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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 — Portrait of a Lady

circa 1700s

Jean Alaux (1786–1864), Zephyr and Psyche — Zephyr and Psyche

Jean Alaux

1819

Emile Bernard (1868–1941), La Lessive (The Laundry) — La Lessive (The Laundry)

Emile Bernard

1889

Muirhead Bone (1876–1953), Joseph Conrad Listening to Music — Joseph Conrad Listening to Music

Muirhead Bone

1923

Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874), Notre Dame, Paris, from the Quai St. Bernard — Notre Dame, Paris, from the Quai St. Bernard

Thomas Shotter Boys

1839

Dennis Miller Bunker (1861–1890), drawing for cover of sheet music — drawing for cover of sheet music

Dennis Miller Bunker

1889

Tommaso Minardi (1787–1871), Studio Scene with Artists and Corpse — Studio Scene with Artists and Corpse

Tommaso Minardi

early-mid 1800s

James Wells Champney (1843–1903), Boy Fishing — Boy Fishing

James Wells Champney

1878

Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), The Barefooted Child — The Barefooted Child

Mary Cassatt

circa 1896–1897

John Singleton Copley (1738–1815), Portrait of Mrs. Moses Gill (Sarah Prince) — Portrait of Mrs. Moses Gill (Sarah Prince)

John Singleton Copley

circa 1764

Robert Cottingham (born 1935); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), F.W. — F.W.

Robert Cottingham, Landfall Press

1975

Arthur Bowen Davies (1862–1928), Italian Landscape — Italian Landscape

Arthur Bowen Davies

1925

Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863), Un Forgeron (The Blacksmith) — Un Forgeron (The Blacksmith)

Eugène Delacroix

1833

Head of Christ in Profile

Carlo Dolci

1640s

Arthur Wesley Dow (1857–1922), Modern Art — Modern Art

Arthur Wesley Dow

late 1800s–early 1900s

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), Evocation de Kundry — Evocation de Kundry

Henri Fantin-Latour

1897

Nude Profile

John Bernard Flannagan

circa 1936

Ernst Joachim Förster (1800–1885), Dürer at his Mother's Deathbed — Dürer at his Mother's Deathbed

Ernst Joachim Förster

mid 1800s

Robert Swain Gifford (1840–1905), Temple of Kom O'mba, Egypt — Temple of Kom O'mba, Egypt

Robert Swain Gifford

1876

Francesco Grigiotti (active 1604–1635), Adam and the Beasts in the Garden — Adam and the Beasts in the Garden

Francesco Grigiotti

1631

Marsden Hartley (1877–1943), Pears and Lemons — Pears and Lemons

Marsden Hartley

1927

Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London (active late 1800s), The Resurrection — The Resurrection

Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London

late 1800s

David Hockney (born 1937); Associated American Artists (active 1934–2000), Jungle Boy — Jungle Boy

David Hockney, Associated American Artists

1964

Daniel Huntington (1816–1906), Study of a Male Torso — Study of a Male Torso

Daniel Huntington

late 1800s

Charles Cromwell Ingham (1796–1863), Ideal Head (neoclassic head) — Ideal Head (neoclassic head)

Charles Cromwell Ingham

1839

Johannes Itten (1888–1967), Composition — Composition

Johannes Itten

1917

John Baptist Jackson (circa 1701–circa 1780); Paolo Veronese (1528–1588), The Presentation in the Temple (Circumcision) — The Presentation in the Temple (Circumcision)

John Baptist Jackson, Paolo Veronese

1739

Thomas Jeckyll (1827–1881), design for a bracket panel for a Japanese pavillion — design for a bracket panel for a Japanese pavillion

Thomas Jeckyll

1876

Alexis Victor Joly (1798–1874), Mountain Landscape — Mountain Landscape

Alexis Victor Joly

mid 1800s

Karl Kröner (1887–1972), Waldflechte (Forest Lichens) — Waldflechte (Forest Lichens)

Karl Kröner

1906

William Morris (1834–1896); Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898), Lucretia — Lucretia

William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones

before 1896

Stuart Nielsen (born 1947), Folding Screen Drawing — Folding Screen Drawing

Stuart Nielsen

1975

Emil Nolde (1867–1956), Familie — Familie

Emil Nolde

1917

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), Pink and Green Mountains, No. 1 — Pink and Green Mountains, No. 1

Georgia O'Keeffe

1917

Julius Schnorr von Carlsfeld (1794–1872), Head of a Woman — Head of a Woman

Julius Schnorr von Carlsfeld

1821

Maurice Sterne (1878–1957), Bali Woman — Bali Woman

Maurice Sterne

circa 1913

Joseph Thürmer (1789–1833), Lion Gate, Mycenae — Lion Gate, Mycenae

Joseph Thürmer

1819

Peter Lely (1618–1680); Thomas Watson (1748–1781), Frances, Lady Whitmore — Frances, Lady Whitmore

Peter Lely, Thomas Watson

1778

Peter Lely (1618–1680); Thomas Watson (1748–1781), Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland — Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland

Peter Lely, Thomas Watson

1779

Johann Georg Wille (1715–1808); Louis Tocqué (1696–1772), Frontspiece: Portrait of Tycho Hofman — Frontspiece: Portrait of Tycho Hofman

Johann Georg Wille, Louis Tocqué

1745

Pierre Alexandre Wille (1748–1837), Portrait of an Old Woman — Portrait of an Old Woman

Pierre Alexandre Wille

1772

Mahonri Mackintosh Young (1877–1957), Workman with Hammer — Workman with Hammer

Mahonri Mackintosh Young

early 1900s

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