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Jacob Adriaensz. Backer (Dutch, 1608-1651)
Portrait of a Young Woman
Oil on canvas, 25 3/8 x 19 1/2", 1998.8.1
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville


James Brooks (American, 1906-1992)
Beedbar, 1960
Oil on canvas, 28 1/8 x 66 1/8", 1976.18
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville


Francesco Caucig (Austro-Hungarian, 1755-1828)
Esther Before Ahasuerus, ca. 1815
Oil on canvas, 55 3/4 x 81 1/2", 1976.19
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville


Gregory Crewdson (American, born 1962)
Untitled (window with screen), 1994
C-print, 30 x 40"
Courtesy Luhring Augustine, New York
Making It Real exhibition organized and circulated by Independent Curators International


Teun Hocks (Dutch, born 1947)
Untitled (The Picnic), 1990
Brown-toned silver print with oil paint, 52 x 67"
Collection The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
Making It Real exhibition organized and circulated by Independent Curators International


Wang Hui (Chinese, 1632-1717)
Looking at the Waterfall, 1695
Hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk, 53 1/4 x 23 3/8, 1976.12
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville


Angelica Kauffman (Swiss, 1741-1807)
Venus and Adonis, 1786
Oil on canvas, 50 1/4 x 36 7/8", 1976.25
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville


Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865)
Crossing the Sumida River, 1854
Nishiki-e (color woodblock print), 14 3/16 x 9 3/4"
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville


Gaston Lachaise (American, born in France, 1882-1935)
The King's Bride (Garden Figure), ca. 1927
Cast cement, edition of five, 79 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 17", 1938.1
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville


Fred W. McDarrah (American, born 1926)
Diane di Prima, on June 18, 1959, reading from her first published book of poetry, ca. 1959, This Kind of Bird Flies Backward.
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14"
Copyright © Fred W. McDarrah, from Beat Generation: Glory Days in Greenwich Village, by Fred W. and Gloria McDarrah (Schirmer)


Raymond Parker (American, 1922-1990)
Untitled, 1960
Oil on Canvas, 80 3/4 x 69 7/8", 1975.1
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville


Pre-Columbian, Colima, West Mexico
Fat Dog Effigy, ca. 200 BC-AD 300
Ceramic with red and cream slip paint and black fire-clouding, 14 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 8", 1982.53.2
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville


Pre-Columbian, Colima, West Mexico
Serpent Effigy Vessel, ca. 200 BC-AD 300
Ceramic with red slip paint (and brown reduction firing), 4 x 9 1/2", 1982.53.1
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville


Jorge Ribalta (Spanish, born 1963)
Untitled #60, 1989
Gelatin silver print, 19 3/4 x 23 9/16"
Courtesy Zabriskie Gallery, New York
Making It Real exhibition organized and circulated by Independent Curators International


Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
Balzac in Dominican Robe, 1891-92
Bronze, 41 3/4 x 20 1/8 x 20"
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection


Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
Gustav Mahler, 1909
Bronze, 13 x 13 1/2 x 12"
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection


Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
Falling Man, c. 1882
Bronze, 23 1/8 x 5 1/2 x 12 1/8"
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation


Unknown (Florentine, 16th century)
Portrait of a Gentleman, 1574
Oil on panel, 33 1/2 x 24 3/4", 1976.10
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville