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Robert Rauschenberg Making a Print

Date: 1951
Description: Robert Rauschenberg makes cyanotype art by shining a light over a nude female model who is lying on photosensitive blueprint paper. The print was to be use...
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Barn Painting

Date: 09 25 1980
Description: Pastoral panoramic painting on the side of a barn. Two people on scaffolding can be seen working on the mural at right. A silo juts above the barn. There i...
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Publicity Still with May Emory and Edgar Kennedy

Date: 1916
Description: In this publicity still for "Ambrose's Cup of Woe," Edgar Kennedy plays an artist in black velvet jacket and beret who sits contemplating his painting with...
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"Painters Painting"

Date: 1973
Description: Poster advertising a screening of Emile de Antonio's 1973 documentary film "Painters Painting," about the New York art scene. The screening was at the Hopk...
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May Allison in a scene still for "Are All Men Alike?"

Date: 1920
Description: Theodora "Teddy" Hayden (played by May Allison) works on an oil painting with palette in hand in a scene still for the 1920 Metro silent film "Are All Men ...
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Earle Williams, Rex Ingram, and Lillian Walker in a scene still.

Date: 1913
Description: The actors Earle Williams, Rex Ingram, and Lillian Walker pose in a scene still from Vitagraph's "The Artist's Great Madonna." The scene is an artist's stu...
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Scene still with Elmer Clifton, Miriam Cooper, Jennie Lee, and Vester Pegg.

Date: 1915
Description: In this scene still for "The Artist's Wife," the young artist Adair (played by Elmer Clifton) is seated and holds a sketch or document in his hands. His mo...
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Elmer Clifton, Vester Pegg, and Miriam Cooper in a Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: The young painter Adair (played by Elmer Clifton) stands by his easel holding his brush and palette. He is dressed in standard artist's garb: smock, floppy...
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Lucille Young and Elmer Clifton in a scene still for "The Artist's Wife"

Date: 1915
Description: The young painter Adair (played by Elmer Clifton) helps a girl from high society (Lucille Young) with her wrap. They stand in his artist's studio.
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Man Painting Portrait of Trinity Lutheran Church

Date: 09 06 1968
Description: View of the front wall left standing of the Trinity Lutheran Church. A man in the foreground us painting a portrait of the church. The artist is identified...
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Emile de Antonio and Warhol

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Description: Color photograph (Polaroid) of Emile de Antonio looking at Andy Warhol during the making of the film "Painters Painting." Warhol is closest to the camera a...
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Clara Kimball Young in "The Common Law"

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Description: Valerie West (Clara Kimball Young) posing nude for Neville (Conway Tearle) in the 1916 film "The Common Law." Neville is standing on a platform in front of...

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