Works on Paper: Modern Prints
The Permanent Collection holdings include prints by Hans Arp, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Red Grooms, Henry Moore, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picasso.
Paul Cézanne, Portrait De Guillaumin
Paul Cézanne, Portrait De Guillaumin, n.d., etching on paper, Union College Permanent Collection.
A line drawing of seated man wearing bowlers hat.
Works on Paper: Pre-Modern Era Prints
The earliest fine art print held by the Permanent Collection is a block print from the Nuremberg Chronicles by Michael Wolgemut from the late 15th century, which displays an early example of the then new technology – printmaking. Other standouts in our pre-modern collection include notable works by Corot, Daumier, Goya, Manet, Millet, Piranesi, and Tiepolo.
Jean-Francois Millet, La Grande Bergère
Jean-Francois Millet, La Grande Bergère, 1862, etching on laid paper, Union College Permanent Collection.
A shepherdess knitting while standing under trees in the foreground with a dog and sheep in the background.
Édouard Manet, La petite fille tenant un bébé
Édouard Manet, La petite fille tenant un bébé, 1861-62, etching on laid paper with deckled edges, Union College Permanent Collection.
A young girl tending a baby with her head turned away from the viewer.
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Honoré Daumier, Ayant la retention de faire partie du beau monde (from Les Bons Bourgeois)
Honoré Daumier, Ayant la retention de faire partie du beau monde (from Les Bons Bourgeois), 1847, lithograph on paper, Union College Permanent Collection.
A man holding woman's hand as they walk through a curtain that reveals more people in the background.
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Francisco José de Goya, Los Proverbios
Francisco José de Goya, Los Proverbios, n.d., etching with aquatint, Union College Permanent Collection.
A woman standing on a horse performing a "trompe l'oeil" trick in front of a crowd of spectators at a Spanish carnival.
Michael Wolgemut, Untitled (folio CCLVII)
Michael Wolgemut, Untitled (folio CCLVII), 1493, woodcut on paper, Union College Permanent Collection.
A seated, barefoot man with a beard and shoulder-length hair, is wearing a clasped, long robe; he holds a thin stick in his left hand and a jug.
Édouard Vuillard, La Vie Muette
Édouard Vuillard, La Vie Muette, ca. 1894, print, gift of William B. Jaffe, Union College Permanent Collection, x2009.19 UCPC.
A program for La View Muette at L'Oeuvre on November 26, 1894.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Smith’s Yard
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Smith’s Yard, 1895, lithograph, Union College Permanent Collection.
Looking into the blacksmith's shop with two figures on the left and two horses on the right with the horses' backs facing towards the viewer.
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Untitled Portrait
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Untitled Portrait, n.d., etching on laid paper, Union College Permanent Collection.
Etching on laid paper.
Felix Bracquemond, Swallows in Flight
Felix Bracquemond, Swallows in Flight, ca. 1884, etching on laid paper, Union College Permanent Collection.
Landscape scene with birds flying over river and river bank with trees.
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, Cowdray with Geese
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, Cowdray with Geese, 1882, etching, Union College Permanent Collection.
Cowdray Castle ruins in the background; pastoral scene with geese or ducks and livestock in foreground and middle ground.
Adriaen Collaert, Slaughter of the Innocents
Adriaen Collaert, Slaughter of the Innocents, n.d., engraving on laid paper, Union College Permanent Collection.
Engraving on laid paper.
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Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Environs de Rome
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Environs de Rome, 1866, etching on laid paper, Union College Permanent Collection.
Dark trees in foreground with a softer outline of a hill and building in the background.