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

Elizabeth Broun, curator

May 16, 1980–July 30, 1980

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

Zephyr and Psyche, Jean Alaux — Jean Alaux

Zephyr and Psyche, 1819

La Lessive (The Laundry), Emile Bernard — Emile Bernard

La Lessive (The Laundry), 1889

Joseph Conrad Listening to Music, Muirhead Bone — Muirhead Bone

Joseph Conrad Listening to Music, 1923

Notre Dame, Paris, from the Quai St. Bernard, Thomas Shotter Boys — Thomas Shotter Boys

Notre Dame, Paris, from the Quai St. Bernard, 1839

drawing for cover of sheet music, Dennis Miller Bunker — Dennis Miller Bunker

drawing for cover of sheet music, 1889

Studio Scene with Artists and Corpse, Tommaso Minardi — Tommaso Minardi

Studio Scene with Artists and Corpse, early-mid 1800s

Boy Fishing, James Wells Champney — James Wells Champney

Boy Fishing, 1878

The Barefooted Child, Mary Cassatt — Mary Cassatt

The Barefooted Child, circa 1896–1897

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

Portrait of Mrs. Moses Gill (Sarah Prince), circa 1764

F.W., Robert Cottingham; Landfall Press — Robert Cottingham; Landfall Press

F.W., 1975

Italian Landscape, Arthur Bowen Davies — Arthur Bowen Davies

Italian Landscape, 1925

Un Forgeron (The Blacksmith), Eugène Delacroix — Eugène Delacroix

Un Forgeron (The Blacksmith), 1833

Carlo Dolci

Head of Christ in Profile, 1640s

Modern Art, Arthur Wesley Dow — Arthur Wesley Dow

Modern Art, late 1800s–early 1900s

Evocation de Kundry, Henri Fantin-Latour — Henri Fantin-Latour

Evocation de Kundry, 1897

John Bernard Flannagan

Nude Profile, circa 1936

Dürer at his Mother's Deathbed, Ernst Joachim Förster — Ernst Joachim Förster

Dürer at his Mother's Deathbed, mid 1800s

Temple of Kom O'mba, Egypt, Robert Swain Gifford — Robert Swain Gifford

Temple of Kom O'mba, Egypt, 1876

Adam and the Beasts in the Garden, Francesco Grigiotti — Francesco Grigiotti

Adam and the Beasts in the Garden, 1631

Pears and Lemons, Marsden Hartley — Marsden Hartley

Pears and Lemons, 1927

The Resurrection, Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London — Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London

The Resurrection, late 1800s

Jungle Boy, David Hockney; Associated American Artists — David Hockney; Associated American Artists

Jungle Boy, 1964

Study of a Male Torso, Daniel Huntington — Daniel Huntington

Study of a Male Torso, late 1800s

Ideal Head (neoclassic head), Charles Cromwell Ingham — Charles Cromwell Ingham

Ideal Head (neoclassic head), 1839

Composition, Johannes Itten — Johannes Itten

Composition, 1917

The Presentation in the Temple (Circumcision), John Baptist Jackson; Paolo Veronese — John Baptist Jackson; Paolo Veronese

The Presentation in the Temple (Circumcision), 1739

design for a bracket panel for a Japanese pavillion, Thomas Jeckyll — Thomas Jeckyll

design for a bracket panel for a Japanese pavillion, 1876

Mountain Landscape, Alexis Victor Joly — Alexis Victor Joly

Mountain Landscape, mid 1800s

Waldflechte (Forest Lichens), Karl Kröner — Karl Kröner

Waldflechte (Forest Lichens), 1906

Lucretia, William Morris; Edward Burne-Jones — William Morris; Edward Burne-Jones

Lucretia, before 1896

Folding Screen Drawing, Stuart Nielsen — Stuart Nielsen

Folding Screen Drawing, 1975

Familie, Emil Nolde — Emil Nolde

Familie, 1917

Pink and Green Mountains, No. 1, Georgia O'Keeffe — Georgia O'Keeffe

Pink and Green Mountains, No. 1, 1917

Head of a Woman, Julius Schnorr von Carlsfeld — Julius Schnorr von Carlsfeld

Head of a Woman, 1821

Bali Woman, Maurice Sterne — Maurice Sterne

Bali Woman, circa 1913

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Joseph Thürmer — Joseph Thürmer

Lion Gate, Mycenae, 1819

Frances, Lady Whitmore, Peter Lely; Thomas Watson — Peter Lely; Thomas Watson

Frances, Lady Whitmore, 1778

Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland, Peter Lely; Thomas Watson — Peter Lely; Thomas Watson

Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland, 1779

Frontspiece: Portrait of Tycho Hofman, Johann Georg Wille; Louis Tocqué — Johann Georg Wille; Louis Tocqué

Frontspiece: Portrait of Tycho Hofman, 1745

Portrait of an Old Woman, Pierre Alexandre Wille — Pierre Alexandre Wille

Portrait of an Old Woman, 1772

Workman with Hammer, Mahonri Mackintosh Young — Mahonri Mackintosh Young

Workman with Hammer, early 1900s

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Documents

Exhibition Pamphlet