Hydra (one of the set of 13 prints)

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

The Labors of Hercules: Atlas (one of the set of 13 prints)

1550

Heinrich Aldegrever

engraving on paper

1993

Roy De Forest

color lithograph on paper

1993

Roy De Forest

color lithograph on paper

Cutting from a Secular Manuscript with Perceval Attacked by Twenty Knights

circa 1415

French

tempera on vellum

2003

Julie Blackmon

gelatin silver print on paper

1950-2013

Anne Hughes

c-print on paper

circa 1939-1942, printed 1942

Helen Levitt

gelatin silver print on paper

Untitled #25 (Ophelia)

1992

John Patrick Salisbury

toned gelatin silver print on paper

Bessie and Nadine

2000; printed 2005

Catherine Angel

toned gelatin silver print on paper

Monkey and Lamp

1945

Anne Ryan

white-line woodcut on paper

Cutting Out a Steer

1854-1931

Laton Alton Huffman

colotype print on paper

Saddling the Wild Horse

1894

Laton Alton Huffman

colotype print on paper

Canyon de Chelly

1904

Edward S. Curtis

orotone on glass

Battle in the Streets of Berlin

1945

Dmitri Baltermants

gelatin silver print on paper

1941-1945

Dmitri Baltermants

gelatin silver print on paper

Artillery Commander K.M. Karabanov Protecting the Harvest

1941; printed 2003

Dmitri Baltermants

gelatin silver print on paper

The Ship of Fortune

1633

Rembrandt van Rijn

etching on paper

Allegorical Representation of ‘America’

1594-1600

Marten de Vos; Maarten de Vos

pen and black ink with ink wash on cream-colored paper

Heidenstamm, from “Marsyas”

1918

Max Pechstein

drypoint and etching on paper

Maruru (Offering to the Gods)

1894

Paul Gauguin

woodcut on paper

1908-1909, printed 1912

Wassily Kandinsky

woodblock on paper

Stereoscope Image, Set No. 8: Cifford Calverley standing on one foot over the Whilrpool Rapids, Niagara, USA

printed 1978

Stereo Classics Studio

photograph on cardboard

Stereoscope Image, Sample Set No.2: Bound for the Klondike Gold Fields, Chilkoot Alaska

printed 1978

Stereo Classics Studio

photograph on cardboard

Orpheus in the Underworld, No. 6 from the Orpheus Series.

1948

Gerhard Marcks

woodcut on paper

Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus

circa 1881-1888

T. Peckitt

oil on canvas

The City of Ambition

1910

Alfred Stieglitz

photogravure on paper

#5 Westward Ho: In the Days of the Old Gold Rush

1900-1961

David Courlander

oil on canvas

Men in Boats: Immigration

2016

Joanne Leonard

inkjet print on paper

Los Proverbios (also known as “Los Disparates”), plate 13: Donde hay ganas hay maña (“Where there’s a will there’s a way”) or Modo de volar (A way of flying)

circa 1864-1900

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

etching, aquatint and drypoint? on paper

1980

Ann McCoy

hand colored lithograph on paper

1980

Ann McCoy

hand colored lithograph on paper

Pig or Person, it’s the same, Fortune plays a funny game

1965 - 1970

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi ; Richard Davis; Editions Alecto

photolithograph on paper

1939

Joseph LeBoit

lithograph on paper

2007

Julie Blackmon

inkjet pigment print paper

Rio Mountains and Bather, from “Portfolio of 15 Photographs”

1963; printed 1980

Elliott Erwitt

gelatin silver print on paper

Mt. Fuji and Sign, Mt. Fuji, Japan, from “Recent Developments”

1977

Elliott Erwitt

gelatin silver print on paper

Funny Sonny packing with Zipco, Milwaukee

1966; printed 2008

Danny Lyon

gelatin silver print on paper

From Dayton to Columbus, Ohio

1966; printed 2008

Danny Lyon

gelatin silver print on paper

Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, California

1927, printed 1981

Ansel Adams

gelatin silver print on paper

circa 1880

Pascal Sebah

albumen print on paper

Ray God and Cat, Ica, Peru

1989

Marilyn Bridges

gelatin silver print on paper

Kahiltna Glacier, Alaska

1990

Marilyn Bridges

gelatin silver print on paper

Ha-ak, Blythe Site #1, Blythe, CA

1982

Marilyn Bridges

gelatin silver print on paper

Route du Brunig

English

albumen print on paper

Passage de la Tête Noire

circa 1865-1875

Adolphe Braun

albumen print on paper

Nächtlicher Circus

1920

Josef Eberz

woodcut on paper

Nächtlicher Circus

1920

Josef Eberz

woodcut on paper

Nächtlicher Circus

1920

Josef Eberz

woodcut on paper

Nächtlicher Circus (cover)

1920

Josef Eberz

woodcut on paper

Nächtlicher Circus

1920

Josef Eberz

woodcut on paper

Nächtlicher Circus

1920

Josef Eberz

woodcut on paper

Nächtlicher Circus

1920

Josef Eberz

woodcut on paper

1916

George Wesley Bellows

lithograph on paper

1939

Edward R. Ferguson

lithograph on paper

The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

1942, printed 1980-1982

Ansel Adams

gelatin silver print on paper

1992, printed 1993

Keith Carter

platinum-palladium print on paper

1997

Ann Hamilton

gold thimble, silver thimble, horsehair, wood and glass

Boys, Blue Hole, Wimberley, Texas

1995

Katherine O'Brien

black and white photograph on paper

2000

M. Johnston

black and white photograph on paper

Untitled (February)

2002

Artist Unknown

black and white photograph on paper

2000

M. Johnston

black and white photograph on paper

Blue and Red Hackers Ax

1995

Jim Pallas

pigmented epoxy on computer keyboard and cord with wooden ax handle

Test Pilot Ahmet Khan Sultan, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Enjoys a Cigarette

circa 1946-1971; printed 2003

Dmitri Baltermants

gelatin silver print on paper

1787-1822

J. J. de LaPorte

etching on paper

Macarao Capoeira, Salvador, Brazil

2002

Kristin Capp

ink-jet pigment print on paper

Annual meeting of north Michigan archers, USA

circa 1960

Henri Cartier-Bresson

gelatin silver print on paper

Mer de glaces (Genevieve)

1935

Ilse Bing

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

Topographical View of Oldenburg in Holstein (Aldenburgum Holsatise.)

1600-1650?

German

etching on paper