A Decade of Collecting 1970-1980: The Letha Churchill Walker Collection

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A Decade of Collecting 1970-1980: The Letha Churchill Walker Collection
Elizabeth Broun, curator
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

European and American prints and drawings, which range from John Singleton Copley's 1764 Portrait of Mrs. Moses Gill to David Hockney's exotic 1963 etching Jungle Boy, have all been purchased since 1970 with Letha Churchill Walker funds.

Works of art

Portrait of a Lady
circa 1700s
Jean Alaux (1786–1864), Zephyr and Psyche
Jean Alaux (1786–1864)
1819
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874), Notre Dame, Paris, from the Quai St. Bernard
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874)
1839
Tommaso Minardi (1787–1871), Studio Scene with Artists and Corpse
Tommaso Minardi (1787–1871)
early-mid 1800s
James Wells Champney (1843–1903), Boy Fishing
James Wells Champney (1843–1903)
1878
Carlo Dolci (1616–1687), Head of Christ in Profile
Carlo Dolci (1616–1687)
1640s
Arthur Wesley Dow (1857–1922), Modern Art
late 1800s–early 1900s
Ernst Joachim Förster (1800–1885), Dürer at his Mother's Deathbed
Ernst Joachim Förster (1800–1885)
mid 1800s
Francesco Grigiotti (active 1604–1635), Adam and the Beasts in the Garden
Francesco Grigiotti (active 1604–1635)
1631
Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London (active late 1800s), The Resurrection
Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London (active late 1800s)
late 1800s
Charles Cromwell Ingham (1796–1863), Ideal Head (neoclassic head)
Charles Cromwell Ingham (1796–1863)
1839
Johannes Itten (1888–1967), Composition
Johannes Itten (1888–1967)
1917
Thomas Jeckyll (1827–1881), design for a bracket panel for a Japanese pavillion
Thomas Jeckyll (1827–1881)
1876
Alexis Victor Joly (1798–1874), Mountain Landscape
Alexis Victor Joly (1798–1874)
mid 1800s
Karl Kröner (1887–1972), Waldflechte (Forest Lichens)
Karl Kröner (1887–1972)
1906
Stuart Nielsen (born 1947), Folding Screen Drawing
Stuart Nielsen (born 1947)
1975
Julius Schnorr von Carlsfeld (1794–1872), Head of a Woman
Julius Schnorr von Carlsfeld (1794–1872)
1821
Maurice Sterne (1878–1957), Bali Woman
Maurice Sterne (1878–1957)
circa 1913
Joseph Thürmer (1789–1833), Lion Gate, Mycenae
Joseph Thürmer (1789–1833)
1819
Johann Georg Wille (1715–1808); Louis Tocqué (1696–1772), Frontspiece: Portrait of Tycho Hofman
Johann Georg Wille (1715–1808); Louis Tocqué (1696–1772)
1745
Pierre Alexandre Wille (1748–1837), Portrait of an Old Woman
Pierre Alexandre Wille (1748–1837)
1772

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