Jacob Alexander Elshin (American, born Russia, 1892-1976)

Don Quixote Enthroned

Tony Angell (American, b. 1940)

Raven Watchers

Date: 1984
Medium: Steatite (soapstone)
Object Dimensions: 30 x 19 x 12 in. (76.2 x 48.26 x 30.48 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 1984.018
Photo Credit: Christopher Scarborough
Verbal Description: This carved sculpture is two raven birds perched on a stone. Both birds face to the left, but their chests are positioned in opposite directions. The birds are solid black, smooth, and polished. In contrast, the stone, which is just slightly larger than the birds, is dull and varying shades of gray. Its texture is scratched and bumpy. The artist has signed their last name—Angell—by carving it in all capital letters diagonally across the stone.

Gari Melchers (American, 1860-1932)

Robert Henri (American, 1865-1929)

Date: 1908
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object Dimensions: 87 1/2 x 37 1/2 in. (222.25 x 95.25 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 1970.006
Photo Credit: Richard Nicol
Verbal Description: This is a slightly larger-than-life, full-body realistically painted portrait of a bullfighter in a dark studio space. He is dressed in walnut-colored boots, sienna-colored, cropped pants and jacket with black stripes running down the sleeves and buttons down the legs. A bright red tie and cummerbund stand out against a stark white shirt. His tan fedora has a red feather and a thick black strap that wraps around his head, just below his lips. He stands in a three-quarter view, with his body open to the left side of the canvas, his left foot is stepped back, and his heel is slightly raised. His left arm rests naturally on their thigh, the other arm is bent at a right angle, grasping some sort of thin, beige pole that lays on his shoulder at about a 45-degree incline and spans the width of the composition. The figure has olive-colored skin and dark hair. His thick eyebrows are a prominent feature, with his left eyebrow is raised giving him a little attitude in an otherwise stoic expression.