Such A Character: A Look at Faces in the Collection

January 17 – April 19, 2025

  • Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 – 1991). Janet Flanner, 1927. Gelatin silver print. Promised Gift of Susan B. Blatchford, Class of 1973, T.17.20.2000.
  • Jack Balas (American, born 1955). Happy Hour, 2007. Watercolor and ink. Gift of the artist, 2018.4.3.
  • Leonard Baskin (American, 1922 – 2000). Untitled (Self-Portrait), 1971. Lithograph. Gift of Lakeside Studio, 72.67.G.
  • Max Beckmann (German, 1884 – 1950). Selbstbildnis von vorn, in Huntergrund Hausgiebel (Frontal Self Portrait with Background House Gable), 1919. Drypoint. Gift of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 88.10.3.
  • Bernard Buffet (French, 1928 – 1999). Torero Head, 1968. Lithograph. Drypoint. Gift of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 86.8.7.
  • Francesco Clemente (Italian, born 1952). Untitled (Self Portrait), 1984. Ukiyo-e woodcut on Kozo paper. Bequest of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 2004.9.43.
  • Thomas Cornell (American, 1937 – 2012). A Self Portrait, 1965. Engraving. Gift of the Estate of Thomas Cornell, 2019.14.3.
  • David Scriven Crowley (American, born 1955). Paul Farmer, no date. Oil on canvas. Gift of Ernest Lowenstein, Roten Galleries, 2017.13.3.
  • Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989).
    • Beatrice, 1964. Lithograph. Gift of Renee and Leonard Minsky, 2022.15.
    • Portrait of Velasquez, 1924-1950. Etching. Gift of Mary C. Schultheis, 2003.4.
  • Roman Franc (Czech Republic, born 1983).
    • Brother Series – Chicken Pox, 2016. Gelatin silver print. Museum purchase, 2018.1.3.
    • Brother Series – First Communion, 2011. Inkjet pigment print on archive cotton based paper. Museum purchase, 2016.8.1.
  • John Goodman (American, born 1930). Woman Driver / South Boston, 1977. Archival pigment print. Gift of Jeanne and John Goodman, 2012.6.2.
  • Walter Gramatté (German, 1897 – 1929). Qual (Torment), 1920. Color lithograph. Gift of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 90.1.2.
  • David Hockney (British, born 1937). Self Portrait, 1986. Office copier print on Arches paper. Bequest of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 2004.9.73.
  • Alex Katz (American, born 1927).
    • Ann Lauterbach, 1977. Aquatint in six colors on Arches paper. Gift of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 86.8.17.
    • Swimmer, 1974. Aquatint and drypoint. Museum purchase: Stebbins and Schildknecht Art Fund, 2005.10
  • Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867 – 1945).
    • Brustbild einer Arbeiterfrau mit blauem Tuch (Portrait of a Working Woman with Blue Shawl), 1903. Lithograph on Japanese paper. Gift of Rober Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 97.9.3.
    • Selbstbildnis (Self Portrait), 1915. Etching. Museum purchase, 49.1.G.
  • Robert Kushner (American, born 1949). Bibelot, 1985. Screenprint. Bequest of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938. 2004.9.84.
  • Don Lent (American, 1933 – 2020). Untitled, 1971. Ink drawing. Gift of Robin Lent, 2025.2.1
  • Jack Levine (American, 1915 – 2010). Thought, 1940. Lithograph. Gift of Ann W. Harithas, 81.164.G.
  • Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923 – 1997). Reclining Nude, 1980. Woodcut with embossing on Arches paper. Bequest of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 2004.9.87.
  • Alan Magee (American, born 1947). Untitled, 1995. Monotype. Gift of the Estate of MaJo Keleshian, 2023.8.22.
  • Rolf Nesch (German, 1893 – 1975). Selbstbildnis mit Bart (Self Portrait with Beard), 1921. Woodcut on thin laid Japanese paper. Bequest of Robert Venn Carr Jr., Class of 1938, 2004.9.111.
  • Carlo Pittore (American, 1943 – 2005). Portrait of a Skeptic, 1996. Oil on linen. Gift of the Carlo Pittore Foundation for the Figurative Arts, 2012.3.2.
  • Ben Shahn (American, 1898 – 1969). Both works: Ink drawing
    • Ophelia, no date. Gift of Jonathan B. Hunt, 2015.13.4.
    • The Queen Prepares for Bed, no date. Gift of Jonathan B. Hunt, 2015.13.5.
  • Suzy Spence (American, born 1969). Death (Rider), 2017. Flashe on paper. Museum acquisition, 2018.9.
  • Juris Ubans (Latvian, 1938 – 2021). Untitled, no date. Screenprint. Gift of Juris and Mara Ubans, 2022.9.4.