MFA VTS: Work and play around the world Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Lesson 1

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Marshintonio Family 1910s Lewis W. Hine, American, 1874–1940 Dimensions Sight: 7 x 10.2 cm (2 3/4 x 4 in.) Medium Photograph, vintage gelatin silver print Classification Photographs Accession Number 2008.1432

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Carnival, Franklin Park, Boston 1897 Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American (born in Canada), 1858–1924) CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ Clark, Matthews, Owens 0611 DIMENSIONS Sheet: 34 x 37.5 cm (13 3/8 x 14 3/4 in.) Framed: 54 x 59.7 cm (21 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.) ACCESSION NUMBER 35.1689 MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Untitled (Children playing with their father) 1959 Imogen Cunningham, American, 1883–1976 Dimensions Image/Sheet: 19.2 x 18.7 cm (7 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.) Mount: 36.8 x 29.2 cm (14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.) Accession Number 1993.1012 Medium or Technique Photograph, gelatin silver print

Lesson 2

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? The Book Bindery 1850s Unidentified artist, American, 19th century CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ Karolik cat. no 32, fig. 20 DIMENSIONS Sheet: 15.2 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in.) ACCESSION NUMBER 58.835 MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE Graphite and watercolor on paper NOT ON VIEW COLLECTIONS Prints and Drawings

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? A Pic Nick in the Woods of New England about 1855 Jerome B. Thompson, American, 1814–1886 Dimensions 103.82 x 157.48 cm (40 7/8 x 62 in.) Medium Oil on canvas Classification Paintings Accession Number 46.852

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Dance at Bougival 1883 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French, 1841–1919 Dimensions 181.9 x 98.1 cm (71 5/8 x 38 5/8 in.) Medium Oil on canvas Classification Paintings Accession Number 37.375

Lesson 3

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Women of Paris: The Circus Lover 1885 James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836–1902) DIMENSIONS 147.3 x 101.6 cm (58 x 40 in.) ACCESSION NUMBER 58.45 MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE Oil on canvas

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? View of Country (Inekoki) 「稲こき」 「View of Country」 Japanese Late Meiji–Taishô era Artist Unknown, Japanese Place of Creation: Japan Dimensions Overall: 8.8 x 13.8 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.) Accession Number 2002.7826

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Outdoor shrine Burmese Dimensions Vertical: Overall: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.) Accession Number 2012.5997 Medium or Technique Real photograph on card stock

Lesson 4

Riding on Snow Japanese, Taishô-early Shôwa era Artist Unidentified, Japanese Place of Creation: Japan 5 7/16 in x 3 7/16 in. Color woodblock print; ink on paper Accession number: 2002.3202

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Children Feeding Geese 1881 Julien Dupré (French, 1851–1910) Dimensions 81.6 x 65.1 cm (32 1/8 x 25 5/8 in.) Accession Number 20.1865 Medium or Technique Oil on canvas

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Family Seated in Boat Wada Sanzô, Japanese, 1883–1967 Dimensions Overall: 8.8 x 13.8 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.) Medium Color lithograph; ink on card stock Classification Postcards Accession Number 2002.1363

Lesson 5

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Title: Emily and un-identified woman Date: 1909–13 By: Amelia Maria Ely Howe American, 1874–1932 Object Number: 2009.4364.9 Status: Not On View Dimensions: Sheet: 7.6 x 10.2 cm (3 x 4 in.) Other (Leather Album): 14.6 x 18.4 cm (5 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.) Medium: Photograph, silver prints Credit Line: Gift of Amelia Marks in memory of Emily Howe Marks and Frederick Ely Howe, and in honor of their other children: Anne Marks Morgan, Frederick Howe Marks, George Aaron Marks, Jr., and Marjorie Howe Beckler Descriptions: Page 9, light-brown, leather album, with black pages on which silver prints are mounted (mostly one to a page) Provenance: Amelia Maria Ely Howe; to her daughter Emily Howe Marks; to her daughter Amelia Marks; by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: September 16, 2009)  

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Children Working in the Field Provenance Acquired by Richard Morehouse Gallery from dealer, 2004; acquired by Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy, 2004 (San Leandro, CA); by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: December 17, 2008) Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Kennedy 1908–16 Lewis W. Hine, American, 1874–1940 Dimensions Sheet: 12.7 x 17.8 cm (5 x 7 in.) Accession Number 2008.1437 Medium or Technique Photograph, vintage gelatin silver print

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Baseball on the Beach; frontispiece illustration for Indoor and Outdoor Games (Naigai yûgi hô), vol. 30 of the series The Everyday Encyclopedia (Nichiyô hyakka zensho) 1898 (Meiji 31) Tomioka Eisen, Japanese, 1864–1905 Medium Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper Classification Prints Accession Number 2000.319

Lesson 6

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Kindergarten Children at Play and Their Teachers from the series Japanese Women's Lives Provenance ex. Jaeger Collection Leonard A. Lauder Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fractional gift of Lauder (Accession date: March 20, 2002). Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards Japanese, Late Meiji era - Taisho era, Artist Unknown, Japanese Place of Creation Japan Dimensions Overall: 8.8 x 13.8 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.) Accession Number 2002.7830 Medium or Technique Color lithograph; ink on card stock

Girls Playing on a Wooden Board from the series Korean Culture, No. 101 Japanese, Taishô-early Shôwa era Artist Unknown, Japanese Publisher: Hinode shoko, Keijo Place of Creation: japan Color lithograph; inc on card stock 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. Accession number: 2202.8124

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Tire Jumping in Front of My Window 1936–47 Allan Rohan Crite (American, 1910–2007) Dimensions Height x width: 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (59.7 x 44.5 cm) Accession Number 2007.3 Medium or Technique Oil on canvasboard

Lesson 7

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Children's Room Provenance Ex. Jaeger Collection Leonard A. Lauder Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fractional gift of Lauder (Accession date: March 20, 2002). Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards Japanese, Late Meiji era - Showa era, Artist Unknown, Japanese Publisher Nippon yusen kaisha (NYK) Place of Creation Japan Dimensions Overall: 8.8 x 13.8 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.) Accession Number 2002.4959 Medium or Technique Color lithograph; ink on card stock

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Cat Catching a Rat 1877 (Meiji 10) Kobayashi Kiyochika, Japanese, 1847–1915 Dimensions 33.2 x 45.2 cm (13 1/16 x 17 13/16 in.) Medium Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper Classification Prints Accession Number 35.1929

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? At Dusk (Boston Common at Twilight) 1885–86 Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935) Dimensions 106.68 x 152.4 cm (42 x 60 in.) Accession Number 31.952 Medium or Technique Oil on canvas

Lesson 8

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Children on Fish Weir Provenance Stephen T. Rose, Boston; purchased May 1978. Credit Line Gift of Clifford S. Ackley Carlo Naya, Italian (Venice (?)), 1816–1882 Dimensions Image/Sheet: 23.9 x 18.4 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.) Accession Number 1978.173 Medium or Technique Photograph, albumen print

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Chinese Children Playing in Snow 唐子の雪遊び Japanese Edo period Artist Utagawa Kunitora (Japanese, active early 19th century), Publisher Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese) Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 37.1 cm (9 11/16 x 14 5/8 in.) Accession Number 11.25856 Medium or Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Calm Morning 1904 Frank Weston Benson, American Oil on Canvas 44 3/8 x 36 1/8 in. Accession number: 1985.925