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  4. Passages: East, West 1

Raymond Jennings Saunders

American, 1934-2025

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Passages: East, West 1, 1987

Artwork Details

Recent Acquisition

Materials

acrylic, spray paint, chalk, collage, and mixed media on canvas

Measurements

support: 82 x 75 7/8 inches (208.28 x 192.72 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 2024

Accession ID

2024:42

Object Classifications:

Paintings

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Other Works by This Artist

  • America: the third century, 1975

    Allan D'Arcangelo, William Bailey, James Brooks, Christo, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Andrew Parker, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Edward Ruscha, Raymond Jennings Saunders, Ben Schonzeit, Costantino Nivola, Velox Ward

    America: the third century
  • Duck Out of Water from the portfolio America: the third century, 1975

    Raymond Jennings Saunders

    Duck Out of Water from the portfolio America: the third century

Collection Highlights

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  • L'Ambitieuse (Political Woman), 1883-1885

    James Tissot

    A woman in an elaborately ruffled pink dress with a large feathered fan enters an ornately decorated ballroom filled with party-goers on the arm of a much older gentleman. She looks left and outward beyond the viewer, while the attention of nearly all other male figures in the scene is directed at her. The textures of various surfaces and fabrics are painted with rich detail and texture, especially the pink dress ruffles gathered on a plush red ottoman at the bottom of the frame.
  • Painting No. 46, 1914-1915

    Marsden Hartley

    Diverse abstract patterns layer atop one another and a black background to fill much of this painting. Slightly below the center of the painting is a circle with a red center with white and black rings. Above this curves a red arc with two parallel, irregular white lines that spans nearly the entire width of the painting. Behind these elements are smaller sections of checked and ribbon-like patterns.
  • Corazón de roca con sangre (Heart of Rock with Blood), 1975

    Ana Mendieta

    First of two images. Still from a video of the artist naked on the banks of a river, which is just visible in the upper-right corner of the image. She kneels on the leaf-covered ground, staring at the silhouette of a female figure dug into the earth in shallow relief.
  • Numbers in Color, 1958-1959

    Jasper Johns

    Numbers in Color
  • Child's Blue Wall, 1962

    Jim Dine

    A field of hand-painted white stars alternating with dark blue dots fills the light blue background of this nearly square canvas. Attached to the bottom-right corner is a what appears to be the base of a child’s table lamp, complete with a blocky castle and toy soldier painted in solid shades of white, blue, and red beneath a shadeless, illuminated bulb. Midway up the left edge of painting is a light switch with a blue plate and worn white switch.
  • The Messenger, 1996

    Bill Viola

    The first of three stills shows a nude man floating on his back in dark blue water, visible from the waist up. Light shines on his body from above, highlighting his face and part of his torso.
  • Ace, 1962

    Robert Rauschenberg

    Ace
  • Petit nu bleu (Little Blue Nude), ca. 1878-1879

    Pierre-Auguste Renoir

    A young white-skinned woman, nude to the waist, sits on the grassy bank of a body of water in the center of this vertically oriented painting. A blue cloth or portion of a garment with white edges loosely covers her lap. She grasps her left ankle, which rests on her right knee, with both hands, and she gazes toward the bottom left of the canvas. The paint was applied quickly and loosely with visible brushstrokes.
  • Page Boy at Maxim's, ca. 1927

    Chaïm Soutine

    In this tall, narrow portrait, painted with loose, energetic brush strokes, a young man wearing a deep red uniform with matching cap stands in front of a dark burgundy, gray, green, and blue background. A row of gold buttons extends down the front of the boy’s jacket. His right hand is by his side, palm facing out, and his left hand is clenched in front of his waist. The figure’s dark eyes, hair, and moustache stand out again his pale skin.

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