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Documentary Photography & Social Realism — Collection Theme

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Objects in UMMA’s collection related to the theme of Documentary Photography & Social Realism.

Ragpickers’ Hut
1912
Eugène Atget; Berenice Abbott
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
Faucheurs, Somme
1890 - 1900
Eugène Atget; Berenice Abbott
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
Street Musicians
1898 - 1899
Eugène Atget; Berenice Abbott
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
Street Paver
1899 - 1900
Eugène Atget; Berenice Abbott
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
Marchand Abat-Jours
1899 - 1900
Eugène Atget; Berenice Abbott
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
The Steerage
1907, printed 1915
Alfred Stieglitz
photogravure on paper
St. Andrews, Baiting the Lines, Fishergate, from “A Series of Calotype Views of St. Andrews”
circa 1916; printed 1943-1946
David Octavius Hill
carbon print on paper
Star Pressing Club, Vicksburg, Mississippi
1936
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
Hudson Street Boarding House, Detail, New York
1931
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
Bedroom, Shrimp Fisherman’s House, Biloxi, Mississippi
1945
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
School with Separate Bell, Alabama
1936
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
Houses and Graveyard, Rowlesburg, West Virginia
1935
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
Sidewalk Scene, Selma, Alabama
1935
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
New York
circa 1934
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
Movie and Minstrel Show Posters on Brick Wall, Demopolis, Alabama
1935
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
One Third of a Nation
1936
Arnold Eagle; David Robbins
gelatin silver print on paper
Northumbrian Miner at His Evening Meal
1937
Bill Brandt
gelatin silver print on paper
August Pingpank Barber Shop, 413 Bleecker Street
1938
Berenice Abbott
gelatin silver print on paper
Hardware Store
1938
Berenice Abbott
gelatin silver print on paper
Warehouse, Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn
1936
Berenice Abbott
gelatin silver print on paper
Warehouse, Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn
1936
Berenice Abbott
gelatin silver print on paper
Ore Loading Docks, Superior, Wisconsin
1929; printed circa 1950s
Margaret Bourke-White
gelatin silver print on paper mounted on masonite
Waiting Their Turn, Children’s Clinic, Moscow
1931; printed circa 1950s
Margaret Bourke-White
gelatin silver print on paper mounted on masonite
Bedroom, Fisherman’s House, Nova Scotia
1971
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
Street Trash, New York
circa 1968
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
Untitled
1961
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
Boy by Wagon
1908-1924
Lewis W. Hine
gelatin silver print on paper
Luther – 16 yrs. old. Right arm was cut off by a running saw in a box factory. Now attending school.
1908 - 1910
Lewis W. Hine
gelatin silver print on paper
Farm Machine
1915, printed 1985
Arthur Rothstein
gelatin silver print on paper
Currie, Nevada
1940
Arthur Rothstein
gelatin silver print on paper
Girl at Gee’s Bend
1937, printed 1975
Arthur Rothstein
gelatin silver print on paper
Lackarbeiter
1930
August Sander
gelatin silver print on paper
Konditormeister Franz Bremer
1928
August Sander
gelatin silver print on paper
Jungbauern
1914; printed circa 1950-1970
August Sander
gelatin silver print on paper
Gerichtdiener
1932; printed circa 1950-1970
August Sander
gelatin silver print on paper
Chimney Sweep and Children, Ireland
1965-1966, printed 1979
Alen MacWeeney
gelatin silver print on paper
Little Tinker Child, Ireland
1965-1966, printed 1979
Alen MacWeeney
gelatin silver print on paper
Watching—A Street Scene, Dublin, Ireland
1965-1966, printed 1979
Alen MacWeeney
gelatin silver print on paper
Woman Against Wall Eating, and Feeding Baby
20th century
Manuel Carrillo
gelatin silver print on paper
Boy with Chicken, Hungjao, China
1945
Arthur Rothstein
gelatin silver print on paper
Governor Sandoval, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
1936
Arthur Rothstein
gelatin silver print on paper
Jewish Refugees in Shanghai (View of Camp)
circa 1935-1945
Arthur Rothstein
gelatin silver print on paper
Woman in Negligee
George Grosz
brush and ink on wove paper
In the Studio (Erna and Guest)
1912-1913
Ernst Kirchner
ink on paper
Dancing Couple (Dodo and Partner)
1910
Ernst Kirchner
graphite on coated wove paper
Standing Female Nude
Gustav Klimt
graphite on paper
Woman in Robe
Gustav Klimt
graphite on paper
Female Torso Reclining
Gustav Klimt
graphite on paper
Female Nude Reclining
Gustav Klimt
graphite on paper
Young Girl Seated
Gustav Klimt
graphite on paper
Woman Lying Half Draped
1910-1920
Gustav Klimt
graphite on paper
Female Nude Seated – Rear
Gustav Klimt
blue crayon on paper
The Rooster Protects the House from Suzhou
20th century
Chinese
color woodblock print mounted on stiff board with silk borders
Longevity Spirit Money, from Taiwan (2 prints)
20th century
Taiwanese
red ink on paper
Stove God and Wife with Calendar
1880
Chinese
color woodblock print on paper
Round Lacquer box
circa 1974-1975
Thai
wood with cinnabar, yellow and green lacquer
Protective Amulet
20th century
Taiwanese
polychrome on wood
Wooden Block for Printing Currency for Funerary Rites
Taiwanese
carved wood, painted cinnabar red
Container
20th century
Chinese
cinnabar-laquered wood with metal band
Block for Printing “Longevity” Spirit Money, from Taiwan
late 20th century
Taiwanese
carved wood
Oil Container
Taiwanese
Stoneware with light brown glaze
Oil Container
20th century
Taiwanese
Stoneware with iron glaze
Basket
Chinese
gold lacquer on wood
Round Three-Tiered Box
Chinese
black, red and gold lacquer on wood
Flat Basket with swastika motif, from Taiwan
20th century
Chinese
woven bamboo
Flower Basket
20th century
Chinese
woven bamboo
Rectangular Woven Three-tiered Picnic Basket
20th century
Chinese
woven bamboo
Round Woven Basket
20th century
Chinese
woven bamboo
Sutra Fragment, Calligraphy in Block Script
15th century - 19th century
Korean
gold ink on indigo-dyed paper
Sutra Fragment, Calligraphy in Block Script
12th century - 13th century
Japanese
ink on paper
Sample of Sanskrit Writing
17th century - 19th century
Japanese
woodblock print on metallic-flecked paper
Sutra Fragment, Yuan-Style Typeface
1260-1368
Chinese
woodblock print on paper
Sutra Fragment, Song-Style Typeface
12th century - 13th century
Chinese
woodblock print on paper
Sutra Fragment, Tôdaiji… Calligraphy in Block Script
12th century - 13th century
Japanese
ink on gold-flecked paper
Sutra Fragment, Calligraphy in Block Script
12th century - 13th century
Japanese
gold and silver ink on indigo-dyed paper
Calligraphy
1684
Ôbaku Tetsugyû
ink on paper
Calligraphy: Eight-Character Line
circa 1650-1695
Ôbaku Kôsen
ink on paper
A Girdle of Clouds
1678-1692
Ôbaku Kôsen
ink on paper
Landscape
1831
Huang Yue
ink on paper
Landscape
1831
Huang Yue
ink on paper
Landscape
1831
Huang Yue
ink on paper
Peach Blossom Spring
circa 1930-1954
Chen Shaomei (aka Ch'en Shao-mei)
ink and light color on paper
Mountain Village in Snow (One of a Pair)
circa 1780-1814
Zhang Wendao (Chang Wen-tao)
ink on paper
Mountain Village in Snow (One of a Pair)
circa 1780-1814
Zhang Wendao (Chang Wen-tao)
ink on paper
Hotei
circa 1620-1643
Old Man Kôgetsu
ink on silk
Grapevine
19th century
Tani Bunchō
ink on silk
Spider Chrysanthemum
18th century - 19th century
Xian Ying
ink and color on paper
Iris
late 20th century
Zheng Wei Lu (aka Willow Zheng)
ink and colors on paper
Nuwa Repairing the Columns that Support the Earth
1877
Ren Yi
ink and color on paper
Orchids and Rock with Calligraphy
1750-1784
Ikeno Gyokuran
ink on silk
Mountain Landscape
1845
Tang Yifen
ink and light color on paper
Lotus
1961
Wen Ji
ink on paper
Pomegranates
1962
Zheng Shanxi
ink on paper
The Seven Gods of Good Fortune
circa 1650-1699
Kanō Hōkyō Shōun
ink and color on silk
Bodhisattva Manjusri (Monju Bosatsu)
17th century
Japanese
ink and color on paper
Bird on a Withered Branch
17th century
Japanese
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Untitled
2005
Ernestine Ruben
gum bi (or di)-chromate photograph on paper
Evening Sky, N. Manitou Island, Good Harbor, Michigan
2005
Gregory D. Seman
selenium-toned gelatin silver print on paper
Spring Shoreline, East Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan
2003
Gregory D. Seman
selenium-toned gelatin silver print on paper
Calligraphy, One of a Pair
last quarter of 20th century
Chen Shu-chen
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
17th century
Japanese
cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
17th century
Japanese
cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
17th century
Japanese
cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
Crown for Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
17th century
Japanese
openwork metal and semi-precious stones
Death of Chatterton
2000
Vik Muniz
dye destruction print on paper
Untitled
1996-1997
Kara Walker
cut paper between linen
Calligraphy, One of a Pair
last quarter of 20th century
Chen Shu-chen
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches
1980
Chang Ku-nien
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Snow Scene
1968
Chang Ku-nien
ink on paper
Obi
circa 1960-1969
Japanese
silk brocade
Untitled
1924
Eric Gill
graphite on paper
Armor and Helmet with Paulownia Crests
19th century
Workshop of Mitsusada
metal, lacquer, silk cords, and silk fabric
Equestrian Battle
early 19th century
French
pen and ink, ink wash and graphite on paper
Chess Set (Legs to Base of Chess Board)
circa 1980
Victor Vasarely
acrylic sculpture
Chess Set (Board)
circa 1980
Victor Vasarely
acrylic sculpture
Berry Bomb
1999
Mark Bressler
redwood burl colorized with "fractured lacquer" technique
A Group of Eight Landscapes on Four Sheets
Franz Edmund Weirotter
engraving in black ink on white laid paper
A Group of Eight Landscapes on Four Sheets
1759
Franz Edmund Weirotter
engraving in black ink on white Arches laid paper
TOP: A Group of People Talking before the City Wall at the Edge of the Seine (Vor der Stadtmauer am Seine-Ufer diskutierende Menchengruppe), originally sheet 2 of Views of the Seine (Vues de la Seine) BOTTOM: In the Adriani Villa (In der Villa Adriani), originally sheet 11 in the folio First Folio of Regions and Old Fragmented Edifices (Erste Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken Alter Gebaeude)
1761-1765
Franz Edmund Weirotter
engraving in black ink on laid paper
Earthenware Bowl with Incised Design and Burnished Surface
circa 5th century BCE - 2nd century BCE
Thai
earthenware with incised design
The Pleading (Die Flehende), from O Eternity—thou thundering word (O Ewigkeit—du Donnerwort), Bach Cantata (Bachkantate) series
1914
Oskar Kokoschka
lithograph on laid cream paper mounted on cardboard
The Onlookers (Die Zuschauer)
1915-1916
George Grosz
ink on wove paper
Reclining Nude (Liegenden Akt)
1915
George Grosz
ink on brown wove paper
The Bremen Town Musicians (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten), preparatory drawing for print, “Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten,” in Alfred Kubin, Abenteuer einer Zeichenfeder (Münich: R. Piper & Co., 1941) #13
1940
Alfred Kubin
graphite on wove paper
Senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita), from Piranesi’s Lapides Capitolini (1762)
1762
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
engraving, printed in black ink on paper
TOP: Fishermen with the Inhauler of the Nets at the Town’s Shore (Fischer beim Einholen der Netze am Ufer vor der Stadt), sheet 4 from the folio 12 Views of Normandy (XII Vues de la Normandie) BOTTOM: River Landscape with Four Men Encamping on a Rock (Flußlandschaft mit vier auf einem Fels lagernden Männern), sheet 5 from the folio 12 Views of Normandy (XII Vues de la Normandie)
Franz Edmund Weirotter
engraving in black ink on laid paper
Two Standing Nudes (Zwei Stehende Akte)
1909-1910
Ernst Kirchner
ink with ink wash on wove paper
Actress
1912
Emil Nolde
watercolor on brown wove medium-weight paper
A Murder
1912-1913
George Grosz
pen and ink with watercolor on wove paper
Couple
1915
George Grosz
ink on wove paper
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott), illustration #29 from Timotheus Klein’s Martin Luther (Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt Verlag, 1920-21)
1920
Lovis Corinth
lithograph on handmade beige paper
Female Nude Lying on Stomach, study for Female Nude from the Back (Weiblicher Rückenakt), 1911
1911
Christian Rohlfs
tempera and ink on brown wove paper
The Omen (Das Zeichen)
circa 1912
Alfred Kubin
watercolor and ink on wove paper (map printed on verso)
Female Nude Bending Forward
Gustav Klimt
graphite on paper
Female Nude Seated
Gustav Klimt
graphite on paper
Curved Railroad Tracks, Taunus (Bahnkurve Taunus), study for 1916 lithograph Landscape in Taunus (Landschaft im Taunus)
1915
Ernst Kirchner
ink on artist board
Black Magic / Continuation of Mynona’s Gray Magic (Schwarze Magie / Fortsetzung von Mynonas grauer Magie)
1954
Alfred Kubin
pen + ink and watercolor and gouache on wove paper
Landscape
1919
Erich Heckel
graphite and ink on thin paper
The Left Thief (Der linke Schächer), preparatory drawing for “Golgotha” illustration in 20 Pictures of the Bible (20 Bilder zur Bibel), 1924
1924
Alfred Kubin
pen and ink on laid paper
Standing Female Nude – Back
Egon Schiele
charcoal and pen on paper
In the Restaurant
1903
Ernst Kirchner
ink on cream wove paper
Woman Standing – Portrait
Gustav Klimt
graphite on paper
Female Nude Lying Back
1908
Egon Schiele
watercolor on paper
Woman Seated
Gustav Klimt
graphite on brown paper
Portrait of Arnold Schönberg
Felix Albrecht Harta
graphite on beige wove paper
Holy Anne with Two Others (Hl. Anna selbtritt)
1914
Otto Dix
charcoal on ready brown wove paper
Nude with Arms Overhead
1934
Oskar Kokoschka
blue crayon on beige laid paper

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