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History of Acting — Collection Theme

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

Cover, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Performer, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Hamlet et Ophélie (Act III, Scene 1); from the series of 16 prints, Hamlet
circa 1834-1843
Eugène Delacroix
lithograph on chine appliqué
Death of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene VII); from the series of 16 prints, Hamlet
1843
Eugène Delacroix
lithograph on paper
Portrait of Berthe Morisot
circa 1876
Marcellin Desboutin
drypoint on wove paper
Studies for a Portrait Group
1702-1762
Pietro Longhi
black chalk, heightened with white on light buff paper
Act 5, Scene 2, Plate 15 from ‘Othello’
1844
Théodore Chassériau
etching and engraving with roulette on white wove paper
Performer, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Man in Profile, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Actress, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Rehearsal, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Performer, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
The Parable of the Prodigal Son (set of 4 prints and title page)
1881
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
etching and drypoint on paper
Actress, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Four Figures, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Performer, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1867-1936
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on dark cream wove paper
Performer, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Performer, from the portfolio “Le Café Concert”
1893
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
lithograph on wove paper, bound in a volume
Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III, 1764
1746
William Hogarth
etching and engraving with stipple on paper
Ascent
1862-1928
Arthur B. Davies
lithograph on paper
Irving as Philip of Spain, No. 1
circa 1876-1877
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
drypoint, printed in black ink on laid paper
Study for the Play Scene from Hamlet
1898-1899
Sir William Orpen
graphite and ink wash on paper, mounted on board
Closing Scene from King Lear (?)
circa 1867-1868
William Rimmer
oil on canvas mounted on board
Le Salut (Dancer Taking a Bow)
1872-1943?
Auguste Brouet
drypoint on paper
Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
1861
Randolph Rogers
Carrara marble
Esther before Ahasuerus
1639
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
oil on canvas
Emancipation Group
1865
Thomas Ball
bronze
Lincoln and the Emancipated Slave
circa 1866
Randolph Rogers
painted plaster
Hélène
1901
Frederick Carl Frieseke
oil on canvas
Standing Boxer
1927
William Horace Littlefield
etching on paper
Greta Garbo
1928
Edward Steichen
gelatin silver print on paper
Strikers and Scabs (or Inferiors and Equals)
1910
John Sloan
crayon, graphite, black ink on tracing paper mounted on rice paper
Worker with Mallet
1938
Moses Oley
lithograph on paper
Harlem Dancers
1939
Elizabeth Olds; Works Progress Administration
woodcut on paper
Bathers
1886-1940
Jean Paul Slusser
linoleum cut on paper
(Christmas Card)
1869-1940
Sears Gallagher
etching on paper
Conversation Piece
circa 1935
Donato Rico
linoleum cut on paper
Men on a Parkbench
1936
Eugene Fitsch
lithograph on paper
Woman Reading at the Bus Stop in Front of S. Klein on the Square Department Store, Union Square East, New York City
circa 1929
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
Lunch Counter
1940
Isabel Bishop
etching on paper
Sunday, Going to Church
1921
George Wesley Bellows
lithograph on paper
Three Girls
1921
George Wesley Bellows; Bolton Brown
lithograph on paper
Business Men’s Class
1916
George Wesley Bellows
lithograph on paper

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