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Brosseau Center for Learning: Immigrants

Kate Meyer, curator

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

These selections are on view in conjunction with the July 21st
K-12 Educator Workshop,
Return to Sender: Exploring US Immigration Policy in the K-12 Classroom, hosted by the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies in partnership with the Spencer Museum of Art.

Works of art

Jolan Gross Bettelheim (1900–1972), Employment Office — Employment Office

Jolan Gross Bettelheim

1937

Albert Abramovitz (1879–1963), Niagara Falls — Niagara Falls

Albert Abramovitz

1938

Birger Sandzén (1871–1954), Landscape at Wild Horse Creek — Landscape at Wild Horse Creek

Birger Sandzén

1925

Victor Brenner (1871–1924), Abraham Lincoln medal — Abraham Lincoln medal

Victor Brenner

circa 1907

Joseph Jacinto Mora (1876–1947), Tailing the Steer — Tailing the Steer

Joseph Jacinto Mora

1930

Abraham Walkowitz (1878–1965), Red Barn — Red Barn

Abraham Walkowitz

1909

Marion Palfi (1907–1978), Los Angeles, 1946-49, An anti-Klan meeting — Los Angeles, 1946-49, An anti-Klan meeting

Marion Palfi

1946–1949

Marion Palfi (1907–1978), New York, 1956-58 (This woman received $30.00 per month in Social Security benefits. She paid from it her rent and utilities. One dollar was left over on which she lived. She was seeking old age...) — New York, 1956-58 (This woman received $30.00 per month in Social Security benefits. She paid from it her rent and utilities. One dollar was left over on which she lived. She was seeking old age...)

Marion Palfi

1956–1958

Thomas Nast (1840–1902), New York Victory (The Part of the Administration that Feels Very Much Indorsed) — New York Victory (The Part of the Administration that Feels Very Much Indorsed)

Thomas Nast

circa 1876

Max Kalish (1891–1945), Laborer at Rest — Laborer at Rest

Max Kalish

circa 1925

Minoru Aoki (born 1936), Stokely Carmichael — Stokely Carmichael

Minoru Aoki

1967

Alberto Vargas (1896–1982), untitled (gatefold) — untitled (gatefold)

Alberto Vargas

circa 1944

Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023), Pennsylvania Dutch & Adidas, Santa Cruz — Pennsylvania Dutch & Adidas, Santa Cruz

Elliott Erwitt

1970

Edward Steichen (1879–1973), Rockefeller Center — Rockefeller Center

Edward Steichen

1935–1938

Weegee (1899–1968), Coney Island Beach, 4 p.m., July 21, 1940 — Coney Island Beach, 4 p.m., July 21, 1940

Weegee

1940

Jack Delano (1914–1997), Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania — Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Jack Delano

1940

Robert Frank (1924–2019), Politician, Republican Convention — Politician, Republican Convention

Robert Frank

1956

Vija Celmins (born 1938); Ken Farley; Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966); Doris Simmelink, Alliance — Alliance

Vija Celmins, Gemini G.E.L., Doris Simmelink, Ken Farley

1983

Louis Lozowick (1892–1973), New York (Brooklyn Bridge) — New York (Brooklyn Bridge)

Louis Lozowick

1923

Ben Shahn (1898–1969), A Citizen Who Has Lost His Farm — A Citizen Who Has Lost His Farm

Ben Shahn

1939

Frank Cassara (1913–2017), Grain — Grain

Frank Cassara

1939

Yoshida Tōshi (1911–1995), Monument Valley — Monument Valley

Yoshida Tōshi

1971, Showa period (1926–1989)

Tseng Kwong Chi (1950–1990), Graceland, Tennessee — Graceland, Tennessee

Tseng Kwong Chi

1979

Lidya Buzio (1948–2014), untitled — untitled

Lidya Buzio

1983

Nikki S. Lee (born 1970), The Hip Hop Project (2) — The Hip Hop Project (2)

Nikki S. Lee

2001

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), St. Mary's Mission, Kansas, Pottowatamie Indian School — St. Mary's Mission, Kansas, Pottowatamie Indian School

Alexander Gardner

1867

Thomas Moran (1837–1926), Grand Canyon of Arizona — Grand Canyon of Arizona

Thomas Moran

1912

Hugo Gellert (1892–1985), Century of the Common Man — Century of the Common Man

Hugo Gellert

1943

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew (born 1964), Whiteman/Indian — Whiteman/Indian

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew

2008–2009

Obata Chiura (1885–1975); Takimazawa, Evening at Carl Inn — Evening at Carl Inn

Obata Chiura, Takimazawa

1930

Rirkrit Tiravanija (born 1961), untitled (One Dollar Do We Dream Under) — untitled (One Dollar Do We Dream Under)

Rirkrit Tiravanija

2015

Ganzeer (born 1982); Booklyn, Inc. (founded 1999); Wasp Print (founded 2011), One Dollar from Honest Money — One Dollar from Honest Money

Ganzeer, Booklyn, Inc., Wasp Print

2015

Ganzeer (born 1982); Booklyn, Inc. (founded 1999); Wasp Print (founded 2011), Five Dollars from Honest Money — Five Dollars from Honest Money

Ganzeer, Booklyn, Inc., Wasp Print

2015

Ganzeer (born 1982); Booklyn, Inc. (founded 1999); Wasp Print (founded 2011), Ten Dollars from Honest Money — Ten Dollars from Honest Money

Ganzeer, Booklyn, Inc., Wasp Print

2015

Ganzeer (born 1982); Booklyn, Inc. (founded 1999); Wasp Print (founded 2011), Twenty Dollars from Honest Money — Twenty Dollars from Honest Money

Ganzeer, Booklyn, Inc., Wasp Print

2015

Ganzeer (born 1982); Booklyn, Inc. (founded 1999); Wasp Print (founded 2011), Fifty Dollars from Honest Money — Fifty Dollars from Honest Money

Ganzeer, Booklyn, Inc., Wasp Print

2015

Ganzeer (born 1982); Booklyn, Inc. (founded 1999); Wasp Print (founded 2011), One Hundred Dollars from Honest Money — One Hundred Dollars from Honest Money

Ganzeer, Booklyn, Inc., Wasp Print

2015

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