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Echoes of Human Migration in the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art

All galleries, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

In collaboration with the Migration International Conference: Interdisciplinary Exploration of Human Migration

Works of art

fibula — fibula, circa 500

dolphin — dolphin, 300s–mid 400s, late Roman Empire (27 BCE–395 CE) or Early Christian (100–500 CE)

Bactrian camel (tomb figure) — Bactrian camel (tomb figure), 800s, Tang dynasty (618 CE–907 CE)

Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai) — Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai), circa 1400s, Muromachi period (1338–1573)

Aka no kabe (Red Wall), Hodaka Yoshida — Hodaka Yoshida

Aka no kabe (Red Wall), 1992

The Steerage, Alfred Stieglitz — Alfred Stieglitz

The Steerage, 1907

Departure of the Joads, Thomas Hart Benton — Thomas Hart Benton

Departure of the Joads, 1939

carved ivory tusk, unrecorded Kongo artist — unrecorded Kongo artist

carved ivory tusk, circa 1900

small jar with migration pattern, Fannie Nampeyo — Fannie Nampeyo

small jar with migration pattern, early 1900s–1975

parfleche, unrecorded Cheyenne, Ka’igwu (Kiowa), or Numunuu (Comanche) artist — unrecorded Cheyenne, Ka’igwu (Kiowa), or Numunuu (Comanche) artist

parfleche, circa 1920

Sunset on the Plains, Albert Bierstadt — Albert Bierstadt

Sunset on the Plains, circa 1887

Near Sundown, Grant Wood — Grant Wood

Near Sundown, 1933

untitled (mob attacking school bus, Lamar, South Carolina), Harvey Dinnerstein — Harvey Dinnerstein

untitled (mob attacking school bus, Lamar, South Carolina), circa 1972

Flüchtlinge aus Stallupönen (Refugees from Stallupönen), Richard von Below — Richard von Below

Flüchtlinge aus Stallupönen (Refugees from Stallupönen), 1914

Waldtalbrücke (Forest Viaduct), Franz Hein — Franz Hein

Waldtalbrücke (Forest Viaduct), 1918

Herbststurm (Autumn Storm), Franz Hein — Franz Hein

Herbststurm (Autumn Storm), 1918

Ruine Lützelhardt (Lützelhardt Ruins), Franz Hein — Franz Hein

Ruine Lützelhardt (Lützelhardt Ruins), 1918

Ruine Wasigenstein (Wasigenstein Ruins), Franz Hein — Franz Hein

Ruine Wasigenstein (Wasigenstein Ruins), 1918

Ruine Schönek (Schönek Ruins), Franz Hein — Franz Hein

Ruine Schönek (Schönek Ruins), 1918

Events

March 1–March 2, 2010

Conference

Why Humans Migrate

8:00AM–8:00PM

The Commons, Spooner Hall, 1340 Jayhawk Blvd