Art for Ava
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Art for Ava
Kate Meyer, curator
https://spencerartapps.ku.edu/spencer-projects/3326
This grouping reflects specific art requests from the Spencer Museum of Art’s collection made by two young girls in our community: personal favorites, cats and other animals, singers, dancers, and strong women.
Exhibition images
Works of art
Violet Nakashima
Sleeping Cat,
1941
Agnes Tait
The Aristocat,
circa 1936
Yanagawa Shigenobu
puppy with kite and ball,
1826, Edo period (1600–1868)
Abraham Walkowitz
Isadora Duncan Dancing,
early-mid 1900s
Abraham Walkowitz
Isadora Duncan Dancing,
early-mid 1900s
Abraham Walkowitz
Isadora Duncan Dancing,
early-mid 1900s
Abraham Walkowitz
Isadora Duncan Dancing,
early-mid 1900s
Studio of Domenico and Valore Casini
Maria Maddalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany,
1610–1628
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
La Pia de' Tolomei,
1868–1880
Harry Bertoia
Yellow and Red,
1958
Jim Marshall
Robert Lawson
We Fix Flats,
1932
Elliott Erwitt
New York,
1964
Jo Ann Callis
untitled,
1980
Jo Ann Callis
netsuke,
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Elizabeth Norton
James Dickie
Dog Action,
circa 1960
Luis Alfonso Jimenez
Howl,
1986
John Steuart Curry
A Horse,
1941–1942
Neil S. Winokur
Crayons,
1994
John Steuart Curry
A Hereford,
1941–1942
Saitō Kiyoshi
梅雨、鎌倉 (Rainy Season, Tsuyu, Kamakura),
1985, Showa period (1926–1989)
Petah Coyne
Untitled #751 (Craig's Piece),
1992–1993
James Van Der Zee
untitled (dancing girls),
1928
James Van Der Zee
maneki neko (cat that brings money) on pillow,
late 1900s
Luis Alfonso Jimenez
Howl,
1977
Jasmin Joseph
Beth Van Hoesen
Bugs,
1985
Robert Sargent Austin
Two Lambs,
1946
Konoike Tomoko
Stan Washburn
Unicorn,
1976
Stan Washburn
Tonalá ware cat figure,
mid 1900s
Diego Romero; Landfall Press
Cara,
2018
Ruth Orkin
Jim Marshall