work on paper

JAN, 1859

APPROXIMATE DATE: 1859

1853; mid 20th century

A three page section removed from a sketchbook of Isaac Wallace Baker with a print and two photographs.

untitled (unfinished cut-paper work)
2010

This is an unfinished paper cutout with graphite drawing on the surface. The composition includes images of nopal cacti and a hummingbird hovering above two babies in a nest. The paper is matte...

D. F. W.
early 21st century

This is a staple bound artist zine from Barry McGee's studio. The bright reddish-orange cover shows a black ink graphic of a face in profile with the title "D. F. W." printed below...

1927
1993

This is a triptych in gouache on Aquarelle paper that shows three variations on a family scene after the 17th century painter Diego Vel�zquez. In the "Kids Version," the children sit on an...

1988

Monotype on paper of three grazing cow silhouettes on a mottled background of primary colors. One cow appears across the too right corner of the composition. The second appears at center left,...

Drawing
1971

Colored pencil and pastel crayon drawing on paper contains a figurative composition of a red-haired figure in a boat. The boat, at top center, appears to be in a river just above a waterfall. A...

late 20th century

This is a watercolor on paper with that contains a geometric image made with multiple thin lines. The image has a red and green multiple line border. Blue and yellow wavy lines dominate the...

1986

Oil monotype on paper contains an image of insect-like figures. A figure drawn in tones of blue appears in the upper half of the composition with its legs crossed, facing the viewer. A black...

1984

This is a color monotype on paper that presents an image of a stacked double triangular form in black with green, gray, and maroon mottled background

1962

Watercolor on paper with pastel presents an abstract composition in a vertical format. Tones of brown are painted throughout the image with diffuse green, yellow, and red areas near center....

Mess Hall
1942

Black ink drawing on paper shows a group of people eating together. Men, women, and children are crowded together at long tables. A woman holds a plate with a piece of food in the foreground at...

1986

Color monotype on paper with hand painting that depicts a semi-abstract landscape. The majority of the image includes lines scraped into a field of brown pigment. The outlines of a ship docking...

1990

This work is made from lithograph posters of a lake scene with lily pads and water lilies that are mounted on brown rag board. At top, the phrase, "HOW DO / I LOOK?" is torn into a full sheet...

(movie watching in the grandstand, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942

Black ink drawing on paper shows a large group of people sitting inside a building. A film projector shows a movie on a small screen at top right in the distance.

(bachelor playing solitaire, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942

Black ink drawing on paper contains an image of a balding man playing cards. The man appears at bottom center and lays the cards on the top of a bed. Multiple beds fill the room with hanging...

(passing rumors, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942

Clich_s-verre on paper. The image shows a group of four people talking in the foreground. A road leads from bottom left into the distance at upper right flanked by rows of buildings. Figures...

(line up for mess hall, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942

Black ink drawing on paper contains an image of many people standing outside in lines. The line of people nearest to the viewer appears in the foreground along the lower half of the composition...

(delivery to Barrack 16, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942

Clich_s-verre on paper. The image shows men and women riding with luggage in the back of a truck in the foreground at center. In the background along the upper margin of the composition, trucks...

(lining up for typhid and smallpox shots, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942

Clich_s-verre on paper. The image contains lines of men and women pictured in the foreground and extending toward a group of buildings in the distance across the upper margin. The lines appear...

(women waiting for men to be searched for contraband, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942

Clich_s-verre on paper. The image contains a group of four figures sitting in the foreground at bottom. Soldiers search a line of men and women in the background across the upper part of the...

(Americanization class, Topaz Relocation Center, Utah)
circa 1942-1943

Clich_s-verre on paper. The image contains men and women in the foreground sitting at long tables looking at a man standing in the distance at the front of the room. The man holds a book and...

In Topaz
circa 1942-1943

Clich_s-verre on paper. The image shows a couple dancing on one side of a partition and a person unsuccessful in falling asleep on the other side.

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