Installation view facing northwest

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89/150: Pauline Shirer, Topeka Capitol Building, watercolor, Gift of the artist, 71.1.19

at the de Young Museum, San Francisco

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Charles Kaziun

Massachusetts

Paperweight/scent bottle (no date)

Glass

2006.10

The delicate nature of the vessel is what attracts me to this piece. Both flowers are wonderful reflections of each other. The flower in the stopper has been stretched, while the flower in the bottle has been flattened. It’s amazing that the artist was able to create such lifelike flowers in such a small space.

–Zan Popp

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108/150: David Overmyer, Ad Astra Per Aspera, c 1953, oil on paper. A sketch for a mural project that was never completed, showing Topeka’s downtown with historic and fantastic elements.

121/150: Topeka souvenir vase, found by Cyril P. Holcomb, covered in mud in his yard on the 1400 block of North Quincy, after the 1903 flood. Gift of Merle Holcomb

104/150: Mary Huntoon: Portrait of Fredda, No date, oil on panel, Gift of the Topeka Art Guild, 79.16.35

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124/150: Walter Hatke, Teachers, 1982-2002. Gift of the Library Foundation. 2009.40.49

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23/150: Topeka Jail Log, 1892

in the permanent collection at the Broad

Suffolk, not far from Dedham Vale

curator's statement

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Rimas Ciuleonis

Lithuania / Chicago IL

Circle (2004)

Oil on paper, paper pulp and marble dust

2004.18

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Yuji Hiratsuka

Osaka, Japan / New Mexico / Indiana

New Birth (2007)

Intaglio, chine collé

Friends of the Library Purchase Award

Printed Image II Competition

2008.24

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44/150: Radges’ Topeka Directory, 1890

Installation view facing west

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Ron Michael

Lindsborg KS

Soil Mysteries (The Feedbag Piece)

(ca. 2005)

Stoneware, tar

Friends of the Library Purchase Award

Topeka Competition 27

2005.16

Installation view

124/150: Walter Hatke, Teachers, 1982-2002. Gift of the Library Foundation. 2009.40.49

in the permanent collection of the High Museum

Installation view

Herzog & de Meuron

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62/150: Marshall Band horn

Lisa Hasegawa

Seattle WA

Awkward (2007)

Paper, letterpress, thread, ribbon

Edition of 50

We all feel awkward from time to time. We all say things we wish we hadn’t said. Lisa’s book puts these feelings of regret into a visible form. The book itself is awkward to read — the pages are double-sided and the stitching obscures some of the text. Like life however, if we persevere we will ultimately succeed.

–Brea Black

12/150: Reproduction of United States Civil War discharge document, 1902.

Installation view

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111/150: Mary Huntoon, Kansas State Legislature in Chamber, 1930s, oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. Al Cambell

at the de Young Museum

48/150: Santa Fe notice for sale of unclaimed freight, 1911

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Lisa Hasegawa

Seattle WA

Awkward (2007)

Paper, letterpress, thread, ribbon

Edition of 50

We all feel awkward from time to time. We all say things we wish we hadn’t said. Lisa’s book puts these feelings of regret into a visible form. The book itself is awkward to read — the pages are double-sided and the stitching obscures some of the text. Like life however, if we persevere we will ultimately succeed.

–Brea Black

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Newport Art Museum, Griswold House, RI

www.newportartmuseum.org/

First Fridays / Opening Reception

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP

112/150: Capper publications: Household magazine, 1936

111/150: Topeka Magazine, 1946

113/150: Kansas Farmer – 100 Years of Kansas

115/150: The Farmers Mail and Breeze, 1914

116/150: Capper’s Farmer, 1957

117/150: Kansas Farmer: Make Your Own Curtains and Draperies

118/150: Kansas Farmer: How to Paint and Restore Furniture

119/150: Recipe cards, Household magazine

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23/150: Topeka Jail Log, 1892

at the de Young Museum, San Francisco

gallery entrance from rotunda

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137/150: Mike Henry, Morning, 1995, oil on canvas. 95.11